It was delightful to see the very generous spirit of
the St Mary’s Community come alive last Friday in our Fiver for a Farmer event.
It raised a total of $2,340.00. Congratulations to all! The raised
funds will go to the communities in Outback NSW through a donation to the
Catholic Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes. Once again, a big thank you to the
Year 2 classes and the SRC for their initiative.
Our Year 3 students recently wrote to some of our NSW
farmers and this week we received a very welcoming letter in response. (below).
Dear St Mary's North
Sydney School,
Today we received two beautiful letters
from kids at your school and some groceries in regards to the drought we are
currently experiencing.
A big shout out to Issy and Bradley your
letters certainly made our day. They were very well written and very heartfelt.
On behalf of my family, we would like to thank you and your families and
school for your thoughtfulness, and generosity.
We love living and working in the
country. We own a farm in Niangala which is near Tamworth. We farm cows, sheep
and wool. We currently are feeding our animals and caring for them around the
clock. They are also having lambs and calves, which according to our two little
girls 5 & 3 are sooooo cute. Having such beautiful people thinking about us
means the world to us.
Thank you for your prayers of rain.
Let's hope it is not too far away.
Again from my family to yours, thank you
very much for your support.
From your farm friends,
Scott, Karen, Katie and Lucy Rizzi
Niangala NSW
Next Friday August 31, we
celebrate the very important Father’s Day breakfast, liturgy and stall so we
look forward to seeing as many of our Dads as possible join in the special
events.
The Book Week activities were very successful
in motivating our students to love reading and writing their own stories. A
special thanks is given to Orlando from our Year 6 class for his creative
storytelling activities that provided that extra stimulation. Well done
Orlando! Please see our blog for photos
from this and other recent events:
Our Year 3 Parents are working very hard
through their BNO preparations to support our new Library so we hope that all
families will attend this social event on Saturday September 22.
This is a reminder to all parents who will be
enrolling their sons and daughters into Marist Catholic College in Year 7 2021,
that enrolments will NOW take place
during Term 4 of 2018. Please note this change of date.
An update of the plans for the K-12 precinct
will be provided at next week’s Parents and Friends meeting on Wednesday August
29 at 7.00 pm. We hope that you are able to attend. For all Precinct updates, please visit: https://northsydneycatholicschools.nsw.edu.au/
I wish you a relaxing
and enjoyable weekend.
Blessings,
Beverly Coffey