Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are being celebrated and recognised for the significant contribution they make to families, communities, art, music and culture under the theme of this year’s NAIDOC week (8-15 July).
As part of NAIDOC week celebrations, St Matthew’s Primary held special events to reflect on this year’s theme, ‘Because of Her, We Can’.
We celebrate the invaluable contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have made and continue to make - to our communities, our families, our rich history and to our nation. They are our mothers, our elders, our grandmothers, our aunties, our sisters and our daughters.
Their achievements, their voice, their unwavering passion give us strength and have empowered past generations and paved the way for generations to come.
St Matthew’s Primary began NAIDOC week celebrations with a liturgy where Uncle Craig - an active member of the Community, came to inform and educate us about the Indigenous culture.
A few photos of our NAIDOC week activities from infants.
Stage 3 thoroughly enjoyed the experience of face painting with Uncle Craig.
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04 Feb 2023
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🎉 A Fabulous First Week! 🎉 It has been just wonderful to have everyone back at school and ready to learn. These smiles say it all!![542973864502303_636705258462496-1]()
31 Jan 2023
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🍎 Welcome Kindergarten 🍏 Have you ever seen a new Kindergarten class more loved and supported by their community than this? Today we welcomed our new Kindergarten students with a special prayer as they begin the next step of their learning journey with us. They sang songs, played games and even did some writing during the day before everyone left with a smile in the afternoon. We can't wait to see you again tomorrow!
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04 Feb 2023
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🎉 A Fabulous First Week! 🎉 It has been just wonderful to have everyone back at school and ready to learn. These smiles say it all!
31 Jan 2023
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🍎 Welcome Kindergarten 🍏 Have you ever seen a new Kindergarten class more loved and supported by their community than this? Today we welcomed our new Kindergarten students with a special prayer as they begin the next step of their learning journey with us. They sang songs, played games and even did some writing during the day before everyone left with a smile in the afternoon. We can't wait to see you again tomorrow!
31 Jan 2023
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31 Jan 2023
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27 Jan 2023
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👩🏫 Welcome back! 👨🏫 Today Term One has begun with our staff preparing as a team for the year ahead. This afternoon and on Monday students will be visiting to show what they know during their Mathematics Assessment Interview. If you have not scheduled your child’s maths interview please get in touch with the office.
24 Dec 2022
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🤍🎄 Merry Christmas 🎄🤍 Wishing everyone in our community and afar a truly wonderful Christmas. We hope that both Christmas Day and the year ahead is filled with faith, love and peace for all. May God bless you and may your hearts be filled with the Joy of Christ’s birth. We hope you enjoy these joyous photos from our recent Christmas concert with Andrew Chinn from Butterfly Music It was a fantastic way to begin our advent celebrations!
20 Dec 2022
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🍏 Good luck Mr Vane Tempest 🍎 Our staff, students and the parent community have all been incredibly grateful for the unwavering support from Tim during the last seven years at St Matthew's. With his focus on learning and positive relationships, St Matt's has always remained a safe place for our community to be. In turn this has helped our community to remain positive and resilient during all that it has endured. In fact, we go from strength to strength, focused on being safe, respectful and responsible learners. We live this every day at St Matthew's and thank him greatly for his leadership. We hope you enjoy this reflection video, shared as one of the many beautiful tributes during Tim's farewell mass. We wish him all the best as he moves on to St Nicholas of Myra Primary Penrith
15 Dec 2022
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🎢 Community Fun Day 🎡 Our kids are the epitome of resilience and we are so very proud. It has been a roller coaster of emotions at St Matthew's this week. Amongst reflections on the successes and challenges of the year and tearful farewells, there have been some incredible highs. Here are a selection of photographs from yesterday's Community Fun Day. This day was paid for, in part, thanks to a grant from Resilience NSW for which we are very grateful. Students enjoyed a hot pizza lunch from Aldo's Pizza & Pasta Mcgraths hill and then launced into a full afternoon of play! Face painting, jumping castles and a visit from @Fire and Rescue NSW Station 081 Windsor. made for an awesome afternoon! But could anything be more fun than dunking your teachers?! We think not!! Well done St Matthew's!! Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
12 Dec 2022
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🍏 Student Leader Training 📗 Recently our Y5 students were involved in a range of activities to help them prepare for their role as school leaders in 2023. We look forward to welcoming them into their leadership positions at the Welcoming Mass in 2023.
08 Dec 2022
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🎄 Christmas in Year One 🎄 Could you imagine a more relaxing place to prepare for Christmas than here with the wonderful learners in Year One? 😍
08 Dec 2022
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08 Dec 2022
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Congratulations Brooke! Our families who attend Ambrose Before and After School Care may recognise this famous face. We wish Brooke all the best as she begins her responsibilities as the Hawkesbury's Young Woman of the Year.
01 Dec 2022
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24 Nov 2022
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🤫 Lunchtime in the library 🤫 The library is available each day for quiet play. Today we have games, colouring in, heads down thumbs up and a bit of extra study time!
23 Nov 2022
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👏 Future Leaders 👏 Congratulations to the final 10 nominees for the Student Representative Council for 2023. Our Y5 students have the opportunity to nominate themselves for a number of leadership positions. As well as SRC they may be interested in being a sports captain or a member of one of our teams: PS4L, Servant Leaders, Library / Media and Environment. Good luck to all the candidates!