St Anthony's Primary, Girraween

✨ St Anthony’s Feast Day Celebration ✨

Yesterday we came together to celebrate the Feast Day of St Anthony of Padua. We began our day with a special prayer, reflecting on St Anthony’s example of faith, kindness, service and care for all of creation.

Students then moved into their house colours and participated in four meaningful rotations, exploring the Franciscan way through music, creation, reflection and prayer. It was a wonderful opportunity to learn, connect and celebrate the values that St Anthony shared with us.

We concluded our Feast Day celebrations with a beautiful liturgy, giving thanks for our community and the inspiration of St Anthony’s life. 💚🙏

Wishing everyone in our school community a wonderful St Anthony’s Feast Day. May we be inspired by St Anthony’s faith, kindness, and commitment to helping others. May his example guide us to live with compassion, generosity, and love each day.

Today, some of our Faith in Action students put Scripture into practice by welcoming Christ through welcoming others.

They spent time with the St Anthony of Padua Craft Group, sharing stories, laughter, and skills across generations. It was a wonderful opportunity to build connections and experience the joy of community.

We look forward to continuing to share Christ’s peace and hospitality with others throughout the term.

🐼🐧🐆 Year 1 Scientists at Work! 🐆🐧🐼

Our Year 1 students have been busy exploring the Living World strand of Science, investigating the features and needs of living things. As part of their learning, they researched fascinating animals including cheetahs, penguins and pandas, gathering facts about their habitats, diets, behaviours and unique characteristics.

Students then applied their learning by creating detailed information reports and labelled diagrams, helping them communicate scientific information clearly and accurately. This allowed them to demonstrate their understanding of how living things grow, survive and interact with their environments.

To celebrate their learning, our Year 1 students shared their work with their Year 6 buddies. The older students provided thoughtful peer feedback, highlighting strengths and offering helpful suggestions to make the reports even better. It was wonderful to see students learning together, supporting one another and growing in confidence as communicators.

A fantastic example of how literacy, science and collaboration come together to deepen learning! 🌟📚🔬

St Anthony’s Primary is proud to be ranked 23rd in NSW for outstanding student learning growth in Maths and Literacy Growth by the Sydney Morning Herald. 🎉

This achievement reflects the dedication, hard work and commitment to learning shown by our students, staff and wider school community every day.

We are incredibly proud of all that we continue to achieve together.

The chess team represented St Anthony's proudly in another interschool heat competition organised by the Sydney Academy of Chess. ♟️

We faced some tough competition and learnt from our experiences. Congratulations to the team! 👏🏼

A special mention to Dharshan and Alan who came in the top 10 in the individual competition. Well done boys!

⛹️EXTRA PLAY🛝

This afternoon all House Teams were awarded 15minutes of extra play for reaching the target 🎯 of 200 tokens!