Dear families,

What a huge term we have had so far, with lots fantastic events happening throughout the term. I want to start by acknowledging all the staff at St Mary’s for the time and effort that they have put into organising and running special events for the children. There is so much that goes into running any event and staff put in a great deal of time and work flexibly to allow these to happen.

We had our first Japanese Cultural Day two weeks ago and this was such a great success. Sensei did a mountain of work to organise the day and staff made sure the children were supported throughout the day. The children learned so much and they all had such great things to say about the day afterward. 

On Thursday we held the school Colour Run. I was devastated to miss the day (getting slimed is still happening) but from all reports it was such a fun experience for the children (and staff) and we raised a lot of money to go toward improving our school garden and soon to be sensory space. Well done to Bec Stobie for her organisation of the day, it was a huge success and I’m sure the children will look forward to doing it again. I am definitely looking forward to being slimed.

The Foundation students were lucky enough to visit the Melbourne Zoo on Friday. Once again this takes so much organisation beforehand and is a huge day for students and staff, keeping everyone safe and having fun. I have heard so much about the zoo from the students and have seen some fantastic writing about what they learnt. We also had a volunteer from the zoo contact the school to tell us how impressed they were with our students and staff. Another great example of what a fantastic school that we have.

Kind regards,

Julian