Timeline

What a wonderful final week it was for our Year 12s. There were many embraces and teary eyes as they walked through the student guard of honour in the tradition of Belling Out. Congratulations to our Year 12s on their amazing St Mary's College journeys, we wish each student all the best for the future and ask them to be sure to stay in touch. We look forward to seeing...

St Mary’s College has welcomed Canteen Manager, Phil Shanny to the College who will be providing healthy, delicious and nutritious food – all made onsite with sustainable packaging, free-range eggs and locally sourced ingredients. In addition to a regular menu, the canteen will also be offering daily specials. Please check out the new canteen menu here and on the Qkr! app. As we move towards sustainability, it is important to...

On the weekend of 19-20 October, the Southern Regional Junior School Championships were held at various venues across southern Tasmania. Kate Jordan and I (Fiona Rhodes) had the pleasure of attending and cheering on our girls as they competed against other southern primary schools throughout the weekend. St Mary’s College had three teams competing across the Years 5/6 and Years 3/4 Division 1 and 2 rosters. As you would expect,...

Our 1st Grade Basketball team recently won their Southern SATIS roster, and qualified for the 2019 State SATIS Winter Sport Finals. Marist Regional College did the same in the Northern SATIS competitions which meant we had a lovely five-hour bus trip up to Burnie on the last Wednesday of Term 3. St Mary’s started really well holding a slight lead going into the third quarter and it was evident that...

This year our 1st Grade Hockey team won the Southern SATIS roster, and with that, qualified for the 2019 State SATIS Winter Sport Finals. Incidentally, Marist Regional College did the same in the Northern SATIS competitions which meant we had a lovely five-hour bus trip up to Burnie on the last Wednesday of Term 3. The Hockey team was able to match Marist goal-for-goal until they capitalised on a penalty...

Grace Willis (Year 5) traveled to Newcastle recently to attend the National Musical Theatre Festival called Junior Theatre Celebration Australia (JTCOZ). She shares her experience below: 'The festival is hosted by iTheatrics which is the musical theatre part of the Disney Corporation. I went to Newcastle for eight days and had the opportunity to work with international industry icons – directors, producers, musicians and choreographers.  As part of this amazing...

Ongoing position 1.0 FTE  Commencing 28 January 2020 Closing date: 27 October 2019 The College is seeking an outstanding Health and Physical Education, Outdoor Education and HaSS teacher to join its committed teaching staff. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing and implementing a full educational teaching plan according to the College’s requirements. The ideal candidate will need to show a passion for teaching with a proven ability to...

Limited tenure position (Parental leave replacement) 1.0 FTE         30 October 2019 – 14 August 2020 Closing date: 20 October 2019 The College is seeking an enthusiastic and creative communicator with an eye for detail to join our Community Relations team. The successful applicant will be self-motivated and have the ability to work independently to engage our College community. This person will coordinate communications in a manner...

Limited tenure (Parental leave replacement) 0.57 FTE 28 January 2020 – 9 April 2020 Closing date: 27 October 2019 The College is seeking an outstanding and experienced maths and science teacher to join its committed teaching staff. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing and implementing a full educational teaching plan according to the College’s requirements. The ideal candidate will need to show a passion for teaching with a...

Congratulations to our students who participated in the Science and Engineering Investigation Awards, held at the University of Tasmania. Thirty-five of our students in Years 6-11 attended the Awards Presentation on Wednesday 18 September, winning 20 prizes. The details are below.  This is a remarkable achievement on the part of all of the students.  Their investigations were varied, meaningful and of an excellent standard.  These outstanding results reflect the hard...

On Friday 20 September the school community gathered at our inter-school quiz night, raising funds for St Vincent de Paul. Thank you to our generous donors: Your Success Coach (Linda Manaena) Flora Gondwana Mana Yoga and Pilates Studio Yellow Bernard Tasmanian Meat Wholesalers Whimsy Florist Hill Street John Jarvela Photographer Straight Up State Cinema Woolworths CBD Woolworths Campbell Street Midford Uniform Shop Gamut Printing Bellamac Endota Spa Zone 3 Vmac...

Saakshi Dhakal credits St Mary’s College’s sense of community after receiving four scholarships to Australian National University (ANU). The Year 12 student said she chose to continue at the College for her final years of Senior School because ‘St Mary’s is like a second home’. 'From all the events I’ve been involved in – from debating to rowing – the community aspect has played a vital part in my school-life....

The sandstone façade of St Mary’s College’s Convent building has been bathed in yellow by a digital projection to mark Cancer Council Tasmania’s Daffodil Day. This projection, which displays daffodils swaying across the building, is the second artwork since the introduction of the technology late last year. Cancer Council Tasmanian CEO Penny Egan paid tribute to the students of St Mary’s College for their contribution on Daffodil Day. “It’s wonderful...

Our First Nations peoples have lived and thrived on the land of Australia for thousands of generations, passing down traditional practices, words, knowledge and culture for tens of thousands of years. With the colonisation of Australia, some of this knowledge and skill has been lost to time, but some has survived to the present day, where our Aboriginal people continue on the sacred traditions as a way to connect with...

We'll see you at 7.30am on Wednesday 28 August for the P&F's Father's Day Breakfast and the drawing of the Trailer Raffle.

Senior School students got a look-in to life as a journalist and learnt a little more about regional storytelling with a visit from Landline journalist Margot Kelly. We’re looking forward to reading, watching and listening to students’ stories as they get ready to submit them to ABC’s Heywire competition. 

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St Mary’s College has a smartphone payment app that makes paying for school fees and canteen items easier than ever before. It’s called Qkr! (pronounced ‘quicker’) by MasterCard. View the video explaining how Qkr! works and how to install it here. For further information on how to install Qkr! view the following guides. How to install the SMC Qkr payment app Step by step instructions To download app to device: Enter...

The P&F's major fundraiser for the year will be the Trailer Raffle, drawn at the Father's Day Breakfast (Wednesday 28 August).  Students are asked to bring a donation of a non-perishable grocery items. To ensure a broad range of grocery items, we ask that donations are made according to the guide below: Kinder - Year 1 Bathroom Shampoo , conditioner,  soap, toothpaste,  deodorant, wipes, toilet paper, paper towel etc. Year...

There has been a lot of wide-spread debate over single-use plastics for a while. Now that Plastic Free July is over, it could be the perfect opportunity to continue reducing your use of single-use plastics. Plastic Free July is an initiative that began in 2011 Western Australia, with the aim of encouraging people to ditch plastics in hopes of 'seeing a world free from plastic waste'. Throughout the years, millions...