Principal Announcements

School Ground Access

Please access the following message sent via email on Wednesday 23rd October, regarding school ground access and the opening and closing of gates. Thanks for your support in ensuring the safety of all at St. Mary’s. 

These arrangements also apply when attending Monday afternoon assemblies. Parents/Guardians/friends all need to access the school through front reception and sign in. Thanks again for your understanding.

World Teachers’ Day + Safetea

World Teachers’ Day and Safetea were celebrated with the staff on Friday 25th October. For World Teachers’ Day we recognise all educators and thank them for their dedication and work with supporting all students. We thank Sharon Wilson, our Visual Arts teacher, for organizing wonderful hand made cards from the students for their classroom teachers.

‘Hats off to teachers’ was the theme to celebrate this year. We are certainly very lucky to have such wonderful staff working together at St. Mary’s.

The Safetea had the focuses around staff wellbeing and occupational health and safety. We all need to take some time to ensure we are looking after ourselves and maintaining a safe environment for all.

Thanks to Fran for the morning tea delights!

Prep Transition

Orientation for preps began on Thursday 24th October. It was lovely to see so many excited, happy and engaged students in the Prep rooms. These experiences continue for three weeks. We thank the Prep team for their organisation of these important transition days in preparations for learning in 2025.

Sophie Church Wins Again

Congratulations to Sophie for winning high jump at the Regional Championships recently in Albury. 

She is now off to State level in November to continue her wonderful achievements. 

We wish you all the very best!

Thank-you Phil Crowe

The grade 6 students and Preps were fortunate enough to complete some sustainability work with Phil Crowe recently. 

We thank Phil for this ongoing initiative supporting our students to learn and engage with these important skills.

Basketball Success

Well done to our senior students who recently competed at basketball and came runners up. 

Wonderful achievement everyone and thanks to the staff who supported the students on the day.

Grade 3-4 camp

We wish the Grade 3-4 students and staff all the best for their camp to Billabong Ranch, near Echuca, for the next three days. 

It does look as if the weather will be very kind to them so all of the wonderful camp activities can go ahead.

We look forward to seeing some great photos.

Sad news!

Billy Cooper is unfortunately finishing at St. Mary’s on Friday 31st October. We thank him for his passion and dedication in supporting our students this year. Students will miss his humour, support and wonderful ability to connect with them. Good luck with all of your future ventures, Billy.

Attendance matters!

Every minute matters. A question that may not seem relevant now, however, Every day a child is at school they gain vital knowledge and learn a variety of skills that will help students with many aspects of life after school.

Before School Supervision

Please note that all students that arrive at school prior to 8:30am must fill out an application via the link below.  I appreciate everyone's understanding and cooperation regarding this.

Before School Supervision

Assembly 

Term 4 Week 3 - Monday 21st October

Term 4 Week 4 - Monday 28th October

Principal’s Awards

21st October - Ayen Dang

Ayen has shown that she is a responsible and respectful student in all of her dealings with students and staff. Thanks Ayen, for particularly ‘Letting Your Light Shine’ by welcoming special guests our school. Well done Ayen!

28th October - Jack Watts

Jack is to be commended for being so respectful and happy around others with his greetings and positive encouragement. He has been especially welcoming to the new Principal and always willing to have a chat. Well done Jack!

2025 Positions Vacant

We have commenced advertising for Teaching positions and Learning Support positions vacant in 2025. If you are interested or know of anyone who maybe interested please contact myself through the school office for further information. 

To apply, please visit the CESL website as listed in the attached Adverts below. Applications will only be accepted via this portal.

St. Mary’s School Advisory Board

We invite new members to join the St. Mary's Mooroopna School Advisory Board! This is a great opportunity to contribute to our school community. Meetings are held once a term, usually at 7:30 PM for about an hour. If you're interested in making a difference, please consider joining us! 

Expressions of interest can be sent to the Principal –principal@smmooroopna.catholic.edu.au

St. Mary’s Bingo

We are currently seeking support for St. Mary's Bingo, which would generally involve your attendance on a Saturday evening once a term. With numbers being quite short at the moment, your help would be invaluable! Bingo is a fantastic way to engage with our school community while raising funds for various programs. For more information on how you can get involved, please reach out to the current Bingo team as detailed in the information letter recently sent home. For further information please contact Maree Williams on 0438 084 364.

Thank you for your consideration, Your support makes a big difference.

Ms V’s Inspirations

“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.”  William Churchill

“A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.” Anonymous

Elaine Vertriest

Principal

"Let Your Light Shine before others, so they may see your good works." Matthew 5:13