From the Assistant Principals...

Welcome back!

Welcome to 2020! Welcome also to all our new families throughout the school. Just by way of introduction, we now have two Assistant Principals Mrs Dale Cain and Mrs Louise Reinke. Mrs Cain will be taking on Curriculum and also the Religious Education Coordinator roles and Mrs Reinke will be taking on Pastoral Care and Wellbeing.  We look forward to seeing you all and meeting you over the next few weeks at one of our beginning of the year activities or just around the school.

Social Media.

As we begin a new year, it is a good time to remind families of the expectations around Facebook and other social media in regards to school. Please remember that you cannot post photos of other people's children when at school events.  Also, please ensure any comments made about our school or the staff, parents or students are respectful and positive. Catholic school communities are inclusive and welcoming and negative or prejudicial comments do not contribute to a nurturing, welcoming environment. If you have a concern about anything that is happening at St Mary's, please do not hesitate to come into the office or call to make an appointment to discuss your concerns. 

L Reinke

Awards

St Mary's awards occur through Compass.  Students may receive a commendation for anything that falls into the following categories:

Academic/Quality work - improvement in neatness, achievement etc

Catholic Principles and Values - things such as caring for the environment, prayerfulness/reverence, service of others, ‘love thy neighbour’ etc

Commitment to personal best - Improvement/effort in attentiveness, persevering with a task, 5 star work/neatness, getting ‘out of comfort zone’ in any way.

Students commendations are recorded in Compass and parents will receive an email notification of the commendation in Compass.  Commendation cards are written on and handed out by class teachers. Once a child receives 3 commendations, they will receive an award at assembly and their names will be published in the newsletter. 

There is a hierarchical order to assembly awards….

3 commendations = Year Award #1

3 more = Year award #2

3 more = Year award #3

3 more = Leader of Learning Award

3 more = AP Award

3 more = Principal Award

3 more = School Award