News from around the school
UP Coming Events & Reminders
REMINDER - Subway Lunch Orders
Please place orders in Subway Tub Thursday for delivery Friday. Late orders are to be submitted to Subway Store before close of business Thursday evening, please avoid dropping them in Friday morning.
For orders via CDFpay, please select all items on the menu to be included in your students Sub and submit before 2.45pm Thursdays.
Updated - Summer School Uniform
Students are now able to wear Summer uniform during term 4. Changes to this is at the principal's discretion.
Summer Uniform -
- All students - Grey shorts/Skort, School polo top (short or long sleeve) and school navy blue windcheater if required, grey socks for boys OR white socks for girls.
- Sports uniform is to be worn for students PE day and all students are required to wear school polo shirt & windcheater as required, plain black basketball shorts - no logos permitted and no bike shorts, these are not school uniform.
- All Students - School Hat is required for all outdoor play and activities. Please ensure this is clearly named.
PLEASE NOTE
- Bike shorts/leggings are not school uniform.
- Students uniform items should not have any branding or logos other than school print.
- Shorts are to be visible and longer than T-Shirt and or Jumper.
- Jewellery - sleepers or studs 1 per ear, extra earrings are to be clear, 1 necklace with religious or cultural symbol, nose piercing is not to be noticeable (eg clear stud) or should be covered, no bangles or bracelets.
Hair ties to be black or Navy Blue.
News from Around The School
New - Colour Fun Run Information
Parents & Friends are holding our much anticipated Colour Fun Run this Friday 14th November. An email was sent out Tuesday with more detailed information, however below is a flyer with relevant information and a timetable.
Below is a timetable with approximate times each class event may take place.
New - School Values
New - Remembrance Day
As the weather was undesirable yesterday, our Fire Carriers were unable to attend the Mooroopna Remembrance Day Ceremony.
However, Ms Carroll proudly represented St Mary’s in the spirit of our school community, as we all paused to remember and honour those who have served our country.
Thank you Ms Carroll.
Thank you also to some of our School Leaders and Mr Woodward, who led the whole school in the Ode of Remembrance, The Last Post, A Minutes Silence and The Rouse.
New - Slime Time
What an incredible effort from our school community! Thanks to your amazing fundraising efforts, we’ve now raised over $12,000 for the Colour Run — and that meant it was Mr Maskell’s turn to be slimed and water-gunned last Friday!
A huge thank you to Mr Maskell for being such a great sport and joining in the fun. Our students absolutely loved every moment!
Well done, St Mary’s – your generosity, enthusiasm, and community spirit continue to shine!
New - House Colour Wall Shields
Exciting News at St Mary’s!
We’re thrilled to share that our brand-new House Wall Shields have arrived and will soon look fantastic on display!
These shields proudly represent the spirit and identity of each of our school Houses and their Leaders, and we can’t wait for everyone to see them.
We’re now eagerly awaiting the official material banners, including our new school banner for the Marian Centre, which will complete the look beautifully. Stay tuned!
New - Cooking Program
Liz regularly runs a cooking program with various students each week from across the school. Check out her sous-chefs from last week cooking up a storm!
New - Grades 3/4 Camp
Our Grades 3/4 students travelled to Camp Kookaburra in Corop last week for their 3 day camp. They had some great weather and participated in some fabulous activities. Although exhausted on their return, there was much chatter about how it was a wonderful experience for them.
Check out some of the awesome photo's the staff were able to capture.
Reminder - International Maths Challenge
Does your child like a challenge in Maths?
There is a Two-Round Open Challenge coming up in November that our students can enrol in. There are two rounds – Round 1 (Prelims) and Round 2 (Finals). Students from Year 1 -6 can enrol. There are 20 questions which takes about 45 minutes to complete.
Top 70% then get to do Round 2 to qualify for the Finals.
Prelims begin November 22-23. Results are available on Nov 30.
Finals begin Dec 6-7 and the results are available on Dec 14.
Students participate at home.
Registration deadline is Nov 18 at 5 pm.
Cost – Prelims $46
Finals $29
To register your child/ren use this link -
https://international-maths-challenge.com/about-the-challenge/
New - Grade 1 Data Recording
Last week, just before the wind nearly blew us away the Grade 1 students ventured outside to record the types of vehicles that drove past the school as a part of our maths unit on Data.
New - Preps hard at Work
This week in Prep we have been very busy.
We are doing a lot of writing making sure we hear the sounds in the words we write and working out any digraphs that may be in them.
We have been busy sorting and graphing objects in maths.
We have also started are flight to the North Pole on St Mary’s Airlines by stopping to explore England. We identified it on the world map, looked at landmarks and shared some of their Christmas traditions. We cannot wait to see where we travel to next week.
New - BeeBots
Grade 1 are learning about directions in maths so today we gave the BeeBots directions!
Foodshare
Recently, St Mary's School has become an agent for Foodshare. We are able to assist with some food items for families in the Mooroopna area. We have prepacked frozen meals that are great for people who are ill. We are also able to provide some food supplies. Each week we receive a selection of groceries, fruits and vegetables. If you need support please reach out to Gary Woodward or Liz Turk via the school office - 5825285.
We have a facebook page. If you haven't checked it out or are not following the page the link is listed below.
Our Facebook page and our fortnightly newsletter are two of our main sources for communicating information to our families.
