Parish Priest: Fr Florentino (Boy) Galdo
School Principal: Mrs Rachael Spooner
Acting Deputy Principal: Mrs Helen Howden
School Email: admin@smfawknernth.catholic.edu.au
School Phone: 0393595423
St Matthew's Primary School is committed to creating an environment where the safety, wellbeing
and participation of all children within our care is paramount.
Dear Parents and Carers,
As we approach the end of Term 3, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support during this term. It has been a difficult time for the staff and your care and compassion has been truly appreciated.
I would like to thank the staff on your behalf, for their ongoing dedication to teaching and caring for the students of St. Matthew's. They have ensured that all of the students' emotional needs have been met and they have worked tirelessly to ensure very minimal disruption to their learning.
I wish everyone a wonderful, rejuvenating holiday and we will see everyone back at school on Monday October 2nd.
School Concert - Tomorrow night
Doors to the hall will open at 5.30pm. At this time the Parents and Friends will be selling lolly bags, bags of popcorn and bottles of water for $2 each (We can accept CASH ONLY). They will stop selling products at 6.10pm unless everything sells out prior.
As previously mentioned this will not be a ticketed event so you will choose your own seating.
At 6.00pm all of the students will be collected from the hall by their classroom teachers. They will go to their classrooms to get ready for the concert. The children will return to the hall at 6.20 and they will sit on the floor in front of the stage. You will not need to save a seat for your school aged children, they will be sitting with their class and teachers.
The concert will begin at 6.30pm. It is anticipated that the concert will run for around an hour. At the end of the concert the children will leave the hall in their classes and you will be asked to collect your child from their teacher in the asphalt area outside the hall. Every child MUST be collected by a parent or guardian.
END OF TERM 3 Important information
Book Week Dress Up Day - TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12TH at 9am.
Thankyou for your patience as we worked out an alternative date for this day. Students may come along dressed as a character from one of this year’s shortlisted books OR a favourite book character OR something relating to this year’s theme, 'READ, GROW, INSPIRE'.
End of term 3 Mass - THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14th at 12.00pm.
Last assembly for Term 3 - THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14th at 2.40pm in the hall
5A will be presenting assembly on this day and we will be presenting the Term 3 Principal's Awards.
Footy Colours Day - FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15th
The students are invited to wear their footy colours. This can be any football code, AFL, Soccer, Rugby etc. If the children choose to wear their footy colours, we ask that they bring a gold coin donation.
End of Term 3 - FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15th at 1pm
All students finish school at 1pm on this day. A reminder that After School Care will not be available at 1pm.
Italian Week - Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th October
You would have received a letter last Friday (if you didn’t get it, please check your child’s bag) explaining the Italian Week events. One of these is the opportunity for your child to order an Italian themed lunch for Tuesday 10th October. These order forms were part of the letter that went home on Friday. ALL orders must be returned to school by FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15th (last day of Term 3). No late orders will be accepted.
Parents and Friends’ Association - Family Fun Day, November 11th, 12 - 4pm
The P & F have organised a Family Fun day to take place here at the school on Saturday November 11th from 12 - 4pm. There will be rides, showbags, food vans and much more. As part of the organisation of this day we would like to ask for your support in any way that you can. Tomorrow I will be sending out a form asking you to let us know if you are able to assist with this event. There are many ways that you can help. You can offer some time on the day, you may have a business that could donate money or products for the day. Please fill in the form and return it to school as soon as possible. The more people that support this event the greater benefit it will have for the school and the students.
2024 Enrolments
If you have a child currently in Prep to Year 5 and you are not intending for them to return to St. Matthew's in 2024, please email me at principal@smfawknernth.catholic.edu.au to let me know. I need this information as soon as possible please, as I begin to make plans for 2024.
Take care,
Rachael
This is a reminder that all outstanding School Fees and Levies are to be finalised by Friday, 15th September 2023. If you have any queries or need to set up a Direct Debit Payment to assist with paying the balance of your account, please contact Natalie (Bursar) via email: admin@smfawknernth.catholic.edu.au.Payment methods available to settle your account with St Matthew's Primary School are:
Cash - Directly paid over the counter at the officeCredit Card - By phone or in person at the officeDirect Payment to School Account: BSB: 083 347 Account: 540 385 132 Reference: Account code (as per Statement) and Family Surname
Please note, that any CSEF credits will be put through by mid-September, 2023.
Kind Regards,
Natalie Moreira (Bursar)
TERM 4
We thank you Lord, for this term. For our challenges, our successes, and the mistakes from which we have learnt. Be with us as we spend our time with family and friends.
Give us strength and courage to do what is right: to be witnesses of our faith. Keep us safe in our activities; give us good rest and good fun. Bring us back refreshed and ready for a new term. We thank you for our classmates, teachers, parents and a community that cares for us.
Amen
