Term 3 Week 1 (25/07/2025)
HAPPY ST JAMES DAY - 25th July
What is On?
Monday 28th July - S2 History Excursion to museum
Tuesday 29th July - Reconciliation - St James Church, Yamba
Tuesday 29th July – 31 July -AFL Finals-Sydney
Thursday 31st July - School Awards Assembly
Friday 1st August- ES1, 100 Day Celebration
Saturday 2nd August - School Parish Mass 5:30 – 6:30pm- All are welcome all belong.
Monday 4th August - Meerkat Production 2pm
Monday 4th August- Stage 3 Basketball Gala Day
Tuesday 5th August- Community Conversation #12
Monday 11th August- Stage 2 Basketball Gala Day
Thursday 19th August- tentative Disco date - save it!!!
Thursday 21st August - Book week parade
Friday 22th August - Little J's starts
Tuesday 26th August - DIO Athletics Carnival- Coffs Harbour
Saturday 30th August - First Holy Communion-St James Church, Yamba
Wednesday 3rd September - Zone Soccer and Netball Carnival S3- Yamba
Friday 5th September - Father's Day Breakfast 7am -9am (ticketing to come)
Tuesday 9th September - Public Speaking School Finals in hall
Wednesday 17th September- Netball School Cup Finals- Lismore
Friday 19th September- Touch Football Gala Day S2 & S3
Monday 22nd September - Public Speaking Finals in Coffs
Wednesday 24th September- DIO Netball & Football Finals - Grafton
Thursday 25th September - Last Day Term 3 for Students
Friday 26th September - Staff Professional Learning Day - Curriculum - Pupil Free Day
Term 4 2025
Monday 13th October - First Day Term 4 for Students and Staff
Monday 3rd – Friday 7th November - Stage 3 Camp- Canberra
End of Year Final Awards Assembly - Thursday 11th December - Yamba Bowling Club 10:00 – 11:00am
Tuesday 16th December Graduation Dinner- (note change of date!)
Wednesday 17th December - Last Day Term 4 for Students and Staff
Dear Parents and Carers
Welcome back to school for the quiet term. Ok, we all know that is not true any more.
Picture this! In the Executive Meeting... trying to arrange an event with plenty of warning and as I called out dates the rest of the admin team called back "NO, not available." So here we go, confident together we can focus on learning, building community and being present to one another.
Why am I sharing that story?
To plead/suggest/remind everyone to keep an eye on the calendar, Instagram if you have it and compass for events and invitations. We will see you often as the term progresses.
And then there are events such as today. It has been lovely to see all family members who could join us for mass, sausage sizzle and/or a lunchtime visit.
THE HALL IS OPEN ALL NEXT WEEK FOR YOUR VIEWING and CONTRIBUTION - Collect your learners from class and go on tour. Put forward some suggestions and help us to build a whole school approach to the value of Love with voice from our whole community.
The value of love is central to all we do.
The attached photo gives the "why" for our launch days of "how we show love".
Read on!
Ann
RE News
Feast Day Celebrations at St James
Today, our school community came together in a spirit of joy, gratitude and reverence to celebrate the Feast Day of our patron, St James the Apostle. It was a beautiful occasion that brought students, staff, families, and parish members together in prayer, reflection and celebration.
Our day began with a special Mass at St James Church, led by Fr Roland, where we gave thanks for the life and mission of St James. Students from across the school played an active role in the liturgy through readings, prayers, singing and processions, making it a truly student-led celebration of faith. Fr Roland reminded us of the courage and faith of St James, and challenged us to be people of love, service and commitment in our own lives.
Following Mass, the celebrations continued back at school with a joyful sausage sizzle and the official launch of our new school-wide value focus, Love. Our school hall was transformed into a vibrant display space showcasing how the value of Love is alive in our community, through student artwork, family contributions, and a special video featuring reflections from staff and parish members.
We extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the parents and families who joined us today. Your presence and support made the celebration even more special. The day was filled with smiles, laughter and a strong sense of connection, an expression of the love and spirit that defines our St James community.
St James, pray for us!
Renee Howland
Assistant Principal Mission
Sport News
AFL
Our school AFL team will be travelling down to Sydney next Tuesday to play in the State Finals of the Paul Kelly Cup on Wednesday. We will be playing against the 9 other regional winners from all across NSW at the Blacktown International Sports Park. To be in the top 10 school teams in the State is an amazing achievement from our team and the boys are all very excited about getting the opportunity to challenge themselves against the best in NSW. We look forward to watching them play and represent our school. There is a livestream available to watch the carnival for anyone who is interested and we will send the link out on Compass early next week.
Cross Country
Congratulations to Chase who competed at the NSW PSSA State Cross Country Carnival in Sydney earlier this week. Chase finished 31st out of 80 in the 9yrs boys race. A great effort to finish in the top half of the field amongst the best in the State. Chase was also a member of the Polding team which claimed 3rd place in the 9yr boys teams event. Well done Chase on your great efforts.
Healthy Eating
Birthdays
Alessia 26/7, Poppy 28/7, Amelia 29/7, Jack 30/7, Charlie 31/7, Aiden 3/8, Daniel 5/8, Miki 5/8, Louis 6/8,
Attendance
