Dear Parents and Carers,

Term 2 has been a busy term as usual and we still have a few major events before the term finishes.  Reports are still to come out and our teachers are looking forward to the Parent/Teacher interviews in Week 10. Building works continue around the school and are nearing completion.

Parent Portal

Catholic Education Canberra Goulburn are making the switch to an online system called Compass that is designed to house all school systems in one place, such as attendance, sick bay entries, student reports, excursion information and permissions and booking systems.  You will also be able to communicate with your child's teacher and receive communication from the school.  

For our parents this will mean that our Schoolzine APP will be slowly phased out as we move each part of the current system to Compass.

Our first step will be to confirm parent email and mobile numbers in our current school database, which is not linked to Schoolzine.  More information about how to update your details will come out before the end of term.

Building Update

The works in the office and staff areas are in the final stages of completion.  Assessments have been completed by the staff at Canberra Goulburn Planning and Facilities office on incomplete works and defects.  Plans to have these rectified are being made and will be communicated to the school in the coming weeks.

Work on the outdoor learning centre is progressing well.  The deck area, shade sail poles and access ramp are completed.  Work has begun on the dry creek bed and group work area.  The potential of the learning space is becoming apparent and we are looking forward to the works being completed in the coming weeks.

God Bless,

Phillip Nielsen

Principal

  

Living the Gospel – Seed on the Land

The first parable in the gospel passage describes the unerring work of the kingdom.

It is like the seed that almost magically transforms into a fully grown plant that may be harvested – apparently without any external forces. Of course, we know that plants need to be fed, watered, weeded and nurtured to ensure their proper growth. However, the kingdom of God works in our lives in a similar way – if we feed and nurture it, the kingdom will produce a great harvest.

Even if we don’t pay it attention, the kingdom is present and acting in our world.

Happy Birthday to

Hannah McDonell and Larna Pilon

who celebrate their birthdays this week.

We hope you enjoy your special day.

Reports will be sent home on Friday the 18th of June.

• creating your children (you can do all the children first),
• select one child at a time and choose their teacher,
• choose a booking time,
• review your booking.
• click next and choose to book again if necessary (ie.more than one child)

It is important that you do not send your children to school if they are unwell.

Your child should stay at home if they have any of the following symptoms:

• cough, runny nose, a temperature, diarrhea or sore throat.

For more information contact your GP or visit the NSW Health website at health.nsw.gov.au.

   

REGISTRATIONS 

CLOSING FRIDAY 25TH OF JUNE

This year the UNSW ICAS assessments are online and will be held in August.

Participation in these assessments is at parents discretion.  There is no obiligation for your children to sit these assessments as they are not used in the schools reporting.

The ICAS assessments are suitable for students wishing to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment.  Your child will be presented with high-quality, expert-developed questions, allowing them to apply their learning without the need for prior study or revision.  Every student will receive a printed certificate and an online result report. Top performers will be eligible for medals and are invited to attend special award ceremonies to have their academic excellence publicly recognised.

All registrations and payment for 2021 are to be done online

To register and pay for your child please click on the following link and note that the special code for St Mary's is KQQ310.

Cost for EACH assessment is $17.05, except Writing which is $21.45

The sitting windows for the ICAS tests are listed below, however the school will finalise the actual date of the tests in the coming weeks:

Writing & Digital Technologies - during the week Monday 9 August to Friday 13 August

English - during the week Monday 16 August to Friday 20 August

Science & Spelling Bee - during the week Monday 23 August to Friday 27 August

Mathematics - during the week Monday 30 August to Friday 3 September

Year 3/4 Todd Woodbridge Tennis

Our Year 3/4 students played in the Todd Woodbridge Cup at the West Wyalong Tennis Club today.

The sun shone and although it was still a bit cold our students had a wonderful time, with St Mary's winning the day!

A team of five boys and five girls were selected to compete at the next level in Wagga on a date to be confirmed:

Hunter Ferguson, Max Cuthbertson, Jimmy Dean, Freddie Bell, Ashton Barber, Chloe Morton, Lexi Patton, Hannah McDonell, Montana Crouch and Larna Pilon.

Well done to everyone.

St Mary’s has many friends from the wider community.

 One very special friend is Uncle Bernie.

Uncle Bernie is a local Wiradjuri Aboriginal elder who opens our weekly assemblies with the ‘Welcome to Country’. He teaches about Wiradjuri culture and loves to quiz the children each week on the names and meanings of local surrounding Wiradjuri towns.

We love having Uncle Bernie as a special member of school and we are very grateful for all the time and effort he puts into sharing the knowledge and culture of our Indigenous Brothers and Sisters.

Uncle Bernie is holding a picture of himself drawn by Kindergarten student Ivy Wilson.

Outdoor Learning Space

Please find some updated pictures of our outdoor learning space.

  

The following events are in the calendar in the next week.

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