Dear Parents and Caregivers
This Thursday marks the Assumption of Mary, which is a Holy Day of Obligation within the Catholic Church. Mary has always been upheld by the Church as the first model of discipleship. The assumption marks the end of her earthly days, before being assumed by God into heaven. Mary was physically taken up into heaven. Our students will celebrate a liturgy marking this Holy Day of Obligation in their class on Thursday.
New phone number
Mid Term 2 our tie phone line that links Bridge St to William St failed, which prevented internal phone lines to work. Over the holidays we had a new phone system installed. This has resulted in a new phone number for our school. In our endeavours to represent St Joseph’s Memorial as one school, which we are, we have one number. So not to confuse people, please be aware that the phone rings simultaneously at both William St and Bridge St and either Mary Fantasia or Jess Nelson will answer your call and attend to your matter.
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Buddy activity on St Mary MacKillop Feast Day
Dear Parents and Caregivers
St Mary MacKillop Feast Day
Last Thursday, our school community came together to celebrate the feast day for St Mary MacKillop. It was a wonderful day beginning with mass followed by buddy activities and finishing off with a sausage sizzle before our Preschool to Year 1 students were transported back to Bridge Street by bus. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered to help with the barbecue, the Year 6/7 leaders who served the students and to Mr Stallard who ferried the students back to Bridge Street. Thank you also to all the families who donated jars of Vegemite on the day. These were donated to St Vincent de Paul who will distribute them to families in their food hampers.
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Students with Vegemite donated for St Vincent de Paul
Dear Parents and Caregivers
Welcome back. We welcome 4 new families who have joined the St Joseph’s Memorial School community this term. I trust that we will welcome them in true St Joseph’s Memorial spirit, ‘in all things love’.
Photo: Year 4 students excited for the International Day of Friendship
Dear Parents and Caregivers
This Wednesday we celebrate the Feast of St Ignatius. This is a significant event for our Parish Community, especially this year as we recognise and celebrate 150 years that the Jesuit Priests have been in the Norwood Community.
Photo: Year 2/3 Gold Mary MacKillop display
Dear Parents and Caregivers
This is the final newsletter for the semester and I am struggling with the fact that we are half way through the year already.
This past week has been action packed, highlighted by an outstanding performance by our students at the SACPSSA Athletics meet. Read more on our Facebook page here.
Photo: The SJMS SACPSSA Athletic team
This week Catholic Schools across SA are celebrating Catholic Education Week.
To mark this occasion, the Year 6 and Year 7 students from the 5 Catholic Parish Schools in the Eastern Region gathered on Monday to celebrate our Catholic identity, meet new friends, build relationships and work in collaboration in the areas of STEM, Art and Sport.
Dear Parents and Caregivers
This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday. In the Gospel, Jesus appeared and breathed the Holy Spirit into his friends. These days, coming to faith is a journey where we discover God’s existence within the realities of our life experiences. This can happen through prayer and reflection. Regular time to pray and reflect is a wonderful practice that can aid with our spiritual growth and enable us to identify our unique gifts.
World Environment Day
Today we celebrate World Environment Day which is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. World Environment Day began in 1974 and has grown to become a global platform and is celebrated in over 100 countries.
Each World Environment Day a theme is developed that draws attention to a particularly pressing environmental concern at that period of time. The theme for 2019 is 'Air pollution'.
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Year 1 students in the Botanic Gardens for their World Environment Day excursion on 5 June 2019
Dear SJMS Community
Welcome back after what I hope was peaceful holiday that allowed you to spend quality time with your family and loved ones.
During my visits around classes this week I have seen the students busily preparing for Sunday. Happy Mother’s Day - one and all!
The day is devoted to all mothers, for their selfless love and the pains and hardships they have taken to make life better for their children. At SJMS we focus on the day to allow children to realise the importance of a mother and the contributions they make in their lives and hence, a day like this provides an opportunity to thank mum or a special person for all that they have done. I look forward to this Friday’s Mother’s Day Celebrations.
Special Welcome to New Students
I would like to extend a warm welcome to our new students and their families to St Joseph’s Memorial. May you experience much happiness and success throughout your learning journey at St Joseph’s Memorial; Henry Year 4, Yuvraj Year 3, and Manning in Reception.
Dear Parents and Caregivers
Alleluia, He Is Risen!
Easter Sunday is the high point of the Church’s calendar and the pinnacle of Christian celebrations. During the holidays we celebrated Easter. All over the world, Christians boldly declared their faith: Jesus, the crucified one was no longer dead. Jesus is alive! He lives in glory with God and has breathed his Spirit of life into us. Because of Easter we need never be afraid. God’s love is stronger than death.
May Jesus, the Risen Lord, fill our hearts with love, joy and peace.
Walkathon – Friday 24 May
On Friday 24 May, we will have a whole school walkathon to raise money for Brain Cancer Awareness and Research. Further details will be available next week.
