St Thomas Aquinas Celebrates in Springwood, New South Wales | Primary School

St Thomas Aquinas Celebrates

Locality: Springwood, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4723 3800

Address: 168 Hawkesbury Rd 2777 Springwood, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.staspringwood.catholic.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Waiting for the kids come out, one lovely parent shared this amazing shot ! God is great ! What a lovely way to finish the school day. What made your day special?

25.01.2022 A wonderful endorsement of our school from Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta.

25.01.2022 What a treat!!! Our STA combined bands gave two concerts today for our students. We were blown away with their outstanding performances. Under such difficult conditions this year our band produced a sensational show . Thank you to the amazing tram from CEDP Captivate who teach and lead our amazing band. Thank you for he music!

25.01.2022 Our Infants Fun Day is off to a great start! Do you recognise any of these crazy characters ?

24.01.2022 What a fabulous day for a fun run and crazy hair! Many more photos to come!

23.01.2022 Year Six 6 have been delving into the Letter of St Paul to the Philippians in search for the meaning of holiness . Today they asked many questions about holiness. They participated in the ancient tradition of Lectio Divina, a reading of the divine scriptures. We were blown away with the students maturity and the depth of their responses.

22.01.2022 We had a wonderful Zoomberly this afternoon to celebrate Effort in Learning and our amazing runners from yesterdays Fun Run Cross Country. Well done to all our award recipients today.

20.01.2022 Catholic Education Parramatta features our students in their Fathers Day message... See our Year 6 buddies interviewing their Kindergarten friends about their dads below.

20.01.2022 Year 3 enjoyed a Science Incursion today. They had loads of fun demonstrating their impressive knowledge and gained new insights into States of Matter with the team from Mad about Science . They were puzzled as to whether toothpaste is a liquid or solid . There was much debate!

19.01.2022 Year 2 were deep into their Science yesterday, Designing and Making an instrument . They were challenged to make an instrument that had at least two different sounds by creating different vibrations , depending on the variations in their design.

19.01.2022 Praying for the students in our community today making their First Holy Communion. May this Sacrament deepen their relationship with God. May St Mary of the Cross MacKillop especially bless you on her Feast Day.

19.01.2022 This new Digital Space has been developed for our Diocese by many diocesan agencies. Whilst it is hard to gather in churches at this time, the church is coming to us through The Well. A great resource for families, there is even a great kids space.

19.01.2022 Science in Year 3 today. The big question Can we change the state of matter? We used milk , sugar , salt and ice to find out!

19.01.2022 Congratulations to our students and their families on a very special evening of Confirmation. Fr Paul was very impressed with your commitment to your faith and your mature attitude.

19.01.2022 Mrs Fortunat and Miss Hardy hosted a lovely morning tea for the students who made their First Holy Communion at St Thomas Aquinas last weekend. Congratulations once again. May you each grow in love with God.

18.01.2022 With an early Spring in their step, our students enjoyed our Cross Country Fun Run Day last week. It was a fun day with all children from Kindergarten to Year 6 enjoying the glorious day.

18.01.2022 What a day! Year 1 students have been making, describing and drawing 2 dimensional shapes .

17.01.2022 When learning about The Last Supper this week the students in Year 2 were curious about the Passover meal, Jesus shared with his friends . Today the teachers prepared a Passover meal to help the students understand more about this Jewish festival. Naturally there were even more questions!

17.01.2022 Today we held a Zoomberly. It was wonderful to gather together again via zoom to celebrate the learning of K-2 students this week. This way the older students could enjoy the celebration too, in a socially distanced way. Congratulations to those who received Effort in Learning Awards.

16.01.2022 This evening we pray for the students in our community who will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation tonight. May each of you cherish this special moment in your faith life, supported by your family, your parish and your school communities.

15.01.2022 This week Kindergarten have been learning about crop farms. Today they were able to walk to the beautiful Community Garden next to our school. The children were able to see many fruits, vegetables, herbs and bush tucker growing in the garden. The teachers seized the moment to talk about Gods marvellous creation . Pope Francis has declared this time as the Season of Creation. The children sat and prayed in the beautiful Yarning Circle and thanked God for creation.

14.01.2022 En garde! Today one of our Year 6 students became the teacher and introduced her sport of fencing to the rest of her class. She took them through the protective equipment mask that she needs to wear, the scoring , the different footwork and stances that participants are required to master and allowed students the opportunity to try first hand how to hold the sword . What a fabulous opportunity for students to learn something new from their peer.

14.01.2022 A little flash back to Monday and Year 2 enjoying our book day with a mini parade, and joining into Australia Reads beamed from the Sydney Opera House. The students loved listening to many prominent Australian authors sharing their books and explaining what good writers do.

14.01.2022 Our Year 5 and 6 Faith in Action Team leaders visited Year 4 today to invite them to our final after school retreat for 2020. These students spoke passionately about our group and the difference it had made to their faith life. Perhaps they inspired some more Faith In Action Team members of the future .

13.01.2022 Yesterday afternoon our Year 5 students participated in the ancient prayer experience of Lectio Divina. They considered a passage from the Letter of St Paul to the people of Phillipi. Afterwards the teachers were blown away by their deep reflections and connections they made to their study of Human Dignity. A wonderful way to ease into the weekend.

13.01.2022 Year Three 3 have been enjoying exploring visual literacy through embodied cognition. A great opportunity to combine their cooperative learning strategies.

13.01.2022 Today is R U OK Day, a great opportunity to check in with our classmates and colleagues to see how they are doing. Its a conversation that could change a life - learn what to say at ruok.org.au #theresmoretosay #RUOK #RUOKDay #CEDP2020

13.01.2022 Congratulations to our Effort in Learning Award recipients and our Love One Another Awardee! Thanks for being such outstanding and compassionate learners in our school.

12.01.2022 Today Year 5 celebrated the end of their Australian Colonies Journey with a step back in time. The students and teachers had a great day experiencing a frantic Gold Rush on Area 4, a variety of period games and even real homemade butter with yummy damper as the diggers would have eaten. We will all sleep well tonight.

12.01.2022 What a wonderful and colourful day our students in K-2 have had during our Fabulous Fun day!

11.01.2022 Indigenous Literacy Day Today we reflect on the learning across the school of Indigenous language and culture. Throughout many Key Learning Areas students engage with Indigenous stories, language and art during the year. Today some students in Year 2 and Year 5 took part in the Indigenous Literacy Foundation Live stream from the Sydney Opera House, featuring Jessica Mauboy and many other Indigenous ambassadors.... We are grateful to the Darug Elders both past and present who share with us the stories of this land on which we live, work and play. We hope to inspire all children, particularly our indigenous students to connect with culture, people and country.

10.01.2022 Year 3 and Year 4 have been exploring the question What is Justice? this week. They have been getting into some intense discussion and discovering issues in fairness and equality.

10.01.2022 Its Kindergartens turn to engage with the Blue-Bot robots . They love learning about position and movement using this technology .

09.01.2022 Its time to be preparing for the Fire Season. Today we had a whole school fire drill. It is important that all students and staff understand the procedures and processes that take place in case of an emergency situation. Under normal circumstances we would all gather in the hall in the case of a bushfire. Today to manage health and safety during the Covid pandemic, we used the Cola for the older students, for staff to maintain social distancing.... The whole school community are to be congratulated for the safe way they carried out the drill today.

09.01.2022 Last night many Year 2 students went home to tell their families that they patted a crocodile at school ! No, their imagination hasnt run wild! We had a fabulous visit from Steve from Walkabout Reptiles . They learnt about these incredible creatures and their habitats.

09.01.2022 Year 1 and Year 2 went to visit Fr Paul yesterday to ask him some questions about how the church can be a diverse and inclusive community. They had so many great questions. Fr Paul explained that being a part of a community, gives us purpose, life and love. It was lovely for the students to be back in the church again.

08.01.2022 We hope our fathers have had a lovely day. We had a lot of fun preparing for your special day, and prayed for you in our Zoom Liturgy of Friday. The blurry picture is Kindergarten praying the Our Father for the whole school, a very special moment.

07.01.2022 National Science Week We love Science at STA. There is always so much going on, questions being asked, experiments , investigations, designing, coding and so much more. Stay tuned for more Science in action.

07.01.2022 Year 6 celebrated 20 years since the Sydney Olympics today with a special visitor. The students got to see and hold one of the original Sydney Olympic torches , which a parent generously lent us today. Year 6 were very keen to know more and the teachers were very nostalgic for this important and joyous time in our Australian history.

04.01.2022 Year 5 are having a sensational Gold Day today, as they wind back the clocks to the 1800s in Australia . A little dancing for your lunchtime entertainment. The Virginia Reel. Giggles and smiles galore. More photos to come...

04.01.2022 My School Lunch Box, a company that provides lunch orders to St Thomas Aquinas Primary Springwood, is suspending its ordering for the next two weeks as a precaution due to a confirmed case of COVID-19 at another school attended by the companys owner child. My School Lunch Box states that the family is not a close contact of the case of COVID-19 but in the interest of food safety, will be suspending orders until Term 4. Thank you for your understanding as we continue to work together to respond to COVID-19.

03.01.2022 The curious students in Kindergarten headed to our this afternoon to ask questions about our parish community. Fr Michael and Mrs Breytenbach told them all about their work for our church. Our Kindergarten students were asking some very deep and thoughtfulb questions. Fr Michael even gave each student a candle , which he blessed . He encouraged the children to light it with their family as they eat their meal, to remind them of the special place they visited today.

03.01.2022 More Year 5 Gold Day Photos

02.01.2022 Kindergarten love reading to their friends. Consolidation of reading strategies is very important to their skill development.

02.01.2022 We are very excited to be back in the library this week. Its time to bring back all your library books and swap them for something new .

01.01.2022 Today in Year 1 the children constructed a Dino Shield out of recycled materials from a design they had created as part of their Science Unit on External Features of Animals . They had lots of fun problem solving and using their prior knowledge about external features and how they protect themselves from predators . Part of the process was to analyse their design and make modification along the way.

01.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all the special men in our community who care for our students!