St Mary's Newsletter

We have a duty to be accountable to ourselves and to others.

Congratulations to our our tennis representatives; Ella, Kate, Greta, Zac, Patrick, Thomas, Van and Mia for their magnificent efforts on court last week.  

Team 1 were Runners up and lost the final to York DHS but both teams get invited to the state final in Perth on the 22nd of March, which is great news. Special thanks to Meg Gethin for her work in guiding our future tennis stars.

To Malcolm Robartson from the Men’s Shed for completing our second outdoor kitchen. We LOVE cooking with sand, thank you Mr Robartson!!

Thank you to 2 Dogs Hardware for the welcome addition of plants to our gardens.

Our wonderful SAC members will meet Monday at 7pm in the Library.

Our Faction Swimming Carnival will be held next Friday the 1st of March for the Years Three to Six students. The Pre-Primary to Year Two students will participate in a Water Fun Event at school, from 9.00am-10.40am. All parents are welcome to attend.  (Please see Audiri for more information regarding these events) The P&F will be holding a Sausage Sizzle Lunch at the Carnival. Please see the poster below for more information.

The Year Four/Five Class will be reading at Mass this Sunday the 25th of February. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Audiri has recently installed a new feature with their latest update which will enable parents and carers to conveniently search for specific Posts, significantly enhancing the ease of finding relevant information. 

The update is rolling out starting today and will be accessible to all app users within the coming weeks. We'll notify app users of the feature once they have updated to the latest version 8.4.0. 

God Bless.

Mr H.

We have started the year off with a bang in Biological Sciences, with each class participating in exciting, hands-on activities jam-packed with information.

Pre-Primary: We have been using our five senses to discover the world around us. We have learnt what external features are and have applied this knowledge to labelling and describing the external features of different animals and plants.

Year One/Two: We have been looking at the human life cycle and how we grow, change and develop from a baby to now. It was very exciting to see pictures of us as babies and to compare our height from birth to now. We have started to look at animal life cycles, particularly the kangaroo.

Year Three/Four: We have researched different biomes in which specific plants and animals live. We have learnt what consumers and producers are and have investigated different food chains that exist within each biome.

Year Four/Five: We have discovered how plants and animals adapt in order to survive in their environment. We learnt about different bird beaks and then designed, created and tested different sized bird beaks to judge their ability to pick up different sized bird seed.

Year Five/Six: We have investigated, through different experiments, how it is important to change only one variable and to always have a control for comparison. Now we have started to talk about the evolution of animals and different adaptations that these have developed in order to survive in their environment. 

Treasurer's position - unfortunately this position is still VACANT and MUST BE FILLED! Majority of this role is just a liaising role with the School Finance Officer Lorraine. All payments, invoicing, banking, following up of money is completed by the School, there are only 3 more meetings to attend for the year as the P & F are required to meet ONLY Once per term unless extra meetings are required.

Duties include:

* Assisting the P & F Executive Committee

* Liasing with Lorraine

* Reading the reports prepared by Lorraine at the P & F meetings

For further information on this role or take up the position please let Chesney Maloney know, she can be contacted on 0449 018 751.

Volunteering is a great way to get involved in your Children’s School, meet new parents and simply make a difference.

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St Mary's School is part of the "Containers for Change" program. Please see the poster below for all the details. If you require a green bag to collect your cans, these are available from Mrs Riethmuller at the school.

The Shire of Merredin, Cummins Theatre is hosting “Bruce- the last great hunt” on Tuesday 26th March 2024 10.30am. This show is designed for fifteen (15) years and over and will be open to both high school students and the public

BRUCE is a loveable screw-up; he’s got one last shot at redemption but, with a lifetime of regrets hunting him down, he’s running out of space-time. Created and performed by Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd and Tim Watts, this side-splitting story is unapologetic in its minimal approach. BRUCE is a non-stop rollercoaster of action, adventure, and nostalgia.

Keeping you on the edge of your seat, BRUCE will sweep you away on an epic adventure of love and revenge. He may be just a floating block of yellow foam, but BRUCE is out to prove he’s got a heart of pure gold.

From the creator of the international smash hit The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer comes a new low-fi puppetry spectacular. Get ready to blast off for an epic adventure that bends time and melts your heart. After Tim Watts’ last two Helpmann Award nominated shows (The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer and It’s Dark Outside) performed to sold out crowds and rave reviews all over the world, Watts has teamed up with Nickelodeons’ Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd for BRUCE.

Merredin: Saturday 6.30pm & Sunday 10.30am

Kellerberrin: Sunday 8.00am

Open Wednesday 8.30am-9.10am

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