Dear Parents and Carers,

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Damian Collins to the position of Acting Assistant Principal of St Mary’s War Memorial in West Wyalong.

Damien will start on Monday the 20th of June and continue for the remainder of the 2022 school year.

Damian has been an educator with the Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn for over 17 years, and for most has been a Teacher at St Mary’s Primary in Young.  Damian has also held the positions of Acting Coordinator at Trinity Catholic Primary in Murrumburrah for 2011, and Acting Religious Education Coordinator at St Mary’s Primary in Young for the 2017-2018 and 2021 school years.

We are excited to have Damian join our team and I’m sure the entire St Mary’s community will join me in welcoming him to our great school.

Regards,

Phil Nielsen

The Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

In the Gospel,  Jesus is telling us about the special gift he gives us in the Eucharist. In the Eucharist, the bread and the wine become the Body and Blood of Christ. When we share in the Eucharist, Jesus is present to us, and through our communion we will share eternal life.

Let us pray :

God most holy, you invite us to celebrate the paschal banquet. Hear our prayers that our lives may proclaim your new covenant of love, one with Christ around your table. We ask this in Jesus’ name.

We are excited to welcome parents and carers back into our school and class masses.

Hannah McDonell

who celebrate their birthdays next week.

We hope you enjoy your special day.

*** STILL OPEN FOR DONATIONS ***

Please send in to the school office

Our Year 6 Faith Leaders will be co-ordinating a collection from the St Mary's community for the Vinnies Winter Appeal.

   

REGISTRATIONS 

CLOSING FRIDAY 15th of JULY

EXTENDED TO THE END OF THE HOLIDAYS

This year the UNSW ICAS assessments are online and will be held in August.

Participation in these assessments is at parents discretion.  There is no obiligation for your children to sit these assessments as they are not used in the schools reporting.

The ICAS assessments are suitable for students wishing to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment.  Your child will be presented with high-quality, expert-developed questions, allowing them to apply their learning without the need for prior study or revision.  Every student will receive a printed certificate and an online result report. Top performers will be eligible for medals and are invited to attend special award ceremonies to have their academic excellence publicly recognised.

All registrations and payment for 2022 are to be done online

To register and pay for your child please click on the following link and note that the special code for St Mary's is XEY148.

Cost for EACH assessment is $19.25, except Writing which is $23.65

The sitting windows for the ICAS tests are listed below, however the school will finalise the actual date of the tests in the coming weeks:

Writing & Digital Technologies - during the week Monday 8 August to Friday 12 August

English - during the week Monday 15 August to Friday 19 August

Science & Spelling Bee - during the week Monday 22 August to Friday 26 August

Mathematics - during the week Monday 29 August to Friday 2 September

Don't forget to order a book as part of our fundraiser to support Catholic schools in the Lismore diocese.

Simply order a book for the fundraiser as part of your Scholastic Book Club order and let your class teacher or the office know which book/s is for donation. When the orders arrive we will compile the donations and organise shipping to Lismore to restore books in their school libraries.

Your child's name will be recorded on a donation sticker on the inside book cover.

Purchasing books via Scholastic as part of this fundraiser also generates points that will be used by the class teachers to buy class books.

Your support is appreciated.

The following events are in the calendar in the next few weeks.

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