Save the date! 

Last day of Term 4 Wednesday 18th December 

Wednesday and Friday - Icy Poles to raise money for the Giving Tree 

Week 8

Welcome Bella for work experience

Welcome Gracie for work experience

Monday 2nd - 9.15-9.45 Marybells extra transition 

Tuesday 3rd - 11.30-12.30 Fr Paul with Kinder

Tuesday 3rd - International Day of People With Disability

Week 9

Tuesday 10th - 11.30-12.30 Fr Paul with Year 5

Thursday 12th - Christmas Casual Dress Day

Thursday 12th - Christmas Picnic and Disco 

Friday 13th - Bellingen High School Transition Day

Friday 13th - Rewards Day Year K-5

Week 10

Monday 16th - Year 6 Big Banana 

Tuesday 17th - Giving Tree and Yr K-5 awards 9.30am

Tuesday 17th - Reports available on Compass 3.30pm

Tuesday 17th - 11.30 - 12.30 Fr Paul with Year 2 

Tuesday 17th - Year 6 Graduation at the Golf Club 

Wednesday 18th - Last day for students

Thursday 19th - Last day for staff

ADVENT Week 1 - HOPE

School Captains - Solomon Day and Seanna Condon

Vice Captains - Nitesh Grimson and Ishani Hannah

Kindergarten - Sonja Stephen

Stage 1 (Yr 1/2) - Katrina Dunn and Charlene Richardson (one class)

Stage 2 (Yr 3/4) - Sarah Bradbrook, Polly Frost, Fiona Druzinec (two classes)

Stage 3 (Yr 5/6) - Jack O’Shea, Kath Derrin (one class)

Now we know we aren’t part of the Bellingen power outage Thursday this week, we are having our K-2 Talent Show in the last session of the day from 1.45pm.  You are more than welcome to come along and watch.

Congratulations to Jala Beddows who received a GOLD Award for completing four years of the Premier’s Reading Challenge.

St Mary’s Mini Vinnies Christmas Appeal

Our Mini Vinnies group have begun their Christmas Appeal-our special way of reaching out to those in need in our local community. 

There are several ways in which you can help. This is certainly not compulsory, so please do not feel obliged to participate, however you may wish to choose one or more ways of helping.

Christmas Hampers – Children can bring in items of non-perishable food or drink (maybe think of something you like to eat or drink at Christmas) and we will make up Christmas hampers for St Vincent de Paul to distribute to families in need in our local area.  Hamper collection boxes are set up in the foyer of the school, Bellingen IGA and at the Church.

Giving Tree – There is a Christmas tree with gift tags on it in the school foyer. Each gift tag has the age and gender of a child, plus there are some gift tags for adults too. We are asking you to take a tag and buy a gift to suit, wrap it, put the tag back on the wrapped gift and bring it back and put it under our giving tree by Monday 16th December. 

If you are interested in taking a tag from the giving tree please see Mrs Dagger first so we can mark your name off to show who you are buying for.

Donations - if you would prefer to make a monetary donation you can drop it into the office and we can go shopping for you.

Pete’s Place - Pete’s Place is a facility in Coffs Harbour run by St Vinnies. It provides much needed services for homeless people in our local area and is run by donations and the work of volunteers. We will be delivering tubs of toys/presents for kids to Pete’s Place just before Christmas so people can choose a gift for their children. If you would like to donate an unwrapped gift or wrapping paper we will have a tub in the foyer at school.

Icy poles - Mini Vinnies members have been selling icy poles on Wednesdays and Fridays and will do that until the end of term. All icy poles are $2.00. All money raised will go towards purchasing items for the Christmas hampers and for toys to donate to Pete’s Place.

Together we can make a difference

Thank you for your kindness and compassion,

Mrs Dagger and the Mini Vinnies group

As we approach the end of another fantastic term, I wanted to take a moment to celebrate some recent achievements and share the exciting events ahead for our students.

Making a Splash with Intensive Swimming

Over the past few weeks, our students have been diving into their intensive swimming lessons with enthusiasm. It has been wonderful to see their confidence grow and their swimming skills improve. A huge thank you to Linda, our incredible swim coach, for her dedication and hard work over the years. Linda’s expertise, patience, and encouragement have been invaluable to our students, who all agree that she is the best swim coach around.

Year 6: Looking Forward to What’s Next

For our Year 6 class, the countdown to graduation is well and truly on! There’s a mix of excitement and anticipation as they prepare for their high school transition day, where they’ll get a taste of what’s to come in this exciting new chapter.

We’re also looking forward to celebrating all their hard work with the Big Banana Water Slide Fun Day—always a highlight of the year! Finally, our Graduation Ceremony at the Bellingen Golf Club will be a special evening to reflect on their journey at St. Mary’s and wish them well as they move on to high school. It’s such a privilege to share in this milestone moment with our wonderful Year 6 students and their families.

Mr O’Shea

Year 6 Teacher

Please check at home and return all library books to school by the end of this week.

Thank you.

Week 6

Kinder - Archer Curwood & Asha Beddows

Year 1 - Maddi Moodie & Eva Hamill

Year 2 - Archie Keen & Lachlann Kiddle

Year 3 - Arthur West & LuLu Northcott

Year 5 - Neerav Pratap & Jack Wadick

Year 6 - Pippa Nolan

PBS - "I am safe and respectful at swimming lessons"

Kinder - Lily Hogarth & Jed Ravell

Year 1 - Pip Wadick

Year 2 - Layla Shinfield

Year 3 - Willow Clack

Year 5 - Nevaya Anderson

Year 6 - Nina Ward

Week 7

Year 1 - Jax Maher & Benji Mills

Year 2 - Phoenix Jones & Henry Hart

Year 3 - Ivy Ellis-Cluff & Maddie Gibson

Year 5 - Aoife Tsang

Year 6 - Jonah Kfir & Billy Murcott

PBS - I try new things

Year 1 - Harry Piper

Year 2 - Lachlann Kiddle

Year 3 - Anurag Sharma

Year 5 - Arlo Pym

Year 6 - Elke Groen