St Mary's War Memorial School West Wyalong eNewsletter

October is the month of the Rosary and on Tuesday we celebrated our school feast day in honour of our Patron Mary. All students participated in a Rosary Prayer celebration in their classes. At lunchtime the Year 6 students challenged the teachers to a game of Nukem Ball and the rest of the school cheered them on. It was a close match with the teachers narrowly defeating the Year 6 students.

Our school spirit was well alive on Tuesday.

There are some pictures later in newsletter.

The recipients of our Whatever You Do, Do Well awards this week:

Amelia-Rose Blampied	Hamish Braunberger	Evie Cuthbertson
James Dean	Jogele-An Dignan	Kayla Edwards
Chelsea Nielsen	Nate Sams	George Weir

Presentations are in individual classrooms until further notice. Parents who wish to watch the assembly are able to login to Microsoft Teams on their own device using their child's login.

The high jump event that was completed on Tuesday finally concludes St Mary's athletics carnival for 2020. Without question of a doubt it will go down as St Mary's longest run carnival, which commenced on the 15th September and finished on the 20th of October. The results from our 2020 athletics are below.

House Points

MacKillop 367

McAuley 356

Tenison Woods 227

House Captain of MacKillop, Seaton Crouch, is shown with the a temporary athletics plaque (the real one is in storage) for the winning house.

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Age Champions

	First	Second	Third
Junior Girl	Asha McDonell	Ava McClintock	Bella Alchin
Intermediate Girl	Amelia Alchin	Layla Player	Ashley Thomas
Senior Girl	Claudia Murdoch	Kayla Edwards	Brydie Ford
Junior Boy	Bobby Bryant	Nixon Loudon	Toby Nielsen
Intermediate Boy	Seaton Crouch	Charlie Murdoch	Jackson Downey
Senior Boy	Flynn Bryant	Sam Tulloch	Keelan Glasgow

Record Breakers

Congratulations to Asha McDonell who ran the 10 year girls 200m in 33.64 to beat the record of 34.47 previously held by Cathy Player.

Congratulations to Bobby Bryant who ran the 10 year boys 100m in 14.06 to beat the record of 14.16 previously held by Bryce Connellan.

This week we farewelled Shanna Ambrose from our Kinder class. Shanna and her family are moving to Perth and we wish them well for their future on the other side of the country.

If your child is holding a perpetual trophy from last year, could this please be returned to the school office.

The Woolworths Cricket Blast Cup for Year 3 to 6 is going ahead this year.

It will be held next Tuesday the 27th of October at McAlister Oval.

Parents will not need to complete a permission note as all families completed the Walking Permission Note earlier this year.

Students Involved	Year 3 - 6 Teams will be mixed boys & girls of 8-10 players.
Date	Tuesday, 27th October 2020
Venue	McAlister Oval, Park Street, West Wyalong
Transport	Students will walk to and from the oval with teachers. Leaving at 9:15am and returning at 2:15pm.
Please bring	All food and drink as there is no canteen.
Clothing	Sport uniform and don't forget a hat!
Staff Attending	All class teachers

The times we live in do not call for young couch potatoes, but for young people with ... boots laced."

- Pope Francis

Our Mini Vinnies team are doing some wonderful work for those in need. This year they are supporting Catholic Mission's Socktober. Catholic Mission encourages a learning mind, an open heart and hands for action.

On Friday the 30th of October we are encouraging all students to wear colourful, interesting socks to school and to donate a gold coin that will support others in need.

The P&F are supporting this initiative by selling socks in the canteen on Monday, Wednesday and Friday next week. Socks will be $6 per pair until sold out.

CLASS MASS	DATE
3/4 Mercy	Wednesday 4 November 12.30pm
1/2 Joy	Thursday 12 November 12.30pm
Kinder	Wednesday 18 November 12.30pm

As with limitations on gatherings at the moment, numbers are limited to 100 people in the Church. We invite parents, grandparents and carers to attend these Masses while observing any guidelines currently in place.

Date	Teacher on Leave or PD	Class	Relief
Wednesday 28th October	Mrs McGee	5/6 Faith	Mrs C Koop
Mr Nielsen is attending the Principal's Retreat in Canberra on Thursday afternoon and Friday. Mrs Scott will be available in the office.

Our Kinder Orientation sessions starts next week:

Friday 6 November - 8.55am to Midday

Friday 13 November - 8.55am to Midday

Friday 20 November - 8.55am to 3.20pm

Friday 27 November - 8.55am to 3.20pm

Children should wear comfortable clothes and a hat. They will need a piece of fruit, recess and a drink for the two half days. On the full days they will need their lunch as well.

Drop off will be at the Parish Centre at 8:45am, so please park in the church car park. Mrs Meincke will be there to take the children into the school. Pickup will be at midday also from the Parish Centre. Unfortunately parents are not allowed into the school grounds due to COVID restrictions.

Year 6 Graduation Dinner	Tuesday 8 December S&C Club Auditorium at 6.00pm
Speech Day (More information to follow) We will be filming and distributing a link to all parents.	Thursday 10 December from 11am
Year 6 Graduation Mass	Tuesday 15 December at 12.30pm
Final School Day	Wednesday 16 December
First Day of School for students in 2021	Monday 1 February 2021

Issue 7 of Scholastic Book Club will close today, Friday 23rd of October.

Bellarwi Country Women's Association Education Grants

Bellarwi CWA are calling for applications for the Phillip Group Education Grants 2021.

These are for students going into Years 3 to 12 or first year Tertiary/TAFE education and are intended to assist families with the financial responsibilities associated with educating their children.

Application forms are available from the school office and they must be returned to the school by Monday 2nd November 2020.

* 100 CLUB FUNDRAISER - BUY A TICKET NOW *

Does your family love swimming, attend Swim Club or swimming lessons at Holland Park Pool?

Would you love to win a season pass to the local pool?

Mel and Angus Westaway have most generously donated a family season pass to Holland Park Pool.

The P&F are holding a 100 Club to utilise this fabulous donation. All money raised by the P&F goes to support our children and the school.

$10 per number, please text Erin Pettit on 0427 720 594 to get a number or even two! Payments are only accepted in cash to the school office.

Hurry don't miss out!

P&F AGM POSTPONED

Last night at the P&F AGM there were insufficient members to make a quorum.

The AGM has been rescheduled for Thursday 5 November at 7.30pm.

Please add this to your diary.

EVERYONE IS MOST WELCOME.

Canteen Volunteers Required

We are looking for volunteers for the canteen for:

- - - Wednesday 28th October and 18th November
    - Friday 6th, 13th and 20th November

Please contact Lisa Sturgess via text 0428 385 836 or call the school office to put your name down.

Your help is always appreciated.

Canteen Roster

Monday 26 October	Wednesday 28 October	Friday 30 October
Sarah Curry Baking: Sarah Curry	VOLUNTEER REQUIRED Baking: Brodie Greenwood	Kate Maslin & Lisa Sturgess Baking: Kate Maslin
Monday 2 November	Wednesday 4 November	Friday 6 November
Clare Parker Baking: Tracey Robertson	La'shey Cattle Baking: La'shey Cattle	VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED Baking: Laura Reid

You have 7 days to order your school photos without additional fees.

School photos have now been taken. Group and portrait photographs can be purchased by following the link below for 7 days from the day photos are taken, after which late fees/additional charges will be incurred.

advancedlife now offers Latitude Pay! To take advantage of LatitudePay and split the cost of your order into 10 small easy payments, simply order your school photos online as usual, set up a Latitude Pay account in just a few clicks and pay no interest or fees when you pay according to your payment schedule; it’s that easy.

3 easy ways to purchase:

LatitudePay – Click on the link below, set up an account during the online order process and split your payments across 10 weeks with no interest or fees, if you pay on time
Visa, MasterCard or PayPal

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2020 Curious Creatures, Wild Minds Book Week

St Mary's celebrated Book Week with curious creatures and favourite book characters. Students and staff used their wild minds to embrace the theme and come to school dressed up as all kinds of fabulous characters. The parade was a highlight and loads of fun.

Parade lucky raffle winners were:

5/6 Faith - Lachlan Foster

5/6 Hope - Ned Brown

3/4 Trust - Nixon Loudon

3/4 Peace - Amelia-Rose Blampied

3/4 Mercy - Beth Sturgess

1/2 Joy - Marcus Murrells

Kinder Kind - Rose Hague

These students choose a book from the current Scholastic Book Club which Mrs Daniher will order.

Thank you to all who worked so creatively to make and source the great costumes. Please check out the fabulous photo's below or you can also view them on the school's Facebook page.

Weekly Award Winners & Athletics Champions

Feast Day

We have some lovely pictures and also a video of our Kinder children praying the Hail Mary and a few of our 1/2 Joy students talking about their favourite pictures of Mary.

The following events are in next weeks calendar.

To see the school's full calender check out the SZApp or our website.

Oct
27
Tue

27 Oct 2020

Event Info

Oct
27
Tue

27 Oct 2020

Cricket Blast - Year 3-6

9:15am - 2:15pm

McAlister Oval

Event Info

Oct
27
Tue

27 Oct 2020

School Event Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Oct
30
Fri

30 Oct 2020

Event Info

Oct
30
Fri

30 Oct 2020

Help support Catholic Mssion - wear your colourful or printed socks to school today.

Please send your child with a gold coin donation.

Event Info

Oct
30
Fri

30 Oct 2020

School Event Kinder Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Due to COVID restrictions, the 2020 Marian Procession will take place online. Led by our ethnic communities, the event is an opportunity to pray the Rosary together as a community.

We encourage participants to gather online in hubs with members of their families, local parishes, friends, or just individually to pray the Rosary during the week leading up to the celebration of the live-streamed Multicultural Mass Sunday 25 October.

Find out more information and register for notifications at https://hozana.org/en/community/9352-marian-procession

House Points

Age Champions

Record Breakers

The times we live in do not call for young couch potatoes, but for young people with ... boots laced."

- Pope Francis

Date

Teacher on Leave or PD

Class

Relief

*** 100 CLUB FUNDRAISER - BUY A TICKET NOW ***

P&F AGM POSTPONED

Canteen Volunteers Required

Canteen Roster

You have 7 days to order your school photos without additional fees.

2020 Curious Creatures, Wild Minds Book Week

Weekly Award Winners & Athletics Champions

Feast Day

* 100 CLUB FUNDRAISER - BUY A TICKET NOW *