Thank you to all parents who have indicated their choice on the new uniform options demonstrated in the Hall. If you haven’t been in to have a look, please do so and indicate your preference.
A special thank you to the Year 2/3 students and Miss Ariti for reading at last Sunday's Mass.
It was lovely to have you join us at church and share in the celebration. Your presence and participation was greatly appreciated by the parish community.
Congratulations to our eleven students who travelled to Perth on Wednesday to represent St Mary’s in Perth at the SSWA Champions Cup. Our team had some great wins and a few very close games where they only lost by one goal!! Unfortunately the cup had to be cancelled early due to lightening, but luckily most games had been played by then. Thank you to Estelle Madaffari for coaching, Maureen Wilson for managing and Jade Healey-Ratima for umpiring.
Congratulations to the Pre-primary class, Miss Downsborough and Mrs Cooper on their fantastic assembly presentation this morning! They might be small in number but they certainly made up for it in talent.
The students shared a thoughtful and engaging item titled “It’s Okay to Make Mistakes”—a powerful reminder for us all that mistakes are part of learning and growing.
Following their assembly performance, the Pre-primary students visited the Senior Centre, where they performed their item and spent time interacting with the residents.
Just a reminder that tomorrow is our annual Catholic Leave Day. The school will be closed. School will resume on Monday the 25th of August. Enjoy your long weekend!!
We’re excited to celebrate Book Week next Wednesday, 27 August.
This year’s theme, “Book an Adventure!”, encourages children to see reading as a gateway to exploration and discovery—celebrating the idea that every book opens a door to a new adventure.
All students from Kindy to Year 6 are invited to come dressed as their favourite storybook character. We’ll start the day with a parade at 8:50am, followed by a range of multi-aged activities designed to spark imagination and a love of reading.
The Faction Long Jump event will be help on Thursday, 28 August for students in Pre-primary to Year 6. Please refer to the Audiri note from Mrs Crees, sent on Wednesday, for further information regarding the event.
The sacrament of Holy Communion will be celebrated on the 14th of September, please keep these students in your prayers as they prepare for the sacrament, Ava Webb, Sage O’Malley and Sienna Anderson.
The maintenance of the school is impeccable, with learning spaces, play areas, facilities, and resources managed to foster education and wellbeing.
Enjoy your long weekend!!
Mrs Riethmuller
Decoding the Universe
In Week 4, classes enjoyed celebrating National Science Week. Scitech released virtual live excursions each day which classes in Year 2-6 enjoyed being a part of. The virtual excursions included interviews with Australian Scientists and Astronauts, experiments and quizzes to test our knowledge. Classes also enjoyed exploring the NASA website, making rockets and making astronauts. The Pre Primary class loved getting messy while making moon rocks.
Today the Pre-Primary Class visited the Senior Centre to present their assembly item to our lovely senior members. While our little ones were a little nervous to begin with, our seniors thoroughly their show. After the show the Pre-Primaries entertained the seniors with some games and enjoyed doing some colouring in together.
Pre-Primary Year One
Oliver Webb Milla Jardine
Addison Cullinan - Crook Eloise Sanoop -Scariah
Bree O’Malley
George Bardot
Year Two/Three Year Four/Five
Halle Crees Ava Webb
Harrison Ransom-Haines Hayley Growden
Rosie Brunetti Jack Harris
Charlotte Alberti Toryn Hotene
Lola Anderson Kaylee Jacobson
Year Five/Six Science / Design & Technology
Thomas Billing Max Crees
Seth Cooper Hunter Coles
Audrey Mason Nathan Hastie
Jobe Walker Ruby Jardine
Emily Smith Layla Gregory
On Wednesday, Week 6, 27st August, we will hold our annual Book Week multi-age activity day. Students from Kindy to Year 6 will rotate through 5 activities during the day.
At 8:50 we will hold our costume parade in the undercover area, then at 9:10 students will be placed into their groups, ready for their first activity.
Students have free dress for the day. Some dress up ideas for the day are:
· Classic book characters
· Explorers
· Astronauts
· Favourite disney prince or princess
· Magic School Bus Characters
· Favourite Author
· Alice in Wonderland
· The Wizard of Oz
Please click on the link below for your faction carnival lunch orders:
2025 St Mary's Faction Carnival Sausage Sizzle Tickets | TryBooking Australia
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!
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:
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.
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Mass Times: Saturday 6.30pm and Sunday 10.30am