St Joseph's Memorial School Newsletter

Dear SJMS Community

On Tuesday we celebrated the Feast Day of St Joseph. Our day began with a Mass celebrated by Fr Paul Mullins and ended with the students gathering at the pool for a day of great celebration.

I received many emails from Josephite schools and centres around Australia marking and celebrating this significant day in the Josephite calendar.

St Joseph was often portrayed as a simple carpenter within the Scriptures. But as our students could tell us through their learnings he was anything but this. The little we know about Joseph from the Scriptures shows us a man of faith, honour and courage. He believes Mary even when he might have chosen to reject her story about the angel. He stands by her. Joseph is a man of integrity and truth. We live in a society obsessed with rights and a world that seems to reward the brash, pushy, and selfish. Joseph stands in stark contrast. He is a man characterised by compassion, strength, trust, respect, honesty, integrity, self-sacrifice and courage.

Dear SJMS Community

On Tuesday we celebrated the Feast of St Joseph. St Joseph was the husband of Mary and the foster father of Jesus. He was a carpenter, a man of faith and obedient to whatever God asked of him. Although not the father of Jesus, he responded to God’s call to care for Jesus as his own when an Angel appeared to him in a dream.

St Joseph was very important to St Mary ‘of the Cross’ MacKillop. The name of the Religious Order that she founded with Fr Julian Woods was the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. These women who followed God’s call and joined St Mary MacKillop in her work and continue to do so today are known as the Josephite Sisters. 

Dear SJMS Community

What a great day we had for the SJMS Fun Run; the sun was shining, we had perfect weather, a lovely location, some great raffle prizes and some very fast runners and walkers. A very big thankyou to all the children and parents who came out and participated in this wonderful event and to the teachers and staff who helped to make the day such a success. Many thanks to the Norman family (Willow Bay Australia), the Slade family for the footballs and the Bria Family for the Norwood Football Club items, these donations made for a very popular raffle. Lastly, we would like to thank all the members of the P&F who made treats for our treats stall and to Kimberley Kennedy for organising it. We had such generous donation of treats that we were able to have a Bake Sale on St Joseph’s Day as well.

The weather was absolutely perfect for the annual St Joseph's Feast Day student celebration at the Norwood Pool.

Click here to read the article about SJMS in the Eastern Courier.

2019 NAPLAN - Practice Test

All schools taking part in NAPLAN Online in 2019 are expected to take part in a Coordinated Practice Test. Our practice test will be on Thursday 28 March at 10:45am. This practice test will provide students with an opportunity to become familiar with the types of questions they will experience in NAPLAN online. The test will be an omnibus test that includes reading, conventions of language and numeracy. Writing will NOT be included in the omnibus test. All students will need headphones on the day of the test. Please send a labelled set of headphones to school to support your child on the day. We have a limited amount of headphones we can distribute to students who are without headphones on the day.

NAPLAN 2019 Collection Notice

NAPLAN Information for Parents

Catholic Police Checks are free to submit for volunteers!

Application Forms are available from either school office.

Please note - there are many times throughout the school year where visitors are required to have a current Catholic Police Check (parents/caregivers attending excursions, reading in class, helping in class, attending community events).

This process ensures we maintain a child safe environment. To avoid disappointment, we encourage you to apply for a Catholic Police Check through either school office.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at either office.

Thanking you

The SJMS Admin Team

Last Saturday the SJMS Community gathered for the annual SJMS Fun Run.

The day was a huge success - thank you everyone for your support.

Click here to view photos from the day on Facebook.

Click here to view the starting line video on Facebook.

A message from Bishop Greg O'Kelly

Invitation to an Interfaith Service of Prayer for Peace

To assist future planning, please ensure you have enrolled younger siblings. If you are not sure, please contact the Bridge Street Office on 08 8364 1164 or email info@sjms.catholic.edu.au.

Click here to download an enrolment form.

Thanking you

The SJMS Admin Team

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