Term 4 Week 2 Newsletter 2025
Important Dates
20 October | School Sport Australia Touch Football Championships |
22 October | NSW PSSA Athletics |
23 October | NSW PSSA Athletics |
23 October | House and Line Award Morning Tea |
24 October | Girls Polding Rugby League Trials |
DATES FOR THE DIARY: | |
3 November | All Saints Day Mass @ St Brigid's @ 12 noon |
27 November | Christmas Concert @ St. Johns College @ 6 pm |
8 December | End of Year Mass @ St. Brigid's Church @ 10 am |
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: S I N C E R I T Y
Sincerity means being genuine to others without fakeness and acting out of a pure heart. Sincerity is the opposite of mockery and sarcasm and looks to speak and act honestly. Without sincerity it is impossible to have trust in our friendships. Most importantly, we should be sincere to God because He knows and loves us and sees everything we do.
From the Principal
Mr Luke Wilson
Principal
Dear Parents,
Welcome to Week 2. Thanks to all of our staff for their work in getting our children back into routine and learning last week. Thank you to Ms Tomlins, Mrs Scalora and Mr Keady, who accompanied our students on the Year 5 Aussie Bush Camp Excursion to Tea Gardens. The children had a great time over the three days, and I'm sure they all slept well on Friday night.
P & F Fundraiser - Bunnings BBQ
A huge thank you to Ilka Gratton, Kate Woodbridge, Ryan Johnston, Karla Hodges, Natasha Smith, Chris McGhgee, Carl Gowans, Tenika Bashford, Keira Temesvary, Erin Hopkins and Claire McWhirter, who generously gave their time yesterday to make our Bunnings BBQ possible yesterday. We raised approximately $1,300.00 for our school community.
Enrolments and Classes 2026
To finalise enrolment numbers for 2026, we need to be aware of any students leaving our school at the end of this year. Parents are asked to contact the office and complete the appropriate Student Exit Form if this is the case. Over the next four weeks, classes for 2026 will be formulated. Completing these class lists requires a lot of time and careful consideration. Classes will be finalised by Friday, November 21.
If any parents have requests or information relevant to their child's class placement for 2026, please notify me via email by Friday, November 7. Any requests will be considered, but not guaranteed.
Students will be informed of their class placement on Up-Class Day in December.
Term 4 PSSA Athletics Championships
Best of luck to our senior girls relay team (Maggie, Frankie S, Ella, Frankie W) and Slater, who will compete at the NSW PSSA Championships this week.
Australian Schools Touch Football Championships
Best of luck to Maggie and Zara, who will represent NSW at the Australian Schools Touch Football Championships commencing this weekend. Congratulations to both girls on reaching this elite level of competition.
Monday Uniform
All students must wear their summer uniform on Mondays.
Religious Education
Gospel Focus: Pray Always
Luke 18:1 - 8
Pray constantly.
Reconcilitation - Prepartion Sessions for Parent / Children
Session 1 Session 2 Session 3
Tuesday after 5:45pm Mass @ 6:15pm 21st October 28th October 4th November
Wednesday @ 4:30pm 22nd October 29th October 5th November
Sunday after 9am Mass @ 10am 26th October 2nd November 9th NovemberCelebration of Reconcilitation
Wednesday 12th November and Thursday 13th November @ 4:15pm and 5:00pm
Saturday 15th November @ 10:30am and 11:15am
ST. BRIGID'S PARISH - MASS TIMES:
St Brigid's: Saturday - 6pm, Sunday - 9am and Sunday - 6pm
St. Laurence's Church: Sunday - 7.30am
Sport
Term 4 PSSA
The Primary Schools Sports Association Summer Sporting Competition, involving students in Years 4, 5, and 6, will commence on Friday, 24th October. Summer sports include cricket and touch football for students in Years 5 and 6. In Year 4, the girls and boys play cricket.
Please Note: The Code of Conduct was sent home with all students.
Bathurst Diocesan Summer Sports Trial
Information will be sent home this week to interested students in Years 4 and 5 who nominated themselves for selection in the Bathurst Diocesan Summer Sports Trials. The sports trials will occur on the following days;
Thursday, 20th November - Touch Football and Cricket
Friday, 21st November - Basketball and Tennis
Diocesan teams will be selected from these trials to compete in the Polding Carnivals in 2026.
Awards
| 200 NIGHTS READING... Congratulations to the following super readers: | |
| KB | Annabella and Arliah |
STUDENT OF THE WEEK:
Polly - 1B For outstanding effort in all areas. |
Charli - 1G For producing high quality, neat and tidy work. |
Leo - 3B For showing maturity, concentration and dedication to his learning. |
Monika - 5B For her positive attitude and participation in all activities at Tea Gardens. |
Attendance
Community News
BIRTHDAYS:
Celebrating their birthday this week are:
Teddy, Zac, Gundy, Toby, Archie, Jake, Hilary and Ms Tomlins.
We hope you enjoy your birthday!
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Canteen
CANTEEN ROSTER | |
| Tuesday, 21st October | Julie Bashford |
| Wednesday, 22nd October | Melissa Barrett and Ros Dixon |
| Thursday, 23rd October | Keira Johnson and Jo Fitzgerald |
| Friday, 24th October | Victoria Meyers, Jackie Pratten and Chris Catelotti |
| Monday, 27th October | |
MunchMonitor - We encourage all families to use the MunchMonitor online program for lunch orders.
We Are Allergy Aware
Anaphylaxis is a severe and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. We want to do our best to keep those at risk, as safe as possible. We have several children at our school who have allergies to peanuts and tree-nuts.
It is important for the safety of these children that we ask that you don't send any nuts or nut products to school.
This includes foods such as peanut butter, Nutella, hazelnut spreads, trail mix or muesli bars/biscuits that contain nuts.
Please help us maintain the health and well-being of all our students by considering this information when packing lunches for your child.
We appreciate your support.
The Clothing Pool
A big thank you to Mrs Taylor Walkom, who has kindly organised our Clothing Pool.
There are numerous sizes 4, 6, and 8 available for a low purchase price.
Book Club
Term 4 Book Club
For cash orders please send the form back to school with your child’s name and class. To pay by credit card please use Book Club LOOP at scholastic.com.au/LOOP or use the LOOP app.
Orders are due: Monday October 27th
