Dear Parents,

I am pleased to announce the

appointment of Petrea Hass as

Principal of St Joseph’s School,

Childers from the commencement

of 2017.

Petrea is currently the Acting

Assistant to the Principal at

Shalom Catholic College in

Bundaberg.

Petrea has had teaching,

academic and pastoral leadership

experience at a number of

schools within the Toowoomba

Diocese and Rockhampton

Diocese. These include House

Coordinator, Campus Minister and

Pastoral Coordinator at Shalom

Catholic College Bundaberg,

Education Officer – Religious

Education in the Toowoomba

Diocese and APRE at St Mary’s

Bundaberg.

Petrea holds a Master of

Education – Leadership &

Management, Graduate Diploma

in Religious Education, Graduate

Diploma in Early Childhood,

Bachelor of Teaching and has

completed a QELi Middle

Leadership Program.

This appointment follows public

advertising and a selection

process involving the parish

priest, a representative from the

school community, and

representatives of Brisbane

Catholic Education on behalf of

the Archdiocese.

Week 7 • 14th November, 2016

Vinnie’s Christmas Appeal Launch – Monday, 14th November. St Vinnie’s Christmas Appeal – Weeks 7 & Week 8 Year 3 Excursion – Thursday, 17th November After School Cooking Club (Year 1/2) – Thursday, 17th November at 3pm. After School Netball Club (Years 4 & 5/6) – Thursday, 17th November at 3pm Term 4 Swimming – Weeks 8 &9 Prep Excursion – Monday, 21st November Year 1/2 Excursion – Tuesday, 22nd November Year 4 Excursion – Thursday, 24th November Year 4 Prayer Assembly – Friday, 25th November at 2.15pm Year 6 Graduation – Wednesday, 30th November at 5.30pm End of Year Mass (Yr 5/6) – Friday, 2nd December at 9:00am. Pre-loved Uniform Sales - Monday, 21st July in Tuckshop from 3pm – 4pm.

I take this opportunity to

acknowledge the leadership of

the previous principal Mr John

Hinton and wish him well in his

appointment as Principal, St

Ambrose School Newmarket.

I am sure you will join me in

congratulating Petrea on her

appointment.

Regards,

Pam Betts

Executive Director

Brisbane Catholic Education

St Joseph’s School Religious Education Program

This year our school has been part of a planning and review process in order to implement the Brisbane Archdiocesan RE curriculum. Recently, members of our staff presented our new Religious Education Program to a panel of BCE personnel and RE teachers from other Catholic schools. Our RE Program was validated and was regarded as being a high quality RE program. In Term 1 of 2017, more information about our RE Program will be presented to our community.

Lost property We have a number of lost property items that need collecting. If your child is missing anything, please check the lost property located in the red and blue bins in the undercover area. 2017 Sports/Formal Uniform Update It is predicted that the sports uniform will continue to be worn on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in 2017. Parents might consider this before purchasing new sports and formal shirts. A reminder that Direct Garment Printing Group (local business in town) are the sales agent for our new school uniforms. Pre-loved uniforms With a large number of enquiries from families wishing to purchase good quality pre-loved uniforms, the P&F are finding the stock on hand is dwindling rapidly. If you have no further use for any of your children's uniforms (sports or formal), the P&F will gladly receive them. These may be dropped in to the school office at your convenience. The office will be open for the week after the students finish (5th December-9th December). The sale of pre-loved uniforms will be available from the Tuckshop on Monday November 21st 3pm-4pm. All items are $5 with proceeds raised going to the P&F. Another sale date will be set for the beginning of the new school year if stock allows.

Pasta Night at Sacred Heart On 3rd December, First Saturday of the month, the Parish will be hosting a Pasta Night following 6pm Mass. As this is Children’s Liturgy Night, St Joseph’s students and parents are invited to join the parish community to a quiet evening before the Christmas rush. St Vincent de Paul Christmas Hampers Our “Vinnie’s Christmas Appeal” was launched today. The appeal will run for the next two weeks. A list of suggested items has been included with the newsletter. A basket labelled “Vinnie’s Christmas Appeal” has been placed in each classroom and donations can be added to the basket during the coming weeks. We thank you for your support and look forward to creating wonderful Christmas hampers to bring happiness and joy to families in our local community this Christmas. Suggested Hamper List

Swimming The cost of swimming lessons, conducted through the Isis pool with qualified swimming instructors, are a part of the annual levy. Swimming lessons will occur over the final two weeks of the school year. Please remember to pack your child’s swimmers, a swim shirt, towel and goggles (if necessary). A school swimming cap and sunburn cream will be provided.

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Mayor of Vignacourt Visits St Joey’s Last Wednesday we welcomed the Mayor of Vignacourt, Monsieur Stephane Ducrotoy, and his wife, Natalie, to our school. During his visit he presented a speech about the great friendship that is developing between the Childers' schools and his desire to see this friendship to continue to grow. It was a fabulous experience for our students to hear the Mayor deliver his speech in French, which was translated into English by an interpreter. We exchanged gifts, sang together both the Australian and French national anthems, and then the children sang 'An Irish Blessing' for them. During the ceremony, Monsieur Ducrutoy and Liam Dougherty signed a Friendship Agreement between our school and the Vignacourt Primary School. We will be getting this framed and hanging it in our front office. If you would like to know more about the Vignacourt and Bundaberg Region relationship, there is a great display currently in the Childers Public Library.

Student of the Week

CHRISTIAN VALUES

CATHOLIC FAMILY

INDIVIDUAL GROWTH

Prep Felicia Hammond Felicia Hammond Logan Klumpp

Yr 1/2 Slater Wilkin Alice Banting William Bonanno

Yr 3 Ellehra Wilkin Rhanni Piggott

Yr 4 Leticia Trapp Luke Maroney Fletcher Grabbe

Yr 5/6 Charlie Hummer Clancey Pryor Kyle Blake

Date Week Subway/Tuckshop Helpers

16 11.16 7 Subway

23.11.16 8 Tuckshop Katie Banting, Tanya Gilbert, Meghan Wehl

30.11.16 9 Subway