Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to Week 4. This term is absolutely flying by; the warmer weather will be upon us before we know it!!!

Congratulations to Charlotte Pursehouse of Year 4 for representing St Mary’s at the finals of the Archdiocesan Public Speaking competition in Gundagai, she spoke amazingly well. We are all so proud of you!

On Friday, each class celebrated the feast day of St Mary of the Cross Mackillop. Friday is another special feast day. The feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We will come together as a whole school for the Mass at 12pm tomorrow. We look forward to parents and grandparents joining us.

Last week I fielded a very positive call in relation to our school’s fine NAPLAN results. Previously I have reported on how fabulous the school’s results were. I’d like to share this in greater detail. As you can see from our Year 3 and 5 results we are above or on par with the national average in all areas. This is a fabulous result and shows how hard working our staff and students are. Look at our Year 3 and 5 Grammar and punctuation results; most impressive!!!

After many years of the award ceremony and the whole school performance being together on one huge night we have decided to trial separating them. This decision has come from community council suggestions, staff suggestions and the leadership team. The whole school and matinee performances will be on Thursday December 11^th at the S & C club. The award ceremony and announcement of 2026 leaders will be during school time on another date to be determined. We look forward to your attendance for what will no doubt be a spectacular show.

Remember my door is always open.

Principal

Damian Collins