ANZAC Day

It was wonderful to see over sixty St Mary’s students at the ANZAC Day Commemorative Service in Crookwell and fifteen in Taralga on Sunday. We also had students participate in the Dawn Service.

Our students and teachers marched proudly and listened respectfully, demonstrating wonderful community spirit. 

Thank you to all the parents who brought their children to participate on Sunday. Thank you also to the staff that assisted.

Athletics Age Champions

Congratulations to our students on the achievement of 'Age Champion' at the 2021 School Athletics Carnival. More details in Mrs Rachael Croker's sports page.

The Northern Region Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 11 June. Information notes for qualifying students will be sent home soon. 

Cross Country Carnival

Congratulations to the children who participated in the school Cross Country Carnival yesterday. Once again, I was very impressed with our student's effort and sportspersonship. We have had quite a few positive comments from parents, impressed by our senior student's leadership, encouragement of others and the way our whole school was inclusive in supporting each other.

Thank you to the parents and staff who helped on the day and to Rachael Croker for her thorough organisation of this successful event. 

Uniform Matters

By the beginning of next week, all students should be wearing their full winter uniform. 

In preparation for the cooler months, you might like to order our school coat, which is a warm bottle green parka style coat, from our Uniform Shop. No other coats will be permitted, however, bottle green gloves and beanies may be purchased elsewhere. 

Some other reminders about our school uniform- hair accessories must be in the school colours only, earrings must be sleepers and studs and no nail polish is to be worn to school. Hair, both boys and girls, is to be tied back if it is longer than collar length.

Catholic Schools Week

Monday 3 to Friday 7 May, we celebrate Catholic Schools Week. We do this by offering service to others in our community. This year our Catholic Schools Week activities include a visit and tidy up at the Community Garden for Year 1 and Year 2, a visit to Crookwell SDN Pre-school for Kindergarten, the Legends Shield Gala Day Goulburn for nominated students in Years 3-6, a visit to the Crookwell Early Learning Centre by Year 4 and the launch of our St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal for Years 5 and 6. The week will conclude with the Northern Region Cross Country Carnival.

Throughout the week I will also conduct school tours. Please spread the word about our Open Week Tours. If you know someone who is interested in learning more about St Mary's, or who has a child ready to start Kindergarten in 2022, we welcome their visit. School tour bookings can be made by calling Belinda on 48321592.

Student Pick Up

The street directly out the front of St Mary’s is a Bus Zone from 8.30am-9.30am and 3.00pm-4.00pm. Please be aware that occasionally parents dropping their children off in the mornings in this bus zone have been fined by the police.

We recommend that in the afternoons if you have come to collect your children by car that you walk with your child to the crossing on Wade Street to cross safely out of the Bus Zone. 

NAPLAN

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses literacy and numeracy skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in the annual NAPLAN
tests in reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.
The assessment provides parents and schools with an understanding of how individual students are performing at the time of the tests. NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process - it does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance.
NAPLAN also provides schools, education authorities and governments with information about how education programs are working and whether young Australians are meeting important educational outcomes in literacy and numeracy.

The NAPLAN Online assessment window starts on Tuesday 11 May and finishes on
Friday 21 May 2021. The tests must be taken in the following order:

For more information go to 

https://nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/resources/naplan-online-information-brochure-for-parents-and-carers.pdf 

School Counsellor

Our School Counsellor, Sharyn Lynch, has commenced her visits at St Mary's every Monday. If you would like to book an appointment with Sharyn please complete the referral form via the link below or it is available on the school website in the Parent Page:

https://catholiccare.force.com/housing/s/school-referral-form

Enrolling Now

Enrolments can now be placed online. Go to https://enrolments.stmarysc.nsw.edu.au/nsw-enrol/start to enrol now.

Enrolments packs are available from our School Office.