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- St Mary's Prays
- St Mary's Congratulates
- End of Year Events 2022
- Kinder Orientation Dates 2022
- Staff Changes Week 4 - Term 4
- Melbourne Cup - Wear a Hat Day
- Perpetual Trophies
- Happy Birthday
- Colour Explosion Run Fundraising - Update
- School Intensive Swimming Program 2022
- Year 3/4 - Visit to Lake Cowal Conservation Centre
- P & F News
- Around the school last week
- Live Life Well @ School
- Community Notices
- IMPORTANT DATES IN THE COMING WEEKS
- Melbourne Cup - Wear a Hat Day
- Canberra Excursion Yr 5/6
- School Counsellor Visit - Via Zoom
- Lake Cowal Visit - Year 3/4
- CG Representative Cricket Trials
- Kinder Orientation - Full Day
We would like to extend our sympathy to Sue Buttenshaw and family on the passing of her mother last week. Our prayers are with Sue and her family.
"Always pray and never give up" - Luke 18:1
Once upon a time, there was an old man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach every morning before he began his work. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast beach littered with starfish as far as the eye could see, stretching in both directions.
Off in the distance, the old man noticed a small boy approaching. As the boy walked, he paused every so often and as he grew closer, the man could see that he was occasionally bending down to pick up an object and throw it into the sea. The boy came closer still and the man called out, “Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?”
The young boy paused, looked up, and replied “Throwing starfish into the ocean. The tide has washed them up onto the beach and they can’t return to the sea by themselves,” the youth replied. “When the sun gets high, they will die, unless I throw them back into the water.”
The old man replied, “But there must be tens of thousands of starfish on this beach. I’m afraid you won’t really be able to make much of a difference.”
The boy bent down, picked up yet another starfish and threw it as far as he could into the ocean. Then he turned, smiled, and said, “It made a difference to that one!”
| Frederick Miles | Charlotte Pursehouse | Louis Morton |
| Ella Patton | Cooper Miles | Abigail Sturgess |
| Marcus Murrells | Georgina Patton | Jessica Hardie |
| Alan McCoullough | Hunter Ferguson | Asha McDonell |
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Archdiocese Public Speaking
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Year 5 School Captain Speeches and Voting @ 9.10am |
Tuesday 6 December St Mary's School Hall |
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Matinee Performance @ 11.30am |
Thursday 8 December West Wyalong S&C Club |
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Speech Night and Performance @ 6pm |
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Reports go home to parents |
Monday 12 December |
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Year 6 Graduation Dinner |
Wednesday 14 December West Wyalong Sports Club 6.00pm |
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Year 6 Graduation Mass |
Thursday 15 December St Mary's Church at midday |
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Final School Day |
Friday 16th of December |
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First Day of School for all students in 2023 This includes our new KINDER, who will then have the next four Wednesday's off. |
Wednesday 1st February |
Friday 4 November - 8.55am to 3.20pm - wth a parent information session at 9am on "Everything you need to know about Kinder 2023"
Friday 11 November - 8.55am to 3.20pm
Children should wear comfortable clothes and a hat. They will need a piece of fruit, recess and a drink for the two half days. On the full days they will need their lunch as well.
Date and Day |
Teacher on Leave or PD |
Class |
Relief |
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Mr Collins, Mrs Turner and Mrs Sams will be attending the Canberra excursion with our 5/6 students on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week. |
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Happy Birthday toReni Wendt
who celebrates his birthday next week.
We hope you enjoy your special day.
Monday 21 November
Planning is underway for St Mary’s Intensive Swimming Program. All students are encouraged to participate in this program. Swimming is very much a part of the Australian lifestyle and a high level of swimming ability and knowledge and skill in water safety is not only highly desirable but could be life saving.
The program will run over five days, from Monday the 21st of November to Friday the 25th of November. The program will be implemented by qualified instructors employed by the L&R Group from the Holland Park Swim Centre to meet the needs of the K - 6 PDHPE syllabus. Class teachers will attend to supervise.
The primary aim is to develop each child’s swimming ability. The program will offer the following skill levels:
| HARP SEALS |
This level is for beginners. Children who have little to no swimming ability and/or experiences. |
| LEOPARD SEALS |
This level is for children who can propel themselves through the water independently but have yet to develop correct freestyle swimming. |
| WEDDELL SEALS |
This level is for children who can swim independently for 15m-25m who need stroke development. |
| GREY SEALS |
This is our school squad level and is for swimmers who can swim 50m freestyle. Other strokes will be developed. |
The students will be placed in groups depending on their level of ability as advised by parents. Students will be assessed on the first day to make sure they are in the correct group.
Students not attending the program will be supervised at school and set appropriate literacy learning activities.
PLEASE LOGON TO COMPAS TO GIVE CONSENT AND PAY FOR OUR INTENSIVE SWIMMING PROGRAM.
The bus will leave the front of the school at 9am sharp and return to St Mary's by 3.00pm.
Students should wear farm or bush walking clothes ie. long pants, boots or sneakers, t-shirt/shirt and jumper and bring a packed recess, fruit, water bottle and a hat. Lunch of a sausage sizzle and popper is provided.
The cost of transport and lunch will be covered by St Mary's School.
Please logon to Compass to give consent for your child/ren to attend this event.
Award Winners
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Socktober 2022
Thank you so much to all for helping make our Socktober a mammoth success. We raised $204 through online donations and $256 from gold coin donations and our bake sale, totalling to an impressive $460.
A special mention to all the parents who donated baked goodies to our sale. It was truly appreciated. A special thank you to Mrs Tessa Turner, Hugo Harper, Bella Alchin and Ruby Glasgow for jumping into the canteen and helping out.
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The following events are in the calendar in the next few weeks.
To see the school's full calender check out the SZApp or our website.
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Tue
01 Nov 2022
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Tue
01 Nov 2022
1
Tue
01 Nov 2022
2
Wed
02 Nov 2022 - 04 Nov 2022
2
Wed
02 Nov 2022 - 04 Nov 2022
Location: Alivio Tourist Park
Address: Canberra, Canberra
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Wed
02 Nov 2022 - 04 Nov 2022
Location: Alivio Tourist Park
Address: Canberra, Canberra
2
Wed
02 Nov 2022
2
Wed
02 Nov 2022
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:
2
Wed
02 Nov 2022
14
Mon
14 Nov 2022
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Mon
14 Nov 2022
Our Year 3/4 students will visit The Lake Cowal Conservation Centre (LCCC) on Monday the 14th November.
The LCCC is a community educational facility where school students, land managers and community members can learn about and experience a variety of issues associated with natural resource management.
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Mon
14 Nov 2022
4
Fri
04 Nov 2022
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Fri
04 Nov 2022
Students in Year 5 and 6 who have nominated and been accepted to trial at the Canberra Goulburn Cricket Trials will be in Queanbeyan today.
4
Fri
04 Nov 2022
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Fri
04 Nov 2022
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Fri
04 Nov 2022
Kinder Orientation today from 8:55am till 3.20pm - a full day.
Children will need a hat, a piece of fruit, drink, recess and lunch.
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Fri
04 Nov 2022