St Joseph’s Catholic College
Phone 08 8972 3555
Fax
08 8972 3701
[email protected]
www.sjcckatherine.nt.edu.au
Term 2 Week 6
21st May 2015
Respect, Resilience & Relationships
Staff News
We received news last week
that Mr. Jesse King has
received a job offer to work
for CSIRO based in
Townsville delivering
curriculum programs to
indigenous students in that
region. He and his family
depart from Katherine at the
end of Term 2. This is a
terrific career opportunity for
him and a chance to be
closer to his Queensland
family. We thank Mr King for
his outstanding contribution
to St Joseph’s over the past
7 and half years. He has
established a vision and a
commitment to ensuring we
deliver the very best
contemporary educational
practices for NT Catholic
education.
This week we welcomed new
administration officers Mrs
Tanya Zofrea and Mr
Patrick Dacaya who
commenced work in the
office last Monday. Sadly we
will be farewelling Ms Audrey
Chen at the end of next
week. Ms Chen is moving to
Melbourne after a welldeserved rest in Taiwan. We
thank Audrey for her great
contribution to St Joseph’s
over the past 2 and half
years.
Congratulations to both Mrs
Elizabeth Campbell and
Anthony Busch on the
completion of Certificate 4 in
Education Support from
Batchelor College.
Welcome back to Mr Bill
Harding who is providing
three weeks of relief support
for Mr Green. We also have
Ms Amy McGeown here on
practical rounds from CDU
working with Year 1-2M.
Thank you to Mrs Sandra
Groves for her support as a
tutor.
Teacher Training and
Development
We continue to ensure staff
receive the most up to date
professional training. Over
the past three weeks we
have had staff involved in
Visible Learning, Formative
Assessment, NAPLAN
marking, NT Certificate in
Education subject training,
Digital Technologies (Frog),
Staff Formation Reviews
and English as an additional
Language or Dialect.
Careers presentation.

current one but not too big
that it may be daunting for
A two week program in
Certificate 1 Baking (Year staff to drive. We will have
9) with Phillip Lodge from more news on this
development later.
CDU.
Sport
In the past three weeks we
have sent representative
teams to AFL Girls’ Football,
Top End Shield- Rugby
League and Katherine
Region Sports; Netball (held
in Alice Springs), Rugby
League and Touch.
We look forward to seeing all
our families at the upcoming
Athletics Carnival on June 2
Student Programs
and 3. This is one of our
We have had an action
biggest and most enjoyable
packed program for students community events on our
since our last newsletter. It is College calendar.
very difficult to summarise all
the ongoing activities at St
Student Safety
Joseph’s but I can remind
Please remind your son/
you that if you want daily
daughter students to always
updates of happenings
walk on our concrete paths
accompanied by some great and not run, to ensure the
photography, you need to
safety of all. Primary
sign up to our College
teachers are walking their
Facebook. There are daily
classes through the space
updates and it is a wonderful between the admin block and
and informative site to visit.
computer lab for safe
A Letter from a Visiting
Victorian Education
Delegation last week
Good Morning Bev,
THANK YOU so much for
hosting us yesterday. We all
came away knowing we had
visited a school where true
Gospel values were evident
and very much alive. Your
staff were so welcoming
(despite the chaos we
created in Transition 1.) My
staff were very positive about
their experience at St
Joseph's, with all saying the
sense of community was
almost palpable; best
summed up by "that's the
most beautiful school I've
ever been in. I wish I lived
here so I could teach at St
Joseph's" from the youngest
member of our group. The
way your beautiful students
(from the youngest to the
oldest) welcomed us into
dismissal as a way of
Some of the program
their school was a wonderful
practising this important
highlights over the past
safety plan. This will then be example of your vision of
three weeks include:
re assessed in a few weeks. Respect, Resilience,
Relationships. Hopefully we
 The celebration of Saint
can continue to build
Joseph the Worker where Recycling
the whole school walked $224.10 was raised from the connections with St Joseph's
and perhaps repay the favour
to the Parish Church to
recycled cans and
one day.
celebrate Mass.
containers. Thanks to Mr
Page for sorting and children Thanks again Bev and
 Year 11 involvement in
please pass on my thanks to
and staff for supporting the
the well-organised and
Denis as well.
action packed Melbourne initiative.
Experience where
Kind regards,
students were introduced Some Big $$ News
Loretta Robbins, Our Lady’s
We received confirmation
to the world of postPrimary School Craigieburn
last week that a grant
secondary options.
application for a new College Principal
 Year 10 undertaking their bus and the funding of an
Please enjoy our second edition
annual work experience.
AFL Leaders Program was
successful. We hope to buy a for this term.
 Try a Trade: Year 9-12
Denis Graham
bus that is bigger than the
Medical Pathways
Catholic Identity Across the College
St Joseph’s Catholic College cel- “ours”. The final draft was prayed
ebrating the Feast of St Joseph at our St Joseph’s Mass, and it is
the Worker
our hope that it will soon be
As our College patron, St Joseph known and prayed by all.
provides us with many qualities
which we can all emulate in our
daily living. As foster father to
Jesus, and husband to Mary, Joseph was presented with challenges; some of which we too
may experience. From what we
read in the New Testament, he
showed respect, resilience and
healthy relationships. It was fitting therefore as a college community that we gathered Tuesday
May 5th in our Parish Church to
celebrate the Feast of St Joseph
the Worker. Many thanks to parents and carers, and parishioners who joined the Eucharistic
celebration. A sincere thanks to
Father Mark who always ensures
that our College masses are welcoming and prayerful.
Sacrament Preparation
Programme
The young people who are preparing to either celebrate their
First Eucharist or Confirmation
on June 15th and their family
representative, are now almost
half way through their preparation programme. The sessions
held here at the College on
Wednesday afternoons, have
been lively and informative.
Please continue to keep all involved in your prayers.
The theme for each group was
different and reports back from
the team members, staff involved
and students themselves, reflect
the importance of providing opportunities for youth to work with
peers on topics such as Leadership, Discipleship, Life choices,
Self-image and God’s Love.
Days such as this are an integral
part of the College’s curriculum
and attendance by all students is
an expectation that was agreed
upon when enrolment was
sought at the College.
The NET youth said they felt
privileged to work closely with
On returning to the College camour secondary students and they
pus, students shared a joint reNET - National Evangelising
commented on their energy, willcess on the shaded grassy area Team
ingness to explore challenging
between the MacKillop Centre
In Week 3, we were privileged to issues and their openness to
and the hall. Students were able have members of the National
share their ideas with others.
to then play and mix with stuEvangelising Team once again
dents in either the primary or
work at St Joseph’s Catholic Col- Please Note:
There was a T-I-S-K event
secondary campus. There was a lege. The team is comprised of
wonderful spirit evident through- young men and women who are (Tapping into Spirituality in Katherine) planned for late this
out the entire day.
highly dedicated and motivated
month. Due to circumstances beto serve within the Catholic
College Prayer
yond our control, this gathering
Church
in
youth
ministry.
has been postponed until next
The Catholic Identity Committee
term. More details will be found
in close consultation with Fr
in Week 9’s Newsletter
Mark, has been working on the
creation of a College prayer. This
process has taken time, and it is
with great excitement that as a
College community, we now
have a prayer that is uniquely
College Prayer
Loving God
You gave us Saint Joseph,
as Patron of our College.
He listened to your call to care for
Mary and Jesus
and he knew the joys and
challenges of daily life.
Help us to work together,
using the gifts you have given us.
May we grow in respect for the environment
and develop a spirit of resilience.
Guide us in our relationship with all creation
so that we may live the Good News. AMEN
Mary, Help of Christians, pray for us.
St Joseph, pray for us.
May 24th Pentecost Sunday
Library News
Wednesday 27th May primary students & Little
Joey's Superstars will be taking part in National Simultaneous Storytime. This is where students from across Australia gather for a simultaneous book reading of a selected Australian
picture book. We will be gathering in the hall
for a book reading & performance by 5/6B.
The book this year is Aaron Blabey's The
Brother Quibble.
Rugby League
29 May 2015
Diary Date - Athletics Carnival
2nd & 3rd June — Katherine Athletic Oval
Angus Cameron, Taleisha Taimani & Talon
Biddle were chosen to represent Katherine
at the School Sports Carnival for Rugby
League. This event was held this week on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Katherine Region tied 2nd with Alice Springs,
Parrs (Palmerton Area) were the winners
and Darwin came in 3rd.
Also congratulations to Taleisha, as she has
been selected in the squad of 30 players for
the Northern Territory and we wish her luck
to be selected when the team is announced
in a month’s time.
Melbourne Experience
On May 5th eighteen Year 11 students left Katherine to experience Melbourne and visit the Age Careers Expo, which is one
of the largest careers expos in Australia. As part of this trip, students visited Charles Darwin University, Melbourne University and RMIT in Melbourne. They sat in lecture theatres, visited practical sites on campus, toured the on campus accommodation and explored other areas of each university. At the Careers Expo students had the opportunity to engage with a
huge range of education and employment representatives and ask personally relevant questions. In addition to the academic and employment aspects of this excursion, students visited St Patrick Cathedral and learnt about its history. They
also had the opportunity to enjoy ten pin bowling, laser tag, ice skating and many other fun activities. The 2015 Melbourne
Experience was a huge success and we would like to thank the students for being so wonderful. The staff really enjoyed
their time away with them.
Health Careers Rural High School Visits
Diana Carli-Seebohm from Medicare Local Northern Territory brought a team of six medical and health students from universities around Australia to visit the senior students and talk about careers in health related fields. The students were
studying to become paramedics, doctors, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. These students worked with the
students in six small groups and rotated them around to experience different health related skills. They stitched fake cuts,
plastered fingers, looked in ears, listened to hearts, they checked reflexes, resuscitated victims and much more. The students were fully captivated throughout the visit. Students then heard about the different obstacles and opportunities involved when accessing courses, such as the cost or getting high enough ATAR scores. The visiting university students gave
excellent options for how to deal with all of these obstacles and how to access any of their fields of study. Each of the 27
students were given show bags with even more information. We look forward to meeting Diana again next year when she
will be bringing another group of talented health professionals to meet our students.
2015 Canteen Menu
DRINKS
SALADS
Daily Specials
Juices $2.00
Salad Box $5.00
Monday
Poppers (Orange, tropical,
apple/blackcurrant, apple, apple/
mango)
Milk flavours $2.00
Available each day for recess
and lunch. Ham, chicken or tuna,
with lettuce, tomato, grated
carrot, cheese, egg and beetroot.
Recess $4.50
Toasted or plain
Sandwiches
Ham & Cheese or Chicken &
Cheese
Lunch $5.00
Chicken Pasta
Bake
Brekkas (Chocolate, vanilla,
strawberry
Water $2.00
Tuesday
Slushy $2.00
SNACKS
All $1.00 ea
Available everyday
Veggie chips, popcorn, fresh fruit
Order 5 salads or salad
sandwiches within 5 weeks
and get the 6th one FREE!
Available Tuesday to Friday
Wednesday
Chocolate muffins, Vanilla Dixie
ice-cream cups
FRESH FRUIT SALAD $4.00
Fresh Fruit Salad made daily for
recess and lunch.
SANDWICHES
Available each day
for recess and lunch
White or wholemeal bread, wrap
or roll.
Salad sandwich/Wrap $5.00
Ham, chicken or tuna with
lettuce, tomato, grated carrot,
beetroot, cheese.
Plain/toasted Sandwich $4.50
Recess $4.50
Sausage roll or homemade pizza
(ham/cheese/
pineapple or
ham/cheese/
pepperoni)
Lunch $5.00
Fried rice or lasagne
Canteen Manager
Lyn Davey
89723555
Friday’s Lunch Time
Special
Ham/cheese, chicken/cheese,
ham/tomato, egg/lettuce. Ham/
pineapple or any combination.
Mayo and tomato sauce
available.
22/5/15 Macaroni
Cheese
Vegetarian and gluten free
sandwiches are available.
5/6/15 Zucchini Slice
29/5/15 Sausages &
Mash Potato
Recess $4.50
Ham, cheese,
egg on an English
muffin or pizza
Lunch $5.00
Spaghetti Bolognaise or Chicken
strip sub (lettuce,
cheese mayo)
Thursday
Recess $4.50
Chicken strips(2) or pizza
Lunch $5.00
Beef burger with lettuce, tomato,
cheese and tomato sauce) or
Meat ball sub
(cheese and
gravy)
Friday
Recess $4.50
Ham, cheese, egg on English
muffin or pizza
Lunch $5.00
Fish and wedges or special
2015 College Calendar & Birthdays
May
18th - 29th
Cert 1 Baking
21st - 22nd
Top End Rugby League
June
1st - 4th
WHS Audit
1st - 5th
Vetis Rural Operations
2nd
College Sports Day Field
3rd
College Sports Day Track
8th
Public Holiday
8th - 12th
Vetis Rural Operations
12th
Harmony Day (Postponed)
14th
Sacraments of Confirmation
& First Eucharist Parish Church
19th
Last day of Term 2
July
20th
Student Free Day
21st
Students Resume
August
24th
Student Free Day
October
16th
Yr 7 HPV(3) and catch ups
May
Evan Page
Jasmine Biddle
Geliane Vergara
Thomas Wheeler
Ned Leaitherland-Napier
Jessica Michalak
Jessica Deeth
Tyronia Shark
Mackinlay Colling
Mary Abarquez
Tahla Hutchinson
Drew Whitehouse
Elmore Anzac
Anthony Ridolfi
Denton Dehne
Archer Thomas
Darcy Howard
Johnny Pamkal
Ella Tisbe
Jack Love
Hannah Love
Rhys Lauder
Angus Cameron
Aurora Line
Dan Isaac
Nicholas Brisk
Kirra Riggs
Allen Biju Aashiyana
Marcus Rogers
Raunak Koirala