School News
Art Show Congratulations
Thank you to everyone who came to our Art Show last Wednesday evening. A special thanks to Mrs Megan Wooster from O'Connor Catholic College who was our judge on the evening. Thank you also to the P&F for the refreshments served on the night.
The following children were noted as Highly Commended by Mrs Wooster.
KC - Beau Schaefer
KS - Alice Pearson
S1F - Caitlin McKay
S1H - Sarina Snape
S1L - Eliza Gibbs
3B - Charlotte Harris
3S - Lily Teege
4K - Elizabeth Shepheard
4R - Evie Newsome
5C - Mia Vaughan
5F - Sammi Robinson
6G - Cottee Harwood
6R - Lilli Blake
The overall winners were:
Infants - Caitlin Rogers from KS
Primary - Aveline Dawes from 6G
Green Thumbs Kitchen Garden Club
On Tuesday the 10th of April, the Green Thumbs cooked for the first time this year. They were fantastic at reading the recipe, following instructions and cleaning up after themselves. We cooked a delicious Waldorf Salad, a garden salad, a lemon and garlic salad dressing and an orange and honey dressing. To finish our banquet we had some refreshing fruit kebabs. It was delicious! Well done Green Thumbs! Our favourite salad was the Waldorf Salad which we made without nuts. The recipe is attached to this newsletter.
Starting School Open Morning
Kindergarten 2019 enrolments will open at our Starting School Open Morning on Thursday, 10th May. To register for the Open Morning, please visit the school website (www.stmarysarmidale.catholic.edu.au) and click on the Starting School Open Morning link.
Please let your family and friends with children starting school in 2019 know. Flyers are available from the school office if required.
Kindergarten Literacy Information Evening for Parents
Kindergarten 2018 - Literacy Information Evening
5.30 pm Thursday 3rd May (Term 2 Week 1)
In the KS Classroom
Parents of kindergarten students are invited to come along to hear about the InitiaLit literacy program:
- the research behind it
- how it works
- homework and home reading
- parent help in the classroom
Please RSVP at www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code and enter the booking code 4vbd6
Lost Property
Thank you to Mrs McCann for going through the Lost Property baskets and ensuring named items were returned to classrooms today. This process is carried out at least 4 times a term. The photo below shows how many clothing items etc are collected from the baskets and returned regularly. Please encourage your children to check the baskets if they have lost clothing as it is often there!
Please take the opportunity over the holidays to ensure labels that are faded and difficult to read are replaced or refreshed - sometimes it is impossible to identify an owner.
All unidentified items are donated to the Clothing Pool.
Clothing Pool - Jumpers
The Clothing Pool has lots of jumpers at the moment. Until the end of Term 1, we will be selling them for $2 each. This is a great opportunity to pick up a spare jumper.
A reminder that Clothing Pool opening hours is Thursday afternoons 2.30 pm - 3.10 pm.
O’Connor Catholic College - Enrolments for Year 7 in 2019
O’Connor Catholic College extends an invitation for students seeking enrolment into Year 7 in 2019. The first round of Year 7 applications, will closed on Monday 9 April. Fully completed application forms and the $50 application fee needed to be lodged at the College on or before Monday 9 April. After this date, applications will be open to the wider community.
Contact the Enrolment Officer, Mrs Gemma Creagan, on 6772 1666 or gcreagan@oconnor.nsw.edu.au for an application pack and/or more information.
ANZAC Day March
ANZAC Day falls in the second week of the school holidays this year. Students from our school always proudly participate in the ANZAC Day March. We will be gathering in the Moore Street carpark at 10.00 am and we will proceed with the March at 10.30 am along Faulkner Street to Central Park. Students are asked to wear their full winter school uniform and will march as a group behind the St Mary’s school banner. All families are encouraged to support this important day in our nation’s history. A note was sent home with students yesterday.
The permission note is available below.
Position Vacant - Educational Assistant Temporary Part-time
Coles Sports for Schools
The Coles Sports for Schools program finished yesterday, 3rd April. We have over 30,000 vouchers with more still to be counted.
The collection box at school will remain in the foyer until the end of term.
Winter Canteen Menu
The Winter Canteen Menu is below. It will commence on the first day of Term 2. A paper copy is available from the office if required.
Newsletter Contributions
Contributions for the next newsletter need to be emailed to admin@stmarysarmidale.catholic.edu.au by 5pm Tuesday 1st May 2018.