Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to Week 9. Only two weeks to go. With the students finishing up on Thursday afternoon next week and the staff engaging in professional development on the Friday, we have decided to hold our normal Friday assembly on Thursday the 26^th at 12pm.

Last week the St Mary’s leadership team met with members of the Teaching and Learning team at Catholic Education in Canberra. The focus of this meeting was to anaylse student’s Mathematics results and ensure the school is performing well and heading in the right direction. While all classes were on the expected trajectory, the Year 5 and 6 cohort were the best performers showing huge growth. I’d like to share this data with you.

The first graph shows the huge growth our Year 5 cohort achieved from November 2023 to May 2024. Many of our Year 5 students are working well above Year 6 level.

The second graph shows the huge growth our Year 6 cohort achieved from November 2023 to May 2024. Many of our Year 6 students are working well above Year 7 level. Well done to all students and teachers for these fantastic results. This growth is a testament to the hard work of our students and teachers!! Well done!!

Last week we had to postpone the working bee planned by our Community Council. It will now be held on Sunday the 22^nd at 10:30am, following Mass. If you can help out please join us!!

The ‘Tell them from me’ survey closed earlier this month. Whilst there was only a few respondents, on the whole it was very positive. Rather than share the entire results with you I’d like to show you a snippet of the overall results of the ‘Partners in Learning’ Parent Survey.  

Remember my door is always open.

Principal

Damian Collins