Principal Talk with Mrs Lowe
Men's Health Week
This week is Men's Health Week.
Men's Health Week encourages us to put men's health in the spotlight. It reminds us to give the men in our lives support & motivation to have a check-up with their doctor.
The following are some alarming facts from the Men's Health Week Website;
"A boy born in Australia in 2010 has a life expectancy of 78.0 years while a baby girl born at the same time could expect to live to 82.3 years old. Right from the start, boys suffer more illness, more accidents and die earlier than their female counterparts.
Men take their own lives at four times the rate of women (that's five men a day, on average). Accidents, cancer and heart disease all account for the majority of male deaths".
These are very alarming statistics! Please visit the Men's Health Week website for more information and ideas https://www.menshealthweek.org.au/
Thank you!
On the first weekend in June, our Kindergarten families worked together to organise and run a street stall for our Parents and Friends Association. The stall was a huge success, raising $2019.50! Thank you to all our parents who donated wood, baked goods and other saleable items along with those who donated their valuable time. Thank you Ange Cuskelly for coordinating this successful event.
Mrs Del Davies drew the wood raffle winners on the day with Dennis Marshall winning the first load and Denis O'Brien the second. Congratulations!
Review of Counselling and Wellbeing Services
In the interests of ensuring our students have access to high-quality programs and systems to support their wellbeing, Catholic Education is conducting a review of the wellbeing services and programs that are currently available in our schools.
As a key stakeholder, we seek your input into this process of review. We, therefore, invite you to complete an online survey which may be accessed by following the hyperlink:
https://forms.gle/tV3PRYh4VVVprMyQ9
In advance, we thank you for taking the time to share your insights and perspectives.
App Transition
We are currently in the process of migrating to the SZapp for our communication messages and website. This is the app for the platform Schoolzine, which our newsletter is published through. You may have noticed a few messages come through this channel already. The Schoolzine products are supplied financially from the Catholic Education Office, whereas Skoolbag is funded solely by us. As the SZapp performs everything Skoolbag does, we have decided there is no sense in paying for this product. SZapp will allow you to do absence notes, changes of travel arrangements, changes to details, etc.
Attached below are instructions on how to download the SZapp. If you experience any problems, please see Belinda.
We appreciate your patience and understanding with this change.
Enrolling Now
Enrolments can now be placed online. Go to https://enrolments.stmarysc.nsw.edu.au/enrol/ to enrol now.
Enrolments packs have been sent home with students who have siblings commencing in 2020. If you did not receive your bag please contact Belinda in the School Office.
Information can also be downloaded from our website http://www.stmarysc.nsw.edu.au/enrolment.html
School Photos Reminder
Our school photo date is fast approaching on Monday 1 July. Have you placed your order yet? If not, go to http://www.advancedlife.com.au and enter this code AN3 WE9 3JZ.