Term 3 Week 4 - August 13th, 2025
From The Principals Desk
Dear Parents and Carers,
We are already into week 4 of term 3, how quickly the year gets away amid the busy calendar we have! The year is progressing when we celebrate kindergarten’s 100 days of school! And a fun celebration it was with their Year 6 buddies joining in the dress up and activities. Dare I tell them that they still have approximately 1300 days of primary school to go before their high school journey begins! In 100 days the kindergarten students have grown so much, learned so much and have taken ownership of the school. My congratulations go to them for their impressive start to school! Well done Kinder!
I had the pleasure of attending the Tweed Regional Public Speaking Competition last Thursday. The standard of the speeches at this level is so impressive. All our St Joseph’s representatives spoke so well and did themselves and our school proud. Congratulations on your excellent work; Kyah, Darcy A, Delilah, Zander, Will P, Shelby and Pippa!
We have certainly had some proud moments throughout the year. We congratulate all of the students who competed at the Tweed Zone Athletics carnival in week 2. While all competitors did themselves proud we had some real success on the day - 4 age champions and the Athletics Aggregate Shield (full details in today’s Sporting News). We now hold all three 2025 sporting Aggregate Shields; Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics. An amazing effort by our students at the zone level!
Pilgrims of HOPE! You may have heard our stage 3 students chanting ‘Hope!’ on their pilgrimage to the Sacred Heart Church yesterday afternoon. The students walked to the church to visit the Jubilee Boat of Hope that will be in our parish until this weekend, emulating what we did as a parish on Sunday 3rd of August. It is the Jubilee Year of Hope.
As the late Pope Francis said: “We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us, and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and farsighted vision. The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire; that is why I have chosen as the motto of the Jubilee, Pilgrims of Hope.”
May we engage the remainder of our year with enthusiasm and a sense of hope!
We wish our stage 3 students a wonderful time at Camp Drewe next week!
We also wish Mr Davis all the best for his appraisal today! Congratulations on the great work you do each day for our students and school community, Tony!
Date reminder: We will be holding staff development day, pupil free, on Friday 29th August (end of week 6).
Peace and blessings,
Jason Clarke
Principal
Sharing the Gospel
GOD MOMENT
When Arlo, Archie & Lincoln helped Kinder organise their belongings.
"S.O.L.E Superstar" Awards
Week 2 Term 3
Absent: Taydem Heterick, Havana Kendall, Dustin Casagrande & Owen Watts.
Week 3 Term 3
Learning Gallery
~St Joseph's Retirement Village~
In Week 3, Kindergarten celebrated 100 days of big school. To mark the occasion, Kinder and Year 6 came dressed as 100 year olds and engaged in a variety of activities. We were slow but we were mighty!
Well done Kindergarten on making it to 100 days of school and a big thank you to Year 6 for joining us.
NATURE WALK
MATHS: One more and one less.
Tweed Regional Public Speaking
Congratulations to the students below who represented our school at the Tweed Regional Public Speaking Competition. We were very proud of their effort and dedication.
They were: James Polson, Zander Gale, Kyah Kaleyias, Delilah Cleak, Darcy Ahern, Pippa Bourke & Shelby Walsh.
Sports News
ZONE ATHLETICS:
Congratulations to the 41 students who represented our school as part of the St Joseph’s Zone Athletics team! These students travelled to Kingscliff recently to compete against the seven other catholic schools that make up the Tweed Zone. We are extremely proud of all the members in our squad. They competed with great sportsmanship and represented our school pride! Well done:
Boys: Leo Robinson, Archie Ahern, Darcy Wilkinson, Tate Bannister, Ali, Carter Alexander, Bailey Clarkson, Corey Bray, Hamish Walsh, Luca Anderson, William Polson, Kobe Robinson, Xavier Workman, Kaeden Jandura, Sam Stovold, Misha Reed, Nakoha Heterick, Jaxon Mann and Archer Twyford.
Girls: Jayli Walsh, Clara Polson, Darcy Ahern, Delilah Cleak, Millie Anderson, Selene Owen, Meadow Chapman, Sierra Casagrande, Ayla Bourke, Amelia Bedser, Shelby Walsh, Peggy Wilkinson, Amber Miliken, Aria Dunning, Pippa Bourke, Lyla McMahon, Annabel Casey, Lalyta Brockbank, Amira Folkers, Isla Alley, Ruby Carter and Bonnie Lindsay.
Congratulations to the following students who finished in the top three of their event(s) to grant them a place at the Diocesan Athletics Carnival in Coffs Harbour in week 6 – Tuesday 26th August:
- Hamish Walsh: Jnr Shot Put (2nd)
- Luca Anderson: Jnr Shot Put (1st)
- Archer Twyford: Snr Shot Put (1st)
- Jayli Walsh: 8Yr 100m (1st) and 8Yr Girls Age Champion!!
- Bailey Clarkson: (Multi Class) Jnr 100m (1st), Jnr 200m (1st), 10Yr Shot Put (1st), 10Yr Long Jump (1st) and 10Yr Multi Class Age Champion!!
- William Polson: 10Yr 100m (1st), Jnr 200m (3rd), Jnr Long Jump (1st) and 10Yr Boys Age Champion!!
- Sierra Casagrande: 10Yr 100m (2nd), Jnr 200m (1st) and Jnr Long Jump (1st) and 10Yr Girls Age Champion!!
We wish these students the best of luck and hope they enjoy competing at Diocesan in two weeks time!
Library News
Kim Michelle Toft - author / illustrator
Sarah Armstrong - author
Students have been given an additional four weeks to complete the reading challenge this year.
New student deadline is: Friday, 19 September 2025 (Week 9, Term 3)
If your child has not yet completed their challenge (reading and recording 20 books) they can do so by recording online at the site above. All students have been given their passwords.
Please see Mrs Fraser if you need help.
We are very proud of the following students from Years 3 - 6 who have now completed their reading challenge:
CONGRATULATIONS!
General News
Well done to Will and James Polson who won the Family Fun Day Art Competition.
Thank you to the Family Fun Day Committee for delivering their prizes at our Friday assembly.
* Dates are correct as of today. However they may change going forward.*
PBS Shield Results:
Term 3 - Week 3 WINNERS - PARKER & LEONARD
Canteen News
Firstly, a big thank you to the staff and students at St Joseph’s Primary School for such an amazing response to my starting at your school in the canteen. The students are so excited to have a canteen operating and I have received many wonderful comments from students and families about how happy they are with the new menu. I hope I can continue to provide some amazing food for you all.
A few things for parents that would help get things running smoothly when ordering lunches:
- If you are ordering and paying for multiple family members with larger notes, please put all the orders being paid for in the oldest child’s lunch order bag and I can sort payments from there as I am not sure yet of siblings and their classes.
- If you are able to, please use a paper bag for each lunch order – especially when ordering lunch and afternoon tea. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a bag as a zip lock bag will suffice as long as lunch and a/tea are on separate bags or pieces of paper.
- This will make it easier to get the lunch orders sorted first, as time is limited to get lunch orders done in time for 10.45 am.
- Please ensure that your child’s Name, Class and lunch order is clearly written on the bag/paper.
- I will try to ensure that your child will receive exactly what they have ordered but if it is unavailable, they will be given something of similar value or of their choosing to compensate.
- EFTPOS payments ARE available but need to be done at the front office as the canteen seems to be in a black spot for technology!!! We will work on getting this sorted but for now the amazing staff in the office are helping sort out this glitch!
Once again thank you to everyone who has supported and helped the canteen get off to such an enthusiastic start.
Also, a big thank you to the amazing volunteers who have given up their time to help out, the canteen could not operate without you!
DEBBIE LOWE
CANTEEN MANAGER
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Parish News
Wednesday 13 August 8:00 am - Mass
Thursday 14 August 8:00 am - Mass
5:30 pm - Vigil Mass (Assumption)
6:00 pm - RCIA Enquiry night (see note below)
Friday 15 August 8:00 am - Mass | SH - Please note: change of time
9:30 am - Mass | MSPC school Mass
12 noon - Mass | Mt St Patrick Primary school & St Joseph’s Primary School
Saturday 16 August 9:00 am - Rosary
4:30 pm - Rosary
5:00 pm - Vigil Mass
Sunday 17 August 8:30 am - Rosary
9:00 am - Mass
10:15 am - Baptism
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