Dear families,

On Saturday night, some of our Grade 6 students, along with students from St Michael’s in Heyfield, celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation. We were fortunate to have Bishop Greg lead the Mass and Confirm the students. He has a wonderful way of making everyone feel welcome and at ease, bringing light-heartedness and humour to his liturgies. It was lovely to see how he took the time to personally connect with each student as they were anointed—quickly discovering just how important football is to the Maffra and Heyfield communities!

One message from the Bishop stood out to me in particular: he offered a heartfelt thank you to the non-Catholic parents for supporting their children in receiving this sacrament. As many of our families are not Catholic, I wanted to pass on that message of appreciation. Thank you for choosing our school and for trusting us with your child’s education. I hope each of you continues to feel welcome and valued as part of our community.

Finally, I’d like to thank all families once again for your flexibility and understanding around the extended long weekend. I know it can be challenging, and we will continue to reflect on how we plan our closure days to best support everyone.

Kind regards,
Julian

This award is given to a student in recognition of their effort in promoting The Resilience Project’s core principles of gratitude, empathy, mindfulness, emotional literacy and our school values of respect, act and learn.

One student will receive this award at assembly each fortnight. All slips will be counted over the term and the house with the most slips will enjoy a reward at the end of term!

30/5/2025

Harper Herbstreit

30th May ~ Jas Stockdale

Congratulations to Jas on her first public piano performance at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival!

Jas showed great courage and confidence as she took the stage to share her music with a live audience for the very first time. Her dedication, consistent practice, and passion for music truly stood out. We’re proud of her hard work and excited to see where her musical journey takes her next.  Well done Jas!!

To celebrate student's achievements, we will be presenting children with Star Of The Week awards.  This is a self nominated award of something a student is proud of.  It could be something academic, sports related, or a personal achievement. Have you learnt to ride a bike?  Won 1st place in a dance competition?  Read a book by yourself?  Anything that makes you proud!

Forms can be found on the link below.

Proud is an Understatement!

A huge congratulations to Luella, Freddie, Hadley, Emily, Elke, Larni, Ben, and Cooper for their outstanding results today! Everyone at St. Mary’s is incredibly proud of your dedication and effort. Qualifying for Regionals is a massive achievement—well done!

Excitingly, we now have three runners heading to the State Cross Country Championships!

Luella Horsford – 1st place

Larni Burns – 10th place

Ben Murphy – 11th place


We wish Lu, Larni, and Ben the very best of luck as they prepare for the State Championships next month in Melbourne. What an amazing accomplishment!

A huge thank you to all the parents who made the trip to Drouin today to cheer on our superstars. Your support means the world.

We couldn’t be prouder!

WEEKEND MASSES

Heyfield:

Saturday    6:00pm

Maffra:

Sunday    9:00am 

Cowwarr:

1st and 3rd Sunday   11:00am

Newry:

2nd and 4th Sunday  11:00am

Dargo:

5th Sunday   12:00noon

WEEKDAY MASSES

Heyfield:

Tuesday      9:30am

Maffra:

Wednesday, Friday & Saturday  9:30am

Thursday     5:30pm

TERM 2

JUNE

JULY

**  Please go to our school website for the full year of calendar dates.