St Mary's Newsletter

We believe strongly in God and in each other.

in Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus says to His disciples, “People do not light a lamp and put it under a bowl; instead, they put it on a stand where it shines for everyone in the house.” Love is the light! When we love, we are like the lamp on the stand – God’s goodness and mercy in us is seen by all. 

Is next Sunday the 19th of February at 10.30am and will be run by Mrs O'Malley and Mrs McDonald. All children are welcome to attend.  

Our school canteen will be open this Monday 13 February. We will be trialing a local small business to provide students and parents the opportunity to purchase lunch only once a week on Mondays. The menu is available on QuickCliq, so please log in to see what is available. All orders are to be in before Sunday 1pm to have it delivered to your class for Monday lunch. All orders are made through the QuickCliq. 

Is tonight at the Merredin Pool. The venue is booked from 5:30-7:30pm and we hope to see you all there! 

Was today and a joyous way to start our first religious celebration of the year. Thank you to members of the CSAC and P&F for participating and receiving a blessing. Also thank you to Father Andrew for a beautiful Mass in uniting our community. 

Is this coming Tuesday 14th February. A variety of items will be discussed in making improvements to St Mary’s School. Thank you to all the members for giving up their time and organising this gathering for the betterment of our children’s education.  

Is this coming Monday 13th February. A variety of friend and fund-raising activities will be discussed in making improvements to St Mary’s School. Thank you to all the members for giving up their time and organising this gathering for the betterment of our children’s education.  

Commence on Monday 13 February for Years 3-6 for 2 weeks. Due to time restraints determined by the Department of Education, our first class commences at 8:50am with the Year 3/4 class. We are asking parents of children in Year 3/4 who bring their children to school to take them directly to Merredin Pool where a staff member will be there to do the child’s attendance. Any Year 3/4 child on a bus will be dropped off at Merredin Pool.

Will be taught to our Year Sixes next Friday. This will be a great warm up to camp! 

Was on Wednesday night for parents from Pre-primary to Year 6. Thank you to our staff who ran these sessions and parents who attended. It is vital to understand how our classrooms work and how we communicate with each other. Copies of the slides will be distributed electronically.  

A synopsis of the key dates can be found below:

Terms:

Term One:  Wednesday, 1 February – Thursday, 6 April 2023

Term Two:  Wednesday, 26 April – Thursday, 29 June 2023

Term Three:  Monday, 17 July – Friday, 22 September 2023

Term Four:  Tuesday, 10 October – Friday, 8 December 2023

Pupil Free Days:

Monday, 30 January and Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Friday, 24 March 2023

Monday, 24 April 2023 (Catholic Leave Day)

Friday, 30 June 2023

Monday, 28 August 2023

Monday, 9 October 2023

Sacramental Program

All Sacrament Parent and Student Session:  9 March at 3.15pm

Sacrament Commitment Masses:  11 March at 6.30pm and 12 March at 10.30am

Confirmation:

Parent/Student Meeting:  18 May at 3.15pm

Confirmation Retreat:  9 June

Sacrament of Confirmation:  18 June at 10.30am

First Holy Communion:

Parent/Student Meeting:  1 August at 3.15pm

First Holy Communion Retreat:  8 September

Sacrament of First Holy Communion:  10 September at 10.30am

First Reconciliation:

Parent/Student Meeting:  19 October at 3.15pm

First Reconciliation Retreat:  17 November

Sacrament of Confirmation:  19 November at 10.30am

Due to parishioners moving or having other commitments, we are seeking volunteers at St Mary’s Church. Readers for both Saturday night and Sunday morning would be fantastic as we already have some of our students joining in to assist. We also require more cleaners.  You are on a roster once a year, it takes no longer than an hour and you always have someone rostered with you. Days and times can be compromised to suit both you and the person on roster.

God Bless and have a lovely weekend with your families,

Mr Andy DiCarlantonio

Principal

Welcome back from holidays.  We have had a great start to the year in Year One and Two.  It has been great seeing familiar faces and getting to know new friends.  We have been working on our class routines and what our classroom should look like, sound like and what we do in different learning times.  Our class has also been looking at everyone's "light", what special qualities make us individuals and our unique self.  We have looked at how to celebrate the "glow"of others and ourselves through different actions and how we want our classroom to be and feel when we are together.  This has been linked into our focus value of faith, how we can show our love of God and live our lives like Jesus today by caring for others, showing kindness and love, looking after those that need help and forgive each other like God forgives us. Everyone is looking forward to the rest of Term One and the growing we are going to be doing.  

Scoliosis

Year 6 students have been given a pamphlet to take home about Scoliosis. It is recommended that parents check their child’s back at home. Please see information in pamphlet and contact GP if there are any concerns.

Colour Blindness

Pre-primary students have been given a pamphlet to take home about Colour Blindness. Please see GP for any concerns.

School Health Nurse

Primary Health Eastern.

Merredin: Saturday 6.30pm & Sunday 10.30pm

Kellerberrin: Sunday 8.00am

Open Wednesday 8.830am-9.10am

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