Dear Parents & Carers,

This year, Marist schools are celebrating the Montagne Year. The word ‘Montagne’ comes from the surname of a teenage boy who grew up in the area of France where Marcellin Champagnat resided. When Marcellin was asked by the boy’s mother to visit her dying son, he found a boy who was ignorant of God. This event shocked Marcellin and encouraged him in his plans to establish an order of teaching Brothers, known today as the Marist Brothers, to help evangelise young people. Nearly two hundred years later, not only are there over two hundred Marist Brothers serving the Australian community but also many hundreds of men and women Marists educating young people in the Catholic faith as well as preparing them for full and wholesome lives as adult Christians.

The Marist Brothers began their ministry in Australia in 1872 and it continues in all States and Territories today. It began when Marcellin Champagnat said ‘yes’ to God, through the invitation of a local priest for him to go to the seminary and begin his training as a priest. By 1817, Marcellin was ordained and had begun his educational work in the parishes around Lavalla in southern France. ‘Every diocese fits into our plans’ he declared. We are grateful this now includes dioceses in Australia. Marcellin died on June 6th, 1840 and so each year, around this time, we celebrate Marcellin’s commitment to God and young people during what is called ‘Champagnat Week’.

In this Montagne year, we are invited to focus on the ‘Montagne’s’ around us, those searching for God in a world confused and distressed by a lack of opportunity for some and peace for all. Back in his time, in post-revolutionary France, Marcellin supported such people, speaking out through his firm words and clear actions. In this way Marcellin displayed his deep personal faith and his generous love of people. Monday, June 6th we once again celebrate Marcellin’s life, a life devoted to the teaching and caring of others. May he guide us in our endeavours to do the same here in Australia and beyond. Happy Champagnat Day!

Here at St Joseph’s we are privileged to have had a long association with the Marist Brothers and Fathers. This week we celebrate the contribution Fr Michael, Br Julian, Br Tim and other Marist Brothers have made to our school. Thank you to Fr Michael, Br Julian and Br Tim and all other Brothers who have worked so hard for the community of St Joseph’s.

Our school celebrated Marcellin Champagnat Feast Day, with a Liturgy and during this liturgy the Marcellin Champagnat Awards were presented.

Students who receive this award have been:

• Well mannered and co-operative;

• Respectful of others;

• Generous – Willing to help teachers and students without being asked;

• Hard working – Attending school regularly and don’t give up easily;

• Prayerful – Listen carefully during prayers and liturgies

JUNE

6 Marcellin

Champagnat

16 Athletics Carnival

17 Athletics Carnival

21 Special tuckshop

21 Parent Teacher

22 Parent Teacher

24 End of Term 2

Term 2, Week 9, 8th June, 2016

Principal’s Message

2017 PREP ENROLMENTS NOW WELCOME

Principal’s Message continued

Greg Cran Principal

Have a great week everyone,

Save the Date

St. Joseph’s Parish & School Fete 2016

Friday, 2nd September

5pm till late…………...

The students who received this award this year are:-

Prep - Siya Patel

Year 1 - Shelleah Fisher

Year 2 - Dylan Druery

Year 3 - Yuna Olbes

Year 4 - Sophia Purcell

Year 5 - Athena Ricketts

Year 6 - Bridie Prendergast

Congratulations to all these students.

At this time of the year, teachers are working to

collate student work samples and reflect on student progress to enable them to make reporting decisions. These

decisions are then shared with parents and carers in the reporting process. This process is inclusive of a written Report

and a Parent Teacher Interview. Both elements of the process complement one another and the best access to infor-

mation about student achievement occurs when the report, along with student work samples, are reviewed in the Parent

Teacher Interview. It is hoped that all parents or carers will take advantage of the opportunity, provided by the class

teacher, for a reporting interview, to ensure a complete and accurate understanding of each student’s achievement.

Parent Teacher interviews will be conducted on the 21st and 22nd June. Please prioritise these dates in your diary.

Remember our School Athletics Carnival

Filed Events on Thursday, 16th June from 8.45am to 10.45am

Track Events on Friday, 17th June from 9.00am—to 3.00pm

All Welcome

APRE Message

Welcome to winter and what a cold start it has been. It was lovely to see some very needed

rain, although not as much as we would have liked. On these cold days, please send a school

jumper, ensuring it is clearly named, with your child. We have been allowing students to borrow

our spare school jumpers, but often there are not enough for the number of students requiring

them. We do have some second-hand jumpers available for sale here at

school.

Lunchboxes

As the weather gets colder the children seem to want more to eat. We

have noticed that a few lunchboxes do not have many items of food in them. If your child packs

their own lunch, could you please check that they have enough food. We seem to have been giv-

ing out a lot of apples over the past few weeks, to fill up those hungry tummies. Many of the

items in the lunchboxes are sugar based and whilst this gives the student a quick energy boost,

it does not sustain them for long periods. A sandwich or wrap is more sustaining.

With the unpredictable nature of our day to day lives, preparing and packing a healthy lunchbox

can be a difficult task. Finding time to shop and prepare interesting and healthy meals for

school lunches can be stressful. But the foods we send to school with our kids can contribute up

to 1/3 of their daily intake of nutrients. So it’s important to pack a balanced lunch to ensure

they’re getting the nutrients they need.

Preventing Infections by Handwashing

We are entering the season of winter infections and already we

have noticed increase absentees, due to illness.

Hand-washing is an easy way to prevent infection. Frequent hand-

washing is one of the best ways to avoid getting sick and spreading

illness. Hand-washing requires only soap, or liquid saop and water, or an alcohol-based hand sani-

tizer — a cleanser that doesn't require water. We are encouraging all students to wash their

hands frequently, or to use hand sanitizer, in order to reduce the spread of infections.

Celebrations this term:

6th June-Marcellin Champagnat Feast Day

10th June-Anointing Mass-Year 4 at Castra

Domestic Violence

We continue our campaign to speak up and stamp out domestic violence. We have been concentrating on how we treat each other. Our focus continues to be:

Respect begins with me!’

Being Catholic—Kneeling in the Church

If you attend a Catholic Mass, you will see the first part of it consists of reading and preaching; we

stand for the Gospel, but we sit for the other readings and for the preaching. The Mass is more

than just reading and preaching. The Mass is a sacrifice, and there are times--especially in the last

part--when the faithful pray on their knees. Kneeling shows our humility before God. Kneeling is an

act of worship. You kneel during the consecration of the Bread and Wine into the Body and Blood of

Jesus. When the Eucharist is raised, that's Jesus being raised, and kneeling is a way to

acknowledge his divinity.

Cotton Cloth Appeal

Please remember to bring old cotton cloths (material) to school for Fr Michael’s St Vincent de Paul

appeal.

Stamp Appeal

We are still collecting stamps, which are sold, with the proceeds assisting the disadvantaged in

Peru. Please bring old used stamps to the office.

Reading Angels

At St Joseph’s, we are committed to improving the literacy levels for all students. We

have many strategies in place to assist students to continue their learning journey.

We would like to enhance this by introducing Reading Angels. Reading Angels are

any adult who can spare some time from 8:15-8:45 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and

Friday mornings. This will involve listening to and assisting students to learn to read.

If you can spare any time (parents, carers, grandparents, aunties, uncles) please

contact the office on 07 41 681 627

The end of term is fast approaching and it has been a very long

term. Teachers have been assessing children in preparation for

reports. The results from the reading assessments are very en-

couraging, with most students improving. For many students this

growth has been quite considerable. Reading is one of the most

important skills a child can have.

Let’s keep up the great effort in encouraging students to read.

APRE Message continued

God Bless

Tracey Gerrard APRE Thank you to Aunty Mary & Aunty Elise for the lovely gathering at Cherbourg last week!

Tuckshop News

FRIDAY 17th June, Athletics Carnival Day

The Tuckshop Menu will be available to purchase on Athletics Day

Coffee and snacks will available all day for Adults

MENU

Sausage roll $2.50

Party pies $1.00

Sausage in Bread $2.00

Hot Chips $2.50

Cake $1.50

Pikelets, jam & cream x 2 .60c

Chocolates $1.50

Potato chips (per pkt) .70c

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END OF TERM TUCKSHOP SPECIAL

TUESDAY 21ST JUNE

Normal Menu for Morning tea. Please order on the normal brown paper bags.

BIG LUNCH ONLY — $6.00 SPECIAL, WHICH INCLUDES:

Chicken Nuggets x 3

Chicken Chips x 3

Potato Gems x 6

Popper or Water

Ice block on a Stick

ALL MONEY RAISED ON THIS DAY WILL GO TOWARDS THE CANBERRA TRIP

Thank you to all the Tuckshop helpers. Your time and effort to make our Tuckshop a success is very much appreciated.

Poppers $1.00

Water $1.50

Flavoured Milk $2.00

Tea/Coffee $1.00

Parish Priest: Fr. Michael Carroll sm PH: 4168 1406

Parish Mass Times

SATURDAY 11TH JUNE

Murgon 6.00pm

Proston 9.00am

SATURDAY 18TH JUNE

Wondai 6.00pm

SUNDAY 12TH JUNE

Wondai 8.00am

Durong 10.30am

SUNDAY 19TH JUNE

Murgon 8.00am

Goomeri 10.00am

ST. JOSEPH’S

PARISH HALL IS

AVAILABLE FOR

RENT FOR

UNLICENSED

FUNCTIONS

PHONE

4168 1406

Congratulations to the Bembrick Brothers

Congratulations to

Oliver & Solomon

Bembrick

for their outstanding effort at the Blackbutt Show.

Oliver was awarded First

Prize for Cake Decoration

and Art Work & Solomon

received awards for his Art

Work, Cake Decorating &

Small Cake entries.

S T U D E N T S O F T H E W E E K Week 7 Week 8

Prep Izack Perkins Prep Billy Palmer

Year 1 Ameilia Murray Year 1 Bessie Watcho

Year 2 Kaleb Watson Year 2 Xavier Greenwood

Year 3 Emily Palmer Year 3 Logan Robinson

Year 4 Gabriella Bennett Year 4 Trent Aubrey

Year 5/6 Emily Campbell-Slatter & Amelia Cran Year 5/6 Jasmynne McEffer & DJ Olbes

Congratulations to our Students of the Week

Prep Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 5/6

Dante Douglas

25th

Kane Kelly 1st

Kooper Smith

7th

Frank Boney 10th Rhys Williams 11th Ella Palmer 16th Ty Smith 25th

Solomon

Bembrick 4th

Eddie Riley 15th

Riley Gleich 17th

Narly Conlon-

Chapman 19th

Amelia Cran 7th Sheldon Brown 16th Dylan Kapernick 30th

Greetings to our June Birthday Students

10 Respect Tokens

Wk 7 Awarded to:-

DJ, Shawny, Ty, Frank

Jaquon, Harrison,

Morris, Braith, Amelia,

Jasmynne, Catelyn,

Marion, William, Ella Peterson, Ella Palmer, Emily Campbell-Slatter.

Wk 8

Sophie Gleich

Dylan Kapernick

Our very talented students having lots of fun on National Sorry Day 2016

Writing Activities by Prep Students

“The 2016 South Burnett Regional Karaoke Sing Off”

$2,500 in prize money Finalists will battle it out at the Wondai Show

on Saturday 27 August 2016 from 5pm Heats for Adults:

(Must register at Warana Hotel

between 6.00pm & 7.30pm)

Heat 1 - Friday 24 June

Heat 2 - Friday 8 July

Children Section: Must be aged 8 to 15 years (Heats to be held at Wondai Diggers Club)

Heats for Adults:

(Must register at Warana Hotel

between 6.00pm & 7.30pm)

Heat 1 - Friday 24 June

Heat 2 - Friday 8 July

Heat 3 - Friday 22 July

Heat 4 - Friday 5 August

Heats for Children:

(Must register at Wondai

Diggers Club between

12.30pm & 2.00pm

Heat 1 - Sunday 17 July

Heat 2 - Sunday 7 August

All finals will be held at the Wondai Show.

For more information phone Sue on 0427 749 209

Thanks to the sponsors: IGA Wondai, Dental Essentials, Warana Hotel Motel, Guse Transport Services

South Burnett Regional Karaoke

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