St Mary's Newsletter

I wish you all a happy restful, safe holidays, especially if you are travelling away from Merredin. Please remember School staff have an RE PD on the first day of Term Four. Students commence on Tuesday the 13th of October.

As we begin planning for 2027, if your circumstances are changing and your child will no longer be attending St Mary's School, please let the Administration Office know as soon as possible.

You can contact us by:

Email: admin@stmarysmerredin.wa.edu.au

Phone: (08) 9041 1907

Thank you for helping us with our planning and enrolment preparations for 2027.

Another successful visit to the Senior Centre today!! The Year Sixes enjoyed playing cards games and interviewing the Seniors about their likes and dislikes.

It was wonderful to see so many children attend last Friday Nights Disco. Well done to our group of hard-working P&F members who made it such an exciting night.

As you may have heard on mainstream media during the week, both the Education Department and CEWA have indicated:

“Smart glasses are not to be worn, used or stored on school sites by students,

staff, parents, caregivers, visitors or contractors and will also apply when students and staff are participating in school activities offsite.”

A reminder that the first day of school in 2027 is Thursday 28 January.

“Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.” — Haim Ginott

God Bless

David Hamersely

(Principal)

What another amazing term we have had in Kindy.

We started our term off exploring all things construction. We absolutely loved doing some creative activities around construction, lots of building with different materials and looking at all the machines involved in constructing things.

We were also very excited to invite our dads in for Father’s Day celebrations. It was very exciting doing a range of minute-to-win-it activities with them. Some of our Kindy dads were very competitive!

In numeracy we have been working hard on learning addition. We have been doing lots of hands-on activities to consolidate our learning.

We have explored positional language. We walked around the school and found ways to demonstrate different prepositions, including between, on, around, in, under.

We have been very excited to build on our knowledge of capacity. We know that capacity is the amount a container can hold. We have done lots of measuring where we can demonstrate containers that are empty, nearly empty, half full, nearly full and full. 

This week we have explored time, and the duration that different activities take. We have been sorting activities into different groups depending on the duration that they take. We have done some amazing drawings highlighting our understanding of long and short activities. 

We look forward to another fun filled term of learning after a well-deserved holiday! 

What a fantastic night we had at the St Mary’s School Disco last Friday! It was the first time the P&F have organised an event like this, and whilst there were a few things we have learnt for next time, it was still a great success!

It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces, along with a number of new families joining us for the evening in our magnificently decorated St Joseph's Hall.

The kids danced, laughed and had a wonderful time, and it was so lovely to see everyone enjoying themselves and catching up. 

A big thank you to everyone who came along and helped make the night such a success. Thank you in particular to Gemma D, Kristy S and Jess R for organising the disco, Tnaya W, Tessa C, Katie C and Kate C for your help on the night and Sophie C and Jayden C for allowing us to use your equipment. 

Events like these are a great opportunity to connect, welcome new families and build our wonderful St Mary’s community.

I would also like to take this opportunity to remind parents that there are lots of opportunities to get involved with the P&F. Whether it's helping at an event, sharing an idea or simply attending our Monday night meetings (only twice a term), every contribution makes a difference to your child's education and experience at St Mary's. 

Olivia Gray

P&F President

Pre-Primary                                                  Year One/Two

Nate W                                                          Baden A

Alexis R                                                          Myla H

Mukundi H                                                    Olivia L

Lucas H                                                          Freya O

                                                                        Tully D

Year Two/Three                                           Year Four/Five

Stella S                                                           Halle C

Nathan H                                                       Jayden M

Henry S                                                          Sienna A

Lola A                                                             Harry C

Year Six                                                         Physical Education

Georgia C                                                       Nate W

Kai W                                                              Ollie W

Lachlan A                                                       Marley F         

                                                                        Corey W

                                                                        Georgia C                                                                                                                              

It's hard to believe that it's that time of the year already, but we are starting to prepare for our 2027 intakes. If you haven't already done so, please contact the office to collect an enrolment pack and complete an enrolment enquiry form. We will be conducting our Pre-Kindy interviews later this term, so if you would like your child on our list for next year, please contact us ASAP as places are filling fast!!

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

VacSwim enrolments close on the 14th of October, so get your enrolments in soon to avoid disappointment!!!

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

Merredin: Saturday 6.30pm & Sunday 10.30am

Kellerberrin: Sunday 8.00am

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Open Wednesday 8.30am-9.10am

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