St Mary's Bulletin

Congratulations to Ava, Sage and Sienna on receiving the Sacrament of Holy Communion on the weekend. Thank you to Mrs Riethmuller, Mrs Philips, Father Philip and their families for preparing them and supporting them on their sacramental journey. Thank you to everyone who came along on Sunday, it was wonderful to see everyone supporting the children. 

Thank you to all the parents who attended the Learning Journey on Tuesday evening. Special thanks to the staff who worked hard to prepare their classrooms for the evening. Please see our "Special Events" section for photos from the afternoon.

The entire school enjoyed an incredible performance from the Musica Viva group on Wednesday. Their talent had the children and staff entranced. The morning covered music, singing and acting and was extremely entertaining.

Please see the "Special Events" section for all the photos and details about the performance.

Please see the following correspondence from MSP Photography:

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

Next week is Week 10, Term 4 is almost upon us. We have all been battling sickness and I for one cannot wait until the warmer weather hits us and gets rid of this nasty flu season. Don't forget we have our final assembly for the term next Friday, the 26th of September. We look forward to seeing what our talented Year One class will have to perform for us.

The St Mary's Leadership and Admin team are already in the planning stages for 2026. In preparation for this we would appreciate if any families that know that they will not be continuing their education journey with us next year if they could please notify the office at: admin@stmarysmerredin.wa.edu.au

Thank you for you co-operation with this matter. 

God Bless!!

Mr H

Our schools sporting talent was on full display last Friday at the Interschool Athletics Carnival. It was great to see the student’s determination, perseverance and sportsmanship shine through during the events. It was a close one in the end with it coming down to the final events, unfortunately we fell just short of a strong Merredin College team. 

1st Merredin College - 813 points

2nd - St Marys -  783 points 

Congratulations to the following students who performed exceptionally well in their age categories.

Junior Boy Runner-up - Henry Smith 

Junior Girl Champion - Stella Sharp 

Intermediate Girl Runner Up - Sienna Anderson 

Intermediate Girls Champion - Ava Webb 

Senior Boy Champion - Jobe Walker 

Thank you to Merredin College for hosting the day, and to all the wonderful parent helpers who assisted on the day. And of course, to all the spectators who cheered us on all day! 

Our Tuesday afternoon we opened our classrooms to our families for our second Learning Journey experience. This was a wonderful opportunity for families to witness their child’s learning journey throughout the year. They were invited to play games with their children and/or explore their classroom activities and work. It was wonderful to see so many family members throughout the classrooms engaging with their children and catching up on all the fantastic work they have been completing this year. Thank you to everyone that came along.

Fete information packs have been sent home.

If you have any queries about the information provided please email Christine at christinejohnston001@gmail.com. The documents have also been posted to Audiri. 

We're grateful for your support and look forward to a successful fundraising day! 

Thanks also to our ever increasing list of sponsors. Days like this wouldn't be possible without you!!

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!

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 program is open to eligible parents/carers all year.

To join Saver Plus, you need to meet these requirements:

• Be 18 years or older
• Have a current Health Care or Pensioner Concession Card
• Have a child in school, starting next year, or be studying yourself
• Get a regular income (can be you or your partner in paid work or child support/carers' payment)
• Agree to join in free online financial education workshops

If families would like to check their eligibility and receive a call back, please visit the enquiry link -  Our Saver Plus financial literacy program (thesmithfamily.com.au), or they’re welcome to call our national number 1300 610 355, and a local coordinator will contact them directly.