Term 3/4 Key Dates

Welcome

A big welcome to Matilda Rose who started last week in Year Three. We wish Matilda, and her parents Juanita and Phil, a smooth and happy transition into the St Mary's School Community and Crookwell district. 

Our Year Three students are thrilled to welcome a new class member.

Thank you!

I would like to offer our special thanks to Kylie Salt for making printed plastic labels of our class tuckshop baskets and Lesley Peden for writing and submitting an application for a 'Yates Growing Good Gardens Grant'. 

Thank you also to all of our Tuckshop volunteers this term.

The wonderful parental support we receive is one of the things that makes St Mary's such a positive school community!

School Photographs

Our school photographs will be taken on 22 October in Week 2 of Term 4.

To order photographs go to www.advancedlife.com.au  and type in the nine-digit code AN3 WE9 3JZ. Alternatively, you may send back the envelope distributed in Week 8.

Sibling photographs can also be ordered online or by requesting an envelope from the Office.

Inclusive Education

At St Mary’s we recognise that each of our students is unique and special. They each represent differing family and cultural backgrounds and all have varying abilities.

The staff at St Mary’s supports our shared vision that all students in our school need to receive the support they require to engage purposefully in learning and experience academic success. We are committed to providing inclusive education. 

Inclusion allows all students to access and fully participate in learning, alongside their similar-aged peers, supported by reasonable adjustments and teaching strategies tailored to meet their individual needs. Inclusion is embedded in all aspects of school life and is supported by our culture, policies and everyday practices. 

At St Mary’s inclusion means:

• All students feeling welcome 
• All students being able to learn in a safe and supportive environment
• All students being able to access and participate in high-quality education and fully engage in the curriculum along-side their similar-aged peers 
• All students being able to achieve academically and socially with reasonable adjustments and support tailored to meet their learning needs.

The inclusive education we deliver at St Mary’s is not a ‘one size fits all approach’. We recognise that each student requires different entry points to help them access their academic, communication and social needs. 

The following cartoon and quote highlight why an inclusive approach to education is essential.

Toys & Technology

At St Mary's we encourage students to leave their toys at home. We are happy to supply our students with equipment to play with at break time and are always open to suggestions about suitable play equipment and activities. If a child does decide to bring a toy to school, please be aware that they do this at their own risk. Whilst we encourage our students to respect other people and their possessions, sometimes things can get lost or accidentally broken. It would be a pity if this happened to something that is special to the child. 

As there is an increasing amount of technology coming to school with students each day we ask that devices are clearly labelled. It is essential that all devices are left in the basket upon arrival at school. Labelling devices will ensure that they are returned to the correct students at the end of the day.  

Recipes- Keep them coming!

Our St Mary's P&F Year Four coordinating team of Daria, Tash and Donna, are currently putting together a new St Mary's Cookbook. This cookbook will be filled with our families favourite 'tried and true' recipes. We encourage every family to contribute their best recipes for this cookbook. Let's make this edition as good as the last, which was produced in the 90's, when some of our parents were students at St Mary's.  

Recipes can be emailed to Office.Stmarysc@cg.catholic.edu.au or sent in with your child.

Operation Christmas Child

Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is a project of Samaritan’s Purse. It partners with local churches in developing nations to reach out to children by providing gift-filled shoeboxes to children in need.

As a school, we will aim to fill as many boxes as we can. Items can include small toys, hair accessories, a hairbrush, toothbrush, skipping rope, marbles, pencils, notepads, textas, handkerchiefs etc.  

If you would prefer to send in a couple of dollars to go towards the $10 postage per box, rather than send in an item, this would also be appreciated.