Welcome back

Welcome back to Term Three! We hope the holidays gave families time to rest and reconnect. As we begin the term, we are reminded of this year’s focus — the Jubilee Year of Hope, declared by Pope Francis.

Hope isn’t just something we talk about — it’s something we live. In our school, we see it every day: and in communities like ours, where connection and values matter, hope is something we build together — in classrooms, on the playground, in small acts of kindness and big moments of celebration.

Bell Times 

As mentioned on Compass, school supervision commences at 8:35am each morning (we have brought this forward slightly to try and support families needing to drop off students earlier). If there are instances where your child needs to be dropped off earlier than this time, we ask that they wait in the front office foyer rather than under the weather shed. This is simply to support staff in knowing there are students on site and allow us to adequately supervise our students. We will trial this for Term Three and clarify this process moving forward  later in the term. Thank you for your support with this.

New Chromebooks and User Agreements

This week, our Year 3–6 students received their new Chromebooks! As part of this exciting update, students were presented with important information about how to use their device responsibly through our school’s User Agreement. We kindly ask that parents and carers take a few minutes to read through this agreement with their child, discuss the expectations, and return the signed copy to your child’s classroom teacher as soon as possible. Thank you for supporting safe and respectful technology use at St Mary’s.

Public Speaking Competition

Tomorrow, selected students from St Mary’s will travel to St Joseph’s Adelong to take part in the inter-school public speaking competition. This is a wonderful opportunity for them to share their voices, ideas, and growing confidence with a wider audience. We’re proud of each of them and wish them every success as they represent our school community.

Indoor Lawn Bowls

We are looking forward to welcoming Geoff from Gecko Sports to St Mary’s as part of the Sporting Schools program! Geoff will be coordinating a 5-week indoor lawn bowls program that will begin next Tuesday, 29th July. Students participating should continue to wear their sports uniform on Tuesdays to stay comfortable and ready for activity.

Ryan