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- A Message from our Principal
- St Mary's Prays
- Class Mass Times Term 2, 2025
- First Holy Communion 2025
- Around the school this week
- Happy Birthday
- Western Region Athletics Carnival 2025
- Student Reports & Parent Teacher Interviews
- Attendances
- IMPORTANT DATES IN THE COMING WEEKS
- St Mary's Information Session & Tour
- St Mary's Community Council 2025 - Trivia Night
- Wigs 4 Kids
- Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser 2025
- ICAS Assessments 2025
- Enrolment 2026
- 2026 Term Dates
- Winter Uniform Expectations
- Canteen News
- Community Notices
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome to Week 9. The second last week of term. Congratulations to our Year 3 and 4 students who made their First Eucharist on Sunday at Mass. The ceremony was a lovely celebration. The students were all beautifully presented and well prepared. Many thanks to everyone who was involved and in particular, thank you to Carlie Iverach and Lauren Manchur for their support of the children and giving up their time to ensure the students were superbly prepared to receive this important Sacrament.
Two weeks ago, St Mary’s celebrated book week with their annual book character parade followed by our book fair. I’m pleased to report, as a school, we spent $2668.34. We now have now been given over $800 to spend on books for our library. This is a fabulous outcome!! Mrs Speedy already has thoughts on how we’ll spend this money to make our fabulous library even better!!
This week we welcomed the Somerset family (Charlotte Somerset) to the St Mary’s community with Charlotte joining 4 Trust. We hope you enjoy your time with us and look forward to a happy and positive experience as a part of the St Mary’s community.
On Friday you will receive your child’s progress report. These reports do not give your child’s teacher the opportunity to comment on your child’s work habits and how they are progressing. Please make an interview time to discuss this. These interviews will be held on Monday and Tuesday of Week 10. An opportunity to book a time will become available on Friday afternoon on compass. Please note if your child receives a ‘C’ grade they are meeting the expectation for that strand. ‘The student has a sound knowledge and understanding of the main areas of content and has achieved an adequate level of competence in the processes and skills.’ - NESA National Education Standards Australia
As you would be aware our 2026 kindergarten information session and tour will be held this Thursday at 9:30. If you are aware of anyone interested in enrolling their child at St Mary’s in 2026, please let them know to attend!!! If they are unable to make it please let them know to call the front office for more information.
Remember my door is always open.
Principal
Damian Collins
This week at St Mary’s our focus value will be Courtesy. Courtesy is treating people considerately and thinking about what is good for them, not just us. It means treating them like we would like to be treated ourselves. Being courteous prevents rudeness and arguing. It helps a home or school run more smoothly because people aren’t being selfish but are always thinking of others.
A Prayer for Courtesy
The Kinder and Year 6 class Mass that was scheduled for this week has been cancelled as Father Hilary is required in Canberra. Many thanks for your understanding.
| Lara Cloete | Micah Shumba |
Bailey Walsh |
| Bodhi Fair | Isabelle McDonell |
Trudy Sturgess |
| Zechariah Semi | Skylar Shumba |
Clancy Blampied |
| Annabelle Brose | Rose Player |
Lilly Robertson |
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Abbie Blampied |
Bronte Whittaker
who celebrates her birthday during this week.
We hope you enjoy your special day.
Western Region Athletics
Last Friday, 20th June, 29 students competed at the Western Region athletics carnival in Young. It was a fabulous day and once again, our students showed exceptional sportsmanship and behaviour.
Congratulations to the following students who have qualified for the Canberra Goulburn Primary Athletics Championships to be held at the AIS in Canberra on Thursday the 21st of August. The Top 4 in 100m and 200m and Top 2 in all other events qualify.
James Curry - 2nd in 13 years 100m
Indi Fair - 1st in Junior 800m & 3rd in Junior 200m
Meila Fair - 2nd in Junior 800m
Isabelle McDonell - 3rd in 8 years 100m
William McDonell - 2nd in 12 years 100, 2nd in 12 years 200m & 1st in 12-13 years Long Jump
Billy Pettit - 3rd in 12 years 100m, 3rd in 12 years 200m & 2nd in 12-13 years Long Jump
Cailah Semi - 2nd in 11 years 100m & 3rd in 11 years 200m
Ricky Smith - 3rd in 11 years 100m & 1st in 11 years Long Jump
Senior Boys Relay Team (Billy, Will, Nikolai & Ricky) - 1st
An extra congratulations goes to Will McDonell who was named Senior Boys Age Champion Runner up!
A note will be sent home this week with information regarding the Canberra Goulburn Athletics Championships.
Placegetter ribbons will be handed out at Friday's assembly in the School Hall at 1:50pm.
Reports will be made available through Compass on Friday the 27th of June at 3pm.
To access your child's report in the Compass app tap on your child's profile picture and along the top tabs will be Reports.
Bookings are made in Compass under Conferences
If your child is attending a Gala Day organised by the school or representing our school at Western Region (Swimming, Cross Country or Athletics) an attendence note is NOT required.
If your child is attending any other sporting event - Canberra Goulburn Sports Trials, MacKillop Sports Trials, Canberra Goulburn Championships (Swimming, Cross Country or Athletics) or MacKillop Championships (Swimming, Cross Country or Athletics) - an attendance note IS required.
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.
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Day |
Event | Location |
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Thursday 26th June |
 Kinder 2026 Information Session
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At School |
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Friday 27th June |
 School Reports made available at 3pm on Compass
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Wednesday 2nd July |
 CE Director Mr David de Carvahlo visiting
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At School |
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Thursday 3rd July |
 Ronald McDonald Hot Chocolate and Beanie Day
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At School |
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Thursday 3rd July |
 Term 2 finishes for all students
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At School |
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Friday 4th July |
 Staff Development Day
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Monday 21st July |
 Staff Development Day
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Tuesday 22nd July |
 Students Return
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At School |
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Wednesday 23rd July |
 Imagine Live -
Kinder - Year 2
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Wagga Civic Theatre |
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Thursday 24th July |
 'Speak Off' with Lake Cargelligo
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At School |
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Wednesday 6th August |
 Western Region Public Speaking Finals
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St Patrick's Hall, Gundagai |
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Wednesday 6th August |
 Primary School Touch Footy Gala Day @ Parkes
(Year 5 & 6)
|
Cheney Park, Parkes |
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Thursday 21st August |
 Canberra Goulburn Athletics
|
AIS, Canberra |
FOR KINDER 2026 AND OTHER NEW ENROLMENTS
Thursday 26th June 2025
9.30am to 11.00am - meet in the staffroom
Parents and children (optional) are invited for a tour of the school and an informal chat with the School Executive followed by a short presentation and morning tea.
2026 ENROLMENTS ARE NOW OPEN ONLINE VIA OUR WEBSITE
We know our students are amazing, so we’re giving them the opportunity to showcase and celebrate their talents in the world-renowned ICAS competition this year.
What is ICAS?
ICAS is an online academic competition that gives students the opportunity to challenge their higher order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing, Spelling Bee, and Digital Technologies.
Every student who participates is celebrated and recognised with a printed certificate in each subject area, and an online results report to track development each year. Top performers are eligible for one of the highly coveted ICAS medals.
To learn more about this year’s exciting ICAS competition, visit: (icasassessments.com/products-icas/)
How to participate in ICAS
If you wish for your child to participate in ICAS this year, please:
- Read about ICAS subjects and prices here: (com/products-icas/)
- Read the Privacy Collection Statement below.
- Read the terms and conditions here: (com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-ICAS-Assessments-Schools-TsCs_S2023.V6-1.pdf)
- Go to the Parent Portal to sign up to chosen subject areas here: (icasassessments.com/pages/pps)
- Enter our school’s access code – DMG483
- Enter your child’s details, select the subject areas your child would like to participate in, then proceed to payment.
Please note that the ICAS subject areas shown for selection are at the school’s discretion.
After payment is made via the Parent Payment System, you will receive an order confirmation email, please keep this for your records.
ICAS results and certificates
All assessments will be conducted online, at school. We will notify you of the date(s) that we will run ICAS assessments, and when your child’s ICAS results are ready. Your child’s ICAS certificates will be delivered to school. Once we have received them, we will present them to your child to bring home. The back of the certificate will show your child’s ICAS results and the login details, “TAP ID and Pin”. - Use these to enter the Results Portal orti.icasassessments.com/ortiStudent.
Privacy collection statement
The following information is a privacy notification about how your child’s data is kept private and secure.
ICAS Assessment is owned by Janison Solutions Pty Ltd (We, Us, Our).
To deliver assessment products, Janison will require your child’s School to obtain your consent to provide Janison with certain personal information of students. Janison will collect, store, use, disclose and otherwise deal with such personal information in accordance with its privacy policy (below). We are aware of our responsibility to protect personal information related to children and students from being disclosed when we deliver an ICAS Assessments product. Unless you, as the child’s legal guardian consents, we will not:
- collect any personal information or data of children other than the information we need for the successful completion of an assessment, test, or exam.
- transfer any personal information we obtain from a child in the delivery of assessments and tests to any jurisdiction outside of Australia.
- share any personal information relating to children with any third parties (except for those third parties necessary for us to carry out our Services or provide our Products e.g., medal engraving).
- use any personal information or data relating to children for marketing purposes.
You can view our full privacy policy at https://www.janison.com/privacy-policy/.
We may retain personal information and data relevant to a child for their future purposes or for research purposes by Janison for the duration of the school life cycle of the child. However, if you or your child at any time wish to have their personal information or data removed from our systems, they or you may opt out by simply contacting our Privacy Officer at privacy@janison.com or by contacting icasassessments@janison.com.
We are excited to be offering ICAS to our students this year and look forward to celebrating their achievements. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any questions.
We are welcoming new enrolments for the 2026 school year.
Please enrol online before 26th September however late enrolments are always accepted, at our website with the link below - https://smwms.nsw.edu.au/enrolment
If you require further information please call the school office.
With winter well and truly upon us it is timely to remind everyone about our Winter Uniform expectations.
This is taken directly from the school's uniform policy. It is expected that all items of the uniform are worn appropriately and kept in good order. Students uniforms should present as clean and tidy. For health and safety reasons hair is to be worn tied back if longer than shoulder length. Hair adornments must be in a colour scheme that matches the uniform and kept to a minimum. Jewellery is also to be kept to a minimum.
Please remember that ties should be worn at all times to and from school. Top buttons need to be done up and ties need to be worn appropriately. If hair is longer than shoulder length it needs to be tied back.
Thank you for your assistance.
