Term 2

Thursday 22nd May - Dio Cross Country Wiigulga Sports Complex, Woolgoolga

Friday 23rd May - Presentation of House Captain Badges at Assembly @ 2.55pm

Wednesday 28th May - Year 6 at GLOW Retreat SJPC

Friday 30th May - TTFM Survey Closes

Friday 30th May - Open Day 9.00am

Friday 30th May - Mini Vinnies Commissioning at Assembly @ 2.45pm

Monday 2nd June - School Photos

Wednesday 4th June - Stage 3 Presentation, ThinkUKnow Cybersafety & other topics

Wednesday 11th June - Polding Cross Country

Thursday 12th June - Open Day 9.00am

Friday 13th June - Year 6 at Careers Day with BHS

Tuesday 17th June - S1 Excursion to Bowraville Folk Museum

Friday 20th June - School Athletics Carnival @ BHS

Thursday 26th June - 2026 Enrolment Applications Due

Wednesday 2nd July - Zone Athletics Carnival- Coffs Harbour

Wednesday 2nd July - Student reports released on Compass

Thursday 3rd July - Last Day Term 2 for Students

Friday 4th July - Staff Professional Learning Day - Pedagogy - Pupil Free Day

Term 3 2025

Monday 21st July - Staff Professional Learning Day - Curriculum - Pupil Free Day

Tuesday 22nd July - First Day Term 3 for Students

Thursday 25th September - Last Day Term 3 for Students

Friday 26th September - Staff Professional Learning Day - Spirituality - Pupil Free Day

Term 4 2025

Monday 13th October - Staff Professional Learning Day - School Improvement - Pupil Free Day

Tuesday 14th October - First Day Term 4 for Students 

Thursday 11th December - End of Year Final Awards Assembly and Giving Tree 9.15-11:00am

Monday 15th December - Year 6 Graduation and End of Year Celebrations

Wednesday 17th December - Last Day Term 4 for Students

Thursday 18th December - Last Day Term 4 for Staff

Monday Stage 3

Tuesday Kinder

Wednesday Stage 2 Eagle

Thursday Kinder and Stage 1

Friday Stage 2 Turtle

Every Year 6 student has a leadership role this year. The following students are the house colour captains.

Blue - Arlo, Atreo, Fred, Leon

Gold - Nevaya, Oscar

Green - Jack, Neerav

Red - Aoife, Monty, Remy

The TTFM survey is open and 9 parents (from Year 4-6) have already completed it. Students from Year 4-6 are completing the survey this week and teachers have already done so. The surveys are an important part of our whole school evaluation and planning process and we greatly appreciate your feedback. The information you provide will be used to maintain our commitment to working together in partnership to further improve student learning and wellbeing at St Mary’s.

The survey is anonymous and will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. A URL link has been sent to parents in Year 4-6 via the Compass App.

Maths

The students have been showing what they know about our current data topic and our previous fractions topic in many different ways. One of our fractions tasks was through Seesaw, where the students were required to first divide the whole object into a set number of parts. Then they represented halves, quarters, thirds and fifths as lengths on a number line. Many students used the recording button to show their noticings about equivalence and multiples. The recent data task allowed the students to show their understanding of using place value to read and order numbers, whilst also representing data, using a scale suited to their ability level.

Religious Education

During our Religious Education lessons we studied the Parable of ‘The Good Samaritan.’ The students then worked in pairs and small groups to recreate the story through role play and pictures. The whole class book of this retell can be viewed in the Office foyer, however Meilani’s final picture here about loving others, showed the students thorough understanding of the inherent message of this Parable. We ended this focus with a class liturgy and it was wonderful to hear the students examples of Good Samaritans that they see in the world today, many of which were in our school community.

Science

The students have been working with a partner and applying their researched knowledge about the Sun to design and create a quiz using algorithms (steps) and branching. It was impressive to see how well the students conducted their online research on the Sun and used their algorithm to create a Kahoot game with a partner. Each pair now has a Kahoot game that they are excited to host live at the start of each of our upcoming Science lessons. We were far too busy having fun during this process and I kept forgetting to take photos, but here are some of the algorithms and one of Tully and Willow’s first questions in their Kahoot game.

Creative Arts

In Week 2, the students and Mrs Frost were excited to have Mrs Molloy, our resident Quilling expert, come and join us for our Mother’s Day art. Mrs Molloy commented on how well the students shared the resources and used their lovely manners. She was also impressed with how many students applied the basic quilling technique, to make other creative images including bees and butterflies. We would like to thank Mrs Molloy for sharing her home collection of Quilling resources and expertise with us.

Enrolments are now open for 2026. If you or someone you know are interested in enroling your child, for Kinder or any other years, please go to our St Mary's Website and complete an enrolment form.

Week 2

Kinder - Ash Maher & Cameron McQuilty

Stage 1 - Joshua Jackson & Jed Ravell

Stage 2 Eagles - Eloise Harper & Gabbie Carlon

Stage 2 Turtles - Harriet Lynch & Freddy Tsang

Stage 3 - Lilly Fairbanks & Monty Scott

PBS - "I do my best"

Kinder - Orlando Simmonds & Mars Tarrant

Stage 1 - Tully Brown

Stage 2 Eagles - Juliet Harper

Stage 2 Turtles - Meilani Taylor

Stage 3 - Bodhi Croft

Week 3 

Kinder - Sebastian Raward & Lachlan Hamill

Stage 1 - Safiah Andrews & Jack Barne

Stage 2 Eagles - Eleanor Clarke & Phineas Boshier

Stage 2 Turtles - Tully de Jong & Anurag Sharma

Stage 3 - Nitesh Grimson & Solomon Day

PBS - "I can play and learn in the right place"

Kinder - Letti Ellis-Cluff & Gulliver Clark

Stage 1 - Florence Leslie

Stage 2 Eagles - Eddy Wadick

Stage 2 Turtles - Finley Flood

Stage 3 - Aaliyah Gale

Piano = Victoria Christie 6655 8782

Brass/Piano = Kate Butcher 0419 789 078

Guitar = Katie Crane 0431 151 987

Police School Liaison Officer -  Bernadette Snow - 0437774483

Police Youth Liaison Officer - Jo Brooker - 66910799 -

Kids Help Line - 1800551800 http://www.kidshelp.com.au/

Cyber Safety  - Incredible resource for parents and children  www.esafety.gov.au