Archives for 2019

Our last week for 2019 has many activities and events: Transition Day Monday 25th November is transition Day. This means our students will have the opportunity to meet their 2020 teacher in the classroom they will occupy in 2020. This is a lovely way to begin the relationship that will play such an important role […]

Last  Thursday St. Joseph’s celebrated its inaugural Twilight  Swimming Carnival  at the Town Pool. The children sat in their House Colours – Mission, Pine and Embley with their families and cheered for their class mates.   Years Prep to Year 2 participated in Noodle Breaststroke/ Kickboard Backstroke and Freestyle races and Year 3 to 6 participated in 25m and […]

Over the next 2 weeks we will have a number of events happening and would like to stress the importance of all of the celebrations that are going to occur – Starry Starry Night, Year 6 Graduation, End of term Fun Day, Principal’s Morning tea and our End of Year Mass. Details will be distributed […]

Our school has been hosting our 2020 prep students over the last three weeks for our annual Prep Transition Program. I particularly enjoy these days and the opportunity to start to get to know our future Prep students and their families. There is a lot of work that goes into the organisation of our Pre-Prep […]

This week we will celebrate Mission Day on Thursday (31st October) to raise funds for the less fortunate in Ghana. We are encouraging the students to bring along some spare change to purchase some small items to raise funds for Catholic Mission. Each item will be 50 cents each. Thursday 31 st October – Mission […]

A Day for Daniel will be held on Friday October 25th. The Daniel Morcombe Foundation was established in honour of Daniel Morcombe to make Australia a safer place for all children. It was founded by parents Bruce and Denise after their son was abducted and murdered in December 2003 while waiting to catch a bus on the […]

This year we will continue to have a Prep Transition Program for our new Prep children. This is a great opportunity for the children to get to know their teachers and for parents to find out more about how our school, as well as an opportunity to ask lots of questions. The Prep Orientation Program […]

On Friday the 6th of September St. Joseph’s Parish School Weipa will be participating in Science Time with Dr. Peter Eastwell – PhD (Science Education), BSc (Honours, Phys. Chem.), DipEd Peter’s experience as a science educator began in 1978. He taught full-time in Queensland state and independent schools for over 17 years, 12 as Head of […]

As it is Book Week, this is a timely reminder for us all on the wonder and power of reading, both for ourselves and for our children. Research has shown that parents frequently get involved in reading to their children when they are young, but as they grow and progress through primary school and are […]

Get out your joggers and grab a white T-Shirt ready for the big event on Friday 30th August. Staff are getting excited about our Colour Run and are planning for a fantastic event. The event will be held on the school oval starting at 1 pm. Children are to wear to school on the day: White T-Shirt […]