School Vision
St Matthew’s School empowers children to embrace life-long learning, and grow and develop as God intends.
This prayer is chosen to recognise All Saints Day:
Dear God,
thank you for the example of the Saints.
I desire to join in their company, worshiping you forever in Heaven.
Please help me follow their footsteps, and yours, Jesus Christ.
Please help me to conform myself to Your image, seeking Your will in all things, as the Saints did.
Please help me to devote myself, and all that I do, to Your glory, and to the service of my neighbours.
Amen.
Dear Parents & Carers,
Lots and lots going on over the next few weeks. Please keep an eye on your SMS and the school app.
Swimming Lessons PP – Yr 2
Swimming lessons for our Pre-Primary to Year 2 students run for two weeks, commencing on 4 November (Week 5). The enrolment notes were sent home with students last week. Please note that no fee is necessary as these have been incorporated into this year’s school fees.
Schedule:
11:05 – PP
11:50 – Year 1
12:35 – Year 2
Year 3 & Year 6 Art Appreciation Excursion
Narrogin Senior High School holds an Art Exhibition featuring their student’s work each year. On Friday 8 November, our Year 3 and Year 6 classes will be walking down to the Nexus Exhibition Space at 11:00am to view these amazing works. This will form part of their Art Appreciation and Response curriculum goals.
Open Day & Volunteers’ Afternoon Tea 20 November
Please join us at 1:30pm for our Open Day and Volunteers’ Afternoon Tea. Parents and community members are invited to visit open classrooms and share in treats supplied by our beautiful staff. Whether you have listened to reading, helped in the Library, timed at carnivals, or cut up fruit in Kindy, please join us on this afternoon so that we can thank you all in person.
Year 5 Camp Meeting
A Year 5 Parent Meeting regarding the 2025 Year 6 camp will be held at 3:30pm, 13 November, in the Yr 5 classroom.
Kindy Excursion
The Kindy children, Sister Sahaya and Mrs Prideaux will be visiting a farm on November 6. The excursion will benefit the children in their oral language and social skills. Please see the note on the school app for more information.
Last Assembly for 2024 Friday 29 November
During this last assembly, we will be proud to award the best and most improved reader in each class Year 1 to Year 6. We will also award the students who has achieved the greatest growth and the best overall achievement in Maths in Year 5 and Year 6. Individual parents will be notified if their child will be receiving one of these accolades.
Congratulations Miss Rutter!
We are all very sad to be losing Miss Rutter at the end of the year, however, we would like to congratulate her on securing a position at St Paul’s Primary School in Karratha, commencing 2025. We know our loss is certainly their gain. Good luck, Bri!!
All other staffing information for 2025 will be announced in the Week 7 newsletter. Please refrain from asking teachers any questions regarding this prior to this date.
Class Transition
On Wednesday 4 December, our students will be visiting their new teachers for 2025. Teachers will have an opportunity to introduce themselves and outline the special features of their year level.
The End-of-Year Report
The End-of-Year Reports will go live on the Seqta Engage website on Tuesday 10 December. In order to access these reports, you will need to login to Seqta Engage. If you are new to St Matthew’s School, or have never used Seqta Engage before, you will receive an email asking you to set up a username and password. For all other users, it is important that St Matthew’s has a current email address, and that you remember your Seqta Engage username and password. It would be appreciated if all parents could login to Seqta Engage prior to 10 December to ensure that everyone is able to access the website.
Please contact Lyndee Montgomery (lyndee.montgomery@cewa.edu.au) should you require a new password, or if you have any difficulties logging into the site.
Year 6 Graduation
The Year 6 Graduation ceremony will be held in the Sr Mary Library on Tuesday 3 December at 6:00pm, and followed by a dinner in the Sr Isabel Hall at 7:00pm. This is a lovely way to conclude our Year 6’s primary school journey. In order to ensure this runs smoothly, I would like 4 community members to assist with serving, clearing and washing dishes. Any volunteers are welcome to join us for dinner and wiil be paid a small amount for their time. I suggest that this might suit senior high school students, however, would welcome any help offered.
Captains 2025
Last week, I was fortunate to join Mr Muto, Miss Mongomery and Miss Sutton to hear the wonderful leadership speeches presented by our Year 5 students. They spoke very well, and will no doubt, make fine leaders for their peers to look up. All of our Year 6 students are leaders of the school and will have significant responsibilities throughout 2025.
The captaincy positions will be announced at the Thanksgiving Mass on Wednesday 4 December at St Matthew’s Church. Mass begins at 9:30am.
Special Education Assistant Position
Please be advised that St Matthew’s is currently advertising for a Special Education Assistant for 2025. Please see our school website for further information.
T20 Cricket Blast School Cup
On Thursday 28 November, our Year 4, 5, and 6 students will participate in a friendly interschool cricket day at the Clayton Rd Oval, hosted by WACA. The students will walk to and from the event, and will be supervised by their class teachers.
The students will need to wear their sports uniforms (red shirts or Year 6 Leavers shirts), school hats and ensure they have recess, lunch, drink bottles and sunscreen.
We need parent assistance for this carnival to go ahead. In previous years, we have sometimes had school-finished siblings or grandparents assist in managing a team. Please contact Amber Moulton at school, via phone or her school email address (amber.moulton@cewa.edu.au) if you, a grandparent, or a 17+ sibling could assist in managing a group of 8. The students and I would really appreciate it. You do not need to have cricket knowledge as the students have a good understanding of the game.
Last P&F Meeting
FINAL ST MATT’S P&F MEEETING 2024
November 21st at 6:30pm at The PRACC in Pingelly.
RSVP by Thursday 7th November to Zeta 0428790924
P&F Family Movie Night
On Friday 6 December, our wonderful P&F are hosting a Christmas Movie Night as an end-of-year celebration. All family and community are invited to attend. More information will be provided later in the term.
Important Dates
All important dates can be viewed on the St Matthew’s app on the “Welcome to Term 4 Principal Letter”, the calendar and on the Term Overviews provided by class teachers. Of particular note:
| 20 November | Open Day & Volunteers’ Afternoon Tea |
| 29 November | Reading & Maths Awards Assembly |
| 2 December | Kindy Graduation |
| 3 December | Yr 6 Graduation |
| 4 December | Thanksgiving & Graduation Mass 9:30am |
| 4 December | Staff vs Yr 6 Students Game |
| 5 December | Yr 6 Excursion |
| 6 December | Yr 6 Transition Day Narrogin Senior High School |
| 6 December | Student’s last day |
| 10 December | Reports Uploaded |
Take care,
Susan Milton
