Breathe into me, Holy Spirit,
that my thoughts may all be holy.

Move in me, Holy Spirit,
that my work, too, may be holy.

Attract my heart, Holy Spirit,
that I may love only what is holy.

Strengthen me, Holy Spirit,
that I may defend all that is holy.

Protect me, Holy Spirit,
that I may always be holy

Good luck to Keelan Glasgow, Sam Tulloch, Claudia Murdoch, Harry Tulloch and Kelsie Glasgow who travel to Canberra on Tuesday to take part in the Archdiocesan cross country at Stromlo.

Logan Pettit who will take part in the MacKillop touch trials on Thursday and Friday 24 & 25 May.

New Date for Athletics Carnival

Our athletics carnival will be completed on Wednesday 23 May.

As the carnival will be shorter all students are expected to report to school in the morning and walk with their classes to the oval to start the carnival at approximately 9.30am.

ALL students in Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2 will walk to the ground at the same time.

A canteen will operate at McAlister Oval.  It will be catering for pre-ordered lunches only but will sell snacks and baked treats during the day.  All classes can buy the treats but only pre-ordered lunches will be supplied. You can also send your child with their own recess/lunch.

Your child’s lunch order should be sent to the school office in a brown lunch bag with the money before Monday 21 May.  Please refer to the menu in this newsletter.

We are hoping we can count on the same parent volunteers for the field/track events, please contact the office if you cannot help on that day.

Training for Mortimer Shield—Year 5 & 6 students

Students should wear their sports uniform on Friday 25 May as training will take place for this event. 

Thank you to Grant Pettit and Jodie McDonell who are putting the children through their paces in readiness.

Students in Years 3 & 4 will participate in the Todd Woodbridge Tennis Challenge at the town tennis courts on Monday 28 May. Students will arrive at school as normal and should wear their sports uniform. They should also bring a drink bottle, hat, fruit, recess and lunch. There will be no canteen operating. If you have your own racquet please feel free to  use it, otherwise a racquet will be supplied.

Thursday 24 May@ 9.30am

All Welcome to celebrate Our Lady Help of Christians

Readers: Brock Downey, Owen Heffer, Charlie Kellahan, Alex Rees, George Ridley, Woody Ambrose, Charlotte Foster, Jagger Pilon, Emily Rogers, Priscilla Tachie-Menson

Altar Servers: Seb Rees, Hamish Blampied.

Plant the Seed, Nurture the Growth, Celebrate the Harvest

INFORMATION SESSION AND TOUR OF THE SCHOOL

For Kinder 2019 and other new enrolments

Wednesday 13 June 2018

9.15am—11.00am—meet at the school hall

Parents and children (optional) are invited for a tour of the school and an informal chat with the School Executive followed by morning tea and a short presentation.

2019 ENROLMENTS ARE NOW OPEN

• Music Extravaganza note for choir participants - Due Monday 21 May
• Mortimer Shield Rugby League Year 5 & 6 - Due Monday 21 May

Next Thursday our choir participants will take part in the annual Music Extravaganza hosted by West Wyalong High School.

Students will walk to the MPU with Mrs Harland to rehearse for the Matinee performance which commences at 1.00pm. The evening performance runs from 6.30-7.30pm.

A reminder that ties need to be worn from 1 June.

They are available from the school office for the price of $16.00.

Between now and 1 June students should wear whichever uniform is suitable for the weather.  Hats are now worn all year round. 

Winter skirt orders will be taken from the 1st of  June and details will be in the Week 5 newsletter.

Please ensure all items are marked with students names.

SNEAKERS, UNLESS ON A DESIGNATED SPORT DAY, ARE NOT PART OF THE SCHOOL UNIFORM.

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 2

SCHOOL COUNSELLOR VISITS - TERM 2

Mrs Emma McRae will be visiting our school during Term 2 on the following dates:

Tuesday 8 May

Monday 21 May

Tuesday 5 June

Tuesday 19 June

Tuesday 3 July

 If you would like to make a confidential appointment for your child please contact the office.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DAY

PARENTS AND FRIENDS MEETING

Wednesday 30 May

Commencing at 7pm

ALL WELCOME

ST MARY’S NEW FACEBOOK PAGE

Our school now has a new Facebook page that is public. The purpose of this page is to inform the wider community of the fantastic things that happen at our school.

We are still maintaining the P&F Facebook which is wonderful for parents to share messages and information.

We invite everybody to like and share the new page which is called St Mary’s War Memorial School with the following cover picture.

COMMUNICATION UPDATE

Our new website is online and we encourage parents to familiarize themselves with it.

However it is still under construction and menus and information will continue to change over the next couple of weeks.

Parents will be able to send in absence notes, see newsletters as well as receive communications from the school regarding assemblies and other events.

In the future there will be an ability to make appointments for parent/teacher interviews. It will also give the school the ability to track the delivery of information.

Over the rest of this term we ask parents and carers to migrate to the new systems and we will start to send newsletters via the website and app.  At the start of Term 3 all should be using the new website and app.

Understanding an eating disorders can be difficult for families. There are many myths around what causes an eating disorder, but it is actually diagnosed as a mental illness. Although the focus is on food, weight and shape, there is often an underlying issue being masked by the eating disorder. It is the biggest killer of any psychiatric illness for young people. It affects both males and females of any age or background.

An eating disorder is a serious and potentially life-threatening mental health illness. It can have significant physical and emotional effects. The beginning of adolescence and late teens are peak periods for kids to experience their first symptoms. Young people with eating disorders can have reductions in cognitive function, emotional changes and may even stop participating in their normal daily activities.

In this edition of SchoolTV, parents will learn what warning signs to look for and what can be done in the prevention of an eating disorder. We hope you take time to reflect on the information offered in this month’s edition and we always welcome your feedback.

If you have any concerns about your child, please contact the school for advice and referral to the school counsellor if necessary.

Here is the link to this month’s edition http://smwms.nsw.schooltv.me/newsletter/eating-disorders