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2025 School Assemblies 

School Assemblies are held every second Friday (even weeks) at 2:00 pm in the School Hall - Parents and carer's welcome

Our Whole School Assembly will be held on Friday 1 August 2025

2025 Dates 

July

Wednesday 30 July & Thursday 31 July @ 7pm

Year 6 Confirmation with the Bishop

August

Friday 1 August

• Edmund Rice College Band Performance - 9am - 10am
• Mini Athletics Carnival - 11:30 am to 1:00 pm - POSTPONED

Monday 4 August

• Religious Literacy Assessment  - Year 4 Students
• ICAS Digital Technologies (selected students only)

Tuesday 5 August

ICAS Writing (selected students only)

Wednesday 6 August

Year 6 Mass with the Bishop - St Therese Parish Church, West Wollongong

Thursday 7 August

• Year 3 First Holy Communion Retreat Day
• Rescheduled Kindergarten and Year 1 Mini Athletics Carnival - 11:30 am to 1:00 pm 
• SJB Parents and Friends Association Meeting will be held in the school hall @ 7.00pm

Friday 8 August

Saint Mary of the Cross, Mackillop - Mass 10.30am (All Welcome)

Monday 11 August

ICAS English (selected students only)

Thursday 14 August & Friday 15 August

Year 5 Canberra Overnight Excursion

Sunday 17 August

First Holy Communion @ 8.30am & 5.30pm (Year 3)

Monday 18 August

• ICAS Science (selected students only)
• Book Week Entries Due

Tuesday 19 August

• ICAS - Spelling Bee (selected students only)
• Diocesan Athletics Trials (selected students only)

Wednesday 20 August

Book Week Celebrations and Parade 

To ensure information is easily accessible, all information relating to Book Week will be stored in its own 2025 SJB Book Week tab within this newsletter.

Friday 22 August

Pupil Free Day - Staff Spirituality Day (no students)

Sunday 24 August

First Holy Communion @ 8.30am & 5.30pm (Year 3)

Monday 25 August

ICAS - Mathematics (selected students only)

Friday 29 August

Soccer Gala Day (selected students only)

Sunday 31 August

Parish Family Mass with Choir @ 8.30am (all welcome)

September

Thursday 4 September

Father's Day celebrations - more information to come

Friday 5 September

SJB Fete Mufti Donation Day (more information to come)

Monday 8 September 

Wollongong City Council Surf Education (Yrs 2, 4 & 6)

Thursday 18 September

Junior Basketball Gala Day (selected students)

Friday 19 September

• Senior Basketball Gala Day (selected students)
• NSW Premier's Reading Challenge closes

Saturday 20 September

SJB Fete

Friday 26 September

Term 3 concludes

October

Monday 13 October

• Staff Development Day - Pupil Free Day
• Term 4 begins

Thursday 16 October

Cricket Gala Day (Years 5&6, selected students)

Friday 24 October

Grandparents and Great People Day from 11.30am 

November

Thursday 6 November

First Reconciliation - Year 2

14 Friday November

Holy Spirit College Orientation Day - Yr 6 Students attending Yr 7 2026

December

Monday 8 December

Whole School Final Mass at 9.30am

Tuesday 16 December

Year 6 End of Year Liturgy - 9.30am

Wednesday 17 December

Last Day Term 4 for Students

Thursday 18 December

Staff Development Day - Pupil Free Day

Friday 19 December

Staff Development Day - Pupil Free Day

2026 Dates

January

February

March