High Expectations, Inclusivity, Students with a Voice, Excellence for All!

We have finally reached the end of 2019 with only a few days to go. There has been so much achieved this year that staff, students and families should celebrate. This newsletter is quite a full one and I ask that you take the time to read through the information as we close the 2019 year.

YEAR 6 LEADERS 2020

Congratulations to our current Year 5 students who will be taking on the following leadership roles and responsibilities in our school in 2020:

School Captains: Marley & Sally

Sports Captains: Raphael G Siena (Blue)

Rafael H Padua (Red)

Jack Xavier (Green)

Harry Nagle (Yellow)

Social Justice: Anara, Abigail,

Aaron, Nirmal, Francis

STEAM: Benedict, Lewis, Oliver,

Luke

The children will be blessed and receive their badges at the Opening Mass at the start of the year.

CLASS OF 2019 - YEAR 6 STUDENTS & GRADUATION

This group of young adults have successfully completed their primary education and have taken their responsibilities as senior students to another level this year. Their enthusiasm, eagerness and confidence have been instrumental to their growth during their time at school, in particular this year. This was evident in the way they took on their individual leadership roles with great pride. They have been fine examples of how students come together and keep the spirit of St Anthony’s school alive and active. As they start their new pathway in secondary college, I hope that their time at St Anthony’s School is a memorable one and held with great pride.

Good Luck to the Class of 2019.

FAMILIES WE FAREWELL

A sincere thank you to the families who we farewell this year. They are either leaving to continue their next chapter of education in High School, moving from the area or simply moving schools. Some have been members of the St Anthony's Family for many many years and have given continued support, time, commitment and expertise to our school. We thank them for their dedication and know they leave a legacy for years to come.

These families are :

Jacinta and Tim Hamilton,

Nat Cosgriff-Dunn and Clayton Dunn,

Ria Galanis and Christopher Boothroyd,

Donna Paatch and Harry O’Neill,

David Taylor and Kylie Wohlt,

Lina O’Byrne & Craig Boyles,

Kylie and Tim O’Connor,

Angela and Tas Vais ,

Hanafi and Tomoe Wongso,

Priscilla Chow,

Kelpesh and Manisha Patel,

David and Simone Mitchell,

Felicity and Drew Oliver.

The following five families are also leaving our school community. Although they were only with us for a short while, we thank them for their contribution to our school and wish them all the very best in the years to come:

The Malik Family, The Faruqui Family, The Mpofu Family, The Zheng Family, and The Damasco Family.

We wish The McGann Family a safe time away on your short adventure overseas and look forward to your return.

May all the families leaving take with them many fond memories of our school, the friendships made and know that our doors are always open to them.

LEAVING STUDENTS

Although I have already thanked the families for their contribution to our school I would like to acknowledge the students themselves for their contributions.

Our Year 6 Graduates :

Daniel, Noeleen, Natarsha, Charlie, Sophie, Nicholai, Derrick, Asher, Ava, Emily, Ned, Rudra, Zoe, Finnegan, Kayla, Leonardo and Karina.

Farewell to those students who are leaving our school to attend another primary school:

Pia, Brynn, Bonnie, Aaron, Zoya, Ruvi, Sabeen, Gracy, George, Frankie, Woody, Rachel, Hamilton and Jack. I hope that the memories and happy experiences of our school stay with you for many years to come and thank you for you contributions, in your own special ways, to the life of the school. I hope you settle into your new learning environments swiftly and with ease.

CHRISTMAS NATIVITY PLAY AND CAROLS EVENING

What a beautiful night when our community gathered together with reverence and collegiality! Thank you to the families who attended Tuesday night to watch and hear the children bring message of Christmas into our busy lives. The Foundation children presented the Nativity Story as the rest of the children sang the traditional Christmas Carols alongside them. The children then all finished the evening with singing a series of Christmas songs.

Congratulations to the Christmas Raffle winners who took home a selection of fantastic hampers. Thank you to our wonderful PFA 2018/19 Co Presidents, Jane and Emily, who completed their last task of their term putting together the beautiful hampers, and to the fabulous parents for your donations.

Jane and Emily proudly handed over a sensational total of $35,000.00 to the school. We thank them and the PFA for their fundraising efforts throughout the two years. Their passion and efforts are greatly appreciated, and the school is grateful for the time, passion and energy they brought the PFA Co-Presidents.

END OF YEAR MASS & SPECIAL LITURGY FOR YEAR 6

As part of the End of the Year Thanksgiving Mass families are invited to attend Mass on Friday 13 December at 12.00pm for our final Mass for the year as we celebrate the achievements made this year and farewell all students, staff and families who will be leaving.

This will be followed by the tradition of Passing of the Light from Year 6 to Year 5 students where the leadership roles will be passed from the current leaders to 2020 leaders so that the responsibilities can be continued in our school.

Take a Bow

Mary Bailey's Take a Bow Performance