Dear Parents

We come to the end of another term here at St Mary’s. Congratulations to everyone for being so flexible, hard working and responsible during the term. It is all of you that makes our school special.

This week we were fortunate to have the senior students organise games, a cake stall and crazy hair day. The money raised will go towards our relationship with the children in Uganda to educate five children for a year. Thank you to everyone for the tremendous support during the week.

Today is the final day for students this term. On Friday, our staff will be participating in some workshops for the upcoming school review. It is also a very exciting time for Samantha Zabaneh who will commence leave to welcome the birth of her first child with her partner, James. Good luck and we look forward to hearing the good news.

A reminder that school commences for Term Three on Monday, 12th July.

I wish everyone a happy and safe holiday.

Take Care

Jason

TERM 2 - Monday 19th April - Friday 25th June

TERM 3 - Monday 12th July - Friday 17th September

TERM 4 - Monday 4th October - Friday 17th December

If you would like to be our next Star of the Week, please fill in the nomination form sent home.  Spare nomination forms can be found at the office.  A new student will be selected for each assembly.  

This is a self nominated award.  Nominations are to go into the gold box located in the office. 

Please notify St Mary's if your child is absent from school.  You can do this by calling the office on 51471334 or via the school app using the tile titled 'Report an Absence'.

Given the wet weather we've had over the last couple of weeks, you might like to send a raincoat with your child to school, especially if they are walking with Gumnuts to after school care.  If your child does bring a raincoat, please ensure it is CLEARLY LABELED.

School Photos 2021 – St Mary’s Primary School

Annual school photos including sibling photos will be taken at St Mary’s Primary School by Arthur Reed Photos on Monday August 2nd, 2021.

There is no need to return any forms or money to school.

Unique image codes will be issued to all students on/after photo day so families can register online to view images when they become available in the webshop. 

Registration is simple, just follow the 3 simple steps on your child’s personalised flyer once you receive it and remember to add the codes for all your children attending this school.

Even if you registered last year, it’s important that you do it again this year using your child’s 2021 image code to link their images for the current year with your contact details.

When images are ready to view and in the webshop, all parents who have registered will be notified by SMS and email.

Once registered, please wait for notification that 2021 images are online to view before making your purchase. 

Notice to all families that School Photos will take place on Monday 2nd August 2021.

On Tuesday our year 6 students led a 'Sport Rotation' session for the whole school.  Small groups rotated through different sport sessions which included games, obsticle challenges, footy and lots of fun!!

Congratulations to the 5/6's who organised a 'Bake Sale' on Wednesday.  $119 was raised for One Planet Classrooms.  A big thank you to parents and staff who brought along yummy treats for students to purchase at recess time!!

Thursday 24th June saw St Mary's students see their last day of term out in style!!  Students were able to wear their craziest hair and clothing creations.  A fun way to finish term 2.

Our wonderful school P&F organised a sock fundraiser this term.  Thank you to our school community for supporting this fundraising activity to raise money for St Mary's Maffra!

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   12:00pm

WEEKDAY MASSES

Heyfield:

Tuesday      9:30am

Maffra:

Wednesday   9:30am

Thursday      9:30am

Friday          9:30am

Stretton Park:

2nd Friday  10:00am

St Mary's Maffra is now on Instagram!!  Follow us by searching for us at stmarysmaffra

3 x Netball World Champion & Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist JULIE CORLETTO is hosting a Netstars Netball Clinic at TRARALGON this June/July School Holidays

After a tough 2020, we’re excited to announce Netstars Netball (formerly Julie Corletto Netball Clinics) will be throwing a netball clinic near you! We’re super excited to be able to get kids back on the court and keep them active and healthy during school holidays! 

2021 JUNE/JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY CLINICS:

DATE: Monday 5th July 2021

VENUE: Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium

TIME: 9am - 3pm

AGES: 7 – 14yrs

COST: $85

• FYI, Get Active Kids Voucher Program helps eligible families get their children involved in organised sport and recreation activities, by reimbursing the cost of membership and registration fees, uniforms and equipment. Eligible children may be able to receive up to $200 each. For information, check out this site: