Week 9 Term 1 2025

KEY INFORMATION AND REMINDERS

Parent Teacher and Student Interviews

Please check the note that was sent via Operoo to select a time for your child’s interview on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon and evening of Week 10. Once times have been allocated, families will be notified of their interview time

New School Board

Last week we held the School Board AGM. Thank you to those that attended. At the AGM we presented Annual Report which will be available soon on our school website. We also thanked Vanessa Duke for her years of service and we welcomed Angus Barnden as a new member.

In 2025 the elected St James School Board is:

Fr. Harold (president), Martin Hayes (principal), Matt Hale (Chair), Kelly Kelly (Vice-Chair), Luke Clark (Treasurer), Ryan Simpson (Secretary), Claire Sheridan (staff Rep.), Natasha Downing (P&F Rep.), Anna Simon, Tamara Wilson and Angus Barnden.

Wood Chop

The School Board have decided to sell cut wood again as a fundraiser. We will confirm the date very shortly, once we do we will send out order forms and volunteer helper forms.

I would also like to thank Ryan Simpson and Luke Clark who assembled the new oval soccer goals a few weeks back. They are already being well used. These goals were purchased through money raise from the wood chop last year.

Yr. 3-6 Working bee – date claimer – Sunday 27^th April 10:00am – 12:00pm

This is a heads up that we are scheduling a school working bee for our Yr 3-6 families after Mass on Sunday 27^th April. We will send more details out closer to the end of the term so that you will know what equipment you may be able to bring.

SACPSSA Swimming Carnival in Clare

Congratulations to the 18 Year 3-6 students who participated in the Swimming Carnival last week. Our students demonstrated excellent sportsmanship and support for not only their team but other schools in the day. Our students were a sight to see!

Below is write up from Rosie and Bentley.

On week 8, 21st of March, our school participated in SACPSSA Catholic Swimming Carnival. There were three divisions, Div. A was the fastest swimmer that had to do 50m, Div. B and C are for slightly slower people who did 25m. We did really well, these are some of the events we competed in, the open medley relay, 25m freestyle Breaststroke, backstroke, Butterfly, 50m freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and the freestyle relays. We got heaps of first ribbons and came first over all, so that is three years in a row. We also got some year level awards for year 3, 4 and 5. and some people got individual achievements, Connie W won Age Champion Year 3, Wilbur A won Age Champion Year 4, and Ethel A won Age Champion Year 5. In conclusion we were impressed in everyone who participated even if you were scared you did a great job, Congratulations on a great day.

It was a fantastic day out for all. Thank you to the parents and staff that were able to come along and support the children, and to Arlen Amey and David Williams for assisting with the judging and placing on the day.