Faith & Wellbeing
WELLBEING
Dear Parents and Families,
Tilley Calming Space
The new look Tilley Calming Space opened up to students last week, a huge thank-you for Ann N for coordinating this. During lunchtime each day students will have the opportunity to participate in any of the following activities; lego, drawing, colouring, loom bands, planks, story time, jigsaws, game play, wordsearch, crosswords, blocks and much more! What’s happening each day will be placed on the noticeboard next to the stairs in the main building.
Tuning into kids is a website that I have recently been made aware of by a number of people, including one of our parents. Apart from thought provoking articles, they also run workshops for parents on a number of issues faced by you and your children.
Sunsmart Policy Renewal
In a previous newsletter I wrote an article about our recently renewed Sunsmart Policy and membership. Our new policy states “The sun protection times are a forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology for the time of day UV levels are forecast to reach 3 or higher. At these levels, sun protection is recommended for all skin types. In Victoria, UV levels regularly reach 3 or higher from mid-August to the end of April.” Our sunsmart policy now states that students and staff must wear there hats during times of being outside. Therefore this is a reminder that all students are now required to bring their hats to school. Staff will be checking our school website which had the UV index rating on it to ensure if it goes higher than 3 students and staff will be asked to wear their hats. The UV index rating appears at the bottom of our school website and looks like this.
If at anytime you read an article or come across a program that you feel would be good for the St James Community to be aware of in regards to Student Wellbeing at St James please feel free to pass on to me.
Thank- you!
Mrs Georgia McNamara
Student Wellbeing Leader
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
PNG FUNDRAISER
Last year a number of staff and parishioners from St James and St Joan of Arc travelled to PNG to gain insight into the way in which people within the community live. They visited a small town called Aitape and experienced their day to day lives.
On Friday the 13th of September we are asking students to wear the PNG colours (red, black and yellow) and bring a gold coin donation. All money raised will go to support people within the Aitape community.
We will also have a special Assembly at 3pm where Miss Quinlan will share her experiences visiting the region and a video that was created by the parish. This is a great opportunity for students to see how the money raised will go to support this community.
PNG Sleepover
PNG sleepover has been postponed till next term. We will send out information once a new date for Term 4 has been confrmed
CONFIRMATION
1st November - Confirmation Reflection Day
14th November - Confirmation Mass at St Joan of Arc, 7pm
If you have any questions regarding dates or the Sacramental Program please do not hesitate to contact myself or your classroom teacher.
eherbert@stjamesbrighton.catholic.edu.au
St Vincent de Paul Society – Calling Young Adults.
Make a difference in our community by joining our local young adult conference – South Eastern Young Vinnies. SEYV are a self-run group of young volunteers (typically 18 – 35), who meet regularly at St Peter’s (Bentleigh East) to plan community outreach programs; they organise Kids Days Out, for example … fun activities for kids who might otherwise miss out. For more information contact Ross 0410 955-700 (southeastern.yv.conf@svdp-vic.org.au) or Philip 0423 109-506
Yours in faith,
Emma Herbert
Religious Education Leader
PARISH NEWS
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