Dear Parents, Carers and the St Joseph’s Community,

Lord Jesus,

You chose to put yourself into the nurturing and watchful hands of a human mother.

Since then, every act of mothering, both physical and spiritual, recollects Mary’s.

 Inspired by this example, we honour our mothers and mother figures.

Bless these women, that they be strengthened as Christian mothers and nurturers.

 Let the example of their faith and love shine forth.

Grant that we honour them always with a spirit of deep respect.

Amen

Compass Parent Portal

Yesterday you should have received an email from Compass with your login details for the Compass Parent Portal. The Compass Parent Portal is an online portal that will allow you to interact with your child's school and access up-to-date information.

Once you have logged into the Parent Portal, the functionality to submit Absentee Notes and email your child’s teacher will be active. Click here for instructions on how to do this.

If you did not receive an email from Compass, please email me, amy.doszpot@cg.catholic.edu.au, to ensure we have your correct email details loaded into the system.

Please note, from Monday 24 May, the student absentee capacity on SZapp will be disabled and all absences will need to be submitted via the Compass Parent Portal.

We will continue to send email reminders to those parents who have not yet logged into the Compass Parent Portal in the lead up to our transition date.

Community Event

Are you coming to the P&F Family BBQ this Sunday? Please see the P&F section of the Newsletter for information about the event. This will be our first community gathering in nearly 18 months so it would be great to see you there. The success of any community event relies heavily on volunteers, so don’t forget to sign up for a job!

Social and Emotional Learning

This last fortnight I have been speaking to the students about the “Circle of Control’. In life, there are many things we can control and many things we cannot control. By recognising what is in our control, helps children understand that putting their energy into things they can control will help them arrive at solutions more effectively. They can develop a strong internal locus of control and a sense of self-efficacy, which are important building blocks for self-esteem, compassion towards self and others, having a growth mindset, and creating plans to work towards goals. When we can identify what really is in our control, we can focus our energy to create change compared to wasting energy on things that are out of our control.

Mother's Day Breakfast

It was wonderful to celebrate all things 'Mum' at our Mother's Day Breakfast last Friday and to see so many special ladies from our St Joseph's community. Thank you to all the staff who helped set up, decorate, cook, serve and clean up on the day and to Mrs McGee and Mrs Allan for preparing 1 Teal and 5 Orange who led us in a beautiful Prayer Celebration. As Cameron said, we will charge for tissues next year!

Thank you to everyone who bought tickets in the Mother's Day Raffle to help support the ELC. A total of $1591 was raised and the money will go towards purchasing some new items for the Preschool.

School Uniform

A reminder that students are now expected to wear winter uniform. The winter uniform requirements for St Josephs are:

Boys Uniform – Maroon fleece jumper, sky blue long sleeve polo/skivvy, navy pants with zip, navy socks, black shoes

Girls Uniform – Maroon fleece jumper, sky blue long sleeve polo/skivvy/blouse, school tunic/navy pants with zip, navy socks/stockings, black shoes

Uniforms can be ordered via Qkr! and will be delivered to your child on a Thursday. Alternatively, there are many good quality second-hand items available for purchase for only $5 (payment via Qkr!). These items are available for purchase every day outside the canteen in the school hall. Please, please, please remember to label all of your child’s clothing!

Facebook

Do you know that both the school and the ELC have a Facebook page? This is another great way to see what is happening across our school and ELC.

https://www.facebook.com/StJosephsPrimarySchoolOConnor

https://www.facebook.com/StJosephsELC

I hope you have an enjoyable end to the week.

Amy Doszpot

Assistant Principal