News from around the school
St Mary's School Mooroopna
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.
REMINDERS - Summer School Uniform
Students are to wear Summer uniform during term 1. 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 or leggings, 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.
Reminder - Founders Day
Founders' day is coming up on Monday 23rd February.
Following our whole school liturgy at 9am in the Marian Centre, the students will gather in their House Groups and will rotate through various activities planned throughout the day.
Grade 6 House Captains will assist staff with their House activities for the day.
Families are invited to join us for the events of the day.
We will have a special morning tea and a family BBQ/Picnic lunch with Azem at lunchtime.
If the weather is inclement, we will make the necessary adjustments.
Students and Staff are asked to wear a house color t-shirt.
Other Events coming up
Thursday 19th February - Prep Liturgy & Open Classrooms - Further Information to follow.
Wednesday 11th March - Preps commence Wednesdays
Thursday 12th March - School Photo's - GV School Photography
News from Around The School
New - Term 1 After School Program
We still have vacancies.
After school program is Government funded Program run by St. Mary’s School through Sporting Schools Program. The program runs for 1 hour after school. The children are provided with a drink and fruit. The program will be offered for 7 weeks.
Each session starts at 3.45pm and finishes at 4.45 p.m. The program is supervised at all times and an outside person runs the program. Each session can only take 25 children.
This term we are offering the following:
Multi Games with Skillzone Multi Sports Coaching, with the aim of this program being to have fun, learn new games and be happy. This will be held in the Marian Centre or Oval depending on the weather.
WEDNESDAYS - starting Wednesday 25th February for 6 WEEKS, finishing on 1st April 2026.
THURSDAYS - starting Thursday 26th February for 6 WEEKS, finishing on 2nd April 2026.
The children will meet Maree outside the Marian Centre straight after school and have fruit and a drink.
Please return the attached form to the office as soon as possible.
Thank You
Maree Williams
Co-ordinator
New - Shrove Tuesday
A joyful Shrove Tuesday celebration at St Mary's.
Yesterday our students enjoyed making and sharing pancakes as part of our Shrove Tuesday celebrations. It was wonderful to see so many smiles, helping hands, and happy faces as classes came together to cook and enjoy this special tradition.
Special thanks to our maintenance team for all their preparation and set-up, and to Maree, P&F Members and our many generous helpers who assisted with the cooking throughout the day — we truly appreciate your time and support.
A very joyful way to mark the beginning of Lent tomorrow as a faith community.
The Grade 1's enjoyed creating sequenced pictures that showed how to prepare pancakes and thoroughly enjoyed eating them.
As part of Shrove Tuesday students were asked to bring a gold coin donation for Caritas and Project Compassion. Our Faith and Justice Leaders and the Social Justice Team helped our P&F to promote Caritas during the making of our pancakes.
For over 55 years, the Catholic aid agency, Caritas, has assisted the world’s most vulnerable people. Caritas work with communities to help them achieve their development goals and build a better future for all community members.
Each year, Catholic schools in the Sandhurst Diocese support the work of Caritas through Project Compassion.
Yesterday the Project Compassion boxes were sent home with each student. It is hoped that loose change and financial contributions will be placed in the boxes before they are returned to school by the end of Term One.
New - St Mary’s School Swimming Sports Day
Another super day of learning, fun and team spirit at St Mary's Mooroopna.
Our inaugural St Mary’s Swimming Sports Day at the Mooroopna Pool was a tremendous success, with students in Grades 3–6 displaying outstanding enthusiasm, participation, and team spirit throughout the day.
It was wonderful to see almost every student hop into the pool and proudly score points for their house. The competitive events were hotly contested, while the novelty events brought plenty of excitement, laughter, and enjoyment for all involved. The encouragement and positive sportsmanship shown by students towards their peers truly reflected the strong sense of community at St Mary’s.
A special thank you to Mrs Dyke, Miss Cooper and Mr Watts for their outstanding organisation and support in making the day such a success. Thanks to the supporting staff during the day too!
Go Team St Mary’s!
House spirit was evident all day, and the final points tally highlighted just how close the competition was, with only 200 points separating all four houses. Congratulations to Archer House, who were the overall champions on the day.
We are incredibly proud of our students for the way they participated, supported one another, and represented their houses with pride. Thank you to staff and families who supported this wonderful event we look forward to many more St Mary’s Swimming Sports in the years to come.
Once again, special thanks to Mr Watts for organising such a fun day - we are already excited for next year!
New - Maths in Grade 1
For maths in Grade One last week, we were learning how to use tally marks and hoe to gather data to create picture graphs.
New - Carlton AFL visits St Mary's
Recently, our Grade 3–6 students were lucky enough to welcome Carlton AFL players Adam Cerra, Ashton Moir, Blake Acres, and rookie Talor Byrne for a special visit.
Students enjoyed a fantastic Q&A session, asking thoughtful questions and hearing firsthand about life as an AFL footballer, before heading outside for a kick-to-kick with the players.
Safe to say the most excited person in the school was Mrs Davkovski.
A huge thank you to the Carlton Football Club for inspiring our students and creating such a memorable experience!
New - News from the Art Room
Grade 1KM in Art have been learning about primary, secondary, warm and cool colours, whilst Grade 1 AC have learnt to say hello and goodbye in Italian... Ciao!
New - 90 Years of St Mary's Display
We’re excited to share that a beautiful new display has been set up in the Marian Centre as we prepare to celebrate Founders’ Day on Monday 23rd February.
A special thank you to Sunny for the time, care and creativity put into preparing this for our school community. It’s a wonderful way to honour our history of 90 years and reflect on the story of St Mary’s. We invite families to take a moment to stop by and enjoy the display when you’re next at school.
New - Lunchtime Club - 'Make & Do'
Our first day in 2026 of our very popular lunchtime club...Make & Do was a huge success! You won't see many faces in these photos as everyone was too busy making and doing and being creative!
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.
