St Joseph's School Northam
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1 Lance Street
Northam WA 6401
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Email: admin@sjsnortham.wa.edu.au
Phone: 08 9621 3500

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MESSAGE FROM THE LEADERSHIP TEAM

de Vialar Day

This week we celebrated the feast day of St Emilie de Vialar with a whole school assembly followed by activities and food stalls at both campuses. Thank you to those who contributed a gold coin on the day – all proceeds go to the Archbishop’s LifeLink Appeal. Congratulations to the winners of the Vialar House Awards – Ruby Smith, Rowan Sheen and Indigo Cleveland from Primary and Riley Crumblish, Riley Fitzgerald and Tayah Joy from Secondary. 

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Mia Wherrett (Year 11) has been selected to represent Western Australia in the 2025 Swimming 13-19 Championship. This team will be competing at the School Sport Australia National Championships in Brisbane, QLD from 26 July - 31 July 2025.  Well done Mia and we wish her all the very best for the upcoming competitiion!

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End of Term Items

  • Semester 1 Reports – these will be released through SEQTA Engage on Thursday 3 July. If you are unable to access SEQTA please contact the school admin and they will help you to log in. There will be some changes to the Primary report format which Primary parents will be informed of in a separate email. 
  • Parent Teacher Interviews – These will take place on Monday 21 July, throughout the day as it is a pupil free day. An email with instructions to log in and book an appointment will be sent out early next week. It is important, no matter what age your child is, that you try to connect with their teachers. 
  • Founders Week: Week 10 - This is always an exciting week where we come together as a whole school for Mass on Monday morning and then for the whole day on Friday. Camino walks, excursions and incursions have all been planned to take place during the week so it is important that you are aware of the timetable which will be emailed out next week and can also be found on our school website. Please note that this is not an optional week, students are expected to be at school. 

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A quick reminder that if you collect your student from school early could you please inform your bus driver (or bus contractor) that they will not be catching the bus home after school.  The other option is to ask admin staff to pass a message onto their other children that this particular family member will not be on the bus with them in the afternoon.  This wiil eliminate buses waiting for a child that is not at school or other students having to race around looking for them.  Thank you. 
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WA Student Assistance Payment

The WA Student Assistance Payment helps parents and carers with the cost-of-living pressures associated with sending their children to school.

The second round of the payment is now open, with claim submissions available through the ServiceWA app.

All Western Australian school students in Kindergarten to Year 12, with a valid WA student number (WASN), are eligible for this cost-of-living payment.

You can claim $250 for each secondary student and $150 for students attending primary school or Kindergarten.

To claim the payments, parents and carers are encouraged to set up a ServiceWA account. More information is available at wa.gov.au/servicewaapp

All claims must be received by Friday 4 July 2025.

Eligibility

Eligible students must be enrolled in Kindergarten to Year 12 at a Western Australian public school, non-government school or registered for home education, and have a valid WASN.

How to Claim

Submit your claim through ServiceWA.

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Employment Opportunities

Advertisements – We are currently looking for the following positions. Please see the website for more details and share with your wider community. 

  1. Fulltime Grounds person/Bus driver 
  2. English/HASS secondary teacher 

Events in the Next Week: Week 9

Friday June 20 Year 4 Zoo Excursion - CANCELLED
Saturday June 21
Sunday June 22
Monday June 23 ASDAN Excursion 9.00am-3.10pm
Tuesday June 24
Wednesday June 25
Thursday June 26 Year 3 Liturgy
Year 2 Whiteman Park Excursion: 8.45am-3.30pm
Marist Youth Ministry Night at Newman College

Term 2 Dates for your Diary

Friday June 27 Year 1 Zoo Excursion 7.45am-2.40pm
Week 10 Jun 30-Jul 4 Founders' Week
Monday June 30 Whole School Mass 9.00am @ Primary
Year 5 Retreat
Year 6 Camino 9.00am - 2.30pm
Year 7 Camino 10.10am - 5.00pm
Year 10 Cemetery  Clean-up
Year 11 & 12 Tenancy Presentation
Tuesday July 1 Year 6 Retreat 
Year 8 Camino 9.00am-5.30pm
Year 9 Retreat
Year 11 MaJEC Day
Wednesday July 2 Year 8 Retreat
Year 10 Camino 9.00am - 6.00pm
Thursday July 3

Year 7 Encounter
Year 9 Camino 9.00am - 5.30pm
Year 11 Modern Slavery Incursion

Friday July 4 Whole School Assembly 9.10am @ Primary
Term 2 concludes