Term 3 Week 7 Newsletter 2024
Important Dates
Sept 03 | NAIDOC Day - students are permitted to wear Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander colours |
Sept 03 | Infants School Dance - 6 pm to 7.30 pm |
Sept 03 | P&F Meeting - 6 pm - ALL WELCOME |
Sept 04 | Netball NSW Schools Cup - Orange |
Sept 04 | Primary School Dance - 6 pm to 8 pm |
Sept 05 | Year 3 Bike Safety Day |
Sept 05 | Year 4 Wellington Caves Excursion |
Sept 06 | Mary's Birthday Liturgy - 12.30 pm in the School Hall - presented by Kindergarten |
Sept 11 | First Holy Communion Liturgy - 11.30 am in the School Hall - presented by Year 2 |
Sept 12 | Year 3 Observatory Visit - 6.15 pm to 8.30 pm |
Sept 13 | Polding Athletics (Newcastle) |
Sept 20 | PUPIL FREE DAY |
Vision Statement:
St. Mary's Primary strives to be a welcoming Christ-centred learning community that promotes a quality holistic
education and trusting relationships in a caring and supportive environment.
Acknowledgment of Country: We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Wiradjuri people, who, long before us, lived, loved, educated and raised their children on this site. We pay our respects to elders past and present, and we recognise the young people who are our future. We acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in our community. We respect their deep physical and spiritual connections to the country through their stories traditions and living cultures.
Character Virtue: P U R I T Y
Purity means clean and wholesome. Everything we let inside our minds or do to our bodies (i.e. conversation, television, books, food) affects us in a good or bad way. Purity also means being innocent by saying yes to good things and no to the bad and it helps us not do things we regret.
From the Principal
Mr Luke Wilson
Principal
Dear Parents,
Welcome to Week 7.
The Sacrament of First Eucharist (Holy Communion) is the Sacrament at the heart of our faith and gives us our Christian identity. Our Year 3 students, Billy Carter (Year 4) and Zac Jacobson (Year 5) celebrated their First Holy Communion over the weekend. A huge thank you to our Year 3 teachers and Mr Keady, who, as REC, has worked closely with our St Brigid’s Parish to help prepare our Year 3 students.
We thank all the dads who joined us for our Father’s Day Breakfast on Friday. Thank you also to our school staff for preparing and serving our croissants.
It's another busy week ahead. We have NAIDOC celebrations and our Infants' Dance taking place tomorrow, the Netball Schools Cup and Primary School Dance on Wednesday, Year 3 and 4 Excursions on Thursday, and Mary’s Birthday Liturgy on Friday.
School Dances - Our school dances are on this week in our School Hall.
Infants - Tuesday, 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm
Primary - Wednesday, 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm
Students are to have their names marked off on the class list before entering the hall. At the end of the dance, students will not be permitted to leave the hall unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. If your child is to be picked up by another adult, parents are asked to write a note to the class teacher to advise him/her of the alternative arrangements. Parents are asked NOT to stay whilst the dance takes place. You might like to join in the last dance for the evening when you come to collect your child..
P & F Meeting - All parents are welcome to attend our next Parents & Friends Meeting in our school library next tomorrow, 3rd September, commencing at 6.00 pm.
Monday Uniform - Students are permitted to wear their winter or summer uniforms on Mondays, depending on the weather. If children choose to wear their winter uniform, they must wear their tie.
**All students will wear their full summer uniform in Term 4.
| Ten Read - Aloud Commandments by Mem Fox | |
| 1. | Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading aloud. From birth! |
| 2. | Read at least three stories a day: it may be the same story three times. Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can begin to learn to read. Or the same story a thousand times! |
| 3. | Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice and don’t be dull, or flat, or boring. Hang loose and be loud, have fun and laugh a lot. |
| 4. | Read with joy and enjoyment: real enjoyment for yourself and great joy for the listeners. |
| 5. | Read the stories that your child loves, over and over, and over again, and always read in the same ‘tune’ for each book: i.e. with the same intonations and volume and speed, on each page, each time. |
| 6. | Let children hear lots of language by talking to them constantly about the pictures, or anything else connected to the book; or sing any old song that you can remember; or say nursery rhymes in a bouncy way; or be noisy together doing clapping games. |
| 7. | Look for rhyme, rhythm or repetition in books for young children, and make sure the books are really short. |
| 8. | Play games with the things that you and the child can see on the page, such as letting kids finish rhymes, and finding the letters that start the child’s name and yours, remembering that it’s never work, it’s always a fabulous game. |
| 9. | Never get stressed around books. |
| 10. | Please read aloud every day because you just adore being with your child. |
NAIDOC Day 2024
Sport
Diocesan Athletics Carnival -
Congratulations to Jake Butcher who was Junior Boys Champion - Runner up.
We have 12 students representing St. Mary's and the Bathurst Diocese at Polding.
Congratulations to Thomas Alley, Jake Butcher, Evie Galvin, Tom Galvin, Slater Gray, Solei Grey,
Emily Lindsay, Annabelle Mackintosh, Willow Scott, Diesel Simpson, Millie Walsh and Esther Williams.
Religious Education
Mr Tim Keady
RE Coordinator
Dear Parents,
First Eucharist - Congratulations to all of our St. Mary’s students who received the Sacrament of First Eucharist over the weekend. I would also like to thank the Parish, in particular, Rosie Hosking for all of her work in preparing our students for this. Thanks also to our St. Mary’s school community who came along to help celebrate this special occasion.
Our First Eucharist Liturgy (presented by Year 2) will take place on Wednesday, 11th September at 11.30 am in the School Hall.
Mary's Birthday Liturgy - To be held on Friday, 6th September at 12.30 pm - presented by Kindergarten in the School Hall.
Thank you to Mrs Jacinta Haycock who designed our beautiful Mary's Birthday stickers.
Year 2 Reconciliation Registration - First Reconciliation registration weekends are fast approaching. All students who wish to register for Reconciliation this year will need to attend a Mass on either the 14th/15th of September or 21st/22nd of September to register.
If you have any questions about Reconciliation, please contact Rosie Hosking via email at sacraments.dubbo@cdob.org.au.
Parish Picnic and St. Mary’s Term 3 Meet 4 Mass - We will be holding our Term 3 Meet 4 Mass on Sunday, 22nd September. We warmly welcome you to come along to the 9 am Mass. Following the Mass, St. Brigid’s Parish will be holding their annual Picnic Day. Please see the flyer below for further details.
| RE Dates for the Calendar | |
| Week 7 | Tuesday, 3rd September - NAIDOC Liturgy + activities. Please refer to the invite in today's newsletter. |
| Week 8 | Wednesday, 11th September - First Eucharist Liturgy - 11.30 am in the School Hall - presented by Year 2 |
| Week 9 | |
| Week 10 | Gerard Yeo Shield @ St. Johns College (Year 6 from all Dubbo Catholic Schools) |
Gospel Focus: A Pure Heart (Mark 7:1-23)
Jesus calls us to purify our hearts and live the gospel values.
ST. BRIGID'S PARISH - MASS TIMES:
St Brigid's: Saturday - 6pm, Sunday - 9am and Sunday - 6pm
St. Laurence's Church: Sunday - 7.30am
Wellbeing
Year 6 were able to visit the residents of the Holy Spirit Aged Care Facility last Wednesday.
Awards
STUDENT OF THE WEEK:
| Mackenzie Fuller - 1B For outstanding imaginative and informative writing. Keep up the clever work. |
| Louie Fitzgerald - 1G For his insightful contributions to class discussions and politely listening to his classmates in return. |
| Trace Gardiner - 3G For being an exemplary student and a true team player in 3G. He is always ready to learn and consistently gives his best. |
| Zaniah Jones - 4G For being a committed learner who is keen to know more about her world. |
| Jackson O'Connor - 5G For his fantastic attitude and persistence with completing tasks in class. Well done. |
HOUSE AWARDS:
Congratulations to the following students for gaining 10 points for
their Sports House for exemplary behaviour:
| LA SALLE: | McAULEY: | MOORE: | LENNON: |
| Amya Frankland - 1G | Irish Salloum - 1G | Lottie Woodham - 1G | Layla Madgwick - 1G |
| Mila Huntly - 1G | Maddix Chapman - 1G | Heidi O'Connor - 1G | Liddy Wellman - 1G |
| Kai Gleeson - 1G | Ruby Thorsteinsson - 1G | Gracie Lee - 1G | Charlie Bower - 1G |
| Mackenzie Giddings - 1G | Louis O'Connor - 1G | Georgia Grattan - 1G | Jensen Walkom - 1G |
| Louie Fitzgerald - 1G | Annabelle Williams - 2G | Ari Shepherd - 1G | Clay Crawford - 1G |
| Jaxon Malouf - 1G | Lucas O'Connor - 2G | Ollie Boothby - 5B | Matilda Waters - 1G |
| Tex Simpson - 2G | Isaac Goodwin - 2G | Alfie Winterton - 2G | |
| Nala Wellman - 2G |
School Fees
Term 3 Fees were posted on Friday, 2nd August 2024 and were DUE Friday, 16th August 2024.
Reminder letters will be sent out this week to our Term Payers.
Attendance
Automated Attendance Notification:
CEDB has set up Automated Attendance Notifications for our school.
Attendance Tracking: Teachers will record attendance as usual.
Automated Alerts: If your child is marked absent without a known reason, an SMS will be sent to your registered mobile number.
Immediate Action: You can take immediate action by contacting the school if the absence is unexpected or unaccounted for.
Ensure Your Contact Information is Up-to-Date: Verify and update your mobile number with the school office.
Communicate Absences: Notify the school in advance if your child will be absent.
Stay Alert: Look out for SMS notifications from the school.
PARTIAL ABSENCES:
Parents must attend the school office to use the Compass Kiosk to complete a PARENT DROP-OFF or PARENT PICK-UP if arriving late or leaving early.
FULL DAY ABSENCES:
A Note should be submitted via Compass for a FULL DAY absence from school.
Reminder: Parents to submit an attendance note within 7 days of absence. Thank you.
Community News
BIRTHDAYS:
Celebrating their birthday this week are:
Zoe Taylor, Mia Benton, Erin Rosal, Willah Tobin, Logan Nichols,
Ollie Winterton, Mollie McNamara and Miss Mirakai Powell.
We hope you enjoy your birthday!
Canteen
Canteen Roster
TUES Sept 03 | Michelle Brown |
WED Sept 04 | Alli Sykes, Amanda Cook and Cara Grey |
THURS Sept 05 | Ash Bower, Tara Taylor and Claire Curtin |
FRI Sept 06 | Jenna Cooper and Lisa Cowden |
MON Sept 09 | Zoe Madgwick |
REMINDER:
MunchMonitor cut-off time for placing lunch orders - 9.45 am.
LATE LUNCH ORDERS:
9.45 am - 11.00 am - Parents are welcome to phone the school office to place a lunch order.
After 11.00 am - Students have an option of a Vegemite Sandwich, Cheese Sandwich
or Cheese and Vegemite Sandwich only.