A busy week at St Joseph's Primary

St Joseph’s Primary School

St Joseph’s are very proud of our achievements for a small school. Last Friday our boys 100m relay team came 2nd in the small school’s category at the Polding Carnival held in Newcastle. Josh Anderson, Felix Urqhart, Arley Crowley and Hamish Mason will now compete at the NSW Primary Schools Athletics Carnival to be held in Sydney early next term. The good news is that all four boys will be eligible again next Year as Hamish being the eldest is only in Year 5 and Arley being the youngest is in Year 3. A great achievement by our boys and demonstrates that even though we are a small school our students can still compete successfully.

Still on the sporting theme this week we are off to Tamworth on Friday to compete in the Diocesan Small Schools Carnival. We have nominated two teams from Years 3 to 6. We will be competing in soccer, netball and other modified games. The bus will be leaving St Joseph’s at 7.45am.

This week we will have our final Transition day for the term for Pre School children enrolled into Kindergarten for 2023. Children will attend St Joseph’s from 11.30am to 1.00pm. Next term children will engage in a whole day transition each Wednesday for 6 weeks, commencing in week 1. We are also locking in Intensive swimming dates for K-6 in term 4.

Our school photo day is on Tuesday 20th September. Students need to wear full winter uniform. Last week our school focus was on how we accept and use feedback in order to move forward with our learning. This week we are looking for those students who demonstrate resilience in their learning and in their social development. A number of students have already gained recognition for completing 200 nights reading. We will have many students join this elite group in the coming weeks.

We also have students from St Joseph’s and the Barraba Central School who will be confirmed into the Catholic Church Community early next term by Bishop Michael Kennedy. This is a big occasion for these students and indeed the Barraba wider community, as we don’t often see the Bishop of Armidale in our community. 

Mr Simon Fleming

Principal