St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Barcaldine

26/08/2026

💙 Father’s Day Stall is nearly here! 💙
Our St Joseph’s Father’s Day Stall will be open Friday 28th August – Thursday 4th September in the school office.

Pop in before or after school to help your child choose a little something special for Dad, Grandad or a father‑figure.
🕗 8:20–8:40am
🕒 3:00–3:30pm

All items are under $10 and cash or card is available.
We can’t wait to help our students find the perfect gift! 🎁👔💛

26/08/2026

Wellbeing Wednesday - Diet & Nutrition

Healthy eating plays an important role in your child’s growth, wellbeing and learning. Making positive food choices can help improve energy levels, mood, concentration and overall health.

This SchoolTV edition provides practical advice for families on building healthy eating habits and supporting children to make nutritious choices.

👉 Learn more:

Families today, with school-age children, have very busy schedules. This can sometimes make it hard to sit down to homemade meals every day when there is such an abundance of pre-packaged and processed food at the available. However, it is still important to teach your kids healthy eating habits. Di...

25/08/2026

💙 Father’s Day Prayer Experience & Sports Morning + Prep Open Day Update
We’re looking forward to celebrating our wonderful dads and father figures at our Father’s Day Prayer Experience and Sports Morning on Tuesday 1st September at 8:45AM in the St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Courtyard.
It’s always a joyful morning of prayer, connection, and fun — and we can’t wait to share it with our families.

Please note that our Prep Open Day has been postponed from 1st September to Tuesday 20th October.
We still warmly welcome all prospective families to come along and celebrate fathers and father figures. 💛

❤️Small School, Big Family💙

24/08/2026

Week 6 provided many opportunities for students to stretch their thinking, embrace challenges and celebrate their learning successes across a range of engaging experiences 📚

Prep/1/2 -

📦The Prep/1/2 class IGA is officially open! We used our iPads to go onto Woolworths online to check real‑world prices, compare what’s reasonable, and decide whether some items make more sense sold in small groups rather than individually. We are excited to be the shopkeepers and use money to make transactions and give change. 🛒

Year 3/4 -

In Year 3/4, students have been learning about the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. This week, they explored how artists have represented the Trinity throughout history before creating their own unique pieces of Trinity-inspired artwork. Students then reflected on their creations, explaining how different colours, symbols and design elements represented God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. It was wonderful to see their creativity, faith and understanding come together in such meaningful and thoughtful works of art.

Year 5/6 -

This week our Year 5/6 students have been busy transforming their research into eye-catching information report posters on their chosen animal.

It has been wonderful to see students continuing to grow in confidence and capability, and we look forward to all the exciting learning still to come this term 🚀😊

24/08/2026

🎨 On Friday our Book Week parade was full of colour, creativity and big smiles. A big congratulations to our playgroup friends Avery and Ivy, and to our class winners — Bailey (Prep/1/2), Aria (3/4), Jayden (5/6), Miss Kadee (Staff) and Leevi (Most Humourous). Thank you to our wonderful P & F and Miss Kadee for supplying the books for our Book Fair, which were also available for our playgroup families on Friday. 📚

❤️Small School, Big Family💙

23/08/2026

On Friday, 4th September, it is a Student Free Day as our teachers take part in a special Formation Day — learning, reflecting, and growing with a visit from Derek Worden, a Formation Identity and Religious Education Consultant.

❤️Small School, Big Family💙

23/08/2026

📅 Term 3, Week 7 Highlights 📅

We begin the week with our Whole School Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Monday at 9:30am, followed by Library Day.

Mr Shillington will be attending the Principals’ Retreat at The Haven, Emu Park from Wednesday to Friday

Students can enjoy Breakfast Club on Thursday from 8:00–8:30am, before PE with Miss Smith.

We finish the week on Friday with General Assembly at 8:45am and Tuckshop

Wishing everyone a wonderful Week 7! 🌟📚⛪🥪

21/08/2026

Final day alert! There’s still time from 3:00-4:00pm this afternoon to scoop up colourful junior and senior picture books, adventurous junior fiction, action‑packed graphic novels, gripping senior fiction and curious non‑fiction. A book for every imagination. 📚✨

Thank you to Miss Kadee and the St Joseph’s P & F for supporting the inclusion of these books in our school library.

❤️Small School, Big Family💙

21/08/2026

🔬 SCIENCE WEEK ROTATIONS AT ST JOSEPH’S!
Our students spent Thursday afternoon diving into hands‑on science experiences that sparked curiosity, teamwork, and plenty of joyful learning. Each rotation invited them to explore how things grow, change, and support the world around us — all through creative, messy, and meaningful activities.

They moved through three exciting stations: planting vegetables and herbs in our garden beds, making slime to investigate states of matter, and building bird feeders to care for local wildlife. The smiles were huge, the questions were thoughtful, and the learning was hands‑on and full of wonder. 🌿

❤️Small School, Big Family💙

20/08/2026

🌱 Prep Open Day – Science Week Fun!
On Tuesday our little scientists had an amazing morning exploring our theme “Seeds of Science: Nurturing Knowledge for All.”
From colourful salt painting experiments to matching and describing animals, building their own farms, and playing together on the playground, our current Preps and visiting children were busy discovering, creating, and learning through hands‑on fun. 💚