A Prayer of the First Sunday of Advent

  Great Giver of all that is, show us how much we have received through your abundant generosity.

Satisfy our restless hearts with the assurance of your love for us, that we will grow to desire your potter's hands shaping and moulding us.

AMEN

Taken from www.cccb.ca

• Year 6 Graduation Dinner  - Year 6 - a paper invitation was sent to each Year 6 family with information on the dinner at the S&C Club. Please call the school office to give your child's meal choice.  PAYMENT CAN BE MADE USING QIKR - FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR INSTRUCTIONS.  We are trialling QIKR for school payments and we welcome you to help with the trial.  A couple of points to note are: search for West Wyalong not St Mary's, add your children and add your card.  Once you choose Adult Dinner and the number attending, add to cart, then choose the child dinner and add to cart.  When you checkout you can delete items or add more.  Please call the school for help if needed.

• Year 5 School Captain Speeches - Year 5 - an electronic attendance form will be sent via text to parents of the Year 5 students who have been nominated by their peers to run for school captain next week.  Please complete this form as soon as possible.

• Speech Day - Year 6 and Award Winners - an electronic attendance form was sent via text to parents of our Year 6 students and our award winners in Years 3-5.  Please complete this form as soon as possible if you have not already done so.

• Year 6 Graduation Mass - Year 6 - an electronic attendance form will be sent via text to parents of Year 6 students next week.  Please complete this form as soon as possible.

Our school Speech Day will be Thursday the 10th of December from 9.30m at the S&C Club.

The ceremony will start with awards being presented to students.  Parents of Year 6 students and students who are receiving a major award have been invited to attend.  An electronic form has been sent to the parents and this will need to be completed as only invited guests will be able to enter the venue.

Students will walk to the S&C Club for both the award ceremony and the later class performances with their class teachers.

Following the major awards, due to COVID-19 restriction numbers, parents who were at the award ceremony will need to leave the venue.  Unfortunately no parents will be able to attend the class performances.  Each performance will be filmed and distributed to parents. 

All students should come to school in their school uniform.  Children will get changed into any costumes as required before the class performance.

The Year 5 students who nominated for School Captain, and were  successful in the first round of voting, will speak to the whole school, and invited parents, in the church on Wednesday the 9th of December at 9.10am.

These students are:

Indi Loudon, Amelia Alchin, Layla Player, Sarah Pettit, Charlie Murdoch, Tommy Anderson, Ted Curry and Harry Morton.

Teachers and students from Years 2 to 5 will then vote for our 2021 School Captains.  The votes are weighted 50% teachers and 50% students.

Our Year 6 Graduation Mass will be held on Tuesday 15th December at 12.30pm.

Three family members for each Year 6 student will be able to attend.  An electronic attendance form will be sent to parents early next week.

Reports will be sent home with students on Monday the 14th of December.  Reports for absent students will be posted.

Reports are an official written document for parents and it is up to their discretion as to how much of that report they share with their child.

Mrs Emma McRae our counsellor will be visiting St Mary's next week on Wednesday the 9th of December.

Emma will be holding her counselling sessions face to face while maintaining the appropriate social distancing protocols.

If you would like to make a confidential appointment for your child please contact the office.

      Happy Birthday to

James Curry, Charlie Murdoch and Rose Player

who celebrate their birthday next week.

We hope you enjoy your special day.

   

REMINDER OF PROCEDURE WHEN PICKING UP YOUR CHILDREN

FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR CHILDREN PLEASE NOTE THE CURRENT WALKING PROCEDURE

Children who are walking should follow the same procedure that is in place currently due to the building work.  The laneway leading to the southern end of town (cricket pitch end) has become the access point for machinery and heavy vehicles.  Therefore students walking to the southern end of town can leave the school from the Church Street entry (netball court) or the England Street bus stop area.

Please note that students walking home are not permitted to walk through the Church carpark lane.  Students may only enter the church carpark with their parents.  The school has a teacher on lawn duty to monitor student pickup in this area.

Your cooperation in this matter will be greatly appreciated.

The school thanks Nickey Harland who has completed her time on the School Board and we appreciate her commitment over the last two years.

     

All students K-6 require the following items for school, clearly labeled:

art smock, box tissues

Students in Years 1-6 require the following:

Scissors, glue sticks, erasers, pencil sharpeners, black lead pencils (HB), plastic ruler (narrow), coloured pencils and/or textas

Students in Years 5 & 6 only—biros – blue and red

Students in Kinder, Years 1 & 2 require a Library Bag.

Kindergarten students are provided with all  stationery requirements by the school

Back packs are available from the school office at a cost of $50.

The following events are in next weeks calendar.

To see the school's full calender check out the SZApp or our website.