St James' Primary School Yamba eNewsletter

What Is On?

Thursday 4th July - School Awards Assembly

Thursday 4th July - Last Day Term 2 for students

Friday 5th July - Staff Development Day - Pupil Free Day

Term 3

Monday 22nd July - First Day Term 3 for Students and Teachers

Wednesday 24th July - NAIDOC Celebrations (Details below)

Tuesday 30th July 2024 - Zone Athletics Carnival- Coffs Harbour

Tuesday 30th July - Wildfire visit- Feast Day Celebration

Friday 9th August - Zone Soccer and Netball Knockout - Yamba

Friday 9^th August - ES1,100 Days of School

Monday 19^th & Tuesday 20^th August – Sydney University Visiting

Friday 16th August 2024 - Dio Athletics Carnival

Friday 16th August - First Day of Little J's

Monday 2nd September– Friday 6th September - Stage 3 Camp Lake Ainsworth

Wednesday 4th September -Reconciliation in school hall

Saturday 7th September - First Holy Communion

Thursday 26th September - Last day of Term 3 for students

Friday 27th September - Staff Development Day - Pupil Free Day

Dear Parents and Carers

It has been a wonderful week this week at Saint James. On Monday, we recorded Every Single Day with a real sound guy and music director on site. Such a fun day for all. Every student was recorded and the sound was fabulous. If you come to the school assemblies on Thursday next week you will hear the performance live. I did hear on Monday that we will have an official launch somewhere and sometime (Karen Evans from DLCSL Pastoral Care Consultant is in charge of that) Will keep you posted. We are super grateful to Rob Imeson for his support and leadership in this project.

The focus of the project is on encouraging students to attend school every single day.

On Wednesday, we welcomed Father Roland Agrisola to our parish as our new Parish Priest. From the sounds of it we will have table tennis challenges as Father Roland is very keen.

Also on Wednesday the new interactivity was installed in all classrooms. New projectors, new boards and vivi units have gone in across the school. We have had this finalised today with the DLCSL in to finish the linking.

All week Mrs Hancock has been running the shotput and long jump competitions in the school, to make sure we could finalise our Athletics Carnival today and plan for the team going forward.

And to today...Some of my highlights were the children who ran in every race to gain point for their houses. The children who never gave up in their races and kept going even though they knew they would not place. The 1500m was quite the highlight. As I said to the children as they ran past me at the 600m mark and 1200m mark "I would have been on the ground by now!"

There were children who ran across the field to "run with another competitor " to get them home and those who are coming home without a voice from cheering all day. Our new Kindergarten children were very vocal in their cheering too.

Congratulations everyone and congratulations Turners on the win. ( see Champions below)

Can I thank the parents who helped on the canteen or on the timing or with the Early Stage 1 activities as well.

I know that no staff member sat down or had a break today to make sure we can have a carnival where all children can compete. Thank you all. Most of us were not game to sit down as we were unsure that we could get back up! I know I speak for all families when I offer my heart felt thanks.

Look out over this evening/tomorrow morning as I finalise the semester reports on COMPASS. They are slightly different as the diocese is setting up systemwide reporting.

See you next week

Ann

Athletics Carnival

Winning Team:

TURNERS

Age Champions - Athletics Carnival

Senior: Rashad and Sailor

11yrs: Ashton and Rhaya

Junior: Harlan and Iyla

NAIDOC Celebrations - Wednesday 24th July

This year we will be celebrating NAIDOC week on Wednesday 24th July.

Celebrations will be held at St James' school with St. Joseph's Primary Maclean joining us.

Lunch: A free sausage sizzle will be provided on the day. Please contact the school with dietary requirements.

Recess canteen orders: Recess is available to be purchased from the Canteen. Pre-orders on Compass for recess is advised. Recess can also be purchased by cash on the day.

Please Note: Regular canteen lunch orders will not be available this day.

What to Wear: School Uniform or a 'Close the Gap' Shirt.

What to bring: Hat and Water bottle

Mini Vinnies- 2024 Annual Winter Appeal

Mini Vinnies- 2024 Annual Winter Appeal

As part of our Annual Mini Vinnies Winter Appeal we are collecting any warm blankets and clothing from our families. A box is located in the front office for anyone who is able to donate. This Winter Appeal will provide emergency relief to people at risk of and experiencing homelessness, as well as people in our community who are in need of warm supplies this winter.

We thank you for your support and generosity.

ES1 News

We’ve had a busy few weeks in Kindy! We now know 20 sounds, and use these daily in reading and writing. We are getting so brave at trying to spell unknown words to add detail to our work, it’s very impressive. In Maths, we've been learning the important topic of number pairs/number bonds/friends of 10! We've been consolidating our new knowledge with some hands-on rotations, which has been a lot of fun learning. Check out our Visual Arts masterpieces below! We read the book "Not a Stick" , then put our imaginations to the test, using a stimulus (stick) to create an artwork.

Noah 1/7, Asher 4/7, Hannah 12/7, Mrs Brash 12/7, Jett 16/7, Emerald 17/7, Miss Aumuller 18/7, Jackson 23/7, Juliet 25/7, Alessia 26/7, Poppy 28/7, Amelia 29/7, Jack 30/7, Charlie 31/7

Sport Days

Tuesday 23rd July- NSW Cross Country Championships

Tuesday 30th July - Zone Athletics Carnival- Coffs Harbour