St Mary's Primary School Crookwell eNewsletter

Principal Talk with Mrs. Lowe

TERM THREE

WEEK 8
Thursday 8 September	St Mary's Feast Day - Children come to school wearing blue clothes, Mass 9.30am and themed activities
Friday 9 September	Tuckshop- Pip, Jodie and Mary-Ann - LAST TUCKSHOP FOR TERM 3 CHS Taster Day 9am-2pm
WEEK 9
Monday 12 September	Counsellor visit NO tuckshop
Wednesday 14 September	Year Three Art Focus Day
Friday 16 September	School Public Speaking Competition 9.10am NO tuckshop
WEEK 10
Monday 19 September	Counsellor visit NO tuckshop
Wednesday 21 September	Kindergarten, Year One and Year Two Showcase of Learning Assembly 12.15pm Last day of Term Three
Thursday 22 September	Pupil Free Day
Friday 23 September	Pupil Free Day

St Mary's Feast Day

Today we celebrated our St Mary's Feast Day on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the birthday of the mother of Jesus. Mary is the patroness of our school.

St Mary is a role model for each of us- students, parents and staff alike. I pray that like Mary, St Mary's Primary School is filled with grace, peace, kindness, humility, mercy, forgiveness and gentleness. Each student and staff member is a blessing with unique talents and gifts that ‘Together as One’ make St Mary’s a very special school indeed!

Wearing blue, the colour associated with Mary, over the day our students have participated in a range of 'Mary' themed activities. They learned about Mary, made artworks and decorated biscuits, amongst other things.

CWA Project Awards

Congratulations to the following Country Women's Association project award recipients:

Year 2 - Rory Bensley, Jobe Seaman and Donovan Francis

Year 4 - Emmett McIntosh, Elsie McIntosh, Jaydan Costello and Charlotte Crosbie. .

Year 5 - Phoebe Fannin, Charlie Tarlinton and Joe Hayes

Year 6 - Toby Charnock, Saxon Greenwood and Naomi Picker

Emmett and Toby's projects have gone to the regional level for judging and Charlotte's postcard has moved directly on to state judging.

Riding with the Disabled

This week three of our students, Xavier Stallard, Harry Price and Harley White competed at the Riding for the Disabled (RDA) Mounted Games in Goulburn on Tuesday. Our students had a fantastic time and came away with a ribbon each.

Thank you to Jolene Grove and the RDA team for allowing us to be part of this amazing program.

Public Speaking Competition

On Friday 16 September, we will host our school Public Speaking Competition in the Old Hall. Five representatives from grades three to six will present their speeches to the whole school. The speech topics this year are:

Year 3: If I had anything I wished for it would be (2 minutes)

Year 4: My favourite silly family story is (2 minutes)

Year 5: Why I should be Prime Minister (3 minutes)

Year 6: If I could talk to anyone it would be (3 minutes)

Each staff member present will adjudicate the speeches and the two top scorers in each class will move to the Northern Region level, to be held at St Bede's Braidwood on Friday 14 October.

Following that, selected students present at the Archdiocesan level on Wednesday 26 October at St Anne's Central School, Temora.

Showcase of Learning

On Wednesday 21 September, the last day of term three, Kindergarten, Year One and Year Two will present their Showcase of Learning. Parents and friends are very welcome to join us for the 12.15pm performance in the Old Hall.

We encourage visitors to wear a mask and to refrain from attending if they are feeling unwell.

Catholic Education Commission

From time to time the Catholic Education Commission (CEC) seeks new members to cover any gaps or to fill vacancies. If you would like to express your interest in joining the Commission, please complete the following Expression of Interest EoI New Commissioners.

The CEC explores the practical meanings of Synodality – the Commission is one of the instruments through which members of the Archdiocese can co-operate with the Archbishop in our evangelising ministry.

Samaritan's Purse - Operation Christmas Child

Each year, St Mary's supports the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Box by asking for donations to help fill shoeboxes with various items such as gifts, clothes, something for school and hygiene products to send to children overseas.

If you are able to help with donating items, or a few dollars to assist with the postage of the boxes, please send these items in with your child.

Tuckshop

We are very thankful to our Parents and Friends Association for running a school tuckshop for the students and staff. You may have noticed in the calendar above that tomorrow is the last session for the term. The number of rostered tuckshop days is dependent upon how many volunteers we have. If you have been considering going on the Tuckhshop Roster, I would encourage you to give it a go. You can choose the day, Monday or Friday, that suits you best and how many times a term, once or twice. It is a great way to meet other parents and carers and to be involved with our school. Mums, dads and grandparents are welcome.

To put your name down for Term Four please complete the form in the P&F section.

2023 Kindergarten Enrolments

Enrolments for Kindergarten 2023 are due by the end of the term. If you would like an enrolment pack sent home, please contact Belinda.

Enrolment interviews will be conducted from 17 - 28 October.

The Kindergarten Orientation Day will be held on Monday 28 November.

Enrolments can now be placed online. Go to https://enrolments.stmarysc.nsw.edu.au/enrol/ to enrol now.

Enrolments packs are available from our School Office or can be downloaded from our website http://www.stmarysc.nsw.edu.au/enrolment.html

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