St Anthony's School News

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.

This is our new school prayer. Many, many children’s thoughts have been combined to create this beautiful prayer which will replace our existing prayer and be prayed at Monday assemblies and PADUA assemblies. It embodies all we are about here at St Anthony’s School.

This Friday we celebrate our 90th Anniversary as a school – a significant milestone. If you are able, please join us at a special 10.30am mass tomorrow to mark this wonderful event.

The end of Term 3 is almost upon us and it has been an extremely busy term. Students will finish on Friday, 26th September.

Students return to school for Term 4 on Tuesday, 14th October.

During each of the carnival events from Kindy through to Year 6 last week, student athleticism in running, jumping, throwing and their cooperation in team games was on display. Congratulations to all the students who competed in the various events. Special thanks to Mrs Francis for her organisation of the carnivals and to the staff who assisted in the various jobs that needed to be done before the carnival and throughout each day.

We also thank God, despite rainy days throughout the week, we had a beautiful sunny day. Thank you the many parents who came to support their children throughout the competition.

God Bless

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.

Students are to wear a plain white shirt and their school black sport shorts.

All parents, carers and grandparents are welcome to come down to the oval. Please enter through the main gate near the school library from 1:30pm.

This year parents are kindly and respectfully requested to spectate and not participate in the colour run. If you have any concerns regards your child participating without a parent please contact the P&F on 8775.pnfchair@cewa.edu.au

We will need volunteers to set up, pack down and of course colour the students on the day. Please keep an eye out for our call out for volunteers this week on Facebook. We would greatly appreciate your help in making the day possible.

The winner of the HD Sports Action Camera will be announced at the colour run, if you would like your child to be in the draw they will need to have raised $50 to have their name entered.

Fundraising closes on the 26th of September and prizes open that day and will remain open for students to select their prizes until October the 6th of October. Prizes will be ordered during the school holidays and given out to students early in Term 4.

We look forward to a happy and colourful day on Friday the 26th September.

Many thanks for your support

P&F Committee

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

With the weather warming up, students from Pre-Primary to Year 6 can enjoy icy poles starting next week. All proceeds are donated to St Vincent de Paul.

• 50c for half an icy pole
• $1 for two halves!

Our Year 5 and 6 students had a fantastic day representing St Anthony’s at the Spring Carnival, competing in NRL League Stars, Basketball, and Badminton. The students displayed outstanding behaviour throughout the day, showing fairness, respect, and wonderful team spirit in every game they played.

The results were extremely positive across all sports. Our badminton team achieved an excellent 2nd place out of 7 schools – a wonderful effort! In the League Tag competition, three out of four St Anthony’s teams made it through to the finals. The Grand Final was an all-St Anthony’s clash between our Year 5 and Year 6 teams, with the Year 6 team narrowly winning by just one try in what was an exciting match to watch. The basketball teams all played extremely well, improving with each game they played and showing great determination and persistence throughout the day.

We are very proud of all our students for the way they represented our school, not only in their performances but in the way they encouraged and supported each other and the opposition as well.

The Athletics Carnival was another wonderful community event, full of house spirit, great competition, and plenty of fun. Congratulations to McAuley House, who claimed first place with 1823 points. Peregrine House came second with 1517, Mercy House third on 1419, and Servite House finished fourth with 1398.

The Unity Shield went to Servite House, whose students continually demonstrated the PADUA values across both days of competition.

Highlights included fierce tug-o-war battles, outstanding track and field performances, and plenty of teamwork throughout the games. A big thank you to all the students and staff for their efforts, particularly the House Captains, who worked hard to keep events running smoothly.

The relay between students, ex-students, and adults was once again a crowd favourite—featuring some thrilling runs and a few dramatic falls along the way! This year the ex-students took out the title.

A heartfelt thank you to all helpers and volunteers, and especially to Mr Ron Munroe for his efforts this term in getting the track marked and ready to go—your work is greatly appreciated.

Congratulations again to McAuley House and to our Individual Champions from Years 3 to 6.

Girls Champion

Girls Runner-Up

Boys Champion

Boys Runner-Up

Year 3

Madeleine Aitkins

Penny Irwin

Jesse Jepp

Brandon Smith

Year 4

Samara Connolly

Aria Chater

Cormac Long

Ethan Geddes

Year 5

Lucy Reindl

Abby Muni

Kai Hooper

Theo Langullah

Year 6

Finley Jepp

Amelia Hicks

Jesse Biney

Oliver Wenman

The Interschool Athletics Carnival will be held at Kingsway Athletics Oval in Week 2 of Term 4 – Thursday, 23rd October. Selected students will be notified early next term, with opportunities for training coming up in Week 10 and Week 1 & 2 of Term 4.

Yours in sport

Nicki Francis

Ann Peart

School Social Worker

We are now full for Kindergarten 2026.

Interviews for our 2026 Three Year Old Program and Kindergarten 2027 are now underway.

Please contact the office if you have not yet completed enrolment forms and booked an interview. There are now limited spots for our 2026 Three Year Old Program.

Tel: 9303 7500

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

Wednesdays - 8.00am-9.00am

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

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 when the uniform shop is open.

Many thanks
Gabrielle Murphy
Uniform Shop Coordinator

We’ve been delivering our Young Engineers programs for over 10 years in Perth but we also love collaborating with industry and other STEM providers to helps more kids learn & love STEM. We’re a regular at the annual Game Changer Awards and the IT Takes a Spark Education conferences. This year, we’ve been invited to help organise Robopalooza 2025, possibly the biggest robotics event to come to Perth (was in Houston in 2024). We’d love to see some of your students & teachers at this event.

Robopalooza 2025 | STEM Day | Oct 5 @ https://au01.z.antigena.com/l/uU4GAIdm667-HFSLuxh_i3hj-4FrIYTuI3lg-k1BEJSXMEsOzBD9ZWLwyA8DGiZcrPhFDI8YOCdd1eI1DY_gH0wLkYGCc9lwv17ruIJvwo61U1zuXVz9NxJTBr5TdXAukJV2hWcVYldi7Hfd7MYic5VUrr44cjIVSGCsV-bT8ZDXFGGLL5V

For all primary & secondary students, parents, teachers & anyone interested to setup a mining operation on the MOON!

🚀 Meet Rob — a NASA robotics engineer working on tech to mine minerals on asteroids and the moon!

👩‍🔬 Dive into hands-on robotics workshops, jaw-dropping demos, career talks, and meet inspiring role models — especially for girls thinking of a future in space and mining.

I’ve had a sneak peek at the lineup — Robopalooza 2025 so much more than a STEM event.

🎟️ Register now for FREE tickets — price goes up to $10 per adult late August (the venue has a limited capacity).

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Family friendly. Music, food truck, easy parking & so much more.

👉 https://events.humanitix.com/robopalooza-space-festival

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