Learning Conversations.

Please make sure you have booked a Learning Conversation with your child’s teacher. You have the option of a zoom meeting or face-to-face. This is an opportunity for you and your child to meet with your teacher and start building a relationship for a positive year.

Whole School Mass 24th of Feb 9:00am

Parents can watch all masses via zoom with this link.

Topic: St. Mary's Primary Masses

Time: This is a recurring meeting meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/98696285883

Meeting ID: 986 9628 5883

Let Your Light Shine

Kai Anderson - Well done Kia on showing outstanding leadership in supporting a couple of junior students and explaining the school rules.

Ella Reyne - Thank you Ella for looking after one of our younger students on their first bus trip home. Their Mum was very grateful. Great leadership

Well Done to these children for attempting something new and challenging.

Thomas Reynolds, Murphy Hazelman, Audrey Dobeli, Ryan Caldwell, Jaxon Key, Jobe Murphy, Jimmy Kervin, Xavier Stewart, Evee Hazelman, Sophie Bauerle, Indi Kervin & Matilda Kervin.

Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF)

If you have a current Health Care Card or Pension Card, you may be eligible for the Camps/ Sports/ Excursions Fund (CSEF) payment. .

The CSEF is an annual payment of $125 to the school to be used towards camps, sports and / or excursion expenses for the benefit of the eligible student.

If you have applied for the CSEF last year, you do not need to complete an application form in 2021 unless there has been a change in your family circumstances. E.g. New student enrolment, your child has started or changed schools, or you did not apply at the same school in 2020

Please click on the button below and return the form to the office.

Shrove Tuesday

Pancake day - Please bring a gold coin donation for Caritas.

On Tuesday the 16th of February we will be making pancakes (COVID style) from scratch for Shrove Tuesday. The pancakes will be cooked by a small number of volunteers at the BBQ area and will be delivered to each class.

If you happen to have either chooks or a lemon tree at home we are looking for the donation of eggs and lemons. If you can help out, can you please leave your donation at the front office.

We will be asking our Foundation and Year One families for donations of some other ingredients such as jam and self raising flour. Please see below.

Later in the term we will be asking Years 2 to 6 to donate Easter eggs for our St Mary's Easter raffle

Please see below what each class has been allocated per student -

Foundation

Mrs Rosin - 1 block of salted butter

Mrs Rule / Mrs Hayden - 1 jar of strawberry jam

Mrs Kilborn - 1 bottle of maple syrup

Mrs Dimovski- paper towel or 2kg of white sugar (either is great)

Year One

Mrs Hancock / Mrs Campi - 2 L of milk

Mrs Cockerell - 2 L of milk

Miss Jaworski - 2kg self raising flour

Mrs Dunstan - 2kg self raising flour

Bus Passes

If you are travelling on an Echuca town bus, you do not need a bus pass but you must pay $1.20 each way. (It is best to have correct money)
If you live in Victoria and are on the town bus network (blue and yellow bus) and are more than 4.8km from the school you are entitled to a conveyance bus pass. Please complete the 2 forms below and return to the office with a photo attached.

If you are in Victoria and live outside the town of Echuca, your child will be on a country bus and will need to fill in the below form and return to the office.

If you live in Moama, you require a bus pass please go to the below website to apply.

www.transportnsw.info/school-students

Under Name of school the student is attending in 2021 please type Echuca, then select

St Marys from the list.

If you live outside Moama - Dyson (eg Wimbi, Perricoota Run)

If you live within town - James Newton Bus Service

Changes to Recess Eating TIme:

Based on current research and what we observe daily, food is a great calmer. With this in mind, we are trialing a change to eating time at recess for Term 1.

Children now:

10:45 am - Go out to play

11:15 am - Move to verandahs to eat

11:25 am - Return to class

Therefore eating is spaced out during the day: Breakfast, 10am - fruit break, 11:15 - recess and 1:25pm - lunch.

The time allocation for play remains the same. The children are simply eating at the end of recess not the start.

We will continue to monitor how the children are adapting to this change. So far so good!

School fees

School fees have been emailed to families. If you haven't received your statement please contact the office.

Lunch orders

Students are able to order their lunch on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We encourage you to order online but if you decided to send money and order to school in a brown paper bag please note no change is given.

Online details and price list attached.

Community newsletters

Medical Information

Please ensure all medical and contact information of PAM is correct.

QR Codes

We are so excited to welcome families back onsite. Just a couple of COVID safe reminders

Parents are not allowed inside classrooms due to density restrictions
If you are on site for more than 15 minutes you need to register using the QR codes at the main entrance to the school.
Please use hand sanitizer when you enter the grounds.
Please do not engage teachers in lengthy conversations about your child in the morning. Make an appointment with your teacher so any issues can be given time and consideration.

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