Congratulations and well done to all students who were nominated this fortnight for their wonderful choices in the classroom or on the playground.  This is a weekly award and all nominted children should be very proud of themselves.  

Congratulations to the following students who were drawn out of a box of nominees for this fortnights Positive Behaviour Awards.  St Mary's have introduced this reward system to acknowledge the wonderful behaviour of students who regonise our school values of Respect, Act and Learn.

11/8/2023

Jimmy Stobie

Maddy Marshall

Hamish Bell

11th August ~ Judson Harrop

Congratulations to Judson who is extremely proud of himself for learning to play the guitar.  Judson began learning how to play the guitar just this term.  Through patience and lots of practise Judson has learnt how to play his first song called 'Peter Gunn'.  He can also play the 'Spider' exercise and some tricky chords.  Not only can he now play music but he was very brave and tried something new.  Learning an instrument can take great resilience to keep trying when you don't get it straight away.

I'm certain learning to play the guitar will bring Judson and his family much happiness for years to come.  What a wonderful achievement.

Well done Judson!!

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.

On Monday the 7th of August we had our whole school Athletics Carnival at the Little Athletics Track in Sale. 

We were fortunate to have beautiful weather and all the children from Foundation to Grade 6 had a fantastic day competing in their events. I was so proud of all our students for having a go even when some of the events were outside their comfort zone. 

Well done to McKillop House on winning the Athletics Carnival, closely followed by Corbett and Curran House. 

Thank you so much to our parents and grandparents who assisted on the day. Without the parent/grandparent volunteers we would not have been able to run the day as successfully as we did. Also thank you all to our teachers and LSO staff for their help.     

District Athletics  

On Monday we had 32 students from Grades 3-6 represent our school at the Heyfield and District Athletics Carnival in Sale.  

All students should be proud of their efforts on the day as they achieved fantastic results in their individual and team events. Students represented the school to a high standard - showing respect and supporting their teammates throughout the day. 

Congratulations and good luck to the 25 students who are progressing to the Wellington Level. Thank you to Ms Halley, Gerard and Connie Dwyer for helping out on the day.  

District Athletics - By Anastasia Dwyer 

On Monday the 14th of August students from Grades 3-6 participated in the District Athletics at Sale. There were some tough and challenging schools to compete against in the Heyfield and District. Luckily everyone pushed themselves to their limits and kept on going. And lots of our students are progressing to the next level. In the relays, the 9/10 Boys came second and the Grade 5 girls came first. In the next round there will be lots of tough schools to compete against.

District Athletics - By Patrick Butcher 

Thank you to all the staff and parents that helped at the Athletics. Special thanks to the Maffra Secondary College students who helped and supported us. Good job to all the students who participated in the Athletics. And well done to all the students going on to the next round. Keep up the good work. 

Twilight Soccer 

At school in PE classes we have been focusing on Soccer which has tied in nicely with the FIFA Women’s World Cup Soccer. Students have been loving participating in the activities and games during class. Soccer has also been an extremely popular activity to play in the yard at recess and lunch break. Next term there is a Twilight Soccer Competition that will be happening in Sale on Monday afternoons. I am hoping to get some school teams to participate in the competition. I will send out more information soon for interested students. Stay tuned!     

Cricket 

With the AFL season finishing up soon, our local cricket clubs are starting their preseason training and recruitment. If your child is interested in participating in cricket, please see below for more information on how to get involved.

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What a perfect day we had for our 2024 School Athletics.  The sun was shining, there were lots of smiling faces and lots of support.  Thank you to Mrs Bec Stobie for organising such a smoothly run day.  Thank you to the very helpful staff for ensuring all students enjoyed themselves and kept the day on time.  Thank you to our fantastic students for their support of one another, their competitiveness and their wonderful sportsmanship.  Also, thank you to our amazing St Mary's community for coming along to support and cheer on our students.

Results were very close with MacKillop running out eventual winners for the day.  Results were MacKillop 1st, Corbett 2nd, Curran 3rd.

The 3/4 boys and girls basketball teams had a great day out at the Hooptime competition in Sale last Friday.  They both played some fantastic basketball showing great teamwork and determination. They also represented the school fantastically and were a pleasure to coach. 

Hi everyone!!

I am pleased to inform you that we have begun the Smiling Mind program across the whole school.

WHAT IS SMILING MIND?

The Smiling Mind School Program is an evidence-based approach to support student mental health and wellbeing.

Smiling Mind is a meditation app for everyone. It has been developed by a team of psychologists and uses mindfulness to boost calmness, contentment and clarity. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to help manage stress, resilience, anxiety, depression and improve general health and wellbeing.

I encourage every family to read the attached, ‘Guide for Parents and Carers’. You can find the PDF attachment above.

Click on the link below to read more about how Smiling Mind supports the Personal and Social Capability section of the curriculum through explicit teaching of social and emotional learning.
Make your home a mindful one!

Mindfulness not only benefits children, it supports parents' and caregivers' mental health and wellbeing, benefiting the family as a whole. Smiling Mind has developed a range of tools and resources to support families to build their mental fitness together. Download the app!

Please get in touch if you have any questions or concerns.

Kind regards
Charmaine Wilson
Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader

https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/what-is-social-and-emotional-learning-sel?_gl=1*10gurye*_ga*MTg2OTA1MDA5MC4xNjg2OTc4ODkz*_ga_VXJ9S5CER3*MTY5MTk4OTQwNy4xMC4xLjE2OTE5ODk0MzAuMzcuMC4w

CBCA 2023 Book Week

Theme: READ GROW INSPIRE

We will be celebrating Book Week in Week 7!

DRESS UP DAY PARADE:
Monday 21st August from 9:10am on the basketball courts.

LEARNING EXPO:
Tuesday 22nd August 2:30pm - 3:00pm.
All families and friends are invited to come along to the learning expo happening in each pod during this time. The students will have work prepared to showcase!

TERM 3

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

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

TERM 3

10th July - 14th September

TERM 4

2nd October - 15th December

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:

Tuesday       2:00pm  (Mass & Adoration)

Wednesday   9:30am

Thursday      9:30am

Friday          9:30am

Saturday      9:30am