On behalf of Fr. Peter and the staff at St Anthony's I wish you a warm welcome back to the 2023 school year. It was such a pleasure to see our students enter the school with happy smiles and greeting their teachers and friends with much enthusiasm. 

Our focus during the first days of school has been to revisit our expectations of being Respectful … Respectful to Ourselves, Respectful to Others, Respectful to Property and Respectful to our Learning. As a school we have focused on understanding what the word respectful looks like, sounds like and feels like. Our patron saint, St Anthony of Padua wrote, “Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.” For our whole school community the sense of action for the benefit of others will certainly be a whole school focus in 2023.

A very special welcome to all those who have selected St Anthony’s Catholic Parish Primary School for their child’s education commencing this year. We are glad to have you join our school and parish family. I would like to warmly welcome the following new staff members to our school community, Miss Katie Chalker (Year 1 Blue Classroom Teacher), Mrs Katrina Collimore (Year 3 Red Classroom Teacher), Miss Lara Conti (Year 4 White Classroom Teacher), Miss Kaitlyn Paroz (Year 5 White Classroom Teacher), Mrs Sarah Batty (Library School Support Officer), Mrs Kellie Fiumara (Library School Support Officer) and Mrs Allison Jones (Senior School Support Officer - School Office), who join our school community. Please know that your presence amongst us adds to the richness of our community. 

For me St Anthony’s is about building on the sense of community. A key aspect of our school is to work in partnership to ensure that the children are at the very heart of all that we do and that they continue to learn in a safe and supportive environment, and have opportunities to explore their faith and learn about themselves while interacting positively with their peers.