Term 4 Week 8 (1/12/2023)
What is On?
End of Year Dates:
Tuesday 5th December - Just a Little Bit of Fun for Christmas, 5:30 – 7:30pm (Details Below)
Monday 11th December - Music Concert- Academy, 9:00am
Tuesday 12th December - End of Year Mass at St James Church Yamba 12pm
Wednesday 13th December⋅5:30 pm – 9:00pm - Year 6 Graduation- Yamba Golf Club
Thursday 14th December - End of Year Awards Assembly
- Spirit of Saint James Run (Year 6)
Friday 15th December - Last Day of School 2023
2024 School dates
Term 1, 2024:
Wednesday 31st January 2024 - First Day: Year 1 to Year 6 Students
Wednesday 7th February 2024 - ES1 First Day
Thursday 11th April- Last day Term 1, 2024
Term 2, 2024:
Tuesday 30th April - First Day Term 2, 2024
Thursday 30th May - Proclaim - Pupil Free Day
Thursday 4th July - Last day Term 2, 2024
Term 3, 2024:
Monday 22nd July - First Day Term 3, 2024
Thursday 26th September- Last Day Term 3, 2024
Term 4, 2024:
Tuesday 15th October - First Day Term 4, 2024
Wednesday 18th December - Last day Term 4
End of 2024 year Dates
End of Year Awards - Monday 16th December
Mass - Tuesday 17th December
Year 6 Graduation dinner - Tuesday 17th December
Last Day School 2024- Wednesday 18th December
2024 School Leadership
School Captains 2024:
Lola Dougherty & Clarence Dougherty
Sport Captains 2024:
Pippi: Eli Byrne & Sanne Little
Turners: Rashad Rice & Heath Stowe
Angourie: Sailor Short & Severin Griffin
Dear Parents and Carers
It has been a big week!
This week we have had our wonderful Year 5 children all do their "Captain's Speeches" and excel in sharing their realistic and practical ideas for the school.
Stage 1 continued to work on their focus on SERVICE where as Mary MacKillop said " Never see a need and do nothing about it." The visit to Caroona once again offered outreach to our community and while we loved going, the community of Caroona offers us so much in friendship and joyful response.
Little J's graduated today! It was wonderful to see the children growing and to join with all our families once more as the school welcomes the newest learners into our midst.
Are you ready for "Just a Little Bit of Fun for Christmas"on Tuesday? We have had lovely work being done this week across the school to "get organised".
Today is the last day for Charlee Thompson we have more than enjoyed having her here for work experience. Wait and see what she has done for our Christmas concert.
Have a great weekend.
Ann
International Day of People with Disability
Today we had an awareness day for people with disability. This initiative was organised and led by Year 6 student, Henry Miller. Henry first mentioned the idea of raising awareness for this important cause in his Captain speech in 2022. We are very proud of him leading this initiative and advocating for inclusion. Many thanks to all students and staff for wearing mufti clothes to support this day.
RE News
Just a Little Bit of Fun for Christmas
Sport News
Summer Sport Trials
Congratulations to those St James who were selected in Clarence Zone teams to compete at the recent Diocesan Summer Sport Trials in Lismore last week.
Basketball- Ashton Miller
Touch Football - Duke Ison, Jake Seivers, Ashton Miller and Zoe Edwards.
They all enjoyed the experience of competing at this representative level and a special mention to Ashton, who from these trials was selected into the the Lismore Diocesan Touch Football team to compete at the Polding Touch Football Carnival in Forbes early next year. Well done, Ashton.
Little J's
Stage 3 News
Stage 3 Canberra Excursion
The school was buzzing at 5am on Sunday 19th November. Stage 3 were very excited to be setting off on their Canberra excursion. We had a fun filled week visiting all that Canberra had to offer. We visited Parliament House, The National Museum of Democracy, The High Court of Australia, National War Memorial, National Gallery of Australia, Electoral Education Centre, The National Exhibition Centre, Australian Institute of Sport and Questacon.
A big thank you to everyone that supported our fundraising throughout the year and a special thank you to Ms Dawson, Mr Dougherty and Tess White for accompanying us on this great learning adventure. We had a great time!
Here is what Stage 3 had to say about our trip!
“My favourite thing was getting free time at the caravan park and Questacon.” - Savana
“ My favourite thing about camp was throwing the balls in the pool at AIS.” - Ash
“ My favourite thing about camp was going to Questacon to see the cool experiments and activities.”- Scarlett
“ My favourite thing about camp was the War Memorial, because I like learning about the past.” - Isabel
“ My favourite thing about camp was Questacon, because we got to test a bunch of experiments and I liked the gift shop.”- Indigo
“ My favourite part about camp was seeing Parliament, because it was interesting seeing how it was made.”- Reevan
“ My favourite thing was Questacon, because of all the cool gadgets.”- Levi C
“My favourite thing about camp, was going to Questacon because it was fun and a great experiments and also being with friends.”- Autumn
“My favourite part was swimming at the AIS and throwing the dodgeballs.”- Kydan
“ My favourite part was Questacon because it was fun and I liked the experiments.” Rashad
“ My favourite part was AIS because we got to see athletes train, and we got to swim in the pool.” Henry
“ My favourite parts about were Questacon, AIS, and the Australian War Memorial.”- Clarry
“My favourite part about Camp was Questacon, because I liked the fun experiments.”- Indie
“ My favourite part about Camp was Questacon and the Electoral Education Centre.” - Hannah
“ My favourite thing about camp was AIS because it was cool to see where the athletes train.” Benson
“ My favourite thing about camp was the AIS and the National Museum.” Mignon
“ My favourite thing about camp was Questacon because we got to try out cool science activities.” Gemma
“ My favourite thing about camp was going on a plane for the first time and making new friendships.” Willow
“ My favourite thing about camp was getting to hang out with people in the cabins.” Sage
“ My favourite thing about camp was being with friends and going to different places.”- Deja
“ My favourite thing about camp was Questacon because it was more interactive.”- Sanne
“ My favourite thing about camp was Questcaon because I loved all the interactive science experiments.” - Alyssa
“ My favourite thing about camp was swimming at the AIS.” - Aiden
“ My favourite thing at camp was going to Questacon, visiting lots of places in Canberra and getting to choose who was in our cabins, and we got free time at the caravan park”.- Eli
“ My favourite thing about camp was going to the AIS for a night swim, and it was very warm, nice and fun.” - Heath
“ My favourite thing about camp was going to the AIS for a night swim.”- Eamon
“ My favourite thing about camp was going for a night swim.” Fin
“My favourite thing about camp was the War Memorial, there's lots of history.”- Levi O
“My favourite thing about camp was the giant slide at Questacon and going in the swimming pool at the AIS. I also liked the caravan park that we stayed at.”- Alfie
“ My favourite thing about camp was the War Memorial, Questacon, and Parliament House and the Art Gallery.’’- Jack W
“ My favourite part about camp was going to all the different places.”- Sailor
“My favourite part was spending time with friends.” - Dusty
“ My favourite part of camp was Questacon and AIS.” Lola
