St James School Community News

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Parents Association

A big WELCOME BACK to Term 4. This term is sure to fly by so don’t miss a thing with the dates if important events below.

Colour Run.

THANK YOU! We would like to formally thank everyone for all of your efforts with our STJ Colour Run. Thanks to your support, we raised $7500 which will contribute towards the purchasing of new interactive boards for our classrooms. The Colour Run together with our Parent Night form our major fundraisers for the year and every dollar raised counted towards our total goal. In particular I would like to thank Mrs McNamara and the year 6 leaders for all of their hard work in preparation and organisation, as well as the following ‘Colour Crew’ legends who helped to make magic happen on this day!

A huge “Thank You” to:

Due to the cancelled assembly, the winners of the fish and chip lunch and the scooters will be announced next Friday 25th October at 2:45pm at the assembly.

PRIZES & CHARITY DONATIONS

Prizes have been ordered and will arrive in the next few weeks. We look forward to sharing the prizes with the students very soon! We also had dozens of children donate their fundraising totals to one of four charities - These included:

Turtle Protecting – Great Barrier Reef Foundation

Tree Planting – Carbon Neutral Foundation

Meals – Oz Harvest Foundation

Reading Support – The Smith Family

Again, our most sincere thanks for your support and fundraising efforts. It truly was the best day of the year

Kate Korber & the STJPA team

Grandparents and Special Friends day

The first PA school event of the term is Grandparents and Special Friends day Friday 1St November. They will all be treated to a private viewing of our Art Exhibition before the official Art Show along with refreshments organised by our Grade 1 parents. Further information to follow!

St James Art Show

The St James Art show will be held November 7th.

Christmas Carols

We’re gearing up for the St James Carols Friday 29th November further details on the flyer attached

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 & SCHOOL TOURS

Before and After school care

As a Catholic provider, MACSEYE will have strong links with our school and local parish,

working together to build a vibrant community of support for children and families.

MACSEYE is an approved registered provider, and sets a high standard of quality in line

the National Quality Standards.

MACSEYE will provide a high quality service for our students.

Families who need Outside School Hours Care will need to enrol with MACSEYE.

Please refer to the flyer below which has the enrolment link.

If you have any questions, please email MACSEYE directly at

enrolments@macseye.vic.edu.au

Parent Google Calendar

The google calendar is designed for parents to keep up to date with school events.

Google Calendar

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!

Your School Canteen Welcome Letter.pdf

Your School Canteen Menu Term 3.pdf

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 for Issue 7 will close Friday October 25.

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.