Dear Parents, Caregivers and Friends of

St Mary’s School,

Over a week is a busy time in the life of a school and over the last week a number of things have occurred at St Mary’s.

Last weekend we had another episode of people attempting to steal our copper spouting. Thanks to a vigilant neighbour and our own police/parents the thieves were apprehended quickly. We should have the spouting replaced soon with stainless steel so their will be no need for more of our spouting to be targeted.

I recently applied for a Grant for the Bendigo Valley Foundation and I am happy to say that our application was successful and we have been granted $4000 to spend on library books.

This will be most gratefully accepted as the purchase of new books for our library is something that is vital to develop in our

pupils a love for reading.

This week is our week set aside for parent teacher interviews—the purpose of these is to inform you on your child’s progress but more importantly to explain how we can work best together.

The developing of this home-school

partnership is vital to ensure that our pupils

become the best that they can be.

Have a great week

Mike Brosnahan