St Joseph's Primary

Farewell Janelle & Welcome Sarah

Last Friday, we farewelled the amazing Janelle O’Dwyer. Janelle has been part of the St. Joseph’s community as our administration officer for 16 years and has been the friendly face to greet visitors, students and staff each day. Janelle will begin long service leave, before officially retiring later in the year. We would like to thank Janelle for everything she has done over her time at St. Joseph’s but especially for the care, kindness and patience she has shown all of us. She will be greatly missed.

We would like to warmly welcome Sarah Shiels to our school community. Sarah was fortunate enough to work with Janelle for three weeks as a hand over period and officially began as our office manager on Monday July 31st. Welcome Sarah!

National Tree Planting Day

On Monday July 31st we held our Tree Planting Day. The students began the day by learning about the origins of National Tree Day and why it is so important for our environment. Following this, we went on a nature walk through MacKillop Walk and the students had input into appropriate sites to plant our trees. Next came the planting of the trees! Students worked in small groups to dig holes and plant their trees, watering them and making sure they had protective casings. The children then made posters about their trees, which detailed the type of tree they had planted, how tall it will grow, what it needs to grow best and whether it would potentially make a good home for animals or insects in the future.