St Anthony's Primary School Girraween

Coordinator/Teacher Release: 2G Christina Nubla (every 2nd Thursday and each Friday)

Congratulations to the following students:

Congratulations & Farewell to all our Year 6 Students.

We had a great attendance at our Annual General Meeting last Wednesday with parents committed to contributing their time and energies next year as a volunteer or executive committee member. Thank you to all those parents who attended and gave their apologies but all indicating their availability to assist with 2021 events and celebrations.

We would like to thank the following people for accepting leadership positions on the School Community Group for 2021:

Your child’s class teacher for 2021, would like to make an appointment for your child to attend a ‘Mathematics Assessment Interview’ early in Term 1, 2021.

St Anthony’s School is having two Staff Development Days in January, 2021.  These dates have been specifically set aside for teachers to complete MAI testing on all their students and this time can be hard to find once school resumes.

The date and times are:-

Wednesday  27th January, 2021 – 1pm to 4pm & Thursday  28th January, 2021 – 8am to 4pm

1. Book a ‘Mathematics Assessment Interview’ time by visiting https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/

2. Follow the instructions using the code  awh36

3. Select your child's teacher's name or any other available teacher for that grade

If you know that you will not be available on the above date for the Mathematics Assessment Interview, could you please still go online and enter the code ackrh to RSVP your unavailability. 

On Monday 7th December each student participated in a mini Athletics Carnival. It was a fun and fantastic way to celebrate the end of the year and to conclude our Athletics program for 2020. 

The students competed in their house teams in stage groups for each carnival. They displayed our house values of excellence, courage, perseverance and justice as they participated in each event. Congratulations to the McAuley house who won the Stage 2 carnival and to the MacKillop house who won the Stage 3 carnival.

Throughout 2020, nine children from Years 1, 3 and 4 engaged in the EMU program. During that time they participated in mathematics lessons which challenged the students to solve problems, think mathematically, articulate reasoning strategies and develop a growth mindset.

We would like to wish congratulations to the following students:

• Anne-Marie Underwood
• Rebecca Ribin
• Chloe Kshetry
• Avaneesh Uruthiran
• Samahna Palikhe
• Albert Gomes
• Danielle Asare-Akuoko
• Ayusha Parajuli
• Anabelle Bernard

At Catholic Education Diocese Parramatta (CEDP) we see parents and carers as partners in your child's learning journey. In partnership with the eSafety Commissioner, CEDP would like to invite you to join the following free webinar for parents and carers:

 eSafety’s parent guide to cyberbullying and online drama 

• Tuesday 9 February 7.30 to 8.30 pm

• Wednesday 10 February 12.30 to 1.30 pm

• Wednesday 10 February 7.30 to 8.30 pm

• Monday 15 February 12.30 to 1.30 pm

• Monday 22 March 12.30 to 1.30 pm

This live webinar will include case studies, research and targeted advice so you can support the young people in your life to have safe, enjoyable online experiences. All sessions are delivered by the eSafety Commission’s expert educators.

About the webinar

The session will cover topics including:

• starting conversations with your child about their online friendships and positive ways to deal with changing relationships

• understanding the rights, laws and community expectations that govern social media use

• where to seek help if your child is involved in a cyberbullying incident.

What you need to do

Please register for the course via the eSafety Commisions website via the following link: 

• February 2020 - March 2020 sessions - link to register or via https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars 

If you have any further enquiries please email safeguarding@parra.catholic.edu.au.