Dear St Anthony's Families,

OThe prayer today is for Mr Ross Williams who passed away earlier this week. He was the much loved principal at Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School in Bayswater. While I didn't know Ross personally, I have met him a few times at network meetings. He was a kind and caring man, who will be dearly missed by his family, community and wider catholic education community.

Loving God,

We remember before you Ross, the principal of Our Lady of Lourdes, called home to you before his time.

We thank you for his years of service, their care for children, staff and the community they helped shape.

Grant Ross eternal rest and comfort all who mourn him, especially his family and school community.

May his memory be a blessing and may we hold the Our Lady of Lourdes community in our prayers in the days ahead.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

It has been an immensely busy two weeks. While we all really enjoyed all the different events, we have reflected on this already and will make sure that we spread some of these out in 2027.

Cinderella Tickets

Please make sure you get your Cinderella ticket now by clicking here

Book Week

Book Week was another resounding success for our school and an opportunity to celebrate together. You only need to look at this amazing photo below to see this, not just students, not just staff but a large group of our community together.

Congratulations to all of our Book Week competition winners for their interesting and creative work!

I would like to thank Tim for his dedication and organisation in making this happen.

Cinderella Kinder Morning

On Friday next week we are hosting a Kinder Morning. We have invited the local Kinders to come and watch some of the Cinderella show. They will also take part in some parachute games and story & art time with Mr Ru. We look forward to seeing all our local kinder students.

HOLT Athletics Day

Congratulations to all the grade 3 to 6 students who participated in the HOLT Aths Carnival. It was a great day from all account. We particularly congratulate: Hector, Christelle, Nathan, Josh, Theresa, Sophie and the St Anthony's 9/10 Girls Relay Team (Molly, Felicia, Christelle and Sophie) - This team has the opportunity to represent our school and district in the Division competition on the 9th of October.

Fathers Day Breakfast

It was so wonderful to see so many dads, grandfathers and special men in our students' lives, joining us for the Father's Day Breakfast on Tuesday.

A big thank you to Anna-Marie and Bec for the organisation, and to all of the people who helped and supported this event. It was another true testament of the great community of St Anthony's. Thank you.

Grandparents and Special Friends morning

Today, we celebrated grandparents and special friends morning. It was wonderful to see so many grandparents and special friends. Thank you to the teachers for opening your classrooms, Tim and Fr Eugene for the wonderful Mass and to Vesna and Liz for preparing and serving such a phenomenal home grown, and made, morning tea. See more on our Grandparents Day page.

3/4 CAMP GUNDIWINDI

Our Year 3/4 students will be heading off for their Camp next Monday to Gundiwindi Lodge, which we know will be an exciting and enjoyable. We look forward to hearing from our middle school students on their favorite activities, and how much sleep they feel they got!

Italian Day - Term Four

On Thursday, 22nd October, Signora Di Camillo is organising our Italian Day. Save the Date!

Mr Ru's leave

I would like to inform you that I will be taking leave for the last two days of Term 3 and the first week of Term 4. I will be visiting my parents back home in the Netherlands. I will be checking emails but for immediate assistance at school, please contact Loretto or the office.

End of Term 3 (Fri 18/9 at 1.45pm)

The end of Term Three is not far away. School will finish for the Term on Friday the 18th September at 1.45pm. We will celebrate the footy finals with a footy day on this day.

Go Hawks!

To all the dads, grand dads, great-grand dads and special men in our lives, I hope you have a wonderful Fathers Day this Sunday.

In partnership,

Ru

Book Week 2026

Lots of photos to share!