Dear Parents and Carers,

2022 will be another year of living with a worldwide pandemic. I would like to thank all our families for your patience and understanding of the COVID-19 restrictions that St Mary’s is operating under. We are expecting another delivery of the Rapid Antigen Tests in the coming days. Each student will receive 4 more tests for the next 2 weeks of school. The tests will go home in Schools bags this Thursday 10^th February.

I would like to welcome our continuing families to another exciting school year and extend a special welcome to our new families for 2022. This year we invite the Browne, Caygill, Hart, Orr, Speedy, Otargui, Pathan, Paul/Kisokau and Tierney families into St Mary’s. I sincerely hope your experience with the school is positive and your children are engaged with their learning.

It is also with great joy that I welcome 22 new Kinder students to our school.

In Kinder Kind we have Anderson Blampied, Wyatt Braunberger, Max Brose, Owen Browne, Karlani Caygill, Seth Coburn, Elka Cuthbertson, River Greenwood, Nixon Hart, Maisie Maslin, Frederick Miles, Hugo Northfield, Noah Northfield, Arlie Orr, Alicia Otargui, John Patton, Stevie Smith, Amity Speedy, Hendirx Stewart, Lucy Weir and Reni Wendt.

St Mary’s also has new students in other classes starting for 2022. We welcome:

Zoe Otaegui and ZainKhan Pathan in Year 2 Mercy, Darcy Tierney in Year 3/4 Trust, Scarlette Orr in Year 3/4 Peace and Stephanie Paul in Year 5/6 Hope.

I look forward to getting to know you all and finding out about your story.

2022 also sees two teachers re-join our staff. I would like to welcome back Mrs Emma McGee (Year 1 Joy teacher) and Mrs Cuthbertson (Year 5/6 Faith teacher & REC) who both return from maternity leave.

I would like to offer an invitation to our entire school community to contact the school for any reason, either positive or negative. I am open to constructive feedback and no issue is too big or too small for St Mary's to be contacted about. I am looking forward to collaborating with the entire school community to ensure St Mary’s continues to provide the quality education service it is known for.

Kind Regards,

Phil Nielsen

Principal

• The Orr family with Scarlett in Year 3 and Arlie in Kinder.
• The Paul/Kisokau family with Stephanie in Year 6.
• The Pathan family with Zain in Year 2.
• The Tierney family who are returning to St Mary's after a few years absence with Darcy in Year 3. We are happy to see you back in town.
• The Otaegui family with Alicia in Kinder and Zoe in Year 2.

St Mary's hopes you enjoy our wonderful community. 

We welcome our new Kinder students for 2022

Back (L-R): Anderson Blampied, Freddie Miles, Seth Coburn, Noah Northfield, Hendrix Stewart, Owen Browne, Max Brose, Wyatt Braunberger, Nixon Hart, Reni Wendt and Noah Northfield

Front (L-R): Stevie Smith, River Greenwood, Lucy Weir, Alicia Otaegui, Elka Cuthbertson, Arlie Orr, Ava Bales, Maisie Maslin and Karlani Caygill

ABSENT: Amity Speedy and John Patton

Happy Birthday to

Toby Nielsen, Jess Hardie, Ted Glasgow and Ruby Glasgow

who celebrated their birthdays last week or in the coming week.

We remind our Kinder parents to logon with SeeSaw using the information and QR code sent home by Mrs Meincke.

SeeSaw is used extensively by teachers to contact parents and distribute information.

Students are moved automatically each year to their new class, however Year 3/4 Peace have not been setup as yet but will be this week.

Please contact the school if you require any assistance or you are not able to see your child's class messages in SeeSaw.

• Medical Form (orange) - All Years - Please complete and return the form to the school office.  A new form is required for each student every year.  If you indicate your child has asthma, even if seasonal, an action plan from your doctor is required to be held at the school office along with a puffer and spacer labelled with your child's name.
• Year 6 Shirts - Year 6 - information has been provided via SeeSaw.  Payment and size information is required through QKR! before the 11th of February.

Our school counsellor, Mrs Emma McRae, will be visiting our school for the first half of Term 1 on the following dates:

• 04/02  Friday

• 10/02 Thursday

• 18/02 Friday

• 21/02 Monday

• 28/02 Monday

Please follow this link for detailed information on the service provided to our families by Catholic Care.

If you would like to make a confidential appointment for your child please contact the school office or you can complete an online form at this link:

Catholic Care - Counselling Referral Form

This information can also be found on our school website and the SZApp and includes a link to the referral form.

Issue 1 of Scholastic Book Club will close on Monday the 14th of February.

It is best to use the LOOP order system but if you need to pay by cash or cheque then the forms need to be sent to the office.

We would appreciate any donations of tissues for your child's classroom.

Please send any boxes to the office or with your child for their teacher.

Thank you.

Library Timetable 2022

   

Sport Days 2022

     

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 $35.

Please see below for the general information brochure.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

We took some lovely photos of our students on Day 1.

Everyone looking happy and ready to enjoy the new school year.

The following events are in the caldendar in the next few weeks.

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