Loving God,

I offer you today

All that I do, think and say.

I offer you my work, my prayers, my play.

I shall do my very best to make them pleasing to you,

And with your help,

My whole day will be my gift to you.

St Mary of the Cross, pray for us.

St Joseph, pray for us.

Dear parents and carers,

It is incredible that the year is passing by so quickly, but there is so much to look forward to in the coming months, that we do not want to simply rush through to the end of the year. Today, I have included our school prayer as an introduction, as I really do ask the students to think of the words as they say it each morning. Each day is a gift, and often we (I) can miss that gift because life is just too busy. Take some time today to think of what blessings might surround you, even as you frantically try to get the kids to sport, or into bed, or when you are writing a Newsetter article… there is a ‘gift’ in each day that we receive and give to others and to God.

Registration Report

At the end of Term 3 we received our report from the panel who conducted our Registration Process. Below is the report to the community, which I encourage all parents to read. I am incredibly proud of our school and the Registration Process and report affirms many of the things that occur each day. Thank you to everyone in our school community that contributes to what makes St Joseph’s a special place.

Well, the time has come and the final touches are being made in preparation for the opening performance. Thank you to Tiffany Fletcher and all the staff and students for their efforts over recent months to be ready. Ticket sales have been amazing, with Jenny and I watching Qkr! with surprise on Monday… Taylor Swift would be impressed!

A reminder that all students need to attend both nights as they are all incolved in each performance. If parents are not attending evening performances, then students need to be dropped off at 6pm and can be collected again at 8.10pm. Students are to leave their costumes at school to ensure we have everything needed.

Final information will be sent out prior to the first performance on Tuesday 24 October.

Staffing

Interviews for the Assistant Principal and Religious Education Coorindator positions are being undertaken over the coming week. I look forward to announcing the new Leadership Team for 2024 as soon as possible.

Parish Jubilee

Saturday 28^th October | Golden Jubilee Multicultural Celebration | From 9am | St Joseph’s Parish
Our 50^th Year Celebration is here! Multicultural Day is a day of celebration with programs and performances as well as showcasing of food from different cultures and religious groups. Everybody is welcome. Let’s bring our families and friends as we reminisce the history of our beloved Parish and enjoy our friendship.

Saturday 28^th October | Donna- Maree Dunlop, Former Principal Artist of Opera Australia, In Recital with Songs of Praise and Hymns | 2pm | St Joseph’s Church

Join us on Saturday 28th October at 2pm at St Joseph's Church in O'Connor as we conclude St Joseph's Golden Jubilee Multicultural Day in a glorious celebration of praise with internationally acclaimed Mezzo Soprano, Donna-Maree Dunlop. Songs include: How Great thou Art, Ave Maria, Morning has Broken, and Panis Angelicus. Entry by donation. An event not to be missed for the whole family.

Stewardship and Resources

As communicated last term, thank you to the P&F for their contribution to some addional resourcing across the school. We have now received our new House banners, the readers have arrived for our younger students, there are additonal bibles in Year 3 – 6, and we are in the process of ordering multiple class sets of novels for upper grades. As a school we continue to look for ways to best resource teaching and learning, as well as support other areas of the school. Contributions from the P&F come directly from fund raising events such as the school fete and the trivia night, but school funding also comes from the school levies as part of school fees. Thank you for your ongoing support of our school.

You may have heard that the spider web equipment on the Adventure Playground has been removed – it was showing significant signs of wear and tear. Unfortunately, it will take some time for the new climbing web to be manufactured and installed, but I thank the School Board for their support in funding the replacement of this much-loved piece of play equipment.

Have a great end to the week.

Yours in Christ,

Cameron Tarrant

Cameron.tarrant@cg.catholic.edu.au