Dear Parents and Carers,

What an incredibly jam packed Week 9 we have had with lots of celebration!  Our school motto is : ’Plant the seed, nurture the growth and celebrate the harvest’ and our focus over this last week has been celebrating the harvest in more ways than one! We have been celebrating learning and sporting achievements, school excursions for all classes, class performances and our Year 6 Graduation Dinner, just to name a few.  Although the week has been extremely busy, it has been a reflection on what an amazing school community we have here at St Mary’s.

There will still be more celebrations next week as you can see outlined in this weeks newsletter and we will send our final newsletter out on Wednesday 16th of December.

Our 2021 Class teachers and class lists will also be finalised early next week.  

Students will also receive their school reports on Monday which will celebrate their hard work and give them goals to set for next year.

 We give thanks for so much to celebrate including the bumper harvest for our hardworking farming families who have endured significant hardship with drought in previous years.

Have an enjoyable weekend and see you all back here for our final week of school for 2020!

God Bless.

Mrs Scott

Teach us to be gentle and patient with ourselves.

Make us receptive to your timing in others.

Help us see the long view when we are caught in the frustration of waiting.

AMEN

Taken from www.cccb.ca

This year's Speech Day looked very different to a normal year, because we were unable to invite our generous sponsors and special guests, and of course our wonderful families.

We were able to host a special morning for our Year 6 students and parents and present our major awards with the winners parents in attendance.

We would like to thank our sponsors, who supported our school even though they could not attend to present their generous awards on the day:

St Mary's Parish, Goldenfields Water, West Wyalong Lions Club, West Wyalong Rotary Club, West Wyalong Returned Services League, South West Slopes Credit Union, Commonwealth Bank, The Scott, Nicholson, Wungluck, Nowlan and Kennedy families.  

Thank you to the West Wyalong Services & Citizens club for the use of the auditorium for rehearsals and performances.  

Congratulations to our 2021 School Captains Amelia Alchin and Charlie Murdoch, shown here with our outgoing 2020 School Captains, Sam Koop (far right) and Scarlett Connellan (second left).

   

Tracey Robertson has recorded our Speech Day and every class performance.  Parents will receive a copy via their email early next week.

We thank Tracey for her time on Thursday.

    

Year 6 parents who have completed the attendance form are welcome to attend.

The following students will have a part in the Mass:

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.

P & F Christmas Raffle

St Mary's Parents & Friends would like to thank all those in the community who purchased tickets in their Christmas Raffle.  Your support is appreciated.

The winners were:

1st prize - $500 Shop Local Voucher - Emily Patton

2nd prize - $250 Shop Local Voucher - Kate Maslin

3rd prize - Lawn Coring Treatment kindly donated by Brower McIntyre - Nicole Logg

4th prize - 1/2 dozen bottles of Summer wine kindly donated by Clare Parker - Allirah Stewart

5th prize- Cheesecake kindly donated by Lisa Sturgess - Anna Bell

Canteen Roster

     

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.