2025 Term 2 Week 7
Family Week at St Joseph’s
This week we celebrate Family Week—a special time to reflect on the importance of coming together as a school and parish community.
As we think of our students preparing for their First Holy Communion, we are reminded of the strength and support that comes from being part of a faith-filled family.
To mark the end of the week, we will celebrate with a whole school Pyjama Day on Friday as a reward for the incredible effort students have shown in earning privilege tickets. It’s a fun and relaxed way to celebrate our achievements and the spirit of togetherness that makes St Joseph’s such a special place.
With Sympathy
As many in our school community would know, Julie Downey and Lauren Whalan have been valued members of the St Joseph’s community for many years. Julie had served as our front office manager for a number of years, and Lauren currently manages our uniform shop.
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Gary Downey—Julie’s husband and Lauren’s father—earlier this week.
This is an incredibly difficult time for the Downey family, including grandchildren Rupert and Tully, and our thoughts and prayers are with them all. We know they can count on the support of the St Joseph’s community during this time of grief, and we will be here for them in any way we can.
We also hold the Skelly family in our thoughts and prayers following the recent passing of Connor. Our hearts go out to all family members affected by this loss.
Please keep both families in your hearts and prayers during this difficult time.
Prayer for Our First Holy Communion Students
We keep our First Holy Communion students in our thoughts and prayers as they prepare to receive this special sacrament.
Loving God,
Bless our children as they prepare for their First Holy Communion. May they always feel your presence in their hearts and grow in faith, love, and kindness. Guide them as they take this important step in their faith journey.
We offer our best wishes to each of them and their families during this special time.
Whole School PJ DAY on Friday!
SRC-BOOK SALE
You are welcome to join us for the upcoming 3 Blue Assembly on Friday, details below-
Privilege Students
Congratulations to our week 7 term 2 Privilege students-
Jamie C, Piper W, Penelope H, Isla B, Hudson W and Farrah L
May God bless you and your families
Matthew Mullins,
Principal
Religious Life of the School
First Holy Communion
Best of Luck to Our Cross Country Representatives!
We extend our best wishes to Chelsea Cartwright, Gracie Beard, Avaly Tomlinson, Vahli Charles, and Levi Craig as they represent the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese at the MacKillop Cross Country Carnival today.
Competing against a strong field, we know they will give their very best and make both our school and region proud. We also hope they manage to stay warm out on the course!
Go team St Joseph’s!
Northern Region Athletics-next week!!
A reminder that the Northern Region Athletics Carnival will take place next Friday, 20 June. We wish our 50 participating students the very best as they represent St Joseph’s at this exciting event.
A big thank you to Vaughn for his support in helping our school relay teams prepare for the carnival.
Families of students selected to compete are reminded to log into Compass to provide permission for the day. We wish all competitors the best with their final preparations!
If you are interested in your child attending the NSW Interschools competition held in Perisher over the week of 21 July please contact the school for further details.
Congratulations on another great assembly 2R
Canteen Roster Term 2
| Wednesday, 11 June | |
| Thursday, 12 June | |
| Friday, 13 June (PJ Day) | Beth Tomlinson & Amy Fitzgerald |
| Wednesday, 18 June | |
| Thursday, 19 June | |
| Friday, 20 June | Beth Tomlinson & Amy Fitzgerald |
| Wednesday, 25 June | Kiara Flynn |
| Thursday, 26 June | |
| Friday, 27 June | Beth Tomlinson & Amy Fitzgerald |
| Wednesday, 2 July | |
| Thursday, 3 July | |
| Friday, 4 July |
Canteen News
Volunteers most welcome, please email the canteen canteen.sjglb@cg.catholic.edu.au
Our school canteen is open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Orders need to be placed by Qkr! before 8:30am on the day of order.
Whilst we understand accidents happen it does place a large strain on our canteen and office staff to assist in these situations.
To try to avoid this, please follow some of the steps below:
- How to order – place your order using the Qkr! app or write on a paper bag and send the order in with your child.
- Order on the app and confirm the date that you have selected is for the day you require.
- If your child is selecting the food please check it before you confirm the order (we now need to limit garlic bread to students as some were ordering up to 10 in one order)
- If your child is absent and no longer is required to receive the order please cancel prior to 8:30am on the day of order.
You can receive a Qkr credit note if you tap on the 3 lines at the top left of the home screen, select ‘my receipts’ and then select the order you wish to cancel. - If your child doesn’t have a lunch and they realise before 10:00am a phone call will be made to parents to ask them to bring lunch to school for them.
If you are unable we will provide your child with a basic sandwich (vegemite or cheese) and an IOU envelope will be sent home. - IOU’s - if your child brings home an IOU envelope please either return the envelope with cash payment or alternatively you can pay for it via Qkr using the “Canteen Outstanding Amounts”
- If you are unaware of the amount currently outstanding to your child please email canteen.sjglb@cg.catholic.edu.au and we can advise.
- There is a limit of $10 for over the counter purchases. Please do not send your child in with more than this as we will not accept $50 or $20 notes.
If you need to contact the school about lunch orders, please email canteen.sjglb@cg.catholic.edu.au or contact the school office 4821 3510 before 9:30 am.
If you are able to volunteer in the canteen please contact the office or email the canteen.sjglb@cg.catholic.edu.au with your availability.
Term Dates for 2025
TERM 2
Tuesday, 29 April 2025 - Thursday 3 July 2025
TERM 3
Tuesday, 22 July 2025 - Thursday 25 September 2025
TERM 4
Tuesday, 14 October 2025 - Thursday 18 December 2025
Term 2, 2025
Week 7
Monday, 9th June
King's Birthday, Public Holiday
Tuesday, 10th June
Gymnastics
Wednesday, 11th June
MacKillop Cross Country
Thursday, 12th June
Holy Communion Prep 4pm St Brigid's
Friday, 13th June
SRC PJ day, remember proper closed in shoes please.
3B assembly 11.45am hall
Week 8
Tuesday, 17th June
Gymnastics
Thursday, 19th June
First Holy Communion Reflection Day, hall
Friday, 20th June
1B assembly 11.45am hall
Northern Region Athletics Carnival
Saturday, 21st June
First Holy Communion Sacrament
Sunday, 22nd June
First Holy Communion Sacrament
Week 9
Tuesday 24th June
Gymnastics
Netball Gala day
Friday, 27th June
4R assembly 11.45am hall
Regional Chess Comp Workers Club
Week 10
Tuesday, 1st July
Gymnastics
Thursday, 3rd July
Last day of term for students
School Reports on Compass
Friday, 4th July
Pupil free day
Term 3
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Students return to school in sports uniform
UNIFORM SHOP NEWS
The uniform shop will be open Thursday afternoons from 2:30pm - 3:30pm this term.
If you need to arrange a time outside of this please let me know.
Online orders made before 8:30pm will be filled and sent home the same day where possible.
If you haven't received an order within 48 hours please contact me via email uniform.sjglb@cg.catholic.edu.au asap.
If you need to return an item it must be unworn, in original condition with tags on and with its packaging.
Thanks so much,
Lauren
Community Council Meeting
A magical family theatre event these July School Holidays at Goulburn Performing Arts Centre!
Digital Media Literacy & Safety (Part II)
This exclusive, one-off event is fast approaching and we’d love to see your families benefit from the insights of two of Australia’s leading experts, Susan McLean and Dr Michael Carr-Gregg.
They will share invaluable insights on how to empower young people to navigate the online world safely and responsibly.
WEBINAR: Digital Media Literacy & Safety (Part II)
DATE: Wednesday, 18 June 2025
TIME: 7:30 pm
Topics in this webinar include:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Misinformation & Algorithms
- Sexting and Sextortion
- Online Grooming
**** IMPORTANT ****
This webinar will not be available to replay later, so we encourage you to use the flyer and poster provided to help you promote this FREE event.
Finding balance in an online world
According to a survey of 3,520 parents of children aged 2–17, during July/August 2018.
For more info https://www.esafety.gov.au/research/digital-parenting/screen-time
52% of parents think that their children spend too much time online.
What do you think? Do you find that you are waring/competing with devices at home? You are not alone. How do you find balance?
Here are some examples of 3 different family tech agreements that may help guide discussions in your family on this topic.
https://www.navigatingadhd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Edited-by-Stephanie-ScreenContract1.pdf
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/resources/family-tech-agreement
If you would like to find out more about how your family can find balance, you can contact your Schools Student and Family Counsellor.
Mark Holberton
Mark.Holberton@mccg.org.au
Student and Family Counsellor
St Joseph’s Primary School - Goulburn
Mondays and Tuesdays
St Mary’s Primary School - Crookwell
Wednesdays
T (02) 4832 1592