Principal's News

Dear Parents,

It is wonderful to have been informed that the Principal process has been completed and we warmly welcome Mrs Nicole Black to St Mary’s in 2025. Nicole has a great deal of leadership experience and is currently the Acting Principal at St Andrew's, Clayton South. I look forward to working with Nicole to ensure a smooth transition and a continuation of all that we are doing in our beautiful school.

It is  also with great excitement that we announce our building project will be completed this week. The new spaces are magnificent and I am extremely proud of the finish of this wonderful project. Students and staff will begin using the building this week and we look forward to the official opening of the building on Wednesday 11th December at 2pm.

Come in this week and have a look!

Last week, we commemorated Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day in Australia is dedicated to Australians who died as a result of war and all people who have served our country or continue to serve our country. This year, we highlighted the animals who have served and continue to serve in wars, and are of service to others. 

Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of the remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.

The Flanders poppy was one of the first plants to grow on the battlefields of France and Belgium. After WWI, silk poppies were sold on Armistice Day with proceeds going to a charity for French children and to the Returned Soldiers League (RSL). 

Remembrance Day  is particularly relevant to our school community with its long history with HMAS Cerberus. We take the time today to reflect and thank all members of our defence force who have given their lives for our country. I thank Mrs Lisa Galvin, our Defence Force Mentor, for all her great leadership with our Defence Force students.

Save the date for our Christmas Activities

13th December - End of year Christmas Mass 

13th December - Colour Explosion Fun Run 

24th December - Come along to the Children's Christmas Mass, Christmas Eve at 5pm at Hastings. It will be a shortened children’s Mass (30 minutes) where children can dress in Christmas clothes, sing children’s carols and Santa will come at the end of Mass. What a wonderful way to start the Christmas celebrations.

Yours in Partnership,

Gab