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Dear Parents,
Last week our students settled back into school with the help of fine weather. It was great to see our students outside playing so happily after a very wet Term 2.
Mandatory Reporting
Teachers are mandatory reporters. Staff will be involved in a workshop this Wednesday afternoon. Mandatory reporters are legally bound by legislation to report to the Department of Communities and Justice if they suspect a child is in danger of psychological harm, neglect, and/or abuse. Failure to do so can result in prosecution.
Sport Days Wednesday and Friday
Geoff, from 'Gecko Sports' start with us this Wednesday for six weeks. Students will need to wear their sports uniform on Wednesdays to be comfortable in playing and practising skills in touch footy and volleyball. Sport will still be on Friday as usual.
Enrolments Open
We are preparing for 2023 and I will be holding new student interviews over the coming weeks. If you know of any families hoping to enrol their Kindergarten student at St Mary's in 2023 please ask them to contact myself or the front office.
Online Enrolments can be accessed online. www.stmarysbatlow.nsw.edu.au
Pupil Free Days
Extra pupil free days have been allocated to all system schools due to the expected increase of Covid and influenza cases over the coming term. The dates of our additional pupil free days are:
- Friday 19 August
- Monday 12 September
Please make alternative arrangements for your children on those days. Limited supervision will be available and we ask parents to let us know in advance if they need care for their child on those dates.
Have a lovely week everyone.
Jannine
Welcome to Term 3! I hope you had a nice Winter break where you took some time to rest and be with family and friends.
We welcome Term 3 with open arms with many things to look forward to.
Some special dates to note for Term 3 include:
- Assumption of Mary Mass presented by 5/6 on Monday 15th August at 10am
- St Mary’s Feast Day Mass presented by K-6 on Thursday 8th September at 10am followed by St Mary’s Feast Day celebrations.
- Children’s Mass presented by St Mary’s students at our local parish Mass on Sunday 28th August at 8:30am.
Many thanks
Amy Buckmaster
Religious Education Coordinator
TERM 3 WEEK 1 STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Congratulations Kayden, Ruby, Josh and Theo.
Science and Technology
A fabulous start to Term 3, with Years 3-6 learning what scientists mean by conducting a “fair test”.
Years 3 and 4 then started their chemistry unit by recording how long it takes to dissolve an effervescent Steradent tablet. The students did the experiment very carefully, with very good observation skills and scientific thinking shown by everyone, and Aiden especially.
Years 5 and 6 went one step further and used their understanding of a fair test to think up and perform a fair test when dissolving the Steradent tablets. The students tested crushed vs non-crushed tablets; stirred vs not-stirred mixtures; plastic vs foam cups, and finally lots of water vs not much water. It was so wonderful to see science thinking in action!
Catholic School Parents Australia (CSPA) are conducting a survey of Catholic School parents on student Wellbeing and Learning. The survey results will be used to report to the Federal Government and Catholic Education. The survey is open until 31 August 2022.
Next Tuesday AMARA and EMILY will be our radio announcers.
Tune in each Tuesday at 1.45pm to hear what is happening at St Mary's.
The MINOGUE and WOODLAND families will be our home cooks this Friday.
Cooking is sold for 50c each
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