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2023 saw a raft of tweaks, changes and new additions for our school!

While we’re proud of our heritage, it has given St Joseph’s a fresh makeover and made our grounds more comfortable, visually appealing, fun and enjoyable for our students.

We got a whole new play area, full of brand new equipment that our Joeys couldn’t wait to scramble over!

The whole school exterior was painted, along with the interior of our classrooms.

Every classroom and common area got brand new carpet.

We installed a fresh new shade cloth in our outdoor area, to keep everyone safe and sheltered.

Our Year 6 class of 2023 (supported by the P&F, which our families contributed to via fundraising initiatives) donated this amazing number chart for students to do some hands-on learning.

In 2022, we extended the Kindergarten room with a glass sliding door, to create two flexible learning spaces. This breakout room is used by both our Kindergarten and Year 1 classes, as required, to best support learning.

We also renovated the old arts and crafts room, to create a new, bigger classroom (that is currently used by our Year 2 class).

Since 2022, whiteboards and aging projectors were upgraded to new technology.  In 2022, Kindergarten and Year 2 had large interactive screens installed in their classrooms, and in 2023, smart TVs were installed in all other classrooms. These have software/hardware so iPads, laptops and Chromebooks can seamlessly connect and be used interactively as a group.

Our handball courts were freshly repainted, with a new one added.

And we had soccer goals painted where our students love to play!  

We’re always focused on improving our facilities for our students and can’t wait to dive into 2024!

 

Here’s our official stationary list for 2024!

 

We are very excited about our Christmas Carols event at St Joseph’s, on December 7 with the performance starting at 5.30pm.

This event will be held in our playground and we invite all our village and their loved ones to join us for an sunset singalong to get into the festive spirit!

The Most Reverend Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay and Mrs Eileen Young, Chair of Dominican Education Australia (DEA) are pleased to share an exciting new development for families with children with disability in the Diocese of Broken Bay.

STATEMENT FROM MOST REV ANTHONY RANDAZZO, BISHOP OF BROKEN BAY AND MRS EILEEN YOUNG, CHAIR DOMINICAN EDUCATION AUSTRALIA

Increased Support Class Options for Students with a Disability

The Most Reverend Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay and Mrs Eileen Young, Chair of Dominican Education Australia (DEA) are pleased to share an exciting new development for families with children with disability in the Diocese of Broken Bay.

For many decades, St Lucy’s School Wahroonga has provided excellent educational opportunity for children with disability. It continues to do so, having started construction of 12 purpose built secondary classrooms, a VET Hospitality kitchen and Work Education facilities to enable the K-12 vision of St Lucy’s to be fully realised.

Since his appointment to the Diocese of Broken Bay, Bishop Randazzo has also listened to the stories of many families. He is aware of the acute need that exists in the sector of special education. Subsequently, he has committed Catholic Schools Broken Bay (CSBB) to expanding the range of services and support for students with a disability. Rather than establish a single stand-alone school in a particular location the Bishop has outlined a vision for a diocesan-wide Eileen O’Connor School which includes:

1.Establishing a network of support classes on CSBB school sites

2.Developing a specialist school on the Central Coast; and

3.Enhancing the capacity of all in CSBB schools to meet the needs ofstudents with disabilities and their families.

Bishop Randazzo and Mrs Young welcome the new partnership that will emerge from the developments occurring at both St Lucy’s and in CSBB schools. St Lucy’s will continue to provide its own excellent education for children with a disability, whilst the Diocese of Broken Bay will now also provide the benefit of support classes directly through its own system of schools. This enables an extensive increase of options in Catholic Education for families with children with disability.

As CSBB establishes the Eileen O’Connor initiative across the diocese, it will be working closely with St Lucy’s to ensure minimal disruption to the students and their families.

From 2024, CSBB has made available two classrooms at Sacred Heart Primary School Pymble, for a period of 2 years, to assist St Lucy’s during the building program that has recently commenced. The St Lucy’s satellite classes previously operated at Wahroonga, will be operated at the new site at Sacred Heart, Pymble. Further, there will be an extension of the St Lucy’s lease of satellite classrooms at Narraweena for 12 months until the end of 2024 and an extension of the St Lucy’s lease of satellite classrooms at Narrabeen for 24 months until the end of 2025.

The Diocese of Broken Bay and Dominican Education Australia look forward to collaborating into the future in innovative ways for the benefit, education and wellbeing of all students with disability.