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Dear Parents,
We can’t believe that we are midway through this term already!
We recently had our School Review process, which was a very positive experience and reinforced for us that we are definitely heading in the right direction and are creating a learning environment where the children are valued, heard, supported and have the opportunity to thrive.
We had our Whole School Approach to Positive Behaviour Support (WSAPBS) school closure, where the teachers participated in the Youth Mental Health First Aid training course. It was a very challenging, powerful and valuable experience for all of us.
We are in the process of completing our enrolments for the 2025 school year. We will be having two Foundation classes next year, with lovely new families joining our school community. I have been very busy with school tours over the past weeks and I will soon begin our ‘Get to know you’ meetings with our new families.
Our Year 6 students went on an excursion to the National Gallery of Victoria. They caught the train to Melbourne and had a wonderful day exploring the city and the National Gallery. The students were impeccably behaved and thoroughly enjoyed the day.
On Thursday August 15th we celebrated we celebrated a very special Feast Day, the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. On this day we celebrate Mary as the mother of Jesus, a loving and devoted Mum who loved Jesus with all her heart and supported him on his journey, always saying YES to whatever God asked of her. On this day we celebrate that Mary was taken to heaven to be with God. Our Year 3-6 students joined the parishioners at Mass to celebrate this special day.
Next Friday, August 23rd, we will be celebrating Book Week with a magical dress up and activity day. The theme for this year is ‘Reading is Magic’. We encourage all children to dress up and join our Book Day Parade at 9.00am. All families are welcome to come along and enjoy the parade. The day will be filled with wonderful activities that celebrate the importance and joy of reading.
On Monday the 2nd of September we will be celebrating our wonderful Dads and the special people in the lives of our children. This is an exciting time for our children as they look forward to sharing this special morning with their Dads/special people. We will be having a delicious breakfast followed by a Prayer Gathering in the church, where the Dads/special people will watch a beautiful PowerPoint depicting our Dads/special people with their children. This is a cherished celebration in our school and we look forward to seeing lots of Dads/special people sharing this wonderful occasion with your children.
Kind regards
Lisa
Cookie Dough Fundraiser
Make sure you place your orders online by 30th August, at;
www.australianfundraising.com.au
There are nine (9) dough-licious flavours to choose from, along with incentive prizes for students.
Funds raised will be used to purchase Chromebooks for our students to use in the classroom.
Disco
Our Disco will be held Thursday 22nd August in the Hall.
Foundation to year 2 from 4 to 5pm
Year 3 to 6 from 5.15pm to 6.30pm
Tickets are $10 per student and need to be purchased through CDFpay;
https://stmnewbor.cdfpay.org.au/MonitorOnline/app/#!/login
Father's Day Raffle & Stall
Thank you to our parents for the generous donations for the Raffle. Tickets are $1.00 each and books of 10 tickets went home with students on Tuesday.
Tickets are due back Tuesday 27th August. The raffle will be drawn after the Father's Day Stall on Friday 30th August.
Donations for the Father's Day Stall can be left at the office.
Thank you, St Mary's Craft Group
August
- Friday 16th - District Basketball (year 5/6)
- Thursday 22nd - Assembly 2.30pm
- Friday 23rd - Book Week Dress Up Day
- Thursday 29th - Division Basketball (year 5/6)
- Friday 30th - Father's Day Stall & Raffle drawn
September
- Monday 2nd - Father's Day Breakfast & Prayer Gathering
- Thursday 5th - Assembly 2.30pm
- Monday 9th to Thursday 12th - F to 2 Swimming Program
- Monday 16th to Thursday 19th - F to 2 Swimming Program
- Tuesday 17th - Division Athletics
- Thursday 19th - Assembly 2.30pm & Students last day for term 3
- Friday 20th - School Closure for Staff Professional Development
October
- Monday 7th - Students first day Term 4
- Thursday 10th - First Communion parent meeting 6pm
- Sat 12th/Sun 13th - First Communion Committment Mass
- Thursday 17th - Assembly 2.30pm
- Friday 25th - National Teacher Appreciation Day
- Thursday 31st - Italian/Multicultural Day
November
- Monday 4th - School Closure for Staff time in lieu
- Tuesday 5th - School Closure for Melbourne Cup
- Wednesday 6th - School Closure for Staff Professional Development
- Thursday 14th - Assembly 2.30pm
- Sat 15th/Sun17th - Sacrament of Holy Communion
- Thursday 28th - Assembly 2.30pm
December
- Monday 9th - St Mary's Christmas Carols and Picnic 5pm
- Thursday 12th - End of Year Mass & Year 6 Graduation Dinner
- Monday 16th to Tuesday 17th - Year 3/4 Camp Waratah Bay
- Tuesday 17th - Students Last Day