"The halfway point is the perfect time to pause, reflect, and gather momentum for the journey ahead."

The halfway mark of Term Three is upon us! As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, I am extremely proud of the many great achievements of our students and the commitment of our community to foster an environment of encouragement, high expectations and care. This was very much my own reflection…I encourage families to take the time to reflect on the growth of your children, with your children. This not only creates that connection with their learning but an opportunity to praise students for their efforts and get ready for the remainder of the term.

St Mary’s Feast Day, Children’s Mass 

On Sunday 8th September, St Mary’s will celebrate the feast day of Mary with our Children’s Mass. We are using this opportunity to gather together afterwards, enjoy a bbq breakfast (our shout!) and participate in a working bee in the morning - kids included. Being Mary’s Feast Day (the name of our school!), we'd love to see plenty of our families attend this Mass and join us after. In regards to masses, there is certainly not an expectation that families need to be Catholic to attend - we just want to to gather as a community and celebrate our patron Saint.

Mrs Dumbrell has done up a Google Form, which will be shared in a number of places in the coming weeks. Please let us know if you can attend!

Tell Them From Me Survey

I do apologise for this being a regular post over the past few newsletters. Our Tell Them From Me survey closes tomorrow. If we could get a few more families to log on and complete this survey, it would be greatly appreciated. The more we hear from our families, the more we can continue to make our school a great place of learning and community.

Staff Professional Learning

On Tuesday 3rd September at 3.30pm, staff will be completing their compulsory First Aid and CPR training. If there are any community members that need/want to complete this training and would like to attend, please reach out to Tracee or Bernadette and they will let you know further details.

We are also really fortunate to have Sommer Johnson from CogLearn come and visit us on Wednesday of next week. Sommer will be supporting our staff with the implementation of high impact teaching strategies that are supporting students in the learning spaces.

Enjoy the remainder of the week,

Ryan

Sunday, the 8th of September is a special day for our school as we celebrate the life of our patron saint, Saint Mary. 

Mary is honoured around the world as the ‘Mother of God’, she was a gift from God to bear the child who would bring peace to the world and did so humbly, living a life free from sin. 

The 8th of September is known as the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or otherwise known as the day of Mary’s birth. Therefore we celebrate her for the joy she was to bring to the world by giving birth to Jesus. 

To celebrate, a Parish Mass hosted by the students of St Mary’s will be on Sunday the 8th September at 8.30am. If your child would like to volunteer to participate in the Mass on this day, please complete the google form below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEvO7fy2xX_JHHET1Y7fGjyGlKv_GvHtLckhh-njDUZ3QAug/viewform?usp=pp_url

This year our Archdiocese celebrates “The Year of the Holy Spirit” 

As part of of this we are called to use our gifts from our Baptism to help shape our spiritual life and what we can do to share our love for others.

Come Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Have a wonderful week! 

Jeanette Dumbrell

Religious Education Coordinator