Principal's Post
Dear Families,
I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend and had some relaxing and quality time with your families. I think all the students benefited from a morning free of the school rush on Monday morning and parents may have benefited from no lunches to make!
Our Grandparents Morning last Friday was a wonderful event with approximately 300 grandparents or special caring adults attending. The prayer service and reflection was very reverent, the classroom visits were great fun and the morning tea was almost perfectly catered for.
There was such a great positive energy and feeling of gratitude on the day. Many grandparents expressed their gratitude for us hosting the event and many students expressed their gratitude of having grandparents involved in their lives.
Fortunately, the weather stayed fine enabling all to move about the schoolyard without getting wet. See below snaps of some of our wonderful grandparents who visited on the morning.
Special Food Day - Pasta Food Day
Hurry!!! Orders close tonight!! Orders due Tuesday 9th June, sorry but no late orders can be accepted.
We’d love some more volunteers to help the day run smoothly please. Please click here.
St James 80s Prom Night - Save the Date - 22nd August
Get ready to step back in time! We're turning the clock back to 1986 for a night of big hair, great music, dancing, laughter and plenty of nostalgic fun with fellow St James parents.
Tickets will be available on CDFpay very soon, so keep an eye on nForma and future newsletters for all the details.
In the meantime, start thinking about your prom-night outfit, gather your friends, and get excited for what promises to be a totally awesome night out. You won't want to miss this one!
Ok parents, Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now !Don’t Stop Believin’ it’s time to dust off your shoulder pads, get out the hair spray and join us for our major event night: “SJ 80’s Prom” !
Get ready to dress to impress, moonwalk like you’re in a dance video and party All Night Long. Whether you’re a Material Girl, Maniac, or someone who just Wants to Dance With Somebody, this night is going to be Simply The Best and a guaranteed Thriller!!
First Aid
A Friendly reminder that now in the Winter season
there is usually a few more illnesses around
- If your child is unwell to please keep them home to recover
- If your child requires any medication to be given at school /school camps
you will need to complete on Operoo a Medication Authority Form
- You will find it under the Notices on Nforma
- When completing this form in Nforma , the requirement from MACS is to ensure a Medical Practitioners AHPRA registration number is included This has 3 letters then 10 numbers eg: MED0000000000 which is not to be confused with the Doctors
Provider number eg: 123456X
- Authorised AHPRA registered health/medical practitioner
A practitioner registered under Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and relevant state/national board for their medical/health profession who may authorise administration including registered medical practitioners, dentists, nurse practitioner (within scope), authorised optometrist and authorised podiatrists
- After completing the Medication Authority Form, please bring the student Medication to the office in the original package.
- Before we can administer any medication to a student at school this Medication Authority Form including all required details must be complete.
House Leaders Fitness Initiative
Don't forget, our Tuesday Morning Fitness on the netball court starts at 8.30am sharp. This will conclude at 8.45am when the music to move into classrooms plays. On arrival students can take their bag to the spot outside their classroom and head to the netball court to join their house colour team. Students are encouraged to wear whatever they usually wear on a Tuesday. No special clothing or footwear is necessary.
Child Safe Standards
With the importance and commitment that we place on student safety as a school system, please take the time to read and familiarise yourself with the information in the
Child Safe Standard Four Parent/Carer Newsletter.
Important Dates coming up:
- Thurs 11 - Year 5 & 6 Gala Day
- Thurs 18 - Special Food Day - Pasta Food Day
- Fri 26 - Last day of Term 2 - End of term BBQ after school
Enjoy the week ahead,
Dave