Assembly Awards

FRF - Joshua, For being an excellent listener and for always starting tasks straight away. Sensational!

FRF - Eleanor, For being an excellent role model to the class by always following instructions and being ready for learning. Superstar!

FRZ - Racquel, For your gentle, kind nature & the way that you always consider and help your friends. Superstar!

FRZ - Alessia, For a great start to the year and for always being so friendly to everyone. Well done!

JSE - Oliver, For always listening and following directions.

JSE - Georgina, For being a nice friend by helping her peers. 

JMR - Samuel, For being a fabulous listener and caring for everyone in the classroom!

JMR - Luana,  For settling into a new school with a positive attitude. 

JTA -  Max, For showing great persistence when working on class tasks.

JTA -  Isabella. For showing kindness towards her classmates through her words and actions.

JDB - Jovan-for a great beginning to Grade 2. He is a hard worker who tries his best.

JDB - Piper-for an imaginative story about Mini the pug coming to stay at your house.

MSM - Arabella For working hard in our Narrative unit. 

MSM - Charlie For coming up with creative sentences in Writing.

MNG - Lenny W for always staying focused and on task during learning time

MNG - Amelia J for making a wonderful start at St Joachims and always being a valuable class member

MYK - Stassi,  for her creative ‘sizzling starters’ in her writing tasks

MYK - FReddy, for making a positive start to the new school year.

MLR - Ethan for making some thoughtful and positive choices in his learning to start the year.

MLR - Angela for a wonderful start at St Joachim’s. Angela has already demonstrated organisation, perseverance  and kindness.

SHJ - Ryder - For being friendly, polite and always giving 100% effort in all lessons.

SHJ - Levaan- for being an enthusiastic learner and actively participating in all lessons.

SLN - Isabella (Issy) - For they way she always asks questions to ensure that she produces her best work.

SLN - Jesse - For his commitment and focus to completing work to the best of his ability.

SWD - Trisha K- For settling in so well at St Joachims. Welcome to our school. 

SWD - Lucas. R For his focus and effort in Steam.

STC - Mia Sepic: For always following instructions and working hard on all tasks in the classroom.

STC -  Benjamin Morris: For his fantastic storyboard on his trip to Hawaii and narrative writing.

MYK celebrated their Liturgy of the Eucharist

 (Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

On Thursday, February 27th, MYK (Year 4) celebrated the Liturgy of the Eucharist, with MLR (Year 4) joining them in this special occasion.

The following is their reflection and prayers:

In today’s Gospel Jesus reminds us of the importance of doing good and the impact that our words and actions have on others. 

We must think about changing our own behaviour before asking anyone else to do the same. God can help us. If we let him.

As a class, we reflected on this being the Jubilee year and as pilgrims of hope we take on the challenge of spreading kindness and hope through our actions and through our words to the people in our lives- our family, friends and our community. 

We thought of different words and acts of kindness that spread hope, love and peace to those around us, making our world a better place. 

Prayers of the Faithful:

Dear God, may we pray for the Church throughout the world: that we may be an example of the goodness, love and hope of God in our world. Lord, hear us.

Dear God, may we  pray for world leaders: that the words that they speak and the things that they do may come from a heart filled with goodness. Lord, hear us.

Dear God, may we pray for our parish, our family and friends: that we may all be willing to open our hearts to God, to admit our mistakes, to make a change, and to speak up for what is right. Lord, hear us.

Dear God, in this Jubilee Year, we pray that we may be signs of hope in our world through all that we do and how we treat one another. 

Lord, hear us.

Sports News

Foundation sports 

A warm welcome to the foundation students who have made a great start to the new year.The students have been assigned their SPORTS HOUSE COLOURS and they have started participating as teams in mini athletics competitive activities. Our focus for the year is the introduction to the basic motor skills of running, hurdling and dodging and manipulative skills: throwing, catching, striking, kicking, rolling, basic gymnastics and a focus on social and interpersonal skills of taking turns, sharing equipment, following the basic rules of minor games and teamwork. I appeal to parents to please assist in the development of these skill areas by providing plenty of opportunities for their children to practice and refine these skills. 

Swimming News

On Tuesday the St Joachim’s swimming team participated in the Frankston District trials held at the Pines Aquatic Centre.

We finished second overall and I would like to commend the team on their fantastic efforts: 26 students participated on the day. I would also like to congratulate the 10 students who qualified for the Frankston District team. On behalf of the St Joachim’s School  community I would like to wish the successful children the best of luck at the Divisional Trials to be held on Wednesday, 26th March at the YAWA Swim Centre, Rosebud. 

Individual achievements are as follows:

Onyx qualified in second place for 12/13 , 50m butterfly

Pedro qualified in second place for 9/10, 50m  butterfly.

Team qualifications are as follows:

Boys/Mixed 12/13 relay team in second place

Girls 12/13 relay team in second place

Boys/Mixed 12/13 medley relay in second place

I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to the families who attended and supported our children at the swimming trials. Your support is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much to the St Joachim’s staff who accompanied the team.

Upcoming sport events and dates for term 1

Frankston District Summer Lightning Premiership Games

The grade 5 and 6 students will participate in the Frankston District Summer Lightning Premiership Games to be held in week 9, Friday, 28th March 2025. The games are Kanga Cricket at Baxter Oval, Basketball at Frankston Basketball Stadium and Volley stars at Flinders Christian College, Ballarto Rd. The teams practice on Fridays.

St Joachim’s House Athletics Carnival

Our annual St Joachim’s House Athletics Carnival will be held on Monday, 24th March.

The tabloid sports activities will be held from 11:15 - 13:15. The athletics activities will be held from 2pm to 3:15pm

Everyone Welcome!

All  parents and friends of the school are encouraged to come to the P & F meetings and all are welcome. If you are unable to attend meetings but would like to be involved please send an email to pandfpresident@sjcarrumdowns.catholic.edu.au

Audiri App

Our school uses the Audiri App to help us communicate more effectively with our Parent community. This type of notification does not usually require a response from parents (as Operoo does).

We ask parents to install our Audiri School App which is easily obtainable from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

Once installed, just search for our school name “St Joachim's Primary School”. 

Absence Notifications on Audiri

Absence notifications are sent to the school via the Audiri App. These notifications are seen by the classroom teacher, and the office staff who manage the daily roll. 

Parents and carers have an obligation to notify the school of their child’s absence as soon as possible on the day of absence - preferably before 8:30am.

Other messages such as early pick up, can also sent using the Absence notifications form of the Audiri App.

Here’s a video on how to send absence notifications.

If you're having trouble with your Audiri App on your phone, it may need to be deleted and the latest version installed. Families and staff are telling us that this has fixed any Audiri issues that they have been having.