On Thursday morning, we celebrated God’s treasured gifts to us; our mums, grandmothers, aunties and special women in our lives that care for us and love us. They do so much for us. They help us, protect us, teach us new things, take us places and love us. Our special morning of fun, food and laughter celebrated […]
St Joseph’s Feast Day
Today we celebrated the Feast Day of St Joseph the Worker with a special whole school Mass. Every Year on the Feast of St Joseph we present the Spirit of St Joseph Awards. These Awards symbolise the gospel values which we live out here at St Joseph’s. We are a young school but over the […]
ANZAC Day
Thank you to those who were able to join us for our ANZAC liturgy on Monday. It was a special occasion, led beautifully by our Year 3 and 4 students. We were joined by our special guests, Major Theo Hadgis and Corporal Aiden of the Bravo Company 51st Battalion Far North Qld Regiment. Corporal Adian who […]
Holy Week
This week St Jospeh’s acknowledge the most important week in the Church. Holy Week. As we journeyed with Christ, we reflected on events which lead to his destination, the cross. Palm Sunday- This is the first day of Holy Week and on Wednesday Year 2 reminded us about the triumphant entry Jesus made into Jerusalem. People […]
Harmony Week
One of my favourite things about Australia is that we are a multicultural nation — from the oldest continuous culture of our First Australians to the cultures of our newest arrivals from around the world. Our cultural diversity is one of our greatest strengths and is at the heart of who we are. It makes […]
Prep 2024
Enrolment for Prep in 2024 has begun and applications are coming in fast. Existing St Joseph’s families with Prep age children receive priority placement. I urge you to please enrol your child before the 13th March so that we have a clear indication of class sizes in preparation for 2024. I also ask for your help […]
Ash Wednesday, Lent & Pancakes
Next week, the season of Lent will commence on Ash Wednesday. On Tuesday 21st February we will begin a new tradition for Shrove Tuesday, by holding a Pancake Breakfast. From 8am to 8:30am you can buy pancakes for $1 each at our tuckshop. All are welcome. This will be a bit of delicious fun, before we […]
Counting our Blessings
At St Joseph’s we are truly blessed to have such a wonderful school community. At our Assembly this week Year 4 reminded us to count our blessings. We are blessed to have such a well-designed, contemporary and well-resourced learning space, expansive grounds, excellent teachers and staff who are committed to our student’s success and wellbeing. […]
Welcome to the 2023 School Year!
Last week we shared in a time of great excitement, hope and joy as our students and parents of 2023 once again entered the beautiful grounds of St Joseph’s. It is with great pride and gratitude that we welcome all community members to our new school year. We trust that our many new families will […]
Reflecting on 2022
It’s hard to believe that we have reached the end of another school year. It is important that we take some quality time to reflect on the year that has been, celebrate achievements and offer gratitude for what we have and for what others have done for us. We have long forgotten the disruptive start […]
