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Dear Parents and Friends of St Mary’s,
We have had a wonderful week of swimming at the Yarram Pool with all students participating in the Water Familiarisation Program. It was great to see the development of skills and especially confidence as the students enjoyed the sunshine and warm water.
A big thank you to Heather Flynn for the many hours spent organising our week so that it ran smoothly and without a hiccup. Thank you also to Jess Smith and the staff team for all their efforts and willingness to support this vital program in our school.
We announced our Leadership roles today and they look a little different than previous years. We have four School Captains that will share the role over two semesters. Two leaders will take on the role for two terms as Captains and two as Vice Captains. This will alternate for terms Three and Four.
Our captains for Term One and Two are Lyla and Indiana. Vice Captains Tate and Olivia
St Mary’s 2022 School Leaders
Congratulations
Lyla, Indiana, Tate and Olivia our 2022 School Captains
Congratulations to our 2022 House Captains
Red House - Shekinah, Lilly and Breanna
Gold House - Bianca and Seth
Blue House - Brax, Zahli and Ava
Green House - Harry and Salenah
Congratulations to our 2022 SRC
Nate, Hudson, Salenah, Ava, Zahli, Maxwell, Jikaya, Inara and Amba
I wish you all the very best as you embark on roles as leaders at St Mary’s and I know you will lead our school with compassion, enthusiasm and respect for your fellow students and teachers.
Take Care,
Maria
SCHOOL NEWSLETTERS & INFORMATION
A primary source of communication between home and school is our weekly newsletter. This will be every Thursday. If you would prefer a copy to be sent home with your child, please contact me at the school office.
The newsletter is also available on our school website. https://www.stmyarram.catholic.edu.au/
All school information, updates and news will be on our new SZapp only.
Please go to our website https://www.stmyarram.catholic.edu.au/
click onto Get Our School App and follow the Installing Szapp Instructions.
- Download the SZapp App from the the App Store
- Click on Australia
- Type in Yarram and St Mary's will come up
- Enter a password and confirm
- Enter Code 2485
I ask that parents notify me if they are not receiving the weekly emailed copy of the newsletter. It is important that I have correct email addresses on our school system.
There will be no hot lunch orders tomorrow as the students will be treated to a sausage sizzle lunch to mark the end of the swimming program.
SCHOOL FEES SCHEDULE 2022
School fees are important for the school to meet its financial commitments. School fees are set annually in consultation with the School Board and Parish Administrator. Families who experience difficulty in paying school fees please do not hesitate to make contact with the Principal or Administration Officer to make alternative arrangements.
All fees and levies for the entire school year will be invoiced in February. Fees are to be paid in full by the end of Term 3. Alternatively, you can pay in equal instalments over 12 months from January to December.
Family Fee Assistance Scheme
All families in which the fee payer holds an eligible health care card or pensioner concession card are eligible to apply for the Family Fee Assistance Scheme.
This allows for a significant reduction of your school fees. Application forms are available from the school office or click on the following link: School Fees Concession Application
For more information about concessions, please contact the school.
CSEF Assistance
This is a government assistance scheme for families with an eligible Health Care Card. Applications are available at the office or click on the following link:
Conveyance Allowance
Victorian Conveyance Allowance is available for children who reside in Victoria and are more than 4.8 kilometres from the nearest free school bus service.
Click on the link to view information and download forms
Please contact Debbie at the school office if you would like to set up a payment plan for 2022 school fees. For families who already have one in place this will continue this year.
JUNIOR CLASSROOM
The Senior room is working on Renaming numbers in mathematics. This involves writing a number in terms of its place-value parts (eg. 462 is 4 hundreds 6 tens and 2 ones, but it can be renamed as 46 tens and 2 ones, or 4 hundreds and 62 ones).
Renaming teaches students the importance of breaking whole numbers down to their place value in order to do a myriad of mathematical equations. Renaming can help children estimate the answer to multiplication and division problems and compute complex subtraction and addition problems.
