Curriculum Corner - Renata Powell
Semester 1 Student Council
We would like to acknowledge and thank our members of the Student Council for Semester 1. These students have done a fine job representing their classes and we are very grateful for their time and effort. The initiatives that these students have discussed have been varied and their feedback on how we can improve practices across the school have always been very beneficial. Thank you once again to the students below
| Hamish M | Layla P | Alexander B | Maya V |
| Bailar G | Max O | Hayden C | Ava K |
| Jonathon H | Audrey O | Diesel M | Edie P |
| Mason V | Isabella D | Luca W | Eleonor Mc |
| Rhys K | Madeleine L | Gizelle G | Archie W |
Safeguarding Professional Learning
On Friday 25 June, all St Joseph’s staff will be attending Course 3: Advanced safeguarding for educational services. Ensuring all staff in our community are aware of processes and procedures related to child protection is essential.
Positive Behaviour Learning (PBL)
Students continue to be very much engaged with the Dash tokens. It’s great to hear children are pleased with how their positive behaviour is being acknowledged. It is wonderful to see how the PBL containers in the COLA filled up over the past 5 weeks! Students may receive tokens in class or on the playground. Staff are looking for, and able to reward positive behaviour across all four expectations:
- Act Safely
- Be Respectful
- Care For All
- Do Your Best
Congratulations to the BLUE Sports Colour House for achieving the most tokens in the second half of this term! Students in this sports house will meet early next term and decide what their reward will be.
Australian Mathematics Competition
Wednesday 4 August – Friday 6 August
The Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) is an engaging 30-problem competition that demonstrates the importance and relevance of mathematics in students’ everyday lives; it is open to students in Years 3 to 12. Australia’s leading educators and academics, with a deep understanding of our national curriculum standards, actively design the unique AMC problems each year. The competition is fully online.
Held in Term 3, the AMC has two divisions applicable to primary school: Middle Primary (years 3–4) and Upper Primary (years 5–6). The cost is $6.50 per student.
If you would like your child/ren in Years 3 - 6 to participate in the competition, please complete the payment via QKR.
For more information click here