Dear St Anne's Community,

Welcome back! It was nice to see students return on Tuesday this week. We started the day with a whole school assembly, which included a prayer for the term ahead, a minute’s silence for ANZAC Day and we welcomed our new staff and students.

Enrolments

Today, I sent an email to all parents outlining our enrolment period. Please read over the booklet that was attached to my email and contact me if you have any questions or concerns. 

We welcomed back the Townsend family on Tuesday. It is nice to see Frankie, Molly, and Billy in our school again.

Staffing

A warm welcome to Miss Jordan Barrett on Year 1 and Miss Kim Irving on Year 6. Miss Barrett has joined us on a permanent basis and Mrs Irving will be with us for Terms 2 & 3 while Mrs Overs is on maternity leave. I have another couple of announcements in staffing to make next week. I would like to thank our secondary parents for your understanding with the changing of your child's teachers this year. Some classes have changed teachers again this term and we will have some other changes in Week 3. I will provide parents with a full list of classroom teachers next week. I will also be able to announce the teacher that will be covering Mrs Eberle's Kindergarten class while she is on maternity leave. 

Playground Equipment

Our small playground equipment has arrived. This was purchased through a government grant last year. It has taken some time to arrive due to shipping delays. There are 4 pieces of equipment, and we will install these over at Fr. Hannan in amongst the trees. 

School Community Council

The next meeting of the school community council will be held on Tuesday of Week 3 at 7:00pm.

The Resilience Project

I look forward to seeing the ongoing benefits of this program in our school. Please keep an eye on our school newsletters to see how you can utilise this at home also.

St Anne's Principal

The position of Principal here at St Anne's was advertised over the break. Applications close on the 12th of May. It takes some time for the panel to complete the recruitment process, with an announcement on my replacement unlikely to be given until the end of this term. 

ANZAC Day

Thank you to the staff and students who attended the ANZAC Day march and service last week. We had 64 students representing our school. It gives me a great sense of pride to see so many of our students participating in this special day.

I wish all our students a happy and successful term 2.

Take care,

Grant Haigh

Principal