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25.01.2022 Information afternoon for St Marys students is in St Marys staff room on Thursday at 5.30pm.

23.01.2022 ******EXCITING OPPORTUNITY****** Due to a resignation, St Marys is able to offer a 12 month contract for our Prep School Officer. Beginning January, 2021. 20 hrs a week, School Officer Level 2. Blue Card required. Applications must include a resume and be emailed to: [email protected] by Friday November 20th at 4pm. PLEASE SHARE

22.01.2022 Jump Rope for Heart is coming!!! We have been busy practising for our ‘Jump Off’ on the 16th of September!!! All registrations are online. Please click on the link below to register your child if you missed it in our last Newsletter. https://resources.heartfoundation.org.au/jump-rope-for-heart

22.01.2022 We’re very proud to be a sponsor of the Charleville Performing Arts Festival!!!

22.01.2022 Another end of year event....today our Yr 5’s & Yr 6’s competed against each other in the traditional end of year volleyball game. Congratulations Yr 6 - winners!!! Please see photos below of team captains Tom & Ollie and the two teams. Don’t forget St Marys students finish at midday tomorrow. Please reconvene at the pool at 3.30pm for a 4.00pm start for our twilight swimming carnival!! We can’t wait!!!

21.01.2022 AMEN!!! . We have reached WEEK 10! What a term!!! The team at St Marys would like to take this opportunity to thank our supporters of the school (parents, grandparents & friends) for a marvellous Term 3. We look forward to an even better Term 4! On Friday, we congratulated our lower school classes & perpetual trophy winners from the Performing Arts Festival. We also thanked our teachers for their hard work in preparing classes for the PAF, especially considering the year o...f interruptions we have already had. Please see photos below. We also bade farewell to Miss Bretheton, who spent a seven week practicum in 2/3. Please see photo below. This morning on Assembly, we congratulated students who took part in the TCSO Student Protection Week Art Competition & received a highly commended award. A special congratulations to Edwina Jansen. Edwina’s artwork was awarded a 2nd out of all of the artwork submitted in the diocese, in her age group. Well done Edwina! In other news for the week - St Marys welcomes Mrs Rebecca McGreggor, Mrs Julie Henderson & Mr Paul Murphy from TCSO this week. They are here to relieve teachers & plan with them for next term. Thank you TCSO for the support! Please see photos below. - Tuckshop orders are due Wednesday for Tuckshop on Thursday. Please note LASAGNA IS NOT AVAILABLE this week. - Our JUMP OFF for Jump Rope for Heart is this Wednesday. Prep & 1/2 will skip from 8.30-9.30, 2/3, 4/5 & 5/6 will skip from 9.30-10.30. There’s still time to sign up online! - Thursday is our last day of school for students. Friday is a pupil free day. Teachers will use this day to plan for next term. - All overdue books should be returned to the library by this Thursday. Students are able to borrow double books for the holidays if all overdue books are returned. - Work on our ammenities block continues this week with staff toilets being the focus. Please see photo below. - Mr Ward is unwell & will not be at school this week. Mrs Lines is deputising in his absence. HAVE A RELAXING HOLIDAY

21.01.2022 NO TIME TO WHINE....WE’RE IN WEEK 9!!!! Work on our new ammenities block has begun!!! This week the ground is being prepared for foundations, etc. We’ll keep you updated on progress being made!! Please note students need to walk around the front of the school and through the rose garden to access the CobbnCo & Tuckshop whilst work is taking place. Thank you to staff who attended Mass on Saturday night & helped out with readings. Please see photos below. ... We are practising hard for Jump Rope for Heart!! We have a talented bunch of skippers here at St Marys!! Don’t forget to register your child online. A note was sent home on Thursday. Our ‘jump off’ is on Wednesday September 16. In other news this week: - Tuckshop orders due Thursday for Tuckshop on Friday - Breaky club Monday & Wednesday mornings. Thank you CWAATSICH!!! - Yr 4/5 are off to the COSMOS centre on Friday as part of their science unit this term!!! Thank you Mrs Fisher for organising!! - Get those overdue books in!! We have double borrowing from the library in week 10, as long as all overdue loans are returned. Remember we read everyday at St Marys!!! - HAVE A NIFTY WEEK 9!!!!

21.01.2022 COME & GET IT!!!! Our fantastic P&F have done a big clean out!! There are old desks, chairs etc along our Parry St fence line. Feel free to collect what you would like. Furniture will be there for the next week.

18.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS ST MARYS STUDENTS 2020 Jump Rope for Heart CHAMPIONS!!!!!! Please enjoy photos below of our students completing their ‘Jump off’ to raise money for the Heart Foundation. As of Wednesday afternoon, our students have raised a WHOPPING $2524.12!!!!!!! Parents, Mrs Lines will be ordering thank you prizes tomorrow. Please finalise any fundraising on the JRFH page tonight so the correct prizes can be ordered for your child. ... THANK YOU ST MARYS FOR A FABULOUS JUMP OFF!!!

18.01.2022 WOW!!! What an incredible swimming carnival - dare we say ‘best one ever??’ Thank you to our timekeepers, staff, Mick & Sue at the pool, the beautiful ‘girl in a million’ Mrs Lyn Capewell for chiefing and our special guest, Kurt Capewell, Xavier house captain 2005, for doing presentations & signing a million autographs!! Age champions: 9 years Khali Wilson Charlie Sullivan 10 years... Maggie Jansen Oliver Russell 11 years Lucy Lines Ryan Coble 12 years Sienna Hindmarch Jay Griffiths Winning house: Xavier!! - by 6 points!!! Thank you everyone for a great night, we will let our amazing photographer, Leon O’Neil’s photos speak for how wonderful our carnival was. Thank you to our parents for your incredible support. We look forward to announcing 2021 Captains at our end of year liturgy on Wednesday 2nd December. See more

16.01.2022 WHAT A WEEK!!! As we travel into Week 8, St Marys would like to welcome Mr Peter Moloney. Mr Moloney is the former Principal of Assumption College in Warwick and will be our Acting Principal until the end of year. Please be sure to give Peter a St Marys welcome when you see him around the school!!! Today Mrs Sheehan presented our Awards night Inspirational readers with a voucher from Charleville newsagent. A huge thank you to Charleville CWA for sponsoring this award. Our ...P&F (represented by Mrs Renee Jansen) also presented our state trials representative, Jordyn Thureson with $100. A big thank you to our P & F! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

15.01.2022 WHAT A WEDNESDAY!!!! St Marys leaders have had a busy day, representing the school at NAIDOC celebrations & the Remembrance Day ceremony at the town cenotaph. We were very excited to join with Charleville State School this morning to decorate the median strip & fence lines of the school for NAIDOC week. Please see photos below. ... St Marys school captains then represented St Marys at the Remembrance Day ceremony later that morning. Please see photos below. CSHS captains for 2021 are former St Marys students Zoe Radnedge & Thando Mpofu & are pictured with our current captains, Lira & Fergus.

15.01.2022 WOW!! WHAT AN AWARDS NIGHT!!! A huge THANK YOU to our P&F for setting up & organising a COVID safe awards night opportunity for our students!! Please see photos below. Congratulations to our awards winners & all students who participated in class items. How lucky are we to have such a supportive school community!

14.01.2022 St Mary’s certainly HAS TALENT!! We were lucky enough to be entertained this morning by a multitude of talented students!!! Please see photos below & congratulations to our ALL of our participants, runners up & winner for 2020: Eli Carmody!! Please see photos below including a photo of the 2019 SMGT winner Betty, presenting the trophy to our 2020 winner Eli. A big thank you to our judges: Fr Warren & BJ, Mrs Wright & Mrs Fisher. Well done to organisers: Lira Mpofu, Lucy Lines, Sarah Holley, Mya Richards & Eliza Toms. Another great annual event at St Marys done!!!

11.01.2022 ST MARY’S CONTINUES TO WELCOME OUR NEW STAFF FOR 2021! Welcome Miss Taylor Morrison, who will teach Yr 4/5 in 2021. Miss Morrison asked to be considered specifically for a position at St Mary’s & is keen to gain experience in a rural setting. Taylor recently completed a Bachelor of Education at Australian Catholic University and is excited to discover & partake in experiences unique to South West Queensland. ... Miss Morrison was able to spend time with some of her students in 2020 - as she spent a day in our 4/5 class - & is excited to get to know all of her students, their families & the wider St Marys community. Please join us in welcoming Taylor to our St Mary’s community!

11.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS KURT CAPEWELL - St Marys student 1999-2005, Xavier house captain 2005. First ever St Marys student to play State of Origin. We are so proud of you Kurty.

09.01.2022 Our fantastic P & F is running a Christmas photo fundraiser this Thursday night at the Charleville Christmas Street Party!!! This is their only fundraiser for the year!! Please support them so they can support our students - like Jordyn Thureson, representing St Marys & South West sport at state cricket trials this week!!! Hit hard Jordy!!!

09.01.2022 ISN’T IT GREAT!!!! WE’VE HIT WEEK 8!!!! This week St Marys welcomes Mr Peter Moloney as Acting Principal. Please see a photo of Peter with our school captains, Lira & Fergus, below. The last 8 school days of the year are going to be action packed!!! On this week: - Yr 6 Graduation liturgy & dinner are tonight Monday 23rd November. Could all Yr 6 students please arrive at the church at 5.15pm for a 5.30pm start. Dinner in the town hall will commence at 6.30pm sharp. - St Ma...rys Got Talent is this Wednesday November 25, starting at 11.30am in the PAH. Parents are welcome!! Always a fun part of our end of year celebrations! - The annual Yr 5 vs Yr 6 Volleyball Game is this Thursday at 8.30am in the CobbnCo. Please see photos below of students practising their volleyball skills! - Tuckshop orders due Wednesday for Tuckshop on Thursday. No Lasagna or Chicken Burgers available this week. - Our twilight swimming carnival is this Friday November 27th - all students leave school by 12pm to reconvene at the pool by 3.30pm for a 4 o’clock start. PLEASE NOTE - Carnival program is in this weeks’ newsletter. Please check it and let Mrs Lines know if any alterations need to be made. Can’t wait to see you there!!! Please read the Library information below in regards to borrowing this week & in week 9. 2021 Staffing information will be in this Wednesday’s newsletter. HAVE A BRILLIANT LAST FULL WEEK OF SCHOOL!!!!

08.01.2022 IN WEEK 7 WE .........WEAR OUR STATE OF ORIGIN COLOURS ON WEDNESDAY!!! All students are encouraged to wear either maroon or blue on Wednesday Nov 18 for a free dress day to support former student, Kurt Capewell!!! In other news: - Leadership speeches for 2021 captains are on Tuesday, Nov 17th at 9am sharp in the PAH. Yr 5 parents are welcome. 2021 school captains will be announced during our end of year liturgy, December 2nd. - Awards night is Tuesday, Nov 17 at 530pm for a... 6pm start in the Cobb n Co. If you haven’t registered your attendance, please do so by tomorrow morning. Each family is allowed two guests. Thank you to our hard working P& F committee for the planning & organisation of this event. - Thank you to our prep class for their beautiful re-telling of the nativity at last Friday’s Assembly. The last assembly of the year will be this Friday, November 20 at 2pm in the PAH. Please see photos below of our preppies. - Congratulations to Mackenzie Finall & Edwina Jansen who won NAIDOC art prizes last week. Please see a photo below with Ms Jodie McCleod, representing RESQ, who sponsored the competition. - Tuckshop orders due Thursday for Tuckshop on Friday. - Don’t forget to wear something yellow for road safety awareness week on Thursday, Nov 19!!! HAVE A MAROON WEEK!!! See more

08.01.2022 AMEN!! We have reached WEEK 10!!!! What an incredible year it has been. To give thanks for our amazing school community, we will have our end of year liturgy this Wednesday, December 2nd, in the church at 9am. After the liturgy, students are free to leave with parental permission. The school will supervise remaining students until 2.40pm. Please see below pictures from our Yr 6 Graduation Liturgy & Dinner last Monday night. ... Also, we have a large amount of lost property - see photo below. Please come to school & check if any of it may belong to your child. HAVE A COOL WEEK 10!!!!

07.01.2022 IT’S NEARLY HERE!!! Don’t forget the reason for the season!! There is a special Children’s Vigil Mass at St Marys Church on Thursday, 24th December at the special early time of 5pm!! We’d love to see you there!! Christmas Day Mass: 9 am

06.01.2022 In week 6, we celebrate NAIDOC WEEK! The 2020 theme: ‘Always was, Always Will be’. Senior students will decorate the median strip on Wills st with CSS leaders on Wednesday November 11th. We will run a NAIDOC activities session for the whole school on Friday November 13th in the middle session 11.15am-1.15pm. In other news this week: - Our school captains will represent St Marys at the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph, 11am on Wednesday November 11th. Lest We Forge...t. - Awards night letters went out today for each family. Please fill out your form & return to the school by Nov 13 if you wish to attend. Due to COVID regulations, there is a limit of 2 guests per family, not including students. Our Awards night is on the 17th of November. Thank you to our fantastic P & F for taking on a organisational role to make this night happen!! - Tuckshop orders due Thursday for Tuckshop on Friday - Last swimming lessons for the term are this Thursday, 12th of November. Please see photos below of students preparing for our Swimming Carnival on November 27th! - We held our last Mini Marys session last Friday. We were delighted to be able to gift our future preppies with a St Marys library bag & book!! Thank you Mrs Sheehan!! Please see photos below. - Our preppies will perform their prayer assembly this Friday, November 13th in the PAH at 2pm. We will also announce the winners of the NAIDOC week art competition at this time. HAVE A BRILLIANT WEEK!!

06.01.2022 WOW!!!! WHAT AN AMAZING DAY OF ATHLETICS! Congratulations to students from St Marys & Charleville State School on your behaviour & sportsmanship during our inter school athletics carnival. Thank you to all staff who worked tirelessly during the day to ensure events were completed in a timely manner. A special thank you to Miss Lewis from CSS. ... Final score: St Marys 366 points, Charleville SS 306 points. Please enjoy the photos below from the day.

06.01.2022 LOOK AT THE DATE......IT’S ALREADY WEEK 8!!!! Congratulations to ALL St Marys students who participated in the Performing Arts Festival!!! What a talented bunch!! Please see photos below. This week at St Marys: PUPIL FREE DAY this Friday, September 4th. St Marys teachers & staff, will join with staff from Cunnamulla, Quilpie & Mitchell for a Consistency of Teacher Judgement (CTJ) day. - Tuckshop orders due Wednesday for Tuckshop on Thursday. ... - Assembly will be on Thursday afternoon, 2pm in the PAH. - Sport & Science are Wednesday- please wear sport uniform. - Uniform shop open this Thursday afternoon, 2.30 - 3pm. Thank you Mrs Jones!!! - Parent Information afternoon for all parents of Yr 6 students attending Charleville State High School in 2021 - 5.30-6.00 at ST MARYS staffroom. Yr 6 students welcome to attend. St Mary’s Staff will lead Parish Mass this Saturday night at 6pm. We would love to see our families there!! Have an excellent week!! See more

06.01.2022 Gee......That’s a wrap for term three!! Our teachers & school officers are STILL working, getting organised for Term 4 on this Pupil Free Day. Please enjoy photos below of our 1/2 students spending some reading time with their 5/6 buddies on Thursday. A huge thank you to our staff for their hard work this term. We wish all of our wonderful students & wider school community a fantastic, restorative holiday!! ... Good luck to Jordyn Thureson, who will ride ‘Missing’ for St Marys at the State equestrian school titles in the middle week of the holidays. On Thursday our students prayed for Missing’s sore leg. Our prayers were answered as Missing has made an amazing recovery!! Go hard for St Marys Jordy & Missing! We will see you all back at school on Tuesday, October 6th.

05.01.2022 WOW!! St Mary’s is certainly in very good hands in 2021!!! Our leadership speeches were a great success today. School captains for 2021 will be announced at our end of year liturgy in the church at 9am, Wednesday, Dec 2nd. Congratulations to all of our Yr 5 students who made a speech today. You will ALL be fantastic school leaders in 2021!!!!

04.01.2022 More Performing Arts pics to come....watch our FB page!! Well done to all of our students & their hard working teachers

03.01.2022 A Holiday update....... Good Luck to Jordyn Thureson & ‘Missing’ jumping for St Mary’s this morning at the QLD inter schools Equestrian event!!! It has been a long journey for Jordy & Missing, with COVID disruptions & injuries. We look forward to reporting their progress!!!

03.01.2022 WELCOME TO ST MARY’S 2021!!!!!!! St Mary’s is excited to welcome our new Principal, Mrs Katrina Dunne. Mrs Dunne looks forward to meeting all of our students & parents and working with them, our staff & parish this year. Mrs Dunne is already a member of the St Mary’s community, with daughters Lily & Katy attending the school. ... Our office is open today, Monday, 11th January. Our teachers & most staff return to school Monday, 18th of January. Students return to school Wednesday 27 January. We can’t wait to welcome everyone back!!!

02.01.2022 WEEK 7 IS PERFORMING ARTS WEEK! We are SO EXCITED to be a part of the Charleville Performing Arts festival this Thursday, Friday & Saturday!!! Please pop on over to the Charleville Performing Arts Festival Facebook page to view the program & times. Yr 4/5 & 5/6 will be bused up to the festival on Friday morning. Younger grades have performed virtually due to COVID restrictions. Good luck everyone!!!! In other news: - Congratulations Jordyn Thureson who has qualified to comp...ete at the State interschool event in dressage & 50cm showjumping. Please see photos of Jordy below in St Marys colours. - Thank you to all of our fantastic parents who attended the P&F AGM last Thursday afternoon. What a strong show of support for our school. - Our younger students enjoyed a visit from Bravehearts on Friday morning. This organisation teaches students about personal safety. What a great opportunity. - Don’t forget St Mary’s is participating in Jump Rope for Heart this term!!! Details were in last week’s newsletter. We’ve been practising our skipping!!! In other news this week: - Breaky club Monday & Wednesday mornings - Tuckshop orders due Thursday for Tuckshop on Friday. Mrs Lines is in Toowoomba this week for APRE & Deputisers days. Mrs Stirton will take PE this week. HAVE A STUPENDOUS WEEK 7!!! See more

02.01.2022 Hmmmmm.....what are these interesting objects that have been dropped into the St Marys office??? Ohhh, that’s right, we recently competed in the Charleville Performing Arts Festival!!! Trophies will be presented to classes & individuals at this Friday’s Assembly, 2pm, in the PAH. Parents, if you are able to attend, please comply with social distancing protocols. We would love to see you there!! We will post photos of winners on our FB page!!!

02.01.2022 MORE NEW STAFF FOR 2021.....WELCOME TO ST MARY’S - Miss Imogen Hunt! Miss Hunt will teach our Year One class in 2021. Imogen has recently completed her Bachelor of Education at Australian Catholic University, specialising in Early Childhood and was keen to complete a rural placement. She looks forward to getting to know our St Mary’s families, Charleville community & taking part in the great social events around town. ... Miss Hunt was able to meet our Year One 2021 students last year, spending a day in Prep with them. Please join us in welcoming Imogen to our St Mary’s community.

02.01.2022 ST MARY’S WELCOMES OUR NEW STAFF IN 2021!!!! We are delighted to welcome Ms Susan McInnes to the St Mary’s staff! Susan will teach sport and science in 2021 and brings a wealth of knowledge & experience in these key learning areas. ‘Ms Mac’ will be at school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Sport & Science timetables will be released closer to school resuming. ... It’s going to be a fun 2021!!!!