Yesterday we celebrated our Opening School Mass. It was lovely to gather together and celebrate the Eucharist as a school. Our school leaders were awarded their badges at the conclusion of mass and took their leadership plegde. You can watch here.
I have been very fortunate to have been working at St Mary’s for 20 years now. Yes, that is a long time, but when you work with beautiful people and teach amazing students, you want to stay.
Our 2021 Book Fair will take place on Monday 1st March - Wednesday 3rd March. Come on over to the hall from 3pm to 4pm each day and check out a great range of books. Every purchase you make earns learning and literacy resources for our school.
On Wednesday our new teachers (Tim Creak, Tony Freeman, Randa Asaad, Niamh Bannon) attended a SMART Spelling professional learning session to learn how to implement our spelling program.
Thursday 4th March, 2021, is the Year 1/2 Camp (extended school day). The afternoon will begin at 3:20pm with afternoon tea. At 4:30pm Proactivity will be running a range of fun activities, including Giant Earth Ball Games, Tug of War and Frisbee Target Games.
Our first Walk/Ride to School day will be held on Monday 1st March. Come along in an active way and earn house team points. See the house captains on the netball court when you arrive and they will put your name on the house team chart. We are looking for the most active house team!
School photos will be taken on Wed 3rd March by Elite School Photography. Students should wear their full school uniform. If they have Physical Ed, they should bring their runners to change into for their lesson. House Captains should bring their coloured tshirt for their leaders photo.
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Due to lack of bookings Kelly Sports Dance will not go ahead this term. The program will be offered again in Term 2. Flyers listing more information will be sent home towards the end of term.
After a year where we were not able to celebrate any parish Sacraments, I am very excited to be able to announce the dates for the Sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation.
The Uniform Shop opening hours have changed. The uniform shop is now open on Tuesday's from 9.00 - 9.45 am. Katrina Krol will look after your uniform needs. You can place an order by emailing the order form to stmarysaltonauniforms@gmail.com Orders will be sent home with your child.
We have several students in our school that are anaphylactic, which means they have serious allergic reactions. In our particular case students have an allergies to peanuts, macadamias, cashews, almonds, all tree nuts, kiwi, egg, prawns and salmon.
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.
