Newsletter 26 February 2025
Principal's Message
We are excitedly looking forward to our athletics day on Friday. This will be the third time we have run it at Edwin Flack Reserve and each year the day gets better and better!
Please remember that only YEAR 6 students can wear tu-tus and the like to celebrate their last Athletics Day at St James. All other levels can wear a splash of colour - ribbons, t-shirts so that they can be easily seen in their events. Please ensure your child has plenty of water and food with them on the day. They also need their hats and sunscreen. With the exception of competing in their events, students will be asked to sit under the Little Aths marquees.
Thank you to our classroom teachers who worked last night and will continue to do so with student progress meetings. They were positive and productive and it was lovely to witness so many of our children walking out with parents, obviously being congratulated on a great start to their year.
WELCOME Mr Zach Gulavin - our new PE teacher.
Kind Regards, Bec Kollaris
Upcoming events
| Wednesday | 26/02/2025 | Foundation Rest Day #4 |
| Thursday | 27/02/2025 | Student Progress Meetings (3pm - 6pm) |
| Friday | 28/02/2025 | Whole School Athletics Day |
| Wednesday | 05/03/2025 | Ash Wednesday Mass (2.15pm) |
| Monday | 10/03/2025 | Labour Day Holiday |
| Friday | 21/03/2025 | Harmony Day (students to wear a splash of orange) |
| Monday | 31/03/2025 | School Photos Prayers and Picnics (3.30pm - 4.30pm) |
| Friday | 04/04/2025 | Whole School Cross Country Event Last Day of Term 1 |
From the Deputy Principal
Dear St James Families,
Please note next week the grade three and five students from st James will be completing NAPLAN testing.
Please see below Timetable for this year.
As a school we use student data to drive our planning to improve student outcomes and will therefore support our students by:
- revising curriculum content taught in literacy and numeracy
- share example NAPLAN questions
- discuss strategies needed to understand the formatting of NAPLAN questions
- discuss how to answer multiple choice questions
- practice answering questions using a Chromebook
- minimise student anxiety by maintaining school routines
- support students to do their best
If you have any questions or concerns about your child/ren sitting NAPLAN please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards, Kathy Zandona
Naplan 2025 Timetable
| Date: | Wednesday 12 March 2025 | Thursday 13 March 2025 | Friday 14 March 2025 | Wednesday 19 March 2025 | Thursday 20 March 2025 | ||
| Time: | 9.15am | 9.15am | 11.45am | 9.15am | 11.45am | 9.00am | 9.00am |
| Test: | Writing | Reading | Writing Catch Up Session | Numeracy | Language Conventions | Numeracy, Reading & Language Conventions Catch Up Session | Numeracy, Reading & Language Conventions Catch Up Session |
| Year Level: | 3 and 5 | 3 and 5 | 3 and 5 | 3 and 5 | 3 and 5 | 3 and 5 | 3 and 5 |
RE News
School Photos
School Photo Day is on Monday 31 March 2025.
Scholastic Book Club
Issue 2 orders will close on 24 March 2025.
Please note all orders must be completed online through the LOOP ordering service.
Communion Dresses
We have had a wonderful donation of two communion dresses from a parishoner of St James.
The dresses are both size 10.
If you are interested in viewing these dresses please contact the office.
Wellbeing Leader
This week's GEM chat is based on Empathy. Empathy is about understanding other's feelings and perspectives and being kind to others.
Important Information
This year St James will be using two main platforms of communication with our families - PAM and Schoolzine.
To ensure that you keep up to date with what is happening with your children and within the school please ensure that you have access to these platforms and are familiar with their uses.
If you require assistance with accessing or setting up these platforms, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.
From time to time it will also be necessary for emails and text messages to be sent.
Schoolzine App Installation Instructions:
This is an app that you have on your phone and allows for easy reading of the newsletter, as it customises to the screen and translates into many languages if required.
Please click the link below for the instructions on installing the app on your phone.
https://www.schoolzine.com/
As part of the installation, you will be required to enter the following 4 digit passcode -
3675
Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any questions or queries.
Accessing PAM Instructions:
Please use the below link to access your PAM account.
https://pam.stjamesnng.catholic.edu.au
The user name is the email you have provided to the school and if you have not logged on previously, you will be able to set a password.
If you require your password to be reset, please contact the school office.
Staff Emails
Foundation - phermann@stjamesnng.catholic.edu.au
Year 1/2 - jdelloro@stjamesnng.catholic.edu.au and amcgeorge@stjamesnng.catholic.edu.au
Year 2/3 - lbertoncello@stjamesnng.catholic.edu.au and nmccormack@stjamesnng.catholic.edu.au
Year 4/5 - sstewart@stjamesnng.catholic.edu.au
Year 5/6 - jduplock@stjamesnng.catholic.edu.au
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