Term 3 Week 1 2023 (21/07/2023)
What is On?
Tuesday 25th July - St James Feast Day celebration
Thursday 27th July -Raising Thriving Children - parent night, 5:30 – 6:30pm
August
Wednesday 2nd August - Confirmation Retreat in Maclean
Tuesday 15th August - Confirmation- St Mary’s Church, Maclean
Tuesday 15th August- Dio Athletics - Coffs Harbour
Wednesday 23rd August - Reconciliation- in Hall
Friday 25th August - Book Week Parade
Saturday 26th August - First Holy Communion- St James Church Yamba, 5:15 – 6:15pm
Monday 28th August - Mary MacKillop Performance, 1:45 – 2:45pm
Tuesday 29th August - Public Speaking Competition- School Final
September
Friday 1st September - Fathers Day Breakfast, 7:00 – 8:00am
Wednesday 6th September - Zone Soccer Netball Carnival
Monday 11th September - Public Speaking Competition Finals- Coffs Harbour
Thursday 21st September - Last day of term 3 for students
Thursday 21st September - Colour Run Stage 3 Fundraiser
Friday 22nd September - Staff Development Day
Dear Parents and Carers
Welcome to Term 3!
This is traditionally an interesting term in schools, with Book Week and Fair, Sacraments, Father's Day breakfast, Gala Days, and our Feast day. And that is just the highlights reel.
Today we started on a high with Jake Seivers in Eastern Creek in Sydney at PSSA placing 17th in his age division and running a PB by a significant margin. How good is that!
You will notice that the Book Week Parade is on again later in the term, where we dress up and celebrate our love of all things literature.
Our ES1 families had their first go at "costume interpretation or dressing up" with the celebrations for the 100 Days of School for our littlest learners. Everyone came ready with a top representing 100. Mrs O'Halloran had a shirt decorated with 100 coloured bandaids and a message... "I survived 100 days in ES1", Mrs Imeson had 100 bugs on her shirt and a message "Can I just bug you?" and Miss Haines sported a bunch of 100 balloons made with pompoms! Such a creative crew. Thank you families and staff for you efforts to make this day really matter in the life of our school. (photos below)
Miss Haines is now at home recovering from the fun, packing and preparing for her trip to Portugal with the Diocesan Pilgrimage to World Youth Day. Have a great time Meg and we look forward to hearing all about the journey upon your return.
Over the next month, Miss Tess Ellem will support the learning in Early Stage 1. Welcome Tess.
Next Tuesday is the Feast of St James. We will be travelling by bus to St James Catholic Church for a liturgy at 10am. All families are invited to join us at the church for the liturgy. This is not a Mass as Father Nicolas will be away due to other commitments.
Have a lovely "warmish" weekend
Ann
100 Days of Kindy
RE News
THE FEAST OF ST JAMES
On Tuesday 25th July all staff and students will be travelling by bus to St James Church, Yamba to celebrate the Feast of St James with a liturgy. All families are invited to attend our liturgy at 10am at the Church. Students have been learning about who James was and the Mission he and the other disciples undertook in spreading the good news.
Please ensure you have completed the consent form via COMPASS for your child/ren to attend.
SACRAMENTS
The order of Sacraments in the Lismore Diocese is: Baptism, Confirmation (Year 3), Reconciliation (Year 4), First Eucharist (Year 4). All preparation is undertaken at school.
If you would like your child to receive these Sacraments, please contact Mrs Howland at school ASAP. We are currently finalising numbers for the parish office.
For your child to receive any of these Sacraments they must first be Baptised. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me at school.
If you are interested in your child/ren being Baptised, please contact the Maclean Parish Office on 66451188 Mon/ Wed/ Fri 9am-2pm.
Renee Howland
Assistant Principal Mission
Sacrament Dates 2023
Confirmation- Tuesday 15th August - St Mary’s Church, Maclean.
Reconciliation- Wednesday 23rd August in Hall
First Holy Communion- Saturday 26th August, 5:15 – 6:15pm - St James Church Yamba
Sport News
Cross Country
The NSW PSSA Cross Country championships were held today in Sydney. Jake Seivers competed in the 10yrs boys event running as part of the Polding team. Jake had a fantastic race and finished 17th out of 77 competitors. It is a great reward for the many hours of training and preparation that go into reaching this level of competition. Well done, Jake.
Athletics
The Diocesan Athletics carnival is being held in Coffs Harbour on the 15th August. Those students who have qualified for this event need to make sure that they have returned their permission note back to Mr Dougherty as soon as possible.
Sport Dates 2023
Term 3
Dio Athletics - Tuesday 15th August- Coffs Harbour
Term 4
Polding Atheltics - Friday 13th October
Dio Summer Sport Trials -Friday 24th November - Lismore
Mini Vinnies Winter Appeal
Many thanks for your generous donations to the Mini Vinnies Winter Appeal. Our Mission Representatives presented St Vincent de Paul with all of the warm clothes and blankets that were generously donated by families at St James School. A big thank you to the Hadimioglu family for their very generous donation of warm clothing from Summi Summi fashion label.
