Dear Parents and Carers,

I am delighted to inform you that the school had a tremendously successful Registration and School Improvement process last week. The panel were very impressed with our documentation and found the school to be compliant in all categories. St Mary’s also received some preliminary feedback and we were over whelmed with the many recommendations that were given. The panel were particularly impressed with how welcoming our students and staff were and applauded our ‘St Mary’s Shout Outs’, one panel member declaring that she would take the concept back to her school if she was to be a principal again. A more detailed report for the community will be provided in the coming weeks and I am excited to share this when it comes.

I would like to thank our entire school community for coming together for the process last week. I would particularly like to thank Sarah Curry who coordinated the work that was done out the front of the school. Thank you to all the parents that gave up their valuable time to help with the clearing and planting that took place.

The process for Semester 1 School Reports has begun and in 2022 St Mary’s is trialling a change from traditional times when the reports and interviews take place. This semester the reports will be made available on Friday 1 July in the Compass app. This is the last day of Term 2 and parent/teacher interviews will take place Week 2, Term 3. We are hoping that the change allows more teaching and learning time for the concepts that are covered in the semester. Further communication and booking procedures will occur week 1 next term.
 

God Bless,

Phil Nielsen