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From the Principal LENT - Ash Wednesday Mass , Diocesan Swimming Carnival , Diocesan Winter Trials, Armidale Show 4th & 5th March, Farewell Mass for Bishop Kennedy , Clean Up Australia Day, Armidale Autumn Festival - 1st April , National Young Leaders Conference - Year 6 Captains & Vice Captains, Year 6 Science & Engineering Day - 7th March, Year 6 O'Connor STEP Day -14th March, School Cross Country - Monday 3rd April, P & F 16th March - Beginning of the school year P & F BBQ., P & F AGM 22nd March 7pm Staffroom, Kindergarten Parent Best Start and Term 1 Parent Interviews, International Women's Day 8th March & Breakfast  , NAPLAN Week 8 & 9, Manners Matter 
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Our Faith - Religious Education  LENT, SHROVE TUESDAY , ASH WEDNESDAY , Project Compassion Boxes, Prayer - LENTEN PRAYER, Parish Events , Sacramental Programs for 2023, Saints Mary and Joseph Cathedral Parish
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Diary Dates 2023 NSW School Term Dates , 2023 Term 1 Dates, 2023 Term 2 Dates
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PHOTO GALLERY Year 6 visited their Kindergarten Buddies to share a story and some fun activities!, Kindergarten have been learning how to make a self portrait in art. Check out our water colours!, Year 5, Year 4, Year 2
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Sports News Diocesan Swimming Carnival, Diocesan Winter Trials, Cross Country, Sport Website and Facebook
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Library News Library with Mrs Cain, CLASS BORROWING DAYS ARE:, Parents please make sure the students in K - 6     have a Library Bag on their borrowing days to take books home., BOOK CLUB, PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE, SORA    , WORLD BOOK ONLINE , A safe, trusted, 21st-century learning environment for students.
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K - Yr 6 Learning READING LEVELS, Language Development, INITIALIT / K-2 English , Learning Intentions and Success Criteria, Term 1 KLA Overviews K-6, Kindergarten Term 1 Overview , Year 1 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process, Year 2 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process, Year 3 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process, Year 4 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process, Year 5 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process, Year 6 Term 1 Overview & Homework Process, Contacting Your Child's Teacher
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P&F Association News Committee Members, Meeting Date Feb/March 2023, P & F 16th March - Beginning of the school year       P & F BBQ., P & F AGM 22nd March 7pm Staffroom,  Hot Cross Buns Fundraiser
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Parent News Parenting Courses Offered by Centacare and the Family Relationship Centre, Council of Catholic School Parents, Good for Kids, Cancer Council Nutrition Snippets
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Community Information Vinnies Homework Help, NERAM, Football United, ADIG , Harlequins Hockey Club, Family Connect and Support, New England Garden Festival, Armidale Art Prize 2023
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NAPLAN NAPLAN 2023
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Living Well Learning Well St Mary's School Learning & Wellbeing.
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Safety & Parking around our School Parking at School , Working With Children Check (WWCC), Medication, Mobile Phone Safety, SOCIAL MEDIA HELP, Ways to limit content viewing for children., Information for parents and carers on joining one of the free webinars to learn the latest strategies for helping our children. Follow the link for the 2023 schedule: www.esafety.gov.au>parents>webinars, www.esafety.gov.au, Safe on Social - Social Media is my Generation's News Source, Student Care Insurance
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General School News Keep connected with what is happening at school through Compass & the Newsletter, Uniform Days, Canteen Lenten Menu, School Hours, School Office Hours, Contacting Your Child's Teacher, Lost Property, Clothing Pool , Back to School Vouchers
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COVID Information COVID Information
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After School Care
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156 Rusden Street, Armidale, New South Wales, 2350, AUhttp://stmarysarmidale.catholic.edu.au/smaadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au(02) 6772 4441
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General School News

Keep connected with what is happening at school through Compass & the Newsletter

Please make sure you are connected to COMPASS and receive the newsletter.

All families need to subscribe to the St Mary's COMPASS portal. Regular information comes from this site to families. Each parent is given a login. If you have lost your login details or are having difficulty logging in please call the School Office for assistance.

It is also really important to read the newsletter fortnightly.  The Newsletter can be found electronically on COMPASS.

Uniform Days

Term 1 Summer Uniform

Kindergarten and Years 5 & 6 (stages ESI and S3) wear their yellow sports shirt on Tuesdays.

Years 1, 2, 3, 4 (Stages 1 & 2) are to wear their yellow sports shirt Wednesdays.

 All students wear their coloured house shirt on Fridays. Thank you.

Canteen Lenten Menu

On Ash Wednesday, 22 February and on Fridays during Lent the Canteen will be serving our special Lenten Menu.  

School Hours

8:20am Doors Open & Student Supervision begins.

8:50am Classes start.

 

Students who arrive after 8:50 am will need to be signed in by Parents at the Front Office, if this doesn't occur parents will receive an unexplained notification for late attendance.

 

Thank you for signing your child in if they are late as this ensures our attendance records are accurate. 

 

10:50am-11:30am First Break

1:30am-2:10pm Second Break

3:10pm Classes end

3:15pm Buses are loaded

3.10-3.20pm Pick up top gate Dangar Street

3:15-3:30pm Pick up Rusden Street. All students are to be collected by 3:30pm.

After School Care is available for families from 3:10-6pm on site at school.

School Office Hours

The School Office hours are 8:20 am - 4 pm Monday- Friday. 

Contacting Your Child's Teacher

Teachers welcome contact from parents, if you need to talk with staff please either contact the class teacher by phoning the school – 6772 4441 or email the school on smaadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au

Lost Property

We already have large quantities of lost property items which have not been labelled. Please make sure that you check and label or re-label clothing items so we can return items to their owners and please remember to rename items purchased from the Clothing Pool - if the previous owner's name is still on it, we will send it home with them!  

 

Apart from many items of unlabelled uniforms we also have large amounts of unlabelled lunchboxes, lunch containers and drink bottles in our lost property baskets.  It is impossible to return these items to students. Unnamed uniform items are donated to the clothing pool. 

Clothing Pool 

The Clothing Pool is open by appointment every second Friday morning.  It will next be open on Friday, 3rd March from 9.30 am - 11.00 am.  

 

Please contact the school office on 6772 4441 or smaadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au to book a time.  If you are paying for second hand clothing items via Compass, please contact the school first, so that we can confirm that your required size is available.

Back to School Vouchers

St Mary's is accepting the The Premier's Back to School NSW Vouchers for new uniform items such as bags, hats, beanies etc.  Please note that second hand clothing pool items are not eligible for the vouchers.