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From the Principal Week 6 Term 1, A new Bishop is announced for Armidale, Week 6 is the beginning of Lent, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday , Diocesan Swimming Carnival, Diocesan Winter Sports Carnival, Mini Vinnies Committee Members 2025, Clean Up Australia Day at St Mary's, The Armidale Show, Celebrating International Women’s Day, CONFIRMATION -2025 Sacramental Program , NSW POLICE ASSISTANCE REQUIRED, Change in Afternoon Routine, P & F / AGM Meeting Wednesday 12 Mar, TERM 1 Parent Teacher Meet & Greet Kindergarten - Week 7, NAPLAN 2025 - Year 3 & Year 5

Our Faith - Religious Education Banner Photo

Our Faith - Religious Education LENT 2025 , Shrove Tuesday 4th March , Ash Wednesday 5th March, Project Compassion - Unite Against Poverty, Lenten Prayer , We Pray for Pope Francis, Term 1 Class Mass Dates /Cathedral, Confirmation Dates for 2025, Pilgrims of Hope – The 2025 Jubilee Year, The Jubilee Prayer, The Jubilee Logo, Official Hymn for Jubilee, CATHEDRAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY & JOSEPH ARMIDALE , Mass Times, Diocesan Prayer Card

Diary Dates Save the Date!!, 2025 Term 1 Dates, Excursion Dates, 2025 Term Dates, 2025 Staff Development Days (PD Days)

Sports News St Mary's swimming Carnival, Diocesan Swimming Carnival, Sporting Schools Grant Term 1 - GOLF, Diocesan Winter Trials, School Sports Dates for 2025, NSWCPS Sports, SPORT INFORMATION

Photo Gallery & Classroom Learning Banner Photo

Photo Gallery & Classroom Learning Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Mini Vinnies Saint Vincent de Paul

Year 3 & Year 5 NAPLAN 2025

Library News General Notices, International Women's Day, Safer Internet Day, Premier's Reading Challenge , Library Lesson/Borrowing Days, Library Opening Hours for Students

General Information Communication, Family Information in Compass, 2025 Student Residential Address and Other Information Collection, Canteen News, Sports Uniform Days , School Hours & Supervision, Change in Routine, Attendance , Afternoon Process, Student Presentation Requirements, Mobile Phones or Devices, Contacting Your Child's Teacher

P&F Association and School Advisory CouncilNews Banner Photo

P&F Association and School Advisory CouncilNews P & F ASSOCIATION, P&F Fundraiser - Hosting Morning Tea for the Armidale Classic Car Club , SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Community Information ADIG, Centacare Courses, AFL Superkick, Demon Knights Football Club, Armidale Junior Rugby, Southern New England Landcare, Campus to City Canter, Healthdirect, Benevolent Society, NECOM News

Parent News Council of Catholic Schools Parents - CCSP, Catholic Schools Parents Association, Catholic Education Commission, Real Talk Parents Free Membership, Swap It, Good for Kids, Cancer Council Snippets

Living Well Learning Well St Mary's School Learning & Wellbeing, ATTENDANCE - Every Day Counts

After School Care

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Library News

Ms Tafra

General Notices

Book Club

Book club orders will be sent home by Tuesday 11 March.

Overdue Books

Thank you so much to families who have hunted for long overdue books. We have regained more than 100 books back into our collection and still have more coming in!

A reminder that, moving forward, overdue notices will be sent home each week to support your child in returning books on time. Students will not be able to borrow new books while they have current overdues (from 2025). At the end of each term an invoice will be sent home to cover the replacement cost of any books that remain overdue. I will be speaking to all classes this week about renewing books if they haven't finished reading them; it's just a quick conversation with me and I can adjust due dates.

International Women's Day

We have a new display in the library to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8. The books on display include books about inspiring women, books written by women and books with strong female characters. I hope that all in the school, regardless of gender, can enjoy celebrating these authors, characters and historical figures.

Safer Internet Day

Last month the Stage 3 students wrapped up discussions about safe internet use by brainstorming responses to 6 different prompts in small groups. The collated responses of all Stage 3 students are now on display in the library and included below for your interest:

Premier's Reading Challenge

The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) began on Monday the 24th of February and runs until the 22nd of August 2025. We are currently unable to access the challenge website due to technical delays in setting up access for co-ordinators and students, but have been assured this will be done soon.

In the meantime there is nothing stopping your child from starting to read and log what they've read for the challenge. While this will become more accessible once we have student logins, you can download the challenge lists here and keep note at home of what has been read from the relevant list (you can include any books that have been read since the challenge closed last year).

Challenge levels are outlined below: