St Augustine's Parish Primary School

Over the last two days, we have held the finals of our annual Kate Pagano Public Speaking Competition! 🎤🌟

Congratulations to all of our winners and finalists. Standing in front of an audience and delivering a speech takes courage, confidence and preparation, and every student who participated should be incredibly proud of their efforts.

This competition is held each year in honour of Kate Pagano, our much-loved Speech and Drama teacher, whose passion for helping students find their voice continues to inspire generations of St A’s students.

We were delighted to welcome Kate’s daughter, Monica, and granddaughter, Macy, who joined us to adjudicate the Year 4-6 finals. We were also fortunate to have Laura Ge**er MP join us on Day 2 to assist with adjudicating our Junior School speeches. Thank you to these wonderful ladies for sharing your time, expertise and encouragement with our students.

Well done to everyone involved in another fantastic celebration of public speaking at St A’s! 👏🎙️


Laura Ge**er MP

Mark your calendars for Friday, 18 September, the final day of Term 3, as St Augustine’s celebrates a day of sun, fun and school spirit! ☀️👣 🌊

Our students will walk the beach at Tugun and take part in exciting activities, all while raising funds for our school.

🎁 Prizes Up for Grabs!
🎤 Sign up by 17 August to enter the draw for a Karaoke Microphone
🎮 Sign up by 21 August + make 1 donation to go into the draw to win a Retro Handheld Gaming Console
🍕 Year level with the highest fundraising total = Pizza Party
📱 Raise $100+ = entry into the draw to win either a brand new Apple iPad A16 or one of two pairs of AirPods 4
🎉 Top 3 individual fundraisers = Gift Cards

🙌 Every dollar raised helps support exciting opportunities and improvements for our students.

📧 Further information has been emailed to all families.

Today, 9 of St A’s fabulous Francophiles proudly represented our school at the annual LTQ Gold Coast Languages Speech Contest.

Each student delivered a one-minute speech entirely from memory to a panel of three judges before answering random questions on the spot, all in French! Their confidence, preparation and courage were truly impressive, and their performances were nothing short of magnifique.

🏅 Year 4
🥇 James M
🥈 Hayley P
⭐ Highly Commended (Places 4-6): Noah C, Maddi T and Maddie W

🏅 Year 5
🥇 Matilda D
🥈 Ben V
⭐ Highly Commended (Places 4-6): Marley A and Leah O

These outstanding results are a testament to the hard work our students have put in over the last few months. Special thank you to Mr Pentland for giving up his Sunday to support our students. He has also given up many lunch breaks to prepare the students. Merci!

Medals and certificates will be presented at our School Assembly on Thursday at 2:00pm.

Bravo à tous! 👏🇫🇷🎉 We are incredibly proud of you all!

Congratulations to all of our District Athletes who represented St A’s on Monday and Tuesday! We are incredibly proud of their efforts and sportsmanship.

A special congratulations to the following students who have qualified for Regionals:

🥇 Monica Y (11 Years) – 1st 1500m, 1st 800m
🥈 Charli O (12 Years) – 2nd 200m
🥉 Nash C (10 Years) – 3rd Long Jump

We wish you all the very best at Regionals in a few weeks. Our Athletics Team will now focus on the upcoming Gold Coast Catholic Schools Carnival in September.

P.S. How good do the new singlets look. Thank you once again to Currumbin RSL!

Tonight, our staff came together to get everything ready for two of the biggest events on our school calendar… our Colour Run and Dare to Dream Musical! 🌈🎭

There’s a huge five weeks ahead at St A’s, packed with exciting events, celebrations and opportunities for our community to come together. A big thank you to our dedicated staff for giving up their time to help make these experiences so special for our students.

Be sure to check out tomorrow’s newsletter for all the important details about our upcoming Term 3 events! 📅✨

Only 10 days to go until our St A’s Colour Run!

Have you secured your ticket yet? Tickets are available now on Flexischools, with all profits going directly to support the Hauhai School in the Solomon Islands.

This promises to be a fun-filled afternoon of colour, laughter and community while making a real difference to the lives of others. Don’t miss out, grab your ticket today!

Good luck to our District Athletics Team as they head to the Oceanic District Trials at Runaway Bay today and tomorrow!

Our students will proudly be competing in their brand new representative singlets, made possible through the generous support of the Currumbin RSL Community Grants Program. 👏

We are incredibly grateful for the Currumbin RSL’s continuous support of not only St Augustine’s, but also the many community organisations they assist throughout our region. Thank you for helping our students look and feel their best as they represent our school on the district stage!

Go St A’s! 💪🏅 💙 💛


Currumbin RSL