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Principal Tours
We are looking forward to holding our first 'Meet the Principal' tour this Friday 8 April at the College.
This guided tour is a unique opportunity for prospective families to hear from College Principal, Damian Messer and discover what distinguishes a St Mary's College education.
If you are unable to make it to this event, please know there will be more opportunities to attend one of the upcoming Principal's Tours listed below.
- Friday 20 May 2022 – 9.30am
- Friday 29 July 2022 – 9.30am
- Friday 5 August 2022 – 9.30am
- Friday 16 September 2022 – 9.30am
- Friday 4 November 2022 – 9.30am
To secure your place on the tour, please contact our Enrolment Officer, Nicole Wighton at enrol@smc.tas.edu.au
Save the date| Mother's Day breakfast
Save the date for our Mother's Day Breakfast, which will be held on Wednesday 4 May from 7.45am to 8.30am.
More information and the official invitation, which will include the booking link and menu items for selection, will be sent to all families soon.
Calling all volunteers...
Presentation Families welcomes and appreciates any assistance that parents and carers may be able to offer at this event. If you would like to sign up as a volunteer, please email Community Relations. Thank you in anticipation for your help.
Rescheduled event | Keeping Safe in Cyberspace
We are pleased to announce that the cyber safety information session, Keeping Safe in Cyberspace with expert 'cyber cop' Susan McLean will be returning in 2022.
After being postponed last year due to COVID-19, the event will now be held on Thursday 9 June at 7.00pm in the Nagle Centre.
If you wish to attend and had not already registered for the event in 2021, please RSVP by Monday 6 June here.
The event is being run on behalf of the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia with support from the Tasmanian Catholic Schools Parents Council.
SEQTA Learn and Engage
If your child is in the Senior School (Years 7–12) and is unable to attend school in person, we encourage them to keep up with their work by accessing information in SEQTA. This information is visible to both students, through SEQTA Learn, and parents/carers, through SEQTA Engage.
We are aware that currently more students than normal are absent from school due to COVID-19. On most days, approximately half of these students are not unwell but rather, are isolating at home due to being a close contact. Teachers have been asked to make the work outlined in SEQTA sufficiently detailed so that students can continue with their work and not fall behind. If your child is unable to understand what is required, they are encouraged to contact their teacher via email to ask for clarification.
If you need information on how to view the work that has been set for your child's class, please email me at wsforsyth@smc.tas.edu.au and I will be happy to help you.
Wendy Forsyth
Director of Curriculum
TCE and ATAR explained
As our Year 11 and 12 students work towards getting their Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE), and with mid-year examinations just around the corner, you might find the words 'TCE', 'TASC subjects' and 'ATAR' regularly popping up in conversation.
If you are unsure about what the TCE is or how you can help your child plan their pathway to success, you may find the following guides helpful.
What is the TCE?
This video provides simple explanations about the purpose of the TCE and TCE standards.
More details about how to achieve the TCE standards are available on the TCE webpage, including achieving the Use of Computers and Internet Standard through recognition (when all the other TCE standards are met) and sitting Everyday Adult Standards safety net tests.
TCE Course Planner
Students can use the TCE Course Planner to check that their enrolled courses can provide the TCE standards and credit points needed for their future pathway.
Understanding the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR)
The ATAR is a rank of the overall academic achievement of eligible students within a year group who finished their senior secondary schooling. Watch this video to learn more.
The following document explains the ATAR in more detail and provides information about Tertiary Entrance scores, course awards, scaling and course planning. Click here to read.
Uniform Shop trading hours
The St Mary's College Uniform Shop will close for the Easter break and school holidays on Thursday 14 April at 4.00pm.
The shop will re-open on Monday 2 May at 8.00am.
Additional Term 2 trading hours:
- Monday 2 May: 8.00am–12.00pm
Normal hours will resume on Tuesday 3 May. During the school term, opening hours are:
- Tuesday: 8.00am–4.00pm
- Thursday: 8.00am–4.00pm
Families are welcome to purchase from the online uniform shop via this link. Orders will be filled when the store is next open.
Find more information on the St Mary's College Uniform Shop on our website here.