St Mary's Newsletter

We play fairly for the enjoyment of all and encourage each other to do our best.

Don’t forget our Bushdance is on this evening at 5pm. We thank the P&F and especially Christine and her merry band of helpers for their preparation for the event. Thank you also to the following businesses & families for their generous donations: Merredin Rural Supplies; Nutrien Ag Solutions; The Home Hardware Two Dog's Team; Merredin College; the Alberti family; the Johnson Family; Marie Bartlett Tupperware; Brad & Jo Anderson and the Wheatbelt Icecream team and the Dorizzi Family and the Go Mad Team.

If you got a chance to see the St Mary’s display at the show, you’ll agree it looked fantastic. Thank you to the teachers and children for the work they put into the displays.

The PP class visited the Merredin Senior Centre yesterday and we received a lovely email in return…

Good afternoon Emily

Thank you very, very much for the wonderful morning at the Senior Centre today.  Our Seniors loved it and we hope you can return as often as you would like during the remainder of the year.

Your Staff - Marissa and Elisha were so easy to interact with and the children engaged with the Seniors and were so well behaved.

They are a credit to you and St Mary's.

Thank you again for all the effort to bring them to interact with our Senior Citizens.

regards

Heather Giles, Audience McCrae and Gail Keamy.

A reminder that the students are required to change to the winter uniform in Term 2. Do not worry if you haven’t had a chance to get to the uniform shop to purchase items you need because as in the past, there will be a 2 week changeover period.

*A special reminder that all socks must be Logo free.

Special: Woollen Jumpers $40

(Normally $60)

Clearance: 3 pack of Grey Socks $5

(Great for home & weekends as these are no longer a part of the school uniform)

Available online through QuickCliQ or Uniform Shop.

Well done to all for dressing up on Harmony Day and acknowledging the wide diversity in our community. It was great to see the children (and parents!) had really thought about the significance of their costumes.

Our End of Term One Assembly will be held next Wednesday the 27th of March and will be presented by the Year Four/Five Class. We look forward to seeing you there.

Congratulations to Greta, Kate, Zac and Patrick who represented St Mary's at the Schools Tennis Classic Cup finals in Perth today. They had a fantastic day and walked away Runner's Up!! What an amazing effort!

Next week begins our Holy Week celebrations. We will have a whole school Holy Week Reflection at 1.15pm in the hall on Wednesday the 27th of March. Everyone is welcome to attend.

We will be holding a Project Compassion "Quirky" themed free dress day on Tuesday the 26th of March. Please see the poster below for more details. Just a reminder that Project Compassion money boxes are due back, so please return to your classroom teacher or the front office ASAP, thank you!

Next Thursday the 28th of March is a Staff Development Day, therefore the final day of Term One for students will be Wednesday the 27th of March. 

Monday the 15th of April is also a Staff Development Day, hence school will resume for students on Tuesday the 16th of April. 

God Bless.

Mr H.

Pre-Primary

This term so far, we have been singing lots of songs and moving to the beat using all sorts of shaking, stamping, twisting and hopping. We are having lots of fun having a go at using the instruments such as shakers, tapping sticks, tambourines, bells and drums.

We have been listening carefully to sounds to work out if they are high or low, loud or soft. We have been amazing at learning the instruments of the orchestra!

Year 1 and 2

This term we have been clapping, playing and singing along to our new rhythm patterns. We have been playing instruments and learning more about the instruments of the orchestra.

Year 3-6

Our focus this Term is Drama and we have been looking at Literature in Drama. We have watched a short animation called Pip and used it’s characters and themes as our inspiration. From the animation we have created advertisements, mimes and “postcards”. We have also been going around the world learning folk dances. We are looking forward to showing off our moves at the Bush Dance on Friday night! 

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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