Dear Families & Friends,  

Welcome back for 2024! A special welcome to all our new families, I hope that your children had a great first week and a half of school. It has been so lovely catching up with our students, hearing all about their holiday adventures & seeing their smiling faces. Special thanks to our classroom teachers who worked so hard in the lead up to the first day of term, to create safe and engaging spaces for our students.

Over the holidays we have had some exciting additions to our Primary Campus. We have installed a Sensory Playground behind our Year 5 classroom & a number spinner for children to use when playing the games outside the Canteen. Thank you to Mr Fallows & Mr Hargrave for their wonderful work in setting these up.

Please find below an outline of important Term One dates for the Primary Campus: 

• Parent Information PowerPoints & Open Classrooms
  Monday 12 February and Thursday 15 February 

• Primary Swim Trials (Years 4 – 6 only)
  Monday 12 February  

• Ash Wednesday
  Wednesday 14 February 

• Interhouse Swimming Carnival (Years 4 – 12 only)
  Friday 23 February 

• de Vialar House Day
  Tuesday 27 February

• Labour Day Public Holiday
  Monday 4 March

• CAPSS Interschool Swimming Carnival (selected students from Years 4 – 6)
  Tuesday 5 March  

• Primary Parent-Teacher Meetings
  Tuesday 5 March – Thursday 7 March 

• Year 6 Camp (Woodman Point)
  Monday 11 March – Wednesday 13 March 

• Swimming Lessons (Years 1, 2 & 4 only)
  Monday 11 March – Friday 22 March 

• NAPLAN (Years 3 & 5 only)
  Wednesday 13 March – Friday 22 March  

• School Community Mass
  Saturday 16 March @ 5:30pm 

• Term One Assemblies: Will be held in the PAC @ 8:45am
  Friday 16 February
  Friday 1 March 
  Friday 22 March: 6B Class Assembly 

May you all have a beautiful week ahead.  

Michelle Christian
Head of Primary

Swan Boxes

Have you seen the St Joseph's Primary Swan Box down by the river? Have a look next time you are down there.

Join the St Joseph's Equestrian Interschools Team!

Are you passionate about horses and riding? Do you dream of competing against other schools in thrilling equestrian events? St Joseph's School invites both Primary and Secondary students to express their interest in joining our Equestrian Interschools Team!

Event Details:

• Date: Wednesday 10th to Saturday 13th April (Easter School Holidays)
• Location: State Equestrian Centre 303 Cathedral Ave Brigadoon
• Events:

• Dressage
• Eventing
• ShowJumping
• Combined training (Dressage & Showjumping/no cross-country)
• ShowHorse (Hacking)

Requirements:

• Students must be a member of EWA (Equestrian Western Australia), either as competitive or participant members.

Most competitive interschool classes require a qualifying event (except prep dressage and showhorse). Participant classes do not need qualifications.

Expression of Interest: Interested Primary students should talk to Ms Thomas in Year 6 Gold or email mikala.thomas@cewa.edu.au for any inquiries and to express their interest.