Principal's News

Thanks to everyone who was able to come along to our Welcome Picnic this evening. It was wonderful to see so many of our families enjoying a lovely evening together, chatting, playing, laughing and generally having some fun on the giant inflatables with lots of friends both old and new. Thanks to all our staff for joining in the event and sharing their time to get to know our community members a little more.

Induction of Father Thang - Our New Parish Priest:

Please join us at 11.00 a.m. on Saturday 14th March at St Joseph's Church, to officially welcome Fr Thang to our parish and join with him to celebrate his induction as Parish Priest of St Joseph's and St Mark's . We will also be celebrating the feast day of St Joseph.

PA Meeting - AGM - Please come along:

Serious Child Safety Concern:

It has been brought to our attention that on at least two occasions this year, young children and preschoolers have been left in cars in our car park at drop off/pick up time unsupervised. Whilst we understand that at times it is difficult to navigate sleep times of young ones and school drop off and pick up, we need to stress how unsafe this practice is. If you are stuck and need help, there are many parents and staff that would be only too happy to stay with your sleeping child in the car or go and find your child to bring them out to you in the car so that you do not have to leave your young ones unsupervised. Please reach out if you are ever in this situation and we will do our best to support you.

MACS Survey:

Families are invited to participate in a survey focused on school choice and their experience as a MACS family. It explores what influences families’ decisions, what they value most, and what supports satisfaction, belonging and confidence at different stages of schooling.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MACSFAMILY 

School Advisory Council

We are still looking for some new members for our School Advisory Council for 2026. The group will meet 6 more times this year on a Tuesday evening at 7.30 p.m. The role of the School Advisory Council, in keeping with the objects of the MACS Constitution, is to provide a crucial point of connection between the wider school community, the parish and our school leaders. If you are interested in joining the group please contact Frances on 9262 2000 or email: principal@smdingley.catholic.edu.au 

Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday 19th May at 7.30 p.m. in the staffroom. This meeting will be our AGM.

School Tour Dates:

Our school tour dates for 2026 have already been very popular and many of our school tour dates are almost full. Please share these dates with anyone you know who has a child starting prep in 2027 and invite them to book in for a tour by visiting our website.

10th March - 9.15 a.m.

13th March - 12.15 p.m.

17th March - 7.00 p.m.

19th March 9.15 a.m.

24th March 9.15 a.m.

28th April 9.15 a.m.

4th May 9.15 a.m.

14th May 9.15 a.m.

NAPLAN:

Our Year 3 and 5 students will undertake their NAPLAN testing over the next couple of weeks. NAPLAN data provides a snapshot of our children's learning on one day  and provides growth data for our Year 5 students who completed NAPLAN in Year 3, along with trend data over time for our school.