Term 1 Week 9 (4/4/2025)
What is on?
Tuesday 8th April - School Cross Country
Tuesday 8th April - McAuley Catholic College - Open Night (flyer below)
Wednesday 9th April - Canteen Day (No Canteen Thursday 10th April - see flyer below)
Wednesday 9th April- ANZAC Day liturgy - Call of the Fallen - at school 9:30am
Thursday 10th April - School Awards Assembly 9:00 – 10:00am
Thursday 10th April - Holy Week Travelling Liturgy & Whole school Liturgy 10am (see flyer below)
Thursday 10th April - Last Day Term 1 for students
Friday 11th April - Staff Professional Learning Day - On Country - Pupil Free Day
Friday 25th April- ANZAC Day - march - Crn Coldstream and Clarence Streets, Yamba, 9:30am
Term 2 2025
Monday 28th April - Staff Professional Learning Day - Learning Collaborative - Pupil Free Day
Tuesday 29th April - First Day Term 2 for Students
Tuesday 29th April - Catch up School Photo day
Monday 5th May - Zone Cross Country- MCC (Grafton)
Wednesday 14th May - Close the Gap
Monday 19th May - Confirmation - St Mary’s Church, Maclean 6pm
Tuesday 20th May - DIO Cross Country- Grafton
Friday 20th June - School Athletics Carnival
Thursday 3rd July - Last Day Term 2 for Students
Friday 4th July - Staff Professional Learning Day - Foundation Day- Pupil Free Day
Term 3 2025
Monday 21st July - First Day Term 3 for Students and Staff
Friday 25th July- Foundation Day - Feast of Saint James
Tuesday 29th July - Reconciliation - St James Church, Yamba
Saturday 30th August - First Holy Communion-St James Church, Yamba
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
Wednesday 17th December - Last Day Term 4 for Students and Staff
Have you signed the Digital Agreement for your children?
This agreement is designed to ensure that parents and students understand the conditions that apply to using Digital Technology at St James Primary, Yamba, which is part of the Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools (DLCS). We aim to develop responsible, safe and ethical digital citizens who are proficient in their use of Digital Technologies. In the company of their parents, students are to discuss, acknowledge, and sign this agreement.
These were due on 07/03/2025. Without the agreement in place students will not be able to use digital technologies which are necessary in their learning.
Dear Parents and Carers
Week 10 looks busy!
Although Week 9 was too!
Between retreats, Parent Teacher Conferences, Resilience Australia visits , Tree Audits, postponed Cross Country, Yr 6 receiving their new sports shirts and Kindergarten receiving their carnival shirts, Stage 2 Mass and a class visit as well as attempts at surfing and learning we are all ready for a weekend!
We are lucky to be busy.
We are grateful for the opportunities afforded to us as a school community.
We are please to have been able to discuss the growth of every learner in the school.
At this point of the term, we have 1200 minutes of learning for children and 1500 minutes of learning for staff before we break for Easter. As someone used to say "Teach like your heads on fire ... learning like our life depends on it!" We will continue to do so as the term winds down.
See you on...
Tuesday for the Cross Country,
Anzac Liturgy,
Easter Liturgy,
Awards Assembly.
Surely I will see you somewhere!
Ann
Love involves selfless unconditional love for God and Others. It is the driving force behind acts of kindness and compassion. Fruits of the Spirit
RE News
Sport News
Swimming
Well done to Lenny who competed at the Polding Swimming carnival in Sydney on Wednesday in the 9yr boys 50m Freestyle. He finished 3rd in his heat and 13th overall. Everyone enjoyed watching him on the livestream in the classrooms and cheering him on. Its a great effort to reach this level.
Soccer
We look forward to hearing some results from the Diocesan Soccer trials that are happening today in Grafton. We have Joe, Jake, Ashton and Sol playing up there and are sure they are representing our school well.
Cross Country
Our school Cross Country carnival has been postponed and will now be held next Tuesday 8th April. It may be a little soft under foot after all the rain but look forward to some sunshine and seeing everyone out there having a run and cheering for their teammates.
A squad of students from the 8/9 yrs age groups and above, will be selected from our carnival to run at the Clarence Zone carnival in Week 2 of Term 2.
Race Distances
Kindergarten - 800m
6/7 yr olds - 1km
8/9 yrs - 2km
10yrs - 2km
11yrs - 3km
12/13yrs - 3km
AFL
Good luck to Jake and Ashton who are travelling to Newcastle to play in the Polding AFL Carnival next Tuesday. The boys have done extremely to reach this level and we look forward to hearing how they go next week. Good luck boys.
Canteen - Change of day- Wednesday 9th April
*Next week Canteen is on WEDNESDAY 9th April*
Chicken Burger Special - Must place orders by Tuesday 9am
NO canteen on Thursday
Stage 2
Science
In Science, we have been investigating the importance of pollinators. In particular, we have been learning about the native stingless bee which we have here at school. We have looked at the structure of the native bee hive, recognising which parts are the food pots, the brood and the involucrum. To see these parts in real life, we split the native bee hive under a camera for the whole class to see. We even had a few calm bees sit on Mrs Kelly’s hand to show the class, seeing just how small they really are. This also allowed us to see the lifecycle of the native bee seeing the larva and the eggs inside the brood.
Resilient Kids Workshop
On Wednesday of this week, Stage 2 participated in the Resilient Kids workshop. During the program, we had the opportunity to reflect upon our own strengths and we learned how we can be prepared for a natural disaster. Some of the activities we participated in were putting up a tent and packing it up, filtering water to make it drinkable, packing a go bag, learning what we can do to prevent global warming and
Surfing
We were so lucky to get to go surfing for sport again this term, even if it was for only 1 session. This is something Year 3 has been waiting for for a long time. Some of us were very excited and some of us were a bit nervous, but that is ok! We all had fun, whether it was in the water or playing in the sand with our friends.
Attendance
McAuley Catholic College - Open Night
Easter in the Parish
This is the link to Bishop Greg's Easter message. https://www.lismorediocese.org/bishop-gregs-easter-message-2024/
Here are the mass times over the Easter Season.
Holy Thursday -Maclean St Mary's
Good Friday-Maclean St Mary's
Easter Sunday Masses:
8am in Yamba
9:30am Maclean
11:30am -Iluka