New school year at St Joseph’s

ST Joseph’s Primary School Trafalgar has welcomed in the new schoolyear with apositivegroup of eager Foundation students and new staff and student leaders.

The Foundation students have settled into school life very well.

“It is areal pleasure to teach such positive, receptive students. The learning curve for our Foundation students is especially steep in these first few weeks of school and it’s so rewarding participating in and supporting their learning,”

Foundation teacher Liza Marino said Aconfident Foundation studentannounced, “We love our teacher Ms Marino because she is fun and helps us”.

The community also welcomesnew Grade 6 student leaders Summah Parise, Tia Jamieson and Thomas Kennedy. The student leaders work hard to support the students and the learning in the school. Part of the student leaders’ job is to also help run school assemblies.

CynthiaGrahamisthe new Grade 3teacher at St Joseph’s. Cynthia is amum of two-year-old twins. She is agraduateteacher from Melbourne University. Outsideofmum and school-life, she enjoys baking cookies and muffins to share with friends and family and spending time in her garden, trying to grow vegetables.

The St Joseph’s school community is looking forward to apositive year of learning and fun.

Paterson House with 578, and Lalor with 524.

All Year 12 leadersspurred on house spirit, encouraging younger students to put in their best effortsand support their fellowhousepeers, but it was Monash House that scored the house spirit title.

There was two records broken on the day: Year 12 student Zoe Dowler in the 50 metre breaststroke (38.45) and the Year 8Paterson House Relay team in the 4x50metre freestyle (2:10.23).

The annual event focuses on the wellbeing of students by bringingstudents and educators together for afun and friendly day of competition.

Welcome: NewGrade 3teacher at St Joseph’s PrimarySchool Trafalgar,Cynthia Graham.

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