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SchoolTV launch 

We're pleased to announce that St Mary's College now has its very own SchoolTV portal for sharing articles, videos and journals that support the wellbeing of our community. 

 

SchoolTV is a wellbeing platform for school communities that addresses the modern-day realities of raising safe, happy and resilient young people using credible information while offering realistic and practical strategies.

 

Read more about SchoolTV in our latest Counsellor's article here. 

Updates to social media commentary

If you engage with St Mary's College on social media, you may have noticed that we've made some important changes to commentary on our Facebook and Instagram pages. 

 

The changes come after a recent Facebook defamation ruling by the High Court, which has determined that the page owner is now legally responsible for user comments on a post. 

 

While we monitor comments closely, social media is a 24/7 medium and our ability to moderate is not. As a result, you will see that our posts now have commenting capabilities turned off or contributions restricted outside of business hours. 

 

We appreciate your understanding with these changes and look forward to continuing to share our College news and photos with you. 

Presentation Families meeting

The next Presentation Families meeting will be held on Tuesday 7 December at 5.30pm in the College board room. 

 

The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss plans for next year and gather ideas and volunteers for the Families on the Green event, which will take place at the start of Term 1, 2022. 

 

All are welcome to come along—we would love to see you there! 

Changes to 2022 key dates

As communicated in an email sent to all families on Tuesday 23 November, there have been some changes made to the start dates for Term 1, 2022. 

 

You can view the updated term dates on the College website via this link. 

 

We would also like to remind families that the school day for Junior School commences at 8.45am and concludes at 3.00pm for Prep to Year 6 classes. Kinder concludes at 2.45pm. 

 

The school day for the Senior School commences at 8.30am and concludes at 3.15pm. 

 

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