Dear Parents and Carers,

Joseph was a carpenter and was well known as a working man. He displayed qualities of compassion, purity, and kindness. There are two symbols that are associated with St Joseph, a carpenter’s square, and a lily. Much like our school many St Joseph’s schools have a lily represented in their logo to symbolise their connection to St Joseph.

Cross Country

On the 14th of March, our Year 2 – 6 students travelled to Taree to compete in our Cross Country Carnival. It was a wonderful day, and our students displayed great sportsmanship and ran some excellent races. Thank you to Mr Knoke for his organisation of the day and to the parent helpers who came along to assist on the day.

Year 6 Camp

Last week Year 6 travelled to the Great Aussie Bush Camp with Mrs Cleaver and Mr Wickham. Our students were challenged with some amazing activities. Some of their favourites included the Flying Fox, the High Ropes, and the Giant Swing. Thank you to Mrs Cleaver and Mr Wickham for taking our students away.

Student Led Conferences

Thankyou to all of our parents and carers who came along to our recent student-led conferences. We hope that you enjoyed hearing about your child’s learning. Later this week I will be sending out a brief survey asking for your feedback on the process. We would love to hear your thoughts about student-led conferences and thank you in advance for taking the time to give us some feedback.

Parent Representative

As the leader of our school, I deeply support the role of parents and carers as first educators and prioritise partnering with our students’ caregivers to ensure each child is nurtured to their potential.

To this end, I seek to incorporate family voice in our school’s operations and at a diocesan level.

I am now calling for nominations for the role of Federation Representatives for our school (ideally, two representatives will be elected).

If you would like to nominate to be one of our representatives, please contact the office. You are also welcome to contact me to ask any questions about the role and what it entails.

Please join me in a prayer to St Joseph.

St Joseph’ worker and protector, help us to find fulfillment in our work and school days and help us to serve God faithfully with integrity and commitment in our daily tasks.

Amen

God Bless

Mel Hunt

Prime Minister Award

‘Being a steward of creation’, ‘Trying your best’, ‘Speaking with kindness’ and ‘Being a responsible learner’ are some of the qualities that teachers consider when awarding ‘Prime Minister’ at our weekly assembly. It is an acknowledgement of the student’s efforts and they have the privilege of wearing the badge with honour, of suggesting a focus the school can work on, award Gotchas to other students at lunch time as well as earning Gotchas for themselves. Congratulations goes to Ben Buchtmann (week 7) & Zoe Gaudron (week 8)

MJR Awards

As part of our MJR system ,we acknowledge that the following students; Luxie Mateer - 50 Gotchas. Alice Raison & Zoe Gaudron - 100 Gotchas Well Done!

St. Joseph's Wingham Easter Raffle

Tickets: $1 each

Prizes: A selection of Easter Hampers

Drawn Thursday 10^th April at the Easter Hat Parade

Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 were privileged to have a visit from Glenn Webster the Depot Manager of Wingham Buslines. Glenn shared with us the rules of riding the bus and how to keep each other safe.

· Stand back from the kerb and gutter while the bus comes in and stops

· Show your bus pass as you enter the bus

· Sit down in a seat and put your seatbelt on

· Stay seated with your seatbelt on until the bus stops at your stop

· Talk with a friendly voice so as not to disturb the driver

· Don’t purposely distract the driver

· Keep your feet off the seats

· Save your food for when you get off the bus

· Have Mum/Dad/Carers collect you from the same side as where the bus drops off

· Keep clear of the bus ensuring not to walk around the bus

Glenn reminded us of the bus updates and that the seats are now made from a fire-retardant fabric making it even more important to look after them.

Most importantly is if you are changing buses or getting on or off at a different stop you must have a signed letter from your parents/carers.

Let’s all stay bus safe and keep this in mind when we use this community service.

Mrs Hunt introducing us to our bus safety lesson

Glenn engaging us in bus safety questions.

Getting ready to go on the Seahorse bus.

Look at us with our seatbelts on!

Electric Keyboard. Free to good home.  Please come to the office and let either Mary or Kara know that you are interested.