Principal's Message ~ 28th May 2021

Dear families,

Here we are again in a snap lockdown. I know that for many of you, this means missing out on special occasions or plans.  It’s never a good time for these things. I do hope that amidst it all, for many of us, it may be a mini-reset. I pray we are back together soon. 

  The students in Years Prep - 2 who required one were sent home a device yesterday. All students in Years 3-6 took home their own device also. For this snap lockdown we will not be hosting live meetings or groups. Teachers have prepared learning activities for the children for Monday-Thursday. During this time the teachers will be reachable via email or Seesaw during regular school hours. The teachers will be sending a daily morning message to students, so please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher over this stage if you’d like to help or further information about any of the prepared activities. Over this period, the teachers will prepare the transition to full remote learning should the lockdown continue beyond Friday.

At this week’s assembly we welcomed Justine Brogna and Wendy from Walk a Mile in My Shoes who presented a cheque for $2,000 to St Mary’s. Justine raises money each year by walking to raise awareness for parents with mental health problems. Justine and Wendy were joined by FaPMI (Families with a Parent with a Mental Illness) Coordinator Amanda Creswick who donated many books around the topic for our school library. Marg Masseni has a list of books for both parents and children to access. Please contact Marg if you’d like more information.

Justine’s generous donation will be put towards the establishment of a sensory garden to help the students in our community to have a special place to help them when they feel anxious or need a quiet place to visit. This year’s fundraisers will all contribute to the sensory garden project. Once we are ready to begin planning, we will work with the families whose children will benefit from this garden to contribute their ideas towards its construction. 

While on the topic of fundraising, please see our Operoo note from earlier this week to see if you are able to contribute time or donations towards our Bunnings stall in the coming weeks. Let’s hope restrictions are lifted enough that this can continue.

This week, we received news regarding the Sargood Street one-way traffic proposal. You can read more about the decision here.

Please stay safe and look after each other.

Regards
Sonia