This month on SchoolTV - Body Image

Kids today are more obsessed with their body image than those in past generations. This is partially influenced by the media and their social connectivity. Encouraging kids to have a healthy body image in childhood, can lay the foundations for good physical and mental health later in life.

A recent study highlighted that body image is one of the top three concerns for Australian youth. Over half of girls in high schools have tried to lose weight. One-third of teenage boys wanted to be thinner and another third wanted to be larger. Children need to understand that their body shape and size is not a reflection of their health or success. Parents and schools need to work together to help kids understand that everyone is born with their own ‘body-suit’.

In this edition of SchoolTV, parents will learn how to encourage their child to have a positive body image and why it is so important to their mental health. We hope you take time to reflect on the information offered in this month’s edition and we always welcome your feedback.

If you have any concerns about your child, please contact the school office for further information.

Here is the link to this month’s edition http://smwms.nsw.schooltv.me/newsletter/body-image

Amen.

We are welcoming new enrolments for the 2019 school year.  We appreciate that this is a significant decision for parents and know that new families will need time to consider all available options.  If you require further information please ring and make an appointment.

The remaining mass times for this year are:

Happy Birthday to

who celebrate their birthdays next week.

We hope you enjoy your special day.

• Canberra Excursion - Year 5/6 - forms due ASAP, final payment due 14 October.  Payment plans available. 

St Mary's will be hosting the Western Region Public Speaking on Wednesday 22 August.

The school will provide morning tea and a light lunch to the parents and carers who attend this event with their children.  We expect up to 80 parents and children.

We are calling for help from our school community:

• For donations of cakes, slices, biscuits and sandwiches.  These would need to be delivered to the school before 11 am on the day.
• For a few parents to help setup, serve and clean up on the day from 10.30am to approximately 1.30pm.

If you can help please click on this link to email the school office.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Our school currently has a student enrolled who has a compromised immune system and is more vulnerable to disease than other students. We also have students enrolled in the school who, for medical reasons, cannot be immunised. Therefore, it is important that you do not send your children to school if they are unwell.

Students with a compromised immune system are especially susceptible to Chicken Pox and contact can have catastrophic results.

If you know of any chicken pox infections within the school families or students who may have had contact with chicken pox elsewhere please let the school know immediately.  This will allow us to notify the parents of our most vulnerable students.

Your child should also stay at home if they have any infectious disease, coughs, runny noses, a temperature, diarrhea or other infections. For more information about how long an illness is contagious, contact your GP or visit the NSW Health website at health.nsw.gov.au.

There are a large number of polar fleece jumpers in lost property that we are unable to return to their owners as they do not have names on them.

PLEASE label your child’s clothing so that we can save parents money by returning jumpers that are discarded on the playground and in classrooms.

Jumpers that are named often end up in the wrong backpack, so we also ask that you check the name on your child’s jumper & return to the rightful owner if necessary.

THE SCHOOL STILL NEEDS VOLUNTEER PARENT WWCC NUMBERS.

DON'T FORGET TO LET THE SCHOOL KNOW YOUR WWCC CLEARANCE NUMBER AND DATE OF BIRTH.

CLICK HERE TO EMAIL THE SCHOOL THE INFORMATION

Pictured are some of our students and their grandparents at the morning tea held after our lovely Grandparents Mass this morning.  Thank you to everyone who attended.