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,
What a wonderful Italian Week we all had last week! On behalf of the students and staff I would like to thank Vita (Signora Cesile) for all of her preparation and organisation of the 2 days. I would also like to thank those who worked in the canteen on Monday through to Wednesday preparing and selling the yummy Italian food that was for sale. Thankyou to Anna El Khoury, Maria Mella, Nonna Stella (Stella Fileccia), Nadia Greco and Carmel Malarbi, your support of this event and the school is greatly appreciated.
Many of the children and staff enjoyed their special Italian Week lunch order provided by Bites on Bonwick. A big thank you to Melissa Gagliardi and the staff at Bites on Bonwick for the lovely food. Everything went very smoothly with the ordering and delivering process.
Please be sure to read Signora Cesile’s article in this week’s newsletter.
Parents and Friends’ Family Fun Day
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. You have received the flyer regarding the presale of wristbands for the rides. If you wish to purchase a wristband that will allow for unlimited rides on the day, you need to purchase them for $35 by 3rd November otherwise they can be purchased on the day for $45.
Uniform
As the weather is improving all students must now be in their full summer uniform. Please ensure that they wear the uniform correctly. If there is a particularly cold day the children can wear their winter uniform, however, they can not mix the 2 uniforms. The girls are to wear
socks with the summer dress, no stockings.
New House Colours
Last term we shared with you the change that we would be making to the house colours. We have restructured our teams from 5 to 4. The colours are RED, BLUE, GREEN and GOLD. Each child will receive a slip letting them know which house colour they are now in. This will be coming home either tomorrow or Friday. Be sure to ask your child about it.
The new Sport T-shirts that will have the house colours incorporated into the design will be available for purchase next year. They are not available this year. The new t-shirt is not compulsory, however, when you need to purchase a new t-shirt they will be the only ones available. Almoza will let you know when they are available for purchase next year.
Take care,
Rachael
This is a reminder that all outstanding School Fees and Levies are to be finalised immediately. 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
Thank you to all the families and children for their wonderful support and effort to create such beautiful costumes for the Dress Up Parade. It was amazing seeing a variety of costumes that represented Italian culture. The children had such fun participating in the parade.
The winners for the Best Dressed Costumes were:
Prep/1A: Eva Dahal, Julian Greco, Stella Saracino, Charbel Lewis
Prep/1B: Catherine Maatouk, Aarav Subedi, Adele Goriya, Adrian Guliano
Grade 2A: Iliana Conci, Lucas Greco
Grade 2B: Eloise Offerman, Liam Toma
Grade 3A: Natalie Makdesi, Raymon Jamil
Grade 3B: Mary J Maatouk, Julian Giliana
Grade 4A: Annika Taylor, Adam Hilsaca
Grade 4B: Emily Pileggi, Jonah Reid
Grade 5A: Najiya Meikieel, Tyler Wilson
Grade 5B: Iliana Rink, Oliver Ryan
Grade 6A: Sienna Scarola, Sebastian Almeida
Grade 6B: Isabella Mirabile, Dante Serra
Congratulations to all these children and to the winners of the Italian Raffle.
The winners of the Italian Raffle were: Magdalene Kako, Charlotte Dowler and Dalina Hormis.
Grazie mille to Anna El-Khoury and her team of Italian chefs: Nonna Stella Fileccia, Maria Mella, Carmel Malarbi and Nadia Greco who worked tirelessly to cook arancini, sfingi, pizzelli, zeppole, crostoli, tri coloured jelly and custard.
Grazie mille to “Bites On Bonwick” for providing the Italian lunch orders for the day. The children enjoyed their Italian lunch.
This year was another successful year where we celebrated “La Festa Italiana”. Children expressed their enjoyment over the Tuesday and Wednesday of our celebrations.
Preps and Grade 1 children celebrated Pinocchio’s birthday and danced “Il Ballo Di Qua, Qua '' and DJ Pinocchio. They sang “Se Sei Felice '' and played “Simone Dice”. Grade 2 children practiced making traditional “Cavatelli Pasta”. Grade 3 children played outdoor games like knock “La Torre Pendente '' and throw a bean bag in “La Fontana di Trevi”. Grade 4 children played Bocce. Grade 5 children made Roman Helmets. Grade 6 children created Carnevale Masks. Grade 5 and Grade 6 children also worked on a collaborative art work using pasta as a form of mosaic to decorate a carnival costume for “Capitano Spavent.”
Thank you to Mrs Spooner, the office staff, teachers and the Learning Officers at our school who helped make this day possible. It is a team effort.
Thank you once again to our lovely school community for their support.
