St Anthony’s School 96 Innamincka Road, Greenmount 6056 – PO Box 4057, SWAN VIEW WA 6056

Phone: 9294 5500 Absentee Line: 9294 5535 Email: admin@stanthonysgreen.wa.edu.au

Web: www.stanthonysgreen.wa.edu.au

NEWSLETTER #1 – WEEK 1, TERM 1: FRIDAY 8th FEBRUARY 2019

School Fees 2

Absentee Line 3

Student Leadership 2019 4

School Board 2019 4

Medical Conditions 4

Playground After Hours 6

Packed Lunchbox 6

2019 Term Dates 6

Sports News 7

Chair Bags/Homework 7

Uniform Shop 8 -9

School Banking 10

Social Worker News 11

Church Notices 12

Music Tuition 13

School Planner 14 – 15

Canteen Menu 16

A Student’s Prayer for a New School Year

Lord Jesus, I ask for Your help as I begin

this new school year.

Allow me to experience Your presence in

the many blessings You put before me.

Open my eyes to the new challenges and

exciting opportunities that this

new school year brings.

Open my heart and mind to new

friends and new teachers.

Give me a generous spirit to be

enthusiastic with my studies and courage to

accept new opportunities.

Help me to be attentive to my teachers and

let me experience Your presence in

my new friends.

Jesus, inspire me to do my best this year!

Amen

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents, Children & Friends,

I would like to welcome everyone to the start of the year. We have a few new staff members joining us - Sarah Potts an Assistant Principal and class teacher in 4G, Debbie Weymouth in Kindy Gold and Amanda Shaw in the office. We wish them all every happiness and success. I acknowledge the way in which the staff made our students feel comfortable and successful in their New Year level and classroom. The rooms have all been carefully prepared during the holiday break.

Our Parent Information Meetings will be held next Monday 11th February 2019:

1.30pm to 2.00pm - Kindergarten and Pre-Primary (Session 1) 2.00pm to 2.30pm - Kindergarten and Pre-Primary (Session 2)

5.30pm to 6.00pm - Year 1 to 6 (Session 1) 6.00pm to 6.30pm - Year 1 to 6 (Session 2)

The Kindergarten sessions will be held in the School Resource Centre. All sessions for Pre-Primary 1 to 6 will be held in the classrooms.

The Student Executive body had their badges blessed and presented at the School Mass this morning. We wish them all well in their leadership roles for 2019.

We look forward to the new canteen menu online, more information is contained within the newsletter.

The children have come to school looking beautifully presented in their school uniforms. Please ensure your child/children are wearing the correct uniform and wearing it correctly – a copy of the school uniform requirements is included in this newsletter. Ensuring the children are wearing the correct uniform and wearing it correctly helps them to develop pride in themselves and in our wonderful school. Hair colour should be natural and fringes should be kept short. Hairstyles should be conservative in nature.

I wish everyone a happy and peaceful term. God Bless,

Greg Green - Principal

MESSAGES FROM THE PRINCIPAL

2019 PUPIL FREE DAYS

Term 1: Friday 1st March

Term 2: Monday 29th April

Term 3: Monday 22nd July

Monday 26th August Term 4

Monday 14th October

Morning Fitness at St Anthony’s will be ‘up and running,’ (pardon the pun), from Week 2. It will be every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for Year 2-6 students from 8.30am - 8.55am. At 8.55am students line up with their class teacher on the oval and walk to class. Each day has a different focus: Mondays: Carnival Games. Get ‘carnival ready’ by practising team games for the carnival. Tuesdays: Walk Club. Parents are most welcome to join the students on the walking course. Feel free to increase the intensity to a run Wednesdays: Aerobic Fitness lead by Mrs Shelley Paszko. We are so grateful and excited to have

Shelley lead us. If any parents want to be involved in helping with the carnival games on Mondays please email me at christine.schelfhout@cewa.edu.au As soon as you get to school, put your bag on its hook/locker and go to the oval to join in the fun and get your body pumping. It’s a great way to start the school day! Chris Schelfhout

SCHOOL FEES

An annual account will be issued and is due in full by the due date. Semester billing no longer applies. It is important for all parents to know that St. Anthony’s stand ready to support all families, especially those for whom fees are a concern. Please contact the Principal, Greg Green or Finance Officer, Gina Hall whenever fees are a problem.

Annual Account: To be posted to families during Term 1. Fee schedule and further information regarding fees please refer to the website.

Concession Cards: Families with a valid Health Care Card are asked to present card to the school office

by Wednesday 13th February 2019 to obtain the discount.. Additional discounts apply to Concession Card Holders as per the fee schedule.

Direct Debit Payments: Families wishing to pay their fees via Direct Debit can fill out a form from the school office. Those families already on direct debit will receive information with a suggested amount.

BPay Payments: Please ensure you are using the biller code 279943 for BPay payments.

Fee Sharing: Fee sharing is available for parents with children currently enrolled at St Anthony’s School and La Salle College.

St Anthony’s: With one child at St Anthony’s (Pre Primary to Year 6) and one or more children at La Salle, parents receive an annual discount of $42 off tuition fees and are

required to lodge a form at St Anthony’s each year.

La Salle: With one child at La Salle and one or more children at St Anthony’s, parents are entitled to receive a discount off tuition fees and are required to lodge a form at La Salle.

Both Schools: With one child at St Anthony’s (Pre Primary to Year 6) and one child at La Salle, parents are entitled to receive a discount off tuition fees at both schools and are required to lodge a form at both to receive the discount.

Full Family Details Data Sheet – The record of your child/dren’s ‘Full Family Details’ will be sent home with the Annual account. This is the most up to date details the school has on record. If required please make

any changes to this sheet in RED PEN and return it to the school office by the due date so we can update our records.

MCEETYA Update – Students in Years 1, 3 and 5 will have a MCEETYA update form sent with the school fees. This form needs to be completed and returned. Parents would have been completed this form a number of years ago and it now needs to be updated. Please return this form by the due date, so we can update our records.

3 Year Old Kindergarten Fees: The 3 Year Old Kindergarten fees will be posted out next week. These accounts will be posted out separately.

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ST ANTHONY’S SCHOOL

ABSENTEE LINE - 9294 5535

If your child is going to be absent from school, parents are asked to ring the Absentee Line on 9294 5535 by 8.30am on the day of absence and leave the following information: Full Name of Student Year/Class (eg 1G) Reason for absence and expected length of absence Your name and relationship to the student

As part of our school’s duty of care, if you have not notified the school office or your child’s class teacher of their absence, you will be notified via an SMS that your child has been recorded as being absent. On receipt

of the SMS, please contact the school office to confirm their absence. All absences will need to be followed up with a written note to the OFFICE, or an email sent to admin@stanthonysgreen.wa.edu.au

All absences require a written explanation for auditing purposes.

LATE ARRIVALS

If your child is arriving late to school, they require to be signed in at the school office the by the parent/carer.

STUDENT APPOINTMENTS

Children who need to leave the school during school hours (eg: for appointments with doctor, dentist etc) need to be signed out at the school office by the parent/carer and then Signed in when the return to school from their appointment.

CHANGE OF CONTACT DETAILS

Please notify the school of any changes to contact details including changes to emergency details and medication conditions.

Thank you in advance for your support in this matter.

ATTENTION!! - ACROD PARKING BAYS Thank you for all your wonderful patience during drop off and pick up times at the school. Please be mindful that the “Disabled Parking Bays” in school and Parish parking areas are being taken by non-ACROD card holders. Please be courteous and refrain from parking in these bays as they are rightly reserved for those people who need them.

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STUDENT LEADERSHIP 2019 Congratulations to our new student leaders who were elected by their peers and the staff.

Head Boy Jack Markham Head Girl Abbey Jose

Deputy Head Boy Zac Cicanese Deputy Head Girl Francesca Bernard

Faction Leaders

Vincent (Gold) Laurence (Green) MacKillop (Red) Jordan (Blue)

Captains Imogen Sell Kayla Petrillo Shyanne Dienhoff Jaida Chipper Thomas Baker Tyson Borg Ben Ottobrino Mason Zloich

Deputies Alyssa Damhuis Amber Borg Summer Evans Jasmine Fanderlinden Brody Buselich Bryn McLeod Thomas Rechichi Logan Dean

SCHOOL BOARD 2019

PRINCIPAL Greg Green PARISH PRIEST Fr. Leonard Macionczyk

BOARD MEMBER Phil Bastian BOARD MEMBER Stacey Baker

BOARD MEMBER Matthew O’Neill BOARD MEMBER Heath Mizen

BOARD MEMBER Karen Frey BOARD MEMBER Agnieszka Cichocki

BOARD MEMBER Adrian Bleach

P & F COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2019

PRESIDENT Kate Price VICE PRESIDENT Lynda Cathcart

TRESURER Sandra Markham P & F REP TO THE BOARD Adrian Bleach

SECRETARY Daniele McGrath GENERAL COMMITTEE Ambre Cook

GENERAL COMMITTEE Sarah Cole GENERAL COMMITTEE Samantha de Guzman

GENERAL COMMITTEE Aurelia Cooper

MEDICAL CONDITIONS/EMERGENCY DETAILS

The school should be made aware of students who are taking special medication or suffering from allergies or other conditions. If your child requires the use of Asthma medication or an Epipen which requires to be kept at school for your child, a form needs to be completed in the school office and the medication brought in for safe keeping. Please see Aurelia in the office for forms to update your child’s records.

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RE CORNER with Mrs Potts & Ms Vranjes

WELCOME FATHER LEONARD & BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL MASS We would like to take this opportunity to warmly welcome Father Leonard St Anthony’s as our Parish Priest. Father Leonard may be familiar to some students and families as he has worked with our parish community in the past. We look forward to getting to know him gaining wisdom from his spiritual guidance. Today students from Year One to Year Six participated in a mass and the students received a special blessing by Father Leonard for the commencement of the new school year.

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM 2019 Information sheets for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, First Holy Communion and Confirmation will be sent home with parents on the Parent Information Evening on Monday. Please see Father Leonard or Melissa Doyle at the Parish should you have any questions. This may be especially important if your child has transferred from another school.

DATES FOR THE DIARY – TERM 1

Upcoming Masses: Students attending 9.00am at St Anthony’s Church

15th February Year 2G and 6B

22nd February Year 2B and 6B

6th March Whole School Mass Ash Wednesday

8th March Year 1B and 5B

22nd March Year 4B and PPB

29th March Year 4G and PPG

5th April Year 1G and 5G

First Holy Communion 26th February 2019 7:00pm Parent information evening Sacrament of Reconciliation 5th April 2019 10:00am Year 4 - 6 Stations of the Cross 5th April 2019 6.00pm Parish Celebration – Year 6 will prepare 11th April 2019 9:30am School Celebration - Year 6 will prepare

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SCHOOL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AFTER HOURS

At the present time, children are playing on the school playground equipment after school. The school is considered private property and as the Principal of the school I am responsible for the welfare of any person on school premises. Under our Public Liability Insurance, there is a duty of care to provide a safe environment. If the school foresees possible problems, or potential claims, it is a condition under our Public Liability Policy to take “reasonable care and precautions to prevent personal injury and/or property damage.” If this reasoning is applied to the use of our playground equipment outside school hours, there is a cause for concern. I have been advised by Catholic Church Insurance to ban all children from playing on school playground equipment outside school hours even if parents or guardians are present. This is particularly relevant as we have our new nature play area in Pre-primary.

LUNCH ORDERING FOR 2019 (Wednesdays to Fridays ONLY)

As of 2019 the ordering of lunches will be by "The Packed Lunchbox". The Packed Lunchbox provides healthy alternatives to kids favourite foods offering a 3 course lunchbox including a main, fruit or veg cup and a snack on the side. Meals are prepared fresh daily and delivered to school just before the lunch bell. There is a variety of choices, catering to range of dietary requirements. Lunches will be able to be ordered on Wednesdays to Fridays only by 8am on the day of delivery. A copy of this terms menu is at the end of the newsletter. More information including the menu and how to register can be found at found https://www.packedlunchbox.com.au/

QUICK CLIQ ACCOUNTS Families who previously paid for their canteen orders through Quick Cliq, may still have credit on their accounts. This credit can be used to purchase school uniforms via the online ordering system.

TERM DATES 2019 OFFICE OPENS: Thursday 31 January 2019

TERM 1 Teachers: Thursday 31 January to Friday 12 April Students: Monday 4 February to Friday 12 April Pupil Free Days: Friday 1 March Public Holiday: Labour Day – Monday 4 March

TERM 2 Teachers: Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July Students: Tuesday 30 April to Friday 5 July Pupil Free Days: Monday 29 April Public Holiday: Western Australia Day – Monday 3 June

TERM 3 Teachers: Monday 22 July to Friday 27 September Students: Tuesday 23 July to Friday 27 September Pupil Free Days: Monday 22 July & Monday 26 August

TERM 4 Teachers: Monday 14 October to Friday 13 December Students: Tuesday 15 October to Friday 13 December (TBC) Pupil Free Days: Monday 14 October

Please note that these are the proposed dates for 2019 and are subject to change.

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SWIMMING TRIALS Children in Years 4 to 6 will be having swimming trials at Bilgoman Pool on Thursday 21st February 2019. Parent help with timing and general supervision will be required. A permission letter has been sent home and needs to be returned to your child’s class teacher by Wednesday 13th February 2019. Swimming Trials will be held at: Year 4 leave school 9.00am; arrive back 10.40am Year 5 leave school 11.00am; arrive back 12.40pm Year 6 leave school 1.20pm; arrive back 3.00pm

The children can wear their sport uniform and will need bathers, towel, sunscreen, hat, thongs, rashie and a water bottle. Year 4 students may wear their bathers under their sports uniform and change at school when they return. Year 5 & 6 students can change into bathers at school during break times.

ALL GIRLS JUNIOR CRICKET COMPS All Girls Junior Cricket leagues are a great way for girls to get active and make life-long friends while playing fun, T20 format games of cricket. All Girls Leagues are open to girls aged 11 to 17 with basic cricket skills and are played during Term 1 after school or on weekends. If you or a girl you know is interested in joining a team, All Girl Junior Cricket leagues are specifically organised for you and are open now for registrations. Look for information at playcricket.com.au

2019 BOOK LISTS – Chair Bags and Homework Bags

As per the 2019 Booklist students in Year 2 require a Chair Bag and students in Pre-Primary require a Homework Bag. These are available from the school office – Chair Bag ($14) and Homework Bag ($10). If you need to purchase a replacement Chair Bag or Homework Bag for your child in other years, please come to the office – please note stock for replacements Chair Bags and Homework Bags are limited.

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SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP NEWS

St Anthony’s Uniform Shop

Welcome to our New Families & welcome back to our returning families!

The School Uniform Shop is open every Wednesday 8:45am – 2:45pm during school school terms

ONLINE ORDERING IS AVAILABLE with www.QuickCliq.com.au

Please ensure your child has their correct Uniform for the Start of Term 1 2019

SPORTS SHOES

With the start of the New Year parents are purchasing new school shoes. I would respectfully ask parents to be mindful of the school uniform code when making purchases. Parents are asked to ensure that their children wear sports shoes that are conservative in style and definitely not fluoro to school. A shoe that is predominately black or white would be acceptable. Some minor colouring in the shoe detailing may be unavoidable and this is also acceptable.

The everyday shoe outside of sports remains strictly a black lace up shoe.

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SCHOOL UNIFORM

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SCHOOL BANKING

School Banking is back next Wednesday 13th February 2019 from 8.15am in the School Library

Anyone wanting to join can contact me or come and visit to find out more.

New rewards are available this year – as per the flier below.

See you all back for a big year of saving Kelli – 0412 889 500

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A Message From Diane Verson – Social Worker

Dear Parents, Welcome back to all our St. Anthony’s families! I hope you all have a wonderful break and are feeling refreshed, excited and ready to tackle 2019. It takes a village to raise a child is an African proverb which means that it takes an entire community of different people interacting with children in order for a child to experience and grow in a safe environment. We at St Anthony’s always endeavour to work alongside parents and families to ensure the best outcomes for your child. I hope 2019 will continue to be a fun and rewarding year for us all.

Diane Verson Social Worker

I dreamed I stood in a studio

and watched two sculptors there,

the clay they used was a young child’s mind

and they fashioned it with care.

One was a teacher; the tools being used

were books and music and art,

one parent with a guiding hand

and a gentle, loving heart.

Day after day the teacher toiled

with touch that was deft and sure,

while the parent laboured just as hard

and polished and smoothed it o’er.

When at last their task was done

they were proud of what they had wrought,

for the things they had moulded into the child

could neither be sold nor bought.

And both agreed they would have failed

If they had worked alone;

for behind the parent stood the school

and behind the teacher, the home.

David Bowen

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CHURCH NOTICES

WELCOME

We welcome Fr Leonard Macionczyk SDS as our new Parish Priest.

AFTER SCHOOL RE CLASSES

After School Religious Education classes will commence on Tuesday 12th February from

3:45-4:45pm in the middle primary block at St Anthony’s school. These classes prepare

children of non-catholic schools for the Sacraments. Please phone Melissa on 0438 104 124 to

register or to find out more.

RCIC (Rite of Christian Initiation of Children)

RCIC is the program which prepares children (not baptised as infants and in Year One or

older), for Baptism. RCIC classes will begin on Wednesday 13th February. Please phone

the Parish Office on 9294 3504 for more information.

PARISH OFFICE

The Parish office is now open:

Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 8:30am-2:30pm

It is Closed Monday & Thursday

LENTEN PRAYER GROUP

We would like to start a Lenten Prayer Group in the Parish. If you would be interested in

joining this group, please put you name and contact details on the form in the Church foyer.

PLAYGROUP

A Parish Playgroup run by parish/school parents is held every Wednesday morning in the

church hall during the term from 9.00am to 11.00am. It caters for babies to school age

children. Come along share a cuppa and make new friends.

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St Anthony’s School Planner 2019

TERM 1

WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

28 Jan

29 Jan

30 Jan

31 Jan

Term 1 begins for Staff

1 Feb

Commissioning Mass

4.30pm

2 Feb

Presentation of the Lord

3 Feb

Family Mass 9am

(Parish)

1

4 Feb

Term 1 begins for Students

5 Feb

6 Feb

7 Feb ASSEMBLY:

General (2.30pm start)

Zuludesk Parent

Seminar 6:30-8:30pm

8 Feb New Year

School Mass 9am Mel to prepare

(Blessing of classes)

9 Feb

10 Feb

2 11 Feb

World Day of Prayer for the Sick

Parent Information

Meetings Kindy-1:30-2:30 Year 1- Year 6:

12 Feb

P&F Meeting 7pm

13 Feb

14 Feb

15 Feb Year 2G & 6G

attend Mass

16 Feb

17 Feb

3 18 Feb

19 Feb

20 Feb 21 Feb

Swimming Trials Yrs 4-6

22 Feb Year 2B & 6B

attend Mass

23 Feb

24 Feb

4 25 Feb

26 Feb

27 Feb

28 Feb

Sport:T20 Blast Carnival

ASSEMBLY: 6G

(2.15pm start)

1 March AUTUMN

STAFF PD Shelley Forbes/

Other

2 March 3 March

Project Compassion

(Give Lent 100%)

Family Mass (Parish)

5

4 March

LABOUR DAY Public Holiday

5 March

Shrove Tuesday

6 March ASH

WEDNESDAY School Mass

9am Sarah to prepare

7 March

8 March Year 1B & 5B

attend Mass

9 March

10 March 1st Sunday of

Lent

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Parent Info Evening

1st Communion 7pm

Swimming – Years 4-6 12.20-1.00 1.10-1.50 2.00-2.40

PP On Entry Assessment (OEA): Weeks 3-7

WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

6

11 March

12 March

P&F Meeting 7pm

13 March

14 March

15 March

Incursion: Brilliant at

Being Resilient PP-Yr 6

16 March

17 March

7 18 March

St Patrick

EXCURSION: Yr 2

Kalamunda History Village

19th March

19 March

St Joseph

Faction Swimming

Carnival (Yrs 4-6)

20 March

International Day of Happiness

21 March

Harmony Day

ASSEMBLY: 3G

(2.15pm start)

22 March Year 4B & PPB

attend Mass

23 March

24 March

8 25 March

Annunciation of the Lord

26 March

Interschool Swimming

Carnival

27 March

Yr 6: Student Leadership Conference

28 March

29 March

Year 4G & PPG

attend Mass

30 March

30 March

9 1 April

2 April

SCHOOL PHOTOS

3 April

SCHOOL PHOTOS (Kindy)

4 April

ASSEMBLY: 1G

(2.15pm start)

5 April Year 1G & 5G attend Mass

Parish Stations of the Cross and

soup night 6pm

6 April 7 April

Family Mass 9am

(Parish)

10 8 April

9 April

P&F Meeting 7pm

10 April

Faction Athletics Carnival

(Field Events) 9.45am-3.00pm

11 April Stations of the Cross

9.30 am

Year 6 to prepare

12 April

Faction Athletics Carnival

(Track Events) 9.00-3.00pm

Term 1 ends

Staff/Students

13 April

14 April

Passion/Palm Sunday

15 April

16 April

17 April

18 April HOLY

THURSDAY

19 April GOOD FRIDAY

20 April EASTER

SATURDAY

21 April EASTER SUNDAY

22 April

EASTER MONDAY

23 April

24 April

25 April ANZAC DAY

Public Holiday

26 April 27 April 28 April

Divine Mercy

Parent/Teacher Interviews: Weeks 7-9

H O L Y W E E K

Enrolment for 1st Communion

Sat 6pm Sun 9am

Sacrament of Reconciliation Yrs 4-6 10am

Swimming – Years 4-6 12.20-1.00 1.10-1.50 2.00-2.40

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