Mother’s Day

We thank all the Mums, carers and motherly figures who attended our Mother’s Day celebration last Friday. The participation of so many families was amazing and ensured all involved had a very special start to the day. The breakfast provided proved to be a great success and our Year 1 Liturgy was presented beautifully by the students. The feedback we have received from this new format for Mother’s Day was incredibly positive and will give us a platform to ensure next year is just as special.

To highlight the efforts in place to make the morning so successful, our wonderful staff were able to prepare and cook 400 croissants for the adults and 500 pancakes for our students, and our P&F provided around 700 gifts for the Gift Stall. To all staff and students, from both our Primary and Secondary, we thank you for your hardwork and dedication to such a special day on our school calendar.

Catholic Schools Week

This week we celebrate being one of over 1750 Catholic Schools in Australia, educating over 800,000 students. To signify the week, we have included a number of events to showcase the learning, faith and wellbeing of all of our students at St Matthews. On Monday we held a Liturgy, beautifully led by students from Year 3, before opening the classrooms for families to watch the ‘Learning in Action’. A large number of families were in attendance who then joined students in the playground for lunch.

We continue our activities throughout the week with excursions for Years 1 to the Mudgee Museum and Year 2 to the Dubbo Cultural Centre and Wellington Caves. A tradition for many years has been the annual Year 6 students vs Teachers Touch Football match, to be held on Wednesday. We conclude the festivities on Friday with our Year 6 led Mentor Groups and Students vs Teachers Tug o War.

Pupil Free Day

We inform families that Monday June 2nd is a Pupil Free Day for all our students across Kindergarten to Year 12. The purpose of this day is to provide an opportunity for our staff to participate in their annual retreat day. It is mandatory for all schools in the Bathurst Diocese to facilitate a retreat day for staff each year. The reason for this is to ensure that we take time to reflect on the meaning, purpose and importance of the work we do as Catholic educators.