St Joseph's Primary School, Red Cliffs in Red Cliffs, Victoria | Primary School

St Joseph's Primary School, Red Cliffs

Locality: Red Cliffs, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5024 1654

Address: 17 Fitzroy Ave, 3496 Red Cliffs, VIC, Australia

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

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24.01.2022 The SA borders are open for relocation which, as our school families know, means we farewell our treasured Miss Willems at the end of 2020. That means we need to replace her, and finding someone with as much passion, compassion and joy for teaching will be tough! If you know an educator who fits the bill and is eager to join a dynamic workplace family like ours, feel free to share!

24.01.2022 Tomorrow, we all reveal our true colours in celebrating Footy Colours Day! Fundraising for the Mission effort will be at the forefront of our minds as we participate in fun, footy festivities organised by our senior leaders. Any donations will be warmly welcomed and, with a temperature of 30 degrees forecast, warm is certainly the word for it! Please remember to be SunSmart when putting on those guernseys tomorrow, and slap a t-shirt underneath it. We can't wait to enjoy the day with you all.

23.01.2022 Though we’re on holidays and in isolation, we’re still using our technologies to catch up and make sure we’re ready for what may be a very different Term Two, based on the evolving advice from the government. Don’t forget to check the newsletter for the update video sent to our school community by Mr Gibson & Ms Wade last week (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi2bI03N4Lw) and take a peek at PAM if you’ve not already filled out your Remote Learning Technology form. We hope all... in our school community are keeping safe and finding ways to amuse themselves in such unprecedented times. Pass on our best to the kids. We’re missing them already!

23.01.2022 This week marks a very different Catholic Education Week than we are accustomed to celebrating! This year, we are asked to reflect on the theme of Listen to what the Spirit is saying and, in this time and place, it's certainly a goodie! Today, we asked our students to reflect on the words of a Catholic Education Week prayer by finding or drawing images to reflect the ways we aim to listen to what the Spirit is saying in our daily lives. We all agreed in our morning Meets thi...s morning that we can't wait to Listen to what the Spirit is saying when we are all back together...which isn't too far away! The countdown is on, St Joseph's. Happy Catholic Education Week! See more

23.01.2022 A very Happy Easter to all in our school and wider community. Fr Pat was eager to deliver the kids an Easter message, so here it is. It would make his Easter to hear from our community, so If there’s a message you’d like to leave him, simply comment on this post and we will make sure he gets them!

23.01.2022 Though Mother’s Day may have looked and felt a little different this year, not being able to visit extended family in person, or purchasing gifts from our school Mother’s Day stall, the students did produce some amazing cards and gifts for the special person in their life at home. We would like to celebrate all the mothers, grandmothers, aunts and special people in our students lives who contribute and give so much to their lives. We thank everyone who shared photos and videos to help us make this movie to celebrate the love and care these people give to our students in so many ways. Happy Mother and Special Person’s Day 2020.

22.01.2022 Grade 4/5 Leadership Day Last Friday our Grade 4 and 5 students had the chance to explore some important questions about leadership, such as -what makes a good leader? What are the character traits of a good leader and how we can develop ourselves to be leaders in school, and in our community? Students participated in a range of activities to deepen their understanding of the qualities that make a good leader, and looked at ways we can live out Jesus' leadership style, as ser...vant leaders, who put others first. We were fortunate to have Fr Matt join us as part of this experience. Tomorrow, our Senior Students will be sharing their speeches with our school community, who will then be voting for the School and House Captains for 2021. A big congratulations to all the students standing for these positions, for preparing their speeches and being brave in delivering them to the community. As we learned at our leadership day 'Being a leader is about people, not position or power.' We look forward to hearing the voices of our future leaders tomorrow! As a Catholic school we look to Jesus as a role model of how good leaders take care of and serve those around them who are in need, as mentioned in Luke 22:27, 'For I am among you as one who serves.'

22.01.2022 2020 Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day Today we were certainly missing a very essential ingredient, without our Grandparents and Special Friends onsite, but we did manage to celebrate the very important and significant place these people hold in their grandchildren's lives under current COVID 19 restrictions. After a short Prayer Service with the theme: Strong Roots produce beautiful leaves, where we prayed for our grandparents and special friends, the children then w...ent on to work in their family groups to produce beautiful artworks in honour of these special people in their lives. We hope and pray that these artworks, poetry and letters will bring joy to the older members of our families, as we continue to forge our way through these challenging and uncertain times. Please take the time to see the love in the faces of the children as they reflect on their relationship with their grandparents, and the special words they share in the video below.

20.01.2022 Fr Pat is here to tell you a little bit about what he’s been doing to keep busy (quantum physics!?) and to deliver a significant message about God’s incomparable and undying love for us on this very special day, Good Friday. Happy Easter weekend, everyone. Stay safe. Stay well. Stay home.

20.01.2022 Dear parents/carers, School will operate as normal tomorrow Monday 23rd March. We will have further information tomorrow regarding the remainder of the week. Thank you ... Mark Gibson See more

20.01.2022 Good afternoon everyone, You may have seen through various news outlets that the government convened yesterday evening to make decisions about school closures and term dates. We have this morning received official confirmation from Catholic Education Commision of Victoria (CECV) that school holidays have been brought forward and will now begin for students on Tuesday, 24th March 2020. Therefore, today is the last day of student attendance for Term One. Please note that st...udent work/learning tasks will not be set for students during this holiday period. Wednesday, 15th April remains as the first day of Term Two. In the event that students are not able to return to school on this date, home learning would begin in the form of a hard copy Learning Pack and online tasks. A more detailed note will be sent home with all students today. Thank you for your understanding and support during these challenging times. Stay safe and stay well. Mark Gibson Principal

20.01.2022 Daffodil Day Last Friday our teachers, students and families, joined us in commemorating Daffodil Day 2020. It is wonderful that we can still be creative and find ways to maintain some of our annual events despite the restrictions we face due to COVID 19. We hope the learning around the impact of Cancer and the Daffodil Day creations the students created brighten your homes and ignite hope for a future where there is a cure for cancers of all kinds. Thank you to everyone for brightening up our screens and classrooms by wearing yellow.

19.01.2022 Good afternoon everyone! Our newsletter has been sent via text and email today. In it you will find a very detailed explanation of our arrangements for the foreseeable future, as we move back into Remote Learning after yesterday’s announcement by the Premier. We are aiming to keep our processes as similar as possible to Lockdown 1.0, but there are some minor changes so please have a thorough read. Here is the link, if you need it: https://sjpsredcliffs.schoolzineplus.com/sc...hoolnews?nid=27 In summary, the most important things for you to know that will affect the next few days are: Tuesday, 4th August is a Pupil Free Day. No Remote Learning or onsite supervision will occur. Wednesday 5th August is a Pupil Free Day. No Remote Learning will occur, and onsite supervision is only available for children of essential workers. Learning Packs will be able to be picked up from school on this day between 2pm and 4pm. Current COVID restrictions apply upon pickup of these packs. Thursday 6th August, Remote Learning begins again for all students. Friday 7th August is a Pupil Free Day. This was a previously organised day for staff to work on School Review preparation, and it will still go ahead as planned. For further information and to find answers to the hundreds of questions that we are sure you have, please read the newsletter. We thank you for the overwhelming support shown in this period. Lockdown 2.0 took us all a little by surprise, so we are grateful to have such a supportive community. Please remember across this time of challenge that, in the future, today’s children will look back on how their homes and schools felt during the Coronavirus outbreak. They are watching and learning from us on how to respond in times of great uncertainty. Let us guide them by showing resilience, understanding, kindness, compassion and calm. We are here if you need anything, and will keep you as up to date as possible as new information arises. Stay safe, stay well and take care of each other. We look forward to seeing you all soon, via Google Meet!

18.01.2022 On Monday we will once again be going brilliantly blue for Do it for Dolly Day, raising awareness of bullying and pledging kindness to one another, after our student leaders saw how important, influential and fun this day was for our community last year and begged us to do it all again, regardless of the fact that we are learning remotely! All students are invited to dress up in as much brilliant blue as possible, and join in activities across the remote school learning day... which help us take a step closer to understanding what bullying is and isn’t and how we can combat this with love and kindness. Dolly’s message of Speak up, even if your voice shakes, and the Choose Kind motto are so very relevant to all of us today, and our school looks forward to being a little brighter and more sparkly because of the actions we take on Monday. Congratulations to our student leaders, Miss Wade and all the staff involved in preparing for this day. If you need a bit of inspiration for your 2020 dress up, take a peek at the photo to see just how blue we managed to be in 2019! #speakupevenifyourvoiceshakes

18.01.2022 Grade 6 Retreat Day On Friday, our nine special Grade Six students stopped and reflected on their time at St Joseph's Primary School. The trip down memory lane reminded us just how much a part of the school community they have become over the past seven years. Students completed a beautiful Reconciliation session with Father Matthew and celebrated with a grand lunch in the library. However, we were not letting them get away that quickly. The afternoon session saw students scrambling to hunt down clues and solve puzzles in the Escape Room Challenge. We are all so very proud of all that these students have achieved and can't wait to continue the fun in the last couple of weeks left in their Primary School journey.

18.01.2022 A prayer for Good Friday and a prayer for our times ...

18.01.2022 This Father's Day, despite the isolation we are all enduring because of the COVID 19 restrictions, may all of the fathers, step fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and special men who provide care and protection to our students, feel the love and care your children have for you. As a school community we would like to wish you all a very happy Father's Day, 2020. https://youtu.be/sZrlQgwRky4

17.01.2022 Small school. Big hearts. Thank you to all families who donated goods to today’s Mass for the Needy collection, contributing goods for local distribution by the St Vincent de Paul society. ... ‘Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth’. 1 John 3:17

17.01.2022 On a cold winter’s day in the middle of a pandemic, who better to welcome you to school than Little Miss Sunshine? Little MR Sunshine, it seems!

16.01.2022 We’re open for enrolments! With a pandemic preventing our regular group Open Day tours from going ahead, we’ve enlisted the help of some of our students in taking you on a virtual tour of our school instead. You can still book an individual tour with us and we would love to see you. To do that, simply phone ... 50 241 654 between 8:30am and 4:30pm weekdays (from next Monday), or email [email protected] and we’ll organise a time to meet with you. Until then, sit back, relax and enjoy the virtual tour!

15.01.2022 Today we witnessed something special - something unique and unexpected. Something that lifted our spirits and left us in awe, once again, at the incredible capacity of our staff to adjust and adapt in the most unprecedented of circumstances. On Day One of what will be a very different Term Two, when our teachers were grieving the loss of all they knew, re-imagining how to teach and missing the young people who ordinarily grace their classrooms with stories of Easter Egg hun...ts and holiday adventures, we witnessed unexpected joy and incredible connection. To see the little, excited faces on the other ends of our screens and connect with our students in new and different ways was incredible, and to watch our teachers plan to provide for the individual learning of each and every one of their students regardless of the fact they can’t physically be near them made us incredibly proud. We have no doubt they are ready for this, and we know just how lucky our students are. This is a public shout out to them, our teachers. Thank you - for your flexibility. Thank you - for your commitment to learning more new things in three weeks than is expected of most in three years. Thank you - for stepping outside of your comfort zones. Thank you - for putting your students first. Thank you - for following where we are leading without question. Thank you - for being you. But it is also a public shout out to our parents, who are stepping into the unknown and taking on incredible challenges. We are in awe of you, too, and we are here for you every step of the way. If you know a teacher, thank them as soon as you’re able to, because what they are being asked to do may not be beyond them, but it is certainly beyond the realm of possibility for most human beings. If you know a parent, commend them and support them, because they’ll need it as they navigate these unchartered waters and step into a sphere they probably never thought they’d have to enter. If you know a teacher who is also a parent....well, buy them all the chocolates! Before we sign off tonight, St Joseph’s would like to extend our very best wishes to all in the Victorian education community for the official Day One tomorrow. We are facing an incredible challenge, but that’s the beauty of schools - they’re used to being up against walls and finding ways around them. We look forward to navigating those walls together, in solidarity and in partnership, for the benefit of the most precious of all commodities - our kids. Stay safe & stay well. St Joseph’s Leadership Team.

15.01.2022 School Assembly Goes Semi-Digital! Because our kids love presenting their learning to their families, when the government advised that we should be cancelling social gatherings of more than 100, we needed to think outside the box to make sure they still got that experience. So, as of this Friday, assembly will look a little different at St Joseph’s. The class rostered on for assembly will still be able to present to their families in the hall at the normal time of 3pm on Frid...ay. This will be a closed presentation for families of the presenting class and members of staff only. Following the presentation of learning, Mr Gibson, Ms Wade and Ms Leamon will announce all award winners and birthdays over the PA so that we still get to celebrate as a community. What will also happen is that the learning presentation will be pre-recorded in the classroom and uploaded to our newsletter for school mates and wider community to view. This means that our kids are still able to gain the valuable skills of presenting to a live audience, whilst also being able to share what they are learning with others in the school. This week it’s the Prep/One children acting as the guinea pigs, and we are sure they’ll take to filming like the little stars they are! If you are a family member of a child in Grade Prep/One, please feel free to join our smaller celebration of learning on Friday.

14.01.2022 Today St Joseph’s was inundated with curious creatures and wild minds for our 2020 Book Week celebrations . We thank all of the parents for the amazing costumes and the staff for their Dr Seuss inspired characters, and we especially thank the students for the joy their stories and characters brought to our lives today!

14.01.2022 On Friday we had four students make the trip across the road to the Red Cliffs Lawn Tennis Club to participate in the Sunraysia South Schools Division Cross Country. All students put in their best effort against the best junior tennis players from nearby local schools. The students all competed well despite the warm conditions. Congratulations to Jackson who has qualified for the Regional event in Swan Hill on the 23rd of March.

14.01.2022 On 11 November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent after four years of continuous warfare. Today, on a patch of earth far from those battlefields, we gathered not only to remember the incredible sacrifices of the brave men and women who fought for the freedoms we experience today, but to pray for peace in our diverse global community. Let us all remember, today and always, to ‘Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.’ Colossians 3:15

13.01.2022 Tomorrow is ANZAC Day. It is a little different from other years, as we will not be singing as part of the Red Cliffs ANZAC Day service as we usually do, but we have invited all our families to join in the Light Up the Driveway movement that is happening at dawn on Saturday morning. As a community we have been finding ways to remember those who have served Australia to keep it a safe and free country. We have put together a reflection of this to share with our community. ... Lest We Forget #LightUpTheDawn

13.01.2022 Yesterday was the Feast Day of St Joseph the Worker, and despite our school community being spread across many different locations, we were able to come together through Google Meet to celebrate as a community. In fact, we found some thoughtful and fun ways of celebrating together across the day. We held a crazy hair day, as well as coming together for a special prayer service lead by the Senior Leaders, Mrs Thompson and Mrs Divola. We were thrilled that Father Mick was also able to join our Google meet, and appreciated that many families tuned in together to participate. We thank all those involved in organising this event for bringing us together to help us celebrate our feast day.

12.01.2022 Link to virtual tour: https://youtu.be/3D-nnezgigQ

12.01.2022 No one would've known we were learning remotely yesterday, as our school celebrated our second 'Do it for Dolly Day', raising awareness of bullying and committing to kindness. Though it was undoubtedly a different celebration this year, our Senior SRC reps started our day with a message to our school community, and our class websites and Seesaw upload feeds became seas of brilliant blue, regardless of our locations! Do yourself a favour and click play. You'll see some brilli...ant posters, outfits and videos of our kindness ambassadors (that's the kids) discussing bullying and getting into the spirit of the day. Well done, St Joseph's Community! #speakevenifyourvoiceshakes

12.01.2022 Special visitor alert! This big, beautiful guy graced our courtyard last week, causing all manner of fanfare amongst the kids, who have begged us to post this so they can show their mums & dads. Luckily, our School Captain and resident Mr. Environment was on hand to help Mrs. Williams relocate him to a safer space. What a beauty he was! We must say though, we are very, very glad this guy had legs! ... #givemeahomeamongthegumtrees #countryschools See more

12.01.2022 Footy Colours Day Mission Fundraiser St Joseph’s Primary School was awash with colour and fun today as the student leaders took our groups through a range of footy festivities! There was plenty of healthy competition between the Cats and Tigers, as well many other characters on the oval this afternoon, all for a good cause, raising funds for our Mission efforts. We hope everyone enjoys their grand final long weekend

11.01.2022 When World Teachers’ Day collides with Book Week celebrations, those funky sunnies are needed to shade all the bright! Today, we extend a big, loud thank you to our teachers. 2020 has thrown so much at our profession and each of you have handled those challenges with resilience, ingenuity, compassion and resolve. Our students are so very lucky to be taught, supported and loved by you all. Thank you for making St Joseph’s the community it is. You are appreciated beyond words,... and respected beyond measure. Isn’t the future bright, AITSL? #brightfuture #thankteachers #teachersday

11.01.2022 Notice the 'we' in this? Remember how we survived and thrived in Remote Learning Take One? We have no doubt that, together, we can do it all again. It might not be the easiest thing in the world, but it's amazing what community can do for the sake of the children, isn't it? Tomorrow you will receive a detailed plan for Remote Learning Take Two but in the meantime, please know that we are making all of our decisions based on the best interests of our students and families a...nd we are here to support you every single step of the way. Until then, we are off to choose some funky masks for the kids to enjoy tomorrow! We can't wait to see yours at drop-off, too! #inthistogether

11.01.2022 A bit of front-of-school inspiration to welcome the kiddos.

10.01.2022 Today’s Mini Show was mighty marvellous! What a joyous event! Well done to all students on their entries - they were such creative and crafty creations!

10.01.2022 What a day! Today we ran our annual Cross Country event with a bit of a twist. Points were awarded for each team not based on a runner’s place in the race, but on whether or not they improved on their practise runs by running further over a set time. This new way of doing things was inspired by our Play is the Way learning over the semester, where we have been encouraged to: 1. Pursue our personal best, no matter who we work with, and... 2. Be brave: Participate to Progress According to many of the kids we spoke to, it was the best Cross Country ever! Each race was separated by a whole lot of dancing and singing, and we are so proud of everyone for their encouraging words and the emphasis they placed on not being THE best, but being YOUR best. At the end of the day we did still present age champions and a winning house which, for the first year in quite a few, went to Jacaranda! Congratulations to all involved in today. We can’t wait to share it with parents once again in 2021! #playistheway #participatetoprogress #brave #personalbest

09.01.2022 They’re back! Yes, our specialist programs started back this week as part of our remote learning. The students have thoroughly enjoyed the activities for Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Digital Technology, as well as the weekly specialist challenges. We have also had some interesting and varied ways of getting outdoors and enjoying some physical activity. Here is a little clip of some of the things we have been up to this week.

08.01.2022 Enrol now for 2021! With a pandemic preventing our regular group Open Day tours from going ahead, we’ve enlisted the help of some of our students in taking you on a virtual tour of our school instead. You can still book an individual tour with us and we would love to see you. To do that, simply phone ... 50 241 654 between 8:30am and 4:30pm weekdays, and we’ll organise a time to meet with you. Until then, sit back, relax and enjoy the virtual tour!

07.01.2022 We made it! We’d like to extend our sincerest thanks and our most enthusiastic praise to you, our school families and community, for surviving and thriving with us across another period of Remote Learning. We couldn’t imagine a better community to partner with us during this, the strangest of times. Please rest and rejuvenate across this holiday period. You’ve certainly earned it! ... We cannot WAIT to see the kids in person next term. It’ll be a glorious, cheery Tuesday!

07.01.2022 Our Annual Mass for the Needy collection has been steadily growing thanks to the spirit of giving within our school community. The appeal for non perishable food items received a further boost today from a very generous $200 donation received by Fr Pat. Remember that the appeal finishes this Friday June 19 and we still welcome any donations for us to pass into St Vincent De Paul to distribute to those in need.

06.01.2022 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Traditional Advent calendars count down the days from December 1 until Christmas Day, December 25, when we celebrate the joy of recalling the birth of Jesus by sharing gifts with one another. In the junior classrooms they have created Advent chains to count down the days, with each link suggesting an action that would help us prepare for Christmas by showing care for others.... It is lovely to see how many of the gift tags for the Giving Tree have been taken by members of our school community. The presents have started to arrive and can be left in the foyer near the tree. St Vinnies will collect the gifts on December 14 ready to distribute. Please return your gift with the tag attached by that date. See more

06.01.2022 On Friday, our school community gathered outside to celebrate NAIDOC Week. Led by our students, we acknowledged the traditional owners who have walked and cared for this land for thousands of years, and their descendants who maintain these spiritual connections and traditions. Across the week, our students read stories and participated in activities that celebrated, with pride, Australia's First People - the oldest continuous culture on earth - and during our prayer servi...ce we shared our desire to be a just and respectful community that seeks out peace and understanding. As written by John -13:34 " I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another."

06.01.2022 The sun was shining and the spirits were high for today’s modified Athletics Carnival. All students gave their best and supported their teammates with gusto, resulting in a day of pure fun, frivolity and friendly competition! A big round of St Joseph’s applause goes to Mrs Tiller for reimagining the day, when restrictions said we couldn’t run things as normal. I tell you what, with a community like this one, we wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. ... #stjosephsstrong See more

04.01.2022 Fr Pat didn’t get the chance to say goodbye to our kids and their families when school term was unexpectedly cut short this week. With the recent directives to suspend all religious services due to social distancing in the time of COVID-19, Easter is going to look considerably different for Fr Pat, too. So, we thought we’d invite him over to give out his Easter message to you all digitally. If you have anything you’d like to share, ask or tell Fr Pat, leave it in the comments. In these times of enforced and necessary isolation, community and outreach is more important than ever and he’d be thrilled to connect with you as our season of waiting and preparing ends, and our Easter celebrations begin.

04.01.2022 We’re baaaaaaaaaack! Our buildings finally feel like school again, and our hearts are so full. What a day we’ve had!

02.01.2022 This week we've been thinking. We've been planning on photo shoots to capture school-closure signage and desk setups, hand sanitiser stations and remote video conference meetings, socially distanced play times and hand washing procedures. You might wonder why we'd want to. Surely this period isn't one we particularly wish to celebrate through photos in years to come? ... What we do know though, is that this is history. We are living through the greatest upheaval to our way of life in modern times, and it has forced a transformation to schools that was simply unimaginable 3 months ago. If you'd have suggested we'd be functioning as we are, we'd have thought you were, with all due respect, a little bonkers. Our students and their families have been extraordinary through all of this - resolute, resilient and reliable. This week in our remote digital tech lessons, we thought we'd pay tribute to all of those on the front line of this pandemic, and to our families and community who we aren't able to connect with on the same level as we are accustomed to, by making .gif messages. St Joseph's community, it is a pleasure to be living though history with you at the moment, and we look forward to once again being able to share in the joy of education with you in person, when the time is right. Until then, stay safe and stay home, knowing we are with you every single step of the way.

02.01.2022 Well, well, well. We really should have suspected this would happen when we handed the job of School Photo Day Professional Photographer over to our Deputy Principal and our Performing Arts teacher. Ooops. Sorry. ... They couldn’t help themselves. The kids made them do it. Don’t worry, the rest of the photos are picture-frame and Christmas-card worthy, they just couldn’t resist the fun that came from taking these! What a joy! The real photos will be digitally available via next week’s Schoolzine newsletter, for you to print off or save as you wish. They look incredible for a simple iPhone photo shoot! #schoolphotoday2020

02.01.2022 We celebrate 100 years of Mass being celebrated in Red Cliffs this winter. Thank you to the Red Cliffs Historical Society and Red Cliffs Centenary 2021 for sharing this story.

02.01.2022 With limited physical access to schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we figured we’d expand our virtual access and add an extra platform through which to share with you, our valued community. If you’re on Instagram, pop on over now and follow us! You’ll find us at: stjosephs_redcliffs

02.01.2022 A reminder that school holidays have now begun for our children. These holidays will look a little different for them and for you, with regular holiday traditions cancelled and hotspots closed. Instead, stay home. Play together in the yard. Read books. Do puzzles. Play cards. Garden. Sing. Make Art. Relax when you can. Feed your soul. Feed theirs. ... In the future, today’s children will look back on how their homes and schools felt during this Coronavirus outbreak. They are watching and learning from us how to respond in times of great uncertainty. Let us guide them by showing resilience, understanding, kindness, compassion, calm - and common sense. We are still here planning this week if you need anything, and we will keep you as up to date as possible as new information arises regarding Term Two. Stay safe, stay well and take care of each other. We look forward to seeing you all when school returns. Yours in education, community and faith, The staff of St Joseph’s Primary School

02.01.2022 Today we tested out our new normal in the office which, we must admit, was a little odd to begin with. From Monday, when we aren’t in the classroom teaching the kids, this is what our little learners will see. We’ve spent a lot of time today going through what they’ll see Monday morning, and we’d find it really helpful if you could reinforce this for them. Seeing you wear yours on Monday morning when you drop them off will help too!... We’ve sent a social story about adults wearing masks home to our junior students via Seesaw, and we will try our very best to make the transition to adult mask-wearing as seamless as possible. We thank you for your support in this, the most unusual of times. Stay safe. Stay masked. Stay home. #inthistogether

01.01.2022 A big, cheery, isolated ‘Hi’ from some of us, to all of you!