A Message from the Principal

Dear Parents, Families and Guardians,

It is with a heavy heart that I inform the community of the passing of Mrs Jean Blencowe.  Jean and her husband Ian, were part of the St Mary’s Community for forty years. Jean began teaching as a classroom teacher here in 1981. She went on to run our library for many years and in recent years dedicated her service to assisting students experiencing difficulty in literacy. Jean is fondly remembered as a true St Mary’s person; she was gentle and nurturing, loved others before herself and was always positive and calming. She had a terrific sense of humour and the most caring nature. We are all blessed to have known and worked with Jean; teaching for her was so much more than a job, it was her vocation. We will miss Jean greatly and our hearts and prayers go out to her beloved husband, Ian and her three loving children, Jacinta, Anita and Tim.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

R.E. Newsletter 19th July 2021 (click here)

Religious Education news:

• Important dates: First Holy Communion 1^st August 3/4O & P, 8^th August 3/4 M & R, 2pm.
• Family First Holy Communion night: Wednesday 21 July, 6pm in the Hall (unless we are still in lockdown).
• Thank you for all of the food donations for our Mini Vinnies, St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal. These donations will be distributed to the needy in our local community.
• Online Sunday Mass with Fr Rob Galea can be viewed here: 16^th Sunday in ordinary time
• Please contact Mrs Pritchard (pritchard@smmountevelyn.catholic.edu.au) or Fr. Michel (michel.corriveau@cam.org.au ) if you have any queries.

LEVEL NEWSLETTERS

Please click on the relevant link to view the newsletter for term 2 from your child's year level.

                                  Prep Level
                                  1/2 Level
                                  3/4 Level
                                  5/6 Level

TERM DATES 2021

Term 1:   Thu 28th Jan    -  Thu 1st April (early finish 2.30pm)

Term 2:   Mon 19th April  -  Fri 25th June (2.30pm finish)

Term 3:   Mon 12th July   -  Fri 17th Sept

Term 4:   Mon 4th Oct     -  Fri 17th Dec

SCHOOL TOURS

For all enquiries regarding school tours please call reception on 03 9736-2219

Working Bees

Working Bees at St Mary’s are fundamental to maintaining safe and orderly learning environments for our students. There are so many tasks to do with such a large school ground that we need all the help we can get!

To assist planning for this year we are asking each family to attend ONE Working Bee.

As an incentive this year the families that attend a Working Bee will be rebated the $100.00 working bee levy from their account.

In an effort to cater for everyone, we will hold Working Bees across a range of days and times. If these dates do not suit you please contact the office and schedule a time that will be appropriate.  If you are a tradie, we would appreciate your expertise at times, so please let us know your skills on the working bee form.

Please register for a working be via the online booking system: https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code?code=buf98

CDFPAY ONLINE ORDERING PORTAL

Welcome to CDFpay Online Ordering for Tuckshop, Uniforms, Events, Fundraising, Production Tickets, Italian Day and so much more.
Please click here to place an order.
Online orders can be placed up to 3 weeks in advance, at your convenience, 24/7.
For instructions on how to create your Online Ordering Account please click here.

Skoolbag App

‘Skoolbag’ is an app for iPhone and Android that will enhance communications with the Parent/Student community. Parents wishing to access this service will need to download and install the ‘Skoolbag’ App from either the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.

VRQA Child Safe

Child Safety:  Due to new government legislation, all schools are required to raise awareness around Child Safety with the community.  Please read the attached Child Safety Policy and the Child Safety Code of Conduct.  These documents have been written in response to Ministerial Order 870.

eSafety

Office of the Children's eSafety Commission:  The Office of the Children's eSafety commission is committed to helping young people have safe positive experiences online and encourages behavioural change where a generation of Australian children act responsibly online—just as they would offline.

Facebook - St.Mary's Mt.Evelyn Parents Page

The St.Mary's Mt.Evelyn Parents Facebook page is not a page which is run by the school, however because it reflects aspects of our community, those who use it do have an obligation to behave in a manner which would make the St Mary’s Community both comfortable and proud.