News from around the school

Events coming Up

Update - Scholastic Book Fair

Our annual Scholastic Book Fair was held on TUESDAY 4th of June. The students were very excited and We had a large number of items available for them to look at and purchase if they wanted.

We sold $3367 at the fair which gives us over $1000 to spend on resources for the Library. Thank you to everyone for supporting this event.

A huge thankyou to Maree & Nerissa for coordinating this years book fair.

New - 2025 Prep Enrolments.

2025 Prep Enrolments are now open and enrolment packs are now available from the school office.

If you have not received one and have a student starting with us next year or know of any family who is looking to attend St Mary's please contact the school office for the appropriate paperwork.

We ask for Enrolment Applications to be returned prior to the end of Term 2.

REMINDER - Subway Lunch Orders

Paper subway orders are to be placed in Subway Tub Thursday's for delivery Friday. We ask for late orders to be submitted to Subway Store before close of business each Thursday, please avoid dropping them in Friday mornings.

For orders via CDFpay, please place order before 12pm Thursdays. Scan the QR code beside and register your details if you haven't already done so, and use the Subway menu to place an order.

School Uniform

Students are to wear winter uniform for terms 2 & 3.

Sports uniform is to be worn for students PE day and all students are required to wear black basketball shorts or black tracksuit pants.

REMINDER - bike shorts are not school uniform.

Reminder - Bingo Helpers Needed

Last year, St Mary's Bingo contributed more than $20,000 to the school which has benefited us in many ways including purchasing land (Hall St properties) and resources for the school. The most recent donation was put towards the installation of new playground equipment. Unfortunately the volunteer roster is very low at the moment and they require help. If you can spare some time on a few Saturday nights a year, please consider assisting.

If you are interested please contact Maree Williams 0438 084 364 or by email mwills@smmooroopna.catholic.edu.au

School Happenings

New - 5/6 Showcase

Our 56 students have been working hard on their current Inquiry topic and would like to invite parents & families to come and have a look at their work.

5/6 Inquiry Showcase

WHERE - 5/6 classrooms

WHEN - Thursday 20th of June

TIME - 12pm until 1pm.

New - Communication Teams Reconciliation Week Write Up

St Mary’s School started the week with a flag-raising ceremony in the courtyard. The flag was raised at half mast and fire carriers shared information about the Stolen Generation. Following the ceremony, Aboriginal students and fire carriers travelled to Shepparton to attend the Sorry Day ceremony. At the Sorry Day ceremony, students presented hands that they made and put them at the bottom of the flags. The Sorry Day Ceremony had students from schools all over Shepparton. We felt sad and sorry for the Aboriginal kids who were taken from their families.

At the assembly, Billy and Zar played the didgeridoo and Billy also told us some information about how they are made. After they find a good branch, they put it on top of a termite mound and let the ants eat out the middle part. He also showed us some indigenous dance moves that were pretty cool. Billy told us the indigenous name for the didgeridoo which is yidaki. He impressed us with his dance moves while Zar impressed us with his yidaki playing.

As part of reconciliation week, students made posters about the new theme ‘NOW MORE THAN EVER’. These posters were displayed in the courtyard and students reflectively walked around looking at posters while Zar and Merv played the yidaki. Our thoughts on the posters were that they were excellent because there were lots of interesting designs.

New - 1/2 Area Historical Walk of Mooroopna

Last week, 1/2s went for a long walk around some of the streets of Mooroopna to look at some of the historical buildings.

We found the site of William Archer’s first house which was also the first post office! We found what we think was his second house. We saw the deep water hole on the Goulburn river where the punt used to be. We also saw the old hospital and the site in Mill St where St Mary’s church used to be. We saw old photos in the walkway next to the post office and noticed lots of old buildings in McLennan St! We all thought it was interesting but now our legs are tired!

New - Prep Indigenous Learning

Prep's recent learning inquiry was all about traditional aboriginal foods, symbols. The students made damper and discussed traditional ways it was cooked. They explored animal movement through dance and made their own badges using symbols that we felt connected too. For some it was camp fires, or meeting places for others it was the animals they enjoyed exploring their movements through dance.

New - 3/4's Inquiry Learning

Over the past few weeks, the Grade 3/4s have been learning about what life would have been like for those who were convicts. We have learned about how they were treated, the clothing they wore, what they were fed on board the ships as well as the types of work they completed. We then composed our own letters from the perspective of a convict detailing what life may have been like during this time!

New - 5/6's Practise Leadership & Teamwork

The Grade 5’s have been focusing on their leadership and teamwork skills over the last few weeks through some team building activities!

First they were set the challenge to create a spaghetti tower that would hold a marshmallow; and then they were set the pipeline challenge! They had to work together to get a ping pong ball from one spot to another using only paper and tape, and the ball had to be rolling the whole time!