Welcome to our school website....... St Stephen's School opened its doors for the first time in 2004, to serve the families of Algester and the surrounding suburbs. Our supportive Catholic school environment nurtures and challenges children as they develop in all areas of the curriculum. St Stephen's School provides education for children from Prep to Year 7. According to our master plan, St Stephen's will eventually become a three-stream primary (Prep to Year 7) school catering for approximately 600 children. Click here to read the Principal's Message

Latest News & Events

In anticipation of Mother's Day next Sunday, I would like to wish St Stephen's mothers and grandmothers a very happy Mother's Day. Fathers might like to make sure that their children are able to purchase a gift at our Mother's Day Stall, which has been scheduled for Thursday and Friday this week. The children really do enjoy this opportunity to purchase a gift for mum and they spend a lot of time deliberating before they make their final gift selections.

Our Junior Choir will be performing at RSL Care, Carrington next Monday at 10.00am. This is a special Mother's Day Concert for the residents of RSL Care. Thank you to Lisa Cannon for preparing the choir for this performance.

Our Year 1 students will be celebrating Mother's Day at a liturgy followed by activities this Thursday from 8.40am in the hall. All mothers and grandmothers from all year levels are very welcome! Also on Thursday, Year 2 students will be heading to Australia Zoo.

To round out a busy day, St Stephen's School will be hosting Catholic school principals from the Brisbane South Cluster on Thursday. I look forward to welcoming other principals to our school.

Best wishes to our District Cross Country Team when they compete on Friday. Many of these students also competed on the weekend at the All Schools Cross Country.

Next Tuesday through to Thursday (15 May – 17 May) students in Years 3, 5 & 7 will sit for the annual NAPLAN (National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy) tests. Our students are well-prepared for the tests; however, taking these exams can be taxing and stressful. Parents have the right to request that their child not sit for these tests. If this is your preference, please send this advice to the school in writing as soon as possible.

Many members of staff wore uniforms to school today to congratulate the students on their fundraising efforts in donating $1,000 to Mt Kuta Catholic School (near Mt Hagan in Papua New Guinea). Assembly was a lot of fun!

ENROLMENT INTERVIEWS   Enrolment interviews for 2013 are in progress. Please ensure that you have completed and submitted enrolment forms if your child is ready for Prep next year; i.e. his/her birthday falls within the period between 1 July 2006 - 30 June 2007. There is a very solid demand for places and I would not like to see any of our existing families miss out.

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN PROGRAM
We are excited to be taking part in the 2012 Woolworths Earn & Learn Program. From Wednesday, 9th May until July 1st 2012, you can collect stickers at Woolworths that go towards Earn & Learn points. For every $10 you spend at Woolworths (excluding the purchase of tobacco, liquor and gift cards), you will receive a sticker. These stickers can then be given to your children to collect on a special sticker card. Once it is completed, they can simply bring them back here to school or you can drop them into your local Woolworths collection box at the front of the store.

The more points we earn, the more we can redeem from a choice of over 7,000 educational resources including mathematics and English resources, art& crafts materials and much, much more! We are grateful for your support and look forward to a successful program. If you have any questions, please ask at the school office.

P&F NEWS
Please see the latest school newsletter for all the P&F news.    If you would like to be on the distribution list for the P&F meeting minutes, please send a request to Denelle - P&F Secretary at breitfuss@bigpond.com. If you are not able to come to the meetings, you can still see what is going on via the minutes every month. Items can be added to the agenda by contacting Denelle or myself. Items must be added to the agenda by 7.00pm on the day of the meeting. Nicole Vanderburg, P&F President 0413 884 033, bvanderburg@optusnet.com.au

We would love to hear from you! Please text, phone or email us to let us know if you are available to help on the stall for any length of time. Belinda 0413 784 739, Amanda 0418 797 323 mothers_fathersdaystall@hotmail.com

CATHOLIC KIDS NET
Club Meetings 2012: 12 May, 9 June, 14 July Activities Room, Paloma Reception Centre Our Lady of Lourdes — Sunnybank 3.00pm—5.00pm (4yrs - 11yrs). At meetings children learn about their faith in a fun way through activities, crafts, games and stories. Phone Kristen 0429 777 960  email: bsd.youth@bne.catholic.net.au