Welcome to St Peter Chanel Primary School, the Gap

Welcome to the St Peter Chanel School website. Here you will find a variety of information about our school which may assist our families and those considering joining us....read more»

St Peter Chanel Primary School is: a Catholic Christian faith community grounded in the gospel values of dignity, respect, justice and joy; Inspired by the traditions of the Sisters of Charity and the Marist Fathers;...read more»

Our Year 6 students do a wonderful job in leading the school's ANZAC Day commemorations, using stories, images, dramatization, prayer and music throughout the ceremony. This is complimented by the school's inspirational representation at The Gap Community's ANZAC Day March and Service held each year. ​...read more»

We have been honoured to have Leigh Hobbs, the Australian Children’s Laureate (for 2016 – 2017), as St Peter Chanel’s 2016 Author-in-Residence. We welcomed Leigh with a fabulous birthday surprise in the form of an amazing birthday cake and 500 accompanying cupcakes, depicting some of his book's characters. Leigh hosted an evening for parents, carers and children where he spoke of his work and his passion...read more»

The CBCA celebrates its 71st Anniversary of the Book of the Year Awards in 2017 from Saturday August 19 – Friday August 25. The Book Week theme this year is Escape to Everywhere. To help us to promote the value of reading, literacy, book fun and Australian writers and illustrators we were very fortunate to have Mr Brian Falkner work with our Year 4, 5 and 6 students from March 20 - 22 to create...read more»