Dear Parents and Carers,

I would like to welcome everyone back to St Mary’s, I hope all our students had a wonderful break and are ready for a huge term of learning. While learning has long been the driving force of this great school, other extra curricula events planned for this term include, the school disco, Trent Barrett Shield, Western Region Public Speaking Competition and Western Region Choir Festival.

The recruit process for our advertised teaching position is still ongoing. After the first round of advertising, we did not have a teacher apply for the position. I have recently had a strong applicant come forward and I am currently negotiating the requirements of the position with them. I am hopeful of a solution in the coming weeks. While this process continues, we will fill the position casually and the students will be taught from the curriculum and school units as normal. The new teacher will continue to teach these planned units upon their arrival. This will ensure the education of our students is maintained to the very high standard we pride ourselves on.

The Clerical Administrator position is in the final stages of the recruitment process. There was an extremely positive response to the advertisement and an announcement will be coming in the next week.

St Mary’s is looking forward to another big term and if you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact the school.

Kind Regards,

Phil Nielsen

    

Ciara O'Meley and Harriet Bell

who celebrate their birthdays during this week.

We hope you enjoy your special day.

We are welcoming new enrolments for the 2024 school year.

Please enrol online before the 4th of August, however late enrolments are always accepted, at our website with the link below - https://smwms.nsw.edu.au/enrolment

If you require further information please call the school office.

   

REGISTRATIONS 

CLOSING FRIDAY 28th of JULY

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 2023 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 VNS280.

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 - Monday 7 August

Digital Technologies - Friday 11 August

English - Monday 14 August

Science - Monday 21 August

Spelling Bee - Friday 25 August

Mathematics - Monday 28 August

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

The Compass Calendar is updated to show Mass times, sporting events, important events.

The SZAPP calendar is no longer updated, please do not refer to this calendar for important dates.