What has been happening at St Mary’s College recently? Find out here and keep up to date on the College’s latest news, events, announcements, community activities, photos and more.
You will also find the College calendar, term dates, The Fountain newsletter and photo galleries of recent events and activities below.
Four tech-savvy STEM students have used their Minecraft skills to bring their interpretation of a Dreamtime story to life.
Over eight weeks, Lottie, Emily, Josie and Sophie (Y
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This term, Mrs Irene Knauseder’s Year 10 Drama students explored the power of political theatre, bringing their learning to life in a meaningful way.
In collaboration with the S
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On Monday 12 May, a group of our First Nations students took part in a powerful On Country experience centered around the theme of ‘Fresh Water Flow’. Our day, guided by Sharnie, o
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As part of the College’s Year 10 Work Experience program, students are given the opportunity to explore a wide range of career pathways, develop essential workplace skills and gain
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We encourage all families to make the most of our Learning Management System (LMS), Connect. This platform is your go-to resource for staying engaged with your child’s learning jou
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Catholic Education Tasmania believes that children and young people have a fundamental right to be respected, nurtured and cared for.
Every child and young person is entitle
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Ready to explore your future? Step into a world of opportunity at the Southern Catholic College Careers Expo 2025, taking place on Thursday 22 May at MAC 02 Hobart—where inspir
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On Monday 17 March, St Mary’s College came alive with the spirit of St Patrick’s Day as students, dressed in their finest green attire, leapt like leprechauns into a lunchtim
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We are excited to introduce Clipboard, our new online platform designed to streamline the scheduling and management of all cocurricular programs at St Mary’s College.
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Our sporting year kicked off with a splash at the Clarence Aquatic Centre on Wednesday 12 February with an exciting and high-energy Junior School Swimming Carnival. Congratulations
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On Wednesday 26 February, our College upheld tradition by forming a 100-metre-long guard of honour to officially welcome our new K-12 students and staff during the Belling In cerem
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To assist families with back-to-school preparations, please find the key dates for Term 1 in the image below.
More information, including event times and locations, will fol
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With the release of the 2024 Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking (ATAR) yesterday, Wednesday 18 December, the St Mary’s College community takes great pride in the remarkable ach
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Our Prize Giving Evening on Thursday 12 December was an extraordinary celebration of another year of learning and excellence at St Mary’s College.
Hosted at Wrest Point,
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Our Back to School Toolkit 2025 is now live.
The toolkit includes everything you and your family need to get back into the school groove – from 2025 book lists and term
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On Friday 15 November, the College proudly hosted the launch of the 2024 Art and Design Exhibition. This vibrant event celebrated the collective artistic achievements of our studen
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During Term 3, students from Kindergarten to Year 12 were invited to contribute to a collaborative art display celebrating our students’ diverse cultural backgrounds.
We receive
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Prefects for 2025. After a thorough selection process, these outstanding students have been chosen to lead with integrity an
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A school therapist of the four-legged variety is lending an ear – and a comforting paw – to students at St Mary’s College.
Millie is the College’s newly accredited schoo
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On Wednesday 28 August, we welcomed more than 400 members of our community to our annual Father’s Day Breakfast, held in the Nagle Centre.
It was heartwarming to see students an
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Highlights from our Book Week parade
Our annual Book Week parade was a true spectacle of literary magic and creative flair, with colourful book characters and mythical legends com
Our College production of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory came to a close on Saturday 3 August after four marvellous performances at the Playhouse Theatre.
Congra
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Taking a break from the classroom recently, the Kinder Platypuses enjoyed an afternoon in the veggie patch with Mr Phil Shanny (Murphy’s Café Manager), planting carrots and peas f
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Our Book Week bonanza is just around the corner, and our College is excited to celebrate books and the joys of reading with our community.
Book Week is one of the most eagerly a
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The latest edition of the Alma Mater, our twice-yearly magazine, is now available, with printed copies sent home with students last week. You can also find the full maga
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On Tuesday 24 July, the St Mary’s College community celebrated the blessing and official opening of our new Murphy’s Café outdoor seating area.
We were privileged to be joined
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St Mary’s College’s ICT Manager, Neil Thomas has joined a community of teachers and staff representatives dedicated to prioritising cyber safety at schools across Australia.
Nei
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What is your present responsibility at the College?
I’m currently based in Year 3 where I work one-on-one with students – across the two classes – in Learning Support progra
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How long have you been working at St Mary’s College – and what were you doing before then?
It will be three years in November. Before St Mary’s College, I was a firefighte
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On Thursday 13 June, St Mary’s College sent a wonderful team of 25 Senior School athletes to the All Schools Cross Country at Symmons Plains. All students showed fantastic resili
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A big congratulations goes out to all cast and crew members whose hard work and dedication made Cosi the resounding success that it was!
The Drama 3 and Theatre Performance 3 st
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The St Mary’s College Year 4 Choir had some exceptional success in the 2024 City of Hobart Eisteddfod achieving first place in the ‘Year 6 and Under Choral Section’.
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Congratulations to our Year 4 choir who represented the College at the City of Hobart Eisteddfod recently in the ‘Year 4 and under’ choir section. They sung and clapped the
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The Saints Rowing Club celebrated yet another very successful season with their Awards Presentation night held at Blundstone Arena on Thursday 9 May. St Mary’s rowers joined
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What do you most enjoy about working in Murphy’s Café?
The change! I’ve been doing hospitality for 27 years now and have always worked nights, long weekends and split shifts.
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On Wednesday 8 May, St Mary’s College mothers and mother-figures were treated to a lovely breakfast in the Nagle Centre in anticipation of Mother’s Day.
The Mother’s Day breakfa
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As we welcomed students and staff back for Term 2, we gathered as a College to acknowledge and honour the contributions and sacrifices of the ANZACS who served and continue to
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Our First Nations staircase art is guaranteed to put a little pep in our step, but do you know the meaning and inspiration behind its design?
A collaboration between the College
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On Wednesday 27 March, the Junior School welcomed grandparents and special friends to the College for a taste of school life and to celebrate the important role they play in the li
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A St Mary’s College alumna from the class of 2000, Rebecca Godfrey returned to the College in 2024 to join our teaching staff. Rebecca is an active and passionate member of the
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On Monday 26 February, St Mary’s College celebrated the commissioning of Year 11 and 12 students at the Commissioning Mass held in the Cathedral.
His Grace, Archbishop Julian Po
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More than 50 students from Years 7-12 travelled to Lake Barrington last weekend to compete in the second School’s rowing regatta.
A few rowers were unavailable due to other comm
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This video showcases the recent and upcoming works at the College and what they mean to our extended community. In the video, you’ll hear from our Head Prefect, Gabi Radic, Princip
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It is with great pride that we share the ATAR results for St Mary’s College Year 12 2023 cohort.
17% of our graduates have achieved an ATAR score of 95 or higher, placin
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The Year 6 Thanksgiving Mass on Thursday 7 December was a wonderful celebration of our leaders of the Junior School as they prepare to move into Year 7 in 2024.
On
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On Friday 1 December we farewelled our Year 2 boys with a liturgy and graduation ceremony held at St Mary’s Cathedral. As we reflect on their happy times at the College, we cel
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Family, friends and members of the wider St Mary’s College community were welcomed to the annual Senior School Prize Giving ceremony at Wrest Point on Monday 4 December.
The eve
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Thank you to everyone who attended the opening of the 2023 Art and Design Exhibition last Friday night. View the full image gallery online here.
Hosted by the College Art
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It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2024 St Mary’s College Prefect team.
Congratulations to these confident, capable and compassionate students who have been entruste
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Recently we celebrated our wonderful Year 12 cohort and their graduation from St Mary’s College.
Family, friends, teachers, Presentation Sisters and VIPs filled the Cathed
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As part of 11/12 Religion in Society class, students have been investigating many ways of expressing religious ideas and understandings about the world. One of these ways is th
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Our College community gathered in the Nagle Centre on Thursday 14 September to support our Junior and Senior School students as they took to the stage to present a variety of instr
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Riawunna program
On Tuesday 5 September, a group of St Mary’s Year 10-12 First Nations students were accompanied by First Nations Officer, Ella Ber
Meet Elizabeth Monks (Prefect for Environment and Sustainability) and Estella Edwards (Prefect for Arts and Culture)
What has been the highlight of your year at St Mary’s
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The Sustainability Fair, held on Wednesday 13 September, was a great success, with families and students flocking to the College Green to discover how St Mary’s College is working
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On Saturday 9 September, 21 students from Years 5-10 competed in the Tournament of Minds (ToM) State Finals. ToM is a problem-solving program which requires teams to work cooperati
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On Friday 18 September, 16 students from St Mary’s College were recognised for their achievements in the Tasmanian Chinese Speaking Competition and Chinese Language Day Poster
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College staff assembled on the bottom court on Monday 4 September for a special liturgy to mark the opening and blessing of the St Mary’s College labyrinth.
The College’s Director
What do you most enjoy about teaching Prep?
Teaching Prep children is such a joy. The unique and heartfelt way in which they view the world is infectiously beautiful. They are
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They can be seen leading the cheers and chants from the grandstands at school sporting events, encouraging participation in House activities and promoting camaraderie, good s
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A taster day at the University of Tasmania’s Medical Science Precinct has given 11 students in Years 11 and 12 a glimpse into university life as an undergraduate student studying m
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What do love about your job?
I am the most excited in my work when being part of that moment when a person is on the verge of discovering something new about themselves, o
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The latest edition of the Alma Mater is out now and available to read online here.
As our biannual magazine for parents, carers and alumni, the Alma Mater features stories abou
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ya pakana raytji karati pulingina milaythina-pakana-mana-tu…
This is a familiar welcome, and one that began our 2023 NAIDOC Week celebration: For Our Elders.
First Nations
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The senior Drama 3 and Theatre Performance 3 classes recently presented Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy, Antigone for audiences at the Moonah Arts Centre.
The play follows Anti
What do you most enjoy about teaching Chinese in the Junior School?
In my previous job, I was teaching Tasmanian secondary students for whom the subject of Chinese was optio
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We are very excited to share that Murphy’s Café has received a Woolworths Junior Landcare Grant to help fund the extension to the children’s garden, luwutina kipli.
Two rai
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St Mary’s College and St Virgil’s College rowers capped off a stellar season with their annual rowing awards dinner held last Saturday 17 June.
The evening was a wonderf
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St Mary’s College Senior School students had the chance to connect and network with industry experts from around Tasmania during the Southern Catholic College Careers Showcase, hel
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Over the past two weeks, a team of 22 enthusiastic Year 9 and 10 students attended the Science and Engineering Challenge at the University of Tasmania.
The Science and Engineeri
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Courtney joined our staff at the start of 2023, bringing passion, energy and empathy to her role as Wellbeing Officer, which sees her work closely with Senior School students, fami
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Get to know our fabulous St Mary’s College staff and what makes them ‘tick’!
For the first instalment of our Staff Spotlight series, we’re excited to introduce you to Chelsea Mo
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Meet Brooke Sice, St Mary’s College Deputy Head Prefect and Prefect for Wellbeing.
What are you most looking forward to this year at St Mary’s College?
This is an e
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We are thrilled to announce that Hannah Carter, a Secondary English Teacher at the College, has been named as a recipient of the Phil Page TATE Scholarship for 2023.
The scholar
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Transformation of the College’s bottom court is now complete with the installation of our beautiful new paved labyrinth walk.
The labyrinth is a peaceful focal point on the
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Meet Jasmine Wallace, St Mary’s College Deputy Head Prefect and Prefect for Events and Communication.
What are you most looking forward to this year at St Mary’s College
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St Mary’s College has been awarded platinum status for its Junior School Café – the highest accreditation ranking with the SmartFood Award Program, an initiative of School
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If you’ve visited the College recently, you may have noticed our beautiful new ‘Lantern Hub’ learning space, which is now operational and being used by busy students and te
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We recently chatted with Vara about her intentions for the year ahead and how she and the Prefects aspire to create a supportive and positive environment for our students, which sh
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With so many new faces at St Mary’s College this year, it’s lovely to see some familiar alumni retuning to their old stomping ground to give back to the SMC community.
Ella
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Murphy’s Café is back with a bang in 2023 with a brand-new menu
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Three Materials and Design students at St Mary’s College have combined their talents to create a beautiful and functional piece of furniture for the College Reception space that wi
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A new badge worn by our First Nations students at the College is a daily reminder of their cultural identity.
The First Nations-St Mary’s College badge was designed by Gamilaraa
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Meet your new Prefects!
We’re extremely proud to introduce the outstanding group of Year 11 students who have been elected by their peers to lead the College in 2023.
W
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Teresa is another of our former scholars who has returned to St Mary’s College to pursue her teaching career, during which she has become a much-loved and very capable fixture at
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3SMC Art Exhibition official opening
Friday 11 November marked the official opening of the St Mary’s College Art Exhibition, providing an insight into the ideas and c
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It is with great pride that we congratulate Louise Bender, the College’s Director of Learning and Innovation, on being named a recipient of the Australian Council for Educa
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The picturesque Spring Beach in Triabunna was the perfect setting for our recent Year 10 Pillars camp.
Students had an unforgettable time bonding with one another and dabbling i
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When Julia McCullough (nee Skeggs) co
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Our College community gathered in the Nagle Centre on Thursday 1 September to support our Junior and Senior School students as they took to the stage to present a variety of instru
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St Mary’s College is honoured to have been selected as a successful recipient of the Keep Australia Beautiful – Tasmania Sustainable Schools Award 2022.
The grant will be
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Lorise Clark, the College’s Learning Leader for English, recently attended the National English Teachers’ Conference in Darwin, where she co-presented a workshop with Simone Tunb
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3Three budding authors from St Mary’s College have had their writing talents recognised in the Tasmanian division of the 2022 ‘What Matters?’ competition.
Jorgia Eyles, Lucy Bre
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When Jayne Brown moved from Burnie High School to St Mary’s College in 1992, she faced the ‘culture shock of her life’ in an all-girls’ school, although it was not an unpleasant sh
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We are so happy to be sharing our Learning Engagement Framework with our community!
Our Learning Engagement Framework outlines an aspirational vision for St Mary’s Colle
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If you visited the Junior School this week, you may have noticed some new eye-catching signs on display in and around our buildings.
We are pleased to now have on display our fa
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On Wednesday 27 July, the College’s Year 7-12 students participated in a day of creative, fun and hands-on activities as part of the ‘Day of AI’ artificial intelligence (AI) progra
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Always up for a challenge, three bright sparks in Year 5 jumped at the chance to attend the UTAS STEM School of Excellence recently for two days of hands-on learning.
Junior Sch
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The former Claire Aperloo, now Claire Wilson, is another delightful St Mary’s College alumna who has made the College her teaching home.
After attending a small inner-city state
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The College wishes to congratulate Abigail Gravell (Year 8) and Maya Bowles (Year 6), who have been selected as finalists for the 2022 Nagle Prize.
Held annually, the Nagle Priz
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Kate Conway commenced her education at St Mary’s College in Year 9 in 2003. She has many happy and fun memories from her time at the College and has packed quite a lot into the ens
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Six days and 65km later, our Outdoor Education students reached the finish line of the Overland Track.
What an exhilarating and life-changing experience for our Outdoor Ed
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It is a delight to have on staff a young alumna who graduated from Year 12 at the College only a few years ago in 2018. Brittanie was educated at Corpus Christi School before comme
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We are offering families flexible options for kinder in 2023.
All kinders will have three compulsory ‘core’ days and families can request four or even five days per week.
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If your child has tested positive for COVID-19, please report the absence here and complete the COVID-19 case report form when prompted.
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