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St Mary's Primary School, Casino

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25.01.2022 Kinder are learning about various animals & the habitats in which they live. They have started creating a diorama of their chosen animal & their habitat. What creative little people we have at SMP..... Whatever it takes for Learning!

23.01.2022 Mrs Irvine provides cooking lessons with a group of girls in her lunch break. Last week they made bacon and egg burgers. They definetly know the way to my heart....'whatever it takes for Love'.

23.01.2022 Gardening club picked their first cauliflower & some spinach. Followed up with cauliflower fritters for lunch! We love growing our food at SMP!

23.01.2022 Our Little Kinders doing whatever it takes to lead the way in Learning!

22.01.2022 Yr 3 are leading the way in Learning as they design solutions to help protect a NSW endangered animal. The students worked on helping either The Barking Owl,The Squirrel Glider, or The Giant Dragonfly. Their first job was to gather as much information as they could on their chosen animal & present it as an information report poster. From here, they worked out why their animal was threatened, what they could do to help protect it, & how they could communicate this message to others.

21.01.2022 Some of our Athletics Champions from today!

20.01.2022 Athletics Carnival Covid Style 2020!

20.01.2022 Little Learners Kicks off this Friday 9-10:30am for all our 2021 Kinder Kids. Meet teachers & other students & start building positive relationships. We have sent an email to families with our Covid safe new guidelines. Please email [email protected] to let us know you are coming or to find out more information.

19.01.2022 Last term, our Leaders of Learning created some news report videos to show case the learning that occurred throughout Term 3. This is the first of 7 episodes of SMP News that will be showcased this week.

19.01.2022 Year Four have been enjoying learning about information texts. Each student has been working hard to create an Informative text on a given animal that engages and entertains their kindergarten partner. Year four, leading the way in learning!

19.01.2022 Happy Father's Day from Kinder!

17.01.2022 Attached is our current school Athletics Records. For our carnival today, the students are eligible to break the long jump & shot put records, but the 100m & 200m records will not be contested this year as we are holding these events at Colley Park.

17.01.2022 Our Kinder, Year 1 & Year 2 kids had their own little water play carnival too!

17.01.2022 Yr 5 are very busy as they start the construction phase of their Tiny Houses.

16.01.2022 Congratulations Mr Tim Llewellyn & wife Lena on the blessing of another beautiful baby girl born last night. Tim, Lena & their 3 kids are so filled with joy. On behalf of our school community we very much celebrate with you......She is just gorgeous!

14.01.2022 Our Yr 5 students are definetly leading the way in Learning!

14.01.2022 This crew has worked their backsides off this term! We have learnt so much about ourselves as educators & more deeply what our kids need from us.....we are continuing to improve as a school. Thank you! Have a safe & enjoyable break everyone!

13.01.2022 R U OK? Our daily meditation helps us to manage & control our emotions.

12.01.2022 Our Tiny House Expo was a great success....leading the way in Learning!

12.01.2022 In Yr 3, we have been connecting our learning in Religion & English. We read the story of the woman who washed Jesus’ feet & we heard Jesus’ message of spreading God’s love through forgiveness. Using our Poetry writing skills from English, we wrote Cinquains about characters from the story to help us understand them better. We loved being able to connect our learning in this way!

12.01.2022 Congratulations Sam Irvine! No longer 'Acting' Assistant Principal, but now our permanent Assistant Principal Mission. Sam is an exceptional leader who has the SMP Kids & Casino Community at the forefront. Renouncing his allegiance to NSW & Parramatta got him over the line....he is now a Queensland Bronco! He is a blessing to SMP & will help us continue to improve as a school.

11.01.2022 On behalf of our SMP community I would like to very much welcome Mr Cohen Parrish onto our team in 2021. Cohen was born & raised in the Lismore area where he attended Catholic schools. He completed his studies at SCU with a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Primary/Secondary) where he majored in Geography. He enjoys watching movies, playing sport, hitting the surf & spending time with family & friends....especially his best mate ‘Gus’ (His Dog). This year he loved being part of some amazing learning experiences throughout History, STEM & PDHPE, where he was also able to develop a lot of great relationships with the students & staff here at SMP. He is very grateful to be able to return to SMP for 2021 & looks forward to working with students, parents, carers & the wider community. Welcome to SMP Cohen!

10.01.2022 Our students in Kinder & Yr One are exploring learning through investigative play this term. These investigations happen each morning before students engage in their normal English, Math & RE learning. This type of pedagogy teaches children social skills, problem solving, encourages creativity & helps to further embed English & Math skills. It is obvious that our students are loving investigations & our rooms are alive with enthusiasm from both teachers & students. Most of these photos were taken by the kids as part of their learning.

10.01.2022 Our Yr 5 & Yr 6 kids are having a great time on camp.

10.01.2022 We spent the first day of our holidays learning how to better assist our kids to self-regulate, particularly with our students with specific needs.......Whatever it takes for Learning & Love! Thank you Kylie Taylor for helping us better support all our kids to self-regulate.

10.01.2022 Year 6 doing whatever it takes to lead the way in Learning!

08.01.2022 Year 3 doing whatever it takes to lead the way in Learning!

08.01.2022 We delivered our letters to our mates down at St Michael's. We hope they feel the love & warmth from us as we know they must be doing it tough....'Whatever it takes for Love & Community'. This makes me so proud to be the principal of our school.

07.01.2022 Year 4 doing whatever it takes to lead the way in Learning!

07.01.2022 Today is Mercy Day: At SMP We Respect & Remember the Sisters of Mercy. In 1887 the Sisters of Mercy, at the request of Bishop Doyle, came to provide a Catholic education for the children of Casino. The school was previously led by a teacher & had been operating for 3 years from 1884. The Sisters started our school with 40 students. Reverend Mother Donegan was our first principal. Over the years, the Sisters of Mercy followed in the footsteps of their founder Catherine McAuley. They taught & helped the children and families of our school, helped the sick & the lonely of our community. The last teaching Sister of Mercy, Sr Josephine left our school in 1992. Sr Mary & Sr Francis still teach music to our kids today.

05.01.2022 Year 5 are doing whatever it takes to lead the way in Learning!

05.01.2022 Congratulations to Charlee Gould, Claire Freeburn & Summer Maroney on their Zone Physie performances, earning them the opportunity to compete at the State Competition in Sydney in November. Well-done Ladies......leading the way in Sport!

04.01.2022 Our Kinders had so much fun competing in their first Big Races at SMP....they did whatever it takes in Sport & School Spirit. They had an absolute ball. We know you would have loved to have been there so we hope this is the next best thing.

04.01.2022 Congratulations to our academic, sporting & SOM award recipients for living up to our School Vision. Well done to our Yr 6 students on leading this!

03.01.2022 Great Swimming Carnival today! Congratulations to Champagnat as overall champions & to Mackillop on winning the Cultural Trophy.....Whatever it takes for Sport & Spirit at SMP!

03.01.2022 On behalf of the SMP community I would very much like to welcome back Mr David Condon (Former Principal). David is married to Diane & has 2 sons Damien & Michael who both attended SMP. He has 2 grandchildren, Elliot & Maeve. He is a Rugby tragic & enjoys reading,particularly biographies, books about sport, WWII & anything to do with leadership development,coaching & goal setting. He has enjoyed a long career in Catholic education & has been our Director for many years. He is ...passionate about leadership formation & development. He has spent time at SMP,observing the way it operates to support me & my team's desire to make it the best school it can be. He was excited by what he saw & enjoyed being around the students. He believes he has the experience which can support the learning journeys of a new generation of students, assisting them in achieving the fullness of life. He is excited to be given an opportunity to positively influence the lives of all students who are trying to make sense of a world currently experiencing considerable and continuous upheaval. A big welcome back to SMP David! See more

03.01.2022 A year ago today....there was great hurt & worry alongside the start of an outpouring of love, support & generousity from our community. We can't forget as many still need our support in various ways....we have battled through fire, drought, flood & now Covid.

02.01.2022 SMP......Whatever it takes to lead the way in Sport & School Spirit!