General Information
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125 Years Booklet
1883 – 2008 History of St Joseph’s School
125 years! It is important to celebrate occasions such as this, to acknowledge the role and work of a wide range of people throughout the history of the school, to acknowledge the Catholic special character of our school, to affirm the importance of the school’s role in our community and, last but not least, to renew acquaintances and friendships that were part of being a pupil at St Joseph’s Temuka.
The success of our school today reflects the value placed on the special nature of the school by the whole school community, the value of which has been recognised throughout its history.
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Absentees
If your child is to be absent for any reason - please ring our school office (615 8206) before 8:50am or send a message to the class teacher before school - giving reason for their absence.This would be appreciated, especially for safety reasons.If we haven’t heard from you, Lyn Sullivan, our secretary, will endeavour to contact you.
We use the electronic enrolement system ENROL which allows us to keep records of students attendance and investigate if there are concerns.
Attendance Dues
All Catholic Schools charge Attendance Dues which are a legally binding charge on all parents and caregivers who have enrolled their children at a Catholic School. This is payable unless in special circumstances the charge has been waived by the Proprietor of the school for specific issues associated with a family.
In the Christchurch Diocese the Attendance Due charge is $34:50 (Incl GST) per term for each child. The account is sent out early in the beginning of each term, from the school and should be paid to the school, which is collecting and passing on the money to the parish.
Attendance Dues are authorised under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act and are used to pay for costs associated with the land and buildings for the Catholic Primary Schools in the Diocese.
At the same time as the first term’s Attendance Dues account is sent out, the Catholic Education Office requests parents and caregivers to pay the Diocesan Catholic Special Character Contribution. This is collected on behalf of the Catholic Education Office and is used to cover costs associated with the provision and delivery of professional development and advisory services in support of Catholic Special Character in Catholic primary schools in the Diocese. The Diocesan Catholic Special Character Contribution is $10 per term for each child for 2012. This financial contribution is a tax deductible donation.
Where a parent has four or more Preference children at a Catholic Primary School their attendance dues invoice will be for three children only, i.e. the fourth child, and any further children, will not be charged for attendance dues.
Assemblies
Assemblies are fortnightly with each class taking turns at preparing a liturgy and facilitating the assembly. Assemblies take place on Fridays usually at 2.15 in room 4. Parents most welcome.
Dental Care
Children attend the Temuka Dental Clinic. A new mobile check-up clinic is now in use and will visit the school each year for whole-school pupil checks.
The Dental Nurse is Frances Milne and she may be contacted at this Phone Number - 615 7219 or 615 0005
Events During the Year
During the year you will read in the newsletter of all sorts of events. The ones listed below happen annually. Others may only occur once, so are not listed.
Term One
Top teams - Interhouse event
Swimming sports Yr 4-5 /Junior school swimming demonstration - Wk 5
Whole school triathalon - March
Interschool Triathalon- Late March
Pleasant Point Mountain bike race Sunday in February
Police team challenge- Early March
Top Schools - Early march
School Mass and welcome BBQ- Early March
Milo Cricket tournament
Summer Tournament - Yr 5 - Yr 8 only. Children play a mixture of summer sports at various venues.
St Joseph’s Day - March 19 MacKillop Cup cricket
Art Exhibition - April
Term Two
Cross Country - Children run various distances with varying degrees of difficulty. The venue often changes from year to year. Sports uniform is necessary for this.
School mass- Mid term
Young Leaders day in CHCH - yR 8
Whole school musical Late Term 2
Term Three
Winter Sports Tournament - Usually September. Same procedure as for summer sports.
Gymnastics Festival - with other local schools to produce a Music Festival/Gym.
Jump Jam competition
Term Four
Athletic Sports - We join with other local schools for this at the Domain.
Events During The Year
Mission Fundraiser - Held each year during October. The Yr 7&8 pupils lead this event afetr Sunday mass with the commmuity donating goods and attending the fair with your children.
Other Events
Theme Weeks - Each year the school has special focuses that the whole school work together on. In the past we have had Art weeks, Book weeks, Technology weeks etc.
Parent Education nights - term 2 and 3 showing parents what learning looks like on the Classroom In numeracy and Literacy.
Fund Raising Events
Term One - Easter Raffle .
Term Two - Lip Sync held in June.
Term Three- Amazing race/Spud in a Bucket
Term Four - Cow Bingo/ Raffle
Fruit in Schools
Students receive a piece of fruit each day to eat in class time over and above what is in their lunches. We have supervised eating of fruit in classrooms each day.
Homework
We have a homework challenge system for years 5-8 where students choose from ‘smart’ categories and negotiate what their challenge will look like.
Lunches
Healthy Eating: The school encourages healthy eating habits. All families have, or will receive when starting at St Joseph’s, a folder containing lots of healthy and nutritious ideas for lunches and snacks.
Kai-warmer: Children may heat food (pies, toasties etc) in the food-warmer which is between Room 2 and the library. Please ensure food to be heated is appropriately wrapped and named for easy identification.
O’Reilly’s Foodcentre: Pies, sandwiches, filled rolls, drinks, muesli bars etc are available every week day morning. List of these items and prices available at our office. Orders to be made out as below.
O’Reilly’s Foodcentre – Tuesday to Friday , orders placed in box at school. Lunches delivered.
LUNCH COMBOS $5
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Combo 2 |
Combo 3 |
Combo 4 |
Combo 5 |
Combo 6 |
| Sav in Bun |
Bread roll- Chicken or
Ham Lettuce Carrot
Egg Cheese |
2 cheese rolls |
2 savouries |
Pie- Mince or Mays or
mInce and Cheese or
Potato Top |
½ sandwich – Ham or
chicken,
lettuce and egg |
| 300 ML drink |
300 ML drink |
300 ML drink |
300 ML drink |
300 ML drink |
300 ML drink |
| Fudge cookie |
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Fudge cookie |
Fudge cookie |
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Fudge cookie |
Subway - Friday Only
Six inch Sub $5.00 Foot long sub $8.00
Choices written on packet by lunch monitors . Lunches delivered.
Sushi - Wednesday Only
Sushi Walker - $4 ea. Teriyaki Chicken- Salmon- Tuna- Vegetarian.All Include capsicum, carrot and soya sauce
Rice Balls $4 ea – Teriyaki Chicken &May
Place order on envelope, include money and place in marked container in foyer.
Managing a Safe Culture
Expectations for student behaviour are all based on our Mary MacKillop values emcompassed in " Doing the right thing".
Office
Our office is open each morning from 8:30 to 12.30am. Staff are onsite on from 8.00 until 5.00.
If you have any queries it is best to ring during these hours, although we have “Call Minder” on our phone for calls outside these hours and when no one is in/near the office.
Mrs Lyn Sullivan is our secretary.
Religious Education Resource
This is used by the Board of Trustees to supplement/subsidise the cost of the digital Religious Education resource required for the delivery of the NZ Catholic Bishops’ Conference mandatory primary school Religious Education programme. The Religious Education Resource contribution is $16:50 per annum, per child. This financial contribution is a tax deductible donation.
Reporting to Parents
Parents are invited to discuss any problems that they have with their child by appointment - Phone 615 8206.
Parent/pupil/teacher interviews are held twice a year – in February and again later in the year.
Students portfolios, which include a cumulative file as well as samples of students work, are sent home at the end of Terms 1 and 2, and early in Term 4.
A summative report is sent home at the end of the year.
Parents are welcome to arrange times to meet with a class teacher on other occasions.
Structure of the School day
School opens at 8:55am. Classes are dismissed at 3:00pm.
Morning interval is from 10:35am to 11:00am.
Lunch hour is taken from 12:30pm to 1:30pm.
Children are free to go home for lunch provided they have the permission of the class and duty teacher.
Children may arrive at school from 8:30am.
Swimming Programme
We have a whole school programme which takes place in terms 1 and 4. This programme is taken at the Temual Domain pool with all students being ability grouped and being taught as based on the skills progression from the NZ Swinsafe programme. Parents pay approx $25 for each of of these blocks of lessons which covers the cost of the pool hire. There are subsidies available for second and subsequent students.
Stationery
The children are issued with stationery list at the end of the school year, so that items can be purchased before the new school year.Our local Village Post Shop has made up class packs at the beginning of the year.
School costs which include an annual Charge for Religious Education Resources, Newspapers in Education, Senior diaries and paper levy will be sent home in the first few weeks .
During the year children may require more stationery but the class teacher will notify you of this to be purchased outside of school.
Technology: Year 7 & 8
The Year 7 & 8 pupils go to Opihi College for Technology. They have the opportunity to learn ~ Food Technology, Wood Technology and Fabric Technology over a two year period.
Uniforms
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Pinafores available from Postie Plus Timaru.
Material for summer uniform available from Friends of St Joseph’s ~ Contact Amanda Ayers ~615 7419.
Jerseys ~ order through Amanda Ayers ~ order in advance if possible.
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| Winter |
Summer |
| Pinafore (with Box Pleats) |
Summer Dress ~ Contact Amanda Ayers ~ Phone 615 7419 |
| Maroon V neck woollen jersey |
Maroon V neck woollen jersey |
| White long sleeved blouse or skivvy |
Black plain sandals (optional) OR black leather-type low-cut low heeled school shoes (white socks optional) |
| Navy three quarter socks or navy tights |
School shoes (sandals may be worn without socks) |
| Black plain leather-type low-cut, low-heeled school shoes (white socks optional) |
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Shirts, shorts and trousers and skivvies available from Postie Plus.
Jerseys ~ order through Amanda Ayers ~ order in advance if possible.
Boy’s Winter socks ~ order through Amanda Ayers.
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| Winter |
Summer |
| Grey long sleeved shirt or skivvy |
Maroon V neck woollen jersey |
| Maroon V neck woollen jersey |
Navy Polo Shirt |
| Grey winter shorts/Option ~ Grey Poly/ |
Grey summer shorts |
| Viscose permanent press trousers |
Plain grey short socks optional |
| Grey socks with blue & maroon stripes |
Black plain sandals |
| Black plain leather low-cut shoes or Black plain leather low-cut laceup shoes. (Sandals may be worn without ankle school socks). |
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GENERAL SCHOOL UNIFORM INFORMATION
Remember that Postie Plus run a payback scheme of 10% loyalty to school programme when buying items from them ~ just let them know what school you are from.
If any family is experiencing difficulties meeting these requirements, please approach the principal in confidence.
Beanies
No stock of these at present.
Hair
Long hair to be clipped or fastened off face.
Jewellery
No jewellery to be worn at school – apart from watches and Medic Alert bracelet.
If a child has pierced ears - only studs to be worn.
Naming
Please - have all uniform items named
Polar Fleeces
Tthis is an optional addition for the children to wear for extra warmth over top of the jersey. A Jacket or Vest in dark navy blue with ¼ front zip or full zip may be worn. A pattern is available from Friends of St Joseph's committee.
Second-Hand
For information on second hand uniform items – ring Amanda Ayers ~ 615 7419
Sportswear
Plain black shorts for girls and boys ~ these are available from The Drapery Temuka.
Maroon Sports Top ~ these need to be ordered through the school.
Plain black tracksuit pants (optional) |
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Wheels Day
Each Thursday, pupils are permitted to bring to school ~ bikes, skateboards or roller blades for use at morning interval and lunch time. Younger pupils will need to have bikes delivered to school and picked up afterwards. Bike helmets are necessary if bikes are used. This is another way we use to encourage pupils to be physically active.