Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to Week 4. After such a big week last week we are definitely not slowing down at St Mary’s with plenty of learning happening.

Tonight at 7pm, the Community Council will hold its Annual General Meeting and Open Meeting. The main objective of this meeting will be to elect a new Chair to the Community Council. After several years leading the school’s community council, Mrs Diana Carne has indicated that she will be stepping down from the role. I would like to take this opportunity to thank her for the time and effort she has put in to improving the school. She has seen many changes throughout her time and instigated many improvements that have had a positive impact on the students at St Mary’s. We will miss the thoughtful, professional approach she brought to the community council. Tonight’s meeting will also serve as an opportunity to voice any issues or concerns members of the St Mary’s community might have. If you have an item for the agenda, it should have been sent to damian.collins@cg.catholic.edu.au by now. However, if you do have anything you would like raised please let me know before the meeting at 7pm.

A huge thank you to all staff, students and parents who attended our Opening Mass. The Mass was a lovely ceremony and the students singing and engagement was superb. Congratulations to all who were involved and in particular our Year 6 leaders who received their badges.

A special thanks to Peter McDonell for his time installing our new basketball backboards. They look fabulous. We also thank CJM Welding and Fabrication for loaning their equipment for the installation and thank you to the Men’s Shed for making them.

A reminder to those using the church carpark. Please remember to enter the carpark from the lane on Court Street and to exit via church street. Please also remember that you need to collect your child from inside the school grounds. Students cannot wait to be picked up in the carpark as this is a safety issue.

Remember my door is always open.

Principal

Damian Collins