Term 3 Week 2 - Friday 26th July 2024

Dear families, 

Today is the Feast of Saints Anne & Joachim, parents of Mary and grandparents of Jesus. This is a beautiful feast day and one which invites us to remember our grandparents, those who are still with us and those who we remember,  and give thanks for the gift of their lives. The image below captures the three generations of the Holy Family in this gorgeous picture, complete with their pets!  How many of us have a similar picture of our families in our homes? 

Saints Anne and Joachim bless all our families today just as you blessed yours!

Every blessing for the week ahead. 

Roxanne 

Whilst the Olympics are on over in Paris, we are going to be running our very own 'Olympics' here at
St Mary's during our Physical Education (PE) lessons
Each student is going to be assigned a country and compete for that country over their two PE lessons. This is going to run in conjunction with our normal PE schedule.
JLC students will be playing Target Games
MLC students will be playing Cooperative Games
SLC students will be focusing on games that harness their Fundamental Motor Skills (FMS)

On Friday 16th August at 2.30pm, our winning country will be announced!

Thanks to our wonderful music & performing arts teacher Elissa, our school has recently won a $2000 grant from the Teacher Initiatives Program from BankFirst! 

This morning Shane from BankFirst presented us with our grant and received a special performance of Waltzing Matilda from our senior students.

We will be using the money to buy a class set of ukuleles so that all students have a ukulele to practise on, and also to make sure there are enough ukuleles here for people to play at our Community Music sessions. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to the following student for this week:

Jethro

TERM 3

WEEK 3
Tuesday 30th July
Foundation celebrate 100 days of school!
Dress up in bright clothing (Foundation students only)

Friday 2nd August
Green & Gold Dress Up Day

WEEK 5
Wednesday 14th August - Friday 16th August
SLC Camp in Melbourne

WEEK 6
Tuesday 20th August
Year 6 Orientation Day @ Marian College
Parent Teacher Interviews from 3.30pm - 6pm

Thursday 22nd August
Parent Teacher Interviews from 3.30pm - 6pm

WEEK 7
Wednesday 28th August
SSG Meetings
Thursday 29th August
SSG Meetings
Friday 30th August
Fathers' Day Breakfast

WEEK 8
Wednesday 4th September
SSG Meetings
Thursday 5th September
SSG Meetings

WEEK 9
Wednesday 11th September
SSG Meetings
Thursday 12th September
SSG Meetings

WEEK 10
Thursday 19th September
Bush Dance
Friday 20th September
Students Last Day for Term 3
NO LUNCH ORDERS
Early finish at 2.15pm

DATES

Week 2: Friday July 26th @2.30pm at the Church
Week 4: Friday August 9th @2.30pm at the Church
Week 6: Friday August 23rd @2.30pm at the Church
Week 8: Friday September 6th @2.30pm at the Church
Week 10: Friday September 20th @10.00am at the Church