Dear Parents and Carers, 

Welcome to Week 5. Last week we opened our new playground and this week we’ve introduced new desks into all classrooms throughout the school. These new desks will not only provide students with a new, clean learning environment but also add to our Catalyst journey that St Mary’s has embarked upon. The direct instruction approach that our teachers have implemented in their classes has already begun to yield fabulous results across the school with all classes achieving excellent results in their Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT). I will share some of these fantastic results with you next week.

In the past week I have received numerous calls regarding the timing of events, what to wear amongst other questions. To help alleviate stress and confusion from you, our staff spent last week discussing and receiving training on how to use ‘events’ in Compass. All events for legal reasons are found on Compass. Below is how to find out about events that apply to your child. Please make sure you’ve got Compass downloaded on your phone and follow these easy steps.

Have a great week everybody and please remember my door is always open!!

Regards 

Damian Collins  

Assistant Principal