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Dear Parents and Carers
As a Diocese of Catholic Education, will are celebrating Catholic Education Week from 19 May to 26 May. The theme for this year is: Catholic Schools – Places of Encounter. The message for Catholic Education Week this year comes from Colossians, 4:6 ‘Let the words you speak always be full of Grace’. This is a lovely message that we can all relate to and speaks to our Whole School Approach to Positive Behaviour, where we focus on supporting every child to be all they can be. We know the power of words and their ability to create an environment where the spiritual, emotional and learning needs of every child can find a safe space to grow and thrive. This will be our focus during Catholic Education week and beyond as we continue to do all we can to meet the needs of every child in our care.
This week we had a wonderful parent evening with Matt Runnall’s from Mindfull Aus. Many parents who attended have spoken with me about how much they learned and how positive his message is for our children, parents and families as a whole. Matt will be providing the sessions for the children next week and will be supporting our staff to continue the journey of “Healthier Hearts and Lighter Minds” for our children. As a school we are very excited to be engaging with this program and all it will mean for our school community.
We are currently taking enrolments for the 2024 school year. Yesterday we had a successful Open Day and we already have a pleasing number of enrolments for next year. If you know of anyone considering St Mary’s for their child, please let them know that they are welcome to call the office to organise a tour and/or collect an enrolment form. Enrolment forms are also available on our website.
A huge and heartfelt thankyou to all who helped make our Mother’s Day Stall and raffle such a success. Our Craft Ladies did a magnificent job and made sure every child had something lovely for their Mum or the special person in their life who takes on the role of Mum. We also had parents generously donate products for us to sell in the stall along with the beautiful items made by our Craft Ladies. This is a very special opportunity for our children as they carefully pick out what they feel their Mum’s and special person would like. We are so grateful that we are able to offer this to the children in our school.
We were very excited to have had our yearly Colour Fun Run recently. The children had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed the sausage sizzle and the fun run. We thank our Parents and Friends for the work they did to enable this to be such a great success. We raised a total of $9,717.00, which will be used to buy resources for the children. It is because of your generosity and commitment to the education of your child that we are able to provide the most contemporary practices and resources to support your child’s learning.
I wish you all a wonderful weekend. Keep well and warm.
Kind regards
Lisa
Last Friday we had a wonderful Prayer Gathering to celebrate Mother's Day. The children made beautiful gifts for their Mums and the special people who are Mum figures for some of our children. We had a wonderful and very moving PowerPoint which showed all of the children and our staff with their much loved Mum and special person. During the Prayer Gathering we prayed for our Mums and the Foundation children sang beautiful songs with really gorgeous actions. Following the Prayer Gathering, the Mums and special people spent time in their children's classrooms before enjoying a beautiful morning tea, kindly provided and prepared by the St Mary's staff. It was a wonderful way for us to celebrate our Mum's and the special people who love and care for the children in our school.
We welcome any donations for our Father's Day Stall. Please send donations with your child or drop off at the front office.
Thank you,
St Mary's Craft Group
Uniform Shop
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Orders will be filled at the school during the week and sent home with your child. If an exchange is necessary please contact the office who will organise this on your behalf.
Camp Coolamatong (which is 15 min drive from Bairnsdale)
Dates: 18-20 September 2023
Ages: young people ages 9-12 years.
They highly encourage young people to express interest ASAP for this camp as they fill up really quickly.
May
- Mon 22nd, Weds 24th, Thurs 25th, Fri 26th - Mindfull Aus Student Sessions
- Monday 22nd - 1500m Event
- Tuesday 23rd - District Athletics
- Thursday 26th - Foundation Parent Information Night - 6pm- 7pm (a chance for new families and any parents of upcoming Foundation students to hear all about our Foundation program for 2024).
- Friday 27th - Assembly
June
- Wednesday 7th - Netball Division Finals
- Thursday 8th - 1/2 Excursion to Collingwood Children's Farm
- Friday 9th - Pupil Free Day
- Monday 12th - Kings Birthday Public Holiday
- Thursday 15th & Friday 16th - Year 3/4 Camp CYC The Island
- Thursday 22nd - Last day term 2
- Friday 23rd - Pupil Free Day - Staff Professional Development Day
July
- Monday 10th - First day term 3
- Wednesday 26th to Friday 28th - Year 5/6 Camp Phillip Island Adventure Resort