Welcome to Week Six!

Last week our staff looked at some of the Catholic saints as part of our twilight staff meeting prayer. It is worth noting that many of these people of faith are not acknowledged and revered today because of their standing in society at the time. More so, because they were everyday people doing extraordinary things - some dedicating their entire lives to the service of others. We certainly don’t have to do extraordinary things or aspire to be acknowledged or revered by others, but there is an opportunity in using these people as inspiration to ‘be kind’, to look for the ‘person in need’ and to be ‘of service to others’. I will talk more to this in the coming weeks!

Welcome Mrs Dumbrell

We are very excited to welcome Mrs Dumbrell to St Mary’s. As previously mentioned, Mrs Dumbrell brings a wealth of teaching and learning experience that our school will greatly benefit from and I am very appreciative of the considerable amount of time spent in completing a handover with Miss Buckmaster.

Athletics Carnival

As mentioned last week, our school Athletics Carnival will be held at Memorial Park on Wednesday 12th June. Information and permission has been sent home via Compass. Could families please fill out the link (click here) to inform staff if they are able to assist on this day. This will mainly involve timing races and lining kids up in finishing order.

Unexplained Absences

Thank you to the families that are using our Compass portal to inform the school of their child’s absence. If you are unable to do this, it would be greatly appreciated if a phone call to the school office could be made. As part of our governance and compliance, it is important that we are tracking these absences. Families may receive a Compass notification requesting that these absences be explained so that our school can fulfil its duties in this space.

Reports

St Mary’s will send reports home on Monday 1st July. In the days following this, we will offer parent teacher conferences. As is always the case, the intention is that many successes and challenges for students is to communicate this throughout the year, not just at reporting times. If you would like to speak with your child’s teacher (at any time of the year), don’t hesitate to reach out.

Enjoy the remainder of the week,

Ryan