Deputy Principal's News

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to Term 3, I hope you all enjoyed break. 

The Beginning of the School Day

- (revised procedure as at 18th July, 2019)

h the bridge now complete, site sheds removed and classrooms finished, comes updated information about how we enter the school of a morning.  As a staff we have revised our beginning of the school day routines. The school doors will now remain closed until 8.50am (Main yard and Tilley yard).  The supervision of students begins at 8.40am. There are two teachers on before school duty, one on the Main yard and one on the Tilley yard.  At 8.50am the teacher on before school duty (Main yard and Tilley) will open the school doors, students can go to their classrooms and put their bags away, then either go back outside or stay in the room until the music starts playing.  At this point they need to move to their respective classrooms (ensuring that they use the bridge) ready for the start of the school day.  The school bell will sound at 8.55am.  All students should be in their classrooms ready to start lessons at this time.

If students arrive to school after this time, commencing from 9.00am they will need to go to the front office, where they will need to sign in via VPass and be issued with a late pass.   At 9.15am all gates and doors will be locked to secure our school, so you will need to make your way to the front office through the mainyard to sign in or out to access the school. All visitors to the school will be directed to the front office.  At 3.20pm the gates on the Tilley building will be unlocked.

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.

Classroom and Specialist overviews

Each classroom and specialist teachers will be providing an overview of the work to be covered this term.  It is anticipated that these overviews will be emailed to parents late next week and included in the newsletter (Week 3).

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

Maths

The Australian Maths Competition is a yearly event  open to students in Years 3-6.  As per the Caremonkey notice sent home earlier in the week, all students in Years 3-6 are invited to participate.  The school will be covering the entry fee of $6.50 per student.  Students who choose to participate will be completing the online version of the competition which comprises of 30 questions varying in difficulty.  The official competition date is Thursday 1st August, however as we have other commitments on the day, as a school we have been granted permission to run the competition on Friday, 2nd August.

If your child would like to participate and is currently in years 3-6 please complete the Caremonkey advice sent out earlier in the week.

For further information and practice questions please refer to the Australian Maths Trust website  https://competitions.amt.edu.au/index.php?action=user_competitions 

If there are any queries please email me on:  ccorio@stjamesbrighton.catholic.edu.au

Kind regards,

Carmelina Corio

Deputy Principal