St Mary's Newsletter

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Special thanks to Lisa Murray who spent the day at St Mary’s on Wednesday sharing her amazing pony and horse with the students. The children loved interacting with the animals. please check out our "Special Events" section for all the photos from the day.

Please note that in Term Three Friday Sport will be changing to a Monday. Students in PP-Year Six will therefore be required to wear their sports uniform (faction shirt and sports shorts/skort) on a MONDAY. They will wear their formal school uniform on Fridays. This will be for Term Three only. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. 

God Bless

Mr H

On Wednesday our students had a visit from Leesa Murray and her therapy pony and horse, Legend and Cowboy. Legend and Cowboy are involved in Leesa's Wellbeing Program which aims to support children with their emotional wellbeing and mental health. Leesa's session's aim to support conversations around emotional wellbeing, self-regulation, kindness, connection, and looking after our mental health in a way that is engaging, developmentally appropriate, and fun for students.

During the sessions, students were able to:

• Get a brief introduction to the therapy horse/pony and how ponies communicate feelings and emotions

• Have discussions around emotions, wellbeing, and ways we can help ourselves feel calm and regulated

• Have interactive activities involving the pony that encourage participation, teamwork, emotional awareness, and respectful behaviour around animals

• Have opportunities for observation and (where appropriate) gentle interaction with the pony.

Thank you to Leesa for bringing Legend and Cowboy along. As you can see the children thoroughly enjoyed their time with Legend and Cowboy and we hope to see you all again soon :)

Yesterday our year 3-6 students enjoyed a fantastic day of competition at the Winter Carnival, competing against Merredin College in Hockey, Netball, and Football. Across all sports, there were many closely contested games, with students displaying great determination, teamwork, and sportsmanship throughout the day.

It was wonderful to see our players' skills in their chosen sports improve as the day progressed, along with their confidence. Students embraced every opportunity to learn, challenge themselves, and support one another, making the day a wonderful experience for all involved.

A highlight of the carnival was the outstanding leadership shown by our older students. They consistently encouraged their teammates, ensured everyone was included, and demonstrated excellent sportsmanship both on and off the field. They should be very proud of the example they set for our younger students.

Changes to the football fixtures meant that only two teams competed on the day. The first two matches were incredibly close, with each team claiming a one-point victory, meaning the result came down to the third and final game. Scores were locked together until three-quarter time, when St Mary's managed to gain a slight advantage and hold on to secure the overall football victory for the day.

The netball competition was equally exciting, with several tightly contested matches. The results were so close that the battle for second place ultimately had to be decided on a countback.

Hockey was another closely fought competition. While goals proved difficult to come by, resulting in several drawn games, this never stopped our students from giving their all. Their persistence, teamwork, and positive attitudes were evident throughout the day.

Overall Results

Football

• 1st  – St Mary's
• 2nd  - Merredin College 

Netball

• 1st – St Mary's 2 (Gold)
• 2nd – MC 1
• 3rd  – St Mary's 1 (Maroon)
• 4th – St Mary’s 3 (White) 
• 5th – MC 2
• 6th MC 3

Hockey

• 1st – MC 2
• 2nd – St Mary's 1 (Maroon)
• 3rd – MC 1
• 4th – St Mary's 2 (Gold)

A sincere thank you goes to all of our parent volunteers who generously gave their time to assist with coaching, umpiring, scoring, and supporting our students throughout the day. Your contribution helped make the carnival such a success.

We would also like to thank the Merredin College secondary students who assisted by umpiring games throughout the day. You all did a fantastic job, and your support and assistance were greatly appreciated.

Congratulations to all students who participated and represented St Mary's with pride. Their enthusiasm, sportsmanship, and willingness to encourage one another made the Winter Carnival a memorable and successful day for everyone involved.

Kate Crees

Specialist Teacher

Wow! What a big term we have had in Kindy. Everyone was so excited to see their friends after the two-week break and were keen to leap straight back into learning.

This term in numeracy we have been focussing on our numbers from 1 to 10 and learning all about patterns. We have gone on nature walks to collect different items to use to make patterns. We have enjoyed making patterns using our class members, exercises, stickers and a range of other activities.

We started the term in kindy learning about farms. Our class has enjoyed exploring different farm animals, learning about where food comes from and of course, all the machinery that are used on local farms in the Wheatbelt. Through a range of farm stories, songs, some very cute craft activities, and imaginative play, our students have developed their vocabulary and curiosity of life on farms.

We have also been exploring the fascinating world of mini beasts. The children have enjoyed investigating worms, dragonflies and other small creatures. We have been learning about where they live and their important roles in the environment. We loved having earth worms in our classroom, where we learnt how to be gentle and careful with them. We were also very lucky to visit the schools worm farm, run by the year 6 environmental team. The year six students gave an insightful talk to the Kindy class, explaining how worm farms work. They went through what worms like to eat, how to care for them and some general interesting facts about worms.

We have a WINNER!!! Congratulations to Abigail Brown who correctly guessed the 339 pieces of Lego in the jar today. Thank you to everyone that came and had a guess, we raised another $28.50 for Telethon this week!!!  

Congratulations to Kimberley Fajardo for winning Round 15 with 7/7 tips. $50 thanks to sponsor RSM Merredin. 

I've started collecting items to send to the beautiful people in Tanzania with the help of the Retuno E Maa Foundation I will send a sea container when I have enough items to send. If you have anything you would like to donate that would be amazing. Second hand or new, everything can be used.

Some items that will be loved are:

• Clothes in good condition (no underwear except bras)
• Socks matching with no holes
• Linen
• Shoes in good condition
• School supplies
• Bikes & scooters in any form as they can be fixed
• Balls - netball, soccer, football, basketball, tennis
• Bread & Cake tins
• Craft items like wool, crochet & knitting needles, beads, sewing supplies

Items can be dropped off to Cockies Ag

Jasmin 0427823357

Cockies Ag

Mitchell Street

Merredin

Everyone knows Jack’s story, but what about the giant’s? Do we really know what happened that day when Jack unexpectedly barged into the giant’s kitchen? Was it the grim fee-fi-fo-fum bone-crunching tale we’ve all grown up with, or is there a different story waiting to be told?

Beanstalk is the hilarious retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk told from the giant’s point of view. Step into Brian’s cloud-making kitchen where he cooks up carrots, fluffy clouds and a few stories from his not-so-easy life as a giant.

Funny, unapologetically playful and utterly charming, Beanstalk will have you laughing at the antics of a loaf of bread (Jack), reeling in horror at the squishing of a tomato (a villager), and marvelling at the clever trickery that brings the magic of cloud creation to life.

Bookings can be made in person at the Visitor Centre or online through bit.ly/CTBeanstalk

Are you planning for your child to attend Merredin College in 2027??

Please ENROL NOW!!

Applications can be found on our website

For further queries you can call administration on (08) 9041 7520 or at Merredin.College@education.wa.edu.au

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