A Message from our Assistant Principal
Dear Parents and Carers
Mr Nielsen is unwell and will be away for another week. We keep him in our prayers and hope he is feeling better soon to join us all back at school.
The term is moving along quickly and there has certainly been lots of learning taking place inside and outside the classroom. It is such a pleasure as I move around the classrooms each day to see the children actively engaged in a variety of activities that their teachers have taken such time to prepare. St Mary’s is so blessed to have such dedicated and committed teachers who provide quality education and incredible care for their students. Last week in MJR the focus was Gratitude. We have so much to be grateful here at St Mary’s.
This gratitude extends to all the non teaching staff and volunteers who work in our school. Without you our school cannot function. Our front office staff Mrs Buttenshaw and Mrs Ramsay not only take care of the school's every day administration but they are nurturers who help our students, parents and staff with their various needs. Mrs Loudon moves between our infants classes assisting the students with their learning in her caring manner.
Mrs Pat Thompson works tirelessly and with pride to keep our school so clean whilst Mr Glasgow maintains our grounds and buildings so everything remains in working order for us. Not forgetting our wonderful parents and grandparents who help and support us around the school in many ways.
We give thanks for our St Mary’s Community who provide quality education for our students. In keeping our education quality here at St Mary’s we pride ourselves on keeping our staff up to date with the latest Professional Development. Mrs Haworth, Mrs McPake and Miss Parker will be engaging in 2 days of Initial lit training on Wed and Thursday this week. Our K-2 Inital Lit Program is an evidence based, whole class direct instruction literacy program that provides the students with the essential core knowledge and strong foundations to become successful readers and writers.
This week we have Rae and the Life Education Van visiting. Healthy Harold complements our Personal Development and Health Curriculum and is another way of teaching our students to keep their bodies and minds healthy.
On Friday our Year 5/6 students were part of the World Prayer Day hosted by St Mary’s Parish in the Church. This was a wonderful ecumenical experience for our students and another example of students working with our parish.
On Wednesday we will host our school Cross Country. Thank you in advance to Mrs Cuthbertson for her organisation of the day and to the parents and teachers for their assistance.To all the wonderful women in our school and wider community - happy International Women’s Day! The world is a better place because you are in it!
Enjoy the week everyone.
Mrs Scott