Parents Association
Parents Association Update
It’s amazing how quickly the first weeks of school have gone past and we hope the kids are settling well into their new classes. Huge congratulations to all the students who competed in the Holt District swimming competition this week, and to St James who did so well to win the overall competition.
The kids celebrated Pancake Day on Tuesday and a huge thanks to Mel Fuller who coordinated the day and to all the other parents that helped, including Adrian & Alicia Quattrone, Chantal Horton, Meg Donoghue, Adriana & Justin Verdini. These are special events for the kids and would not happen without you.
ST JAMES WELCOME DISCO
Our St James Welcome Disco is the first event of the year and is a great way to bring in 2023 and to connect with new and existing St James families.
Date: Friday, 24th February 2023 Time: 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: St James Primary School Theme: Jungle Safari
To volunteer on the night (30 mins commitment), please sign up at https://signup.com/go/xcHnAvK.
To book tickets please go to https://www.trybooking.com/CFTBD or scan the QR code in the flyer below. Please buy your tickets early.
ST JAMES KIDS ADVENTURE CAMP
A reminder that the St James Kids Adventure Camp (Run by the Dads) will be 17-19th March 2023. The St James Kids’ Adventure Camp is for students and their dads or a special male relative/friend, to spend a weekend together in Anglesea.
The camp is unfortunately booked out, however if you would like to go on the waitlist, please contact Dave Thomas on 0409 005 759.
PARENTS ASSOCIATION (PA) VOLUNTEERS FOR NEXT YEAR
Thank-you to all the parents that have volunteered for roles this year, it is greatly appreciated.
The PA exists to create a sense of community through social and fundraising events which relies on parents volunteering to make it work.
Given the importance of these events to building and maintaining a sense of school belonging for parents and children, events will be allocated to year levels as per previous years to allow time for planning. We have tried to be as fair as possible with the allocations, weighing up resources and experience. It is hoped this system will help to share the load, create new friendships and enrich everyone's school experience.
Once we have the organisers for each event, a “signup.com” can be created to find other volunteers for the event if needed.
For all the events, we have a wealth of past information available and we are all here to help you. Please find a list of the allocated year levels below:
LUNCH ORDERS ONLINE FROM 2023
We hope that all the lunch orders are going well. It’s so great that it is now online and no more paper bags. It's important to note that our lunch orders come from Star of the Sea college (Star) next door and if they are closed for a day then there will be no lunch orders for St James. We had a minor hiccup the other week when lunches were ordered and unfortunately Star was closed for the day. Closure days have now been blocked in the flexischool app to avoid this happening again. But please make sure you also make note of the days the canteen is unavailable so there are no surprises.
Canteen Closures Dates: Friday February 24th | Wednesday March 22nd
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.
Contributions from our fundraising efforts will be put towards many areas across the school. Some initial ideas that have strong support from the PA group and school community are 1) Improving school security 2) Retractable cafe style blinds for the exterior of the undercover area so it can be used during hot or wet days.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly:
FUTURE CALENDAR DATES
- Welcome disco - St James - Friday 24 February, 5.30pm-8.30pm (PLEASE BOOK TICKETS)
- Dad’s Catch Up - every 3rd Thursday of the month. Venue details TBC.
- Dads/Special friends and kids - YMCA Camp Anglesea - Friday to Sunday, 17-19 March 2023 (currently booked out)
- Easter Raffle Drawn Thursday 6th April (last day of term)
- Hot Cross Bun Drive - available for collection last week of term
- Mothers Day St James Ladies lunch - Saturday 20 May 2023 at Elwood Bathers
- Parents night out - Saturday 5 August 2023 at Brighton Yacht Club
- Colour run - Friday 10 November 2023 at Elsternwick Park
SECOND HAND SCHOOL UNIFORM SALE
Friday 3rd March BEFORE and AFTER school
