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- A Message from our Principal
- St Mary's Prays
- Class Mass Times Term 3, 2025
- Around the school this week
- Happy Birthday
- Kindergarten 100 Days of School
- School Sport 2025
- NSW Touch Gala Day - Parkes
- Staff Changes Week 2 - Term 3
- IMPORTANT DATES IN THE COMING WEEKS
- Kinder 2026 Orientation Dates 2025
- Kinder Enrolment 2026
- ICAS Assessments 2025
- Canteen News
- Swap It!
- Community Notices
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome to Week 2. We definitely hit the ground running for Term 3 with two excursions on the second day back. I was lucky enough to attend the annual Archdiocesan NAIDOC week Mass held in Cootamundra. I joined Miss Turner and our leadership class for the Mass. I was extremely impressed with the maturity and respect shown by our Year 6 leaders. We are lucky to have such fine leaders at St Mary’s.
Our second excursion was our K-2 students who travelled to Wagga to the Civic Theatre to attend the ‘Imagine Live’ performance. At St Mary’s we aim to provide our students with amazing opportunities. Students and teachers reported how much fun it was and that it was a great opportunity to see a live show. Many thanks to all those who helped in organising both experiences and thank you to the students for their exemplary behaviour.
Tomorrow at 12pm, Kindergarten and Year 6 will celebrate Mass with Father Hilary. With the feast of St Joachim and St Anne on the weekend, who are the Patron Saints of grandparents, the theme of the celebration will be grandparents. So, we’d love to see as many grandparents at the Mass as possible!!
Congratulations to Charlotte Pursehouse in Year 4 who was successful in the Year 4 ‘Speak Off’ with Lake Cargelligo. Charlotte will now compete in the Archdiocesan public speaking finals in Gundagai.
This afternoon at 4pm in the school hall, St Mary’s is hosting an Emotional Regulation & Anxiety forum. The event will be led by local expert in this area Esther Petrie and our very own school counsellor Natalie Cowled. They will provide strategies for you and your children at morning drop offs, transitions, changes in routines and will discuss overall emotional regulation and support. This opportunity is not to be missed!!!
Remember my door is always open.
Principal
Damian Collins
This week at St Mary’s our focus value will be Humility. Humility means that we have a realistic view of ourselves by understanding both our strengths and weaknesses. While it’s good to be aware of our talents and achievements, we should never boast about them because we recognise everything comes from God, like our health, our possessions and even our friends.
A Prayer for Humility
Term 3 Class Mass
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Date |
Class |
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Week 2 Wednesday 30th July |
Kinder & Year 6 Class Mass @ 12pm Parents and friends are more than welcome. |
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Week 3 Wednesday 6th August |
Year 2, Year 3 & Year 4 Class Mass @ 12pm Parents and friends are more than welcome. |
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Week 4 Wednesday 13th August |
Year 5 & Year 1 Class Mass @ 12pm Parents and friends are more than welcome. |
|
Billy Green |
Ayla Stacey |
Frankie Pettit |
|
Henry Pursehouse |
Jeffrey Eza'awe | Ida Wood |
| Seth Coburn |
Arlie Orr |
Harrison Chantrill |
| Charlie Gregor |
Aris KC |
Charlotte Somerset |
| Rose Player |
Ricky Smith |
James Curry |
Harriet Bell, Hendrix Stewart, Scarlette Orr & Skylar Shumba
who celebrate their birthdays during this week.
We hope you enjoy your special day.
KINDER DON'T FORGET
Kinder Kind will be celebrating 100 Days of School this Thursday 31st of July. What a huge achievement!
Mrs Turner has a fun filled day organised for the Kinder students.
AFL Singlets
This year we were lucky enough to be able to purchase some new AFL singlets for the students. Thanks to Ted, Marcus and Billy for showing them off for us!
Canberra Goulburn Archdiocese Trials
If your Year 5/6 child has the ability to compete at a representative level in the following sports - Basketball, Cricket, Netball, Football (Soccer), Softball, Touch Football and Rugby Union - you are able to nominate them for the Archdiocesan trials.
Please note that the Archdicocesan representative sport trials are highly competitve and there is an expectation that children nominating for these trials have extensive experience in the sport and currently compete at a high level.
If you would like to nominate your child to trial for a sport please go to https://csnsw.sport
Year 5/6 Touch Gala Day
Our Year 5 and 6 students will attend the NSW Touch Football Primary School Gala Day in Parkes next Wednesday the 6th August.
3 mixed teams have been entered. The games will run as a gala day format and will consist of 15 minute games with 6 players on the field. A Compass event has been sent out to the Year 5/6 parents. Please action this as soon as possible. Team lists will be available on the event once they have been finalised.
A bus will be provided and this will cost $15 per student. This will cover half the bus cost and the school will pay the remainder. At this current time the bus will be departing at 7:15. Students will be required to be at school no later than 7:10. This will be confirmed closer to the event once a draw has been confirmed. Return time will be confirmed.
Students will be provided with a playing singlet the day before. Please pack a spare shirt so the singlets can be handed in at the conclusion of the day. Students must also bring a hat, water bottle and a packed lunchbox. There has been no indication as yet for a canteen, if more information regarding this is received it will be passed on.
Students may wear football boots for the games if they wish.
Week 2
Date and Day |
Teacher on Leave or PD |
Class |
Relief |
Tuesday 29th July |
Mrs Harland |
n/a |
n/a
|
Friday 1st August |
Mrs Taylor |
Year 5 Hope |
Mrs Reichstein |
The following events are in the calendar in the next few weeks.
The Compass Calendar is updated to show Mass times, sporting events, important events.
|
Day |
Event | Location |
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Wednesday 30th July |
 Kinder & Year 6 Class Mass
|
St Mary's Church |
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Thursday 31st July |
 Kinder 100 Days of School
|
At School |
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Monday 4th - Friday 8th August |
 ICAS - Digital Technologies & Writing
|
At School |
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Wednesday 6th August |
 Western Region Public Speaking Finals
|
St Patrick's Hall, Gundagai |
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Wednesday 6th August |
 Primary School Touch Footy Gala Day @ Parkes
(Year 5 & 6)
|
Cheney Park, Parkes |
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Monday 11th - Friday 15th August |
ICAS - English
|
At School |
|
Monday 18th - Friday 22nd August |
ICAS - Science & Spelling Bee
|
St School |
|
Thursday 21st August |
 Canberra Goulburn Athletics
|
AIS, Canberra |
|
Monday 25th - Friday 29th August |
ICAS - Mathematics
|
At School |
|
Friday 12th September |
 Todd Woodbridge Cup - Stage 2
|
West Wyalong Tennis Courts |
We are welcoming new enrolments for the 2026 school year.
Please enrol online before the 31st of August, however late enrolments are always accepted, at our website with the link below - https://smwms.nsw.edu.au/enrolment
If you require further information please call the school office.
Please note that the ICAS subject areas shown for selection are at the school’s discretion.
After payment is made via the Parent Payment System, you will receive an order confirmation email, please keep this for your records.
ICAS results and certificates
All assessments will be conducted online, at school. We will notify you of the date(s) that we will run ICAS assessments, and when your child’s ICAS results are ready. Your child’s ICAS certificates will be delivered to school. Once we have received them, we will present them to your child to bring home. The back of the certificate will show your child’s ICAS results and the login details, “TAP ID and Pin”. - Use these to enter the Results Portal orti.icasassessments.com/ortiStudent.
Privacy collection statement
The following information is a privacy notification about how your child’s data is kept private and secure.
ICAS Assessment is owned by Janison Solutions Pty Ltd (We, Us, Our).
To deliver assessment products, Janison will require your child’s School to obtain your consent to provide Janison with certain personal information of students. Janison will collect, store, use, disclose and otherwise deal with such personal information in accordance with its privacy policy (below). We are aware of our responsibility to protect personal information related to children and students from being disclosed when we deliver an ICAS Assessments product. Unless you, as the child’s legal guardian consents, we will not:
- collect any personal information or data of children other than the information we need for the successful completion of an assessment, test, or exam.
- transfer any personal information we obtain from a child in the delivery of assessments and tests to any jurisdiction outside of Australia.
- share any personal information relating to children with any third parties (except for those third parties necessary for us to carry out our Services or provide our Products e.g., medal engraving).
- use any personal information or data relating to children for marketing purposes.
You can view our full privacy policy at https://www.janison.com/privacy-policy/.
We may retain personal information and data relevant to a child for their future purposes or for research purposes by Janison for the duration of the school life cycle of the child. However, if you or your child at any time wish to have their personal information or data removed from our systems, they or you may opt out by simply contacting our Privacy Officer at privacy@janison.com or by contacting icasassessments@janison.com.
We are excited to be offering ICAS to our students this year and look forward to celebrating their achievements. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any questions.
