Family Profile – The Jakobsson’s

The Jakobsson Family

St Paul’s enjoys a vibrant and welcoming community of families whose support enhances the learning experience of our students in many valuable ways.

The Jakobsson family share some of their thoughts on the school experiences they have enjoyed and valued as part of the St Paul’s community.

Who is the Jakobsson family?

Parents Michelle and John and their three children, currently studying at St Paul’s: Kai: Year 12 Zoe: Year 10 Mia: Year 8

Plus, their dog, Oreo and several chooks! The Jakobssons have lived in the Hawkesbury region for around seventeen years.

How do you like to spend time together as a family?

We really enjoy family holidays, skiing, jet skiing or relaxing by the pool at home. Our family movie nights are also always fun and we enjoy playing card and board games together.

We chose St Paul’s for our children’s education as it was a local school with a great reputation and had an impressive mix of subjects and co-curricular activities.

Why did you choose to send your children to St Paul’s?

We chose St Paul’s for our children’s education as it was a local school with a great reputation and had an impressive mix of subjects and co-curricular activities. The Pre-Kindergarten programme was just commencing at the time Kai was starting at the school and we liked the fact that St Paul’s caters to students from Pre-Kindergarten through to Year 12, all in one school.

What are the things you engage with at St Paul’s that you really value as a family?

We like the school’s involvement with the ISA sporting competitions (tennis, netball, and softball), the dance programme and being part of the parent and school community group, Friends of St Paul’s (FoSP), which organises a range of community-based activities.

Our Crest

Design & Colour As a family we have loved watching our girls The St Paul’s crest represents take part in the school’s Dance Academy the centrality of the cross to the Christian faith and thus mission of our school; profiled by the showcases, Ricochet and Sojourn and have rising sun symbolising our hope and future in Christ. The crest is made up of the central logo with the name and motto of the greatly enjoyed watching all the other visual school around the diameter. The logo should not be redrawn, digitally manipulated and performing arts performances.or altered. No rescaling of the horizontal or vertical proportions should occur.

Colours: Pantone, CMYK and RGB versions of the St Paul’s School crest have What are some of things your children been created. The colour values are:

enjoy at St Paul’s?

Colour Reverse White reverse / CMYK They really value the co-curricular activities crest should be reversed out of St Paul’s Blue - PMS541 open to them, such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award, ISA sports the many different cultural Mono / Mono Reverse To be used when appropriate for non colour reproduction (forms, reversed out of photographic background) or when colour isn’t tours, musical and dance productions. available.

PMS 294 C C100 M69 Y7 K30 R0 G47 B108 PMS 362 C C78 M0 Y100 K2 R80 G158 B47 PMS 3935 C C2 M0 Y60 K0 R243 G234 B93

Friends of St Paul’s

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What are some things you find challenging as parents (or as a family)?

Juggling all the after-school activities and getting everyone to where they are supposed to be on time is a challenge. Dance classes, sports training as well as getting three children to different venues each week for ISA sports can lead to us asking fellow families for a little help at times.

2021 has been another particularly demanding year. What was your experience of remote learning and managing as a family through such a disruptive time?

The remote learning aspect was good and we found our children adapted well, particularly as they are older. However, it was harder for Kai in Year 12, as the lockdown interrupted not only Year 12 but also Year 11. Most of all, the children missed all the face-to-face social interaction with their peers at school.

What has been a highlight for your family in 2021?

Getting to spend more time with each other as a family, learning to cook new meals, as well as the Penrith Panthers winning the NRL Grand Final! We also started to plan our next family holiday when we can go overseas.

What is your family looking forward to in 2022?

We are really looking forward to holidaying and travelling overseas, hopefully to visit some family in Sweden. Kai’s acceptance into University and starting the next adventure of his life is also really exciting.

Life has been a challenge this year with everything we value turned upside down, but we will all come out stronger.

Friends of St Paul’s (FoSP) is a longstanding school institution composed of dedicated parents, community members and staff, who deliver a range of events and activities that connect the community, benefit St Paul’s and enhance the student school experience.

Over the last five years, Michelle has played a key role with FoSP as a very active and enthusiastic member. For the past two years, she has also been the group’s Vice-President.

Trivia nights and colour fun runs as well as Christmas events are just a few of the things she has been involved with that have helped to bring St Paul’s together, raise money and help improve student life on campus.

“I have found the parents that come to our FoSP meetings have a real interest in helping our school community. Due to this being a small school in comparison to others it is great to see parents willing to put their hands up and volunteer to help the school with small projects.

We welcome all new members to our meetings that are held in the Secondary School office the second Tuesday of every month.” Michelle Jakobsson.

More information about the Friends of St Paul’s is available on the school’s website.