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Easter holiday dates for your diaries

Easter is just around the corner! Please be reminded that the College will be closing for the Easter break on Friday 2 April.

 

Students and staff will return to school on Wednesday 7 April for three busy days before Term 1 concludes on Friday 9 April. 

Hot cross buns are dropping into classrooms today! Thank you to all families for supporting our Caritas Australia Lenten fundraising campaign.
Hot cross buns are dropping into classrooms today! Thank you to all families for supporting our Caritas Australia Lenten fundraising campaign.

Mother's Day Breakfast

Mothers, daughters and sons are warmly invited to attend our Mother's Day Breakfast, to be held on Wednesday 5 May from 7.30am–8.30am on the College Green (top ground). 

 

Join us for a breakfast of croissants, granola, fruit and barista coffee, coordinated by SMC Presentation Families and funded through the Families levy. 

 

RSVPs are essential by Monday 26 April via: https://bit.ly/31iWcjj 

 

Volunteers needed! 

The College welcomes any parents and carers (including fathers/partners) who are willing to volunteer some time to help out the Mother's Day Breakfast. 

 

Any assistance you can offer, from preparing for and/or packing up the breakfast to serving food, would be most appreciated. 

 

If you're able to lend a hand, please complete the registration form here. Thank you in advance for your support! 

Have you downloaded the Check in TAS app? 

From 1 May 2021, the free Check in TAS app will be the only system for providing and collecting contact tracing information in Tasmania. 

 

We kindly ask all parents and carers to download the app to their phones in preparation for attending events at the College and using the app QR code.

 

The app is available for download from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. 

 

Find out more about using the Check in TAS app via this link. 

NAPLAN 2021

NAPLAN is an annual assessment for all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. 

 

NAPLAN tests the types of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life, including reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy. 

 

This year, the assessments will be undertaken from Tuesday 11 May to Thursday 20 May. 

 

More information about the national tests can be found on the College website here.

Flexible Kinder options 

We're very excited to offer our families more flexible schedule options for our all-girls Kinder in 2022. 

 

Under the new three-to-five day model, parents and carers can choose to add one or two additional days to the compulsory three core days of Kinder. 

 

We've created a short video explaining the benefits of the new flexible Kinder model, which you can watch on Vimeo by clicking on the image below. 

Change to school bus services

Parents and carers were sent an email yesterday outlining the changes to school bus services for next week (Wednesday 7 April–Friday 9 April). 

 

We kindly ask that you refer to this email for more information to ensure that students and families can access the alternative services provided by Metro, and other bus services, on these dates. 

Exclusive VIP speaker event 

Join a complimentary, live and interactive online session where you'll meet one of NASA's foremost Mars experts just days after the Mars 2020 Mission lands on Mars! 

 

The Mars Human Exploration with Michelle Rucker (a mechanical engineer and a  34-year veteran of NASA) live webinar will take place on Saturday 17 April 2021 at 9.00am AEST. 

 

The event (which includes a presentation and Q&A) will run for approximately 45 minutes and is open to all students and families. Complete the form online here to register your interest. 

Strategic Plan Consultation workshop 

St Mary's College has appointed a consultant, Jill Morgan, to work with the College Leadership Team to develop the College's Strategic Plan for 2022–2025. 

 

As part of the consultation with the College community, Jill invites parents and carers to participate in an hour-long workshop to discuss the new plan, exploring questions such as: 

  • What is changing?
  • What needs changing?
  • What doesn't need changing?

To RSVP your attendance at the workshop, email College Executive Secretary, Lisa O'Brien-Spaulding on lobrien@smc.tas.edu.au by COB 30 April 2021. 

 

Please note, the venue will be determined by attendance numbers. Directional signage will be available on the day. 

Office hours 

As we're approaching the school holidays, we would like to remind parents and carers of our office opening times:  

  • 9.00am – 3.00pm Monday to Friday (during school holidays)
  • 8.00am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday (during term time)