St Mary's Newsletter

We rely on each other to do the right thing.

In Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus shares the Parable of the Widow with the disciples.  The widow gives all that she has in comparison to the scribes who give lot of money but still keep some for themselves.  The key message in this story is about being true to who we are, rather than presenting an image of ourselves that we think makes us look good. The scribes Jesus refers to, are not honest about who they are. But the widow who puts the two small, almost worthless coins into the treasury is not ashamed to let people see her for who she is.

St Mary’s hosted our GEMS network colleagues on Monday and Tuesday, where we looked at school improvement practices and planned for 2022.  Everyone was full of praise for our school and they were amazed by the Pre-primary students who led the All Saints Day Mass on Monday with such maturity and reverence.

All Year Six bus students who are attending Merredin College in 2022 are required by Student Bus Services to go online and re-apply, as bus pick-up and drop-off locations in Merredin will be different. (Going to and from Merredin College as opposed to St Mary's School).

For further information, please contact Tamra Hendricks on hendrickshaven@gmail.com 

Swimming Lessons for Pre-primary to Year Two commence on Monday for two weeks.  Information about the swimming has been sent home to families and individual teachers have also provided information on Skoolbag.  Hopefully the weather is favourable for little people to swim!

Week Five is Wellbeing Week and as we move towards a busy time of the year it is important that we take time out to focus on ourselves and our mental health and wellbeing.  For me, there is nothing better than being engrossed in a good book.  During the January holidays I read the book, ‘The Happiest Man on Earth” by Eddie Jaku, I found this book profound in its simplicity with lots of good messages.  One of which I would like to share with you: ‘Happiness does not fall from the sky:  it is in your hands.  Happiness comes from inside yourself and from the people you love.  And if you are happy and healthy, you are a millionaire.” 

On Thursday, 11 November we will be holding a Remembrance Day liturgy at 11.00am on the lawn.  All are welcome to join us.

On Saturday 6th November St Mary’s Parish is organising the Two Dogs Sausage Sizzle.  Please stop by and support this fundraiser as  all monies raised go towards supporting St Mary’s Parish.

God Bless and have a lovely weekend with your families,

Ms Adriana Coniglio

Principal

Kind regards,

Mrs Pauline Riethmuller

Assistant Principal

This term we have been learning about how people come to make good choices as young people grow and change. We have been learning what a conscience is and how having a conscience helps and guides people. We discovered there are a lot of things in the world that influence the choices we make. It could be our friends, siblings, school or sports or that we are being pressured to make choices we don’t feel comfortable with.

We created an infographic to show how we recognise our own sins and ask for forgiveness. We know how hard it is to love they neighbour as Jesus wants so we keep trying our best to follow the commandments.   

In Kindy we have been very busy learning all about Fairy tales. The children have loved listening and discussing a new story each week. They have had the opportunity to act out different events through our puppet show dramatic play corner. It has been fantastic to see how they can retell classic stories and add on their own twist.

In Mathematics we have been working on making collections and practising our one-to-one correspondence. We have looked at the different ways we can make a collection through using a range of strategies such as: rolling dice, ten frames, and number recognition.

Our Religious Education unit this term is ‘Creepy Crawlies’. We have had lots of fun going on nature walks, reading books and creating different types of insects. During Term Two our topic was 'Growing and Changing" and this week the students were thrilled to discover that the seeds they planted at the start of the year have finally grown.

In HASS we are beginning to learn about the people in our community, we have had group discussions about who keeps us safe. We are very excited to have some of our local community services visit us in a few week’s!

The term started and we hit the ground running with our T20 Cricket carnival against Merredin College in week one. St Mary’s came away winning both the boys and the girls divisions. Well done to everyone.

As the term continues we are focusing on a few different skills and lots of revision. The junior years are looking at revising fundamental movement skills and putting these skills into practise in game situations. The middle and senior grades are working on team work and collaboration with others to solve challenges in invasion games and using tactics to overcome stumbling blocks.

In Health our main focus across all year levels is safety in the outdoors, from bike safety to beach safety to sun safety. Just this week the junior grades were investigating the Sunsmart message and we built some mini shades to reinforce the message of seeking shade. Here are some of their creations.

This week;

Saturday 23rd October - 6.30pm in Merredin

Sunday 24th October - 10.30am in Merredin

Kellerberrin - Sunday 8.00am