News from around the school
Events & Reminders
Reminder - School Photos
Whole School Photos will be taken on Friday 28th March.
Students will be required to wear full summer uniform this year, long hair tied back, hair ties in school colours and no excessive jewellery.
Please see Information below regarding the ordering process.
Reminder - St Mary's Open Day 2025
When: Thursday, 1st May
Time: 11:45am – 1:30pm
Where: Marian Centre, St. Mary’s Mooroopna
Discover all that St. Mary’s has to offer. Join us for a warm welcome and presentation by our Principal, followed by guided tours of our school led by our amazing student leaders.
See our vibrant learning spaces, meet our dedicated staff, and experience the wonderful St. Mary’s community firsthand.
Enrolments for 2026 close Friday, 30th May – don’t miss this opportunity to secure your place!
We can’t wait to welcome you to St. Mary’s Mooroopna.
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 download the new app and register your student as per the attached instructions prior to ordering.
To place your order through the new App, please select all items on the menu to be included in your students Sub and submit before 2.45pm Thursdays. The old CDFpay link will automatically redirect you to register on the new App.
Updated - Summer School Uniform
Students are to wear summer uniform including school bucket hat for all outdoor activities. If the students do not have a hat they will be asked to sit in the shade, unfortunately we do not have spare hats here at school. Please ensure your students items are named.
Summer Uniform consist's of
- All students - Grey shorts/Skort, School polo top and jumper if required, white socks for girls Grey socks for boys;
- Sports uniform is to be worn for students PE day and all students are required to wear black basketball shorts or black tracksuit pants.
- Girls - Summer dress and white socks - no tights or leggings to be worn with school dress;
PLEASE NOTE
- Bike shorts/leggings are not school uniform.
- Shorts are to be visible and longer than T-Shirt/Jumper.
- Jewellery - sleepers or studs 1 per ear, 1 necklace with religious or cultural symbol, nose piercing to not be noticeable or covered, no bangles or bracelets.
- Hair ties to be black or Navy Blue.
School Hats are required for ALL outdoor Activities for Term 1 & Term 4
Reminder - NDC Enrolments Open
Notre Dame College have opened Applications for 2026 Year 7 Enrolments.
Applications for Enrolment for Year 7, 2026 will close on Wednesday 30 April.
Parents do not need a tour to be able to apply, however, the following Documentation is required to apply:
- Birth certificate
- Baptism certificate (if applicable)
- Immunisation certificate
- Passport details (if born overseas)
- VISA details (if born overseas)
- VSN - Victorian Student Number (obtain from current school)
REMINDER - Bus Travel in 2025
Shepparton/Mooroopna School bus applications for 2025 country bus travellers, (not town bus) has been streamlined.
Click on the link below to complete the Country Bus Travel Application Form.
If you have any questions or require further details, please feel free to reach out.
Regards,
Linda Piastri
Student Transport Coordinator – Shepparton Region
Ph: 58912000
Hours: M, T & 9am-3pm & Thurs 9am-4.30pm
School Happenings
Updated - Lost & Found
We have a large number of items in lost property. Please check this to make sure your student is not missing any belongings.
We cannot stress enough how important it is to ensure your students items are labelled. If they are labelled we are able to return them to their classroom.
New - Italian Immersion Carnivale
Next week Ms Davkovski & Miss Thompson will be hosting an Immersion Week for Italian.
During this week, on your students specialist day, students will be immersed in Italian language and culture in each specialist class. Information regarding this has been previously sent home.
Students will participate in a range of Italian Themed Specialist classes, from Italian Art, sports and music, to celebrating Carnavale in their Italian class. Students are invited to dress up in Italian colours, Italian themed costumes or Carnavale themed ON THEIR ALLOCATED DAY.
We will also be providing pizza for lunch on each year levels specialist day. Students still need to bring snacks and fruit, and extra lunch if 2 pieces of pizza is not enough or if they are unable to eat pizza.
The Immersion will be held on the following days during their Italian session.
Monday - Prep
Tuesday - 3/4
Wednesday - 5/6
Thursday - 1/2
New - School Photo Information
Attached below are Information flyers with dates and details for our upcoming photo day.
Arthur Read Photo's now have a platform that allows families to view their photos before ordering, no orders can be placed online prior to photo day, however, families must register their details to receive a notification when images are available to view and order. Registration needs to be done each year, regardless of your registering for previous years.
On Photo Day each student will receive a personalised flyer that will have step by step instructions for parents to go online with their NEW UNIQUE 2025 CODE and register their details. Once photos are ready to view and order, parents that have registered online will receive an email notification.
If any students misplace their code they can contact Arthur Read's customer service team on 5243 4390.
Please see attached flyer for more information.
New - Easter Bonnet Parade
New - St Patricks Day
Thanks to everyone for getting into the spirit, wearing green and donating to Project Compassion.
New - 5/6 Inquiry Unit - Government
The 5/6’s were lucky to have Kim O’Keefe visit this afternoon as part of our inquiry unit all about government! Kim talked to us about her experience as Mayor of our local council, and now in her role in State Parliament! We learnt a lot, and appreciate Kim taking time out of her busy schedule to visit St Mary’s.
New - Project Compassion Display
The Grade 6 Social Justice team created a beautiful display in the office for Lent!
Don’t forget to fill your Project Compassion boxes for Caritas!
New - 'Let Your Light Shine'
Recently our Gr 1 and 2's went to Mass at St Mary's Church. Fr Addin spoke to the children about letting their light shine. He asked them how they could do this. The children responded with helping at home, doing jobs for their teacher, being kind to their friends and caring for others.
It was a lovely Mass and the children responded respectfully.
New - Clean Up Day
St. Mary’s Takes Part in Schools Clean Up Day!
For Clean Up Australia Day, our wonderful students and staff rolled up their sleeves and took part in Schools Clean Up Day, showing great care and responsibility for our environment. Armed with brushes, shovels and bags, they worked together to tidy up our school grounds and surrounding areas, making a real difference in keeping our community clean and beautiful.
It was fantastic to see our students demonstrating pride in their school and living out our values in action. Thank you to everyone who participated—you have truly “Let Your Light Shine” today!
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.
