SJB Catholic Primary School Woy Woy in Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia | Religious school

SJB Catholic Primary School Woy Woy

Locality: Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 4341 0884

Address: 21a Dulkara Rd 2256 Woy Woy, NSW, Australia

Website: https://www.sjbwwdbb.catholic.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Our first Merit Awards for Term 4 go to some of our school leaders in Year 6. Well done to these students who have shown they are preparing themselves well for high school. Congratulations!

25.01.2022 Kinder Merit Awards and some other awards from yesterday's morning assembly. Congratulations to all award recipients!

25.01.2022 Year 3 Merit Awards (with some 1 Blue Merit Awards accidentally thrown in) and some reading awards from this morning. Congratulations to all students!

25.01.2022 Some reading medals from this morning's assembly. Well done super readers!

24.01.2022 Body and the Beat ~ 2020 Concert Performances Year 6 ~ Mr Blue Sky With restrictions on singing, chanting and rules around social distancing, we have had to approach our 2020 end of year concert very differently. So, this year our end of year performance is called Body and the Beat - a body percussion bonanza!... Electric Light Orchestra’s song Mr Blue Sky is one of the most downloaded and streamed songs of the 1970’s. This epic tune was written by ELO bandleader Jeff Lynne. It has a sunny, uplifting and catchy vibe which is why it is frequently voted in the top ten of the happiest songs of all time. Here is Year 6 with their body percussion version of Mr Blue Sky!

24.01.2022 Year 6 Merit Awards from Tuesday. Congratulations!

24.01.2022 Here are our Kinder Merit Awards winners from last Thursday. Congratulations to all these little legends! (Apologies for the delay in posting)

24.01.2022 Yesterday our Year 5 students participated in a leadership day led by the school principal, Mrs Davies. Throughout the day the students explored the qualities needed by leaders based on examples from Jesus’ life. Challenges to leadership were also explored, e.g. peer pressure. The nine students in the photo were identified by their peers as already showing excellent leadership qualities. They will now go on to present speeches to the children in Years 2 5 who will vote for a final four to become our school captains in 2021. Congratulations to these nine children on being nominated by your peers.

23.01.2022 Our first lot of Principal Awards for 2020. Congratulations to these infants children on receiving the highest honour PBL award. An outstanding achievement!

22.01.2022 Apologies, the incorrect video was posted of the Year 2 Merit Award assembly from Tuesday. Congratulations to our Year 2 Merit Award winners!

22.01.2022 "Staff appreciated by parents!" What a wonderful feeling and a great way to end the term with thoughtful cards and yummy treats. Thank you

21.01.2022 Year 5 Merit Awards from yesterday. Good work everyone!

21.01.2022 As our year draws to an end, there is no better way to remind us of the reason we celebrate this season... the birth of Jesus, than to have Kindergarten share with us the Nativity of Jesus in our final Advent Liturgy. We wish you all a happy and holy Christmas.

21.01.2022 Year 4 Lawn Bowls

21.01.2022 Today some Year 2 students received a Merit Award for their great work. Well done to the award recipients!

21.01.2022 Years 5 and 6 enjoyed an interschool touch football day last Friday with other Central Coast Catholic Schools. It was so nice to be able to play after the COVID lock down.

20.01.2022 Today we celebrated Catholic Mission Week. This year students had the opportunity to learn about Dara, a young boy who lives at the Arrupe Centre, a Church-run program in the northwest of Cambodia that supports children with disabilities. We gathered, as a community, to pray for Dara and those in need of our love and support.

20.01.2022 Our school gives all children the opportunity to participate in mindfulness, facilitated by Mrs O'Leary, where they practise breathing techniques to help with "letting go" of their frustrations and worries. A simple technique where we hold our hands clenched as we breathe in and then as we breathe out we imagine it is like a balloon loosing all the air as we relax our hands. In the older grades we have applied this same technique to help with learning difficult concepts; as we breathe out it is opening up the pathways in our brain for learning. Mindfulness teaches the children how to remain calm in stressful or challenging situations and the importance of using our breath to increase the flow of oxygen in our body, enhancing peaceful feelings in mind and body.

20.01.2022 Due to COVID restrictions, sporting gala days have been unable to go ahead for the large majority of this year so Year 6 decided to hold a Netball Mini Gala Day on Wednesday in the glorious spring sunshine. The students all participated in the right spirit, showing off the skills they had been practising in PE this term. Most importantly, everyone had a lot of fun and enjoyed an ice block after the games. Special mention to our Year 5 umpires Emily and Ebony who gave up their time for our games to go ahead. They definitely did a better job than what Mr Lewis would have! Thanks girls!

19.01.2022 NAIDOC 2020 "Always was, Always will be". Thank you parents for the donations towards our Bush Tucker Garden

19.01.2022 This week we were pleased to welcome back our 2021 kinder children for Week 2 of our Kinder Yana Transition Program.

19.01.2022 Kindergarten Merit Awards from yesterday. Well done to all these little legends!

19.01.2022 Please join our 2020 Kinder children as they take you through what they do at Big School at SJB. Please call our school office on 4341 0884 to make a time for a school tour with the Principal, if you are thinking of enrolment for your child.

19.01.2022 Congratulations to our Year 5 Merit Award winners and some eager readers who have reached 250 nights of reading. Great job!

18.01.2022 Year 3 Merit Awards and lots of reading challenge awards this morning. Well done everyone!

17.01.2022 Second hand uniform sale outside school hall - this week only! $5 per item

16.01.2022 Last Friday was World Teacher's Day and the staff at SJB would like to send our appreciation to all the wonderful parents in our community for their support this year, especially those who organised our morning breakfast and teacher fuel (coffees). Thank you so much!

16.01.2022 Body and the Beat ~ 2020 Concert Performances Year 4 ~ Beautiful Creatures With restrictions on singing, chanting and rules around social distancing, we have had to approach our 2020 end of year concert very differently. So, this year our end of year performance is called Body and the Beat - a body percussion bonanza!... Beautiful Creatures is a song from the movie Rio 2. It celebrates themes of diversity and harmony. It is performed by the Brazilian group Baratuques, a percussion and vocal group. They also performed the song at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Portuguese, English and French. Here is Year 4 with their body percussion version of Beautiful Creatures!

15.01.2022 Year 4 Merit Awards and some more Club 300 reading medals given out yesterday. Congratulations students!

13.01.2022 The talented musicians that form our training band and concert band put on a performance for us last week which was fantastic to listen to. We can tell they have been practising hard. This is Part 1 with Part 2 to follow.

12.01.2022 Our first lot of Principal Awards for 2020. Congratulations to these primary children on receiving the highest honour PBL award. An outstanding achievement!

12.01.2022 Year 6 Merit Awards this morning and some more reading awards. Well done everyone!

10.01.2022 Band performance Part 2.

10.01.2022 Body and the Beat ~ 2020 Concert Performances Year 1 ~ The Skeleton Dance With restrictions on singing, chanting and rules around social distancing, we have had to approach our 2020 end of year concert very differently. So, this year our end of year performance is called Body and the Beat - a body percussion bonanza!... The Skeleton Dance was the first of the award-winning Silly Symphonies cartoons directed by Walt Disney 90 years ago. Walt Disney described it as the whimsical cartoon of spook-tacular skeletons dancing and rattling along throughout the night. Here is Year 1 with their body percussion version of the Skeleton Dance!

10.01.2022 Year 1 Merit Awards this morning and our first reading medal given out for 300 nights of reading. What a fantastic effort!

10.01.2022 Last Friday Year 6 held our annual school Mini Fete for all students in the school. It looked a little different to previous years, with lots of hand-washing and sanitising going on, however some things didn't change like the fun activities, lollies and good times! Watch the video to see some of the action (with some commentary from Mr. Perry).

10.01.2022 Our Year 3 Merit Awards and some Principal Awards for students absent last Friday. Congratulations to the award recipients on their fantastic achievements!

09.01.2022 Well done to these super readers for reaching 300 nights of reading this year. What an amazing effort!

08.01.2022 Body and the Beat ~ 2020 Concert Performances Kindergarten ~ The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy With restrictions on singing, chanting and rules around social distancing, we have had to approach our 2020 end of year concert very differently. So, this year our end of year performance is called Body and the Beat - a body percussion bonanza!... The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is music written by the Russian composer Tchaikovsky, for the ballet The Nutcracker. Nutcracker figurines often resemble toy soldiers and are symbols of good luck. The Nutcracker tells the story of a little girl who, in her dreams, goes to the Land of Sweets on Christmas Eve. Here is Kindergarten with their body percussion version of the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

08.01.2022 Body and the Beat ~ 2020 Concert Performances Year 5 ~ In the Hall of the Mountain King With restrictions on singing, chanting and rules around social distancing, we have had to approach our 2020 end of year concert very differently. So, this year our end of year performance is called Body and the Beat - a body percussion bonanza!... In the Hall of the Mountain King was first written by Norwegian composer Edvard Greig as music for the play Peer Gynt in 1876. It is a musical portrayal of Peer Gynt being chased by trolls during his escape from the home of the Mountain King. This music has been widely used in film, tv and video games. In fact Year 5 sang and danced to this piece for our 2016 school musical Aladdin Trouble. Here is their body percussion version of this timeless piece of music.

08.01.2022 Book Week Character Day. Our theme this year was "Curious Creatures, Wild Minds"

07.01.2022 At SJB, the students experienced the historical significance of the 28th October 1940 (OXI Day) in Modern Greek History. With Modern Greek being introduced at SJB, as the school’s language of focus, the students were offered yesterday the unique opportunity to explore the meaning of culture through a public cultural practice associated with Greek-speaking communities and make comparisons with their own celebrations on ANZAC Day and Australia Day - versus Greek OXI Day on the 28th October. Here is a sample of the event presentation by the school captains, followed by a photo of a student’s veteran ancestor awarded by the Greek Minister of Defence in 1985 for his service in the Greek-Italian War during WW2 (photo posted in the comments section below).

07.01.2022 Our Year 3 Merit Award recipients and a lot more reading awards from yesterday. Well done everyone!

06.01.2022 Apologies for the delay in posting our awards assemblies from this week. Unfortunately, our videos from Monday and Tuesday are unable to be posted due to technical issues. Here are our Year 1 Merit Award winners from Wednesday. Congratulations!

06.01.2022 Year 4's turn to receive some Merit Awards today and some more awards for our great readers. Congratulations to all!

06.01.2022 Body and the Beat ~ 2020 Concert Performances Year 3 ~ Little Drummer Boy With restrictions on singing, chanting and rules around social distancing, we have had to approach our 2020 end of year concert very differently. So, this year our end of year performance is called Body and the Beat - a body percussion bonanza!... Little Drummer Boy is a Christmas carol about the birth of Jesus and the gifts presented to the newborn king on this momentous day. The song was originally titled "Carol of the Drums" because of the repeating line "pa rum pum pum pum," which imitates the sound of a drum. It is believed to have been written by Katherine K. Davis in 1941 based on an old Czech carol. There have been hundreds of recorded versions of the song. Year 3’s body percussion is set to a modern, African version of Little Drummer Boy by Alex Boye featuring the Genesis Choir. Enjoy!

06.01.2022 Body and the Beat ~ 2020 Concert Performances Year 2 ~ The Galop Infernal With restrictions on singing, chanting and rules around social distancing, we have had to approach our 2020 end of year concert very differently. So, this year our end of year performance is called Body and the Beat - a body percussion bonanza!... The Galop Infernal is the one of the most famous pieces of music but most people don’t recognise its name. It was written by the German born French composer Offenbach for the final act of one of his operas. This iconic example of high energy can can music has been used in TV and film throughout the years. Here is Year 2 with their body percussion version of the Galop Infernal- more commonly known as the Can Can!

05.01.2022 This week we welcomed our 2021 kinder children to our Kinder Yana Transition Program. They had great fun and we can’t wait to see them again next week! Check out the video to see what our Thursday group got up to.

05.01.2022 Book Week starts next week

05.01.2022 Congratulations to our Year 4 Merit award winners from yesterday.

04.01.2022 Lots of awards given out at this morning's assembly including Year 6 Merit Awards, reading awards and some Newcastle Permanent Maths test awards. Well done everyone!

03.01.2022 Congratulations to our Year 5 Merit Award winners from this morning's assembly. Have fun with your leadership day at school today. We are looking forward to seeing who our future school leaders will be.

01.01.2022 "World Kindness Day" Friday 13th November 2020