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Ash Street, PO Box 833Leeton NSW 2705

sjle-info@ww.catholic.edu.au

Phone: (02)6953 3248Fax: (02)6953 5080

web.sjleww.catholic.edu.au

From the Principal

Dear families,

As you know, this week and last week, the staff in each stage hosted an information session to provide families with an overview of the learning that will take place this year at St Joseph’s. Key events pertinent to each stage were also shared. It was wonderful to see so many families able to attend. Your presence was greatly appreciated. Many thanks to the staff of St Joseph’s for providing such professional and informative meetings.

Carnevale-You Are Invited! Fashion Parade and Shared Lunch Next Friday (March 1) all students are invited to come to school dressed ready to party or as their favourite character. There will be a fashion parade at 9am and a SHARED LUNCH at 1.00pm.

Many St Joseph’s families have been busy preparing a mouthwatering lunch. Everyone is invited to join us.

Catholic Schools Week 2019 Catholic Schools Week is approaching! It will be held in Week Six (March 4-8).

This year’s Catholic Schools week theme is “Discover the Catholic School Difference”. Catholic Schools Week is an opportunity to articulate and celebrate all that we value about our Catholic school.

St Joseph’s is part of a community of Catholic Schools which enrols about 20 per cent of Australian school students.Catholic Schools teach the same curriculum as government schools, but our schools start from a foundation of faith, developing the spiritual life of our students as well as sustaining high expectations of achievement.

Catholic Schools Week Launch We invite you to join us for a short liturgy 9.00am-9.15am on Monday March 4, in the COLA as we launch 2019 Catholic Schools Week together. The liturgy will be led by our students.

Take a Walk Through Our Learning Spaces Following the liturgy, we hope you can stay a while to take part in a school “Walkthrough”. A walkthrough is an opportunity to wander through the learning spaces of our school, to observe learning in action. Classes will be open for walkthroughs until 10.45am.

St Joseph’s School Council The voice of all parents/carers is valued at St Joseph’s. To this end, family liaison is an important part of the role of St Joseph’s School Council. St Joseph’s School Council members are available for you to contact should you have any questions or suggestions about our school.

Monica Armanini 0408 175 999 Martin Asmus 0458 453 517 Angelo Fiumara 0417 421 299 Renee Paton 0408 468 562 Angelo Piccolo 0418 694 369 Frank Pirrottina 0427 219 210 Maria Punturiero 0412 122 148

MaryJane Simms

Principal

SJLE Calendar

2019, Term 1

Week 5

25th Feb

Junior Joey’s Playgroup 11.30-12.30

26th Feb

MIA/Wagga Wagga Diocesan AFL Trials

27th Feb

Kinder Rest Day

Friday 22 February 2019Term 1, Week 4

1st Mar

Whole school Mass 11.30am - S3K

Carnevale whole school 9am - Fashion Parade 1pm - Shared lunch

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PARISH MASS TIMES St Joseph’s Parish Leeton: Saturday Vigil - 6:00pm

Sunday - 10:00am

Reconciliation:

Friday - 4.45pm - 5.15pm

Saturday - 5.30pm - 5.50pm

St Patrick’s Parish Yanco: Sunday - 8.00am

UNIFORM SHOP The Uniform Shop will be open every Wednesday and Friday during term time from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.

Gina Galluzzo Uniform Shop Coordinator

KEEPING YOU IN THE LOOP

Do you follow St Joseph’s on Facebook? If you do you will know that photos, messages and other valuable information is posted to Facebook by the school. This is information that is provided to families between newsletters or is additional to the newsletter. Also consider downloading the Skoolbag App. It is free and is another way we communicate with families in between newsletters. (It is important that all families connect with us via either Facebook or Skoolbag.)

NUDE FOOD DAY EVERY MONDAY

Every Monday will be Nude Food Day. On Nude Food Day, our aim is for student lunch boxes to be wrapper free. The purpose of this is to raise awareness of ways we can reduce waste/packaging and also to keep the healthy food profile high. We want our students to be informed about how we can be stewards of God’s creation. This is a practical way to show that each of us CAN make a difference to the amount of waste created. Thank you for your support.

STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY

All staff will be participating in a Staff Development Day on Friday 22 March 2019. School will be closed for students on this day.

ASH WEDNESDAY MASS TIME CHANGE

Please note the Ash Wednesday Mass will be held on Wednesday 6th March at 9.15am not 12noon as previously advertised.

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SPORT

On the back of some fantastic individual results at our school carnival last Wednesday we move forward to Deanery Swimming. We wish our large team of swimmers the best of luck as they travel to Narrandera today to compete in the MIA Deanery Swimming Carnival. Congratulations to the achievements of the following students who qualified;

Salvatore Alampi, Oliver James, Laura Bailey, Tyra James, Ila Bradshaw, Cooper Jones, BenjaminBrennan, Emily Looby, Ruby Conroy, Charlotte Mallamace, Sophie Cross, Riah Morris, Ben Dawe, Calan Nicholls, Jasper Dawe, William O’Bryan, Zoe De Paoli, Sam Pirrottina, Emme Dowling, Callum Sheldrick, Mayah Dowling, Grace Smith, Blake Guest, Jaxon Steele, Shyla HarmerSophie Sullivan, Sophie Heath, Ella Thomas, Elliot Clayton, Kasey Trembath, George McCrohon,Chelsea Van Ree, Jeremy Woods, Caitlyn Webb.

On Wednesday, we had a number of Stage 3 girls travel to Griffith to trial for the MIA Deanery Netball team. The girls participated in a range of drills and games before a team was named to progress onto the next stage. Congratulations to Emily Looby and Chelsea Purtill for being selected to trial for the Diocesan Netball Team in Wagga on the 8th March. Congratulations to all girls involved!

Mr Adam MannesSport Coordinator

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Reminder!! CARNEVALE!!

Next Friday 1st March

You are invited to watch our mask/dress up parade at 9am or join us in our

amazing festa lunch at 1pm.

You’ll be in for a treat!

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ST JOSEPH'S MERIT AWARDS TERM 1, WEEK 3 2019

Shelby Webb ES1D For being ready to listen and to learn. Brava!Solomon Feagai-Caffery ES1M For always being so considerate of others and for showing dedication to his work.

Kane Fiumara ES1M For being such a responsible class member and for always listening beautifully to others.

Logan McGregor S1F For displaying a positive attitude to learning, particularly in Maths.

Joseph Amato S1F For being a blessing in our classroom. He is always willing to help others.

Grace Prestia S1F For being an attentive listener who follows directions well.

Aylah Nardi S1I For using the resources around the room to support her counting in Maths.Ella Tyrrell S1I For asking a range of questions about continents in Geography lessons.

Abhijot Abhijot S1I For trying his best in Handwriting.

Aylah Nardi S2I For being a consistently supportive and happy class member. Grazie!Reeve Hutchison S1W For his application and effort when completing Number of the Day activities.

Annabelle McCrohon S1W For her quick recall of Jolly Phonics sounds and actions.

Indigo Sands S2CH For showing resilience and always being so beautiful.

Nate De Paoli S2CH For trying his best at the swimming carnival and competing in the relay.

William O'Bryan S2CH For being such a great, helpful student. Grazie!Charlotte Mallamace S2R For her super effort in the swimming carnival. Your hard work has paid off - well done!

Lincoln Pearse S2R For not giving up and swimming your absolute best in this years swimming carnival - well done!

Milly Su S2I For being a motivated and independent student.

Riley Blowes S2I For being actively involved in Geography lessons.

Lila Day S3C For her sophisticated and insightful questions during learning to extend her knowledge.

Jorja Allen S3C For her dedication and commitment towards all learning areas.

Harnoor Sandhu S3C For his creativity and hard work whilst working on his rainbow trees in Art.

Chloe Maher S3C For her creativity and hard work whilst working on her rainbow trees in Art.

Kayden Crockford S3C For being a motivated and reliable learner. Bravo!Annmaree Ciurleo S3K For great leadership at the swimming carnival.

Mikayla Woods S3K For great leadership at the swimming carnival.

Nate Fletcher S3K For great leadership at the swimming carnival.

Bianca Tang S3MT Excellent participation in Year 5 Humour Day.

Tyler Guest S3MT Excellent participation in Year 5 Humour Day.

Calan Nicholls S3MT Showing great support for his peers during the swimming carnival.

Ila Bradshaw S3MT Showing great support for her peers during the swimming carnival.

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Be You Quality Award Week 3

“Showing Honesty”

F: Ben Dawe, Kade Del Guzzo, Jasper Dawe, Riley Sloan, Harnoor Sandhu, Charlise Vitelli

B: Abby Paton, Abby Pirrottina, Harriet McCrohon, Adele Thomas,

Blake Harvison

Congratulations to the award recipients!

Week 4 Quality is… Showing Fairness

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Your waste is our treasure! • A focus in maths for infants classes will be on arranging and counting

collections in a flexible way.

• To assist with this, we are asking for your

help in acquiring a variety of objects, containers

etc that will help us develop number sense using

open-ended investigations.

• We are looking for Collections of items (i.e

a large number of the same items, e.g. marbles,

pegs, shells, large beads, blocks, feathers, buttons, incomplete jigsaw puzzles,

unwanted Lego/Duplo, small plastic animals etc) - anything that may be lying

around in cupboards that you don’t need anymore!

• Also any containers to store these items (e.g. egg cartons, paper plates, small

Ice cream containers, ice cube trays, containers with compartments, unwanted

Tupperware, zip-lock bags etc).

Let your imagination be the guide!!

Any donations would be greatly appreciated and can left at the office.

If you would like to know more about Counting Collections, the links below will provide you with an

overview about the skills developed through this procedure.

https://nzmaths.co.nz/counting-collections OR https://vimeo.com/45953002

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The School Student Transport Scheme

The School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) provides eligible school students with free or subsidised travel from home to school who live a minimum distance from their school. Please visit transportnsw.info/school-students to confirm if you are eligible to apply.

If you are eligible you will need to follow these steps:

Step 1. Contact the bus operator to inform them that you wish your child to use the bus to travel to and from school. If you are unsure which bus company to contact, you can contact the school office to obtain the required bus company details.

Step 2.Parents/Guardians fill in the online application form go online to apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/whoIsEligibleSchoolDrive#/applyNow

Step 3. Follow the steps provided on the screen to submit your application to your school for endorsement

Step 4. After you have submitted your application, your school needs to endorse it.

Step 5. Transport for NSW will process the application.

Step 6. The application process may take several days and you will be informed of the outcome of your application by email.

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WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN

5 25Junior Joey’s Playgroup 11.30-12.30

26MIA/Wagga Wagga Dicoesan AFL Trials

27Kindergarten Rest Day

28PD Meeting - Mrs Simms, Mrs Tavella, Mrs McCrohon, Miss Irvin

1Whole school Mass 11.30am - S3K

Carnevale Whole school 9am Fashion Parade1pm Shared lunch

PD Meeting - Mrs Simms, Mrs Tavella, Mrs McCrohon, Miss Irvin

2/3

6 March

4Catholic Schools Week Liturgy 9am in the COLA

School “Walkthrough” (open classrooms) 9.15am-10.45am

Junior Joey’s Playgroup 11.30-12.30

PD - IDL Cluster Meeting - Mrs Tavella & Miss Reneker

5Catholic Schools Week

SFC Open Day - Two Session - 9.30am & 4pm

6Catholic Schools Week

Ash Wednesday Mass - 9.15am - S3C

Diocesan Swimming Carnival

Confirmation Parent Information Night 6pm

7Catholic Schools Week

PD - Inclusive & Diverse Learners -Mrs Tavella

PD - Pathways to Leadership - Mrs Flagg

8Catholic Schools Week

PD - Pathways to Leadership - Mrs Flagg

9/10

7 11Junior Joey’s Playgroup 11.30-12.30

12 13Girls Diocesan Soccer Trials - Junee

14 15 16/17Confirmation Commitment Mass 6pm (Sat)

8 18Junior Joey’s Playgroup 11.30-12.30

19St Joseph’s Day Mass 12noon - S2R

20 21Harmony Day

22Staff Development Day - 7 Steps Writing - school closed for students

23/24

9 25Junior Joey’s Playgroup 11.30-12.30

26PD - ASPA - Miss Kane, Miss M Ierano, Miss Reneker

27 28PD - Inclusive & Diverse Learners -Mrs Tavella

29 30/31

10 April

1Junior Joey’s Playgroup 11.30-12.30

PD - Maths - Mrs Maybon & Ms Dally

PD - Diverse learners Conference - Mrs Tavella

2 3 4School disco

5Holy Week Liturgy - Whole school 12 noon

6/7

11 8Junior Joey’s Playgroup 11.30-12.30

9 10 11 12Term 1 ends

13/4

TERM 1 SCHOOL CALENDAR 2019

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