Dear families,

Next week we are having a day of celebration for Saint Mary of the Cross Mackillop. On Friday, we will be beginning with a whole school Mass at 11:30am followed by assembly at 12:30pm. Following this we will have a BBQ lunch together at 1pm. This is a fundraising event for Catholic Mission. Catholic Mission is an organisation that works around the world, giving help and hope for children and families in need https://www.catholicmission.org.au/. We invite families to all of these events throughout the day to come together and celebrate as a community. An order form for the BBQ was sent home on Thursday, please return these to assist with catering numbers.

Last Thursday we had a very special visit and presentation from Bruce and Denise from the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. We were extremely lucky to have this visit to our school and it connected very well to our own child safe culture at St Mary’s. Bruce and Denise had very simple and practical messages to help keep children safe and I encourage you to look on their website and discuss these messages with your children. https://danielmorcombe.com.au/keeping-kids-safe-resources/   

On Friday 9th of September at 7pm our Parents and Friends Committee is holding our Saint Mary's Soirée. This is a major fundraising event for our school and I encourage all parents, if you can, to purchase tickets and come along and enjoy an evening of celebrating and fundraising. All funds raised by our P&F team go toward purchasing important items for our school that would not be possible without their help. https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=945567& 

I hope that all our families enjoy a safe and happy weekend with some sunshine.

Kind regards,

Julian Blackford