Term 3 Week 3 (9/8/2024)
What is On?
Tuesday 13th August - Pyjama Day (see flyer below)
Wednesday 14th August to Wednesday 21st August - Book Week
Thursday 15th August - Tuesday 20th August, 8.30 - 9.00 / 3.10 - 3.30 - Book Fair open (see below)
Friday 16th August 2024 - Dio Athletics Carnival
Friday 16th August - First Day of Little J's
Tuesday 20th August - Book Parade - Dress up as your favourite book character! - 9am
Tuesday 20th August - After School Basketball 1st session 3:15 pm (see flyer below)
Thursday 22nd August - Awards Assembly
Monday 26th August - S3 Basketball Gala Day
Thursday 29th August - S3 Girls AFL Competition
Friday 30th August- Father's Day Breakfast 7-9am
Monday 2nd September - S2 Basketball Gala Day
Monday 2nd September– Friday 6th September - Stage 3 Camp Lake Ainsworth
Wednesday 4th September -Reconciliation - school hall
Saturday 7th September - First Holy Communion
Tuesday 10th September - Public Speaking School Finals - in hall
Friday 13th September - Polding Athletics
Tuesday 17th September– Sydney University Centre For Creativity Visiting
Monday 23rd September - Public Speaking Finals - Coffs Harbour
Thursday 26th September - Awards Assembly
Thursday 26th September - Last day of Term 3 for students
Friday 27th September - Staff Development Day - Pupil Free Day
Term 4
Monday 14th October - Staff Development Day - Pupil Free Day
Tuesday 15th October - First Day Term 4 for students
END OF YEAR -
Wednesday 11th December 2024 - End of Year Awards at Yamba Bowling Club
Tuesday 17th December - Year 6 Graduation dinner at Yamba Golf Club
Tuesday 17th December - End or Year Mass
Wednesday 18th December - Last day Term 4
Dear Parents and Carers
The electronic sign has been busy this week with lots on!
We were visited by the pre-primary school "rooms “at both Willy Wagtails and Yamba Preschool this week to see what primary school is like and to start putting faces to names for the children joining us in 2025. The staff from both centres are lovely to have visit and we are pleased to maintain and continue to develop these community connections. No matter where these children land we know that they will shine brightly as new learners on their school journey.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, we watched with interest as Ashton competed for the Polding team at the PSSA Touch Football Carnival in Wollongong. He looks to have had a great time and we are pleased that we could follow along. Not sure who we can thank for the video streaming but it is a really nice thing to see.
Tuesday and Tuesday evening, the community joined Stage 3 for their Celebration of Learning. It was a great night for senior school to step up and show not just what they are learning but how they learn and the links to their learning with our focus on service, which is so important in our faith. The children were very impressive.
Today we have the celebration of 100 Days of Kindy in the school with all the parents and families joining the lunch, activities and the dance off! A lovely way to acknowledge the learners in our care and their milestone of being part of St James School. I got beaten by Harvey in a Race to 100 dice game and loved every minute of it!
A large number of our senior students are at Angourie Sports Fields today with the Clarence Zone Soccer and Netball Knockout. This was arranged by Mrs Hancock and the children are having a ball!
Next Tuesday, we will be fund and awareness raising for the local St Vincent de Paul. This is in conjunction with the CEO Sleep out and our Winter Warmers appeal. On Tuesday morning everyone will be given some information by our school leaders regarding the work of St Vinnies in supporting the less fortunate in our community.
Next Friday our Little J's starts! Their journey begins with an enthusiastic team who cannot wait to meet them.
Seriously, could life get any busier and active?
See you somewhere soon as there are many opportunities on the calendar!
Ann
Pyjama Day - Tuesday 13th August
Sport News
The school was a buzz this week as we watched Ashton competing in the NSW PSSA Touch Football Championship down in Woolongong. We are so lucky that these events are live streamed so we get the chance to support and watch students at these events. The team played a total of 13 games over three days winning a handful of games. Such a great achievement- well done Ashton!
Clarence Zone Soccer and Netball Knockout
Today 28 Stage 3 students competed in the Clarence Zone Soccer and Netball knockout in Yamba. The day was a huge success. We had eight schools come to the event including schools from Maclean, Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Sawtell, Woolgoolga and Bellingen. Yamba had a team in the Boys/ Mixed Soccer division and we had 6 girls play in the All Stars team which was a combination of girls from St James, St Joseph’s Maclean and St Joseph’s Grafton. The students had a great time and it was great to see new friendships being made, awesome sportsmanship and smiles on everyone’s face.
Meanwhile across the road in the stadium we had our girls play in the mixed netball competition. There was some tough competition, but the girls played well and showed great sportsmanship. Thank you to Miss Imeson for her assistance with the netball competition.
A huge thank you to James Dillon who came along and assisted and coached the soccer teams today Also thank you to those families that were able to come and watch a game or two.
Regards
Tash Hancock
Sports Coordinator
Book Fair
You’re invited to our Book Fair!
Scholastic Book Fair is coming to St James next week! Students will have the opportunity to view and purchase a variety of books starting from $5! It is a wonderful chance for students to find the latest titles right here at St James.
Opening Times!
Thursday 15th August - Tuesday 20th August
Times: 8.30 - 9.00 / 3.10 - 3.30
If you are available to volunteer your time to help sell books at our fair, please call the office
ES1 News
Let’s count to 100, counting’s so much FUN!! Can you believe it has already been 100 days of school for our littlest learners?! Today we celebrated with our families, doing a huge range of 100-based activities: a 100-number hunt, 100 fitness trail, lego and block challenge, seeing how many times we could write our name in 100 seconds, a dice race to 100… the list goes on and on! Head on over to our Instagram page to check out all the fun! To our ES1 students - we are so proud of your achievements over the past 100 days! And to our ES1 parents - thank you for your support so far, it is our privilege to teach your children!
Miss Haines, Mrs Towner and Mrs Imeson
2024 Sacrament Dates
Reconciliation- Wednesday 4th September, 11:35am at school (Parents/ family members not required to attend this Sacrament).
First Holy Communion- Saturday 7th September, 5:30pm Mass at St James Church, Yamba
Sport Dates
Friday 16th August - Dio Athletics Carnival
Monday 26th August - S3 Basketball Gala Day
Thursday 29th August - S3 Girls AFL Competition
Monday 2nd September - S2 Basketball Gala Day
Friday 13th September - Polding Athletics
The Front Gates! are open just clipped.
You may have noticed a change in the gates. The front gate is not locked but is clipped with a light chain. Please open and close the gate on entry as we are making some changes with the advice of DLCSL and this is a short term solution which will in the near future mean a self closing gate will be installed.
After School Basketball
