Dear families, We have officially made it to the end of the school year! Congratulations to you all for the amazing effort you have put into this strange year. The students re-entered school in the most wonderfully settled way this term.
What a final week of school it has been and what a year! With all the events of 2020 it almost feels as if Christmas has come and while we are so grateful that we find ourselves in a better place than five or six weeks ago,
Congratulations to our Student Leaders for 2021 ~ we know they will do a wonderful job in leading our school next year.
In case you missed them...On Tuesday night we celebrated our Grade 6 Graduation. You can watch the ceremony here.Today we held our end of year assembly during which, amongst other things, we announced our school leaders for 2021. Here is the live stream link.
Our uniform shop will be open on Wednesday 27th January from 9 - 11.30am for any last minute purchases. Please check in with the office before heading to the uniform shop as there may still be restrictions on how many people we can have in there at one time.
News from around the community...Parish, Secondary schools, Hobsons Bay council and Camp Australia. Take a peek...there might be something for you.There's new information about the Hobsons Bay Music Academy who are running music lessons for children from a young age.
We’re excited to announce that our school communication app called Updat-ed has been upgraded. The app has moved to a more robust, futureproof platform and will present some new features. To get access to the new Updat-ed app, please follow the instructions.
At St. Mary's we are committed to maintaining a culture of child safety. We implement strategies which demonstrate this through everyday life at the school, guided by the documents listed in the 'Read More' section. Our Child Safety Officer is Margaret Masseni (DP & Wellbeing Leader)
In an effort to reduce rubbish at school and maintain our good hygiene practices, our Nude Food initiative will remain in place indefinitely. Families are encouraged to send food to school in re-useable containers and students are required to take home any wrappings that they bring to school.
Our Journey...We understand that it is important to ensure and guarantee children’s safety within the community and the school. We also think it is important that all students know about Child Safety. So in 2019 the JSC discussed who needs to be kept safe and how we can do that and we decided...
Our school's app, called Updat-ed, has been upgraded. To download the app just visit the App Store for iPhones or Google Play for Android’s (or click on the image below). Search for Updat-ed and from the menu, select our school. We’ll receive your registration request and will need to approve you before your app is up and running.
