St Joseph's Primary School, Kangaroo Point

🎆 A Night to Remember… Without the Riverfire Crowds! 🎆

Looking for the perfect place to enjoy the magic of Riverfire with your family?

Join us at St Joseph's Riverfire Family Festival for a relaxed, welcoming and family-friendly evening where you can enjoy the excitement of Riverfire in a safe environment, away from the hustle and bustle of the city crowds.

Spread out your picnic rug, bring your chairs, and settle in for an evening filled with:
🎶 Live music from The Staff Notes Band featuring special student guests
💃 Student dance performances
🎨 Face painting (available for purchase)
🌮 Delicious food trucks (food available for purchase)
🎆 A spectacular view of the Riverfire fireworks
🤝 Time to connect with our wonderful school community

Whether you're a current family, future family, past student or local neighbour, everyone is welcome to join us for a fantastic community celebration.

A huge thank you to our generous sponsors for helping make this special event possible. Your support of our St Joseph's community is truly appreciated. 💚

🎟️ Book your tickets today via Qkr! Don't miss out on what promises to be one of the most enjoyable family evenings of the year.

We can't wait to celebrate Riverfire with you! ✨

🚨 Joey Community – We Need Your Help! 🚨
We have just spotted St Joseph's Primary School listed in the voting and we're hoping it's our St Joseph's Primary School, Kangaroo Point! 🤞💚
If you have a moment, could you please: ✅ Scroll right to the very bottom of the list. ✅ Find St Joseph's Primary School. ✅ Give it a LIKE. 👍
If we win, we'll have a beautiful Indigenous mural painted around our new water fountain outside the toilets in MacKillop Place – what an incredible addition to our school! 🌿🎨
⏰ Voting closes at 8:00pm tonight, so every vote counts!
Please like, share, and encourage your family and friends to support us. Thank you for always getting behind our Joey community! 💚🙏

💚 What a truly special morning at St Joseph's! 💚

As we celebrate Catholic Education Week and this year's theme, "Share Your Light, Inspire Others," today reminded us that grandparents and special people are some of the brightest lights in a child's life. Through their love, wisdom, encouragement and unwavering support, they help shape hearts, nurture faith and inspire future generations.

A heartfelt thank you to our wonderful Year 1 students, Ms Trimble, Miss Clifford and Mrs Cole for leading today's beautiful Grandparents & Special Persons Day Liturgy. Your thoughtful preparation and meaningful celebration made this a truly memorable occasion for everyone who attended.

A huge thank you also goes to our amazing St Joseph's community who generously donated baked treats, fruit platters and other delicious goodies for our morning tea. Your kindness and generosity helped create such a warm and welcoming atmosphere for our special guests.

Our church was filled to capacity, with standing room only and many guests overflowing onto the school grounds—a beautiful reminder of the incredible community that surrounds our Joeys and the important role grandparents and special visitors play in the lives of our students.

The excitement continued as our classrooms came alive with smiles, laughter and proud moments as students shared their learning with their VIPs. There was something truly special about watching generations connect—sharing stories, celebrating achievements and creating memories that will be treasured for years to come.

And, of course, no Grandparents & Special Persons Day would be complete without a visit to our Book Fair. It was heartwarming to watch grandparents and special visitors choose a special book for their grandchild. Many took the time to write a personal message inside the cover, turning a simple book into a treasured keepsake that will forever remind their little person of this very special day.

Today was a beautiful reminder that when we share our light, we inspire others to do the same. Thank you to every grandparent, special visitor, family member, volunteer and staff member who helped make today such a meaningful celebration of faith, family and community. Your love, your presence and your light made today shine a little brighter for every Joey. 💚✨📚

💙💚 Our Most Special Week of the Term Has Arrived! 💚💙
This week, our St Joseph's community looks forward to one of the most treasured days on our school calendar, Grandparents & Special Persons Day. 🤍
On Wednesday 29 July, we warmly welcome the wonderful grandparents and special people in our students' lives to join us for our Catholic Education Week Liturgy before spending precious time together in the classrooms.
These moments are so much more than a school visit. They are an opportunity to celebrate the love, wisdom and memories that connect generations. Watching our Joeys proudly share their learning with the people who mean so much to them is always one of the highlights of our year. 💙
📚 Our St Joseph's Book Fair will also be open throughout the day, giving families the chance to browse together. One of our favourite traditions is seeing grandparents choose a special book for their grandchild and write a heartfelt message inside the cover a keepsake that will be treasured for years to come.
Alongside this very special celebration, Week 3 is also packed with exciting opportunities including:
🎵 Instrumental Music & Choir
🎾 Tennis
🏃 Little Athletics
💃 Junior & Senior Dance
♟️ Gardiner Chess
⚽ Mini Pros Football
🤖 Curious Minds Robotics
🏆 Cluster Sports Competition (Years 3–6)
💬 Parent Teacher Interviews
We can't wait to welcome everyone into our St Joseph's family and celebrate the special people who help shape the lives of our Joeys each and every day.
We look forward to sharing this beautiful day with you. 💙💚
St Joseph's Primary School, Kangaroo Point 🦘

St Joseph’s Primary School Book Fair 2026
Books is pleased to be able to support St Joseph’s Primary School with their 2026 Book Fair.
We will have a selection of children and adult books available for purchase at the following times:
• Tuesday, 28th July: 8.00 – 9.00am and 2.30 – 3.30pm
• Wednesday, 29th July: 8.00 – 11.30am and 2.30 – 3.30pm
• Thursday, 30th July: 8.00 – 9.00am and 2.30 – 3.30pm
• Friday, 31st July: 8.00 – 9.00am and 2.30 – 4.00pm
We will be located in the school library.
Books@Stones will provide a credit to the school for Twenty percent (20%) of the value of all sales made during the book fair. The school will be able to use this credit to purchase library books through Books@Stones.
For purchases to be included in the calculation of the credit, they can be made:
• at the book fair during the above timings;
• through our website (www.booksatstones.com.au) using the St Joseph Book Fair shipping option during the period 25th July to 2 August (purchases will be delivered to the school library for collection); or
• in store showing this flyer during the period 25th July to 2 August.

🍕 Pizza Lunch is Back! 🍕
Who's ready for a delicious lunch? 😋 Join us for our Pizza Lunch on Friday, 7th August, proudly hosted by our wonderful Year 2 students as they raise funds for our school community.
Choose your favourite pizza:
🍕 Cheese
🍕 Ham & Cheese
🍕 Pepperoni
Each Treat Pack includes:
🥤 Golden Circle Popper
🍫 Cadbury Freddo Frog
🛒 Order via Qkr! by Tuesday, 4th August to ensure your child doesn't miss out.
Every order helps support fundraising for our school community, so grab your favourite pizza, enjoy a delicious lunch, and help make a difference.

💙 Grandparents & Special Persons Day 💙

We can't wait to welcome our wonderful grandparents and special people to St Joseph's for a very special morning of celebration.

Join us on Wednesday 29 July for our 9:00am Liturgy, followed by classroom visits where you'll experience the joy of learning alongside your special Joey. Afterward, we invite all our special guests to stay and enjoy a delicious morning tea together.

We look forward to sharing this special morning with you and celebrating the important role you play in the lives of our students. 💚💙

🎨💚 Come on, Joeys… we need your help! 💙

St Joseph's Primary School, Kangaroo Point has entered the running to win a beautiful custom mural by the incredibly talented Melonys Arts—and we'd be absolutely honoured to have their artwork become part of our school for generations to come.

Now we need the power of our amazing school community! Every like, share, comment and tag helps increase our chances of winning.

Here's how you can help:
💙 Like the competition post.
💚 Share it with your family and friends.
🏫 Comment and tell them why St Joseph's deserves to win.
👯 Tag your friends—every friend you tag counts as an extra entry for our school!

Together, let's show what makes our St Joseph's community so special. With everyone's support, we can give ourselves the best chance of bringing this incredible piece of artwork to our school.

Come on, Joeys... let's do this! 💙💚🦘

👇 HOW TO ENTER

💙 Follow all our social media pages

❤️ Like & Share this post

🏫 Tag your school or your community school!

💬 Comment why your school deserves to win

👯 Tag your friends for extra entries (1 friend = 1 extra entry)

📣 Ask your school, P&C or Principal to share this competition for bonus entries

⭐ The more your school engages, the better your chances!

🎁 PRIZE
🎨 Win a custom mural valued at $4,200
📍 Up to 12m²
🏫 Open to Brisbane, Ipswich & Gold Coast schools

⏰ Competition closes: 31st July 2026

🏆 Winner announced: 3rd August 2026
T & C : Prize is not transferable, exchangeable or redeemable for cash. Travel is included within Brisbane, Ipswich and the Gold Coast areas only. The winning school agrees to the mural and its installation being photographed and/or filmed for promotional purposes. By entering, participants agree to these terms and conditions. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook, Instagram or Meta.

💚 Calling on Our Wonderful St Joseph's Community! 💙
Our much-loved Grandparents & Special Persons Day is just around the corner, Wednesday 29th July and we're hoping our amazing school community can help us create a beautiful morning tea to share after our liturgy and classroom visits.
Whether you're a baker 👩‍🍳 or a shopper 🛒, we'd love your support!
We are gratefully accepting donations of: (homemade or store bought)
🍪 Biscuits
🧁 Slices
🥞 Pikelets
🍰 Lamington Fingers
☕ Or any other delicious morning tea treats you would like to contribute.
Doing the grocery shopping this week? Why not pop an extra packet of biscuits or a sweet treat into your trolley for our special guests? Every donation, big or small, will help make the morning extra special.
If you're able to help by baking or donating an item, please let us know so we can plan for the morning tea by emailing [email protected].
📍 Store-bought items can be dropped into the school office by Tuesday 28th July afternoon or by 8:30am Wednesday morning.
Thank you for your generosity and for always helping us make these special moments so memorable for our grandparents, special visitors, and school community. We truly couldn't do it without you! 💚💙