Awards

Congratulations to the following students who will receive an award at assembly on Friday 2 June for being a great learner and wonderful community member.

Gold Pennant - Blake Fitch, Ivy Slater, Hudson Batty, Levi Carstens, Samwise Nguyen

Gold Awards -Olivia Lyons, Leah Norton, Maverick Weir, Theodore Burnus, Arabella Hunt, Ivy Patterson, Isabelle Smith, Kye Micallef, Diesel Medd, Emmett Wood, Isaiah Banasik, Sienna Tuilotolava, Ivy Oitmann, Nate Coulter, Harley Dalibozek, Kruz Fiez, Estelle Eckler, Nixon Lawson, Jaxon Spehar, Zoe Falconer, Van Hainsworth, James Vella, Clover Kyle, William Bruffer, Harry Houghton, Grayson Collins, Olive Medd, Harvey Gloster, Olivia-May Sanchez, George Crossingham, Tyler Simpson, Hazel Quilter, Ivy Mitchell, Tilly Smith, Claire Warwick, Anton Vrljic, Lucas Dennis, Toriana Humphries, Charlie Frappell, Cooper French, Max Fleming, Joel Carstens, Scarlett-Rose Hurtado, Chloe Mort, Indie-Rose Szczerbanik, Brody O’Hanlon, Beau Spiteri, Jarvis Ataria, Nate Latta, Chloe French, Ryan Stocken, Chase Bowmaker, Elliott Loveday, Piper Barden, Isabella Zahra, Tara Kerslake, Montahna Fittler, Harvey Reynolds

Listed below are some important dates for Term 2.

Thank you to all our families and friends who kindly donated money for the Missions. With your help we have raised $1312.25 for Caritas Project Compassion.

On Tuesday 23 May all students will participate in a 30 minute AFL skills session. The sessions will be coordinated by four AFL - trained coaches from Auskick and have been developed to enable students to participate at the level of their choice, regardless of ability. After Tuesday, starting on Friday 26 May and running for 4 consecutive weeks students will have the opportunity to join the Auskick Clinic from 3:30 - 4:30pm on our school oval. If you choose to sign your child up to this program, students need to be collected as normal afternoon dismissal from St Anthony's staff, changed in the bathrooms and delivered to the AFL Auskick staff and parents must stay present for the clinic. St Anthony's staff will not be responsible for changing and delivering students to the AFL clinic. 

Please see attached flyer for more information and how to register.

Parents and Carers are welcome to join us for our Infants Cross Country Carnival on Tuesday 30 May from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm on the far field in St Anthony's playground.

Father Peter will welcome parents, carers, families, parishioners, students and staff from two classes to join him for a Mass every second Tuesday in the school chapel. On Tuesday 27 June at 9:30 am Mass will be held by Year 5W and Years 1R and 3W will join them to celebrate. 

On Tuesday 13 June we celebrate St Anthony of Padua feast day with a whole school Mass at 10am in the school hall. Everyone in our community is warmly invited to join the children to celebrate our patron Saint’s feast day.

After Mass, the annual St Anthony’s Awards will be handed out to the students who display kindness and service to others.

The Parents’ and Friends’ are kindly providing a free sausage sizzle lunch for the children to be served immediately after Mass. Parents, Carers and Grandparents are encouraged to stay for lunch and have a picnic with your children. Sausage sizzle will be sold for $3 each. To help with ordering of sausages for parents, if you would like to purchase a sausage sizzle please indicate how many on the slip sent home with students and return it to the school office by Friday 26 May. Payment can be made on the day.

After lunch the fun will continue with open classrooms, where parents/grandparents/special friends can walk through their child’s classroom and view their artwork.

Please join us for our next P and F Meeting on Friday 23 June at 1:00 pm in the school library. Parents, Grandparents, Carers and Friends are welcome to gather in the school library for a tea, coffee and afternoon tea before we begin our P and F meeting.

2023 St Anthony's Mothers Day Stall was another great success which was only made possible by our wonderful helpers who gave up their time to coordinate the stall. Thank you, Carolyn Moody, Melissa Hunt, Ann-Marie O'Hanlon, Michelle Agostino, Olivia Axiak, Tanita Coulter, Chantelle Hager, Pamela Falcone, Glenda Wilson, Stacie McKenzie, Kerry Ann Mackrill, Crystal Henderson, Kelly Williams, Olivia Taylor, Simone Dennis.

Thank you to the following local businesses for hand-crafting many of the items sold this year Pip's and Gee, Botanicals by Brooke, Mia & Me - Raewyn Fernandez, Little Lady Macrame, Beads by Bobo and Milestones by Mia.

The following students are the lucky winners of our Mother's Day raffle and a very big thank you to the local business who donated the prizes.

Noah Hodges Year 1B - The Ark Picton gift voucher

Evelyn James Kinder R - Moses Barnes gift voucher

Xavier Talolua Year 6R - Dee Jays Hair & Beauty gift voucher

Sacramental Programs

Religious Education is a priority in Catholic schools. It provides the knowledge and understanding of the Catholic faith and outlines what is needed to live a Catholic life. Sacramental programs are Parish based, Parish coordinated, family focused and school supported.

Each year the Sacraments of Penance, Eucharist and Confirmation are celebrated in the Parish.

A Parish based program caters to the needs of all participants. In this way children from all schools receive the same preparation for each sacrament.

The Parish based, family focused approach to Sacramental programs is widely used throughout Australia as the preferred approach. This approach acknowledges the important role of parents and families in the whole preparation process. Parents are the first educators of children in the faith and traditions of the Catholic Church. Parents involvement in Sacramental preparation is crucial in shaping the values and attitudes of each child. So it is vital, for the continual spiritual growth of the child, that the families involve themselves in the Sacramental life of Parish.