Dear families,
We’ve made it! It’s been a tiring but rewarding year.
Thank you all for your support of your children and our staff. We are truly blessed to belong to such a special community.
I once again thank Mrs Hicks, Mrs Talbot and Mrs Russell for their commitment to our students over many years.
I can also announce that Miss Gallagher (Miss G, to her students) who is currently on parental leave, has accepted a position closer to home where she will be a classroom teacher and wellbeing leader. It was great to see Katie here yesterday and I know the students loved seeing her, especially the Year 6s at last night’s Graduation. We wish Miss G all the best.
Next year holds great promise.
Here is just a taste of what awaits:
This morning we celebrated Mass together and welcomed our 2023 Student Leaders. These moments are always bitter-sweet. We acknowledge the end of an era with our departing cohort, celebrate our new leaders and also think about the students who will be experiencing disappointment in not having secured a position of leadership. Yes, we know this is a good learning experience and a part of life, but I would like to thank all the students who put their all into applying for a position, but were not successful in this instance. It takes courage to put ourselves out there and set ourselves up for potential disappointment. You are the epitome of courage, a value we endeavour to develop in all our students.
I thank you so much for contributing to this beautiful community.
Enjoy time away from the craziness of school drop offs, pick ups and lunches.
I look forward to a new and exciting year in 2023.
Wishing you a blessed Christmas Season with family and friends,
A huge thank you to everyone that brought in lids for us to recycle and use in our house murals. Hopefully you had a chance to see them at the Arts Spectacular! We didn't quite finish the green one but we will early next year. Although we are no longer taking lids here at St Mary’s, but you are in the habit of saving them, The Louis Joel Centre is. They don't take everything but they do take soda lids, milk lids and UHT caron lids. For more information on how they recycle them, click on this link.
Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year, Mrs Z.
Yours in Faith
Matthew Taylor
Leader of Religious Education
mtaylor@smaltona.catholic.edu.au
As we enter into the final month of the school year, it’s time to think about avoiding the ‘summer reading slide’.
Like many skills we acquire in our lives, if we don’t use them on a regular basis, we lose them. This holds true with reading, including important skills in decoding, comprehension, visualisation, thinking and language ability.
Over the summer, it’s important to keep up a reading routine with your children that is easy to manage and enjoyable. Here are some tips to instill the love of reading and literature into your family routines:
Brenda Lycke
Literacy Leader
blycke@smaltona.catholic.edu.au
Check out the latest Action for Happiness Do Good December calender for lots of ideas on how to do that.
Help to make everyone's Christmas a Happy one.
Regards
Marg Masseni
Wellbeing Leader
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