We remain in LENT, preparing for Easter. During Lent we are called to pray, fast and give. Fr Arokia in our school mass last week provided us with a scaffold on how and what to pray. He provided the students with the word pray. P.R.A.Y represents an acronym for what to do and say in times of prayer.

P- Praise

Use our words to praise God. Praise and worship are opportunities to speak from your heart to God.  When you praise and worship, you speak, sing, declare, and proclaim who God is and the good things he has done.

R- Repent.  

Use our prayer time to let God know that we are sorry for the times that we do not make good choices, for the times we are unkind, for the times that we do not love others as we should.

A- Ask.  

Ask God for the things we need.  Use our prayer to ask for our needs and the needs of others.  God hears your prayers, but he doesn't always give you exactly what you ask for.  Be honest and specific when you ask Him for what you want. Then, be patient, wait  and believe that God will act.

Y- Yield.

Do something.  Use your prayers and ourselves to show our commitment and love of God by doing and acting as we are asked with love.  We are given the ability to choose.  If we use this power to make choices based on love and do kind acts or service to others we are becoming the person God wants us to be.

By praying more frequently and knowing how and what to pray for we can use this time of Lent to become closer in our relationship with God.  For us as a Catholic school and in our community this is what we aim to achieve in this special period of Lent.

Term 1: 7th February - 11th April

Term 2: 29th April - 5th July

Term 3: 23rd July - 27th September

Term 4: 15th October - 18th December

In Religion, Leatherwood has been learning about God. We have learnt about the Trinity- God being the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We have also spent time learning a new prayer, “Glory Be to the Father”. Our time has been spent wondering about God, what he may be like and all the wonderful Mystery we have Him to thank for.

2024 Naplan begins tomorrow.  Students in Year 3 and Year 5 will undertake a series of tests at St Joseph's similarly to every other student around Australia.  Please refer to the table below for the times for the tests.  If students are away sick, we will endeavour to catch them up at the next available opportunity.

2024 NAPLAN Timetable

Since our last newsletter students have participated in a week long swimming program culminating in the swimming carnival/celebration last Monday. The students learnt and progressed in their water familiarisation and stroke development throughout the week. We are very thankful to Krystie Reynolds, Carmen Holmes and Juanita Rubens for the leadership, guidance and skills in developing these essential skills for our students. 

The swimming carnival was well attended by the Year 3-6 students and all students were able to participate at their ability level. The P-2 students joined us for a fun swim afternoon. The swimming carnival was won by the rogers house. A big congratulations to each and every student participated to the best of their ability.  

A team has been chosen to represent St Joseph's in the North West swimming carnival held today. We know that they will represent us well.

The School Board AGM will be held on Wednesday 20th March at 7:00pm in the School Library. 

The School Board currently have positions vacant and are seeking expressions of interest from parents of St Joseph’s Catholic School for consideration for School Board membership. If you are interested in becoming a member of our School Board, please contact the school office on 6471 1139 for further details.