St Mary's Newsletter

Term 3 - Week 6 (29th August, 2025)

Dear St Mary's School Community,

Focus Value: : Leadership

We set a positive example in the classroom, playground and community.

CSAC Meeting

Once again, I extend my thanks to the members of the CSAC for joining me in the Teams meeting Monday night. There’s lots of good work going on at the moment at St Mary’s, so I appreciate the support given to me by all members of the parent body.

Book Week

For those who attended the Book Week parade, you would have seen a successful, really engaging day. Special thanks to Mrs Kermode (and her troupe of Library monitors) for her great work on the day Check out our "Special Events" section for all the details and photos from the day!

Athletics Carnival

Once again Mrs Crees has excelled in her work on the Athletics Carnival. We had our Jumps day Thursday and the Faction Athletics Carnival will be next Friday the 5th of September, commencing at 9:15 am, at the Merredin Recreation Ground for all students in Pre-Primary – Year 6. 

Thank you for all the extra work you put into our Sport Programme Mrs Crees.

Thank you also to our wonderful P&F who are offering lunch orders for the day. Orders can be place via the link on their Facebook page or the link further down in the newsletter. 

Mrs Crees is still looking for some parent volunteers for the day. If you are able to help out, please email her at kate.crees@cewa.edu.au


Uniform Options

Quite a few Parents have already been in to see the 4 uniform options and indicate their preference. Don’t forget to drop into the Office to pick up your preference sticker.

Tournament of Minds: Enrichment Group

This year we have two teams in the state Tournament of Minds competition. On Monday, they will present the solution to a set problem and then flex their minds on solving an unprepared for, long term problem. We wish them the best.

Father’s Day

Remember all are welcome next Tuesday to attend our Father’s Day breakfast. This year it will happen on the school oval.

Free Dress Day

There will be a Free Dress Day on Tuesday. See Mrs Riethmuller's flyer below for all the details!!


School Photo Day - Tuesday 9th September

Our school photo day will be on Tuesday the 9th of September.  Your child's online ordering instruction slip and a unique student shootkey has been sent home. If you would like to order family photos, envelopes can be obtained from the front office. 

School Review Feedback

The students are very compliant and are willing to do their best and are proud of their school

God Bless

Mr H


Class News

Year Four/Five

This term we have been learning about poetry and exploring the devices used such as:

● Alliteration and

● Onomatopoeia

Students have worked in groups to construct a Homework Machine inspired by the poem, ‘The Homework Machine’ by Shel Silverstein.

Special Events

Book Week 2025

Book Week 2025 was another successful year filled with wonderful costumes and fun, collaborative learning. As in past years all the children from Kindy to Year 6 split into groups and travelled to each classroom to listen to a story and then participate in different activities based around those stories. As always our older students were great leaders and helped our little people navigate their way through the day. Thank you to Mrs Kermode and all the staff for all the work they put into making the day such a success.  

Other News & Important Dates

Ride For Life Fundraiser

Real4Life Free Dress Day

On Tuesday, September 2, we have a visit from Real4Life a world-first journey where four women will ride a quad tandem bike across Australia, raising awareness and funds for mental health and suicide prevention through Gotcha4Life.

4 women - 1 bike - 4000km - raising $500,000 for an important cause!  

To raise funds for this worthwhile cause we are going to hold a 'mufty' or free dress day. Students are encouraged to wear free dress for a gold coin donation, please ensure that suitable foot wear is worn.

The bike riders, Louise, Sonia, Rachel and Anna, will be joining us on the day to talk about their journey and why they are undertaking this challenge.

Faction Carnival

Please click on the link below for your faction carnival lunch orders:

2025 St Mary's Faction Carnival Sausage Sizzle Tickets | TryBooking Australia

St Mary's Fete

We are looking forward to the St Mary's Fete on Saturday the 18th of October! We would like to give a BIG Thank you to all of the amazing sponsors so far who have donated to the day. If you would like to be one of our sponsors please reach out to the St Mary's P & F via stmaryspandf@yahoo.com for more information. Thank you!

The P & F needs your help in 2026!

Footy Tipping Coordinator - we are looking for someone to run our well known Football Tipping competition! Our Competition has been running for over 20 years and is one of the main fundraisers for our P & F!

Social Media Coordinator - we are looking for someone to keep our Facebook page up to date! Keeping our community up to date with everything P & F related!

A handover will be completed with the existing coordinators. We look forward to hearing from you! Thank you!

Footy Tipping Sponsors

Community Notices

Online Reading Group

Qualified teacher librarian Sarah Hodgson runs inclusive online reading groups for students from lower primary to high school. Whether your child is wanting to expand their reading across genres or hasn’t yet found the right type of books, these sessions foster a lifelong love of reading in a relaxed, welcoming environment. Students can participate in the way that suits them best — reading aloud, joining in discussion, or simply listening. Find out more at https://sarahhodgson.com.au/reading-groups.


Raising Healthy Minds

The Raising Healthy Minds app is a free, personalised, pocket resource to help parents and carers raise confident, resilient children. Co-designed with parents and experts and funded by the Australian Government, Raising Healthy Minds aims to support children’s social and emotional wellbeing with evidence-based information.  

 

You’ll find information on topics like dealing with worries and making friends, as well as ideas for day-to-day life, like creating family routines, looking after yourself as a parent, and building strong relationships.  

 

The app offers a mix of quick-read articles, videos and animations aimed at parents and carers of children aged 0-12 years. You can tailor information to the age of your child and opt-in to receive helpful tips.  

 

Raising Healthy Minds provides simple-to-use information at your fingertips with clear actions you can start today.  

 

Download from Google Play or the App Store or go to raisingchildren.net.au/rhm to learn more and raise a healthy mind 🧠 😊  

St Mary's Parish Merredin- Mass Times

Merredin: Saturday 6.30pm & Sunday 10.30am

Kellerberrin: Sunday 8.00am

Please visit our website https://merredincatholicparish.org/

St Mary's P&F Uniform Shop

Open Wednesday 8.30am-9.10am

Online Orders: www.quickcliq.com.au