Principal's Post

Dear Families,

 

What a successful Cinema night we had on Friday evening. It was a great event for our entire St James community.

Thank you to the Year Five Champions who put so much time and effort into organising the event. The organising committee of Claire, Deb, Emma, Ash & April supported by Kylie did an amazing job.

The many parents who volunteered to help in so many ways; cooking, selling, serving, preparing food, setting up, packing up, etc all contributed to the success of the evening.

It was lovely to see so many students up dancing and singing as the movie came to its conclusion.

 

Congratulations to tall students who entered the colouring competition. There were so many excellent and innovative entries to choose from.

The winners were: Caleb Mills (Prep - Yr 1), Isaac Mc Jannet (Yr 2 - 4) and Tilliana Bobilak (Yr 5 - 6).

 

Learning Conferences 4th & 5th April

Our Three way (student, parent, teacher) Learning Conferences are on tomorrow and Wednesday evening. They provide an excellent opportunity for our students to discuss their learning with parents and explain their learning goals for next term

Tuesday 4 April  - online 3.30 - 5.00pm (Please note that School Interviews will be sending out a new link for use on Tuesday evening)

Wednesday 5 April - on site in the Community Centre 3.40 - 8pm

 

Holiday Works

Work has commenced on preparing the quadrangle for synthetic grass to be laid over the holidays. Hopefully this work will be completed in the next two weeks and we will all return to a brand new surface laid over the asphalt.

Footy Tips Update

Ist Place - NICKR1976 - 19

2nd Place - Lovick Family, Fuzz'z Finest - 18

4th Place - Mr Mutimer - 17

 

Other News/Dates

COVID

Covid has continued to be present in our school this week. A reminder to notify the office/teacher if your child becomes positive and isolate for 5 days. 

We have a substantial supply of Antibacterial Hand Sanitiser that has an expiry date of 5/23. If you would like a bottle please collect one from the office. We also have a limited supply of RAT's and face masks still available, feel free to come pick  from the office.

 

Prep Chairs

Following the purchase of new chairs for our Prep classroom we donated the old ones to Donations in Kind, a Rotary project.  Donations in Kind collects equipment and goods from schools and other organisations then ships them to countries in need.  Our Prep chairs will be sent to a primary school in Timor Leste.  A great outcome!

 

Wednesday 5 April 2.30pm - Holy Thursday Prayer Service 

Thursday 6 April 2.30pm - Good Friday Prayer Service

Thursday 6 April 3.20pm - End of Term dismissal

Monday 24 April - Parish School Closure Day called by Fr Dispin (this means that Term Two will commence on Wednesday 26 April, after ANZAC Day)

Wednesday 26 April - First day back Term two (ANZAC Day Prayer Service 10:45am at the

 flagpole. Students may bring along some flowers from their garden at home)

Tues 29 & Wed 30 August - School Concert Production at Crossways in East Burwood

 

Have a great week, a holy Easter, then a relaxing two weeks holiday!

 

Dave