July 24th, 2019

Email: info@antonio.catholic.edu.au Phone: 8325 4500

Website: antonio.catholic.edu.au

ANTONIO CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Volume 44 Issue 12

We welcome our new Reception Students

Reception RSA were excited to come back to school and explore new learning spaces

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NEWSLETTER

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back everyone.

I hope this newsletter finds you all well, warm and dry. It has been a wonderful start to the new term with many excited

children and families who have officially joined us this week. We welcome Liam in Year 4, Toby in Year 1 and our

Reception students Charlie, Tyler, Isabella, Lucas, Zahlia, Aiden, Piper, Chris, Nick and Leila and their families to our

community.

Our new Reception students have been learning many things in their first week at school. Here are just some of the

things they have enjoyed this week:

Chris – I drew a rainbow mouse that climbs trees.

Aiden – I enjoyed learning about football with friends.

Lucas – I kicked the footy at playtime. I kicked a goal.

Piper – I enjoyed learning the letter sounds. I know ‘s’ for snake and ‘a’ for ant.

Charlie – I have enjoyed running and chasing some friends at play time. I caught them.

Zahlia – I have enjoyed playing outside, writing numbers and drawing on the white boards.

Tyler – I have been learning about basketball and cricket bats. At play time I played with the basketball on the bricks.

Niki – I enjoyed dancing at school with my friends. It was fun.

Leila – I have been learning letters, the sounds and their actions. My favourite is the ‘i’ sound from the mouse spilling

the black ink on itself.

Isabella will let us know her thinking when she returns after being unwell.

Keep up the wonderful learning everyone.

Master Planning and Nature Play Update

During the term break we continued our work to ensure our master planning process continues which will enable us to

develop the nature play spaces. A selection panel comprising of parents, leadership and Catholic Education SA

representation met to decide which architect we will be working with during the next phase of this important process.

We are looking forward to working with John Held from Russell Yelland in the coming weeks to develop a whole of site

plan to inform and guide further developments across our site, including the nature play development.

Berry Street Education Professional Learning

As you will recall from the last newsletter, our last two days of term 2 were spent at school engaging in professional

learning alongside our colleagues from Emmaus Catholic School, Galilee Catholic School, St John the Apostle Catholic

School, All Saints Catholic School and Cardijn College. Next year we will meet again for a further two days to continue

learning about the Berry Street Education Model to provide further tools and strategies promoting student wellbeing

and academic progress. Our staff have already started to engage in some of these strategies this week and we will

continue to work in our teams to implement these strategies. Please keep an eye on SeeSaw to see what your child’s

home groups are learning.

Information Technology Upgrades

During the term break our school IT system hardware underwent some further upgrades to improve connectivity and

possibilities for utilising technologies to support teaching and learning. I would like to acknowledge Brendan Harris and

Damien Aplin from the CESA IT team who ensured these developments were carried out in a timely and professional

manner. We are blessed to have Brendan working with us on a weekly basis at Antonio. These upgrades will also enable

us to upgrade devices that students and teachers use to support their teaching and learning in the coming weeks and

months. The first phase of the device upgrades will begin with staff and the Years 3-6 students. Further information will

be shared with our community in the coming weeks.

Student Parent Teacher Learning Conversations

During the next two weeks we are conducting learning conversations so that we can discuss your child’s learning

progress as communicated in their written report at the end of term 2. These conversations will provide an opportunity

for you to clarify, ask questions and set goals which we can work in partnership to support your child to achieve. If you

have not booked in a time, please do so using the online interview details provided to you with your child’s report. Our

staff look forward to meeting with you soon.

Upcoming Principal Tours

We are looking forward to conducting a tour of our wonderful learning community in the coming weeks for interested

families. These tours provide a great opportunity for families to see the wonderful learning and facilities as well as ask

questions.

I will be conducting Principal Tours on:

Tuesday 13th August 9.30-10.30am

Wednesday 4th September 9.30-10.30am

Saturday 7th September 10.00-11.00am

Please pass this on to your friends who are considering a school for their child. Families can book into a tour by phoning us on

8325 4500 or through visiting our school website.

Can You Help with Transport?

We have a family who are living in Concorde Drive at Old Reynella who do not have transport to get to and from school. If you

can help them with a lift to or from school please let our front office staff know.

It has been a wonderful start to the new term and I thank you for supporting your children and our staff. Your children

certainly benefit from this positive partnership we can have with you.

Anthony Garton

Antonio Catholic School Term 3 2019

Liturgical Calendar…Our Catholic Identity and Mission

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Week

1

21/07

16th Sunday in

Ordinary Time

22/07

First Day of

Term

23/07

24/07

25/07

R-2 artist in

resdence

26/07

Reception

Assembly

27/07

Week

2

28/07

17th Sunday in

Ordinary Time

29/07 30/07

MV Sacrament

Program Session

6.00-7-30pm

31/07

01/08

Finance meeting 8 am

R-2 artist in

residence

Yr 6 Cardijn

Immersion day

02/08

5/6 Mass

03/08

Week

3

04/08

18th Sunday in

Ordinary Time

05/08

Carly Ryan

Foundation

Presentation Yr 5-

6 – 9.15am

PFC Event

Carly Ryan

Foundation

Presentation with

crèche 7pm

06/08

Cog. Coaching

Lil and Tan

School photo

day

07/08

Cog. Coaching

Lil and Tan

08/08

R-2 artist in

residence

Feast-St Mary of the

Cross MacKillop

9.15am Liturgy in

the gym –

reflection and

activities in old

church

09/08

Year 5/6

Assembly

PFC 10.15am

10/08

Week

4

11/08

19th Sunday in

Ordinary Time

12/08

13/08

ReLAT Practice

MV Sacrament

Program Session

6.00-7-30pm

PPC meeting

7.30

14/08

Ind. Anthony

CESA Leadership

15/08

Feast-

Assumption of

Mary Whole

School Mass

9.15am

R-2 artist in

residence

16/08

No Mass

SACCPA

17/08

Week

5

18/08

20th Sunday in

Ordinary Time

19/08

20/08

L & N Tanya

21/08

22/08

23/08

3/4 Assembly

PFC special

lunch

24/08

Directors Day

Week

6

25/08

21st Sunday in

Ordinary Time

26/08

Feast-Passion of

John the Baptist

27/08

ReLAT test

Mini Vinnie’s

Reynella

Lodge Visit

MV Sacrament

Program Session

6.00-7-30pm

28/08 29/08

Finance meeting

8 am

30/08

R-2 Mass

31/08

QUIZ NIGHT

18+

Week

7

01/09

22nd Sunday of

Ordinary Time

Father’s Day

02/09

PFC 7pm

03/09

04/09

Principal tour

9,30 -10.30am

05/09

School board

meeting 7pm

06/09

Pupil free day

Staff Faith

Formation

Day

07/09

Principal tour

10 -11am

Week

8

08/09

23rd Sunday in

Ordinary Time

09/09

BOOK WEEK

10/09

MV Sacrament

Program Session

6.00-7-30pm

PPC meeting

7.30 Emmaus

11/09

Cog. Coaching

Lil and Tan

12/09

Cog. Coaching

Lil and Tan

13/09

Year 2

Assembly and

Book week

parade

14/09

Week

9

15/09

24th Sunday in

Ordinary Time

16/09

17/09

18/09

19/09

20/09

R/1 Assembly

Disco times

etc TBA

21/09

Week

10

22/09

25th Sunday in

Ordinary Time

23/09

5/6 camp

L & N Tanya

24/09

5/6 camp

MV Sacrament

Program Session

6.00-7-30pm

25/09

5/6 camp

26/09

27/09

3/4 Mass

Feast- St Vincent

de Paul

28/09

Tuesday 9th Oct PPC meeting 7.30

APRIM NEWS

Don’t forget to register your interest for

this free Parents, Friends and Community

event.

Arrive a little earlier for some nibbles and a

cuppa (6.30pm onwards). The Creche will

be available from 6.45pm onwards in the

OSHC room.

If you have not already done so return

your booking form or contact the front

office to let us know if you are coming.

If you have children attending the crèche

(4 years and over) we will need to have

them pre booked. So if you are booking

over the phone let the front office know

names and ages of the children you are

booking in.

PARENT TEACHER STUDENT INTERVIEW BOOKINGS CLOSE AT

4.00PM TODAY. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN

THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BOOK IN WITH YOUR CHILD’S TEACHER.

Go to https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au

The code for Antonio Catholic School is: faugh

Enter your details and the class teacher/s that you would like to meet with

and book the available time/s.

Appointments are 10 minutes in length.

If you would like more time, please make the arrangement with the teacher.

Please let friends and neighbours know about our Principal Tour Dates:

Tuesday 13th August 9.30-10.30am Wednesday 4th September 9.30-10.30am Saturday 7th September 10.00-11.00am

PARENTS, FRIENDS & COMMUNITY

SCHOOL PHOTOS Tuesday 6th August Please make sure that you arrange your child’s photo order before August 6th or bring the money into school on Photo Day. Parents can send the money to the school in the self-sealed envelope supplied however On-Line Ordering, where parents are now able to select their preferred package online makes it much easier for our parent community. Placing your child’s order online is the safest & easiest way to order school photos. Just enter the shootkey printed on your child’s envelope and make your selection! If you are having a Sibling photo taken, do the same with the shootkey printed on that envelope (envelopes available from schools front office) and you’re done. It really is that easy!

BBQ will resume in Week 2. Look for order forms on Fridays in your child’s bag. Orders need to be returned with payment on Wednesdays. Don’t forget to organise your tickets for the Quiz Night.

Loads of fun and great prizes! If you need help to make up a table please let us know

OSHC NEWS

Our Vacation Care program was a great success for those who attended. The activities were

Many thanks to the families who are arranging bookings for care. It is essential that bookings are made

before care sessions.

We also need payment of accounts to maintained, avoiding an accumulated debt.

GARDENING CORNER Hi to all the Antonio Community Well, welcome back to Term 3 Being the cold months and having soil temperatures below 15 degrees C, nothing much is growing EXCEPT the weeds !!! It is so lovely to have the opportunity to have chooks at our school. When I come here on Tuesdays we always have at least 20 students who love to come out at recess and lunch and have the opportunity to interact and hold the hens. And then we have the “diggers” who love to get a spade or trowel and just dig holes in the dirt. Of course both groups have their questions – “Bob, do chooks like bugs ?” (They know they like worms !!) Hi to the new parents to the school, I hope some of you have children that are enjoying the garden (and chook) facilities. Now, do any parents have parents that are retired and perhaps looking for something a little different to do. Well here is an opportunity, drag them along to school on a Tuesday and bring them over to the garden area to meet me, Peter or Rod, our regular workers. We are always looking for additional helpers. Mums are not excluded, they can be a big help in the garden and supply ideas on what to do with the produce we grow. The time spent with the children is so rewarding. It is our privilege to be there. If you can’t be there on Tuesday, leave your contact details with Tracy or Di in the front office. In the mean time – try a LITTLE gardening ! Bob – Volunteer Gardener

We sincerely thank Bob, Peter and Rod for their amazing efforts in our garden areas and their care during interactions with our students is truly appreciated. I believe that they enjoy their time here too. Winners all round you might say!

COMMUNITY NEWS