St Anthony's Primary School

Check out our Year 1 gardens! 🌱🌼

Since last term, our Year 1 students have been busy planting and caring for marigolds, alyssum, violas, carrots and radishes. Their hard work is paying off, with plenty of growth already appearing in the garden beds!
The students are learning the importance of patience, responsibility and caring for living things as they watch their plants thrive. 🌿
Stay tuned to see how our gardens look by the end of the year! 🌻🥕💚

🎶 Our talented young musicians are preparing to shine at the FCIP 2026 Junior Showcase! 🎶

We are excited to see our St. Anthony’s students take the stage at the Junior Showcase on Monday 24 August.
Families are warmly invited to attend not only the Junior Showcase but also the Intermediate and Senior Showcase concerts, which will be performed by Mount Alvernia and Padua students. These performances are a wonderful opportunity for our young musicians to be inspired by older students and see what their musical journey could look like in the years ahead.

🎵 Junior Showcase | Monday 24 August�
🎵 Intermediate Showcase | Monday 31 August�
🎵 Senior Showcase | Monday 12 October

📍 San Damiano Centre, Mount Alvernia College�
💰 Gold coin entry

We look forward to celebrating the dedication, growth and musical talents of all performers. 🎺🎻🎷🥁

✨ What‘s on this week | Term 3, week 6 ✨

📚 Monday 17th August: Year 3-6 author visit
🫯 Thursday 20th August: Debate 1

What a wonderful day celebrating our school community at the Blessed to Belong Family Fun Day on 2 August!

Our Art Exhibit was a highlight of the day, showcasing the creativity, talent and imagination of our students. Every piece reflected the unique gifts and talents that make our community so special.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered their time, helped behind the scenes and worked tirelessly at the bake stall. Your generosity, support and community spirit made the day such a success.
Together, we are truly blessed to belong. 🎨🖌️💙

✨What’s on This Week | Term 3, Week 5 ✨

BULLYING NO WAY WEEK
📜 Monday 10th August - Year 6 Parliament excursion
🎉 Wednesday 13th August - EKKA public holiday
🎶 Friday 14th August - Queensland Colleges Music Festival

🐾🌈 Celebrating 100 and 101 Days of Learning! 🌈🐾

At the start of Term 3, our students marked two exciting milestones! Our Prep students celebrated 100 Days Brighter, dressing in bright colours and reflecting on 100 days of learning, growth and friendship.

Our Year 1 students celebrated 101 days of school by dressing as 101 Dalmatians, bringing plenty of creativity and excitement to the day.

It was a wonderful way to celebrate how much our students have learned, achieved and experienced so far this year. 🎉📚

📚 The countdown to Book Week is on! 📚

In Week 7, we’ll be celebrating CBCA Book Week 2026 with this year’s theme, Symphony of Stories. 🎶📖
Students can start thinking about their costume choices and how they might bring this wonderful theme to life. We’ll be enjoying a week full of reading, creativity and fun, including our Book Week Parade, author visits from Jacqueline Harvey and Alison McLennan, and exciting lunchtime quizzes.

The excitement is already building, with our library beautifully decorated and ready to welcome the celebrations!
📅 Book Week: 22–28 August 2026

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✨ What’s on this week | Term 3, week 4 ✨
🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Monday 3rd August - North District Athletics
🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Tuesday 4th August - North District Athletics
🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Friday 7th August - Zone 6 Athletics

As Catholic Education Week comes to a close, we give thanks for the many opportunities our St Anthony’s community has had to celebrate this year’s theme, “Share Your Light, Inspire Others.”

Thank you to our families, students, staff and parish community for joining us throughout the week. Together we celebrated our Franciscans on the Hill Mass on Sunday, enjoyed the wonderful FCIP concerts on Monday and Tuesday, proudly represented our school at the Catholic Education Week Launch Mass at St Stephen’s Cathedral with our School Leaders, gathered this afternoon for our whole school liturgy, and saw our Year 6 students participate in a meaningful Vinnies Sleep Out, learning more about homelessness and living out the call of Catholic Social Teaching through empathy, compassion and service.

Throughout the week, students have also reflected on how they can share their light through faith, kindness and service, with many beautiful artworks created in classrooms that captured the spirit of the theme.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this week such a meaningful celebration of our Catholic identity. May we continue to share Christ’s light and inspire others in all that we do.

🎉 Family Fun Day – Blessed to Belong! 🎉

Join us on Sunday 2 August as we wrap up Catholic Education Week with a wonderful afternoon of fun, food and community spirit! 💚💛
Bring your picnic rug and chairs and enjoy live music, a magic show, bubble party, food truck, BBQ, kids’ art show, raffles and so much more. It’s the perfect way to celebrate what it means to be truly Blessed to Belong.

🎟️ Entry passes are available now via Qkr!� Just $20 per family. Don’t forget to pre-order a delicious cheese platter for $35 while purchasing your tickets.

📅 Sunday 2 August�⏰ 1:00pm – 5:00pm�📍 St Anthony’s School
We can’t wait to see our school community come together for a fantastic afternoon of fun and friendship! 🌟