St Joseph's Spelling Bee is on in Term 2. All the information can be obtained by clicking the Spelling Bee Information link below, together with the relevant word list.

KINDERGARTEN 2013

Enrolments are being accepted from April 2012

St Joseph’s Primary School is encouraging interested Parents to contact the school office for an enrolment package and interview.

We would like to have a clear idea by the end of June 2012 of estimated numbers for Kindergarten 2013.

JUNIOR JOEY’S

Activities will include exploring literature, navigating technology, dabbling in art, appreciating music, interacting with friends, developing motor skills, adjusting to routines and most of all having fun.

Imogen and I would like to thank you for organising the ‘Camp Out with Kids’ night and giving up your time to be there. We both had a great night, as I’m sure all of the parent/grandparent and child duo’s who attended did as well.

As a parent, I think the highlight for me was the one on one time spent together and the laughter shared around the campfire on the night. The ‘facilitators’ from Camp Out with Kids do a great job and I was really impressed with the quality of their interactions with the kids. The wakeup call on Saturday morning to the call of the barnyard animals and the songs around the fire were really good examples of their ability to engage all the kids.

Once again thanks for instigating this event at St Joseph's. I would recommend it to other parents. It is certainly more than just a simple camp out and I’m sure the kids all form great memories from this type of event.

Andrew Dwyer

These holidays we are running the Easter Reading Adventure. Students read (or be read to for younger students) for 20 minutes a day and record their daily reading. You can read anything. Newspapers, books, magazines, comics, websites, recipe books etc.

Go and visit our local libraries, they may even have some great holiday activities.

Every participant goes into the draw for fabulous prizes. Participation forms are available from class teachers or can be downloaded here.

Ballina Hospital visit on Wednesday 21 March

By Madeleine Thompson

Last Wednesday Alex Pereira and I went to the Ballina Hospital. We were joined by 17 other primary schools in the Ballina Shire and Mr Don Page. We had been asked last term to contribute to a painting that reflects Alstonville for the hallway of the hospital.

We were asked by Mrs Jan Seymour to help represent our great school by together creating this piece of art.

We included the Paddy Bugden Memorial and a tibouchina, a church and the ferns on the bottom of the painting and a clock that represents the history and a phase of a moon that is making a shadow as its light is shining through the tibouchina tree.

Mr Don Page, Alex Pereira and Madeleine Thompson

We also would like to say thanks to all those helpers out there who gave us a few inspirational tips especially Mrs Jan Seymour for the screen printing screens and paint, Mr Murgha, Mrs Hough and Mrs Blenkhorn for a few ideas .

It was a great pleasure to be asked to go to this wonderful experience and we really enjoyed ourselves. We were presented with a certificate for our efforts.

I liked the time I had painting this and watching it grow in to an amazing piece and we had a fantastic time in all we did to help represent our wonderful St Joey's school. I enjoyed going to the Ballina hospital and having the time looking at other art works too.