ENewsletter

Dear St Mary's School Community,

Focus Value: : Sportsmanship

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

Holiday Time

Yay for holidays!

I trust you all have a relaxing upcoming break. If you are travelling to exotic places or just staying home enjoying family time, I extend my best wishes to all.

Assembly

It was wonderful to see so many family members at the assembly this morning. Congratulations once again to the teachers for all the good work that has been going on in the Year One classrooms. The students were magnificent!

Professional Development Day

Don't forget that the first day back is a Staff Development Day for staff, therefore there will be no school for students. School will resume for Kindy to Year Six students on Tuesday the 14th of October. The first Pre-Kindy session will be on Friday the 17th of October.

End of Term Three & School Fete

It’s been a busy term as always. I would like to commend the Staff of St Mary’s on the commitment they give to our students on a daily basis. I would also like to extend my thanks to our busy group of parents who have been working hard on preparing the St Mary’s School Fete. If you haven’t already put it in your diary, it’s Saturday 18 October, see you there!

Harvey School Review

As we had a Principal from another school complete our School Review earlier this year, I will be on the School Review panel for St Anne’s, Harvey. This school review will take place on the 3-5 November.

Mrs Crees

Special thanks again to Mrs Crees for the HUGE amount of time spent collating the Championship points to identify the record holders. Great work Mrs Crees!

School Photos

Dear Parents,

We would like to inform you that the 2025 Special Group Photos captured on school photo day are now available for purchase.

Pricing & Order Deadline:

📸 SPECIAL GROUP ORDERS ONLY 📸

Available for purchase at $25.00 per image until Sunday the 28th of September 2025

Orders placed after the cut-off date will incur a $15.00 late order fee.

Order Online:

www.specialgroups.com.au / https://www.cognitoforms.com/MSPPhotography2/MSPSpecialGroupOrderForm

Or contact us on (08) 9240 8000

Please note: The late order fee covers the cost of additional templates and printing that are required to be set up at intervals during the production of bulk school jobs. It also covers the additional delivery/postage and administration fees.

Kind Regards,

MSP Photography

God Bless

Mr H

Special Events

Year Five/Six Senior Centre Visit

The year 5/6 class had a great time visiting the senior center on Thursday 25th September.

We were able to take their drink orders and helped to serve morning tea. It was really lovely to sit and share a chat or a game while the seniors were happy to have us there.

Some of us shared our digital learning portfolios or read our recent poems we wrote in class. Some of the seniors enjoyed a game of Uno No Mercy, a challenging version of original Uno.

We showed off some juggling skills, shared our recent presentations on a country, found out where some of the seniors came from - as far away as England and Croatia! Clancy and Georgia played some tunes on the piano, magic tricks were shared with lots of laughter and a promise for new tricks next time we visit.

We think it's a great experience to share these visits and the seniors really enjoyed having the students there with all their smiles and enthusiasm.

Assembly Merit Awards

Pre-Primary Year One

Tex Johnston Olivia Liebenberg

Dulcie Crook Hamda Habib

Tully Dean

Jack Gray

Year Two/Three Year Four/Five

Stella Sharp Lachlan Anderson

Addison Last Ava Anderson

Maggie Gray Alistair Crook

Georgia Major Lucas Narkle

Garbriel Tirant

Year Five/Six Physical Education

Alena Madaffari Brydie Jacobson

Clancy Sutherland Hamda Habib

Emily Kermode Harry Crees

Royce White Keegan Flanagan

Logan Sharp Toby Sharp

Other News & Important Dates

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

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