Mother’s Day

Last weekend, we celebrated our mothers and significant women in our lives for Mother’s Day.  Happy Mother’s Day to all of these special women!

During the month of May, we remember and honour Mary the mother of Jesus.  We know that she is like our mother too.

St Martin’s Catholic Primary School – Fee Policy (2017) states, “Families who are leaving the school must give one Term’s notice, failure to do so will incur a Term’s Fee penalty.”

Families must provide a minimum of one Term ‘s notice in writing, addressed to the Principal, of their intention to withdraw their child from the school.  In the event a Term’s notice has not been provided, a fee is payable equivalent to one Term’s Fee.  This condition also applies to students leaving at the end of the school year who have not provided advice prior to the end of Term 3. 

The full version of the St Martin’s Catholic Primary School – Fee Policy is available on the website (http://www.smg.catholic.edu.au/our-school/policies).

The Year 6 students are involved in a project to sell coffee to the St Martin’s community. The students are learning about business and economics by being involved in designing labels, advertising and taking orders.

Any money made from selling the coffee will be donated to various charities that our school supports. The coffee is eco-friendly and comes from locations that support fair trade.

Please support us in our coffee project by purchasing some coffee. Order forms available from the school office.

We have a supply of Entertainment Books at the Front Office if you would like to purchase a hard copy for $70.00 or if you prefer to order a digital copy go to:

www.entbook.com.au/161m571

Last Tuesday of every month, 9:30am & 5:30pm

To register, visit: olsh.catholic.edu.au or phone 8269 8800 to request a tour

‘Thriving people, capable learners, leaders for the world God desires.’

This is the strategy statement for all Catholic Schools in South Australia and the guiding force behind our Living Learning Leading Framework. Last week, staff began unpacking what this statement means for our school context and our students.

SAPSASA District Athletics Day

In light of last week’s terrible weather, the SAPSASA District Athletics Day was rescheduled to this week. St Martin’s fielded a team of about 30 athletes on Monday 13 May. Students competed against 16 other local, government and private schools in running, jumping and throwing events at the nearby Enfield Little Athletics Centre in Clearview. 

The team was well supported by a number of keen parent volunteers and supporters. Our students were well presented and behaved throughout the day. Their cooperation and participation was a noted highlight. Many students performed admirably with places being achieved in all disciplines and it is likely that some will be invited to participate in the SAPSASA State Day later in the year.

2019 ICAS Information for parents.

This year, ICAS will be moving to online tests. We will be offering tests for students from Year 3 to Year 6, in English, Science, Digital Technologies, Spelling and Mathematics.

Payments will be made online and we will inform you of how to pay and apply for the tests in the next coming weeks.

ICAS assessments have taken place annually in schools for over thirty years and in 20 countries. Educational Assessment Australia (EAA), who design and deliver the assessments, is the not-for-profit arm of the University of New South Wales.

ICAS is an annual skills development assessment program in key areas of learning for students. St Martin’s offers testing for students from Year 3 – 6.

Click on this link for further information

REDcycle is a recycling program that diverts flexible plastics– the ones you can't put in your kerbside recycling bin – from landfill and turns them into a material that can be used to manufacture new products.

For more information please visit: 

http://www.redcycle.net.au/what-to-redcycle/