Timeline

Spectators witnessed the outstanding achievements of our rowers at the 2019/2020 Tasmanian clubs championship held last weekend at Lake Barrington.   Congratulations to all rowers for your amazing efforts.   Key results from the championships are as follows: Kate Oliver was part of the winning Under 21 coxed four. Kate Oliver, Sophie E Robinson and Maddison lamb were part of the Under 21 winning eight. Phoebe Teale was part of...

In the January school holidays, Hannah and I travelled to Sydney for the Alliance of Girls’ Schools Australasia's Student Leadership Conference. It was exciting to attend the largest all-girls leadership event like this in Australia, at The Women’s College, University of Sydney from 14 - 17 January. We joined 177 students from 81 girls’ schools worldwide, from across Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, the Philippines and the United States. Over the...

We warmly invite all current and prospective parents and students to our Open Day on Thursday 2 April 2020. Take a tour and see what we get up to on a regular day at the College. There will be opportunities to visit our classrooms, speak with students, staff and College parents, and find out what makes us a leader in Catholic education. For more information, including tour times, please refer...

Current and past supporters of the SMC/SVC/GYC Rowing Club are warmly invited to attend the club's third annual cocktail party, which will be held on Saturday 7 March from 7.30pm at the New Town Bay Rowing Centre.  It's set to be a fantastic night out that will include entertainment, delicious canapes and a silent auction fundraiser, with some exciting prizes up for grabs.  Tickets are $35 per person (which includes a...

Well done to all rowers who bravely took on the cool waters of the Franklin while competing in the recent Southern Schools Regatta (15–16 February).  All rowers put on a strong team performance and should be commended for their efforts during the two-day event.  Congratulations to our students who came second in the Open Eight and Under 16 Eight — these are fantastic results! 

Congratulations to all Year 3–6 students who participated in the Junior School Swimming Carnival at the Clarence YMCA Aquatic Centre on Thursday 13 February.                                     There was a great deal of colour, camaraderie and House spirit on display as students cheered each other on from the sidelines and chanted their House anthems with...

The College wishes to congratulate the following staff members for their outstanding contribution to Catholic education in Tasmania.  Jenny Noble, Extension Program Teacher (Junior School) – Outstanding Service as an Employee within Catholic Education Deearne Spaulding, Learning Support Coordinator (Senior School) and Year 11–12 English Applied Teacher – Outstanding Service as an Employee within Catholic Education Jenny and Deearne will both be formally acknowledged and presented with their awards at a...

We are delighted to share our St Mary's College Prefects for 2020.  The group will be led by Head Prefect, Amy Prokopiec and Deputy Head Prefects, Lucy Eade and Hannah O’Connell.                       Congratulations to our Prefects for 2020: Amy Prokopiec – Head Prefect) Hannah O’Connell (Deputy) – Senior School Lucy Eade (Deputy) – Communications Ruby Banks – Nagle House Gabriella Colavecchio...

We wish to remind families it is Senior School photo day this coming Tuesday 18 February and Junior School (Prep - Year 6) photo day this coming Wednesday 19 February. Photos are only available online this year.   To order your school photos for both individual children and families, please log on to www.leadingimage.com.au and access St Mary’s College with our school access key V6YU847G. Packages are available to order with...

Due to indefinite shipping delays from China, Chinese Made Easy for Kids cannot be supplied from Office Max Winc. We apologise for any inconvenience. Staff have discussed the impact to families and have decided to remove it from the required textbooks for 2020 for Year 7 and Year 8 students. In light of this, we would like to offer to buy back Chinese Made Easy for Kids with a valid...

We hold the safety of students and staff with the utmost importance and would like to provide you with additional details about novel coronavirus. For information about the novel coronavirus provided by the Australian Government Department of Health, please read here. While we do not wish to disrupt families or cause unnecessary alarm, the College will adopt a similar approach to many other schools who may have students who have visited the affected...

Our annual Junior School Swimming Carnival will be held on Thursday 13 February (Week 2) at the Clarence YMCA Aquatic Centre, commencing at 9.30am.  It is expected that all students participate in the carnival. If your child cannot participate for any reason, please contact their class teacher.  We encourage parents to discuss with their daughter/s the events she will enter. As the College uses the full 50m pool for the 50m events, only those students...

Would you like to play sport with St Mary's College?  As a member of the Southern Sport Association of Tasmania Independent Schools (SSATIS), St Mary's offers a range of after-school sports for all students in Year 1–12.  Junior School  In the Junior School, the sports available this term are soccer, tennis and flippa ball. All the relevant information for each sport and the days they are played can be found...

Welcome to the 2020 school year. St Mary's College is excited to introduce and warmly welcome our new Year 7–12 Counsellor, Jane Sutcliffe, pictured, who will be working on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Jane comes to us with a Bachelor of Psychological Science with Honours and a Master of (Clinical) Psychology, University of Tasmania. Role of the School Counsellor at SMC There are many new families to St Mary's College...

Year 10 Meningococcal Immunisation Letter

We hold the safety of students and staff with the utmost importance and following advice from Catholic Education Tasmania, we would like to provide you with further information about Novel coronavirus. For detailed information about the Novel coronavirus provided by the Australian Government Department of Health, please read here. While we do not wish to disrupt families or cause unnecessary alarm, the College will adopt a similar approach to many...

Save the date for a social evening to warmly welcome new families to the St Mary’s College community on Wednesday 19 February on the College Green. This event is a wonderful opportunity for new and existing families of the College to meet and mingle with one another and make some new friends. Please refer to the below invitation for more information and RSVP details. We look forward to seeing you...

As we start the new school year, we wish to inform parents/carers there have been some unexpected delays to the 2020 Back to School Order deliveries. We have been informed by our supplier some families will experience delays with receiving their orders. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to your back to school preparations. Please know we are doing everything possible to remedy this and to ensure families...