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St. Anthony’s School
Newsletter
“Lighting Pathways for life….”
6th November 2014
Principal: Paul Ryan
Priest Director: Fr Hal Ranger
9 Memory Street
Toowoomba Qld 4350
Phone: 4635 6200 Fax: 4635 0950
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.twb.catholic.edu.au/stanthonys
Student Protection Contacts:
Vicki Keith & Emma Gavin
WHS: Korine Lewis
Hello Everyone, Well its here. Our biggest fundraiser of the year. This Saturday marks the date set for our Christmas celebration. An unbelievable amount of effort goes into this event. We recognise Michelle Leaman, our fearless P&F leader, as the coordinator for this year’s event. Michelle would be quick to tell you that she has had an
enormous response from people right across our school to help, but of course she is seeking more help from
YOU!. We not only need for you to attend and bring family, extended family and friends , but we also need you to
assist at the event. It might be for half an hour in a stall or it might be the biggest job of all-clean up, either way
we need your help. I write to you specifically for this help. Please respond in kind to our plea for assistance to
make this event our most successful. After all, its about raising money to be spent on each child at our magnificent school.
It gives us great pleasure to inform you all that we have made a recent purchase of 30 laptops to replace the current laptops as
part of the mobile class set. The current laptops will now go to the library and be utilised there and be loaned out to the rest of
the school. This purchase has been made possible through our IT Levy. We also inform you that an additional 30 laptops will
be purchased at the beginning of next year. This will ensure we keep abreast of replacing old machines. As you all know this is
important. We must remain vigilant in our efforts in purchasing IT equipment and rolling them in and then out over a 3-4 year
period depending on the device. Additionally, our teaching staff are provided with their own classroom PC. This roll-over of computers is made possible through the office. The current classroom teacher's PCs will then be utilised by students across the
school. You see, its not only important to pay your fees, its important to pay them in a timely fashion so that these purchases
can be made earlier in the academic year. This ensures that your child receives maximum exposure to this equipment.
You may be aware that we are currently seeking a teacher for 4 days for 2015. This teacher will be job sharing with Mrs AnneMaree d’Abadie in Prep for one day and 3 days sharing with Miss Jo Keleher. This means that the successful applicant will be
required to work collaboratively with both of these teachers to ensure a smooth transition for the children in their classes. We
assure you this can and will happen because of the professionalism of these teachers.
APRE Reflection
Mini-Vinnies
Mini-Vinnies will have a special Christmas tree at the StOur St Anthony’s community has gone more than a little Christmas
Anthony's Community Christmas on 8 November to help out with
Crazy! The children are singing carols, parcels and baskets of
the Christmas appeal. Please put your leftover coins in the bucket
goodies appear in the office, clusters of Christmas Elves work away
under the tree or bring some non-perishable food items to place
creating things of beauty to share with others, and there are Christmas Trees made of
in the basket. While Christmas is a great time for having fun, it is
chocolate! We are all looking forward to the P&F’s Christmas Market Evening on
also a time to think of those less fortunate.
Saturday.
You will find the tree at the entrance of the Assembly Hall.
We know that Christmas is still over a month away – but it is good to begin to prepare
for it. In a few weeks’ time the church season of Advent will begin. It would be wonder- by Mini-Vinnies and 5LL
ful if in our hearts we could begin to prepare for the coming of the Christ child with the
same energy and enthusiasm we have put towards preparing for the Christmas markets.
John R. Brokhoff writes that “Advent is a time of quiet anticipation. If Christ is going to come again into our hearts, we must make space for him. Without this
sacred space, our hearts will be so full of worldly things that there will be ‘no
room in the inn’ for Christ to be born again."
In many ways our lives are just as busy, as cluttered and crowded as the ancient town
of Bethlehem. But the shepherds who left the hillside and the wise men who followed a
star, found God present in a humble stable. Those of us who can take time, slow
down, be still and be awake, have the great gift of finding the divine in the middle of
everything that looks so common and ordinary. And that’s the great gift of Christmas.
Students NOT Returning 2015
If for any reason your child/ren are not returning to St Anthony’s
in 2015 please notify the Principal or Office staff. This will allow
us to organise our classes for next year, cater for students on
our waiting lists and also prevent you from being charged for
2015 Term 1 fees.
Prep AD-Thank you SO much to our wonderful parents for coming to the
working bee in our Prep garden on Saturday. Thanks to Dean and Oma Vicary
for cleaning our eating area and pathways with an industrial high pressure cleaner; to Dan Carmody, Shane Kmita, Andrea Brown and David Donohue for tirelessly digging holes for our new plants; our wonderful groundsman, Richard;
Jenny and Mary for painting; Sabrina for painting and cleaning out our chicken
coop; and last but not least to the wonderful Jane Hudson for coordinating and
working tirelessly to make our Prep garden such a special and beautiful
place. Thank you all so much – your generosity is overwhelming! We have explained to the children that the Prep garden is a quiet place – with no running or
screaming. Please encourage your child to explore and enjoy the garden quietly
in the morning and in the afternoon after Prep. Also please help us to discourage
younger siblings from pulling out plants and picking flowers. Thursday was our
Orientation Day! Our prep children spent the morning in Year One, checking out
the classrooms and play areas.
Prep SB– We are busy learning about 'things that move'. Last week, on Thursday,
Nadia taught us all about the heart! We learnt that the heart never stops moving and
that it can beat faster and slower. We learnt that it beats quickly when we are doing
exercise, like running. We also learnt that some parts of our heart has little oxygen
whereas other parts has lots of oxygen. This week we practised different types of movements - we practised how to roll, slide, push, pull, and bounce. We also practised moving like different types of animals!
We did some great writing on Monday. We are now writing more independently and
have our own goals that will make us better writers.
Melbourne Cup was an event students took part in. We all were given a horse and
number, made hats, and watched the Melbourne Cup race on the big screen in the hall.
The Christmas Community Event is on this Saturday the 7th of November. All Prep
students are asked to sing before Mass at 4pm. Mass will be at
4:30pm.
A BIG thank you to all the mums and dads who spent their Saturday
working in the Prep garden. It is now a much nicer place to be in and
looks wonderful!!
Yr 1 EG-This week in Year 1 EG we have been spending some time outside prac-
tising and reinforcing positional language. In English we have completed our information
report planning with our partners and are beginning to write our individual first copies.
We have started our science unit about how things change and have photographed
different things around the school that we predict will change
over time. St. Anthony’s Christmas Event is this Saturday and
we encourage all family and friends to attend as we are
looking forward to singing for everyone.
This is my final week of professional experience in Year 1
EG. I have had such a wonderful time and have learnt so
much from each and every student!
Have a wonderful week, Emily Clark.
Yr 2 JK- We’ve continued our Geography, studying aspects of infrastructure and
community needs. At the moment, the children are busily developing their own town,
selecting carefully the types of shops, factories, recreation facilities and services they
require and giving due consideration to their placement on their town map. During
English lessons we studied ‘n’ (kn & gn), ‘r’ (wr) & ‘kw’ (qu) sounds. We’ve checked the
application of cursive letters into everyday tasks. We focused on Aesop Fables and
have begun writing a retell of “The Lion and the Mouse.” Year 2 presentation for the
next two weeks (Week 6&7) is to mime an action or event. In Mathematics, we developed ‘chance’ concepts further, incorporating certain and impossible to the list of likely
and unlikely possibilities and applied these ideas to the likelihood of various events. We
played spinner games using tally marks to record events and discuss outcomes. We
also gathered, plotted and interpreted data on a graph. Our focus, in Religion this week
was the story of Zacchaeus, we identified the purpose of Jesus’ mission and how Jesus’
ministry affected the key character, Zacchaeus.
Swimming lessons are 15 minutes earlier. We leave school 9:40a.m for our swimming lesson 10:00-10:30. After swimming, children will have a late
morning tea (pack extra food as children often feel hungry after
swimming) and a short play before returning to the classroom. Reminder: Next Wednesday, Year 2JK will attend the Parish mid-week
Mass.
Yr 4 JR-Many children of Year 4JR made me feel extremely proud this week when
they personally volunteered to give up their time and make a decision to participate in
the Family Parish/School mass that will open the celebrations on Saturday. It is wonderful to see the children freely choose to become involved. This week has been declared
as a Family week at St. Anthony's School therefore there
has been no official homework. However I have asked the
children to keep up their reading and spend time with their
family. Don't forget swimming tomorrow! Please remind your
child to organise all of their swimming requirements.
Yr 1 CC- We are now in Week 5 and in the midst of a lot of assessment tasks.
Please make
sure your child has enough food in their lunchbox as well as enough sleep each night, so that they
can maintain their energy levels. This is the last week for borrowing at the library. Please make
sure all books are returned next week. The explanation presentations are going really well. The
children have been intrigued by many of the things they have been shown and presenters are
remembering to look at the audience and use a clear voice. Well done! In
Maths, we are revising giving and following directions and are trying to use
more complicated language such as clockwise and anti-clockwise. Don’t
forget the St Anthony’s Christmas Markets this Saturday evening. Year
Ones will be singing at 4:15p.m and then there will be heaps of interesting
stalls to visit afterwards. We would love to see you there!
Yr 3 RM -This week in 3RM, together we created an Acrostic Poem about Grade Three, then
we wrote our very own Acrostic Poem, we were very clever with our poetry writing. On Wednesday we held our class Liturgy in the Church, the Prayers of the Faithful written by the students
reflected how thankful we are for all of the special things in our lives. In Science we started planning our investigation of the conduction of heat through different materials. Maths we explored
capacity, length and mass and discovered that while containers may have a different shape they
can still hold the same amount of liquid. On Wednesday we said goodbye to Miss Walsh, who has
been with us on internship for the past 4 weeks, we got the opportunity to provide Miss Walsh
with written feedback on how we thought she went as our teacher, she appreciated this quality
feedback. We thank Miss Walsh for her time with us, we loved how she was so enthusiastic, we
give her our best wishes for next year.
Our Acrostic Poem
G rade three is
R esponsible for learning
A mazing things. They are
D etermined to learn inside an
E xciting classroom with
T rustworthy children great at
H ealth. They are brillant at
R eading and great with English. Grade three children are
E xtraordinary.
ENGRAVING
On Wednesday Nov 19th at 8:45am Constable
Rebecca will be at our school to engrave
bicycles, scooters etc.
Swimming – Term 4
Yr 6/7 JA-This week in 6/7JA excitement is buzzing in our classroom as we are surrounded
by winners and lots of fun loving bears and stuffed animals. First - by now you are no doubt
aware the students who represented us at the Readers Cup Challenge performed beautifully.
Congratulations to Madeleine Delaforce, Tim Fels, Kai Thompson and Kate Neale who placed
first while Yentle Rangiira, Ben Toohey, Michaela Collins and Emma Box placed third. This was
a great effort by all students and their fantastic results helped our school win the overall trophy
as being the best school with the most points. Second - Of course the Best Dressed Stuffed Toy
competition we are running as a fundraiser is starting to get really exciting. We have many toys
of different shapes and sizes entered. They are all adorable and it is obvious they are all so
loved. It is hoped this fundraiser will not only be enjoyable, but successful as well. Finally a huge
thank you to Tim, Georgia, Yentle, Lucy, Tommy, Grace, Anthony (6/7RL) and their families for
helping me out with the Family Mass on Sunday. They all did an amazing job and as their teacher I was proud of them and their commitment to our school. Friendly reminder: As this week was
Family Week there is no formal homework due, however we are all looking forward
to hearing what your family did together to make the week special. Don’t forget
Saturday at 4pm we have our St Anthony’s Community Christmas. The time for our
class performance is in the newsletter. Thank you to all those students who have
volunteered to be a part of the celebrations. Until next week, God bless.
Yr 6/7 RL-It has been another busy week for 6/7 RL. This week we have continued work-
ing on our knowledge and understanding of multiplication and division of decimals and have
been working on our understanding of discounts. We have also been revising some of the
concepts covered in Maths this term to help us with our testing at the end of term. In English we
are coming to an end with our poetry learning and students have created some very fun poems
of their own. We are now ready to begin publishing our work for our assessment. In Geography
students have presented some very interesting and informative PowerPoints on Asia. Students are to be reminded that they will be completing assessment items again
next week. Until then! 9:00 am
9:30 am
10:00 am
10:30 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
5LL
2/3VN & 3RM
1CC & 2JK
1EG & 4JR
Prep AD & 6/7 JA
Prep SB & 6/7 RL
Please pack extra food for your child/ren
on swimming days and they usually have
an increased appetite after swimming.!!!!
READERS’ CUP
Congratulations to all students who competed in the Catholic Schools Reader’s
Cup Competition. Student performance
was high in all divisions, with the Six/
Seven team (Fearless) bringing home a
trophy and a $50 book voucher to spend
on resources for our library. St Anthony’s
also took out the Aggregate trophy for the day, winning with a grand total
of 218.5 points. We would like to acknowledge the Mums, Dads & staff
who gave up their time to provide transport and support for our students.
Children’s Choir
It was such a pleasure to be at the 8.30am mass last Sunday. So many wonderful children came along to sing as a part of the Children’s Choir. We sang
a beautiful new hymn “Nothing Can Take Us Away” which tells how nothing can separate us from God’s love. We had two practises last week – on
Thursday and Friday – and I have to say we did sound rather fabulous! Thank you to our young singers: Charlotte Neilan, Rose Bino, Bennett Horner,
Finn Pickering, Emma Fels, Ava O’Neill, Maddison Geiger, Jessica Toohey, Zoe Waters, Lily Fels, Yentle Rangiira, Georgia Waters, Grace Toombs as
well as past students Emily Hanna, Michaela Waite, Joe Hanna and Ally Tiernan.
St Anthony’s Community Christmas Choir Times
Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday! Don’t forget to come along to sing some Christmas songs with your whole Class Choirs!
Prep and Year One – 4.15pm in the Big Sports SHED??? What do we call it?
Year Two, Three and Four – 6.15 near the Big Tree
Year Five, Six and Seven – 7.30 near the Big Tree
St Anthony’s Community Christmas Mass @ 4.30
Thank you so much to the generous children who have been giving up their own time to help prepare for the big combined school and parish mass that
will be held near the start of the market evening. Our choir is singing like angels; some great Year Four boys and girls are acting out the First Reading;
another group of children has learned a traditional Circle Dance that will be used to highlight the Sign of Peace; the Prep and Year One children will sing
one of their Christmas songs as the reflection after communion. We are grateful to Fr Hal for his ideas and for his willingness to work with us to make
this celebration of the mass truly relevant to our community. The children who have volunteered took notes home this week. It would be great to have
them returned so we know for certain who will be able to attend and help out. Thanks so much for your support.
Anne-Maree Spalding
RAFFLE
VOLUNTEERS
Please return all paid and unpaid tickets along with any money
collected to the school office before Friday the 7th of November.
Extra tickets can also be collected from the office.
A very BIG thank you to all of those who are volunteering
at this weeks Christmas event. It is a huge team effort
and your assistance guarantees success; the P&F appreciate your contribution.
The prizes on offer are: $700 cash, $200 cash, $100 cash, and
hampers full of goodies.
Tickets cost $5 for 1, $10 for 3 and $25 for 10
The family that sells and returns the most tickets before the 7th will
win 10 free tickets into the draw, so please put your family name
on the note attached to the tickets.
CANCELLATION
The gift wrapping stall has
been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Helpers will still be welcomed on the night, so please feel
free to lend a hand if you see someone in need. Thank
you.
Class Awards
Prep AD
Jevington Clothier-Dew
Finn Pickering
School Calendar of Events 2014
Yr. 4 JR
Yr. 2 JK
Nancy Daniels
Nathan Rogers
TERM FOUR
Prep SB
Emily Kropp
Erik Suhr
Yr. 5 LL
Kelly Santraveesuk
Makuac Marial
Yr. 2/3 VN
Yr. 1 CC
Kyara Palmer
Ebony-Leigh Bateman
Sean DiRuggiero
Yr. 6/7 RL
Ben Toohey
Tuesday, October Friday, December 5
St Anthony’s Christmas
Australian Youth Choir
Constable Rebecca Engraving
Presentation Day Mass
Child Writes Book Launch
- Sat
- Mon
- Wed
- Fri
- Mon
Nov 8
Nov 10
Nov 19
Nov 21 11am
Nov 24 8:50am
School Camp
Swimming Carnival Yr P-3
- Wed
- Fri
Nov 26 - Fri 28
Nov 28
(Glennie Aquatic Centre)
Yr. 3 RM
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Swimming Carnival Yr 4-7
- Mon
Dec 1
(Glennie Aquatic Centre)
Yr. 1 EG
Rihanna Whittaker
Patrick Glasgow
Yr. 6/7 JA
Callum Bennett
Jeremy Dagg Cooper Middleton
Yr 6/7 Awards Night
End of School Year Mass
- Wed
- Fri
Dec 3 5.30pm
Dec 5 11am
*****Times and dates are subject to change*****
Principal’s Award
Change of Day for Assembly
We are changing our day for Assembly this term to
Tuesday afternoons at 2:30pm
ST ANTHONY'S
PARISH
“A Place at the Table for All”
[email protected]
(Ph 4636 1737)
Postal Address: PO Box 217, Drayton North, Qld. 4350
Priest Director:
Pastoral Associate:
Chair Parish Council:
Parish Secretary:
Office Hours
Noela – Tues-Fri 8.30-2.30
Monica – Mon-Fri 9.00-4.00
Fr Hal Ranger
Mrs Monica Gundry
David Waters
Mrs Noela Nolan
Church Opening Hours
Monday-Friday
8.30am – 4pm
Term 1
Tues Jan 27 - Thurs April 2
Term 2
Mon April 20 - Fri June 26
Term 3
Mon July 13 - Fri Sept 18
Term 4
Tues Oct 6
Parish Christmas Hamper Appeal
Please support the Parish Christmas Hamper Appeal by
donating non perishable food items at the school office.
These items will be collected and given to community
members who are in need of support.
Always remember to keep your contact details up
to date ! If your child is absent please contact the
office on 46356200 to ensure that it is marked on
the attendance roll.
Fri Dec 4
Pastoral Care
If you have any queries or know anyone who requires help please contact Viv Hanna
46354835 or Nicole Rangiira 0437382408. Your support would be appreciated
St Anthony’s Parish Playgroup
Playgroup meets every Monday at the parish building from 9am until
11am. If interested please contact Robynne 0431095874 or Kahren on
0422569947
Sunday 8am – 11am
Please read our current Newsletter for up to date Parish information
and Mass times at:http://www.stanthonysparish.com.au/
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Sick Bay
Nov 7
- Kristy McCallum
Nov 14
- Sandra Young
Nov 21
- Helena Wiersma
Nov 28
- Jodie Murray
Please contact the office if you can help with washing the sick bay sheets.
There is no supervision provided, before 8:15am
Classroom supervision ends at 3pm
Pickup supervision ends at 3:25pm
Bus supervision ends at 3:45pm.
Stephen Street Car Park
We have had phone calls to the office in regards to safety in the car
park. If your child is waiting to be picked up they must wait in the
school grounds. Children must NOT run across the car park to the
parked cars and caution must be taken at all times. The School (south)
side of the car park is a stop/drop/go zone at pick up time and drop off
time. Vehicles should not be parked here. The Stephen Street (north)
side of the car park is for parking, if you park there you
must exit you’re your car and walk your child to the school
gate and of an afternoon meet them at the gate and walk
them back to your car.
Chiniquay Street
Please be aware there are residents in Chiniquay Street who are affected by the way people park in their street. People are parking for
long and short term periods in the “No Standing Zone” . This is hindering access to properties as well as making rubbish collect
impossible. We recommend that you try and park in the
Stephen or Memory Street car parks.
Attention all Volunteers
This is a reminder to ALL parents who volunteer in any way at St Anthony’s you MUST report to the office to read the ‘Code of Conduct for Volunteers’ document and the ‘Student Protection’ requirements BEFORE
you can begin your role as a volunteer. You will then need to be signed in
on any subsequent visit to the school.
NO ONE is permitted to enter a classroom unless they have signed in at
the office. This is for the protection of ALL children and for administration
to know who is on the premises in case of fire or lockdown.
Please remember that if an adult wishes to use the school amenities/
school toilets they must go to the staffroom.
Parents must never use students toilets.
St Anthony’s Community Christmas Volunteer Roster
Market
4–5
Jodie
Rodhe
Sandra Y
Ruth
Rodgers
5–6
Jodie
Rodhe
Sandra Y
Natalie P
Anita Collins
Paula G
Bar
BBQ
Serve
BBQ
Cook
Precookers:
Craig B
Ross W
Dessert/
Drinks
Mark
Leaman
Craig
Woodall
Heidi
Gleeson
Heather
Geiger
Meredith
R
Craig
Bearkley
Ross Williams
Saffron
McL
Martin
McC
Mark
Leaman
Craig
Woodall
Meredith
R
Helena
Marita
6–7
Jodie
Rodhe
Sandra Y
Rebecca
More
Jacqui C
Pat
Bearkley
Mark
Leaman
Craig
Woodall
Madonna
S
Maria
Toohey
Celia W
Craig
Bearkley
Brad
McKay
Craig
Bearkley
Cameron
Stephenson
Darren T Mick Middleton
Chrissie E Cindy M
Michelle L Nicole
Stephenson
Tess W
Nicole
Rangiira
7–8
Jodie
Rodhe
Sandra Y
Brooke P
8-9
Jodie
Rodhe
Sandra Y
Saffron
Mark
Leaman
Craig
Woodall
Michelle
Leaman
Tess
Woodall
Maddy W
Kenni L
Craig
Bearkley
Cameron
Stephenson
Mark
Leaman
Craig
Woodall
Bethany
Leaman
Kenni L
Maddy W
Paul R
Michelle L
Nicole
Stephenson
Tess W
Craig
Bearkley