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| Greg Whitby enjoying a class at Mary Immaculate Primary, Quakers Hill |
To coincide with Catholic Schools Week, Executive Director of Schools, Greg Whitby visited St Joseph’s Primary, Schofields and Mary Immaculate Primary, Quakers Hill to meet with students, staff and school leaders this week.
At St Joseph’s Primary, Greg met with teachers, Roslyn Earl and Katie Bates, to get an understanding of the issues and challenges facing teachers.
In the Year 3 classroom, students shared how using iPads supports their learning and discussed the different Apps and how they use them in the classroom.
Greg then met with the school leadership team – Principal Cheryl Brown, Assistant Principal Joanne Delvecchio, Religious Education Coordinator Leanne Farhat and Coordinator of Learning Trevor Atkins – to talk about the work of using data to improve student outcomes and strategies to improve teaching..
Greg said that he was very impressed with the outstanding commitment of teachers and leaders at St Joseph’s.
‘We need to find more support for teachers to enable them to find time and ways to work together, collaborate, plan and analyse the data they’re collecting so they can meet the needs of each students to improve their learning,’ said Greg.
At Mary Immaculate Primary Greg met with Principal Paul Devlin before touring a number of learning spaces. Greg spoke to Year 4 students to ask what they liked best about school and students responded enthusiastically with ‘learning new things’ being the most popular answer.
The students told Greg about the fun they were having with poetry and read some of their recent work.
Moving onto the Year 5 learning space, staff and students showed off the beginnings of a very impressive igloo made out of plastic bottles as part of their learning unit on Antarctica.
Talking to teachers, Greg spent time getting to know them on a personal level and listening to their stories.
Catholic Schools Week provides an opportunity for Catholic schools to showcase what happens every day in our schools and invites the community in to experience teaching and learning at its best.
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| Greg Whitby talks to students at St Joseph's Primary, Schofields |
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ππββοΈπββοΈ COLOUR RUN 2026! πββοΈπββοΈπ π Friday 23rd October 2026 π LETβS GET EXCITED, ST JOSEPHβS! π We are so excited to announce that St Josephβs is holding our FIRST EVER COLOUR RUN! ππ¨πββοΈπββοΈ This is a wonderful opportunity for our students, families and wider community to come together, have some fun and get covered in COLOUR! ππππ𧑠π° OUR FUNDRAISING TARGET IS $20,000! π° And we need your help to make it happen! π πββοΈ SPONSORS WANTED! πββοΈ We would love to hear from local businesses who may be interested in supporting our Colour Run. ππ€ Your sponsorship will help make this exciting event a huge success for our school community! π PRIZES TO BE WON! π There are some fantastic prizes up for grabs for our TOP FUNDRAISERS, so every donation counts! π°π π£ Sponsorship cards went home this week β so itβs time to get fundraising! π£ Get your family, friends and neighbours involved and start spreading the word! πππππ Lace up your runners π, grab your sponsorship card π and get ready to RUN, SPLASH & HAVE FUN! πββοΈππ¨ ππππ𧑠Together We Can Make a Difference! π§‘ππππ07 Sep 2026
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π₯ NUMBER 1 IN AUSTRALIA! π₯ The final national results for the Oz-Rocks Competition (Sept 1β3) have officially been released, and our school community has achieved something truly extraordinary! Out of 888 schools competing across the entire nation, St Joseph's Primary School, Schofields has taken 1ST PLACE AS THE HIGHEST SCORING SCHOOL IN AUSTRALIA! On top of our school-wide championship, we are thrilled to announce an incredible individual milestone: π₯ Alex in Year 5 finished ranked #1 OUT OF MORE THAN 60,000 STUDENTS nationwide! To become the top-ranked student in the entire country is a phenomenal achievement. Beyond Alex's historic win, there were outstanding individual performances and record-breaking efforts right across the school. Every single recall, speed trial, and session played a direct part in putting St Joseph's on top of Australia. We could not be prouder of every single student who put in the effort, time, and speed over the last three days. Absolutely outstanding! β‘πΈ Thank you to our incredible teachers for leading the charge, and to our parents for supporting the home practice sessions. St Joseph's Rocks! WE ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! ROCK ON! πΈπ Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese Times Tables Rock Stars @followers
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ππββοΈπββοΈ COLOUR RUN 2026! πββοΈπββοΈπ π Friday 23rd October 2026 π LETβS GET EXCITED, ST JOSEPHβS! π We are so excited to announce that St Josephβs is holding our FIRST EVER COLOUR RUN! ππ¨πββοΈπββοΈ This is a wonderful opportunity for our students, families and wider community to come together, have some fun and get covered in COLOUR! ππππ𧑠π° OUR FUNDRAISING TARGET IS $20,000! π° And we need your help to make it happen! π πββοΈ SPONSORS WANTED! πββοΈ We would love to hear from local businesses who may be interested in supporting our Colour Run. ππ€ Your sponsorship will help make this exciting event a huge success for our school community! π PRIZES TO BE WON! π There are some fantastic prizes up for grabs for our TOP FUNDRAISERS, so every donation counts! π°π π£ Sponsorship cards went home this week β so itβs time to get fundraising! π£ Get your family, friends and neighbours involved and start spreading the word! πππππ Lace up your runners π, grab your sponsorship card π and get ready to RUN, SPLASH & HAVE FUN! πββοΈππ¨ ππππ𧑠Together We Can Make a Difference! π§‘ππππ
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