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Reminder SJS Touch Rugby Registrations 2021 due Monday 20 September.

SJS Touch Rugby Registrations 2021 – Registrations Close Monday 20 September 2021.

Reminder: PTFA Lunch Tomorrow

Our pizza offerings will be Meat Lovers, Hawaiian or Simply Cheese.
$2 a slice. Order before school Friday – at the front of the School office.

PTFA Lunch – Friday 17 September

Our pizza offerings will be Meat Lovers, Hawaiian or Simply Cheese.
$2 a slice.  Order before school Friday – at the front of the School office.

Yummy Sticker promotion – Stickers are due in by Friday 17 September

SJS Newsletter Term 3 Week 7

SJS Newsletter Term 3 Week 7

SJS Alert Level 3 Update

SJS Alert Level 3 Update

St James’ School Online Learning

SJS Online Learning

St James’ Catholic School Newsletter Term 3 Week 4

St James’ Catholic School Newsletter Term 3 Week 4

School will be closed for the next 3 days as the country moves to Level 4. Please look after one another.

You are invited to Family Twilight Fun Evening Meeting, Wednesday 18 August, 6.30pm, Staffroom. All Welcome

To end our Olympics focus we are having an Olympic sports afternoon on Monday. Please send your child to school in their PE Uniform.

Have you subscribed to receive txt alerts from your Child’s Learning Space, Team Whānau, or Sports Codes?

From time to time we send txt alerts to specific Learning Spaces, Team Whānau Group or Sports Codes.  Please ensure you have signed up to receive these under Alert Subscriptions.

To do this:  On the top left hand courner of your School App you will see 3 bars.  Click on these.

Click on Alert Subscriptions then using the drop down menus click on the groups you wish to receive txt alerts from.

Reminder: Central Football Tournament: Today (12 August) has been postponed. We will confirm postponement date when available.

St James’ Catholic School Newsletter – Term 3 Week 2

St James’ Catholic School Newsletter – Term 3 Week 2

Non-Uniform Day – Friday 6 August…

Friday 6 August Non-Uniform Day for Gold coin donation (Ingredients for cooking for the Twilight Family Fun Night will be purchased with proceeds)

Mihi Whakatau Monday 2 August, 9am to welcome our new families…

On Monday we look forward to welcoming our new family/whānau to our St James’ Catholic School family and our Cathedral of the Holy Spirit Parish with a Mihi Whakatau.  New family/whānau are to meet outside the school office at 8.55am.

Black Caps World Cup Mace tour, Fitzherbert Park, Thursday 29th July from 3.30pm-4.30pm…

The Manawatu Cricket Association would like to invite students, supporters and staff at St James’ Catholic School to join the Black Caps World Cup Mace tour at Fitzherbert Park on Thursday 29th July from 3.30pm-4.30pm.

Ross Taylor, Will Young and Doug Bracewell will be at Fitzherbert Park with the WTC Mace and we would love to have you and your school down at Fitz to meet the Black Caps, to have a team photo and celebrate New Zealand being World Test Champions. Your players/students are encouraged to wear school colours and we hope to arrange a photo for all schools with the Mace and the Black Caps, as well as the chance to have individual photos and get signatures.

Thanks again for your support of cricket in the Manawatu, we are all very proud of the Black Caps and know that their success is a direct result of the development they get through schools like St James’ Catholic School.

What you need to know about St James the Greater and Grandparents Day tomorrow.

Just a reminder:  tomorrow we will be celebrating  St James the Greater and Grandparents Day!

This celebration will begin at 1:00 pm with a shared lunch with your learner/s and their classes.   Please take your food items (no nuts please) to your learning space.  After this, we will move into the hall for a whole school Liturgy. We will then finish the day by moving back into our learning spaces to participate in some St James the Greater based learning. 

There is a COVID Tracer Sign In App in the School Office.  Please come to the school office and we can direct you to the appropraite learning space.

We look forward to seeing you all then, and please remember to invite any Grandparents, or other whanau to join us in this celebration!

Thursday 29 July – School finishes early at 12.30pm. Bookings for Teacher Interviews will cut off at 12noon tomorrow.

Thursday 29 July – School finishes early at 12.30pm for Parent Report Interviews 1.30pm-7.10pm

Please note interviews for Learning Space 6 will now be held on Thursday 5 August 2021.

Mid Year Report Interviews – If you would like to make an appointment to discuss your child’s progress please book a time on Thursday 29 July, between 1.30 pm – 7.10 pm. Bookings are now OPEN. Log onto: www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code

Please note bookings for Teacher Interviews will close off at 12noon tomorrow.

SJS Newsletter – Term 2, Week 10 – 8 July 2021

SJS Newsletter – Term 2, Week 10 – 8 July 2021

Pae Tamariki Kapa Haka Festival

Pae Tamariki Kapa Haka Festival Notice

Reminder: GALA meeting Wednesday 30 June, 6.30pm in the Staffroom – All Welcome.

St James’ Catholic School Newsletter – Week 8 Term 2

St James’ Catholic School Newsletter – Week 8 Term 2

Reminder: Early School Closing tomorrow (12.30pm) for Paid Union Meeting …

School Closing for Paid Union Meeting – the NZEI have notified us of a Paid Union Meeting for teachers. Our staff will be attending the meeting on June 25 – therefore school will close on Friday, June 25th at 12.30pm. We ask all children to be picked up at 12.30pm. Nippers will be operating in the hall from 12.30pm should you wish to book in.

Reminder: We have Te Totara Assembly this afternoon and Cross Country Certificates will also be presented, please be seated by 1.45pm.

Senior Kapa Haka Roopu Noho – Friday 2 July

Yesterday Senior Kapa Haka would have brought home a note advising we will no longer have the sleepover portion of our Noho on Friday 2nd July. 

We will still be in the hall from 11am but will conclude our programme at approximately 8:30pm.

Your children will need to bring:

*Their own morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea for Friday 2 July.
*Home baking to share for supper (not to contain nuts)

We would like to invite whānau to watch us run through a practice at 8pm and join us for supper afterwards, before taking your children home for the night.

Ngā mihi nui
Whaea Hilary, Whaea Amy & Mrs Cawood
Pa Brent & Whaea Leandra