Principal Talk with Mrs. Lowe
Term 4 Key Dates
Monday 30 November |
Counsellor visit- last one for the year |
Monday 30 Nov to Wednesday 2 Dec |
Year 5 Captain Speeches |
Wednesday 2 December |
Year 3 Landcare project |
Thursday 3 December |
Trinity Catholic College Orientation Day |
Friday 4 December |
St Mary's Mini-Olympics 12pm - 2.30pm |
Thursday 10 December |
Leadership Changeover and End of Year Mass Years 3-6 9.30am |
Friday 11 December |
Farewell Concert for Mrs McCarthy 12.00pm (For students only - sorry) |
Monday 14 December |
In-house Movie Day Year Six Graduation Mass, Dinner & Awards Presentation from 5.30pm |
Wednesday 16 December |
Year Six Final Assembly for students 2.00pm End of the school year |
2021 Staffing
I would like to thank our 2020 staff for their hard work and resilience in a year that has provided many challenges. We are very lucky to have dedicated and experienced teachers at St Mary's.
This year we farewell Mrs. Jennifer McCarthy from the role of Specialist Music Teacher. Jenny has been part of the St Mary's staff for twenty-five years and over her time as Music Teacher, she has developed a love of music in our students. Jenny has taken our students to perform at the Goulburn Eisteddfod, Viewhaven, the Senior Citizens Centre and she was the creator of Singfest, a mass Northern Region Choir. Many of our students, past and present, will acclaim Jenny for establishing their musical interests. We are fortunate that Jenny will remain on staff as a casual teacher.
I would like to congratulate Alison Cummins and Linda Walsh on successfully renewing their temporary full-time positions for 2021.
I would also like to thank Tory Simmons for her work as a Classroom Support Assistant at St Mary's over the past two and a half years. Tory and her family have relocated to Goulburn and she will continue to work in a similar capacity at Ss Peter and Pauls. We wish Tory and her family the best of luck.
I am pleased to announce the classroom teachers for 2021:
Kinder— Mrs. Alison Cummins
Year One— Mrs. Sally Croker
Year Two— Mrs. Susan Branson
Year Three – Mrs. Rachael Croker
Year Four – Mrs. Therese Skelly
Year Five– Mrs. Linda Walsh
Year Six— Mr. Larry O’Kane
Library/ICT— Mrs. Dorothea Hewitt
Music/Dance/Drama—Mrs. Ashlee Picker
Executive Release & Teacher RFF— Mrs. Karen O’Keefe
Classroom Support Teacher— Mrs. Nicola Spackman
Classroom Support Assistants - Mrs. Gwenda Romer, Mrs. Shauna Hewitt, Mrs. Rie O'Brien and Mrs. Elizabeth Webber
Office Manager - Mrs. Belinda Tarlinton
Our staff are very excited to be taking on their roles and look forward to building positive relationships and creating engaging learning opportunities for your children next year.
Dion Drummond Performance
Last Thursday our students were immersed in a lively and entertaining Aboriginal Cultural performance by Dion Drummond and his cousin Ronaldo Guivarra. The performers delighted us with music, dance and stories from the Cairns and Torres Strait regions.





Raiders ASPIRE Program
On Tuesday our Year Five and Six children participated in a program related to building respectful relationships with ourselves, our classmates and the broader community.
Raiders players Jarrod Croker, Sam Wentworth and Sam Williams delivered a range of pair-share, small group and whole-class activities that emphasised the theme of respect.
At the ASPIRE session, we also welcomed Senator Jim Molan, Member for Goulburn Wendy Tuckerman, ULSC Mayor John Stafford, ULSC General Manager Colleen Worthy, Raiders staff Don Furner and Andrew Bishop, Police members, Acting Inspector David Cowell and Senior Constable Scott Hunter and representatives from our local rugby league and union clubs.
We would like to thank ex-St Mary's student Sarah Williams for organising this event for us.




