Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to Week 2. It was lovely to wander around classrooms last week to see how our students at St Mary’s have settled in and how engaged they are in their schooling for 2025.

On Tuesday the 25^th of February we will hold the Community Council Annual General Meeting and Open Meeting. The idea of this meeting is to elect a new Chair to the Community Council and to give members of our school community the opportunity to voice any issues they have or anything they would like to raise. If you have an item for the agenda, they must be sent to damian.collins@cg.catholic.edu.au prior to the meeting.

Please note we have had to change the date of our Opening Mass to Thursday the 20^thof February. All are invited to attend!! Our Year 6 leaders will receive their badges at this Mass.

Our annual swimming carnival will be held on Friday evening at Holland Park pool with infants beginning at 5pm and the primary carnival beginning at 5:30pm. Congratulations to the following students who were voted in on Friday to lead their sporting houses.

Scarlette Orr – McAuley

Molly Gaynor – Tenison-Woods

Marcus Murrells – MacKillop

Next week we will hold our ‘Getting to know you’ parent teacher interviews which will be open to you on Compass tomorrow. They will be 10 minutes and will give you the opportunity to talk to your child’s teacher about how we can help your child and for you, as a parent, to give invaluable insight into your child’s needs. As these interviews are early in the year, they are not a chance to provide feedback on how your child is progressing.

Remember my door is always open.

Principal

Damian Collins

Term 1, 2025 Class and Whole School Mass Timetable

Please note the change of date for the Opening School Mass

   

Kinder Rest Day and Best Start Interview

Parents of Kinder students are reminded that they have 3 Rest Days - Wednesday the 12th, 19th and 26th of February.

Our Kinder students get very tired and this break will help them to remain keen and focused.

Mrs Turner will be holding the Best Start Interviews on these days. If you haven't already booked please do so ASAP via Compass.

The Life Education Van will be visiting St Mary’s School Monday 3rd, Tuesday 4th & Wednesday 5th March.

It is expected that all students participate in this program as the content is linked to the school curriculum.

The cost per child is $13 and this should be paid via Compass.

A Compass event will be sent out in the near future.

Medical Form - 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.

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

The Compass Calendar is updated to show Mass times, sporting events, important events.

Day	Event	Location
Wednesday 12th February	Kinder Rest Day
Friday 14th February	St Mary's Swimming Carnival	At Holland park Pool
Wednesday 19th February	Kinder Rest Day
Thursday 20th February	Opening School Mass @ 12pm	At St Mary's Church
Monday 24th February	Western Region Swimming For athletes who qualified only.	Tumut
Tuesday 25th February	Community Council AGM @ 7pm	At School
Wednesday 26th February	Kinder Rest Day
Monday 3rd - Wednesday 5th March	Life Education Van - Healthy Harold	At School
Wednesday 12th - Monday 24th March	NAPLAN	At School
Friday 4th April	St Mary's Cross Country	- Infants at School - Primary at Showgrounds
Tuesday 8th April	St Anne's Taster Day	At St Anne's, Temora
Thursday 10th April	Last Day of Term 1
Friday 11th April	Staff Development Day - Pupil Free Day