St James School Community News
PA / School Community News
Parents Association
Happy LAST DAY OF TERM 3! It’s been a very busy and productive term for our PA group who have diligently worked towards both our community engagement events and fundraising goals. A huge THANK YOU again to our Grade 4s lead by Colette, Cass, Virginia and Deb for organising the Parents Night Out; our grade Prep mums Sara and Maria for putting together our Fathers Day Breakfast with Maria and Jono generously donating the coffee cart and Kate Korber along with Anika Walker and the Grade 3 parents for organising the Colour Run.
It is a testament to our strong commitment to the St James community that we have such great participation by all our St James parents. Our community is held together by your collective efforts and our school thrives on our ongoing support.
Fathers Day Breakfast
Thanks again to Sara and Maria from Grade Prep for organising our Fathers Day Breakfast. Thanks to Maria and Jono for donating the coffee cart.
Colour Explosion Run.
The kids had another great time at the St James annual Colour Explosion Run this year.
Footy Colours Day Sausage Sizzle
Today marks the end of Term 3 and to celebrate the kids all wore their footy colours and had a yummy sausage sizzle lunch!
THANKS FROM THE PA
We are very grateful for the continued support of all our parents, the school and local community. All our PA members are volunteers who generously give up their own time to organise our school events.
Contributions from our fundraising efforts will be put towards many areas across the school. This year funds raised have gone towards professional soccer nets and we will use current funds towards Chrome books for the students. We are also working towards improved security at the school with CCTV.
FUTURE CALENDAR DATES
Don’t miss a thing. Sending a reminder there is a full school calendar featuring everything in one place. Check out St James Website page news and events / events for more:
- Dad’s Catch Up - every 3rd Thursday of the month.
- Grandparents and Special Friends Day - Friday 1st November
- St James Art Show - 7th November 2024
- Christmas Carols - 29th November 2024
PARENTS ASSOCIATION CALENDAR 2024
Maryallan and John
St James PA Co-Chairs
Second Hand Uniform Shop
Please reach out to us if you have any
uniform enquiries or suggestions.
Liesl & Ali
School Community News
St James STAY AND PLAY - Transition Playgroup
Prospective families are invited to schedule a personalised school tour.
Before and After school care
Parent Google Calendar
The google calendar is designed for parents to keep up to date with school events.
Please ensure that you are checking the Parent Google Calendar on a regular basis as dates are added throughout the year.
School Closure Days 2024
2024 school closure days are as follows, but please keep in mind that they may be subject to change, as each term, staff have a full day dedicated to staff professional learning and forward planning.
Term 1 Friday 22 March Staff Planning Day Term 2
Term 2 Friday 26 April TIL
Friday 07 June Staff Planning Day Term 3
N.B. Term 2 Early Release Day - Monday 24 June 1:00pm finish Parent/Teacher Interviews
Term 3 Friday 13 September Staff Planning Day Term 4
Friday 20 September TIL
Term 4 Monday 04 November TIL
2024 Term Dates
Term 1 30 January - 28 March (Final Day Term 1 - School finishes at 3:30pm)
Each Wednesday in February Foundation Students are scheduled for individual testing and do not attend school. Full weeks for Foundation commence in March.
Term 2 15 April - 28 June (Final Day Term 2 - School finishes at 3:30pm)
Term 3 15 July - 19 September (Final Day Term 3 - School finishes at 3:30pm)
Term 4 07 October - 17 December (Final Day Term 4 -School finishes at 1:30pm)
Bell Times
Teacher supervision 8:40am - 9:00am
First Bell 9:00am (Music begins playing at 8:55am)
Fruit Break 10am
Morning Recess 11:00am - 11:30am
Morning Eating Time 11:30 am -11:40 am
Lunch Eating Time 1:40pm - 1:50pm
Afternoon Recess 1:50pm - 2.30pm
Dismissal 3:30pm
Teacher supervision 3:30pm -3:45pm
Lunch Orders
Your School Canteen is ourlunch order provider and operates at Star of the Sea College. See attached flyer with further details.
Orders are placed online via flexischools and see below example of the menu.
Your School Canteen also offers the option to order food for recess on Fridays!
PLEASE NOTE THAT LUNCH ORDERS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON
THURSDAY 15th & FRIDAY 16th AUGUST
DUE TO STAR OF THE SEA SCHOOL CLOSURE DAYS
Scholastic Book Club
The Scholastic Book Club catalogue was sent home with your child recently and orders are due tomorrow.
Kindly note ordering books via the book club is entirely optional.
What is Book Club?
For more than 50 years, Scholastic Book Club has been bringing to the joy of reading to Australian children. Today, Book Club can be found in more than 94% of primary schools across Australia, with a yearly circulation of over 20 million catalogues. Each Issue of Book Club covers ages from 0-12+ years and contains specially curated, age-appropriate titles that have been carefully selected and levelled by a dedicated team of professional booklovers.
Book Club provides families with an affordable and convenient way to access the best in Australian and international children's literature. As well as bridging the important class-to-home reading gap, Book Club also benefits Australian schools—for every Book Club order placed, Scholastic gives back 15% of the order spend to schools to spend on valuable educational resources via its Scholastic Rewards program.
So how does Book Club work?
1. Book Club catalogues arrive at school up to twice a term and can usually be found hiding in your child’s backpack. We encourage you to sit down with your child and go through the catalogue together, discussing any books that sparks your child’s interest.
2. Once your child has made their final selection, head over to our LOOP websiteor app
to place your order. LOOP orders are linked to your school in an easy, safe online process. Registering for LOOP will also keep you up-to-date with all of the latest Book Club news, information on exciting new releases, and our exclusive Book Club special offers.
3. Your school’s Book Club Organiser will then take care of the rest! After they have submitted everyone’s orders, our team get to work packing your child’s order full of exciting things.
4. Your child’s order is then delivered to their class, ready to take home and be eagerly read. Orders that you have marked as a ‘gift’ in LOOP will be sent to school for you to secretly pick-up instead.
With numerous studies finding that reading at home is a key factor in a child’s lifelong success, Book Club provides a fun and easy way of bringing books into your home.
Community Notices
St Mary's is a mid-sized Catholic Co Educational Secondary School of 500 students.
If parents are still looking for Catholic Co education for their child, feel free to contact David Formosa - Director of Development, as there are limited places available. dformosa@stmaryscollege.vic.edu.au
School Holidays
Extra Curricular Programs @ St James School
TENNIS
TAEKWONDO
Rise Up DANC Program @ St James
Monday lunchtime 1:50-2:30pm in the school Hall
Thursdays from 3:30-4:45pm in the school Hall
Contact Miss Leisa for more information
leisa.riseupdance@gmail.com
PIANO
VIOLIN, CELLO, GUITAR
Exciting news! Genesis Music School is thrilled to offer affordable violin and cello lessons together with their guitar lessons to our school community. For further details please contact Genesis Music School.
ART
ART SMART
Professional Afterschool Art Program
Let's unleash your child's creativity with Art Smart and join us for a free trial session.
Seniors
Mondays 3.40 - 5pm
Juniors
Tuesdays 3.40 - 5pm
Enrol now - https://arteastudio.weteachme.com/classes/1043232-art-smart-professional-art-program-st-james