St Mary's Primary School Crookwell
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Wade St
Crookwell NSW 2583
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Email: office.stmarysc@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 4832 1592

Principal Talk with Mrs. Lowe

Term Two Dates

WEEK TWO

Catholic Schools Week

Thursday 5 May

Welcome back and Mother's Day Mass 12pm - all welcome

Mother's Day Stall and Raffle

Friday 6 May

Specialist Athletics program 

WEEK THREE

Monday 9 May

Tuckshop commences for Term 2

Tuesday 10 May - 12 May

Year 3 and Year 5 NAPLAN Testing

Friday 13 May

School Athletics Carnival at Todkill Oval

Northern Region Cross Country

I would like to congratulate everyone included in the Northern Region Cross Country Carnival. 
Thank you to the event coordinator, Sally-Anne Croker, for her excellent organisation. The day ran very smoothly and was hugely successful.
To our parent and staff helpers, thank you for your support, the carnival could not have commenced without you.
To our fantastic P&F event coordinators Reané and Phil Strode and Rechell Naughton and all the Year Two supporting parents, for providing the barbeque and canteen. The food, as always, was amazing. I was told that parents from one of the Goulburn schools commented on how delicious the home-baked food is at our carnivals.
Finally, thank you to the participating students for their effort and sportsmanship. I heard students from all schools encouraging each other, this was heartwarming to see and it makes me feel proud to be a principal of a Northern Region school!

Staff Leave

This term we have a few staff members taking leave for various reasons. 

Currently, Mrs Spackman is away accompanying her daughter, and one of our ex-students, Emily, as she presents a research paper at an International Meeting for Autism Research in Austin Texas. INSAR is an annual scientific conference to exchange and disseminate new research and progress with ASD scientists.

After completing her Bachelor of Science, majoring in Psychology, followed by her Honors year at Melbourne University, Emily’s thesis on Autism was published. Emily is currently working for Melbourne University and Stanford University, in California, on a research program. Emily has a 3-year scholarship to complete her PhD at Melbourne University.

Mrs. Spackman was excited to have an opportunity to accompany Emily and will return to us on 24 May.

We congratulate Emily on her amazing achievements thus far and wish her continued success!

Next Tuesday, Mrs. Shauna Hewitt will commence leave as she travels to England to attend the funeral of her mother. We offer Shauna our condolences and hope that she enjoys her time away catching up with her family and loved ones. Shauna will return on 26 May.

Mrs. Rachael Croker will commence Long Service Leave on Monday 23 May. Rachael will be accompanying her daughter, Bella, to Newcastle for the Combined High Schools Hockey Championships. Bella is playing in the South Coast team. The following week, Rachael was selected to coach and manage the MacKillop Boys Hockey team competing at Tamworth. Congratulations Rachael and good luck! Mr Brian Howard will be teaching Year Three in Rachael's absence.

From Term Three, Mr. Larry O'Kane will be commencing Long Service leave for the remainder of the year. Larry is looking forward to spending time with his family and pursuing one of his passions, gardening. A suitable replacement will be found for Mr. O'Kane this term. I will keep you posted on this matter. 

NAPLAN

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) commences next Tuesday for our students in Year 3 and Year 5.

The following is our test schedule:

Tuesday 10 May Year 5 Writing 
Tuesday 10 May Year 3 Writing (paper)
Wednesday 11 May Year 5 Reading
Thursday 12 May  Year 3 Reading
Monday  16 May Year 5 Conventions of Language
Tuesday 17 May Year 3 Conventions of Language
Wednesday 18 May Year 5 Numeracy
Thursday 19 May Year 3 Numeracy

If your child is absent on a scheduled test day they will have the opportunity to do a catch-up test if they return to school on or before 20 May.

Industrial Action

Teachers in the Catholic Education system who are part of the Independent Education Union will have the chance to vote on protected action between 11-17 May. I will let you know the result of this ballot and any measures that need to be put in place as soon as I am notified.

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 off/picking up their children 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 you walk with your child to the crossing on Wade Street to cross safely out of the Bus Zone. 

Uniform Matters

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. As of next week, all students should be dressed fully in their winter uniform. This includes the tie.

Please note, due to issues with the manufacturing company, the supply of boys long-sleeved shirts may be low. At this time, there are no size 8 shirts. Our apologies for this, but unfortunately this is out of our control.

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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. 

Please also ensure you have all your children's uniform labelled.

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.

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

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