Term 3 has been another busy and successful term for St Mary’s. I would like to thank everyone for their contribution over the term to our wonderful school. I would like to wish everyone a safe and restful break over the next 2 weeks and look forward to a busy and rewarding term 4.

Building Update

The much anticipated renovations are becoming closer to fruition. With a tentative date set of 21 October 2019 for the school to handover stage 1a of the site, we began preparation for this stage during the week.

Stage 1a will see the demolition and rebuild of the back stairwell and construction of a new toilet block off the current sports shed down stairs and off the old science lab storeroom upstairs. Both rooms have been cleared and their contents relocated for work to begin early next term.

    Happy Birthday to

Ruby Reid, Molly Stokes, Ted Curry, Archer Crawford and Andrew Cumming

who celebrate their birthdays during the holidays and the first week of Term 4.

We hope you enjoy your special day.

The students in Year 3 and 5 will be given their NAPLAN results today.

NAPLAN has been designed to give schools and parents a snap shot of student’s progression in English and Mathematics.

As can be the case with some tests, NAPLAN results don’t always match classroom assessment data.  It is important to understand that NAPLAN is one of many forms of data that the school and teachers use to establish an overall indication of the progression of students in English and Mathematics. 

If you would like to discuss your child’s NAPLAN results further please make contact with your child’s class teacher.

We are having a celebration of writing for all classes on Friday 18th October at 1.00pm.

Please come and visit your child in their classroom so they can show you their fabulous writing.  You will see the work that has been published as well as work in progress.

We welcome all parents and carers to this party.  

Parents are invited to stay and eat lunch with their children after the Publishing Party.

Our school counsellor, Mrs Emma McRae, will be on leave during Term 4.  Mrs Rachel Sheridan who is a very well respected school counsellor will be visiting our school in Term 4 as follows:

Thursday 24th October

Tuesday 5th November

Tuesday 19th November

Tuesday 3rd December

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

CPS Basketball

Assembly, Year 3/4 Bush Dancing and 100 Club

NAIDOC Prize

This week Harper McDonell was presented with a Medal of Excellence - one of 20 awarded across the state - as part of the NAIDOC Week colouring-in competition.  Well done Harper, what a great achievement.

Kinder  - Visit to Wyalong Museum and Science

Our Kinder students visited the Wyalong Museum on Thursday and had a lovely time looking at the displays and enjoying the hands on experience.

They also visited Little Wattle Childcare and gave a live performance and a puppet performance of their fairy tales.  Our Kinder students did such a wonderful job and the staff and children at Little Wattle loved the visit.

We also have some pictures of our Kinder during Science where they were doing coding and trying to keep their Bee Bots under control.

Composting

Yoga, Science and Geography - Year 1 and 2

For the last four weeks of term our Year 1/2 classes have attended Yoga as their sport lesson.  The emphasis for this Yoga was on balance, stretch and strength.

During Science the students were working on coding using the Bee Bots digital technology with Mrs Akehurst.

Also pictured are the Year 1/2 students with their geography projects on natural and built environments in Australia.

The following events are in next weeks calendar.

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