Principal Talk with Mrs. Sally-Anne Croker
Hold on to your hats!
Welcome back for the final term of 2025!!! I hope you all enjoyed some dedicated family time over the holiday break.
We have an action-packed term planned, so please keep a close eye on the calendar and newsletter for information, dates and updates.
Upcoming Events
School Photos
Next Wednesday, 22 October, is our school photo day. Please send your child to school in the FULL SUMMER UNIFORM, with the correct school socks (grey with green and gold stripes for boys and white anklet or long socks for girls), clean shoes and tidy hair. Please ensure your child also brings or wears their school jumper, only wears hair accessories in our school colours and that their jewellery aligns with our school policy (studs or sleeper earrings and/or a simple chain with a religious medallion or cross only). Children do not have to have their hair tied back on school photo day if desired.
If you have not ordered your package yet, please do so as soon as possible.
Boorowa Touch Football and Netball Carnival
The Boorowa Touch Football and Netball Carnival, for ALL students in Years 2 - 6, will be held on Friday 24 October.Year 3 and 5/6 Excursions
Next week we have three classes heading out into the community. Year 3 are heading to GPAC to a show called, "The Listies" on Tuesday 22nd, while Years 5 and 6 will be attending the Ag Centre on Goulburn Rd for a rescheduled excursion from Term 3. Both events require students to wear their full summer uniform (including hat) and have a packed lunch and water bottle. Yr 5 and 6 are wearing SPORT uniform while Yr 3 are SCHOOL uniform.
Full details for both are available on Compass
Sporting Stars
Last Term Year Five student, Jesse Costello took part in the NSWPSSA Golf in Barooga as a member of the MacKillop Team. Jesse wrote a report to share.
On the last week of Term Three I went down to Cobram Barooga to play Golf for Mackillop.
On Day 1 of the Tournament we played Ambrose. This is a team event and we shot one over. I made three new friends, Archie, Jax and Tom. It was a great way to start the Tournament.
On Day 2 we played on a different course at Tocumwal. This was the first day of the individual stroke event. I went pretty well on a tough course, shooting 91.
That night I got to experience a cool Aboriginal show in the woods with my family and golf friends.
On Day 3 it was individual stroke again and I shot 88.
At Presentation, Team MacKillop had the most successful tournament ever being awarded Silver in the stroke event and Gold in the net event.
It was an awesome event and hopefully I can do it again next year.
We had two Year 5 students, Rory Bensley and Flynn Storrier, attend the NSWCPS - MacKillop Championships at Sydney Athletic Centre as members of the Canberra Goulburn Track and Field team. Flynn ran 100m and came 9th with a time of 14.14 and a PB, 200m and came 9th and 800m finishing 15th while Rory competed in the Discus event and came 14th with a rough distance of 19.58m
We also had three St Mary's students represent us at the Interschool Equestrian Championships in Berry over the October Long weekend. Year Three student, Tommy Culley, Year Five student, Joe McCormack and Year Six Captain Grace McCormack took part in many events over the three days and competed against many schools from NSW.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO FLY OUR FLAG IN THE SPORTING ARENA
Grandparents Day 2025
Join us on Friday 31st October for our annual Grandparents and Special Friends Day. The day will begin with Mass at 9:30am followed by some classroom visits and sharing of "something I'm proud of" !!
Morning tea at 11:15am with Grandparents and students under the sails will follow and then the STEM Fair will be open with every class hosting.
We look forward to this wonderful day.
CWA Competition
Well done to our students who entered into the CWA project competitions, and particular congratulations to those students who placed.
Important dates to note:
Tues 21 Oct - Yr 5/6 Ag Excursion & Yr 3 GPAC Excursion.
Wed 22 Oct - School Photos
Fri 24 Oct - Boorowa Touch/Netball
Fri 31 Oct Grandparents and Special Friends Day
2026 TERM DATES
The dates below are student attendance dates.
Term One - 2 February - 2 April
Term Two - 21 April - 2 July
Term Three - 21 July - 25 September
Term Four - 13 October - 17 December