11 Perry Street Alstonville NSW 2477 ( PO Box 265 ) Phone: 02 6628 1009 www.alstplism.catholic.edu.au Email: alstp@lism.catholic.edu.au

WEEK 9

Wednesday 19 September: Growth Mindset, 6pm, Trinity Lismore, register at: https://goo.gl/G3YjFD

Friday 21 September: Stage 1 Inter-School Digital Technologies Day

Sunday 23 September: STEM Sunday

Friday 28 September:

Assembly 2:20pm

RSVP Year 6 Grad. Dinner

Last day of Term 3

TERM 4 BEGINS for students on TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER.

Wednesday 17 October:

TechSlam4Parents @ 1.45 pm

Conversations about Catholics @ 1.45pm in S2 Breakout room

Tuesday 23 October:

TechSlam4Parents @ 6 pm

Exuro

Wednesday 24 October—Conversations about Catholics @ 1.45pm

Thursday 25 October: Junior Joeys Meet & Play (1), 9-11am

Thursday 8 November: Junior Joeys Meet & Play (2), 9-11am

Wednesday 14 November: Chess at St Joseph’s Alstonville

Tuesday 18 December:

Whole School Mass

End of Year Celebrations for Year 6 and Y6 Farewell Dinner

Wednesday 19 December—last day for students 2018

2019

Monday 28 January : PUBLIC HOLIDAY Tuesday 29 January 2019—Teachers

return Friday 1 February- Stages 1, 2 and 3

begin

NO PSF meeting tonight at 7pm in staffroom - cancelled.

DAN HAESLER’s presentation on Growth Mindset is on this Wednesday evening at

Trinity.

Please make sure you have taken up this wonderful opportunity that will assist you and

support your children.

You need to register at https://goo.gl/G3YjFD

Coming home today NAPLAN results for Years 3 and 5.

* * * Dear Parents and Carers UPDATE ON NIKKI WAGNER I had the pleasure of visiting with Nikki on Sunday. While her treatment is making her tired and unwell she is in very good spirits. She is so happy to know we are keeping her and the family in our thoughts and prayers. Our money box (found in the office for donations) will contribute to having a cleaner go to her home. And we will be giving the family food from the Food Bank regularly. So your help is really appreciated. DANCE FEVER—GYMNASTICS will conclude next Tuesday. You are invited to come in for your child/ren’s timeslot to see the work they have been doing during Term 3— come in active gear so that you feel comfortable to participate as well…...

9.00 to 9.30 am Stage 1 9.30 to 10.00 am Early Stage 1K 10.00 to 10.40 am Stage 2 10.40 to 11.20 Stage 3 Congratulations to Fergus Woolley who received the Act of Kindness on Friday at assembly from the ladies from Probus. Fergus is tireless in his commitment to the school garden. He is a fantastic gardener.

Conversations about Catholics

We are very fortunate to have two of our beautiful parishioners Adrienne and Jan who will run the program Conversations about Catholics next term for us. This program, which runs for four weeks, re-acquaints or introduces what being Catholic is. It explains many of the things we do, the

reasons why and takes you for a tour of the church to explain what everything is. If you are not Catholic yourself it is a fabulous way to find out the little things that may make you feel uncomfortable when you attend Mass with your children. If you are Catholic it is a lovely way to remember some aspects you might have forgotten or did not know. This is a very easy going, non-confrontational course. We would love our parents to be able to attend this wonderful course if at all possible. It will run on Wednesday afternoons at 1.45pm beginning on 17 October in S2 breakout room. The course will run until 3pm, just in time for car pick up. We will have some child minding assistance available if this helps. Please let the office know if you would like to attend.

Therese Seymour

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CURRICULUM CORNER:

Focus curriculum area: Mathematics The Mathematics curriculum is divided into 3 key learnings. Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry and Statistics and Proba-bility The sub-strands within these key areas include: Number and Algebra: whole number, addition and subtraction, multipli-cation and division and fractions and decimals and patterns and algebra. Multiplication and Division: length, area, volume and capacity, mass, time, three-dimensional space, two-dimensional space and position Statistics and Probability: data and chance Students build on the key skills, knowledges and understandings each year and are assessed on the outcomes for the stage in which they are in. Just like in the English syllabus, the outcomes are across a stage, which means, students have 2 years to achieve the outcomes for that stage of learning. Parents can access the Parents’ guide to the new Mathematics Syllabus K-10 at: https://syllabus.nesa.nsw.edu.au/support-materials/parents-guide/ Next week, we will look at the curriculum area of HSIE (History and Ge-ography). Kasey Miles (taken from www.nesa.nsw.edu.au)

Getting to know our Staff Introducing….

Lisa Knight, Enrichment Tutor in Kindergarten..... I was born in Bunbury, WA the eldest of 4 chil-dren. We went to St Michael’s Primary School in Brunswick then to Bunbury Catholic College for High School. I started my working career in a retail photo-graphic chain, then moved to Perth to manage 4 other stores and a Portrait Studio. My husband and I went to high school together and married in 1991.

We travelled and worked our way around Australia for 5 years (Darwin, Port Douglas and a few 4WD adventures were the fa-vourites) before returning to Bunbury in 2002 to have our daughter and son in 2004. I also ran my own Bowen Therapy Clinic at home.

After my husband passed away in 2007, I moved to Noosa in 2009 then down to Alstonville a year later where I started with St Joseph’s and became part of this wonderful community (although I do miss my family in WA). Athletics, tennis and net-ball were always part of my sporting life and I love painting, drawing and sculpture.

Please say hello to Lisa when you see her around Joeys.

ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

NEXT MEETING FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER 10 AM INTERESTED IN HELPING?

PLEASE COME ALONG.

Congratulations to these GOLD award winners:

Amy Prodger, Harry Wills, Harrison Beare, Noah Greensill

Registration extended: Due by Wednesday 19 September.

We need more families for this day to go ahead

STEM Sunday is rapidly approaching. This annual event will be held in the STEM room this Sunday from 10-1pm. This is a great morning out for the whole family. This year will be slightly different with 2 smaller challenges taking place. We’d love to see your family there! Send $10 into the school office to reserve your place.

If you’d like to know more please contact Mrs Moloney. anna.moloney@lism.catholic.edu.au

KINDER STEM supplies for Wednesday please. See email sent home last week.

Winners of the LET’S DO IT FOR CONDO GUESSING COMPETITION with their winnings—Austin and Lachlan

From the Library - borrowing closed for this Term.

Please return all books to the Library All library books are due back by this Friday 21September at the latest. Students should be returning their loans during library lessons this week.

Congratulations to weekly Award winners presented at

Assembly last week....Hugh Woolley, Charlotte Young, Wyatt Burton, Aroha Abraham Cameron, Peter Car-roll, Oliver Riddell, Callum Harden, Beau Yantsch, Ollie Hipkins, Marhli Greathead, Ziggy Zubani, Julian

Tung, Matilda Price, Riley McKnight, John Gooding, Amy Prodger, Matilda Ryzak, Zanna-Lee Corkery.

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Condo Drought Relief I was very privileged to announce the total raised for our Condo St Joseph’s families appeal. Our total was $1815.82 with an anonymous donation taking our total up to $2000. I would like to thank Emma in the canteen for supplying and organising the lolly guessing competition at the canteen as well as Mrs Donohue and the garden group for their generous support of $155.00 which has been the garden club income over the past month. I know Lisa puts in a lot of personal time to the garden and also preparing relishes and spreads from produce so it is very much appreciated.

In case you are wondering (especially due to the generosity on Family Day) there was $435.00 in the hay bales when they were opened last Friday.

DEALING WITH YOUR CHILD’S NEGATIVE SELF-TALK By Britta Marsh on 22 Aug 2018 We can all be prone to negative thinking, and children are no exception with their often black and white perspective on things. If a child struggles or fails at something it can lead to blanket statements like: “I’m dumb”, “I can’t do anything right”, “I’m a failure”. I have seen this in my own children, particularly my 11 year old son, who is very hard on himself if he doesn’t get things right the first time, doesn’t excel at something or if he thinks people will think less of him. Personally, I know the pitfalls of negative self-talk and the traps you can get into. It is damaging to your self-esteem and to your motivation. Ironically, having someone tell you that what you are thinking about yourself isn’t true can make you feel even worse! Teaching your child how to switch out of negative self talk and overcome challenges is an important part of building their resilience and teaching them how to regulate their emotions. Here are some tips for dealing with a child’s negative self-talk: Show them empathy & name their feelings Validating their emotions is a good way to get them to do the next step – regulating them. Rather than echoing their words, label the emotion for them, for example, “I know it can be frustrating when you can’t work something out”. Teach them to challenge their thoughts and emotions After all, our feelings are valid but not necessarily the truth. Get them to recall times they have successfully overcome challenges and how they felt when they persevered. Getting them to reflect on their positive traits and strengths is also a good reflective practice. Change their script Teach them to flip their negative self-talk to more constructive patterns of thinking. For example: “I’m not good at this” = “What am I missing?” “This is too hard” = “This may take some time” “I give up” = “I’ll try another way” “I made a mistake” = “It’s ok, mistakes help me to learn” Help them problem solve This doesn’t mean you fix their problem for them, but help them work through things to find a solution. Watch your criticism Our reactions to situations and the words we use can really stick with our kids. Getting angry and yelling “You are so clumsy!” when your child knocks a drink over can become part of their negative self-talk. A spilt drink is nothing compared to your child’s self-worth. Model positive self-talk Or at least watch your own negative self-talk. I have a very bad habit of saying “I’m such an idiot” when I make mistakes. It’s easy to forget that you have little sponges around you who soak up all the little things you do and say. Often our internal dialogue is a script from our own childhood. If you think about your own negative self-talk and where it might have come from, it can help you guide your child (and your inner child!) to a more positive place. Dan Haesler will be presenting at Trinity Catholic College, Lismore at 6.00pm. Child minding is available. Details for registration can be found in this newsletter.

See you there, Mrs Lyn Rowling—School Chaplain/Wellbeing

A few images from our Grandparents’ High Morning Tea last Friday.

Last Friday we had a wonderful turnout of over 80 people for our Grandparents’ High Tea. Parishioners, Maranoa residents and grandparents enjoyed a lovely morning tea donated by our families whilst being entertained by our talented students. Our guests had a wonderful time meeting new people and catching up with old acquaintances. This helps to build our village and spread the word throughout our community about the amazing things our school is doing. A huge thank you to the parents who helped on the day and those that donated towards our High Tea. Special thanks to

Gabby Hipkins and Mary Shelley who assisted with setting up on Thursday as well. Without all these helping hands, days like these cannot happen - so thank you. What a way to show our children the importance of serving others! From… Mrs Libby Spash: Leader of School Evangelisation (LOSE)

The following children have celebrated their birthday since our last Newsletter:

AIDEN MAIL, JACOB O’BERNIER, CHARLIE COLLINS

Happy Birthday from all of us

ALTAR SERVERS ROSTER Alstonville Saturday 22 September: Elise Hatchman, Sophie, Molly & Matilda Price Sunday 23 September: Jack, Molly & Daniel O’Toole, Nicholas

Doughterty Children’s Sunday Liturgy Alstonville 8:30am: Carol Sharpe Wardell 5:00pm: Danielle Bull

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Jumping Joeys Playgroup Tuesdays 9:30-11am

Come and join in the fun every Tuesday. Painting, playdough, songs and stories with two of our St

Joseph’s mums Amanda Starkey and Karen Pilcher.

From Grandparents’ High Tea……. Please collect your plates from the office.

PSF NEWS Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you to all the volunteers who helped out at the Fa-ther’s Day stall on 30 August; the children really appreciate the effort we go to for them to be able to buy their loved one a gift. Until next time. Liz Bugden, PSF Co-Ordinator.

Claira Parsons and Jacob Robinson accepted the presentation of new flags by Mr Ben Franklin MLC