This week is Refugee Week (19-25 June)
A PRAYER FOR JUSTICE FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS
God of mercy, help me to remember: My ancestors came across the seas!
Help me keep in my mind, those who came long ago and those who now come to our
shores.
As I face you in prayer, God of Compassion, I remember Jesus’ command: Love one
another, as I have loved you;
And Pope Francis’ call to open our hearts “To a universal communion which excludes
nothing and no one”
I pray for those forced to leave family, home and all they hold dear;
May they find safe passage and helping hands.
I pray for an end to the wars and oppression that forced them to leave;
I pray that those who welcome them are blessed in abundance.
And with deep humility and a heart hungry for justice,
I pray that we Australians, citizens and leaders,
Open our eyes, our minds and our hearts
That we may see, understand and welcome
CAPSA
Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum
Dear Parents and Children,
This week we welcome Emilie Hickey to our staff. Emilie is a 4th year pre-service teacher from Australian
Catholic University and will be working with Kate in 3K. Emilie commenced this week and will return for the
first two weeks of next term. She then joins us again in the last five weeks of term three for her final
teaching rounds. Welcome Emilie.
I would like to thank all of the students and staff for another terrific term. The positive mindset and hardworking attitude of our students makes St Joseph’s a wonderful place to be!! I’d also like to thank the staff
for their diligence in providing a stimulating learning environment and engaging our students in positive
learning experiences throughout the term.
On behalf of the staff I’d like to thank all of our families for your support this semester. I hope everyone has
a safe holiday and that you enjoy an abundance of quality family-time together.
Kind regards,
Mary Kearney
Principal
Sunday
Monday
JUNE
Wednesday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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8.
*PEB Meeting
7:30pm
9.
3K Class Mass
10.
School Closure Day
11.
12.
13.
Queen’s Birthday
Holiday!!!
14.
* Portfolio Open
Morning 9-10am
* Extra Gymnastics
session grades 3-6
15.
*Creative Music
Concert 3:30pm
* Extra Footsteps
session grades P-2
16.
3A Class Mass
17.
* Sem 1 reports
home
* Sausage Sizzle
after School
18.
19.
20.
*Jump Rope for
Heart at assembly
21.
*Kelly Sports Dance
concert 1:30pm
* Extra Gymnastics
session grade 3-6
22.
*Parent Teacher
Interviews
23.
Subway Lunch
24.
END TERM 2. Chn
finish at 1:30pm
25.
Sunday
Monday
17.
JULY
Wednesday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
11.
Term 3 Begins
12.
13.
14.
15.
Pre-loved Uniform
sale after school
16.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
School Trivia
Night
24.
Family Mass
10:30am
31.
25.
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27.
FUTURE DATES TO NOTE
 PLEASE NOTE SCHOOL
CLOSURE DAY ON JUNE 10
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August 4 – Eucharist Sacramental Evening
@ 7:00pm
August 21 – First Eucharist @ 10:30am
Sunday Mass
August 16 – Confirmation Sacramental
Evening @ 7:00pm
September 2 – Confirmation
28.
29.
30.
MONDAY ASSEMBLY ROSTER
Please click HERE for the class
roster for Monday’s assemblies.
This roster is also available on
the School Website
www.sjnorthcote.catholic.edu.au
in the ‘News and Events’ section
FAMILY DETAILS UPDATE
If families could please return their updated student and family information slip it would be
greatly appreciated. It is important that we have accurate and up to date contact details.
SCHOOL BANKING
School Banking day is Tuesday, if anyone would like further information
please contact the Office. The new reward items for this Term are Mud
Splat Handball and Outback Pat Bag Tag.
LOST PROPERTY
There is an abundance of lost property at the moment. If you know you are missing some
school clothing items please feel free to check the lost property box outside Lauren’s
classroom.
CHESS CLUB
On Thursday 16th June, 4 students from St Joseph’s Primary School competed in another Chess
Victoria Zonal qualifying tournament hosted by Viewbank Primary School. It was a big tournament
with 132 students representing 14 schools. Clocks were ticking, pieces were clicking, the kids were
concentrating well, everyone was well-behaved…
Well done to all students who attended the tournament and a special congratulations to Ben
Armstrong, our top player, who scored an amazing 6 points out of 7 and came 3rd, winning the
Gold medal for the Grade 5-6 division, and Max Hamilton, who scored a very respectable 5.5
points to come 9th, winning the Bronze medal for the Grade 5-6 division!
Also, heartiest congratulations to Emily Armstrong and Tivona Dang for giving it their best and for
gaining valuable experience for their next attempt. Luck comes to those who persist. 
Jim Canon
CONGRATULATIONS TO BEN AND MAX
WHO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE
SEMI-FINALS!!!
Well Done Boys and GOOD LUCK!!!
Congratulations to the students who received a I am RESPONSIBLE, I
am RESPECTFUL or I am RESILIENT certificate last Friday. Each grade
had two certificate recipients due to the school closure day on Friday 10
June.
Prep –
Elisa Petrilli
Ginger Pinto
Year 1 – George Mavros
Chloe Lawless
Year 2 – Thomas Zammit
Vienna Burton
Year 3A – Matthew Phan
Lara Becroft
Year 3K - Darcy Curry
Alessia Angerosa
Year 4 – Alice Pinder
Chloe Chisholm
Year 5 – Walt Wilson
Grace Pettinella
Year 6 – Jordan Franco
Abbey Cowley
Steve from OnPsych is in the process of contacting all families who have returned
their OnPsych consent forms to school. Sessions will begin early in Term 3 during
school hours.
Any parents who may be interested in this service and haven’t yet lodged an
application form are more than welcome to talk to Mary or myself to book an informal
meetings of around 10-15 minutes with Steve. This would provide parents with an
opportunity to discuss the suitability of this service for your child. Parent packs are
available at the office.
St Joseph’s School Wide Positive Behaviour Support Approach Matrix
Here is our completed matrix for your reference.
Click HERE to view the matrix
This week’s Michael Grose article is titled
‘Staying sane while travelling with kids’.
Please click HERE for this week’s Michael Grose article
Andrea Wals
Wellbeing Leader
Congratulations to all the students who participated in the St Joseph’s Jump Rope for Heart.
We managed to raise a very impressive $173.85. Well done to our Sports Leaders; Ruby,
Victoria, James, Olivia, Amelia and Marcus for running the event and making the morning
the success that it was. Thank you to all the family and friends who came along to show
their support.
Miss Emmie.
As you would know we had the
Jump Rope for Heart performance
on the 22nd June. The grade prep
to six children learnt a routine and
performed it to music. It was a
success!!!
The Sports Captains would like to
thank everyone who donated money
to the Heart Foundation. We
appreciate every donation given.
Thank you and we hope you enjoyed
the morning.
From the Sport Captains,
Victoria, Ruby, Olivia, Marcus,
James and Amelia
On Wednesday Miss Emmie put together several performances to raise money and awareness
for the hear foundation, as it is the number one killer of Australians.
WOW, what a wonderful morning of jumping and skipping we all had!!! Everyone had a great
morning but this wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for one person, Miss Emmie…
On behalf of the school, we would like to thank Miss Emmie for sacrificing her time for the
students to practise and prepare the presentation so it was as awesome as it could be.
We believe the skipping performances were a hit among the parents, and we hope they are
looking forward to next year’s presentation as well. Thank you Miss Emmie and we are so
much fitter now that we have completed Jump Rope for Heart.
School Captains,
Lily Cormie and Max Hamilton
It’s on again!
Saturday July 23rd, 7.30 pm
Multi Purpose Room
$15 per head
B.Y.O Drinks and Food
Is Trivia your thing? Have you got what it takes to take on other Parents and
Teachers? Well then its time to get your food platters organised, BYO your
drinks and make use of all your trivia knowledge!
Heaps of games, prizes and silent auction items up for grabs. Don’t delay!
Tickets are limited so book your table before the holiday break.
ALL proceeds go directly towards resources for our children.
Contact the office with payment and participants names.
Any queries call Bernadette Curry 0409948981
Election Day
If you haven’t already, please consider donating some time to the Election day rosters. There
are a range of different roles to be filled from serving on a stall for a while to running a BBQ.
Sadly, it’s the same few volunteers already stretched to the limit so if you are planning on
volunteering for just one thing this year let this be it! This is such a huge opportunity to show
the community just how great this school is and we can only do it if EVERYONE pitches in.
Bernadette Curry & Vicki Jamieson
Extend OSHC at St Joseph's Northcote
Weekly recap.....
We have had a great week at Extend, playing Limbo,
making dip dye paper and even crafting up rhythmic gymnastic
ribbons. We have cooked pancakes and on Friday we are
having an end of term party – see you there!
–
Cat, Team Leader
Extend Superstar: This one goes to all of the children and educators at Extend who made me the
amazing Welcome back sign, thank you all so much!
WINTER HOLIDAY PROGRAM
BOOKINGS ARE OPEN AT A SCHOOL
NEAR YOU!
Book by the deadline to take advantage of lower rates!
VIC & QLD booking deadline: Friday 10 June
NSW & SA booking deadline: Friday 24 June
We have heaps of fun activities planned these school holidays and can’t wait for you to
attend!
Join in on Extend’s own mini Olympics tournament and aim for gold! Have fun with science
experiments, come along in costume and join in on our party afternoons, and participate in a
bunch of craft activities and team games.
Join in on all this and more at
Extend’s Winter Holiday Program.
To check out what’s on and where your local program is, visit our website at extend.com.au and
book via the Parent Portal.
NORTHCOTE GOLF COURSE
Junior Tiger Golf Program
Term 3 2016
Enrol into our special introductory
program commencing 11th July and
receive first lesson free
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10 weeks of golf tuition –
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Fun classes & elite talent pathways
Classes available Saturday mornings
Classes will begin week of 11th July 2016
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Offer ends 11th July 2016
Email: [email protected]
or call 9484 6961 for availability
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143 Normanby Ave, Thornbury
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