School Vision

St Matthew’s School empowers children to embrace life-long learning, and grow and develop as God intends.

This prayer is to acknowledge all of the beautiful maternal-figures in our lives:

Heavenly Father,
We lift up all mothers to you.
Bless them with strength, wisdom, and patience as they care for their children.
Help them to feel our gratitude and know their impact.
May we honor them today and always as vessels of your love.
Amen.

Dear Parents & Carers,

Happy Mothers’ Day to all of the amazing women who love and care for our beautiful students. I hope you have all enjoyed burnt toast in bed, bouquets of home-made flowers, cards full of glitter and smelly-perfumed candles! Most of all, I hope you all feel the love and appreciation of your gorgeous kids.

Sacrament Commissioning Mass 25 May

For those students who are Catholic and receiving either the Sacraments of First Reconciliation, First Holy Communion or Confirmation this year, please see the Sacraments Schedule with key dates and times that has been uploaded to the School App. Please take note that the Commitment Mass on 25 May is for all three Sacraments.
First Holy Communion
For those students who are Catholic and planning to complete the Sacrament of First Holy Communion this term, please see the Sacraments Schedule that has been uploaded to the School App.

WA Assistance State Government Letter

The Premier, Hon Roger Cook MLA, and the Minister for Education, Hon Dr Tony Buti MLA, have announced a WA Student Assistance Payment. This State Government initiative offers a cost-of-living payment for every student in Western Australia to provide financial relief and assist families with their children’s schooling. The new WA Student Assistance Payment will provide parents and carers with a $250 payment for each secondary student, and $150 for each primary school student or kindergartener. A letter explaining this initiative has been uploaded to the school app.

Parents will need a valid WA Student Number (WASN) to be eligible for the payment. For our senior students, this can be found on NAPLAN reports. For all other students, please email admin@matthews.wa.edu.au and include the full name of your child/ren.

Cultural Celebrations

In Term 3, St Matthew’s would like to celebrate many of the different cultural backgrounds of our students and we would love to have parent input into these events. We will commence the term by acknowledging NAIDOC Week and in doing so celebrate First Nations people. We would then like to organise learning activities based on the other cultural backgrounds of our staff and students. We would like to set up parent planning committees to help develop learning activities. If you are interested, or would like to share any ideas, please email susan.milton@cewa.edu.au.

Performance Assemblies Term 2 & 3

P & F Meeting

There will be a P & F Meeting Friday, 9 May at 8:45am in the Sr Mary Library at St Matt’s. All parents welcome. Please come along and help us to support our St Matthew’s School community. 

If you can not attend in person, please see below for link:

Microsoft Teams 

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Meeting ID: 495 781 355 718 5

Passcode: G4xs6xN3

School Closure Dates Week 6

Monday 2 June WA Day Public Holiday.
Tuesday 3 June Pupil-free Day

Important Dates

All important dates can be viewed on the school app via the calendar and on the class Term Letters. Of particular note:

Take Care,

Susan Milton