NEWSLETTER 37/2015

ST JOSEPH’S PRIMARY SCHOOL

25th November 2015 Term 4—Week 8

SJS CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Week 8 Thursday 26th November * Bendigo Banking * Year 2&5 Swim School

Friday 27th November * Kinder Transition (For children enrolled in 2016) * Year 2&5 Swim School

Week 9 Monday 30th November * Commonwealth Banking * Year 2&5 Swim School

Tuesday 1st December * Year 6 ‘In Their Shoes’ * Year 2&5 Swim School

Wednesday 2nd December * Year 2&5 Swim School

Thursday 3rd December * Bendigo Banking * Year 2&5 Swim School

Friday 4th December * Year 2&5 Swim School

Other Important Dates

Thursday 10th December Year 6 Graduation—6pm

Tuesday 15th December End of Year Mass—9.30am

Tuesday 15th December Last Day of Term 4

Telephone: 02 6959 2238

Fax: 02 6959 3006

Email: sjn-info@ww.catholic.edu.au

Website: www.sjnww.org

P.O. Box 248

85 Larmer Street

NARRANDERA NSW 2700

Congratulations I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate Matthew Flynn for being drafted by GWS last night. Well done Matt, your family must be very proud of you.

Spot Check Next week the Diocese will conduct a number of Spot Checks in randomly selected schools. We were "lucky" enough to be chosen this round. The panel will examine curriculum documentation including 2015 Scope and Sequence for Creative Arts Year 5 Term 3 Teachers program/unit of work for PDHPE Year 3 Assessment Task, marking criteria and student sample for

Semester 1 Religious Education Year 2 Cross-curriculum Learning policy/statement (including the

Catholic Perspective) Class assessment records for English Semester 1 Year 6 Semester 1 Report to Parents Kindergarten

Graeme Urquhart Principal

SPRING FAIR CALENDARS The calendars from the Spring Fair have arrived and are available for collection from the front office. As some of the items are gifts, please phone the office or send in a note if you would like the calendars sent home with your children, otherwise they will be held at the office for you to collect.

** School Fees ** Thank you to all the families that have finalised their school fees for 2015. Unless you have a direct debit, a direct deposit or a payment arrangement in place, any unpaid School Fees are overdue. Direct Debiting is a simple, reliable and economic way of settling your account. We urge you to take this opportunity to simplify your payment arrangements by completing a Direct Debit Request Form at the office. As we are close to the end of the year we encourage anyone with outstanding fees to finalise them as soon as possible. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact the office.

Families with existing Direct Debits

For families that already have a direct debit set up, it will continue over the holiday period. If you would like to make any changes to your existing direct debit, please contact the office. Please note we cannot make any changes to your Direct Debit without your permission.

RELIGION ADVENT PAGEANT Thank you to all those parents who came to the park and supported the Advent Pageant. The children enjoyed the morning and their behavior was fantastic. Thank you to the Combined Churches for hosting this event.

St Vincent De Paul Once again Stage 2 have done themselves proud with the amount of cakes we had to sell. Thank you to the great cooks for your donations. Next week is Stage 3 and they are going to sell Zooper Dooper’s. Each Zooper Dooper will cost you $1.00.

End of Year The end of the year is drawing close and we will have our End of School Year Mass on Tuesday 15th December at 9:30am. After Mass we will stay in the Church for awards and the announcement of Captains for 2016, parents and friends are most welcome to come along and stay for a cuppa in the staffroom after Mass.

Dates for the Term 10th December 2015 Thursday 6.00pm Year 6 Graduation 15th December 2015 Tuesday 9:30am End of Year Mass

Mass Times at St Mel’s 6:00pm Saturday Night 9:30am Sunday Morning

Julie Flynn Religious Coordinator

Congratulations

Ted Ostler

2015 St Joseph’s

Chess Champion

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)

Congratulations and thank you to the following children for your participation in the ICAS:

Thomas McLellan, Clancy Ryan, Mitchell Forrest, Dylan Gill, Evie Ostler, Alirah Hands, Jarrod Craze, Ted Ostler, Brooklyn Hands, William McLellan, Cyd Ryan and Jessica Forrest.

The children have extended themselves by taking on the challenge of extra assessments in a variety of subject areas.

Special acknowledgement goes to Thomas McLellan with a Distinction in Maths, Mitchell Forrest with a Distinction in Science and also Dylan Gill with a Distinction in Science.

To the following Students celebrating their

birthday over the coming week;

Paige Gowans, Kihana Schofield, James Smith,

Pippa Smith, Liza Cuteri & Clayten Longford

We hope you have a fantastic day!

AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who

received awards last week;

Year 5: Sophie Whyte, Maisyn Paterson-Myers

Year 4: Lydia Rahman, Lily Sergeant, Charlie

Warren-Porteous, Cameron McLean

Year 3: Maddie Fraser, Riley Roden, Thomas

McLellan, Joseph Foley

Kinder: Riley Anderson, Toby Greenwood, Wyatt

Cuthbert-Moore

If you or someone you know from our

School has participated in activities

outside of school and you would like to

share it with us, please send your

information

including a photo (if you have one) in

electronic form to

sjn-info@ww.catholic.edu.au

For Sale

8 piece drum kit form TAMA

Hardly been used

Please call the Seltens

Home: 6959 9444

Mobile: 0458 507 521

Student Absences

Schools in partnerships with parents, are responsible for promoting the regular attendance of students.

When students are away from school for any reason it is a parent/caregivers responsibility to explain the absences of their children within 7 days from the first day of any period of absence. If you are aware that your child will be away from school prior to the absence, advance notification is preferred.

From the beginning of 2015, family holidays are no longer considered under the Exemption from School Procedures. If the expected absence period is 10 days or longer you are required to complete an Application for Extended Leave - Travel form (A1). This form can be downloaded from our website or collected from the office. Once completed this form should be returned to the Principal. Once the Application has been accepted by the Principal, you will be issued with a Certificate for Extended Leave.

Applications for Exemption from Attendance at school (A2) forms must be completed in advance and now cover absences due to exceptional circumstances, employment in the entertainment industry and participation in elite arts/sporting events.

* * Medications at School * * If your child requires medication at school it must be kept in the office and administered by staff. This includes any type of medications such as paracetamol, hayfever medication, cough lollies and antibiotics. Asthma Medication & Epipens should be kept in school bags or with your child, however they must still be supervised by staff when being used. Please call into the office or download the ‘Consent to Dispense Medication’ form from our website. The consent form should accompany the medication when your child drops it into the office before school starts in the morning.

School Payment Envelopes are available from

the Office.

CANTEEN HOURS - 10.00am—2.00pm

Canteen Coordinator — Christy Morton 0404 637 827

CANTEEN ROSTER Friday 27th November Monday 30th December

Vanessa Hoffman & Alysia Scalpello Ruth Hutchins

A group of parents have a Facebook page under the name “St Joey’s Narrandera Parents” for parents of students. This page is administered by parents for last minute information,

canteen news & changes, questions and reminders. Any parents of students at St Joseph’s are welcome to join the group.

Please note this is an informal means of communication, not an official school site.

Junior Basketball

This week will I first week of finals and all teams will play this week except intermediate boys Rockets.

Please place Saturday 5th December in your diary for

this will be the date for all Grand Finals. If you have something on that day please let me know so I can work the games around what ever may be on.

Final draw for this week is

Wednesday 25th

November

4.30pm Junior Boys Heat v Kings Loser will be

eliminated winner to play next Wednesday

Referees Lee Longford, Matt Dillon

5.25pm Junior Boys Suns v Raptors Winner will go straight into GF loser will play

next Wednesday Referees Reid Hitchens, Matt Dillon.

5.25pm Junior Boys Knicks v 76ers Both Team will be eliminated Referees

Bryce Hickson, Zara Hands

6.20pm Intermediate Boys Bulls v Spurs Both teams will play next Wednesday

Bye Rockets Referees Alexa Hitchens, Matt Dillon.

6.20pm Intermediate Boys Warriors v Lakers Loser will be eliminated winner to

play next Wednesday Referees Lee Longford, Casey Bright-O’Connor

7.10pm Senior boys Breakers v Taipans Loser will be eliminated winner to play

next Wednesday Referees Matt Dillon, Casey Bright-O’Connor.

7.10pm Senior boys Wildcats v Crocodiles Winner will go straight into GF loser will

play next Wednesday Referees Lee Longford, Alexa Hitchens

Thursday 26th

November

4.30pm Aussie Hoops

5.30pm Junior Girls Blue Birds v JIMZ Winner will go straight into GF loser will

play next Thursday Referees Matthew Dillon, Alexa Hitchens

5.30pm Junior Girls Opals v Bulls Loser will be eliminated winner to play next

Thursday

Referees Lee Longford, Zara Hands

6.25pm Intermediate Girls Dolphins v Hammer Heads Winner will go straight into

GF loser will play next Thursday Referees Alexa Hitchens, Matthew Dillon

6.25pm Intermediate Girls Star Fish v Sea Horses Loser will be eliminated winner

to play next Thursday Referees Lee Longford, Reid Hitchens

7.20pm Senior Girls Mercury v Silver Stars Winner will go straight into GF loser

will play next Thursday Referees Rachael Sibraa, Matt Dillon.

7.20pm Senior Girls Liberty v Fever Loser will be eliminated winner to play next

Thursday

Referees Lee Longford, Casey Bright-O’Connor