Dear Parents and Carers,

I would like to welcome all our St Mary’s community back for what is shaping up to be an action packed Term 4. We have all our usual Term 4 activities planned to go ahead along with some additional events including the Colour Explosion Run, the Year 5/6 Canberra excursion and the Year K/1/2 Wagga excursion. I am particularly excited about the return of our end of year production to its full whole school format.

It is with great joy that I announce Mr Damian Collins has secured the permanent Assistant Principal position at St Mary’s. Damian has had a wonderful impact on St Mary’s since his arrival, driving initiatives such as the Colour Explosion Run and the St Mary’s Uniform award. I would like to officially welcome Damian to our team in an ongoing capacity and look forward to working with him in years to come.

The current Covid-19 restrictions will be lifted on 14 October 2022. Exact details have not been provided from Catholic Education, Canberra & Goulburn, however an update is expected in the coming days. Further information on Covid-19 will be provided in next week’s newsletter.

Parents picking up students from school are reminded to come onto the school grounds to collect children. This is to ensure our students are supervised when entering the Church car park and the Church Street pick up area. The teacher on afternoon duty will keep students with them until a parent or guardian is on school grounds to safely walk children back to their car.

Regards,

Phil Nielsen

“God’s first call is to life, through which He makes us persons; it is an individual call because God does not make things in sets. Then God calls us to faith and to become part of His family as children of God.” Pope Francis

Yesterday St Mary’s staff travelled to Tullibigeal to join with Lake Cargelligo and Grenfell schools for our Spirituality Day. Our focus for the day was Flourishing, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” John 10:10 where we analysed, discussed, and reflected on God’s plan for us to flourish. With such a busy term ahead, it was highly beneficial to take this time out to focus on the central reason of why we are here, that being LOVE. Love of God, self, others, and creation.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.  In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Gospel John 1: 1-5

MacKillop Athletics Trials

MacKillop Trials include students from Canberra/Goulburn, Parramatta, Sydney, Wagga Wagga & Wollongong dioceses. The athletes aim to qualify for the MacKillop team to compete at the NSWPSSA Championships.

Bella had a good run in her 100 metre race managing a personal best time.  Asha was successful in her 200m heat and qualified for the final where she also ran a personal best time.  Nell had a very good day in the discus event getting the third place medal and qualifying for the MacKillop team to compete at PSSA athletics on Thursday the 20th of October.

What a great achievement for the girls to qualify for these trials and then perform at this high level, well done girls.

Friday 21 October - 8.55am to Midday

Friday 28 October - 8.55am to Midday - wth a parent information session at 11:30am on "Everything you need to know about Kinder 2023"

Friday 4 November - 8.55am to 3.20pm

Friday 11 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.

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Our school play this year is "Circus Splendida".  The performances will be on the 8th of December with a matinee performance at 11.30am and the main performance after our presentation night is completed.

Mrs Harland will be holding auditions during lunch break on Thursday and Friday this week.  Students from Year 4, 5 and 6 are invited to audition and should see Mrs Harland for further details.

Mortimer Shield - Year 3/4

  

On Wednesday 21^st September the students in Years 3 and 4 along with 3 students from Year 2, FINALLY got to participate in the much anticipated Trent Barrett gala day in Junee.

  

The weather was wet and miserable but this did not dampen spirits our teams were ready to go! They had been training all term for this event and were very excited.

  

Thank you so much to the coaches Grant Pettit for the boys and La’Shey Cattle for the girl’s league tag team.

  

Each team got to play two games before the rain set in and the organisers called it a day. The students had a great day in the trying conditions putting everything they learnt from training into action.

    

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.