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- Walkathon Rundown
- Canteen Roster
- Part Time Parish Secretary
- Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T)
- Tuck Day
- Vacation Care Booking
- Oxley Neighbourhood Watch
- Tennis Holiday Program
Dear Parents and Carers,
Classroom Support Assistant Appreciation Week
This week we have been saying thank you to all of our wonderful classroom support assistants. They do a wonderful job supporting students and encouraging them to do their best. They go about the roles quietly and very effectively. We have a large classroom support team including:
Jenny Staltari
Anissa Symington
Angela Ryan
Annette Smith
Nicole Diggle
Grace Balubun
Leanne Blanch
Thushari Sumanaweera
Jen Feldtmann
Jack Adamson
Thank you to all of these great CSA’s! We appreciate everything you do.
We also say a big thank you to our 3 Classroom Support Teachers Alisa Spackman, Bernadette Whitfield and Vanessa Phipps.
Walkathon Success
Congratulations to everyone for supporting the 2019 WALKATHON! It was a huge success last Friday. The sunshine and warm weather was a bonus and made the walk and celebrations enjoyable. Everything was well organised and went according to plan. Thank you to Louise Patton from the P&F and Tracey Adamson from the staff for all of their hard work and continued support to ensure the event is a success. The Freaky Friday 13th theme was well embraced by students and staff. Some great costumes were on display! The sponsorship raised at the moment stands at about $17 000!! This is a fantastic result and money that will help further improve the school for our students.
A special thank you to all the parents and helpers who volunteered on the day to assist with checkpoints, road crossing, BBQ and many other tasks.
FAIRYTALE Ball Fun!
The Year One students had an amazing Fairy-tale Ball on Tuesday. They performed a number of dances for the parents and visitors and enjoyed a fabulous banquet for all their hard work. The student’s costumes were great as were the staff who dressed up as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. A great day was had by all.
Winter Sports Wrap
Over the last couple of weekends St Anthony’s students involved in various Winter team sports wrapped up their season. Congratulations to all students involved and to the parents who volunteered with coaching, managing and cheering on their children.
At morning assembly each day children have been invited to share how their team went this season. We are happy to share more news as it comes to hand.
Netball Season Wrap
From the St Anthony’s Netball Club Teams on their fine season. In particular, well done to the two teams that won their division - Year 4 Smashers and Year 5 Twisters.
Year 5 Camp
Our Year 5 students are in Sydney now enjoying their three day camp. They are participating in lots of great activities during their stay. There are 5 staff on camp with the students; Mr Bradley, Mrs Flood, Mrs Ephraums, Mr Quantrill and Mrs Stankovic. We look forward to hearing about their camp experiences on their return.
Kinder Assembly this Friday 20 September
Parents are invited to the Kindergarten Assembly this Friday at 2.00pm in the school hall. This is always a popular event and a special moment in the Kindergarten student’s year.
Term 3 Learning Journeys
PARENTS INVITED to Term 3 Learning Journey/Open Classrooms
Wednesday 25 September from 8.30 - 9.30am
This is a great opportunity to visit your child’s classroom and see evidence of their progress this term. Teachers will be present however this is not a formal parent teacher interview.
Year 5 / 6 Musical
For your information we are providing advance notice of performance dates for the musical which are evening show Monday 22nd October, matinee show Tuesday 23rd October, evening show Wednesday 24th October and the finale will be a matinee on Thursday 25th October.
The musical is titled Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits and will involve all of Year Five and Six students. The musical will be held at St Mary MacKillop College Theatrette at the Wanniassa Campus. More details will be available soon and tickets will be on sale shortly.
Have a great week everyone!
God Bless
Greg Walker
Principal
Saanvi M, Sanvi P, Callan R, Isabella O, Michala O, Tahlia R, Jessie W, Isabel V, Tristan C, Sarah F, Jack D, Ava P, Joshua D, Mia W and Ruby Y.
Congratulations to the following students who have been identified as a Successful Learner this week. Certificates will be presented at Friday morning Assembly:
Victoria c KA, Anjali C KP, Ella K KP, Noah H KL, Bailey F 1A, Rafael Y 1L, Aryzona C-S 1L, Bianca B 2A, Mikayla R 2A, Bella B 3A, Khoby H 3A, Cooper M 3P.
Term 4 School Fees will be emailed out next week.
Payments may be made by cash, cheque, credit card, Bpay, EFTPOS, QKR! or Direct Debit. We have upgraded the EFTPOS machine to an Albert, if you chose to pay your statement by completing your credit card details please make sure that you also have the CCB number, the form currently does not ask for this number but it is now required.
There is a formal process to apply for fee concessions if you are experiencing financial difficulties. Please contact Katie Akers.
Students in The Hub are in the midst of research and investigation. You are invited to impart your knowledge in your area of expertise and help drive our inquiry projects further.
Week 1 OCTOBER 15th, 16th or 17th
If you or someone you know are involved in any capacity with the following, we want to hear from you:
Animal trainer/ behaviourist
Personal trainer/fitness coach
Brick layer (specifically mud brick knowledge)
Artists (sketch, portraits, landscape)
Fashion designer/student or textile specialist
Pilot or military plane specialist
Coder
Animator
Chef
Mechanic/Engineer
Historian
Please contact Kelly Mara to discuss your availability
NEWS FROM THE P&F
On Wednesday 18 September the P&F met, thank you to the parents and friends joined us in the library and online.
Items discussed were:
- The P&F are excited to be moving to the QKR system with the school which will allow our treasurers and coordinators admin rights to set up events. It will also save our families considerable amounts in flexischool fees and allow our community to better access online payment systems for canteen, events, clothing pool and other P&F initiatives. Thank you to Katie Akers in the front office for coordinating this for us and for the school support. This will commence in Term 4 (hopefully, lol!).
- Our national peak body, The Catholic School Parents Australia, have just launched a Parent Engagement Toolkit for parents and school staff in Primary and Secondary schools. The toolkit contains 22 modules aimed at assisting with parent engagement. https://www.parentengagementcspa.edu.au
- Thank you to everyone that attended and supported our Canteen disco, it was a huge success and saw over 170 people in attendance!! If you have any disco theme suggestions, please email them through J stanthonyspandf1@gmail.com
- WALKATHON – A massive thank you to everyone that has supported the walkathon, it has been another successful year!! Special thank you to Mrs Tracey Adamson from the school staff for all your hard work and support, all the helpers on the day that helped run the day, the front office staff, Mrs Sarah Waller & Mrs Katie Akers and especially all our wonderful students that made the day enjoyable. AND OF COURSE this was all not possible without the efforts of our very special Mrs Louise Patton, THANK YOU!
- FETE – The 2020 Fete preparations will commence in term 4 and our fete committee are looking for two more volunteers to help. If you would like to be apart of this awesome event please email Cath Rollinson - stanthonyfete@gmail.com
- TRIVIA NIGHT – Unfortunately this year we won’t be running the annual Trivia Night due to time….this year has just got away from us!
- CLOTHING POOL – We are looking for donations :D Our pool is low on summer stock so if you have any school clothes (new logo only please) that you no longer need throw them our way J Donations can be dropped to the front office during business hours. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!
- WATCH THIS SPACE - Some new initiatives were discussed:
- Envision Bottle Lids Collections at School - https://envision.org.au/envision-hands/
- Look-for-a-book at St Anthony’s - https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6369373/hidden-books-foster-love-for-reading-in-canberra/
- End of year Family Christmas Event for our school community.
A FEW FRIENDLY REMINDERS……
- The drive through lane is for DROP OFF only, drivers are not allowed to get out of the vehicle to help children get out of the car. This lane is designed to be a speedy drop off lane for our school community and it gets held up when people get out of the vehicle. Please be considerate of others and abide by this rule. The carpark is designed for parents/carers to get out of the vehicle.
- When taking photos of your children with their friends at school they come under the school’s photo policy and cannot be posted on any social media without parental/guardianship consent for each child pictured.
- Our committee is still looking for a volunteer to sit on the school board as the parent rep. The role is simply to be the liaison between the P&F and the School Board. If you are interested in taking up this role please email the P&F - stanthonyspandf1@gmail.com.
- All walkathon pledges/money are due Wednesday 25 September (next Wed!).
If you would like more information, please email the P&F for the full-detailed minutes stanthonyspandf1@gmail.com J
Our next meeting is Wednesday 6th November at 7pm.
ZOOM DETAILS FOR THE NEXT MEETING ARE:
St Anthony's Parents and Friends is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: St Anthony's Parents and Friend's General Meeting
Time: Nov 6, 2019 07:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
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Cheers,
P&F President
We have 20 staff members participating in Steptember at the moment, all competing for the most amount of steps, and of course raising much needed funds for people with cerebral palsy.
If you would like to donate and support us we would greatly appreciate it. Click on the link below and search for any of the team members:
Tracey Adamson, Nicole Diggle, Beth Lehmensich, Anissa Symington, Michael Bradley, Sarah Waller, Greg Walker, Katie Akers, Bernadette Whitfield, Laura Stankovic, Angela Bartkowiak, Lisa Day, Angie Kisiel, Ben McDevitt, Vanessa Miller, Rachel Pearson, Jenny Staltari, Kara Flood, Vanessa and Sophie Hall.
With the recent departure of our wonderful garden volunteer Hellan, the garden is in need of some more plants to keep the produce coming this season. With this in mind we are asking the community to please feel free to donate any of your unwanted ‘discovery garden’ seedlings from Woolworths. These can be sent in with your child, who can pass it on to the Environment group or left with the front office.
Looking forward to a productive summer season!
St Anthony’s –WALKATHON RUNDOWN
Last Friday our School Community celebrated a wonderful community event with our Walkathon being held. We started the morning with the exciting news that we had reached and passed another rewards milestone with our pledges now climbing to $16,341,90.
A big pat on the back to all of our parents and carers in our community. We are hoping that in the next week and a half the total might climb to $17,000, which would see a Chrome Book added to the prize list!
We ask that all money and sponsorship cards are returned to School by Wednesday 25th September, just in time for our final prize draw on Friday 27th September (Week 10).
If you have any money to return then the preferred method is via bank transfer to the St Anthony’s P&F account (Account Name – St Anthony’s P&F Wanniassa, BSB No. 062786, Account No. 000025261 – Please be sure to include your child’s surname and class in the reference. If splitting money between multiple children in the same family please note surname and each class e.g. Smith KP 3A).
Cash can be returned with your child’s sponsorship card (please place in an envelope or bag and include your child’s name and class on it).
Major prizes will be awarded to:
- The five highest fundraisers in the school.
- The family with the highest total with more than one child at the school.
- A class prize to the class who raises the highest total.
- A VIP party for the highest earner from each class.
Weekly Prize Winners - Week 8 |
Top Three Classes - Week 8 |
Caleb G - Koalas ELC (P-K) | 4 Padua |
Harry P - 1P (1-2) | 3 Padua |
Zara Mc - 3A (3-4) | 4 Assisi |
Jessie W - 5/6L (5-6) | |
Thank you also to the volunteers that assisted on the day, we are so grateful to you for giving your time and support to what was a wonderful day.Lastly, but most importantly a MASSIVE thank you to Mrs Patton, who organises this wonderful community event and puts so much time and energy into ensuring that the day runs as smoothly as possible. We thank her for all that she does, and all the time that she gives as the Walkathon Coordinator.
Thank you also to the volunteers that assisted on the day, we are so grateful to you for giving your time and support to what was a wonderful day.
Week 9 |
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Tuesday 17th September | Courtney Guy | 9am-12pm |
Wednesday 18th September | Karen Carmody | 9am-12pm |
Thursday 19th September | Carole Coulton | 9am-2pm |
Friday 20th September | Gemma Dowie | 12-2pm |
Di Young | 9am-2pm | |
Rachel Esler | 9-10:30am | |
Edward Denision-Edson | 9-10:30am | |
Week 10 |
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Tuesday 24th September | Megan Doherty | 9am-12pm |
Wednesday 25th September | HELP NEEDED | 9am-12pm |
Thursday 26th September | Karen Carmody | 9am-12pm |
Friday 27th September (Tuck Day) | Selina Walker | 9am-2pm |
Jacinta Grimmett | 9-10:30am | |
Rachel Esler | 12-2pm | |
Edward Denison-Edson | 12-2pm | |
Mary Russell | 9am-12pm | |
Bec Callaway | 12-2pm | |
Week 1 Term 4 2019 |
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Tuesday 15th October | Courtney Guy | 9am-12pm |
Wednesday 16th October | Karen Carmody | 9am-12pm |
Thursday 17th October | Carole Coulton | 9am-2pm |
Friday 18th October | Selina Walker | 9am-2pm |
Rachel Esler | 9-10:30am | |
Edward Denison-Edson | 9-10:30am | |
Di Young | 9am-2pm | |
Tuck Day Wok It Up orders due Tuesday 24th of September at 5pm |
People are invited to apply for the position of Parish Secretary for St Anthony's Parish Wanniassa. This is a part-time permanent position, 15 hours per week, Monday-Friday 9am-12pm.
Essential Requirements:
- Experience with Microsoft suite & database packages.
- Strong communication and liaison skills.
- Strong organisational skills
- Ability to work in a team environment and show personal initiative.
- Desire to share in the mission of Christ in the Catholic tradition.
Salary will be subject to Clerk Award Level 4 rates. Please email your application (including resume) to deborah.foote@cg.org.au.
Applications addressed to Fr Tony Percy, Parish Priest must be received by Friday 21st September 2019.
Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T)
Larissa Dann
PARENT EFFECTIVENESS TRAINING (P.E.T)
Supported by Parentline ACT
Tired of yelling? Looking to find a way to get out the door on time, while still liking each other? Learn respectful communication skills for a peaceful, gentle approach to parenting, without the use of punishment or reward. P.E.T helps children and parents develop resilience, emotional intelligence, confidence and consideration. The course is powerful, proven and practical, and will help you put peace back into your parenting.
For more information visit our Parent Skills website; join the Parent Skills Facebook community; and read P.E.T. on a Page.
The 24 hour course consists of three-hour sessions, once per week, for eight weeks. Booking is essential.
Investment includes a workbook and textbook.
Course begins: Tuesday, 22nd October, 2019 (minimum number of participants required); Time: 6.30 pm to 9.45 pm; Place: Weston, ACT.
Enjoy P.E.T. with Larissa, accredited P.E. T. instructor. info@parentskills.com.au
Please click on the link below to access October's Vacation Care Booking form.
The inaugural meeting of the Oxley Neighbourhood Watch branch will be held for the Oxley residents on Monday 30th September at 7:30pm at the Oxley Busy Bees Early Learning Centre, 220 Newman Morris Circuit.
Come along and support Neighbourhood Watch’s mission; promoting community safety, security and wellbeing.
Area Coordinator: Cath. 0408 697 729
Email: oxley@nhwact.com.au