Term 3 Key Dates

Thank you!

Thank you to our P&F Executive who organised a recent Wood Raffle to raise funds to support our school. Thank you to the Culley family for donating the wood and to the Culley, Walsh and Naughton families for cutting and delivering the loads.

Thank you to all the families who bought and sold tickets. 

Congratulations to Ange O'Brien, who was the winner of the ute load and who kindly directed this to her parents and to Jan Culley who was the winner of the trailer load.

Satisfaction Survey Results

I am very pleased to share with the community the results of our recent school satisfaction surveys. These surveys help inform the development of our Annual Improvement Plan. 

The parent survey attracted 56 responses which is a 63% completion rate.

The student survey attracted 68 responses from all students in Year 3 to 6, this is a 96% completion rate.

These completion rates are considered excellent.

An overview of the results is presented in an executive summary. This is formed by collating the results in the following manner:

Thank you to everyone who completed these surveys. We would like to assure you that even though they are relatively positive responses, we are still able to ascertain from this data the target areas that require further strengthening. At St Mary's we are dedicated to striving to achieve the best possible educational outcomes for each student.

Please make an appointment to see me if you made a suggestion or comment in your Parent Survey that you would like to discuss further.

Uniform Reminders 

• All uniform items must be purchased from our uniform shop. Please do not purchase items from other suppliers as the colour and style do not match. Our uniform items have our school logo on them.
• All boys should be wearing our school socks - grey with a green and gold stripe and the girls should be in black tights.
• Black school shoes are to be worn by all students. If your child is unable to wear their black shoes they will need a note explaining why. If you are shopping for new shoes please remember that the vans or sandshoe style does not fit with our Uniform Policy.
• A bottle-green coat is the only acceptable additional outer item.
• Please remember that no nail polish can be worn to school and hair accessories should only be in our school colours. 

As the weather starts to warm up, students will start to take off their winter woollies, so to ensure we can return them to their rightful owner, please name them on the side tag so that it is easy to read.

We have some families who are missing items that are named, so please check what your child brings home to ensure it belongs to them.

Maybe now is the time to start planning for your summer uniform to check it all still fits correctly and you have enough. Place orders through Qkr for distribution on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

A reminder that for the first two weeks of Term Four, students may still wear their full winter uniform if they wish.

Change to Student's Afternoon Transport Arrangements

The staff have a transport listing which we refer to each afternoon to know if students have a change of mode for their travel home. If your child/ren are going home differently to normal or with a different person, please complete the "Change to Travel Arrangements" form found on the St Mary's website or the St Mary's SZapp app, or phone or email the Office so it can be noted down. This is also for the safety of the students.

Students need to report to the bus duty teacher before they leave the school grounds, even if they are being collected and can see their parent waiting. This will ensure that our bus or walking lines are not held up waiting for students to arrive that have already left the premises. It also helps us monitor the student's safety.

School Photos

Our 2020 School Photo day is booked for 22 October in Week 2 of Term 4.

Devices Brought to School by Students

A reminder that if iPod's, iPads, phones, or any personal devices are brought to school, they must be given into the Office at the start of the day and collected at the end of the school day. The devices are not to be left in the students' bags or taken into classrooms.

Deodorant

As the weather warms up some of our older students are finding the need to apply deodorant after our play breaks or sport activities. If your child requires this, please ensure that only roll-on deodorant is sent to school.

Happy Father's Day

I would like to wish all of our fathers and grandfathers a very happy Fathers Day on Sunday. 

2021 Enrolments

I have begun conducting our 2021 Kindergarten Interviews with our new students and their parents. This process helps us ensure that we cater for each of our incoming student's individual needs.

If you are intending on enrolling your child at St Mary's, but have not yet done so, could you please complete this process as soon as possible. 

Enrolments can now be placed online. Go to https://enrolments.stmarysc.nsw.edu.au/enrol/ or collect an enrolment form from Belinda in the Office.

For assistance with the application process please contact Belinda.