St Mary's War Memorial School West Wyalong eNewsletter

As a followup to last terms Week 10 Prayer we have included some extra information to help you understand more about this prayer.

The recipients of our Whatever You Do, Do Well awards this week:

Cate Curry	Edward Curry	James Curry
Grace Kellahan	Ava McClintock	Hamish McClintock
Chloe Morton	Charlie Murdoch	Claudia Murdoch
Matthew Nowland	Billy Pettit	Sarah Pettit
Larna Pilon	Leo Stephens	Abi Sturgess
	Sam Tulloch

We congratulate our fabulous choir who performed at the Mary Quinane Western Region Choir Festival in Tumut yesterday and came 2nd.

The competition was strong but our performance was outstanding with beautiful voices and lovely harmonies.

We would like to thank Mrs Harland and Miss Parker for their dedication and ability to develop the students to this brilliant level.

Well done everyone.

We welcome our 2020 Kinder students and families who started Kinder orientation today. We hope you enjoy your start with our lovely school.

Thank you to the parents and lovely grandparents who attended the Western Region Choir performance in Tumut on Thursday. It was a long trip but well worth it.

Thank you to the parents, grandparents and carers who attended our Publishing Party today. The students love showing their work to family who appreciate the effort that goes into the stories.

Our Kinder Orientation continues for the next three weeks.

Dates are:

Friday 25 October - 8.55am to Midday

Friday 1 November - 8.55am to 3.20pm

Friday 8 November - 8.55am to 3.20pm

Children should wear comfortable clothes and a hat, and bring a piece of fruit, recess and a drink and on the full days, lunch.

Wednesday 13th November @ 12.30pm	Whole School Mass
Wednesday 17th December @ 12.30pm	Year 6 Graduation Mass

Date and Day

Teacher on Leave or PD

Class

Relief

Monday 21 October

(NCCD training)

Miss Jackson

Mrs Cuthbertson

3/4 Peace

3/4 Trust

Mrs Westaway

Mrs Maier

Tuesday 22 October

(Numeracy Training)

Mrs Machur

Mrs Mangelsdorf

Mrs Scott

5/6 Hope

5/6 Faith

n/a

Mrs Maier

Mrs Speedy

n/a

Wednesday 23 October

Mrs Cuthbertson

Mrs Scott

3/4 Trust

n/a

Mrs Speedy

n/a

Thursday 24 October

Mrs Scott

n/a

Ms Rachel Sheridan our counsellor for Term 4 will be visiting our school next week on Thursday 24 October.

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

Happy Birthday to

Ashley Thomas and Keelan Glasgow

who celebrate their birthdays next week.

We hope you enjoy your special day.

Rock Bottom - Matinee Performance	Thursday 12 December at 11am
Speech Night including Rock Bottom	Thursday 12 December at 6pm
Year 6 Graduation Mass Year 6 Graduation Dinner	Tuesday 17 December at 12.30pm Dinner at 6.30pm
Final School Day	Wednesday 18 December
Term 1 2020 Commences for all students (All children including Kinder start the first Wednesday then Kinder students will have the next 4 Wednesdays off as they tend to get very tired.)	Wednesday 29 January

If your child is holding a perpetual trophy from last year, could this please be returned to the school office.

Issue 7 of Scholastic Book Club will close on Wednesday 23rd of October

CPS BASKETBALL

26 & 27 October 2019

Only one week to go!

We have sent a form home today that needs to be returned to the office by Monday please, with car details if required.

The draw is yet to be finalised but to clarify the St Mary's teams:

Junior Boys Red - Team A
Junior Boys Blue- Team B
Junior Girls Purple
Senior Boys Green - Team A
Senior Boys Black - Team B
Senior Girls Yellow - Team A
Senior Girls Pink - Team B

Click on the following link to see the list of St Mary's teams -

St Mary's CPS Basketball Teams

The CPS website and Facebook will be updated with details including the draw, merchandise, court allocation, location and accommodation directory.

Keep an eye out on Facebook for that draw!

P & F Meeting

Our next P&F meeting will be held on Thursday 24 October at 7pm in the school library.

We encourage parents & carers to attend.

Volunteers Required - Canteen Roster Term 4

We still require volunteers for the canteen roster for Term 4.

The following days are vacant -

Monday - 4 November, 2 December, 9 December and 16 December.
Wednesday - 11 December
Friday (two required) - 22 November, 29 November and 6 December.

Please call the office to volunteer and your name will be added to the roster. We understand it may be too early for parents to commit for later in the term so we will also ask for help closer to the dates.

Canteen Roster

Monday 21 October	Wednesday 23 October	Friday 25 October
Amanda Gaynor Baking: Amanda Gaynor	Mickayla Sams Baking: Mickayla Sams	Linda Thomas & Susie Crawford Baking: Susie Crawford
Monday 28 October	Wednesday 30 October	Friday 1 November
Christina Harper Baking: Christina Harper	Kate Dean Baking: Kate Dean	Annabelle Brown & Kate Carey Baking: Kate Carey