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Today we have celebrated NAIDOC within our St Mary’s community, the theme for this year is ‘Heal Country’ which is particularly relevant for our local community after the devastation of the bushfires. Aboriginal culture speaks of ‘country’ as mother, it's not something anyone owns, it is something that owns us. Country, like all mothers, deserves our love and respect. It was such a beautiful celebration this morning and we were so pleased to have the students from the Indigenous Team at St John the Evangelist High School join us to perform songs and dances. An enormous thanks to Mr Muller, Aunty Chris, Aunty Jo and Uncle Rory for bringing the students down to share their culture. Locally we are so blessed to have Melissa Henry working with Uncle Phil Butler on sharing language and culture with our students and school community. Melissa and the St Mary’s students created this beautiful artwork that is in our foyer.
Thank you for your feedback on the Compass alert regarding uniform, my apologies for the gitch on the survey. I hope it is fixed now, you can access via this link Uniform Link . I look forward to your feedback.
Thank you for your ongoing support of our COVID restrictions, we are certainly fortunate to be living in our community with freedoms that we must never take for granted. I’ll look forward to seeing you at the school gate.
Yours in partnership,
Laurinda Nelson
Class Merit Awards Week,
Kinder – Jacoba F, Oliver B
Year 1 – Zoe H, Jasper S-H, Seave D
Year 2 – Riley B, Jemima C, Mana V
Year 3 – Max C, Delphi S-H
Year 4 - Jacob D, Alexandra W
Year 5 – Tex L, Hamish K
Year 6 – Molly K, Frankie N, Faith S
Super Star Awards for Week,
We care for Ourselves
Imogen H, Molly K, Jack C, Milla G
We Care For Others
Ally S, Xavier B, Kristian P, Rylan B, Charlize D, Jemima C
We Care For Our Learning
Mila L, Payten B, Millar N, Torin D, Ben W, Tess W, Ezekiel L, Isabelle S, Charlize D, Felix A, Jesinta N
We Care For Our School
Phoebe H, Arlo D, Louis R, Molly K, Isabelle S, Zara C, Charlize D, Andie, Zuri G
Principal Award
Tehya G
Andie M
Dear Parents and Carers,
We are asking for your support in addressing one of the aspects of our school that many visitors comment on, that is the neatness of our school uniform. We are currently investigating the possibility of changing aspects of our current uniform and we are seeking your feedback via the survey uniform link at the bottom of the page.
| Expected Uniform | Not Acceptable |
| ● Black polishable lace up school shoes ● Boys -White plain socks for sport, plain navy socks with school uniform. ● Crested school hat ● School tie with |
● Boots, Converse high tops, black mesh or canvas joggers. ● School shoes with white soles or stripes. ● White or black socks with logos. ● Caps / no hat at all. ● No school tie |
At St Mary’s, we believe uniform is an important way of showing pride in our school and more
importantly encouraging a sense of belonging to our community. I have noticed lately that there
has been a slight drop in the standard of uniform particularly in the senior grades and I ask you,
as parents, to support our school community by ensuring that you send your child in the correct
uniform, even if your child insists that they are allowed to wear alternatives.
We have been actively rewarding whole classes who are in full school uniform each morning, but
now we are requesting your support in upholding the standard of uniform. We understand that
some of our Year 6 students are currently wearing school shoes that do not meet the above
criteria, as it is the second half of the year, we ask when purchasing new shoes please ensure
they meet the above requirements. We thank you for your ongoing support.
UNIFORM SHOP
Uniforms can be ordered via the office, email, phone and will be sent home with stundent, once payment has been made.
THURSDAY 5TH AUGUST
Winter Uniform
Please be mindful that these dates are Covid pending and may be subject to change.
Thursday 5th August - School Photos Winter Uniform
Friday 6th August - Assembly 12.00pm Join us on Zoom ( link via Compass)
Olympic Day
Wednesday 11th August - ICAS Digital Tech
Mini Vinnies PJs Day
Wednesday 18th August - ICAS English
Friday 20th August - Assembly 12.00pm Join us on Zoom (link via Compass)
Wednesday 25th August - ICAS Science
Thursday 26th August - ICAS Spelling
Wednesday 1st September - ICAS Maths
Thursday 2nd September - Fathers Day Breakfast and Liturgy
Friday 3rd September- Pupil Free Day - Staff Professional Learning
Friday 10th September - Reconciliation Retreat Day
Monday 13th September - Grand Parents Day Assembly and St Mary's Feast Day Mass
Friday 17th September - Last Day of Term for Students
On Friday 6th August, the children of St Mary’s are going to celebrate the olympics!
Your child can come to school dressed in the colours of their allocated country and will participate in tabloid events in the morning session.
There will be a parade and a presentation at assembly at 12pm.
See the details below :
|
Families Surname |
Country |
Colours to wear |
|
A and B |
China |
red/yellow |
|
C and G |
Ukraine |
blue/yellow |
|
D and F |
South Africa |
yellow/green/white |
|
H and K |
Japan |
red/white |
|
L and R |
Ireland |
green/white/orange |
|
S,V and O |
USA |
red/white/blue |
|
M and N |
New Zealand |
black/white |
|
P and W |
Australia |
gold/green |
For example: Mrs Peters would be in Australia and Mrs Reid would be in Ireland.
The theme this year is Heal country! Heal our nation!
For our indigenous people, country is part of their identity. It is family, kin, law, ceremony, tradition and languages. Through their languages, songs, ceremonies and traditions they celebrate Country and Country speaks to them. We were so fortunate today to celebrate NAIDOC with St John's students. Our Culture Group danced for us with Uncle Phil and led us in our liturgy. Josh Mc and Peyton M-J welcomed us in Dhurga language and our Kindergarten students sang for us.
Ben W-G, Isabelle S, Finn B, Lucas B, Mia L, Ezekiel L
WHEN
Wedneday 11th August
WEAR
Your PJs to school! No shorts,singlets or Boxers please. Bring a pair of sport shoes for breaks and warm clothing.
HOW
Pre Loved childrens jackets/coats/jumpers
New socks or Beanies
Hand cream
Cup a noodles
FOR
St Vincent de Paul, Ulladulla are in need of these items to support the homeless
Students in music this term have been using their creative energies to learn about note duration and rhythms. In the coming weeks we will be focussing on adding pitch to our list of skills and starting to play songs on tuned instruments!
Tuesday lunchtimes have become a hub of excitement with the start of our Science Club recently! The club is open to all students of all ages and so far we have enjoyed a great sharing of knowledge and skills between age groups.
In the last few weeks students in the science club have searched for bugs in the garden, used magnifying glasses to look closely at leaves, sketching them in detail, learned about the structure of leaves in our playground, spent a very windy day racing against the wind learning about resistance (and talking about how some Olympic race records don’t count if the runners are helped too much by a windy day!), researching how wind is made, and how it is useful for things like sail boats.
We look forward to many more engaging adventures together.
After a much anticipated Athletics carnival that was postponed numerous times we finally had a sunny day, although very windy. We were a little disappointed that parents/carers could not come into the school grounds due to COVID restrictions. We did miss you but grateful that some parents watched from outside the gates. A fun day was had by all. Thanks to the Year 6 for a cake stall and Nicole Clegg for a wonderful barbeque. Thank You to all staff for your help on the day I couldn't have done it without you.
Kristy Delia
Congratulations to our Champions for the Athletics carnival;
Junior Champion Boys - Josh McCabe
Girls - Georgie Delia
11's Champion Boys - Hamish Kinch
Girls - Audrey Sakora
Senior Champion Boys - Rylan Bracken
Girls - Charlize Delia
House Champions - Marion
