Friday, September 11, 2015

Dear Parents and Friends It is hard to believe that we are almost at the end of Term 3! This past week has been another busy one, with our Protective Behaviours focus kicking off in classrooms, our 1st Annual Spelling Bee competition completed, Andrew Chinn workshops and concert and Cybersafety Talks with Sgt Nigel Dalton. On Monday, students in Years 4 – 6 attended safety talks with Sgt Nigel Dalton, with excellent feedback from students on the information contained in these presentations being very relevant to the issues faced by children today. This was backed up in the parent presentation on Tuesday evening, with over 30 parents attending the session. There were a number of excellent handouts made available to parents on the night. If you were unable to attend and would like a copy of these, there are extras available in the office. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday saw the completion of our 1st Annual St Joseph’s Spelling Bee. We had over 30 students participate and the competition got very exciting, with over 20 Rounds completed before we finally crowned our Spelling Bee Champion. The final results were: 1st Place – Jesse Eggmolesse (Year 5) 2nd Place – Taylor Uriarte (Year 6) 3rd Place – Anna Zhang (Year 4) 4th Place – Jade Haddow (Year 6 Thank you to Mrs Davies, Miss Haber, Mrs Wardrop and Miss Ballinger-Oches who were the Spelling Bee judges. Special thanks also to Mrs Cook from St Patrick’s in Bundaberg who shared this Spelling Bee format with us. Congratulations to all students who participated – it was a wonderful event for all students involved. Today all students participated in workshops with musician Andrew Chinn. Andrew is a frequent visitor to our school, and the students always really appreciate the inclusive format of his workshops and the style of music he presents. The concert this afternoon was a great experience for all of the children and we thank Andrew for including us on his tour of our region. Next week our Year 6 students will travel to Melbourne for Year 6 Camp. We hope the students have a wonderful camp experience and look forward to sharing the adventure with our school community when we return. I will be attending camp with the Year 6 teachers, during my absence Mrs Mallet will be Acting Principal. Bianca Hodges Principal

Prep R Holly Wardrop

For your fantastic problem solving skills. It is great to see what amazing solutions you come up with! Prep W Jaxon Cranston

For your fantastic focus during meditation. Your colouring in is amazing. 1B Emily Avenell

For the impressive effort you are putting in towards Eisteddfod practices! Keep up the fantastic work Emily. 1E Ella-Jade Jackson-Gee

For putting so much effort into your work this week. We are very proud of you. Keep it up. 2D Jeremiah Breen

For your well written persuasive letter to Mrs Evans convincing her to read to the class a fairy tale with the character Jeremiah Obadiah Jackenory Jones.

2S Lilly Byers For the amazing effort you have been putting into all writing tasks. Thank you for your hard work and positive attitude Lilly.

3R Cooper Edgerton For your diligence this week. Thank you Cooper for always working so hard. You are eager to learn and enjoy contributing to class discussions. Well done.

3RM Sienna Uriarte For always being a diligent worker and helper in the classroom. Well done Sienna.

4B Grace Nord For always showing respect to your peers and teachers. Thank you Grace.

4CF Rhys Thompson For showing great interest and care in researching information for your persuasive letter about land pollution. Keep up the hard work.

5D Malachai Davidson For the way your represented our school on Friday for your excursion to the Mackay Marina. It was wonderful to witness. Thank you Malachai.

5H Kurt Sorensen For the enthusiasm you showed and the enquiry questions you asked Mr Anderson during our Mackay harbour research excursion. Well done Kurt.

6B Jade Haddow For your great rhythm you demonstrated during our first dance lesson. 6GG Ben Howlett

For your exceptionally well written and imaginative fantasy story.

IMPORTANT DATES

SEPTEMBER

14-18 Yr 6 Melbourne Excursion 18 END TERM 3

OCTOBER 5 Labour Day Public Holiday 6 FIRST DAY TERM 4

LITURGY NEWS: 18/9: 1B Mercy Liturgy 8.40am Mass PR & Year 6’s Midday

ST JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC PARISH OF NORTH MACKAY & NORTHERN BEACHES SACRAMENTAL PROCESS 2015 / 2016 Preparation for the Sacraments of

Reconciliation (First Confession),

Confirmation

First Eucharist (First Holy Communion) Family Workshop 2: Eucharist

Sunday 13 September 10am or Wednesday 16 September 7pm

For further details, contact Parish Office 4957 4855 Monday to Friday 9:00am – 12:00pm.

DATE CLAIMER

This year, all students from Prep to Year 6 will be participating in the choral speaking section of the 2015 Mackay Eisteddfod. The

choral speaking events will take place in Term 4 Week 3 (Tuesday 20th – Friday 23rd October). More information will be sent out as

soon as the Eisteddfod Program is finalised.

SCHOOL FEES

School fees for Term 3 are now OVERDUE.

If you have not received your account please contact the office. We would like to thank those families who have paid. It would be appreciated, if you have not finalised your account, to attend to this matter as soon as possible. If you are experiencing difficulties, please contact Di on 4957 3355.

Next term, we are offering a number of lunch time activities and Lego building is one option. We would be very grateful for any donation of Lego that is no longer being used at home. If you are able to help, please drop it into the office. Thank you.

CUPCAKE & CORDIAL DAY Next Wednesday, 16th September, we will be holding a cupcake and cordial day to raise money for Mercy Works. Cupcake will be on sale at first break for $1 each and cordial will be 50c.

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN Thank you for the wonderful support you have given with the Woolworths Earn and Learn promotion. We have received many stickers and ask if you still have any at home, to bring them into the office no later than Tuesday 15th September so that we can count them and send them away in time to receive some great new equipment.

TUCKSHOP NEWS

TUCKSHOP ROSTER

Thurs 17th September Marie Parsons, Caron Wilson, Kelly Hawthorn, Fran Varley

Friday 18th September Melanie Kay, Judy Kay, Carmen Arthy, Megan Wallace, Kara Archer

HOMEBAKE ROSTER

Thurs 17th September Lauren Nord, Janelle Schembri

Friday 18th September Judy Kay, Suzi McCarthy

Just a reminder that as of Term 4 tuckshop will only available through online ordering through FlexiSchools. To help anyone who maybe having difficulty with the website and setting up their account and placing orders, Mrs Morrison has kindly offered her services in the library on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9-9.30am. This will begin next week and will continue for the first two weeks of term four. If you are unable to make these times feel free to give me a call or email and I will see what I can arrange. Please be aware that playbell items such as ice creams and slushies will still be available at the play bell and the children can still pay for these items with cash. Lollies are limited to two packets per child and we would appreciate if children are not sent to school with any more than $5 cash. Nyomi Davidson 0404 057 678 nyomidavidson@icloud.com

TOUCH FOOTBALL

St Joseph’s Tornados V Jaycar Mirani Magic 5.45pm Field 2

NETBALL Congratulations to all our netball teams. You played well all season with enthusiasm and great sportsmanship. Both our 13C Topaz and 13D Diamonds won the Grand Final on Saturday and were Premiers 2015. Well done. Congratulations also to our 10 and under netball team who played the curtain raiser to the Premier League game on the weekend. What a wonderful experience!

COMMONWEALTH BANK SCHOOL BANKING UPDATE – PLEASE READ Following the decision last month to recall the Cosmic Light Beam Torch due to a potential safety issue, a decision has been made to also withdraw the upcoming Lunar Light Band reward from the School Banking Rewards Program. To avoid disappointment there is a new reward item available for redemption in Term 4 while stocks last. Students can now test their skills with a game of frisbee with the new Galaxy Glider! Once students have collected 10 tokens, they can simply include a note, along with their 10 tokens in their deposit wallet on banking day to advise that they would like to redeem their tokens for the Galaxy Glider reward item. Don’t forget the Outer Space Savers Money Box is also available in Term 4.