St Joseph's School Port Lincoln in Port Lincoln, South Australia | School

St Joseph's School Port Lincoln

Locality: Port Lincoln, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8683 2400

Address: 14 Mortlock Terrace 5606 Port Lincoln, SA, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Tonight the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant will be televised on Channel 9 from 7.00pm. As sponsors of this fabulous event, our Port Lincoln National Pharmacies donated a 'Christmas Pageant Gift Bag' to each of our Reception students. Each gift bag contained a colouring in book featuring many of the characters who will be appearing in tonight's pageant, as well as, colouring pencils and coloured chalk. Thank you for your generosity. Our Reception students were very exc...ited to receive this little surprise. Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps ###RaisingHeartsAndMinds National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant National Pharmacies

24.01.2022 SJS End of Year Awards Australian Defence Force Awards One student from both Years 10 and 12 receive this award sponsored by the Australian Defence Force. It recognises students who demonstrate a high level of cooperation with others, resourcefulness when overcoming challenges, involvement with the school and wider community and who live out the values and ethos of the school.... We congratulate Year 10 student, Darcy Goldfinch and Year 12 student, Marni Clark, on being the worthy recipients of the 2020 Defence Force Award. Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #RaisingHeartsAndMinds Australian Defence Force Academy

23.01.2022 Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #RaisingHeartsAndMinds #shrovetuesday

22.01.2022 SJS End of Year Awards SRC Spirit Awards Awarded to the house and individual student who has demonstrated outstanding school spirit. Students and teams earn points through showing care and compassion to others, participation in school extra-curricular activities and living out our school ethos.... This year Year 12 House Captains Emma Waters and Billy Haebich proudly received the shield on behalf of their Tenison team. Congratulations Tenison! Year 10 student, Kylie Hurrell was the highest individual point scorer winning her the Individual school spirit honours. Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #RaisingHeartsAndMinds

21.01.2022 From Little Things Big Things Grow . With our newly established native plant nursery flourishing after the great work by last year’s Year 9s, two classes of Middle School students last week had the opportunity to experience gardening. Mr Casanova's Year 8 PC group and Mr Kannussaar's Year 9 RE class each spent a lesson thinning out the seedling "forest" that had grown over the summer school holidays, ably supported by environmental guru Ms Kuerschner. ... The remaining seedlings have now been provided with the best opportunity to thrive - prior to being planted out in appropriate locations around the Lower Eyre Peninsula later this year. There will be more Middle School visits to the nursery in the meantime, with weeding the primary activity. With Catholic Social Teachings a core component of students' Religious Education curriculum, our native plant propagation project provides a practical and relevant way to "Care for God's Creation" and actively supports Pope Francis' "Laudato Si" encyclical. It is also important to note that assistance from external agencies Trees ForLife, Greening Australia and the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board has been vital with the initial setup and will continue to be so if ongoing success of the project is to occur. #treesforlife #greeningaustralia #plantingseeds #plantingtrees

20.01.2022 SJS End of Year Awards Apex Boarding House Award The Apex Boarding House Award is awarded to a Boarding House student in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the community spirit within the Boarding House. This contribution is expressed through their generosity, cooperation, courtesy and participation to the Boarding House life in general.... We congratulate Year 12 Boarding Captain, Grace Johnson, on being the recipient of this award. @Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #raisingheartsandminds

20.01.2022 Happy retirement Mr Morris! Mr Andrew Morris has a part of the St Joseph’s School family for the past 42 years (commenced in 1978), as a teacher of Drama, English and Religious Education, and for some of that time served as a dedicated, faith-filled Deputy Principal. This is a very impressive milestone of 42 significant years of service in one community. In his life and work, Andrew has truly embodied the Josephite charism of selfless service, based on a strong Christian fait...h and sense of justice. He has been incredibly generous in his hospitality, support of students and staff, and his commitment to many school musicals. Andrew’s passion for theatre has provided opportunities for thousands of students over the years to develop their skills and excel. Andrew has been a keeper of the Josephite flame in so many ways and he leaves us, students and staff present and past, with a legacy of wonderful memories and sincere gratitude for all that he has contributed. To honour this incredible service, the Performing Arts Centre will from next year be re-named, the ‘Morris Theatre’. He will also be long remembered by many for being the voice of ‘Sports Day’ for many, many, many years! Andrew recently said one of his highlights was being able to teach in the same school as his son, Mr Joe Morris (and we are sure he meant to include his wife, Mrs Jane Morris, in that sentence as well)! As you would know from previous posts, Andrew was a very deserving recipient of the 2020 ‘Rowan Ramsey Community Award’ this year for his dedication and service to St Joseph’s School. We wish him all the very best for his retirement and we will certainly miss seeing Andrew’s smiling face around school and hope he remembers to pop in and visit from time to time (if he is not too busy surfing!) Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #raisingheartsandmind

19.01.2022 2020 has certainly thrown us some curve balls but how good does this 2020 look at the Year 12 Graduation. Good job boys you look fabulous too. Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #RaisingHeartsAndMinds

18.01.2022 We congratulate our 22 Year 4 Communicants who made the Eucharist for the first time yesterday in the St Mary of the Angels Parish. The sacrament of First Communion is an important tradition for Catholic families and is the third Sacrament to be received after Baptism and Reconciliation. We thank Religious Education Coordinator, Ms Megan Dempsey, Ms Nicole Russell (Assistant Principal Religious Identity and Mission) and our Year 4 teachers, Mr Malcolm Watt, Mrs Cassie Maxfiel...d and Mrs Ellen Conlan for preparing the children for this special event. A big thank you to Fr Ben Mkuchu and Deacon Brenton Mortimer for officiating the service. Here are a few snaps from Sunday's service. Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #RaisingHeartsAndMinds St Mary of the Angels

17.01.2022 A reminder from our Canteen ladies ...

17.01.2022 Happy Retirement Mr Rowe! The St Joseph’s School community has been fortunate to have Mr Kym Rowe as a teacher here since 1992. Kym has been a passionate advocate for Geography, the environment and the arts and has directed countless school musicals. Kym is a talented musician and will be greatly missed leading music at our liturgies, school and staff events. It would be hard to find someone more committed to the Parish and our school, and this was recognised two years ago w...hen Kym was the recipient of the ‘Rowan Ramsey Community Award’. In recent times, Kym has established a mentoring program in his role as Chaplain, strengthening the bond between school and parish and providing additional support to those who need it. Mr Rowe, you will be sorely missed for your wisdom, your passion and the unquantifiable contribution you had made to our St Joseph’s School community. We wish Kym and his wife Anne all the best as they both settle into retirement life. Enjoy your time with your ever growing family! Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #RaisingHeartsAndMinds

17.01.2022 St Joseph's School currently has a vacancy for an Education Support Officer - Office Receptionist/Administration Officer. This is a temporary position (15 hours per week) commencing 18th January 2021 and concluding 17th December 2021. Closing date for applications is Monday 23rd November at 4.00 pm.... Why wouldn't you want to join this dynamic Office Team? We would appreciate you sharing our post to extend it's reach. For further details please see school web site www.sjspl.catholic.edu.au for more information.

12.01.2022 We wish to advise that the Super 8s Cricket Carnival to be held tomorrow for Year 8 and 9 students has been cancelled due to the hot weather forecasted. We apologise for any inconvenience. Year 8 and 9 families will also receive an email regarding this.

11.01.2022 What is happening at St Joe's? With all the building movement on our SJS Soccer Oval at the moment, everyone has been asking the question, 'What's going on?'. Well it may look a bit 'interesting' as you drive past our school on Mortlock Tce for the next 12 months or so, but it will certainly be worth it. Check out this fly through from Russell and Yelland Architects of our exciting new Primary School Building and Pre-School due to open early in 2022.... Once the building works are complete the transportable buildings currently residing on our oval will be removed (phew!) Catholic Education South Australia #RaisingHeartsAndMinds #sjssnaps

11.01.2022 Sound on! What a fabulous way to start a Friday morning. Our Reception Year 5 students (and their teachers) joined in with the singing and actions to Peter Combes’s famous songs. Peter's songs are funny and irresistibly catchy, and it is thought that almost every child in every School in Australia knows the songs and actions to ‘Wash Your Face in Orange Juice (Mr Clicketty Cane)’, and we all had fun joining in with the silliness too. The audience participation was fabulous ...and we loved seeing Maya do the actions to one of Peters songs while he sang along. Little Reception student, Jimi even requested a song at the end of the concert and to his surprise Peter agreed to sing it if everyone agreed to join in. Peter’s visit got the staff talking about when they went to his concerts when they were young children and some even remember having his records, cassette tapes and VHS tapes. Thank you for visiting us Peter Combe, we had a great time! Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #RaisingHeartsAndMinds Peter Combe

11.01.2022 Leading the way .... Today our Years 3 - 11 SRC Leaders and our Sports Captains were commissioned and proudly received their leadership badges. The students were congratulated on being chosen to represent and lead in our school on the Student Representative Council (SRC), as Sports Captains and Vice Captains, Boarding House Captains and Performing Arts Captain. They were reminded that this is both an opportunity for them as well as a responsibility. We wish them all the v...ery best throughout the year as they communicate with students and staff, lead school initiatives and support our school community, whilst being the best leaders they can be. Our R 2 SRC and Years 7 - 9 SRC will be commissioned at a later stage. Catholic Education South Australia #RaisingHeartsAndMinds #sjssnaps

08.01.2022 SJS End of Year Awards Eyre Trading Award Awarded to a student who demonstrates personal qualities desirable to a practical work place, such as time management, initiative, and problem solving skills. They have a passion for hands on work and are motivated to improve and develop their practical skills. ... We thank local business, Eyre Trading, for their generous donation of a power tool to the award recipient. This year we congratulate Year 12 student, Ethan Richardson, on being the recipient of this award. Ethan was unfortunately absent from the Award Ceremony as he was completing a course, but we will ensure he receives his certificate and power tool as soon as possible. Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #RaisingHeartsAndMinds Eyre Trading

05.01.2022 There was a whole lot of shaking going on this morning in preparation for cooking pancakes for each R - 12 student today for Shrove Tuesday. Catholic Education South Australia #RaisingHeartsAndMinds #sjssnaps

05.01.2022 This video is best viewed with the sound on! Sometimes it's the teachers' turn to have a bit of fun. Thanks to the girls who kept them rolling when they were laughing too much to do it themselves! Such a fun day today for the Year 6 girls (and their teachers) at the beautiful Port Lincoln foreshore lawns. Thanks to Scott from Xtreme Kites & Paddle for supplying this giant zorb ball and archery. ... Lookout tomorrow when the Year 6 boys give it a go! Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #raisingheartsandminds

04.01.2022 From our SJS Family to yours ....

02.01.2022 What are your hopes, dreams and goals for 2021? Catholic Education South Australia #raisingheartsand #sjssnaps

02.01.2022 Happy New Year Friends! It is certainly a Happy New Year for these two aspiring young actors from SJS, Tasmin Durdin and Eden Scott who have been selected to participate in the ‘Junior Theatre Festival Australia’ Pilot Program to pilot a brand new musical on behalf of the creators in the USA (Music Theatre International). Tasmin and Eden are currentlyl participating in a week-long workshop in Adelaide which commenced yesterday. The purpose of the Pilot Workshop program is to ...offer students the chance to perform an adaptation of a new musical in a workshop setting. These shows are in development and not yet released for public performance. It is where they test scripts and scores for the authors on behalf of Music Theatre International Australasia. Students rehearse the music, choreography and dialogue in a workshop environment with an informal presentation at the end for an audience made up of authors, creators and families of participants. Tasmin and Eden will be performing with other students who love musicals and much as they do, but one of the most valuable elements of participating in the pilot program, is getting to work with industry professionals from Broadway. They will work with the team from iTheatrics New York, who create the Broadway JR, KIDS and ONLINE EDITION musicals. This year, they have a great blend of American and Australian talent leading the pilot workshops. We wish Tasmin and Eden the most fabulous time and we look forward to them bringing back and sharing their talents at St Joe’s, especially as it is a SJS Musical year for us (and aren’t we all just busting to know what our Direction Team has chosen for us this year)! Enjoy girls! Catholic Education South Australia #RaisingHeartsAndMinds #sjssnaps

01.01.2022 Pancake Perfection It has been another very successful Shrove Tuesday filled with teamwork, precision organisation, lots of maple syrup and an insane amount of pancake shaker mixers, which resulted in close to 800 pancakes being made for the students. It was a huge effort by staff and students combined, to ensure that there were lots of happy faces and plenty of pancakes to go around. Some members of the newly elected Primary SRC helped serve the pancakes to Primary classes, ...whilst the Year 12 Integrated Learning Religion and Spirituality class, along with Year 12 Student Leaders, prepared pancakes for the Secondary levels as part of their first task about charity and outreach. A huge thank you to our APRIM, Ms Nicole Russell, for her organisation and coordination of this activity. A big thanks must go to Mrs Cathie Story who delivered piping hot pancakes for the staff to enjoy at recess. Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #RaisingHeartsAndMinds #shrovetuesday

01.01.2022 SJS End of Year Awards Caltex Best All-Rounder Award Awarded to a Year 12 student, this award is given to a student who has shown commitment across a range of activities, including studies, sport and community involvement.... We are proud to announce Year 12 student, Marni Clark, as our 2020 Best All-rounder . Congratulations Marni on giving your best to everything you do. Catholic Education South Australia #sjssnaps #RaisingHeartsAndMinds