School News
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 Sharmaine Clarke (Week 9) & Thomas Marshall (Week 10)
MJR Awards
As part of our MJR system, we acknowledge that the following students; Meesha, Ella, Ava, Lincoln, Arlo & Sione - 100 Gotchas. Joe, Alex, Max, Juniper & Kade - 200 Gotchas Well Done!
Mary MacKillop Award - Term 1
This award is presented to one student each term that consistently goes above and beyond to put the needs of others first. This award is founded on one of the most motivating and known sayings of Saint Mary MacKillop “never see a need without doing something about it” (1871). We present this award to someone who follows in Saint Mary’s footsteps by reaching out to the most needy and vulnerable in our school community. Congratulations goes to Kaii MacMillan.
DIO Winter Sports Trials
On Tuesday 25th students attended the Diocesan winter Sports trials at Newcastle. This is the most represented across all the offered trials that St Joseph's Wingham has had.
Congratulations to Roman Falzon who trialled for soccer, Samual Ungaro and Colebee Harris who trialled for Rugby League and to Ashlea Linehan, Savannah Hagarty and Eleanor Healy who trialled for Hockey. Ashlea, Savannah and Eleanor were all successful in making the Diocesan Team and progress onto the Polding trial. We are thrilled to offer this sporting opportunity and it is wonderful to see so many of our students doing well in their respective sports.
Mr Mark Knoke
Year 2 Teacher
Sports Coordinator
Students have enjoyed doing Artworks with Natasha during lunch time Art Club. They based their art work on an animal of their choice and used acrylic paint on canvas to create it!
Spotlight on Bullying
Bullying is an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that intends to cause physical, social and/or psychological harm.
We have been educating our students about knowing the difference between bullying, rude behaviour, conflict and mean behaviour. Please support us in supporting your child by discussing this flowchart with your child.
Colour Run Wrap Up
Our Colour Fun Run was a bright and busy way to celebrate the Jubilee Year! With your support, we were able to raise $250 for Project Compassion and $250 for the Year 6 end of year gift to the school. Special thanks to our Year 6 students, who modelled accessories during the week and sold them on the day and to Ms Monkley for taking photos.
Thank you to our parent helpers; Michaela O’Toole, David Hunt, Teagan Eggins, Ebony Jennings, Jade Badger, Lucy Robinson, Kristy Campbell and Ian Lapi-an who assisted with spraying colour powder.
It was a fantastic school community event with many parents and toddlers watching and joining in the fun. A huge thank you to our local firies from Wingham Fire and Rescue who supported us with water for the event to ensure our students got extra messy and colourful!
Shae Lapi-an and Grace Fraser
