Newsletter 12 Week 3 Term 2

5 May 2015

Key Dates, Term 2

Dear Parents, Children and Friends,

MOTHERS’ DAY

There's no mistaking the tenderness and

the beauty of the love in a mother's face.

A mother’s love is unconditional, patient

and forgiving and seems to encompass

everything. (Though I must admit I'm sure

we all have our moments....especially when

we're stretched to our limits!). I'm sure if

you're anything like me you know that

no one in the world can take the place of

your mother....even if there are times we

don't want to admit it.

"No Love like a Mother's Love!"

There is no love like a mother's love,

no stronger bond on earth...

like the precious bond that comes from

God,

to a mother, when she gives birth

A mother's love is forever strong,

never changing for all time...

and when her children need her most,

a mother's love will shine.

God bless these special mothers,

God bless them every one...

for all the tears and heartache,

and for the special work they've done.

When her days on earth are over,

a mother's love lives on...

through many generations,

with God's blessings on each one.

Be thankful for our mothers,

for they love with a higher love...

from the power God has given,

and the strength from up above.

Loving God,

We thank you for mothers – for all they

mean or have meant, for the love they

have shown and the care they have given.

We thank you for the qualities of mothers

–their patience, their kindness, concern

and understanding. We thank you for the

part they play in our lives, we thank you

for this day of saying ‘thank you’ and this

opportunity to say what we so often mean

to say, but so rarely do.

MOTHERS’ DAY LITURGY &

MOTHERS’ DAY STALL

Our Mothers’ Day Liturgy will be held this

Friday at All Hallows from 9.30am

I encourage all mothers and grandmothers

to attend our thanksgiving celebration

where we recognise the immeasurable

contribution our mothers and

grandmothers make to our lives. Our

liturgy will be followed by a morning tea

held in the Kamballie Grandstand to honour

our mothers and grandmothers. Please

RSVP, via the attached newsletter slip

by this Wednesday. I look forward to

seeing you all there.

Our annual Mothers’ Day Stall takes place

on Thursday after recess. The P&F have

been busily planning the stall and purchasing

gifts that will be for sale on the day. Gifts

range from $1.00 - $5.00 each.

YOU CAN DO IT CONFIDENCE

WORKSHOP

We had a great turn out of thirty two

parents to our You Can Do It Confidence

Workshop held last evening. The workshop

was very interactive and focused on defining

confidence, gave practical examples on how

to praise confident behaviour in children

and how parents can assist their children to

develop a positive mindset and foster

positive “self talk.” I would like to

acknowledge the incredible work of Miss

Eastman and Miss Britt for planning and

facilitating the workshop, as well as those

staff who attended and offered assistance

during the workshop and in the crèche.

1:1 IPAD PARENT & STUDENT

WORKSHOP THIS WEDNESDAY

Our next 1:1 iPad Parent & Student

Workshop takes place this Wednesday

from 5pm - 6pm in the Year Four

classroom. These sessions are very

interactive and are an excellent way to

experience the high quality learning

that occurs in our Years 4-6 classrooms on

a daily basis. Unfortunately, there are

currently only two families registered to

attend and the afternoon is in jeopardy of

being cancelled. If you are planning on

attending, please RSVP tomorrow by

9am.

MAY

6 Homework Club iPad Parent Workshop Yr 4 - 6 5.00 - 6.00 pm

7 Mothers’ Day Stall School Banking Homework Club

8 Mothers Day Liturgy 9.30am followed by a morning tea

11 Year 6 camp 11th - 15th P & F Meeting 2pm Homework Club

12 NAPLAN Yrs 3 & 5

13 NAPLAN Yrs 3 & 5 Homework Club

14 NAPLAN Yrs 3 & 5 Homework Club

15 Presentation Assembly Yr 3

16 School Banking Homework Club

21 Candidate/Parent Eucharist Workshop 6pm School Banking Homework Club

22 Presentation Assembly Yr 2 School Disco PK - Yr3 4.30-6pm Yr 4 - Yr 6.30-8pm

25 Our Lady Help of Christians Mass All Hallows 9.30am Homework Club

26 World of Maths Incursion (1)

27 World of Maths Incursion (2)Homework Club

PUPIL FREE DAYS 2015 **PLEASE NOTE** Term 3 Monday 17th August Tuesday 18th August

Keep in Our Prayers

Please pray for members of our community who are sick or in need or our prayerful support

YEAR SIX CAMP

Mr Shaw, Mrs Houston and the Year Six children are

busily preparing for their school camp next week at

Ern Halliday in Hillary’s. School camp is an exciting

time for our students and memories on camp often

last a lifetime. On behalf of the staff and students of

St Joseph’s, I would like to wish our students a

wonderful time with much joy, laughter and sleep!

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM –

LITERACY AND NUMERACY (NAPLAN)

TESTING.

Next week, students in Year Three and Year Five will

sit for various NAPLAN tests from Tuesday 12th May

until Thursday 14th May. The tests will be Language

Conventions and Spelling plus Writing on 12th May,

Reading on 13th May and finally Numeracy on 14th

May. It is very important that students attend school

on these days and I would ask parents to please make

certain that there are no dentist, doctor or other

appointments at this time.

While NAPLAN does not measure everything that is

important about a student’s literacy and numeracy

development, it does provide each school with

valuable data and every school is expected to pay

close attention to trends over a number of years.

As parents, you can help your child to do their very

best by following these suggestions:

Make certain that your child is well rested and

gets at least 10 hours of sleep a night during the

testing period.

Ensure your child has a good breakfast every

day so they can concentrate fully.

Provide your children with healthy snacks in

their lunchbox to further aid concentration.

Ensure your child gets a healthy daily dose of

exercise during the assessment period. This will

assist to reenergise your child, as well as release

any anxiety they are experiencing.

Try not to make a big deal of the test. Children

who are anxious and worried about the

assessment will not perform to their potential.

Encourage your child to do their best.

Please find attached an article to further support you

and your child titled “Helping students get ready for

the NAPLAN tests.”

P&F MEETING

Our next P&F Meeting takes place on Monday at 2pm

in order to accommodate parents who have

previously found it difficult to attend the 9am meeting.

Attending a P&F Meeting is one way you can be

actively involved in the decision making process of the

school, contribute to the success of our school and

work collaboratively to provide our student with the

best experiences and facilities possible. I look forward to

seeing some new faces at this new meeting time.

Upcoming Events:

6 May: iPad Parent & Child Workshop

Years 4-6

7 May: Mothers’ Day Stall

8 May: Mothers’ Day Liturgy & Morning Tea

at 9am

11 May: Year Six Camp

12-14 May: NAPLAN Testing

Finally, to all of our mothers and grandmothers, I hope

that Sunday is filled with love and happiness for you and

your families – Happy Mother’s Day!

May God bless our school and those within it.

Miranda Swann

Principal

NAPLAN

On Tuesday 12, Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 May,

students in Years Three and Five will sit their NAPLAN

tests. Skills that will be tested include reading, writing,

spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy.

These tests are completed here at school and are

considered just another part of the curriculum. It is

important for you and your child to know that NAPLAN

is not a pass/fail test. It simply looks at what level

students are achieving in literacy and numeracy against

National Standards and compared with student peers

throughout Australia.

NAPLAN cannot be studied for and students are not

expected to do so. The best way you can help your child

prepare for NAPLAN is to let them know that it is just

a routine part of their school program, and to urge

them to do the best they can on the day.

All students in Years Three and Five are expected to

participate in NAPLAN testing.

Later in the year we will send parents an individual

student NAPLAN report that you can use to view and

monitor how your child is progressing.

Please find below details of when the tests will be

carried out for children in Years Three and Five. It

should be noted that all testing will take place prior to

lunch. The last day of the week is being reserved in the

event that some children may be absent on one or more

of the scheduled days of testing.

CURRICULUM NEWS

If you have any concerns, please contact your child’s

teacher; Mrs Stafford or Miss Ellis.

Have a wonderful week

Luke Shaw

Assistant Principal – Curriculum

THE MONTH OF MAY

Within the cycle of a year, the Church unfolds the whole

of the mystery of Christ, from his incarnation and birth

until his ascension, the day of Pentecost, and the

expectation of blessed hope and of the Lord’s return.

In celebrating this annual cycle of Christ’s mysteries, the

Church honours with special love Mary, the Mother of

God, who is joined by an inseparable bond to the saving

work of her Son. In her the Church holds up and

admires the most excellent effect of the redemption and

joyfully contemplates, as in a flawless image, that which

the Church itself desires and hopes wholly to be.

FIRST COMMUNION-EUCHARIST

We will be holding a parent and candidate workshop at

school on Thursday 21st May for all those children

that will be taking part in the sacrament of Eucharist this

year. The workshop is in the Wittenoom Library and

starts at 6.00 pm.

MOTHERS’ DAY LITURGY

This Friday 8th May we celebrate Mothers’ Day with a

Liturgy in the church at 9.30 am. This is followed by a

morning tea in the Kamballie Grandstand. Please join us

for this celebration.

Mrs Tanya Stafford

Assistant Principal Religious Education

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

EDUCATION IN FAITH

A Prayer for Mothers

All-loving God, we give you thanks and praise for

mothers young and old.

We pray for young mothers, who give life and count

toes and tend to our every need;

May they be blessed with patience and tenderness to

care for their families and themselves with great joy.

We pray for our own mothers who have nurtured and

cared for us;

May they continue to guide in strong and gentle ways.

We remember mothers who are separated from their

children because of war, poverty, or conflict;

May they feel the loving embrace of our God who wipes

every tear away.

We pray for women who are not mothers but still love

and shape us with motherly care and compassion.

We remember mothers, grandmothers, and great-

grandmothers who are no longer with us but who live

forever in our memory and nourish us with their love.

Amen.

This Sunday is Mothers’ Day and a day we honour and

give thanks to our mothers and mother figures alike.

Let us also remember to honour our blessed Mother

Mary, just as God honoured her to be the mother of

Jesus.

Mrs Stacey Hansen

Happy Mother’s Day

Tue 13th

May

Wed 14th

May

Thur 15th

May

Fri 16th

May

Year

3

9.15am -

9.55am

Language

Conventions

Test Duration

40 minutes

11.15am-

11.55am

Writing

Test Duration

40 minutes

9.15am–

10.00am

Reading

Test Duration

45 minutes

9.40am-

10.25am

Numeracy

Test Duration

45 minutes

9.00am-

12.30pm

Catch Up

Testing

Day

Year

5

9.15am-

9.55am

Language

Conventions

Test Duration

40 minutes

11.15am-

11.55am

Writing

Test Duration

40 minutes

9.15am–

10.05am

Reading

Test Duration

50 minutes

9.40am-

10.30am

Numeracy

Test Duration

50 minutes

9.00am-

12.30pm

Catch Up

Testing

Day

Sports Stars

We had a shorter week in sport last week due to the

public holiday and so I will be choosing Sports Stars and

Sports Champion at the end of this week .

In sport this week....

On Tuesday we continued with our Auskick skills and

practiced on the oval to develop the skills we are learning

for our age group. In Junior Primary we practiced

crouching and using our hands to pick up the ball

correctly from a stationary position. We are making sure

to bend our knees, extend our arms with fingers

stretched out to pick up ball cleanly with both hands. We

also practiced stepping and kicking. In Senior Primary, we

developed our hitting skills by practicing handballing. We

had fun at practising it in relay type games and then by

playing a modified game where we could only use the

handball to pass and score. Seniors also had an

introduction to cross country and started to practice

running around the oval. This year, Years Three to Five

students will be required to run 1.5km and Year Six

students will complete 2km.

On Friday the Faction Captains, Mrs Swann and myself

attended a very fun and exciting 'JUMP JAM' training

session at South Kalgoorlie Primary School. Along with

students from other schools, we got to learn fun

choreography to some well known children's song,

including 'We like to move it move it!' as well as how to

be 'JUMP JAM' leaders on stage. We are now looking to

see how we can implement these new skills in to

structured play sessions at school and future class

sessions. The Year One class had the chance to have a

demonstration lesson from the House Captains and

course tutor, Brett Fairweather, as part of their P.E

lesson on Monday. They had great fun doing the 'MOVE

IT MOVE IT' dance.

Sporting events...

Well done to St Joseph's Basketball team who played in

the GIANTS School Basketball Competition. Last week

we played O'Connor Primary School with the end result

being 18-13. Despite the loss, we put up a good game and

all had some game time on court and showed great

sportsmanship. There will be a match this coming

Saturday 9th at 6:15pm. Therefore, team practices will be

held Tuesday lunchtime and Friday after school

from 3:00-3:30pm. Thank you to all those who came to

support us.

Coming soon in Week 4…

Kilometre Club for Years Three to Six.

Students are invited to take part in a fun competition

where they can accrue ‘kilometres’ by completing before

and after school cross country laps. The more times they

run, the more kilometres they will get! The highest

number of kilometres accumulated before cross country

week will receive a special certificate and prize! The

sessions will start in week 4 on Monday mornings from

8am - 8:20am and Tuesday afternoons from 3pm -

3:30pm after school. Students need to wear their sports

uniform and bring a water bottle.

Other sports information....

Please ensure your child wears the correct sports

uniform for their sports session. Recently, some children

have turned up without hats and have therefore been

unable to participate due to our NO hat, NO sun policy.

Children also need to wear the correct footwear for

these sessions, as agreed in the school’s uniform policy.

Thank you for your support with this.

Sports Dates to remember:

Cross Country -10th June

Winter Lightening Carnival -19th June

Parents are always welcome to come and help with

sports sessions. We would be thrilled if any parent

wished to share their knowledge and skills with the

students. Please contact me if you are interested in

volunteering.

Kelly Woolley

Physical Education Teacher/Year 3 Class Teacher

We have a limited number of New Balance Sports

Shoes available in the Uniform Shop. Be sure to

call in and grab a bargain before they sell out.

Smaller size hats are back in stock ($13)

We are offering our size 6 woollen jumpers at a

reduced price of $40. These are a small fit (not a

regular size 6) but would be a great option as a

backup for Year 1 students, particularly if you have

younger siblings to pass it on to. Pre-primary

parents may also be interested in purchasing these

jumpers for children entering Year 1 in 2016.

Uniform Shop hours are Tuesday 8:15-9:00am and

Thursdays 2:45-3:30pm

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIFORM NEWS

SCHOOL BANKING

School Banking will now take place on

THURSDAY.

Week 2 Merit Award Winners

Pre-Primary

James Standage

Year 1

Jaydan Coleman

Year 2

-

Year 3

Alivia Dowling

Year 4

Aaron Marwick

Allira Swann

Year 5

Jonty Redmond

Year 6

Daniel Trow

SCHOOL FEES Term One fee payments are now overdue.

We ask that families, not on a direct debit,

finalise their Term One accounts

immediately.

If payment presents a difficulty please

contact the Principal.

CANTEEN NEWS

Wednesday special Fish & Chips

$5.00

Weekly Special Pizza sub & juice box

$5.00

HOMEWORK CLUB

Monday , Wednesday

& Thursday 3.00pm – 3.30pm

in the Library

COOKBOOKS FOR SALE Stuck for dinner ideas? Looking for

lunchbox inspiration? Then look no further!

Our cookbooks are available for purchase

for $20 each from the office. You can also

see one of our friendly P&F members who

will be happy to assist you.

ST JOSEPH’S MOTHERS’ DAY

MORNING TEA

When: Friday 8th May

after the Liturgy

Where: Kamballie Grandstand

SURNAME: ________________

NUMBER ATTENDING: _____

Please return to your child’s teacher or the

Front Office by Wednesday 6th May.

P&F NEWS VOLUNTEERS WE NEED YOU!!

Got some time to spare? (and a MAD card

that needs filling!)

We are searching for some wonderful

volunteers for the following activities:

Thursday 7th May - Mothers’ Day

Stall at School

Friday 22nd May - Disco (afternoon

for setup and evening for the event)

Saturday 6th June - Car Boot Sale

and Sausage Sizzle

MOTHERS DAY STALL

A big thankyou to one of our wonderful

parents, Rachael Vollmer, who has kindly

donated jars of yummy “Finigan’s Finest

Tomato Relish” for our Mothers’ Day Stall.

UPCOMING DISCO

Calling all ye Pirates and Mermaids.

Our next Disco will be held on Friday the

22nd May. Get your dancing shoes ready!

We would greatly appreciate any parental

help, either setting up prior and/or during

the disco.

NEXT MEETING:

**Monday 11th May at 2pm**

Elana Scanlon

Ph 0418907222

elana@telanya.com.au

Megan Murphy

Ph 0428914129

Megan-simon.murphy@bigpond.com

SCHOOL APP Download our fantastic new school app

and keep informed and up to date with all

the fantastic events happening at

St Joseph's School.

SPORTS NEWS

PARISH NEWS

YEAR 5 NEWS

In Year Five, we applied the technology process of investigating, devising, producing and evaluating to create 3D

model zoo enclosures. We began the task by choosing a species of animal, insect or reptile. We researched how

the species survives in its natural habitat and how it is housed in various zoos around the world. We then planned

our 3D model zoo enclosure and brought in 'found' materials from home, such as shoeboxes and cotton wool. We

had to ensure that when making our enclosures that we used the materials and other equipment safely.

Here are a few photographs of some of the 3D model zoo enclosures that we created.

Miss Ellis

Year Five Classroom Teacher

GOLDFIELDS CHILDREN’S CHOIR

The GCC is seeking new members. We are a community choir

for children who love to sing between the ages of 8 and 17.

Rehearsals - Wednesday 5.00pm to 6.30pm

Venue – GAC Ensemble Room

Contact – For an audition please contact Graham Green

0428 253 266

green.graham@staff.jpc.wa.edu.au

COMMUNITY NEWS

CONFIDENCE Confident young children are not afraid to make mistakes when learning

something new. They believe that they will be successful if they try hard.

They only ask for their parent’s or teacher’s help when they have tried

their very best. Confident young children are not afraid to meet new

classmates. They expect to be liked and make friends.

When someone wants them to do something they don’t want to do (i.e. break a rule), confident children tell

them nicely what they want to do. Confident young children make themselves big and tall and speak in a voice

that everyone can hear but is not too loud or yelling.

EXAMPLES OF CONFIDENT BEHAVIOUR IN CHILDREN

1. Chooses to participate in a new activity with new friends.

2. Shares what happened during the day with his/her parents, clearly outlining the events.

3. Introduces himself/herself to someone new.

4. Speaks loudly enough so people can hear them clearly.

5. Does a new activity without first asking for help.

6. Participate in all class activities without worrying about what others may think.

WAYS TO PRAISE YOUR CHILD FOR CONFIDENT BEHAVIOUR

• “That took confidence.”

• “You were brave to do that all by yourself.”

• “Good for you. You were not afraid of trying something new.”

• “You see, we all make mistakes when we are learning something new.”

TEACH YOUR CHILD THE FOLLOWING CONFIDENT THINKING

o ACCEPTING MYSELF: I am likeable and good at doing many things.

o TAKING RISKS: It is ok to make mistakes when learning something new or practising.

o BEING INDEPENDENT: It is good for me to try new activities by myself and its ok to ask for help if I

need it.

PRACTICAL THINGS YOU CAN DO TO DEVELOP CONFIDENCE IN YOUR CHILD • Give your child a special responsibility (setting the table, taking out rubbish).

• Ask your child questions you know he/she can answer.

• Set aside time each day for your child to demonstrate what he/she has learned at school.

• Help your child to identify and develop individual interests and talents.

• Do not give your child too much attention when he/she expresses negative feelings about school work.

• Encourage your child to speak clearly when asked a question.

• Praise your child for doing something new.

• Praise your child for completing homework/ assignments on time.