St Mary's Newsletter

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In Sunday’s Gospel, John the Baptist preaches in the wilderness, “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near.”  He wore clothes made of camel hair and his food was locusts and wild honey.  People came from far and wide to be baptised by him in the River Jordan.  When we prepare to meet someone very important, we want to look our best. We clean up, have a shower and put on nice clothes.  When we prepare to meet Jesus, we do a spiritual clean up – we get rid of sins that make us shabby and clothe ourselves in goodness and grace.

Our school concert on Wednesday night was a wonderful way for us to gather as a community and see our students sharing their talents, skills and enthusiasm.   We also celebrated our students who received the following awards and accolades:

Head Boy and Head Girl:  Congratulations to Chloe Bartlett and Mitchell O’Neill who were announced as the Head Girl and Head Boy for 2023.

Year Six Award Winners:

The following Year Six students were presented with the following awards:

Christian Values Award:  Archie Gethin

Leadership Award:  Isabella Stones

Academic Award:  Charlie Growden

STEM Award:  Elsie Swarts

Mary MacKillop Award Winners: 

The Mary Mackillop Award is donated by the P&F and is given to a student in each year level who displays the school values and lives the school motto of:  “Doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”

The Year Six Graduation will be held on Wednesday, 7 December at the Church commencing at 5.30pm.  All are welcome to attend to send off the leaving class of 2022.

Our farewell assembly will be held on Friday, 9 December at 8.45am in the Undercover Area.  This will be our final opportunity to gather as a school community and farewell our leaving families and staff.  This will be followed by morning tea in the Hall.

I have been busy reading all the students’ reports and I am very proud of not only their academic achievements but also of the way they conduct themselves as learners and people.  Reports will be available through SEQTA on December, 8 2022.  Kindy portfolios will be going home on Wednesday, 7 December.

The 2023 planners will be attached to next week’s Bulletin.  A synopsis of 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, 25 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:  11 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 Reconciliation:  19 November at 10.30am

The 2023 Booklists are being finalised and will be posted on the St Mary’s website and go home via Skoolbag prior to the end of next week.

God Bless and have a lovely weekend with your families,

Ms Adriana Coniglio

Principal

In Pre-Primary we have been learning about Advent. We know that Advent is a time when we get ready for Christmas. We made some Advent wreath handprints and prepared some edible clocks to show that we are waiting for Jesus to be born.

As per Semester One, reports can be accessed via Seqta Engage from 8 December. Seqta Engage can be found on the link below:

https://stmarysmerredin.engage.cewa.edu.au

If you have forgotten your password, there is a button to press that will reset the password.

If you require any assistance in setting up or accessing Seqta Engage, please email zoe.omalley@cewa.edu.au

The school currently has a large collection of lost property in it's lost property box. If your child is missing any items please call in and check to see if any of the missing items are there. 

Please note that Canteen is on TUESDAY next week, not Monday. We look forward to your orders and thankyou for your support throughout 2022!

Volunteers are still required to cover some of the shifts in Canteen. If you are able to help out, please contact the office or Damiana Demarte at damiana.demarte@cewa.edu.au. Thank you.

Merredin: Saturday 6.30pm & Sunday 10.30am

Kellerberrin: Sunday 8.00am

The Merredin Repertory Club would love to invite the St Mary's Community to their Christmas Crackers Performance. In particular they would love to see the community support the Junior Repertory Club play on Sunday the 11th December, which will include 11 St Mary's School children!!