News from around the school
New - catholic Education Week Activities
We have a number of activities planned to celebrate Catholic Education Week. Please see the flyer below to see whats coming up.
New - St Mary's Open Day Session
We are holding an Open Day Information Session and Student led school tours on Wednesday 17th May, commencing at 11.45am. 2024 Enrolments will be open from this date. Please pass this information on to families with 2024 Prep students.
New - After School Program
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, children are provided with a drink / fruit and this will be offered for 7 weeks.
Session start at 3.45pm and finishes at 4.45 p.m. We ask parent/carers to please be on time to collect students.
The program is supervised at all times and an outside person runs the program. Each session can only take 25 children. The children will meet Maree outside the Marian Centre straight after school.
Please see the attached flyer for further information and expression of interest form.
If interested, Return the form below to the office before Monday 8th May 2023.
Thank You
Maree Williams Co-ordinator
New - Happy Birthday Mons Peter
During the holidays Mons Peter celbrated his 85th Birthday. Congratulations & Happy Birthday for the 8th April Monsignor.
New - Reading Afternoon with Mons Peter
Catholic Education Week Activity - Prep Students visited Mons. Peter yesterday who read a picture story book to them. A very special activity for them.
New - Reading Afternoon with Local businesses
As part of Catholic Education Week students from Preps to Grade 4 took part in a walking visit to local businesses in Mooroopna for a Reading Afternoon!
What a great way to learn outside the classroom and celebrate community together!
Thank you to our local businesses for engaging in this 'community classroom' activity.
New - ANZAC Day Biscuit Making
The 5/6’s recently commemorated and learnt about ANZAC Day!
The students learnt about the story behind why we have Anzac biscuits, and thought it was a great idea to have a go at making too! The students took some mixture home to cook themselves as well! We heard that they turned out well and were a big hit at home.
New - Scholastic Book Fair
We will be running our annual Book Fair again this year.
It will be heldon Tuesday 6th June in the Marian Centre.
Watch this space for further information.
REMINDER - Notre Dame College 2024 Enrolments
Please see the following Flyer with Notre Dame College2024 enrolment dates.
Dates of interest
- 2024 Online Enrolment Application open - Wednesday 26 April 2023
- 2024 Enrolments close - Friday 19 May 2023
URGENT - Help St Mary's Bingo Committee
Our Parish has been running Bingo on a Saturday evening for close to 45 years. Over this time the school has received monetary donations of approx $12,000 per year, for support in achieving and maintaining larger projects around the school. just recently new airconditioning in the Marian Centre.
In raising this money, the small Bingo Committee, needs some support from our school families to volunteer and assist on the Bingo roster once or twice over an 8 week period .
The tasks that we require help in are -
- Ticket Selling - 6.30pm - 9.30pm - 3 hours
- Canteen - 6.30pm - 9.00pm - 2.5hours
- Caller - 7.30pm - 10.00pm - 2.5 hours. This is now done by 'auto call'
- Floor Walker - 7.30pm - 10.00pm - 2.5 hours. This is checking the winners ticket and calling back the ticket number
Bingo is held in the Marian Centre Saturday evenings for people in our community and volunteers will help other people from the committee, parish or the school. This is a great way to meet new people and help raise funds for our school and parish.
We thank all our families who are already helping, this is very much appreciated and we look forward to meeting new helpers for 2023.
Please contact any of the following to help out on the roster.
Tom Dumaresq - 58254836
Emma DiFede - 0416857026
Bev Ryan - 58252597
Maree Williams - 58252584
School Office - 58252858
Thank you for your consideration in supporting our school and our Parish.
Bingo Committee
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