Term 2 Week 4 - St Joseph`s Primary Uralla

St. Joseph’s School, Wood Street, Uralla
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Ph 0267 784063 Fax 0267 783010 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stjosephsuralla.catholic.edu.au
ASSEMBLY AWARDS
Congratulations to the following students
who were presented with their awards at last
Friday’s assembly.
Principal’s Awards for “Using technology
responsibly to learn” went to :
Infants - Montana Hayes
Primary - Zac Walters
Learning Studio Awards went to:
Infants - Brittany Doran
Primary - Jordan Redmond for “Being
resilient and persistent in challenging exam
conditions”.
Adrian Walters was presented with his Week
2 award.
Congratulations to our School Cross Country Champions and Runners up.
Minor Boys: Archie Moir & Cohen Hannaford: Minor Girls: Meredith Hannaford & Mariah Carlon; Junior
Boys: Ethan Walters & Jack Young; Junior Boy AWD: Malakye: Junior Girls: Charlotte Murrell & Angela
Ryan; 11 Yr Boys: Jack Reddon & Jordan Redmond; 11 Yr Girls: Sascha Wright; Senior Boys: Ronald
Boxsell & Alex Baker: Senior Boys AWD: Daniel Murrell. Georgia White and Kaitlyn Walters qualified to
represent in the Diocesan 9Yrs Girls division. Students aged 8yrs and older from this group made up our
team to compete at the Diocesan Cross Country at Quirindi. Well done everyone!
Dates to Remember
Mon 23 May: Gala Day Tamworth
Mon 6 Jun: Kindy 2017 Open
Morning
Mon 13 Jun: Queen’s Birthday Public
Holiday
Thur 30 Jun: NAIDOC
Thur 30 Jun: Term ends for
students
Fri 1 Jul: Teachers’ In-service
CANTEEN ROSTER
Mon 23 May:
Toni Tricker
St Joseph’s School
Newsletter
KINDERGARTEN 2017
OPEN MORNING 6 JUNE 9:30AM
NEWSLETTER
ITEMS
 Principal’s
Message
 School Mass
 Assembly
 Sport News
 Pupil Free Day
 Parent
Volunteer
Checks
 Save the Date
 PT&F Corner
 School Bus
Travel Passes
 Dio Cross
Country
Recount
 Assembly
Awards
 Dates to
Remember
 Canteen Roster
18 MAY 2016
TERM 2 WEEK 4
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Dear Parents
Diocesan Cross Country
On Monday 16 May, 10 of our students represented the school at the Diocesan Cross Country
in Quirindi. Congratulations to all of our students on showing such determination and drive to
compete to the best of their ability during their race. Special congratulations go to three of our
boys Daniel Murrell, Ronald Boxsell and Malakye Wright who have all qualified to go to the
Polding trials. Daniel won the Senior Boys AWD, Ronald came 3rd in the 12/13yr Boys and
Malakye won the Junior Boys AWD. We wish you all the best when you travel to Eastern Creek
to compete next month. I would also like to thank Mrs Kim Heagney for her organisation and
co-ordination of this event. Thank you also to the parents who so willingly took their children,
allowing them to compete at this event.
Kinder 2017 Open Morning
On Monday the 6th June the school will hold our Kinder 2017 Open Morning starting at 9:30am.
The day will include a tour of the school, an information session, morning tea with current
parents and fun activities for the pre-schoolers. We will also give further information about our
Transition program to be offered in Term 4. If you know of any children who are ready to start
Kindergarten next year please invite them and their parents along to our school for this
important morning. I will also be attending the Uralla Pre-school Information Night on 25 May to
present some information to parents about what a St Joseph’s School education can offer their
child.
End of Year Awards
Within this newsletter I have included, for your information, the list of prizes that will be handed
out at the end of year presentation night. The teachers have reorganised the evening to make it
a celebration of each and every student’s learning. Please take the time to read through this
sheet and if you have any questions please contact me. This will also be shared with our
students later this week.
Step Day Year 5
On the 25th May our year 5 students have been invited to a STEP (Stage Three Experience
Program) Day at O’Connor. In the past, these days have been offered as a combined Year 5 &
6 day but due to larger numbers they have now been offered separately. Year 6 students had a
STEP day last term. Notes have gone home today with our Year 5 students. Please return the
signed permission notes by Friday.
Judy Elks
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AT THE RISING OF YOUR SUN
Lord God, Creator of light,
at the rising of your sun each morning,
let the greatest of all lights - your love rise, like the sun, within my heart.
Amen.
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ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
SCHOOL MASS
There will be a whole school Mass this Friday 20 May at 9:10am. All welcome.
ASSEMBLY
Our next assembly will be held this Friday 20 May in the School Hall at 2:45pm. All welcome.
SPORT NEWS
The Diocesan Gala Day will be held in Tamworth on Monday 23 May. Fifteen of our primary students will
be playing in teams for netball, soccer and rugby league. Mrs Walters will be travelling with the students to
Tamworth this Monday on the Glen Innes Bus. The bus will pick up our students at Rotary Park (bus stop
opposite Matilda’s Service Station on the highway) at 7:00am. The bus will return by approximately
4:00pm.
PUPIL FREE DAY
We wish to remind you that all our teachers will be attending a Core Catholic Principles in-service day on
the last day of this term. Therefore our students will finish for the term on Thursday 30th June.
PARENT VOLUNTEER CHECKS
In complying with Government and CSO Child Protection guidelines we as a school are required to obtain
clearance for all adults who are engaged in both paid and volunteer work where the employee or volunteer
comes into contact with the students in our care.
Over the last two weeks we have obtained the signed declarations and/or Working with Children
Clearances for our canteen helpers.
We are now requesting ALL PARENTS WHO VOLUNTEER IN ANY OTHER WAY (for example: driving
students other than your own child to sporting and other events, assisting at school events such as
swimming and athletics carnivals etc.) to complete a declaration form which is included in this newsletter. It
would be appreciated if you would return the completed form as soon as possible. Thank you for your
understanding in this matter and a big thank you again to all our volunteers.
SAVE THE DATE
St Joseph’s Parish Uralla is holding a parish celebration dinner on Friday 5 May, 2017, to celebrate the
50th anniversary of the opening of the current church. Please contact Trish Shortis on 0402 342 032 for
further information.
ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL URALLA NEWSLETTER
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PT&F CORNER
Meetings
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 21 June at 5:30pm. Please join us with your ideas.
Kathy Dodd (President)
Phone 6778 4774 or Mob. 0423 418 467
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SCHOOL BUS TRAVEL PASSES
From 12 May 2016, applications for school travel passes will need to be completed online instead of
using paper forms. Most students who already have a school travel pass in 2016 won’t need to re-apply
for next year. However you will need to update student details online if the student:

Is moving from Year 2 to Year 3

Is moving from Year 6 to Year 7

Is changing schools

Is changing address
To be eligible for a school travel pass, students may need to live a minimum distance from their school:

Year K—2 (Infants)
No minimum distance.

Years 3—6 (Primary)
1.6km straight line or 2.3km walking distance

Years 7—12 (Secondary)
2.0km straight line or 2.9km walking distance.
Further information is available online at transportnsw.info/school-students
DIOCESAN CROSS COUNTRY RECOUNT
On Monday Ethan Walters, Malakye Wright, Jack Young, Kaitlyn Walters, Georgia
White, Charlotte Murrell, Jack Reddon, Angela Ryan, Sascha Wright, Ronald Boxsell
and Daniel Murrell travelled to Quirindi for Diocesan Cross Country.
At 10:00 we had to walk the track which was at the race course. We raced in all
different age groups—U8/9s, U10s, U11s and U12/13s. There was a canteen which
had wonderful cupcakes. The ambulance was there in case somebody hurt themselves.
The tracks had lots of ditches, gullies and large cracks because the ground was dry
and hard.
We all sat under the gazebo as a school team with our parents and family. Everyone
ran fast and hard, and all tried their best.
Three students successfully made it to Polding to be held at Eastern Creek, Sydney.
Ronald came third. Malakye and Daniel came first in their AWD divisions.
Thank you to our parents for taking us. We wish Daniel, Ronald and Malakye good
luck!
By the 2016 X-Country Squad