The Feast of the Assumption

God chose Mary to be the mother of his son, Jesus.

Mary was always ready and willing to do whatever God wanted.

Because she was so special she was taken up body and soul to be with Jesus in heaven – this is what ‘Assumption’ means.

What qualities of Mary would we like to grow in our lives?

We pray that we may be open to saying ‘Yes’ to God just as Mary did.

Amen

   

St Mary’s Parish Sacramental Program, 2022

The Sacrament of Confirmation for Year 5/6 students will be held this year and the following are important dates for your diary:

Happy Birthday to

who celebrate their birthdays this week.

We hope you enjoy your special day.

Mrs Haworth is looking for some old torches that have a traditional globe in them, not LED, for her Science experiements.

If you have a torch that you are happy to donate to the school please send to the school office.

Thank you to everyone for their efforts in fundraising for our colour explosion run.  Our students jave raised over $3,500 which is an amazing effort!

  

We would prefer to have no cash payments for the Colour Explosion Run.

If any of your wonderful sponsors need to pay cash we ask that you deposit the money to your account and then input their donation to your child's fund raising using your card.

Your help with this is appreciated. 

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Wednesday 7th September

The West Wyalong Show Day is a half day public holiday in our town.  In lieu of the St Mary's Twilight Swimming Carnival, the CEO Canberra Goulburn has granted approval for our school to close for the morning of show day.

This means children and staff will not come to school on show day and gives everyone an opportunity to enjoy a full day at the show.  Bus companies have been informed of this change.

Bellarwi Country Women's Association Education Grants

Bellarwi CWA are calling for applications for the Phillip Group Education Grants 2023. 

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, please contact the office if you would like a form sent home.

The forms must be returned to the school by Friday the 16th of September.

At St Mary's we highly value student attendance.

During the recent Smooth Moves Early Learning conference in West Wyalong the following attendance map was presented.  This map illustrates the importance of why students need to come to school when they can.

Incredibly, if a student only misses one day per fortnight during their 13 years of schooling they will miss over 1 and a half years worth of face to face teaching.  During this time of a pandemic it is vital that students come to school whenever it is physically possible.

The significance of face to face learning has never been greater.   

Assembly

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.