Providing a range of co-curricular opportunities is important to us because we value each child’s individual skills and interests, and we want to give every opportunity for students to grow and further their potential.

Chess Club
At St Joseph’s we have a chess club. The students meet twice a week;
- once to practixe skills before school, and then,
- on a Friday after school to play against other children.
We compete against students from other schools in the local area. It is a great experience for all students who are involved because it is an opportunity to make new friends while playing a fantastic game. The chess club is open to students from Years 2-6, with our older students often mentoring and guiding newer players to the skill and strategy involved in playing chess.

Debating
During Term 3, the students in Year 6 take part in a series of debates where they compete against other Catholic schools within the Sutherland Shire. They are given a topic and choose their arguments based on whether they are a part of the affirmative or negative team. As part of the preparation, the students need to try to anticipate the other team’s responses to use in the debate. Every three weeks on a Wednesday night the students compete against the other teams. It is a really fun extra curricular activity and a great way to make new friends from within the local area.

Performing Arts
We have some very keen dancers and actors at St Joseph’s. As a part of the school dance and drama program, all students perform in our annual Dance Concert and are given opportunities to participate in various dance and drama competitions and programs, such as CaSPA – the dynamic performing arts program of Sydney Catholic Schools CaSPA and Wakakirri. We look forward to more opportunities in the future to develop our performance skills and gain further experience on the stage.

Sport
Sydney Archdiocesan Catholic Primary Schools Sport organises and promotes sporting carnivals and trials for representative sport so as to facilitate archdiocesan participation in annual NSW Catholic Primary Schools MacKillop Sport Council events.