St Joseph's Catholic Primary School North Mackay in North Mackay, Queensland, Australia | Primary School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School North Mackay

Locality: North Mackay, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 4957 3355

Address: 4 Canberra Street 4740 North Mackay, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.sjnmrok.catholic.edu.au

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24.01.2022 Wishing all of the wonderful Mums and Grandmas and important women in the lives of our students a wonderful Mothers Day. We hope your day is full of special moments with your families and we remember all of the Mums who cannot be with their families today.

23.01.2022 We are currently accepting enrolments for our Prep classes for 2021. We offer a comprehensive transition program following our interview process in July, providing students with the opportunity to become familiar with their new school setting over a number of visits through to our formal Prep Orientation Workshop in November. Please contact our School Office for further information regarding the enrolment process. Email [email protected] or call 07 4957 3355. We look forward to an opportunity to welcome you to our school.

22.01.2022 It was exciting to walk through our classrooms today and see students able to work independently while being guided by their teachers online. Pictured are some of our Year 3 students who were working on their novel study. So engaged and still reading real books while also being guided online. Amazing!

21.01.2022 And finally, our crack Year 6 team and their plans for guiding learning from home! We have been so impressed with the way our students have engaged already this week. Keep it up! We cant wait to have you all back as school when things return to normal.

21.01.2022 CELEBRATE BOOK WEEK & WIN! To celebrate CBCA Book Week 2020 and The 91-Storey Treehouse coming to the MECC - we have some prizes to give away! Simply SHAR...E a photo of your favourite Book Week costume in the comments below and we will draw TWO winners, each prize consisting of: A family pass to see The 91-Storey Treehouse at the MECC - Monday 26 October, 6pm or Tuesday 27 October, 9:15am A copy of The 91-Storey Treehouse book and an Edward the Emu picture book Winners will be drawn at random this Friday 23 October at 12pm. This competition is not associated with Facebook. Check out The 91-Storey Treehouse here: https://bit.ly/2FkqHOh

21.01.2022 Congratulations to both Mrs Jo Cannon and Mrs Carla Hinschen on your nominations for the Spirit of Catholic Education awards. These nominations are highly deserved.

20.01.2022 This week we celebrate 175 years of Catholic Education in Queensland. Tomorrow we celebrate with a whole school prayer service held in the hall and led by Father James.

18.01.2022 Looking for something interesting for the kids over the holidays ... one of our very talented parents is offering writing workshops! Get in quick!

18.01.2022 While we cant physically take people through our school at the moment, we thought wed share some of the great things St Josephs has to offer families in Mackay. Take this virtual tour to learn more about our school. We are currently accepting enrolment applications for Prep in 2021 and have limited places across other year levels. For further information, contact our school office at [email protected] or call 07 4957 3355.

17.01.2022 This afternoon our staff spent some time creating little gifts and notes to send to Victorian teachers as part of the #lovevicteachers initiative. We are grateful for all the work of teachers in Victoria and around the country working so hard during these challenges times.

17.01.2022 **POSITION VACANT** Prep Teacher Assistant Term Time Contract until 4 December 2020. Please click on the following link for more information, including an application form:... https://www.rok.catholic.edu.au/caree/career-opportunities/

16.01.2022 Welcome to 2021! We look forward to welcoming new and existing families to school on Wednesday 27 January. Just a reminder that our uniform policy can be found on our website. Please see below the approved school shoes, which must be plain black. We appreciate your compliance with our uniform policy. This week our staff will be attending training, with our school office open at the following times:... Tuesday 19 January 8.30-3pm Wednesday 20 January 9.30am - 3pm Thursday 21 January 1pm-3pm Friday 22 January 11.30-1pm Monday 25 January 1pm-3pm We invite any families wishing to drop school books and equipment to school prior to the first day to attend on Monday 25 January between 8-9am or 1-2pm. Please note staff will be attending mass and training outside of these hours, so please ensure to stick to these times to avoid locked classrooms. We look forward to seeing you all next week and hope you have had a safe and relaxing holiday, ready for an exciting and learning packed year ahead.

16.01.2022 ANZAC Day message for Queensland students from the Governor of Queensland. This is the speech the Governor would have delivered today at the annual ANZAC Day Commemoration Students Ceremony at Brisbanes ANZAC Square.

15.01.2022 Learning in Year 5 with our newest team, Mrs Honess and Mrs McKenzie.

14.01.2022 Facebook has just released Messenger Kids a new version of Messenger designed for kids (pretty self-explanatory really...) Should you let your kids use it to... connect and chat with their friends? Find out our thoughts on in our new Messenger Kids Cheatsheet! Get access via the link below: https://www.safeonsocialtoolkit.com/pages/messenger-kids/

14.01.2022 The Year 3 team know how to keep inquisitive minds learning this term!

13.01.2022 We know this year has thrown us some curve balls, and it has been disappointing not to be able to celebrate Fathers Day as we usually would have, but we still want to thank the special men in our lives who provide for, protect, nurture and educate our children. Thank you to all of those men who are fathers or a father figure to our special little people. Happy Fathers Day.

12.01.2022 Its so great to have our students back together and to see the amazing progress they are making! This is one of our Year 3 Instrumental Music ensembles. We have introduced our own school based Instrumental Music program this year for Years 3, 4 and 5 students. Students are learning to read music, perform together and follow their conductor. Such a pleasure to see their progress in such a short time. Well done Mrs Holt and Year 3!

12.01.2022 Just a few more of Camp Day No. 1!

12.01.2022 And now a special report from the fearless Year 4s on learning from home!

12.01.2022 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Q & A with Queenslands Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young, answering parents health related questions in relation to students returning to school.

11.01.2022 Day Two of our Year Six Camp was fabulous! The photos tell the story! Some very tired kids tonight after an action packed day.

10.01.2022 What a wonderful first Transition into Prep 2021 was had on Tuesday! Our 2021 prep students had a great time, meeting our present prep staff and new friends, all whilst playing LEGO, drawing, reading, playing games and constructing. Their parents enjoyed a short presentation on social and emotional learning by our school principal, Mrs Morris, and then met some new friends of their own, who will travel with them as their childs school journey begins. The smiles in these photos say it all! A fabulous start to our 2021 transition to prep at St Josephs!

10.01.2022 Today we held our second Prep transition visit, with students exploring outside play while their parents listened to our APC Mrs Mallet present key aspects of the Prep curriculum. We love being visited by our new Preps for 2021.

09.01.2022 Thank you to all families who shared their images of commemorations for ANZAC day. It was fantastic for our school community to join together online on Friday for our school commemoration and wonderful to see so many families join the #lightupthedawn commemoration from home.

07.01.2022 Yesterday, QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the Back to School plan for Queensland. As of Monday 11 May 2020, our Prep and Year 1 students will return to school at St Josephs. Further information will be sent to our Prep and Year 1 families this week, so please keep an eye out for this. This week we will also inform all parents of updated pick-up and drop-off processes starting from next week. Thank you for your ongoing understanding and team work during this time.

07.01.2022 Heres our fabulous Year 2 team introducing their plans for online learning in Term 2!

06.01.2022 Final day of Year Six Camp Very, very proud of our Year 6 students who have had an absolutely fabulous camp and demonstrated our St Joseph school values through their use of great manners, excellent participation and kindness to all. Enjoy these photos from our final day at the Whitsunday Crocodile Experience!

04.01.2022 NEW WEB CLIP FOR ALL IPADS Amazon has provided free audio books for children whilst schools are closed. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. A new Web Clip has been deployed to all iPads with an icon for the link to Amazon Audible Stories:... https://stories.audible.com/start-listen Explore the collection, select a title and start listening. Its that easy.

03.01.2022 Information regarding our drop off and pick up procedures in preparation for a full return to school next week for all students and continued COVID-19 restrictions.

02.01.2022 What a fab day on our first day of Year Six Camp! Our Year 6 students enjoyed visiting the baby farm animals, sand painting, putt putt gold, painting their own cap, swimming, water sliding, listening to a talk about snorkeling, ready for tomorrow, and, finally, watching the final 2020 state of origin. They should all sleep well tonight, ready for their reef trip, tomorrow.

01.01.2022 Our Year 6 school leaders were very fortunate today, to have had a visit from Mrs Alison Wales, principal of Holy Spirit College. Mrs Wales took time out from her busy schedule to talk to our students who, owing to the current situation, were not able to attend a Year 7 information evening, this year. Our students enjoyed having the opportunity to ask questions and find out more about the wonderful Holy Spirit College community. Many thanks to Mrs Wales for taking the time to visit St Josephs and share a small gift with our students.

01.01.2022 We are currently accepting enrolments for Prep 2021, with limited vacancies also available in other year levels across our school. We conduct our Prep interviews at the start of Term 3, with prospective students invited to participate in our comprehensive Transition Program. This starts with an interview, and is followed up with six visits to our school to experience many of the day to day routines of school life. Our Transition Program runs from August to November, and is ...wonderful preparation for children and families as you prepare for your child to enter formal schooling. Contact our school office today via email [email protected] or phone 07 4957 3355 for more information and to arrange an enrolment interview today.

01.01.2022 Confirmation that the Show Holiday has now been officially moved to Friday 14 August. There will be no Public Holiday next Thursday. https://www.mackay.qld.gov.au//show_holiday_2020_date_appr

01.01.2022 HSC - Year 7, 2021.