St James' Primary School Yamba eNewsletter

What is On?

April

Wednesday 3rd April 2024 - Polding Swimming-Sydney

Tuesday 9th April - Zone Cross Country - McAuley Catholic College Grafton

Tuesday 9th April -McAuley Catholic College - Open Night (flyer below)

Wednesday 10th April - Catholic Schools Week Liturgy in hall, 10am followed by open classrooms and morning tea.

Thursday 11^th April – Friday 12 April 2024 - PSSA Swimming

Thursday 11th April - School Awards Assembly

Thursday 11th April- ANZAC DAY - Call of the Fallen 10:30 – 11:30am

Thursday 11th April- Last day Term 1, 2024 for students

Friday 12th April 2024 - Staff Development Day - Pupil Free Day

Term 2

Monday 29th April - Staff Professional Learning Day - Pupil Free Day

Tuesday 30th April - First day for students Term 2

Friday 10th May - Mother's Day Morning (more details to come)

Tuesday 21st May 2024- Dio Cross Country - Grafton

Thursday 23rd May 2024 - Netball Schools Cup - Maclean

Thursday 30th May - Proclaim - Pupil Free Day

Wednesday 12th June 2024- Athletics Carnival - Yamba

Words and their meanings

Carnival- an event we want all families and grandparents to come to.

Liturgy- a prayer within the school (usually the hall) where all families are invited and welcome and we want all families and grandparents to come to.

Assembly- a celebration of learning in the hall which every family is invited to attend and we want all families and grandparents to come to.

Mass- a celebration of our faith at the Church which all are invited to attend and we want all families and grandparents to come to.

All are welcome, all belong!

Dear Parents and Carers

I am a bit teary this afternoon. I love my job and I love my community and my peers. I was teary last week at the Family Fun Night, I was teary at the involvement at the Cross Country ( Congratulations to Pippi for the win!) and I was teary today as I joined the Holy Week Liturgy.

Did you make it to the Cross Country yesterday? What a great day of effort, support, enthusiasm and just a bit of rain and mud! Thank you to all who prepared the course, stood on the course to encourage all the runners and the most positive, cheering spectators who lined the course! These days, as we know, do not happen by without a lot of effort from all.

At the end of Holy Week I was privileged to join the school community for commemoration of the road to Easter. Please check the Instagram story today. Another celebration where the staff, students and community joined to pray, pause and remember the central tenant of the Catholic Church and the faith which lead to the development of Saint James. It is now a highlight of my faith journey in this school. It was that beautiful.

We are only off site for 4 days and I know that some families are planning great down time together. Enjoy! I wish you a Happy Easter. (I feel I should be finishing a term and my rhythms are all out! See you Tuesday)

Cheers

Ann

RE News

Thank You!

Caritas Australia and St James School, Yamba would like to THANK YOU for supporting Project Compassion 2024. We are so grateful for your generous donations and the total amount raised was $305! This money will be sent to CARITAS to assist with vulnerable communities around the world.

Holy Week Liturgy

Many thanks to all parents and families who attended our Holy Week Liturgy today in our hall. This was a very moving prayer experience for all and we are so proud of all students for their participation and reverence. Have a look at our instagram page for videos!

SAVE THE DATE! Catholic Schools Week- Week 11

We will be celebrating Catholic Schools Week with a whole school liturgy on Wednesday 10th April at 10am in our school hall. We encourage any parents or family members to attend this special liturgy, which will be followed by open classrooms and a morning tea.

Please RSVP to email yamp@lism.catholic.edu.au if you will be attending for catering purposes.

Classrooms will be open to parents all week during Week 11 Catholic Schools Week. If you would like to “pop in” and your child can take you on a tour of their room and share their learning with you. We would love to see you!

2024 Sacrament Dates

Confirmation- Monday 17th June 2024, 5pm at St Mary’s Church, Maclean.

Reconciliation- Wednesday 4th September, 11:35am at school.

First Holy Communion- Saturday 7th September, 5:30pm Mass at St James Church, Yamba

The order of Sacraments in the Lismore Diocese is:

Baptism, Confirmation (Year 3), Reconciliation (Year 4), First Eucharist (Year 4)

If you need more information regarding Baptism for your child, please contact the Parish Office in Maclean on 6645 1188 (Open Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday 9am-1:30pm).

If you would like your child to receive any other Sacraments, please contact Mrs Howland at school. For your child to receive any of these Sacraments they must first be Baptised.

If your child has received the Sacrament of Confirmation last year, they will be invited to receive Reconciliation and First Communion this year. All preparation is completed at school as part of Religion lessons.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me at school.

Wishing all of our families a very happy and Holy Easter weekend.

Renee Howland

Assistant Principal- Mission

Sport News - Cross Country

And the winner is….

Pippi House!

Yesterday we held our School Cross Country. After a very wet lead up to the event, the rain managed to ease and we were able to race. It was so great to see the students giving it a go, dodging the puddles and running with a smile. Thank you to all the parents and supporters who came to watch the races and cheer on kids.

Congratulations to the following students who were Age Champions for the day!

8/9 Year Boys- Chase Towner

8/9 Year Girls- Remi Murphy

10 Year Boys- Jarrah Wright

10 Year Girls- Iyla Towner

11 Year Boys- Jake Seivers

11 Year Girls- Sarai Waghorn

12 Year Boys- Rashad Rice

12 Year Girls- Sailor Short

The Zone Cross Country will be held on Tuesday 9th April in Grafton at McAuley Catholic College. Those who are progressing to the next level will receive further details next week.

Please see below for results.

ES1

1st- Penny Tierney, Sunny Ziems

2nd- Snow Coulson, Charles Howden

3rd- Navah Dougherty, Teddy Ribton- Turner

6/7 Years

1st- Sofia Lane, Isiah Mehan

2nd- Bronte Dougherty, Ori Salisbury

3rd- Lyla Tucker, Hendrix Perry

8/9 Years

1st- Chase Towner, Remi Murphy

2nd- Declan Mawn, Athena Pattas