Aquinas Care supports families in our
We focus on partnering with
College community who need short-
the College to support its
or long-term assistance, primarily
direction and strengthen the
through meals prepared and delivered
parent and friend community.
by our generous volunteers.
Our key objectives are to:
Parents Friends AQUINAS COLLEGE AND
Each year, Aquinas Care provides over 100 meals to families.
Connect College leadership with parents
Our success relies on volunteers willing to make a meal or donate
Foster community spirit
funds for pre-made meals. Aquinas Care operates with the utmost
Work alongside the College to help students achieve their best
respect and discretion, with no direct contact with families—
Provide a forum for engaging and consulting with parents on new
communication goes through the Heads of School. If you can
initiatives, policies, and strategies
contribute even one meal a year, please consider joining the Aquinas
We also create opportunities to enhance the College’s social fabric
Care email list.
through events like the annual P&F Sundowner, Fathering Project
aquinas.care@aquinas.wa.edu.au
activities, and year-group gatherings. Our commitment primarily involves bar service at evening functions*, so
AQUINAS COLLEGE PARENT
VOLUNTEER GROUP
The Parent Volunteer Group, part
our workload is lighter than many P&F organisations. We hold four
of the P&F, provides a rewarding way
evening meetings per year. Click here for the meeting dates. If you’d like
for you and your son(s) to connect
to join the P&F or attend a meeting, please email us to join our mailing
with the Aquinas College community.
list. * RSA required. P&F can assist with this.
Volunteering is a great opportunity to meet other parents, share
pandf@aquinas.wa.edu.au
experiences, and support the success of College events. There are many ways to get involved! Parents assist staff and coordinate helpers to ensure events run smoothly. Some events benefit students and families, while others support alumni and the wider Aquinas College community. Daytime events include Junior School Mothers’ Day, Dads’ Reading Morning, Year 4 Grandparents’ Day, and hospitality at functions like Orientation Days, Senior Old Boys’ Day, and New Mothers Morning. Most of these are during school hours.
Mt Henry Peninsula
CONSERVATION GROUP
Mt Henry Peninsula (MHP), located between the Aquinas College boarding residences and Mt Henry Bridge, is a heritage-listed bushland designated as Bush Forever Site 227.
As one of the last remaining pockets of natural, undeveloped bushland in the Swan/Canning river basin, MHP is a valuable ecological site. It
Evening and weekend events include the Year 11 Mother/Son Etiquette
hosts a nesting site for a pair of Ospreys, who return each year to breed.
Dinner, Middle and Senior School Productions, Year 12 Ball, Year 10
The endangered Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo (white-tailed) and Red-Tailed
Dance, Year 11 Social, Year 12 Graduation, Senior School Music Night, and Art Exhibitions.
Black Cockatoo are frequent visitors, along with other bird species. The peninsula is also home to several colonies of Quendas (bandicoots)
With many events on the College calendar, we welcome volunteers
and various common reptile species native to the Swan Coastal Plain.
year-round. Whether you can help for an hour or the entire event, your
Aquinas College is fortunate to have access to such pristine bushland on
support is greatly appreciated!
campus, which serves as a valuable teaching and learning resource for
Call outs for volunteers will be shared in the e-bulletin, on the Aquinas
students. Students from Pre-Primary to Year 12 can engage in
College app and emailed to the relevant parent year groups.
environmental work on Mt Henry Peninsula through the College’s
You can complete the volunteer registration form here. Your details
Service Learning Program, held during Terms 2 and 3. Parents and
will be added to the parent volunteer mailing list.
guardians are also welcome to join their sons in conservation efforts on the peninsula.
events@aquinas.wa.edu.au
maddison.nicholls@aquinas.wa.edu.au