Term 4 - Week 9 Principal's Weekly Update
Principal's Weekly Update
Dear Families
Next week will be the final PWU for the year and will recommence publication in week 1 of 2025. The School Office will close next Friday at 12pm and will reopen on Tuesday 21st January 2025 from 8am -4pm.
Final Day of Term
Friday the 6th of December is the final day for all students with the day finishing at 12pm. We will be running an alternative program for all students and there will be no formal classes. Should your child not be attending the final day you are required to notify the school of their absence as usual. There will be no tuckshop available on this day, so all students will be required to bring their own lunches.
With Christ We Live, Love and Learn
James Roberts
Principal
Highlights of the Week
Thanksgiving Liturgy and Passing of the Flame
On Thursday we gave thanks for the past year and acknowledged the work of our 2024 leaders, and recognised our 2025 leadership team. We also farewelled the staff and students who are leaving at the end of this year and embarking on new adventures.
The Gift of Christmas Assembly
On Friday we congratulated our final assembly for 2025, where we acknowledged the Annual St. Joseph's Way Award winners for 2024, and passed our donations from our Vinnie's Christmas Appeal on to the St. Vincent De Paul Society. The wet weather and minor flooding of the front gate couldn't dampen the Christmas Spirit of our students wearing their Christmas best.
Annual St. Joseph's Way Award Winners
Congratulations to the recipients of our Annual St. Joseph's Way Awards. Thank you to Senior Sergeant Samantha James and Donut for presenting the awards.
Upcoming Events
2024 Advent Calendar
Here is a calendar to guide your reflection and actions across the weeks of Advent and into your Christmas Day celebration. We invite you to view blank dates as an invitation to honour our world’s collective need for simplicity and rest.
2025 Sacramental Program
Parents of children in Grades 4,5,6 (in 2025) who have been baptised in the Catholic Church and who have not yet received the Sacraments of Penance (Reconciliation), Confirmation and Eucharist (First Holy Communion) are invited to enrol their child/children in the Parish Sacramental Program 2025.
If you wish your child to receive these sacraments for the first time, please send an expression of interest by email to: sacraments.ppparish@cairns.catholic.org.au requesting an Enrolment Form and providing a copy of your child’s Baptism Certificate (scan/email).
Enrolments need to be completed by 6 th December, 2024.
Sacrament preparation sessions will commence at the start of Term 1, 2025.
School Holiday Programs
AFL Auskick
Hi auskickers,
On behalf of AFL Cairns, thank you for being a part of the NAB AFL Auskick program at St Joseph's School this term. We hope you have enjoyed the program as much as we have. It was great to see everyone improve their football skills across the 6 weeks! If you have any feedback, we’d love to hear from you. We are always looking to make improvements for future programs.
If you have really enjoyed the program and you don’t want the footy to stop now that Auskick is finished, there are a couple of options. Please see the details below:
- Participate in our Community Auskick Programs in 2025! These 8-week programs will run from week 4 term 1 2025 at all 8 Cairns Junior AFL clubs (including Gordonvale Suns and Port Douglas Crocs) as well as an All Girls Auskick. We will be promoting at your local school in early 2025. Registrations are open now.
- Keep an eye out for School Auskick Programs coming in term 1 of 2025! Please note, your child does not have to be attending the school to participate in our after-school programs.
- Play Junior Footy in 2025! The season typically runs April - August and games are played on Sundays. Junior footy is for under 8s to under 17s. Registrations are open now.
- Play Superstars in 2025! These 10 week season typically runs May - August and games are played on Friday nights at 2 clusters (North and South). Superstars is for under 7s or younger.