Newsletter 01 May 2024
Principal's Message
Thank you to the families who were able to brave the chilly morning and represent our school at the Nar Nar Goon Dawn Service. It has been 109 years since our ANZACS landed at Gallipoli and forged the legend of loyalty, mateship and bravery which we still uphold with pride to this day.
These dispositions are also reflected in our Democratic Principles- Values for Australian Schooling:
Care and Compassion
Care for self and others.
Doing Your Best
Seek to accomplish something worthy and admirable, try hard, pursue excellence.
Fair Go
Pursue and protect the common good where all people are treated fairly for a just society.
Freedom
Enjoy all the rights and privileges of Australian citizenship free from unnecessary interference or control, and stand up for the rights of others.
Integrity
Act in accordance with principles of moral and ethical conduct, ensure consistency between words and deeds.
Respect
Treat others with consideration and regard, respect another person’s point of view.
Responsibility
Be accountable for one’s own actions, resolve differences in constructive, non-violent and peaceful ways, contribute to society and to civic life, take care of the environment.
Understanding, Tolerance and Inclusion
Be aware of others and their cultures, accept diversity within a democratic society, being included and including others.
Anzac Day Dawn Service
Thank you to the staff who ensured that our year five and six students experienced an engaging and safe city camp this week. Needless to say that they all had a great time and have came back with stories to share and a longing for a good night's sleep! We look forward to hearing more about the camp in the coming weeks.
Have a great week!
Bec
Religious Education News
Mothers Day Mass
We are creating a Mothers Day Mass PowerPoint, if you would like to email a photo of your familiy that can be used, please email to jveldman@stjamesnng.catholic.edu.au.
Parents and Friends News
School Fees
Term 2 Fee Statements will be issued to all family accounts this week.
Please note that Term 1 fees are now overdue and payable.
Direct Debit arrangements can be established at any time. Alternatively, payments can be made via bank transfer (account details are listed on the statement) or via EFTPOS in the school office.
If you have an existing Direct Debit arrangement in place, please refer to your Fee Statement and check whether your current arrangement needs to be increased in order to settle your account by the end of the school year.
If you require a confidential conversation regarding your school fees, please make contact with Bec Kollaris.
2025 Enrolments
If you know of a family wishing to enrol at St James or if you have a sibling that will be attending next year, please contact the school office for an enrolment pack.
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.
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