Deputy Principal's News
Dear Parents,
Last week I was fortunate to be involved in the inaugural 5/6 City Experience! It was truly a great opportunity for students to explore our wonderful City of Melbourne and explore some of its history. No doubt students in years 5/6 have shared there lots about their time away. Thank you to all the students and staff who attended. I will share video and images of our time away soon.
Reflection:
As a family take turns in to sharing how you can make a difference during this season of lent, How can we reach out to others?
School Assemblies
Our School Assemblies for Term 1 are as follows:
Thursday 5th March Assembly at 3.00pm (3/4 Space) Yr 5C will be presenting
27th March Assembly at 1.00pm (Easter Raffle)
(Please refer to the St James parent Google Calendar for additional Information)
School Closure - Friday 6th March
This coming Friday 6th March will be a school closure day for staff as they engage in professional learning on Smart Spelling, facilitated by Michelle Hutchinson. A reminder that Monday 9th March is also a public holiday and as such there will be no school for students.
School Disco - A big THANK YOU to Michelle Thomas and Sarah Webb and her amazing crew on organising such a great night. Thank you to all the parents and children who supported this event.
Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Tuesday) - THANK YOU to Tanya Schiffter and her amazing team of chefs for once again providing the students and staff with yummy pancakes to acknowledge Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Tuesday).
Dad’s Camp - From all accounts Dad’s Camp 2020 was once again a resounding success. THANK YOU to Paul Cheshire and his crew in organising a memorable experience for all involved. We look forward to seeing some photos.
School Tours / Open Days
We are now taking bookings for our School Tours in preparation for 2021 School Enrolments. Please see the attached flyer for further information.
Little Jimmy’s Playgroup 2020 - (Revised Dates and Times)
There has been a revised schedule for Little Jimmy’s playgroup due to our Embodied Parenting workshop. Please contact the school to make a booking.
All Students now have access to their 2020 Mathletics class groups. If there are any concerns with logging in please email either your child’s classroom teacher or myself.
ccorio@stjamesbrighton.catholic.edu.au
Library / Learning Hub
Please find attached the Library / Learning Hub Timetable for Term 1. All students in Years F-6 can borrow take home books. These books will be scanned out of the library. Please remember to bring along your red or blue library bags and or another suitable bag to protect the books. Students can borrow 1 or 2 books.
School Promo video
Just in case you missed it… here is the link to our new school promotional video
We are very excited to be sharing for the first time our new School Promotional video. We thank Karen O’Sullivan and her team for working with staff, students, parents and grandparents late last year in putting together this clip, which celebrates who we are at St James. We encourage all families to like and share the video on the School’s social media platforms.
Please click here to watch the video.
All teachers have begun exploring Seesaw as a medium for sharing student learning. Please note that collectively as a teaching staff we are in the early stages of learning about and making use of this student portfolio AAP. As this is a learning time for staff and students, there is not yet a consistent approach to the frequency of posting. Further information will be shared as together we continue on our Seesaw learning journey.
We are pleased to share with you our newly created Facebook business page. The purpose of this page is to:
Advertise and publicise important events including open day tours and enrolment information
Share general information about our school with the local community
We will also share useful resources, videos and websites that engage and empower parents to participate in their child's education
We invite you to both like and follow our page via the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/stjamesbrighton3186
We also encourage you to share our page with prospective family and friends in our local area.
Please note that we have a code of conduct for the use of the page. This is pinned to the top at all times. We ask that everyone read this before using the page. We expect all followers of our page to abide by the code of conduct at all times.
Please note that this page is not a forum or a discussion board. All comments will be monitored and approved before they appear on the page.
Please note that this page has been restricted to followers who are 21 years and over. Children under the age of 13 years should not have Facebook accounts.
Learning and Teaching - Specialist overviews for Term 1
Please find attached the Specialist Term 1 Overviews.
Social Media - Please follow, like and share our school Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Feeds.
School Website: ww.stjamesbrighton.catholic.edu.au
Twitter: St James Catholic Primary School, 3186
Instagram: stjamesbrighton3186
Facebook: @stjamesbrighton3186