Deputy Principals' News

Hello Everyone and welcome to 2023,

Emma and I are thrilled to be your Acting Deputy Principals. As always it has been a very busy start to the term, our students have transitioned very well to their new classrooms and teachers, we could not be prouder of them.

Parent Information Sessions

Over the last two weeks we have held all collaborative community information sessions.

A very big thank-you to the staff for holding these vital meetings. If you were unable to attend in person or online, please use the link that was sent for the meetings in the welcome back letter on the 31st January. Alternatively, to view a recording of the meeting I have included these below for you.

Student Uniform

As part of our information shared at the Parent Information sessions we spoke about uniforms. Wearing a uniform enables us to feel part of a community and promotes pride and respect in our school. We love our school and to show that we belong to St James we wear our school uniform with pride.

This means:

Wearing the correct uniform on the correct day
Putting on a clean shirt and socks each day

Can we please ask that families support the staff and students at St James to wear the uniform as stipulated:

PLEASE NOTE:

The sport jacket is NOT to be worn with the summer uniform. It is only to be worn on sports days.

Stockings or leggings are NOT a part of the summer uniform or sports uniform. Tracksuit pants or shorts can be worn.

Our school is a respectful relationships school, students can choose any item from the summer list.

SUMMER

Check summer dress -
White anklet socks
White school shirt
Navy shorts
School jumper
Legionnaire cap
Wide brimmed hat
Red or white hair ribbons

SPORTS

Short sleeved polo top
Navy sports shorts
Navy sports skort
Navy tracksuit pants
School sports jacket
Rugby jumper
White socks

Important Upcoming Dates:

Thursday 9th Feb - Meet the teacher

Mon 13th - Wed 15th Feb - Year 5/6 Camp

Friday 24th Feb - Welcome disco

Tuesday 28th Feb - School Photo

Wednesday 15th Mar - NAPLAN testing period begins

Tuesday 4th April - St James Athletics carnival

Shrove Tuesday (1st March)

Wednesday 2nd March - Ash Wednesday Liturgy - Beginning of Lent and Project Compassion 10am in the Hall

Holy Week Liturgies Week 11 (Timetable to be shared with families)

St Patrick’s Day (17th March)

Please ensure that you are checking the Parent Google Calendar on a regular basis as dates are added throughout the year.

Emma Herbert and Georgia McNamara

Acting Deputy Principals