HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL DADS AND FATHER FIGURES IN OUR

ST JAMES COMMUNITY

Dear Families,

What a wonderful atmosphere there was last Friday morning at our Father's Day Breakfast. It was a great success and a wonderful way to show our Dads and Father Figures how special we think they are. The partnership we share in educating your children extends well beyond academic learning in the classroom.

Thanks to the large number of the volunteers for their hard work to ensure it all ran smoothly. A special mention and thank you goes to the organising team of Erin, Vanessa and Kelly.

Thanks also to the organisers, Laura and Claire, and volunteers who ensured the Fathers Day stall provided students with some wonderful and fun gifts for dad.

Congratulations to the winners of our Father's Day Raffle. Please come to the office to collect your prizes.

1st Prize - $100 Meat Voucher - Mark Jones

2nd Prize - $100 Meat Voucher - Chloe Chia

3rd Prize - $80.00 Peter Alexander PJs - Chaarya De Silva

4th Prize - $50.00 Bunnings Voucher - Andrew Mitchell

5th Prize - Monopoly Melbourne Board Game - Ethan Dougherty

Learning Conferences

The scheduled days and times are listed below. Please note that due to Year 5 camp, Year 5 conferences will be split between Thursday 11th & Friday 19th September at the times listed below.

Learning Conference Dates & Times:

** Year 5 Only - Thursday 11th September (Onsite) 3:40 pm to 7 pm

Thursday, 18th September all classes except PB, 5S, 5O (Onsite) – 3:40 pm to 7:00 pm Friday, 19th September all classes except PB (Onsite) – 8:30 am to 10:00 am

Friday, 19th September all classes except PB (Online) – 10:30 am to 11:30 am

Footy Colours Day This Friday

We are excited to be celebrating Footy Colours Day on Friday 12 September!

Students are invited to come dressed in their favourite footy colours or uniforms – AFL, Soccer, Rugby, Gaelic, NFL, or any other team they love to support.

As part of the fun, we will also have a special surprise visitor arriving at school sometime between 9.00am – 11.00am. (He may bring along a special cup!)

Please bring a gold coin donation on the day.

St James Concert Production

The USBs and video links will be sent home this week!

Driveway Bus Shelter

While doing some maintenance on the bus shelter, Adrian, our maintenance worker, has deemed the the structure to be unsafe. It is taped off for the time being while we decide what the best course of action will be moving forward.

Second Hand Uniforms

Our second hand uniform shop will be open on Friday 10th October at 3:20pm. Please take some time over the school holidays to sort through any items your child has outgrown and consider donating them to the second hand uniform shop.

Other Important Items:

School Fees - families not on a payment plan should have either made part contributions or had a conversation with Lisa or myself regarding the timing of your payment. It is expected that fees will be paid in full by end of Term 3 (that's only 2 weeks away) if you are not on a payment plan.
Our Important Dates page now has a live Calendar to assist with your life admin
Our next P & F meeting is tonight, Monday 8 September 6.15 - 7.15pm in the new administration building.
District Athletics for many Year 4, 5, 6 students is on Thursday 11 September.
Year Five Camp to Sovereign Hill commences next Monday 15 September - Wednesday 17 September.
Emir has returned from her trip to Ireland and is back working in the main office. Thank you for your support and patience during her absence.
Deborah Butler is away on leave for the final two weeks of term. Louisa Norwell will take on Deborah's teaching duties for the next two weeks.
Our Lunchtime clubs are very popular. With over 60 students wanting to attend STEM Club each week we may need to roster grade levels in the future.
The annual Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools - School Improvement Surveys were sent out on Friday. As in the past, we are encouraging all families to complete the 20 minute survey providing feedback on our wonderful St James school community.
The staff and students in Years 4 - 6 will also complete surveys to provide feedback.
Here is a link to information about the surveys.

A bumbag, likely belonging to a Parent, was handed into the office this morning and may have fallen out of a car at drop off. If you are missing yours, please pop into the office.

Please save the dates for the following events:

Anita Dell'Orso and myself are on a two day Flourishing Learners MACS conference at Marvel Stadium today and tomorrow. There are a variety of well renowned educational researchers and experts presenting various keynote addresses and workshops.

Looking forward to being back at school on Wednesday,

Dave

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