Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to Week 4. It is hard to believe we are almost halfway into this term!!

During Week 3 the CE inclusion team visited St Mary’s. Their job is to work closely with our staff to assist in different strategies to support our students to achieve in the classroom. Their time and valuable insights were of benefit to all staff and Learning Support Assistants. We look forward to implementing the strategies and ideas they provided us with and continuing to positively support all the children at St Mary’s.  

Last week, we finished our CE mandated Progressive Achievement Test (PAT) assessments. These tests covered both reading and numeracy and were completed over Week 2 and Week 3. It was fabulous to see the focus, effort and diligence students put into these tests. I’d like to share with you the Maths results comparing the beginning of 2024 to the beginning of 2025. Please keep in mind these results are only from Year 2 to 6. Kinder and Year 1 complete a different test. As you can see, we have no children represented in the bottom three bands in 2025 compared to quite a few in 2024. We are also represented in the 135-144 band in 2025 whereas we were not represented in that band in 2024. This is a fantastic performance and a result of the hard work of our staff and students.   

Next Tuesday we will hold our annual Athletics Carnival. Many thanks to Wendy Connellan for her time organising and to Casey Judd for her efforts ordering, rostering and preparing the canteen for the day.

Remember my door is always open.

Principal

Damian Collins

Class masses will reconvene upon Fr Hilary’s return from annual leave. More information will be forthcoming.

    

Archie Maslin

who celebrates his birthday during this week.

We hope you enjoy your special day.

Cross Country 2025

St Mary's Athletics Carnival 2025

Date	Tuesday 27th May
Venue	McAlister Oval, Park Street, West Wyalong
Time	9.15am
Transport	Students in Year 2 to Year 6 need to indicate how they will be getting to and from McAlister Oval in the Compass event. Staff will be present at the public school bus stop for children getting off and on there. Students in Kinder and Year 1 will leave the school at 11.15 and walk to the oval. Once finished they will return to school around 1. These students may also leave the oval with their parents once they advise their teacher.
1500m race	The 1500m race is not compulsory and students will need to nominate for this race. PLEASE CALL THE SCHOOL TO NOMINATE YOUR CHILD. This race will be run on Friday 23rd May. All other events will be run at the carnival.
Please bring	Food and drink as required. A canteen will be operating and ordering is open on the Qkr! app.
Clothing	House colours
Staff Attending	All class teachers and Learning Support

Please complete the Compass event for your child/ren if you haven't done so already.

We would love to have parent helpers on the day. If you could spare even 30mins that would be fantastic! Please let Wendy Connellan know on 0427 900 829 if you can help.

Canteen Roster

We are welcoming new enrolments for the 2026 school year.

Please enrol online before 26th September however late enrolments are always accepted, at our website with the link below - https://smwms.nsw.edu.au/enrolment

If you require further information please call the school office.

   The following events are in the calendar in the next few weeks.

The Compass Calendar is updated to show Mass times, sporting events, important events.

Day	Event	Location
Wednesday 21st May	National Simultaneous Storytime @ 12pm	At School
Wednesday 21st May	First Holy Communion Enrolment & Information Session @ 5pm	At St Mary's Church
Tuesday 27th May	St Mary's Athletics Carnival	McAllister Oval
Tuesday 3rd June	Ratburger - Year 3-6	Wagga Civic Theatre
Friday 6th June	Book Fair and Parade	At School
Monday 9th June	King's Birthday Public Holiday
Wednesday 11th June	Mackillop Cross Country	Sydney
Friday 20th June	Western Region Athletics	TBC
Sunday 22nd June	First Holy Communion Mass	St Mary's Church
Wednesday 2nd July	CE Director Mr David de Carvahlo visiting	At School
Thursday 3rd July	Term 2 finishes for all students	At School
Friday 4th July	Staff Development Day

Week 4