St Anthony's School News

God, giver of all life, human and divine,

bless the fathers and male carers of our children.

Help them to fulfil their role as the first teachers

of their children in the ways of faith.

May they be also the best of teachers,

bearing witness to the faith by what they say and do.

We make this prayer through Christ Jesus, our Lord. Amen.

We wish all the fathers, grandfathers and male carers in our community a very happy Father’s Day this Sunday.

• Tuesday 27th-Friday 30th August - P&F Father’s Day stall
• Thursday 29th August - P&F meeting 7pm

• Friday 30th August - Father’s Day breakfast and school mass

• Monday 2nd September - Father’s Day tinkering incursion

• Monday 2nd-Friday 6th September - Education Assistants’ Appreciation Week

• Tuesday 3rd September - Field Events Sports Day (TBC – weather dependent)

• Wednesday 3rd September - Kindy & Pre-Primary Sports Day (TBC – weather dependent)

• Friday 6th September - School Faction Carnival (TBC – weather dependent)

• Wednesday 11th September - First Reconciliation - Adult Catechesis

• Thursday 12th September - First Reconciliation - Adult Catechesis & RUOK Day

• Friday 13th September - Crazy Hair Day - gold coin donation to Terry Prunster Scholarship & Years 3-6 Water in Aboriginal Culture incursion

Term 4

Tuesday 8th October - students return

Friday 6th December - end of Term 4 for students

Friday 13th December - end of Term 4 for staff

As always, please refer to the live calendar on the school website for additional activities and any potential date changes.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to all our Year 4 students who received the Sacrament of First Communion over the past two weekends. We hope and pray that you will continue to receive this sacrament when you attend mass both at school and when attending mass on the weekends.

Parents please remember that those students need to attend one mass over the coming weekend to receive their First Communion certificate.

15 MINUTE PARKING ZONE

After many years of appeal to the City of Wanneroo we were gifted with five 15 minute parking bays outside the Admin block earlier this year. These bays are for the benefit of parents who need to drop off or pick up students within class hours and/or deliveries to the school. Unfortunately, and not for the first time, we had cars parked for at least 1.5 hours in these bays last Thursday and had discussions with the Council ranger.

Please be aware that the ranger will be monitoring parking in these bays and may issue fines for cars that overstay the 15 min time limit. This includes those parents who arrive well before the final bell and wait in these bays for their children rather than parking in the church car park or over the road in the council carpark.

In anticipation of your cooperation - thank you.

UNIFORM

As we are half way through Term 3, it is time to dust off each child’s summer uniform before they return in Term 4. If your child needs a new uniform, the uniform shop is open on Wednesday mornings this term and Friday mornings next term and will happily fit your child for a new uniform.

Please remember that all children will be required to be dressed in the new uniform from the start of the 2025 school year.

Old uniforms in reasonable condition can be handed into the Uniform Shop where they can be sold to existing families and you will receive a credit on your uniform shop account or they will be donated to charities working with communities in Africa and Asia.

VACSWIM

VacSwim programs range from 5 to 10 days in length. Your child can learn to swim in a safe and enjoyable environment at venues across WA. Enrolments for the VacSwim summer programs open on 21 August.

January Program 1

• Monday 6th to Friday 17th January 2025

• 10 days, 35-minute lessons

January Short Program

• Monday 13th to Friday 17th January 2025

• 5 days, 35-minute lessons

January Program 2

• Monday 20th January to Thursday 30th January 2025 (no lesson on public holiday Monday 27th January)

• 8 days, 45-minute lessons

For more information follow the link to the VacSwim website: VacSwim - Department of Education

Therese Bandy

Principal

We would like to remind families that St Anthony's is an allergy aware school. Therefore, for the health and safety of children and staff with allergies, peanut butter, Nutella, nuts and muesli bars containing nuts are not to be included in your child’s lunch.

Click on the link below to access the school calendar. Please note that dates may be subject to change:

St Anthony's School community works collaboratively to teach and live the values of Christ. While respecting tradition, and to meet the demands of a rapidly changing society, it strives to educate our children to their full potential.

City of Wanneroo Youth Services Survey is now live.

Youth, parents, caregivers and the wider community are invited to have a say on Youth Services within the City of Wanneroo.

The ideas and feedback will inform what’s on offer for 9-24 year-olds in the City of Wanneroo.

Children younger than 14 years of age will require parental consent.

Click on the button below to complete the survey which is open until Sunday, 8 September 2024.

A reminder that every member of the St Anthony’s School community must behave in the manner described in our Code of Conduct.

Our Code is like the 40km/h speed limit outside our school in the mornings and afternoons. It defines behaviours that keep our students safe: at school, and elsewhere. Children and young people surrounded by adult and peer behaviours as outlined in the Code are more likely to recognise and choose healthy relationships for themselves.

Conduct Statements

1. You act safely and competently.
2. You give priority to students’ safety and well-being in all your behaviour and decision making.
3. You act in accordance with the values of the Gospel as defined in the Code of Ethical Conduct.
4. You conduct yourself in accordance with laws, agreements, policies and standards relevant to your relationship with the school community.
5. You respect the dignity, culture, values and beliefs of each member of the school community.
6. You treat personal information about members of the school community as private and confidential.
7. You give impartial, honest and accurate information about the education, safety and well-being of students.
8. You support all members of the school community in making informed decisions about students.
9. You promote and preserve the trust and privilege inherent in your relationship with all members of the school community.
10. You maintain and build on the community’s trust and confidence in Catholic schools and the Church.
11. You act reflectively and ethically.
12. You allow students to have a voice in their education, safety and well-being

The Code describes the minimum requirements expected of all members of our community and that all in our community conduct themselves personally and professionally in a way that maintains public trust and confidence in our school and the Church. While mandatory language such as ‘must’, ‘shall’ and ‘will’ is not used throughout the Code, there is a presumption the conduct described is mandatory and therefore not optional.

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have had a significant increase of absentees and illnesses through our school community over the first three weeks of this term.

If your child is not well – sore throat, fever, persistent cough and/or an upset stomach – please keep them at home until all symptoms have resolved. Your child must be fever free for 24 hours, without medication, prior to returning to school. Your child may want to continue coming to school; however, this will only spread viruses/illnesses to other students and staff. Please continue to remind your children to practice good hand hygiene and etiquette.

Our school medical illness protocol is below. Please refer to this regarding your child’s medical condition.

Thank you for your support in keeping our school community safe and well.

Warmest wishes,

Aleisha Raby

School Nurse

The P&F are holding a bake sale the morning of the Faction Carnival on Friday 6th September.

We are looking for donations of baked goods to be sold on the day. All donations need to be NUT FREE and brought to the canteen Thursday morning, 5th September.

Volunteers are also needed on the day to help run the stall. Shifts are short, just 20 minutes and we require 2 to 3 people each time slot. The stall will only run if we have enough volunteers, so PLEASE help if you can. The stall will be open from 8:00am to 9:40am so we can all spend most of the day seeing our kids participate in the carnival.

Lastly, Woolworths in Carramar kindly donated a gift card to the P&F. We will select a range of baked goods including some gluten free options for our Bake Sale.

If you can donate a baked good or help run the stall on the day, please click the below link.

Many thanks for your support

P&F

St Anthony’s School believes that each child is a precious gift from God, created as a unique individual. We integrate faith into all aspects of school life and create learning environments which enable children to experience the joy and wonder of their world.

Next week is National Child Protection week. The theme this year is 'Every conversation matters.' As we all know, conversations are a powerful tool to keep children and young people safe and well. Conversations can help us to understand concerns, find solutions, value community knowledge, and build social connections.

Please see the attached is a booklet that has arange of activities for children to do as a way of promoting the importance conversations.

Our aim at St Anthony’s Playgroup is to help parents and children have fun together in a space where they can relax, form connections and let their child build their curiosity. By participating in new experiences, children will develop social skills and foster an enjoyment of learning more about their world.

St Anthony’s Playgroup is provided at no cost to families and by St Anthony’s School Wanneroo to give back to our local community. Children are welcome to bring a healthy snack to eat at the end of the session.

When: Fridays between 8:45 am-10:30 am
Where: St Anthony’s School Wanneroo
Terms 1 &4: St Anthony’s Community Centre
Terms 2 & 3: St Anthony’s School Library
Please enter via Church Carpark, Community Centre gate

Online Ordering (Preferred Method of Ordering)
Ordering online is our preferred method of purchase. Please use the Quickcliq link below to set up an account. If you have already set up an online canteen account, please use the same login.

www.quickcliq.com.au

Uniform Shop Opening Hours

If you wish to visit the uniform shop, it is open every Wednesday between 8.00am-9.00am.

If you have any uniform queries please feel free to email me at:
uniform@saw.wa.edu.au or you can ring the school and speak to me on Wednesdays between 9.00-10.00am.

Many thanks
Gabrielle Murphy
Uniform Shop Coordinator

Please be aware that St Anthony's School utilises CCTV for security purposes.