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125 Year Annirversary
We celebrated a wonderful day learning about our history, sharing it with visitors and being thankful that we are a part of the history in the future.
Teaching Matters
At the beginning of the week Mrs Reynolds and I were lucky enough to attend a conference in Hobart, Teaching Matters. This conference contained content to teach us about the pedagogy needed to promote learning in classrooms. We attended sessions on teaching, reading, writing, maths and wellbeing. Throughout the two days, explicit teaching was promoted as best practise for teaching students new information.
St Joseph’s Queenstown has begun on the science of learning journey. We do teach reading and writing explicitly. This year we have a focus on learning maths facts fluently and teaching maths explicitly using daily reviews, check for understanding and interweaving.
The conference was a affirming reminder about the importance of the work that schools do and the difference that teachers can make. We are so very lucky that the teachers at our school are life long learners and are embracing the new learning.
School Board
Our board met last week for its AGM. The following were voted into positions:
Chairperson: Alex Williams
Secretary: Narissa Gaspersic
Members: Shannon Austbo, Adam Mansson, Cindy Clarke, Teresa McLeod, Fr Arokia, Christine Gray
The board discussed:
Purpose/Role of the Board- advisory
Uniform Policy- planned discussions this year
Hair and Jewellery Policy- published in 2023
5 Day Kinder
School P & F
Engagement with families
Staff Housing
If you have any ideas or suggestions for the school please feel free to contact any of the board member's so that it can be discussed at our next meeting.
Mawson’s Hut Excursion
On Friday students went to the Queenstown library to participate in learning about Antartica. A highlight of the day was to wear the warm jackets and being in a simulated snow storm.
Harmony Day
Our classes were given a challenge to create a super sentence about Harmony Day which compliments the teaching and learning occurring in our English classes. Our responses were excellent. For those not sure a super sentence, it should contain adjectives, nouns, verbs and conjunctions.
Working Bee
We have been working really hard through this term to make our playgrounds a more appealing space to be that caters for the needs of all students in our school. There is much work to do. To help, we are holding a working bee on Saturday April 6th from 10am-2pm. We have many jobs such as building sheds, moving garden beds, removing garden beds, putting up screens, changing desk tops. If you have a spare hour or two we would appreciate your help. Please bring drills, spades, wheelbarrows if you can.
Ride to School Day
After a last minute call to reschedule the National Ride to School Day. This is an excellent way to remind and provide healthy options for transitioning to school. It was brilliant to see so many students safely riding and scooting to school with the required safety equipment.
Take 1
Take 2
Easter
Wishing you all a very happy Easter break. May the next few days be a time to relax, catch up with family and reflect on the amazing gifts you bring into our community. Each person here has gifts and talents that they bring into our space to grow our people. Thank you for the work you do and the love you show each day. We are walking in the footsteps of Jesus.
Term 1: 7th February - 11th April
Term 2: 29th April - 5th July
Term 3: 23rd July - 27th September
Term 4: 15th October - 18th December
| Thursday, 28th March | Ride 2 School back up day |
| Friday, 29th March | Good Friday |
| Monday, 1st April | Easter Break |
| Tuesday, 2nd April | Easter Break |
| Wednesday, 3rd April | Students return |
| Friday, 5th April | Loaves and Fishes |
| Satursday, 6th April | Working Bee 10am - 2pm |
| Monday, 8th April | SRC Money Line |
| Thursdsay, 11th April | Last Day of Term 1 |
| Monday, 29th April | First Day of Term 2 |
Congratulations to our raffle winners. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets.
1st Prize: Keegan Smith
2nd Prize: Keegan Smith
3rd Prize: Swards Family
Coin Line
The SRC will be organising a coin line for Monday, 8th April.
We are raising money for Project Compassion. If students would like to participate they can bring in as many coins as they like to contribute to our coin line.
If we raise up to $500 dollars we can provide skills and training for more than fifteen people for income generating activities as well as starting up a business.
