Dear Parents, Carers, Staff and Students,

As we draw towards the end of Term Three I would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge the variety of events and activities that speak to the very essence of who we are as a Catholic school community. This term we have come together: 

Mr Justin Devlin

Principal

Grade Mass 

No Grade Mass this week. Mass will be at Tahmoor Church on Friday 27 September at 9:30 am.

Assembly

Our first assembly for term four will be in week 3 on Friday 1 November at 2:15 pm in the school hall.

On Monday 14 October, the first day back for term four, students are required to wear their full summer uniforms. 

Last Wednesday, 18 September, we, along with Mr Devlin, went to St. John the Evangelist Catholic High School, Nowra, to represent St Anthony’s at the Catholic Mission Launch. The Catholic Missions topic for 2019 is ‘Do not fear, for I am with you!’ and focuses on helping children escape poverty and have a better future. The liturgy we attended focussed on raising money for an African country named Ghana. The awareness raised was about helping the children of Ghana who are disabled. We are  called to donate to Sister Therese’s Home for God’s children where she takes care of over ninety children who are not looked after well enough. As a school we will be able to use some of the money raised from our Colour Run to donate to Catholic Mission during the month of October.

By Zoe Buckley and William Erwin. Year Six Student Leaders

Listed below are some important dates for Term 3 and 4.

We are happy to announce as of Term Four St Anthony's Picton will have a Facebook page. This exciting, new adventure will allow us to celebrate with parents, grandparents and family members all over the world all the wonderful achievements of our students. We understand parents find it hard or sometimes impossible to attend feast days, carnivals and assemblies. Now with Facebook, we will be able to post all the highlights and keep you up to date with any changes that may occur at St Anthony's. 

Staff at St Anthony's fully support the CEDoW Social Media Policy to promote positive interactions online, and the standards/expectations that it (and we) will be upholding for all members of the school community using social media. For ease, the link to the policy is https://www.dow.catholic.edu.au/socialmediapolicy and the SM Statement/Standards here

Photo Consent Forms were sent home earlier this year, thank you to the parents who have signed and returned this form. This form gives us photo permission and also includes online publications (such as the website and social media). St Anthony's will be following what each child's photo consent form says in regards to posting on the official school Facebook page, unless you wish to contact the office to advise otherwise. If we have not received a signed consent form, your child will not be posted on the official Facebook page. Please click on the following link to access a copy of the photo consent form.

Over the years we have changed the style, colour and suppliers of our school hats. This means we have a few combinations of hats circulating around the school. Mr Devlin, Judy Logozzo and Kate Chrystal have worked together to  create a logo and source a hat that is made of a better material, has a sturdier brim and has a navy colour is a better match for our uniform. The staff and students are very pleased with the results and our new school hats are available to purchase at the uniform shop or school office for $15 each. Our aim is it phase in the new hat over the next two years  and we would like to emphasise that there is NO expectation for Stage Three students to buy a new hat. 

SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER 

We would love this fundraiser to be another great community event but we need your help.

We are ready and waiting for any good quality White Elephant items you may have, so bring down any ornaments or house hold accessories to the church. Everyone has things at home they don’t really want or use anymore but are just too good to throw out and the fete is just the place for these things.

Thank you all once again for helping make the fete a success.

Mrs Knight