This week Mrs Beavan is away attending the Principal's Meeting with other Principal's in the Western Region. 

St Joseph's has registered to participate in the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence on Friday 15th March.  Resources are provided for class activities and lessons for registered schools. 

Kind Regards

St Joseph's Staff

St Joseph's students participated in Shrove Tuesday last week, which is the day before Ash Wednesday.  Shrove Tuesday is a day of celebration before the start of Lent.  There were lots of activities and colouring in to do as well.  We then celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass today with Father George who made it a very special mass.

Nearly two weeks ago we went to Narooma, on the way we saw heaps of Brumbies.  We went to the Narooma Indoor Pool and it was a 50m pool.  There were heaps of people there from different schools and regions such as Southern Region, Western Region and Northern Region.

Tom- I went in the 200m IM, 50m Backstroke and the 50m Breaststroke. I tried really hard but unfortunately I didn’t make it to the next level.

We were very proud of ourselves for making it away to Narooma. We both had a really good weekend and we even got to celebrate Eliza’s birthday down there. 

Last week K/1/2 explored patterns with a range of manipulative materials.

In literacy groups today Kindergarten explored initial sounds and completed alphabet puzzles. Years 1 and 2 worked on their book reviews.

Primary class have been learning about 2D shapes and 3D objects in Maths.  One of the activities was the 'Beetle of Shapes' game that they played with a partner. They then had to stick their beetles into their books and label the 2D shapes that they could see.  They had lots of fun playing this game!

In STEM, each group chose their own 3D object and were able to create their own shape using materials of their choice.

This week Primary have been working on measurements.

Week 6 Assembly

Congratulations to our Students of the Week at last weeks Assembly, Saanvi, Matilda, Grace and Nate.  Birthday wishes went to Eliza and Hugh and we also had some very excited students who received their 'Pen Licence'.  Our classes also shared some great class work they had worked on.

Orders for Book Club are due by Wednesday 20th March.  Please order via LOOP if possible.  Thank you for your continued support of Book Club.

Friday 22^nd March

Details of the Cross Country to be held in Tumut were sent home last week.  Could parents return the permission note and bus travel money as soon as possible.  Students need to bring their usual fruit break, packed recess and lunch and plenty of water, wearing full sports uniform. Please ensure they have a hat.

Training has started each morning around the school grounds, students are encouraged to bring their joggers everyday.

Tuesday 26th March

Familes are invited to come along to look at the great work your child/ren have been working on in class.  The children love showing their classroom to their family so we look forward to you coming along.  Classrooms will be open from 8:30am-9:00am and then after school at 3:15pm to 4:00pm.

Thursday 28th March

Our Athletics carnival will be held with St Mary’s on Thursday 28th March in Batlow this year, due to works at Adelong Showground. Kindergarten to Year 6 students will attend.

All children will travel by bus, a note will be sent home with details and cost.  Please return the permission note and money as soon as possible.  St Mary’s are yet to confirm whether they will have lunches available.

Helpers on the day would be most appreciated for time keeping, recording etc. 

Mrs Dean is again running the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge.  She will be registering the children on Friday and will send home login details next week.

The Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read; to read more and to read more widely.

Check out the new site! enter the following URL in your browser: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html#/

(Please note: the PRC Student Site requires Internet Explorer 11, Edge, or a current version of Firefox or Chrome).

The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is available for all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 9, in Government, Independent, Catholic and Home Schools.

Don’t forget our school working bee on Sunday March 24th.  We hope all families can come and help with the upgrades of our outside environment.  This benefits the children and keeps our school looking aesthetically tidy and welcoming.

Parish Roster

SCHOOL HOLIDAY TENNIS  CLINIC

Monday, 15th April. – Thursday, 18th April (1^st Week)

Held at the Tumut Lawn Tennis Club

Morning classes for juniors (9.00 – 10.30am; 10.30 – 12.00md)

(Limited numbers per class so bookings essential)

Contact Bernadette Cahill on 6947 4968 or 0427 343 904

EMAIL: birdietennis@bigpond.com