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- A Message from our Principal
- St Mary's Prays
- Class Mass Times Term 3, 2025
- Around the school this week
- Happy Birthday
- Student Reports & Parent Teacher Interviews
- Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser 2025
- Kindergarten 100 Days of School
- Staff Changes Week 10 - Term 2
- ICAS Assessments 2025
- IMPORTANT DATES IN THE COMING WEEKS
- Census Collection 2025
- Attendances
- Wigs 4 Kids
- Enrolment 2026
- Winter Uniform Expectations
- Canteen News
- Community Notices
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome to Week 10. The last week of Term 2. It is hard to believe we are already coming to the finish of another term.
It was fabulous to see so many parents around last night for parent teacher interviews. These will continue this afternoon and tomorrow. If you haven’t booked a time to see your child’s teacher, please book via compass if you’re experiencing trouble please contact the front office. A special thanks to the staff for their time analysing results and preparing for these vital conversations. These conferences are a great opportunity for parents to receive quality evidence-based feedback about how their child is progressing.
David de Carvalho, the new Director of Education in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, will be visiting St Mary’s on Wednesday. He only began in the role last week and we’re very fortunate to have David visit us so early on in his tenure. I have no doubt that he will be impressed by the students and the school. We look forward to welcoming him into the St Mary’s community.
Last week we held our 2026 Kindergarten Tour. During the presentation to the parents, I announced that Carlie Iverach will be teaching Kindergarten in 2026. We are very lucky to have such a professional and experienced early childhood educator to step into the role and we look forward to 2026. It would be remiss of me not to mention the outstanding effort and expertise Tessa Turner has put into our 2025 kindergarten cohort. We are lucky at St Mary’s to have such fine educators.
On Saturday night our community council held a trivia night in the school hall. It was a fun evening and a lovely way to finish off the term. Many thanks to Emily Watts and the community council for their hours of work and excellent organisation. We raised $6,411.10 for the construction of our new basketball court. Amazing effort!! Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the night.
On the final day of term, Thursday, the community council will hold a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House. The students will be invited to wear their beanie to school. It does not have to be a school one!!! There will be yummy treats on offer at the canteen, hot chocolate and a sausage sizzle.
On Thursday we will farewell the Cloete family (Landon - Year 2 and Lara - Kinder) as they make the move to sunny Queensland. We trust they’ve enjoyed their time with us and thank them for their contribution to the St Mary’s community.
Remember my door is always open.
Principal
Damian Collins
Term 3 Class Mass
|
Date |
Class |
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Week 2 Wednesday 30th July |
Kinder & Year 6 Class Mass @ 12pm Parents and friends are more than welcome. |
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Week 3 Wednesday 6th August |
Year 2, Year 3 & Year 4 Class Mass @ 12pm Parents and friends are more than welcome. |
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Week 4 Wednesday 13th August |
Year 5 & Year 1 Class Mass @ 12pm Parents and friends are more than welcome. |
| Nathan Crerar | Jemima Hutchins |
Evie-Lorraine McKinnon |
| Jeffrey Eza'awe | Billy Iverach |
Stevie Smith |
| Mae Dean |
Meila Fair |
Nikolai Eza'awe |
| Emily McCoullough |
Scarlette Orr |
Jack Connellan, Dhiya Jeyadinesh, Piper Hoye & Charlie Hague
who celebrate their birthday during this week and during the school holidays.
We hope you enjoy your special day.
Reports are available on Compass .
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
Kinder Kind will be celebrating 100 Days of School next term (Thursday Week 2). What a huge achievement!
Mrs Turner has a fun filled day organised for the Kinder students.
Week 10
Date and Day |
Teacher on Leave or PD |
Class |
Relief |
|
Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th July |
Miss Holmes |
Year 1 Joy |
Mrs Reichstein (Thursday) |
| Mr Collins |
n/a |
n/a |
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.
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 |
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Monday 30 June - Wednesday 2nd July |
 Parent/Teacher Interviews
(held in each classroom)
|
At School |
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Wednesday 2nd July |
 CE Director Mr David de Carvahlo visiting
|
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
|
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
|
At School |
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Wednesday 23rd July |
 Imagine Live -
Kinder - Year 2
|
Wagga Civic Theatre |
|
Thursday 24th July |
 'Speak Off' with Lake Cargelligo
|
At School |
|
Thursday 31st July |
 Kinder 100 Days of School
|
At School |
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Monday 4th - Friday 8th August |
 ICAS - Digital Technologies & Writing
|
At School |
|
Wednesday 6th August |
 Western Region Public Speaking Finals
|
St Patrick's Hall, Gundagai |
|
Wednesday 6th August |
 Primary School Touch Footy Gala Day @ Parkes
(Year 5 & 6)
|
Cheney Park, Parkes |
|
Monday 11th - Friday 15th August |
ICAS - English
|
At School |
|
Monday 18th - Friday 22nd August |
ICAS - Science & Spelling Bee
|
St School |
|
Thursday 21st August |
 Canberra Goulburn Athletics
|
AIS, Canberra |
|
Monday 25th - Friday 29th August |
ICAS - Mathematics
|
At School |
|
Friday 12th September |
 Todd Woodbridge Cup - Stage 2
|
West Wyalong Tennis Courts |
Below is the letter from the Australian Government Department of Education which has also been emailed to each family.
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.
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.
