St James School Community News

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Parents Association

Term 3 has gone off to a brilliant start with our major fundraising event Parents Night Out raising a whopping amount for the school to go towards new Chromebooks!

A huge thanks again to Colette, Cass, Deb and Virginia for their time and effort. We are so grateful to them for all the hours of hard work and preparation that went into organising this incredible event!

Of course we couldn’t do these events without YOU the parents!! So thank you to everyone who came along to the Parents Night Out! I’m sure everyone would agree it was a great night.

Thanks to all of the local businesses and families who donated items to our auction. Remember if you frequent a business/venue that donated to the fundraiser to thank them for their contributions… it goes a long way to gaining ongoing support!

And finally a huge congrats to our trivia winners!

There’s lots of dates below and a great idea to pop them in your calendars now!

2024 STJ COLOUR EXPLOSION RUN!

🌈Thursday September 12 @ Elsternwick park 1.30-3.30pm

🌈Today all children have received their fundraising booklet with information on how to set up your online fundraising profile

🌈All families will have received an email with information about the day, fundraising etc.

🌈This year all children who raise over $10 can select incredible prizes OR have the option to make a donation to one of four charities

🌈be in the running to win a PlayStation 5!

🌈The winning class receives a fish’n’chip lunch

🌈Those who set up profiles online in the first week receive additional prizes!

🌈We are raising money for new Interactive boards in each classroom

🌈More information to follow: including Operoo permissions etc.

5 weeks until the best day of the year!

FATHERS DAY BREAKFAST

We are excited to celebrate our St James Dads/Special person on the morning of Friday the 6th September in our Tilly Garden.

Ticket sales and time TBC.

DADS DRINKS

Dads and special friends drinks are on the 3rd Thursday of each month.

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.

BABY NEWS!

Our joint PA president Maryallan and her family have welcomed their third child, a baby girl- Rosalie “Rosie” Foote! Mother and baby doing well.

Congratulations!

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

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

Stay tuned for further School Tour dates in Term 3

Before and After school care

Extend's valuable and informative monthly publication, 'The Link - Community Hub', has just released its latest edition. It provides interesting articles, reviews and ideas for our community to read and share!

Please click below to download the latest edition

The Link - Community Hub April 2024

We sincerely hope you find this resource useful and insightful.

The Extend Team

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

As previously mentioned, a new lunch order provider - Your School Canteen - commenced in Term 3 at Star of the Sea College. See attached flyer with further details.

Orders are still placed online via flexischools so from a parent's perspective there will be no change in the ordering process. The menu has changed - see below example of the new menu available as of Term 3 - and the new provider 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

Re the Scholastic Book Club catalogue sent home with your child recently, orders for this latest issue closed Thursday 1st August.

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.