Deputy Principal's News

Dear Parents,

Last Saturday night Brighton Town Hall was filled with colour and music along with many members of the St James School Community,  for a common purpose ‘Our Children’. The night was amazing! A big thank you to the organising committee for organising this year's Mexican Fiesta. 

 to everyone who supported the event in so many different ways; be it by attending or making a donation.  The school and community are most appreciative of everyone's fine efforts.

PRAYER OF THANKS FOR A SCHOOL COMMUNITY 

Dear God,

We all know the power of praise and recognition in the building of self esteem.  Children, parents, teachers - we all flourish when our contributions are acknowledged.  We pray for the many generous people who help to build and maintain our educating community.  We thank you for each other and for the collaboration and work everyone has done in continuing to build our St James School Community.

AMEN

Learning and Teaching

On Monday 19th August the teachers gathered at school for a professional learning day.  Our focus for the day was to review the curriculum we teach in preparation for developing a two year scope and sequence.  Once finalised this will be shared with the school community.

NAPLAN Results 2019 

NAPLAN results are provided to schools from mid-August to mid-September, depending on your state or territory test administration authority.  St James has yet to receive our results for this year.  As soon as we receive the 2019 NAPLAN results, all families in years 3 and 5 will receive a copy of their child’s results.

NAPLAN individual student reports provide information about what students know and have achieved in the areas of reading, writing, language conventions and numeracy. The reports also provide information on how students have performed against the national average (over one million students participate in NAPLAN tests each year) and the national minimum standards. 

Frequently asked questions regarding NAPLAN

Bike / Scooter Safety

In Australia, helmets are compulsory for riding bikes and recommended for riding skateboards, scooters, rollerblades and so on. Wearing a helmet will help protect your child against serious head injuries.  A reminder that if you are riding to and from school you need to be wearing a helmet which is securely fastened.  When arriving to school your bikes, scooters etc. need to be locked in the bike shed. If the bike shed is locked, please go to the front office and someone will assist you.  At no time, should students be riding / scooting on others students bikes and scooters.

A reminder about the Beginning of the School Day  

(revised procedure as of 15th August, 2019)

As a staff we have revised our beginning of the school day routines. The supervision of students by staff begins at 8.40am. There are two teachers on before school duty, one on the Mainyard and one on the Tilley yard side.  The main school doors (Main yard) will now remain closed until 8.50am.  At 8.50am the teacher on ‘before’ school duty (Main yard) will open the front school doors, all students are to enter via the main front doors, students will not be able to access the building any other way.   At 8.50am students can go to their classrooms and put their bags away, then either go back outside or stay in their room. Students arriving on the Tilley side will be directed to the mainyard by the teacher on duty. Music will begin playing just before 8.55am (a signal for students to start making their way to their classrooms).  The school bell will sound at 9:00am. At this time, all students should be in their classrooms ready to start lessons.

If students arrive to school after this time, commencing from 9.00am they will need to go to the front office (entering via the Main yard), where they will need to sign in via VPass and be issued with a late pass.  All visitors to our school will be directed to the front office. At 3.20pm the gates on the Tilley building will be unlocked to assist with students leaving the building.

The bridge is our new gateway to connecting both buildings, so we need to ensure that we utilise it when moving from one side of the school to the other.

(Changing the way young people learn about finance)

In the coming weeks all grades will be involved in Start Smart sessions facilitated by a member of the Commonwealth Bank.   Sessions will take place in classrooms and will run between 45 - 60mins

Please see the following link for further information.

https://startsmart.com.au/primary/

Social Media - Please follow, like and share our school Twitter and Instagram Feeds.  Our Facebook Page is coming soon.

Twitter:  St James Catholic Primary School, 3186

Instagram:  stjamesbrighton3186

Kind regards,

Carmelina Corio

Deputy Principal