13th July
Staff Professional Development Day (Pupil Free)
14th July
Classes resume for Term 3
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Salaka Interactive
Drumming Show
1st November
St Pius Fun Day
(tentative date)
Uniform Shop
Opening Hours
Tuesdays 8.30 to 9am
and 2.30 to 3.00pm
Welcome to the St Pius School
Community.
St Pius is a Catholic Primary School with boys and girls
enrolled from Prep to Year Seven.
Our school is a community school based on a caring Christian environment, through the Catholic tradition, offering quality educational opportunities to the students entrusted to our care.
End of Semester One
It really is hard to believe that half the year has
gone already, although upon looking back we
should all feel significantly proud and appropriately
tired! Once again I would like to thank all who
have contributed to making St Pius such a vibrant
and welcoming community. I am in the privileged
position of meeting prospective parents and the
volume of positive feedback from within our
school and beyond is extremely heartening. At the
risk of stating the obvious, it is the people within
the community that determine its nature. I simply
want to say we are very, very fortunate and thank
you!! I hope you are all able to enjoy some rest
and family time over the holiday break, I know I
will!
Disco
Our disco on Friday night was a resounding success.
Over 100 students representing over 75% of
our enrolment enjoyed the entertainment and
company of the evening. Many parents commented
on the enthusiasm of the children and it
was great to see many parents getting into the
spirit of things during the night. The massive
crowd took everyone by surprise; given this, our
caterers did an exceptional job ensuring there was
enough for everyone! Special thanks to the organisers
and helpers from the P&F, too numerous to
mention. However special thanks to Terri Flynn
and Kerrie Brown who bore the brunt of the organisation
and to the staff who gave up their own
time to attend. It really was a terrific team effort.
It was wonderful to see our children having so
much fun. The highlight for me was when a grandparent
wanted me to know “what a beautiful
school” we have! Thanks to everyone!
APRE News
As we once again approach the end of another busy term I find myself (and I am sure you do as well)
thinking where has the time gone. It seems only yesterday we were coming back to school after celebrating
Easter, yet so much has happened since then. It has been wonderful to see our community continue to
move forward and become an even better place to live, love and learn.
Please keep in your prayers this week those students who will be
making their First Holy Communion this Sunday at Corpus Christi Church. We pray for these children as they participate in the
next step of their sacramental journey. I know that these children have been preparing to receive their sacrament and I commend
them for their efforts. I look forward to celebrating this occasion with them at Mass on Sunday morning.
Yesterday our school held True Colours Day, to raise money for cancer research. While it was great fun to dress up to support
our favourite footy teams or just dress in our favourite colours, it is even better to see our community get behind something as
important as cancer research. I would like to congratulate and thank Mr Searle and year 6/7 for their organisation and initiative in
this matter.
Gala Day
Our interschool sporting program for term 2 was
finalised last Thursday with our students competing
in Gala Day (a whole day of their chosen
sport). Once again our students need to be congratulated
on their performance and participation.
We were thrilled to hear that one of our girls’ touch football teams had won their competition,
well done girls. All other
teams had successes in various forms. I was fortunate
to attend rugby league each week. For Gala
day all schools were split up to create teams including
students from all schools. The improved
skills and extended friendships that were forged
over these weeks made this a very positive experience.
Once again thanks to all students, staff and
parents for making this such a successful activity.
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End of Semester One
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