Principal Talk with Mrs. Lowe
Upcoming Events
Term 2 |
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Monday 19 April |
Staff Development Day |
Tuesday 20 April |
Students resume |
Sunday 25 April |
ANZAC Day Commemorative Service 10.30am Crookwell RSL Carpark |
Wednesday 28 April |
School Cross Country Carnival at the Crookwell Showground 11am - 1.15pm |
Friday 30 April |
Representative Sports Trials |
3 - 7 May |
Catholic Schools Week |
Tuesday 4 May |
Legends Shield Rugby League Gala Day School Board Meeting, St Mary's Staffroom 6.00pm |
Friday 7 May |
Northern Region Cross Country |
11 - 21 May |
NAPLAN |
Tuesday 11 May |
P&F Meeting, St Mary's Staffroom 7.00pm |
Tuesday 25 May |
Archdiocesan Cross Country |
Friday 11 June |
Northern Region Athletics Carnival |
Friday 25 June |
Stage 2 Showcase of Learning End of term |
Welcome Back!
It is lovely to see everyone back safe and sound from a restful break.
We are very excited to welcome the Hills family back to Crookwell and the St Mary's School Community. Many of you will remember Denzil, who participated in the Kindergarten Orientation activities last year. Denzil has commenced in Kindergarten this term. Welcome back Stacey and Brad!
ANZAC Day
This Sunday 25 April we invite all students to participate in the ANZAC Day events.
This year St Mary's students will march and lay wreaths at both the Crookwell and Taralga ANZAC Day services.
Students participating in the Crookwell events are asked to assemble for the March in the RSL car park from 10.30am. The March will move down Goulburn Street to the Memorial Park for the ANZAC Day Commemoration Ceremony. Students remain assembled until this Ceremony concludes.
Our students who wish to participate in the Taralga March and Commemorative Service are asked to assemble at the Northern end of the Main Street, near Taralga Public School at 2.30pm. The children will march down the street to the cenotaph for the Commemorative Service and wreath-laying. After this point, our assembled group will disperse prior to the Memorial Hall program.
Students are asked to come dressed in their full winter uniform with their school hat.
It would be wonderful to see as many of our students at either of these special ceremonies.
This year we are required to submit a list of the attendees, please complete the form below if you are coming to either of the services. Names can also be added manually on the day.
Uniform Matters
It has been lovely to see everyone return this week dressed beautifully in their school uniforms. In Terms 2 and 3, the students are to wear the full winter uniform, however, a two-week leeway is given if the weather is still warm enough for the summer uniform.
In preparation for the cooler months, you might like to order our school coat, which is a warm bottle green parka style coat, from our Uniform Shop. No other coats will be permitted, however, bottle green gloves and beanies may be purchased elsewhere.
Some other reminders about our school uniform- hair accessories must be in the school colours only, earrings must be sleepers and studs and no nail polish is to be worn to school. Hair, both boys and girls, is to be tied back if it is longer than collar length.
Intensive Learning Support
I am pleased to announce that this term we have received some additional funding to support our learning intervention programs.
Due to the challenges COVID-19 created for many students, the NSW Government made an announcement that $31 million would be given to non-government schools to implement a small group tuition program to support students who would benefit the most from intensive tuition. This support will be tailored to students' requirements to ensure that their educational outcomes continue to improve in 2021.
This term at St Mary's, some staff will undertake training in the MacLit and Reading Tutor Program, part of the MultiLit ensemble. These programs fit nicely with InitaLit and Mini-Lit, literacy interventions we already employ. We have also been able to extend the hours of our classroom support teachers to enable them to deliver these programs and work with students to support their learning.
Catholic Schools Week
Monday 3 to Friday 7 May, we celebrate Catholic Schools Week. We do this by offering service to others in our community. This year our Catholic Schools Week activities include a visit and tidy up at the Community Garden for Year 1 and Year 2, a visit to Crookwell SDN Pre-school for Kindergarten, the Legends Shield Gala Day Goulburn for nominated students in Years 3-6, a visit to the Crookwell Early Learning Centre by Year 4 and the launch of our St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal for Years 5 and 6. The week will conclude with the Northern Region Cross Country Carnival.
Throughout the week I will also conduct school tours. Please spread the word about our Open Week Tours. If you know someone that is interested in learning more about St Mary's, or who has a child ready to start Kindergarten in 2021, we welcome their visit. School tour bookings can be made by calling Belinda on 48321592.
Student Pick Up
The street directly out the front of St Mary’s is a Bus Zone from 8.30am-9.30am and 3.00pm-4.00pm. Please be aware that occasionally parents dropping their children off in the mornings in this bus zone have been fined by the police.
We recommend that in the afternoons if you have come to collect your children by car that you walk with your child to the crossing on Wade Street to cross safely out of the Bus Zone.
NAPLAN
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses literacy and numeracy skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in the annual NAPLAN
tests in reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.
The assessment provides parents and schools with an understanding of how individual students are performing at the time of the tests. NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process - it does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance.
NAPLAN also provides schools, education authorities and governments with information about how education programs are working and whether young Australians are meeting important educational outcomes in literacy and numeracy.
The NAPLAN Online assessment window starts on Tuesday 11 May and finishes on
Friday 21 May 2021. The tests must be taken in the following order:
For more information go to
School Counsellor
Our School Counsellor, Sharyn Lynch, will be commencing on Monday 26 April. Sharyn now works at St Mary's every Monday. If you would like to book an appointment with Sharyn please complete the referral form via the link below or it is available on the school website in the Parent Page:
https://catholiccare.force.com/housing/s/school-referral-form
Enrolling Now
Enrolments can now be placed online. Go to https://enrolments.stmarysc.nsw.edu.au/enrol/ to enrol now.
Enrolments packs are available from our School Office or can be downloaded from our website http://www.stmarysc.nsw.edu.au/enrolment.html