St Mary's Bulletin

Thank you to everyone that came along to support the Year Four/Five's on Wednesday at the St Joseph's Day Mass. They did an amazing job leading the Mass. Thank you also to Miss Della Bosca and Father for helping prepare them.

Today we celebrated Harmony Day, a day that encourages inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural background. The theme for Harmony Day 2025 is "Harmony - we all have a role to play". 

To celebrate Harmony Day the children were welcomed to wear orange or clothes reflecting their cultural background and participated in Harmony Day activities in their classrooms. 

Our happy campers have returned home safe and well today, after a very busy action packed week. There will no doubt be lots of stories to tell in the coming days and weeks and we will get the opportunity to hear and see all about it at the Year 5/6 assembly in Week Ten. But for now here are a few photos of the Year Sixes enjoying themselves this week. Thank you to Mrs Mac, Kat White and James Kermode for giving up their time to accompany the children this week. Opportunities like this could not happen without your help!!

Students receiving their Sacrament in 2025, along with their parents, attended a special Commitment Mass on the weekend. The Commitment Mass is where the students and their parents publicly express their commitment to the faith and the sacrament they will receive.

Please keep these students in your prayers as they prepare for their Sacrament.

Reconciliation

Halle Crees

Annabel Johnston

Tessa O’Neill

Holy Communion

Sienna Anderson

Sage O’Malley

Ava Webb

Confirmation

Lucas Bartlett

Mia Crees

Georgia Hastie

Emily Kermode

Audrey Mason

Jacob Robartson

Andrew Wilson

A reminder that there will be a P&F Meeting on Monday the 24th of March at 7.oopm in the Library. Everyone is welcome to attend. 

Our St Mary’s Faction Swimming Carnival will be held on Wednesday, 26th March, commencing 9.30am at the Merredin pool involving all students from years Three to Six. 

A programme of events will be sent through Audiri closer to the time, and students will have been informed of the events they are competing in. 

Students are to come to school as normal and will walk to the pool with their teachers.

Our wonderful P&F are offering a sausage sizzle lunch on the day. Orders for students and spectators can be placed via the trybooking link in the advertisement further down in the Newsletter. Orders close on the 24th of March at 12pm. So get behind our P&F and order yourself a yummy lunch!!

We still need some volunteers for the day, if you can help out in any way, please contact Mrs Crees at Kate.Crees@cewa.edu.au or phone the office to let them know. Thank you to those that have already put their hands up to help out on the day. Your ongoing support means that days like this can run smoothly!!

Our Pre-Primary - Year Two students won't be missing out as they will be participating in some fun water play games back at school. 

Parent-Teacher Interviews will be taking place in Week Nine. A notice will be going out on Monday with instructions on how to book your interviews. Bookings will open at 4.00pm on Monday the 24th of March and close at 4.00pm on Friday the 28th of March.

An Apple Watch was found on the school grounds this week. If you believe the watch may belong to you please come to the front office and provide a description of the watch. 

Why did the math book look sad? Because it had too many problems!

God Bless

Mr H

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.