Principal's Welcome

“COMMITTED TO INSPIRING PASSIONATE LEARNERS WITHIN THE INTELLECTUAL, RELATIONAL AND SPIRITUAL RICHES OF THE CATHOLIC TRADITION”.

As Principal, on behalf of our school community, I warmly welcome you and your family to St Anthony’s Parish Primary School. A place of learning excellence, where every child is nourished and develops under our core vision of Faith, Belonging and Learning. In the heart of the beautiful Tuggeranong Valley, St Anthony’s Parish Primary is a vibrant school with approximately 440 students. With picturesque surrounds,

including a state-of-the-art Early Learning Centre, the school has well established and spacious grounds, contemporary and welcoming learning spaces and areas of opportunity for each child to feel safe, centred and challenged.

A place where children’s lives are transformed through learning and our staff and teachers aim to create a sense of belonging for each child.

St Anthony’s is blessed with dynamic, professional and caring staff who remain at the forefront of current educational practice. Together with the support of our families, staff are passionate and skilled educators who encourage the ongoing development of each individual to prepare them to be lifelong learners in the 21st century. We value the partnership between staff, parents and the Parish, we are an inclusive school embracing Catholic values and faith. We build respectful relationships through understanding and, challenge contemporary learners to seek excellence. We welcome Parents and Carers to be a part of their child’s education and embrace opportunities for family engagement in a variety of ways.

Our school theme for 2022 is ‘We are better together than we are alone’. I feel incredibly blessed and privileged to be leading such a wonderful community. I kindly invite you to contact our office to discuss enrolment processes and learn more about the extensive opportunities we can provide for your child and the future of their education.

I look forward to meeting you.

Erin Marmont
Principal

Our Staff

Principal	Erin Marmont
Assistant Principal	Garreth Wigg
ELC Director	Bec MacKay
Religious Education Coordinator	Beth Lehmensich
Curriculum Coordinators	Bernadette Whitfield and Shannon Henry
Kindergarten	Sophie Hall, Caitlin Brown
Year 1	Maddie Waye, Kara Flood
Year 2	Shannon Henry, Brianna White, Amanda Winne
Year 3	Tracey Adamson, Vicki Beisener, Katherine Eastick, Monika Richards
Year 4	Sasha Daunt, Susannah Hoff, Ben McDevitt
Year 5	Angie Kisiel, Bernadette Ephraums, Joe McGrath
Year 6	Laura Stankovic, Heather Naylor
STA Teachers	Ben Lowe, Jo Dufelmeier, Lisa Daly, Simon VanMeurs, Jasprit Girgla
PE Teacher	Josh McGrath
Italian Teacher	Ben Mockler
School Secretary	Sarah Waller
Office Support	Anissa Symington
Finance Secretary	Katie Akers
Classroom Support Teacher	Bernadette Whitfield
Classroom Support Assistants	Annette Smith, Jenny Staltari, Angela Ryan, Nicole Diggle, Lea-anne Blanch, Grace Balubun, Thushari Sumanaweera, Helen Philippa, Nancy Buckley, Jo Queripel, Karen Carmody
Wellbeing Teacher	Beth Lehmensich
Learning Hub & Curriculum Teacher	Kelly Mara
Youth Minister	Holly Coggan
Teacher/Librarian	Danielle Smith
Digital Technologies Teachers	Orla Rutledge, Ben Lowe and Garreth Wigg
OOSCA Director Assistant Director	Necta Gianakis Janice Stefanuti
Counsellor	Patience Way
Canteen	Maree Alchin
Groundsman	Rod Smith

Latest News

ELC - Seesaw

02 Feb 2023

Dear preschool families,

We are excited that all the children's Seesaw QR codes are nearly ready and will be sent out this week! We look forward to sharing with you through the Seesaw app, which allows you to view uploaded photos of your child's learning. Please keep an eye on your emails for further information about how to access your child's profile.

As always, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Kind regards, The preschool team.

St Anthony's Early Learning Centre

e: elc.stanthonys@cg.catholic.edu.au

t: 02 6231 0491

ELC - Important Announcement

05 Jan 2023

Hello preschool families,

Please find attached an important announcement from the Primary School Principal, regarding the Director and Teacher positions at our Preschool.

We are excited for you all to be starting very soon and ask if you can please keep and eye on your emails to make sure you don't miss anything from us. It is just over a week before we welcome our first group of children (48 week enrolments), so we will be sending out further correspondence regarding your child's first day very soon.

Please note, the ELC office is currently closed and will reopen on the 24th of January. Emails are occasionally monitored over this time so you can send any questions through, and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Warm regards, Olivia and Emma

St Anthony's Early Learning Centre

e: elc.stanthonys@cg.catholic.edu.au

a: 161 Wheeler Cres, Wanniassa ACT 2903

t: 02 6231 0491

ELC - 2023 Preschool

29 Dec 2022

Hello 2023 preschool families, we hope this finds you and your families well and having enjoyed a wonderful Christmas.

We are excited for your child to be starting preschool soon and ask if you can please check your emails to make sure you haven't missed anything from us in recent weeks. In particular, confirming your CCS enrolment through your MyGov account to ensure any eligible Child Care Subsidy (CCS) is in place before your first charges. Thank you to those who have seen and actioned any emails we have sent.

In only a matter of weeks we will welcome our first group of children (48-week enrolments) into preschool, so we will be sending out further correspondence regarding your child's first day very soon.

In the meantime, please feel free to email any questions to elc.stanthonys@cg.catholic.edu.au. Please note, the ELC office is currently closed however emails are monitored occasionally and we will reply when we can.

Warm regards, Olivia & Emma

St Anthony's Early Learning Centre

a: 161 Wheeler Cres, Wanniassa ACT 2903

e: elc.stanthonys@cg.catholic.edu.au

ELC - Important message regarding your account

14 Dec 2022

Dear preschool families,

Please check your emails for an important message regarding your account with us. The email has been sent through our accounts data base (qikkids) and will go to the same email address that recieves statments.

Warm regards, Emma

Wellbeing Wednesday Challenge

14 Dec 2022

Dear St Anthony’s Preschool Families,

It is our tenth and final Wellbeing Wednesday for the year! This week’s challenge is the Health Eating Challenge.

Eating a wide variety of foods helps fuel our bodies, aids in good sleep and helps concertation levels. The World Health Organisation promotes having a healthy diet including eating the rainbow (eating a wide variety of foods).

Your Challenge is to try to eat the rainbow (a wide variety of foods) every day this week! Keep a diary and note any new foods you enjoy that you may want to add to your regular diet!

Waistlines tend to expand over the Christmas period, so hopefully this challenge will make some room for what is to come!

Peace
Beth Lehmensich
Wellbeing Teacher

December 13 Newsletter

13 Dec 2022

Click here to view the December 13 Schoolzine eNewsletter!

ELC - Christmas Picnic tomorrow

12 Dec 2022

A friendly reminder about our Preschool Christmas Picnic tomorrow afternoon. We are very excited to join together to celebrate our wonderful year.

If inclement weather we will need to cancel the event and will notify you via SZapp around lunchtime. We have everything crossed it will remain on so dont forget your waterproof rug for the oval.

If your child is in the Preschool Plus program, supervision will be provided until 5:30pm as usual. Your child will remain in the Preschool and can join the picnic once you arrive to take them over. We hope everyone can make it and share in a wonderful time!

Wellbeing Wednesday Challenge

07 Dec 2022

Dear St Anthony’s Preschool Families,

This week’s Wellbeing Wednesday challenge is the Gratitude Letter Challenge.

We have a lot of people in our lives that we are grateful for but rarely get the chance to tell them. Take the time to think about someone who has had a positive impact on your life.

Your challenge is to write them a letter to thank them for all that they have done for you. Once you have finished, be sure to share it with them or better yet, read it to them when you deliver it!

Pope Francis writes about the Joy of Acknowledging Others and we hope to spread this joy across our school this week.

Peace
Beth Lehmensich
Wellbeing Teacher

Final 2022 edition of St Anthony's ELC Newsletter.

07 Dec 2022

Click here to view the last edition for 2022 of the St Anthony’s Early Learning Centre Newsletter!

ELC Announcement

02 Dec 2022

Dear STA Families,

I write to let you know that Michelle Woodward, Director of our Early Learning Centre, has successfully been appointed to Catholic Education as Dynamic Director of Early Learning Centre’s for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn.

Michelle has been a wonderful asset to our school and genuine advocate for early childhood education.

I would like to congratulate Michelle on this appointment and wish her every success in this new position.

The role of St Anthony’s ELC director is currently in the recruitment process. An announcement of the incoming director will be shared with our STA community by the end of term.

May I take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank Michelle for all of her hard work and dedication to the many families and staff she has encountered over the past years at St Anthony’s Early Learning Centre and Primary school.

I am incredibly grateful for Michelle’s zest and enthusiasm, and her love for all of the children in her care.

Michelle’s last day will be on Thursday. 15^th December 2022.

With kind regards,

Regards,
Erin Marmont
Principal