Term 1 Week 10 (10/4/2025)
What is On?
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)
SHOW DAY 1/2 day public holiday 07/05
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
ANZAC March
March: Muster at 09:15am opposite the Stella Motel, Clarence Street, Yamba for a 09:30am start.
Anyone who would like to march in .full school uniform with a hat and a water bottle will meet staff and we will march to the Cenataph. We would love to see you there.
SHOW DAY 1/2 day public holiday 07/05
Just an advanced notice that the Maclean Show has a gazetted 1/2 day holiday on Wednesday 7th May. School will stop teaching at 12:00 and finish supervision by 1pm.
Dear Parents and Carers
We have spent a lovely day on country today with our local Elders Aunty Di Randall and Aunty Deidre Randall learning about our local First Nations Aboriginal stories and perspectives on places we all love and want to see protected. Uncle Bill Walker offered a Welcome to Country. It is some time since we have had such a bus trip but it was great fun. On a side note we spent the whole day not counting children on and off buses; not looking for an unscheduled toilet stop; not worrying about how close to a drop off we were and not worrying that we took up too much of the pathways and stayed together. Positively weird!
Yesterday we shared our Easter learnings with one another and with families who joined us after our assembly. Such a wonderful prayerful experience of our most important time in the liturgical year.
Thank you for an amazing term. See you on the first day back for students 29th of April.
Happy Easter
Ann
Sport News
Soccer
Last Friday the Diocesan Soccer trials were held in Grafton. Well done to Joe, Jake, Ashton and Sol who were selected to play at this carnival. Congratulations to Ashton who was selected in the Diocesan team to play at the Polding carnival in Bathurst early next term. Well done!
Cross Country
Our school Cross Country carnival was held on Tuesday. The weather was finally on our side and a great day was had by all. Congratulations to Turners who were the winning house on the day and to the age champions (listed below). A school team will now be selected to race at the Zone Cross Country carnival at McAuley College in Grafton early next term. Information for those selected will be out on Compass in the near future.
8/9yr - Chase and Athena
10yr - Declan and Lily
11yr - Harlan and Iyla
12yr - Fionn and Poppy
AFL
Congratulations to Jake and Ashton who travelled to Newcastle to play in the Polding AFL Carnival on Tuesday. The boys thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to play at this high level and Ashton has now been selected in the Polding team to play at the NSW PSSA AFL carnival later in the year. This is a fantastic achievement and we wish him all the best.
School Awards Assembly
St James' Award – Jensen, Fionn
Principal's Award – Aria, Harlan
Values – Silka, Billie, Jake, Violet, Mila, Willa, Leah, Jake , Evelyn, Fletcher, Letty, Lily,
Sport – Archer, Slater, Jacob, Joseph, Joey, Dolly, Elsie, Isla, Joel, Bronte, Frank, Lachlan, Sundae
Achievement – Ava, Poppy, Jack, Nixon, Olliah, Ralph, Chase, Lennox, Pearl, Skye-Leeah, Sage, Molly, Ocean, Stella, Tasman, Ziggy, Alessia, Cooper, Hendrix, Oliver, Sofia, William
Encouragement – Charlie, Hudson, Cruz, Jackson, Athena, Nellie, Arliyah, Bodhi, Koa, Parker, Asher, Charlotte, Isiah, Juliet, Ori, Tully, Harlan, Sol, Miles, Vivian, Iyla, River, Julian
MISSION REPS PROJECT
COLLECTING EARN & RETURN
We’re excited to share that our school will be supporting St James Catholic Church as it celebrates its remarkable 50th year of service to our community. As part of the parish’s fundraising efforts to refurbish the church, we’ll be raising money through our school recycling program. Every bottle and can collected will help us contribute to this special milestone, honouring the church’s legacy and ensuring it remains a welcoming space for generations to come. We thank you for your ongoing support and encourage all families to get involved!
Our Mission Reps will lead our Recycling for St James Church project starting in Term 2. We’re collecting bottles and cans to raise funds for the church’s 50th anniversary refurbishment and help care for the environment at the same time!
Bins will be placed at Kiss and Drop.
You can place items directly in the bins or leave bagged donations beside them.
To keep things flowing, please avoid dropping off during Kiss & Drop times.
Thank you for your support in making a difference!
Long Way Home
The Long Way Home is now adding an exciting new chapter!
Last year's book, 'Stories From the Clarence Valley 2024 - Fly by Night' inspired some unique and wonderful stories about the sky’s largest mammals - flying foxes. The book is evolving into an exciting auditory experience where some of the stories take on flight as audio stories.
Selected stories about flying foxes are being transformed and expanded into captivating audio pieces to delight your ears with thanks to 2GF and FM1047. The stories, which will be read by local actors, will be part of a podcast.
We are thrilled to announce that Fionn, Remi and Leah's stories will be included in this project and we cannot wait to hear them on local radio .
2025 Theme - encourage all your children to enter
Easter in the Parish
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 - Yamba
9:30am - Maclean
11:30am -Iluka
Birthdays
Taylah 13/4, Frankie 14/4, Jarrah 15/4, Layla 16/4, Elsie 19/4, Cassidy 19/4, Mrs Kelly 21/4, Harvey 23/4, Cadence 24/4, Violet 24/4, Zahli 24/4, Anthony 24/4, Bodhi 25/4, Remi 27/4, Skye-Leeah 29/4, Roscoe 29/4, River 30/4, Fionn 2/5, Hendrix 2/5, Cooper 3/5
Attendance
