Dear Parents and Carers,

Southern Region Principals’ Meeting 
This week, we have had the honour of hosting the Southern Region Principal meetings at St Mary’s. On several occasions each year, the principals of our Catholic Schools in Cooma, Bombala, Pambula, Bega, Batemans Bay, Broulee and Moruya come together with Catholic Education staff to discuss system and school priorities and plan upcoming events. 

Following an Acknowledgement of Country given in Dhurga and English by two of our Year 6 students, the Principals prayed a prayer acknowledging National Reconciliation Week. We then worked together with our Performance and Improvement Leaders, with a focus on leading teaching and learning in our schools. We had a guest speaker from NESA, Shane Chapman, who spoke about the changes occurring to the NSW Syllabus. Next term our staff will participate in professional learning lead by Mr Chapman on our common grade scale for reporting.

The Southern Region meetings provide the host school with the opportunity to showcase the learning that is happening in their schools. Our visitors were very impressed with the High Impact Teaching strategies being used effectively by our teachers. Prior to leaving on Friday, some of our guests were able to observe and join in on our early morning Investigations taking place in Kinder and Year 1.

Directors Visit
Next Wednesday Ross Fox, Director of Catholic Education Canberra Goulburn, will be visiting St Mary’s. He will be meeting the staff and visiting our classrooms. We are looking forward to sharing with Mr Fox the great learning that happens at St Mary’s.

Catholic School Parents Webinar - Helping Kids Thrive Online
The Council of Catholic School Parents NSW/ACT have arranged a free webinar with the eSafety Commissioner for parents and carers of children aged 5-12 years. It is to be held online at 7:30 pm on Wednesday June 7. 

The title of this years’ seminar is: Helping Kids Thrive Online

The webinar offers tips on how to support young people to socialise, learn and have fun online in a safe manner. It explains how to access information, use technology safely and navigate new online platforms.

It will cover:

• how to talk to young people about online risks on different social media platforms and games
• how to help young people develop skills to protect themselves when they are online
• where to go for help if things go wrong and how to access mental health support and information through eSafety.

• Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/715182158220149006
  Who should attend? Suitable for parents and carers of children aged 5-12 years
  Date/Time: Wednesday 8 June at 7:30pm
  If you have any questions or require additional resources please contact
  Clare Dunstan clare.dunstan@ccsp.catholic.edu.au

Tell Them From Me Survey
In the coming weeks, we will be inviting students, teachers and parents to provide feedback on their experience of our school using an online survey. The surveys are an important part of our whole school evaluation and planning process.

We would like to invite you to complete the Tell Them From Me (TTFM) Partners in Learning survey. As we value the role of parents and carers within our school community we would greatly appreciate your feedback. The information you provide will be used to maintain our commitment to working together in partnership to further improve student learning and wellbeing at St Mary’s.

The survey is anonymous and will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. You are able to access the parent survey on your computer or mobile device by using the URL below:

https://www.tellthemfromme.com/survey/splash/StMarys2022

Canteen Manger Position
We have an exciting opportunity for a Canteen Manager to join our team. The role of the Canteen Manager is to support the school in the provision of healthy and accessible canteen facilities, overseeing the coordination of operations and volunteers. The canteen would be open one day a week - Friday, starting Term 3. If you are interested in applying for this position, please follow the link below to apply through Catholic Education.

https://careers.cg.catholic.edu.au/en/job/498844/school-canteen-manager-st-marys-moruya

Noeleen O'Neill
Principal