The Catholic value for July is goodness.  

Lots of things in our world are good. We use the word good all the time. 

Good …..is a difficult word to define.

What does the Bible say about doing/being good? 

It is mentioned many, many times in the Bible by a number of different authors.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Galatians 6:9–10

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

The Holy Spirit make us more good by linking us with Jesus. There is a difference between doing good things and being good.

We can all do good things, however, we can’t be good all the time as we have all done wrong things. God is perfectly good.

Jesus is the Good teacher. Only God is truly good. For us to be filled with goodness we need to be like God.

We can do this by looking for ways that we can please God.  By thinking about what is right and wrong. This comes from the teachings in the bible and this helps us to get closer to God.

What does the Bible say about Goodness

Read Psalm 23:6.

It says, “Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life.” 

I don't know about you, but I'm not always good. I don't always do the right things. This verse tells us that no matter what we do, God's goodness and unfailing love will pursue us all of our lives.

Below is a short prayer that you may like to infuse into your day, asking for God’s help in our quest to be more good, like Him

Dear God,

Help me to live your goodness and kindness each day. Remind me that my actions express who I am even more than my words. May I love as you love. Let me be good to those who wish me harm, forgive those who need forgiveness, and reach out in kindness to all I meet so they can experience the Your unconditional love.

Amen

With Kindness

Teresa

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be everywhere loved! FOREVER

Term 1: 7th February - 10th April

Term 2: 29th April - 4th July (student free day Tues June 10th)

Term 3: 22nd July - 26th September

Term 4: 14th October - 17th December

Mid year reports were sent out via Compass today. Please contact the school office if you require a hard copy of your child's report. Our next parent teacher conferences will be in weeks 2 and 3 of term 3.  A short questionnaire will go home through Compass next week asking for parents to let us know what nights would be best for next term’s parent teacher nights.

Blue Gum

In Kindergarten, we have been learning the nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb. The children decorated their lambs with white cotton balls. Nursery rhymes are important for children's learning as they support early language and communication development. The children find such joy in looking forward to the nursery rhymes each week. 

Sassafras 

Sassafras have been learning to write simple sentences using the letters and sounds we have learnt so far. As a class we drafted sentences to include in a class picture book, making sure to include some of our newly learnt Tricky Words. We titled the book The Fat Cat and each student contributed one page. These students are showing off a draft sentence written as a whole class.

In Religion, we have been learning about which people make up the Church. We have learnt that the Church is a building, but that it is also the people who come together to celebrate their faith. Each student in Sassafras drew a picture of one person or group of people that are part of the Church. 

We have been learning about different materials and their properties in Science. Each week this term we have gathered different materials and categorised them based on their properties. We have learnt about waterproof and non-waterproof materials, translucent, transparent and opaque materials and that some materials can fall into different categories depending on which property you are focusing on. Here is a sorting activity we have completed using the different vocabulary we have learnt in Science.

Leatherwood

Leatherwood have been learning Forces - Push & Pull in Science.

Myrtle 

In Science, Myrtle has been learning about the sun, moon and how long it takes the earth to rotate around the sun. We have also been looking at the seasons, day and night. On Friday we went to Lyell House and sang Laika in the Sky which is a song about a dog who went into space. We drew pictures of Laika in the Sky and shared them with the residents. We would like to share them with you too.

King Billy

Throughout the second half of term two King Billy has welcomed Brooke Jones into the classroom. Brooke finishes her placement on Monday and will be sorely missed by all in King Billy. Throughout the term we have been learning about mining in Queenstown and living things in Science. We have presented to the class, conducted different experiments looking at how yeast and mould are living things. 

Drama

In Upper Primary Drama, we have been doing Freeze Frames.

Congratulations to all students who made a cretion from lego to participate in our Brixhibition.

K/P - Elijah Watts

1/2 - Remi Keogh & Jake Goodson

3/4 - Ameila Watts

5/6 - Zavier Drake

If you are looking for a fun activity to do with the students over the holidays please see the details below.

Congratulations to our chess team who placed 2nd in the Chess Tournament in Strahan on Friday, 13th June. 

Our school will be participating in the Premier's Reading Challenge again this year. The challenge will run for 10 weeks during Terms 2 & 3 for students in Prep-Year 6.  

School Disco!

Baptism Celebration at Queenstown : Neophytes born for West Coast

St.Joseph’s Catholic School

It has been a great moment of joy for the community at Queenstown on 20^th June, 2025 where Five candidates of St.Joseph’s Catholic School received the life of God through the sacrament of baptism at St.Joseph’s Catholic Church. It’s an amazing time for all of us as this event marked a blessing for the families those who offered their children to God and at the same time for the church at West Coast. At this time, lets recall the sayings of St. Vincent Ferrer who said that every baptized person should consider that it is in the womb of the Church where he/she is transformed from a child of Adam to a child of God.

Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but also makes the neophyte "a new creature," an adopted son of God, who has become a "partaker of the divine nature," member of Christ and coheir with him, and a temple of the Holy Spirit. The five neophytes born for the West Coast are : Tory Ann North, Charlotte Jane North, Ameliah Jade-Tenille North, Jac Joseph Taylor and Chloe Jean Margaret Henning. They are a new creation and adopted children of God who are now partakers of the divine nature. Congratulations to all of you!!!

The event of the Sacrament of Baptism took place at St.Joseph’s Catholic Church with the Holy Eucharist at 8.50 am on 20th June 2025, in the presence of the parents, God-parents, teachers, students, friends and well-wishers. The event was organised by Principal Teresa McLeod and Mrs.Carmen Drake, the Religious Education Teacher. In the Holy Mass, Fr.Arokia welcomed all the neophytes of the West Coast for this great divine life and gave the homily on “God’s Special Child” calling five candidates by name and God making them very special as priests, prophets and kings. After the Holy Mass, the Sacrament of Baptism rite continued by calling the candidates, parents and God-parents to the altar of God to offer them for the sanctifying Grace. Fr.Arokia proceeded with the Rite of Baptism and symbols of water, Oil of Catechumens Sacred Chrism, White Garment and Baptismal Candle making Tory, Charlotte, Ameliah, Jac and Chloe as God’s children and a new creation.

This new life is the presence of God, who is life itself, within a person’s soul. We sometimes speak of this presence as “sanctifying grace” or as the “indwelling of the Holy Spirit.” This reality begins at Baptism and continues to be present from that moment forward in a person’s life. Because of this, a person who has been baptized is rightly called a “Temple of the Holy Spirit”: they become, in their very person, a place in which the Holy Spirit is present and active. St. Augustine said reflecting on the pierced side of Christ on the cross, “Here was opened the gate of life from which the sacraments of the Church flowed without which we cannot enter into that life that is the true life.”

Thanking God at this moment, let us all pray and bring people to this new life in Christ and become the coheirs of God’s life on earth.  

Congrats!!! To all Neophytes of West Coast!!!!

Fr.Arokia can be contacted for any Pastoral Care Assistance to the following email : westcoast@aohtas.org.au and Phone Number : 0364711731

Auskick

• 10 week program
• Thursdays in term 3
• Full Auskick pack included
• Opportunity to play Half Time Auskick at a UTAS Stadium Hawthorn Game!

• Children aged 5–18 years
• Holders of valid concession cards
• Recipients of Family Tax Benefit A
• Children in out-of-home care or on specific visa types