Dear Community,

Thank you for your support with the COVID restrictions, we appreciate it. It has been a nice couple of weeks conducting enrolment interviews and showing new families around the school. Our enrolment numbers for 2021 are looking great across the school, with lots of positive feedback about St Anne's. We were very excited to be able to move Years 4-6 into their new classrooms on Tuesday of this week. Year 3 have moved into the Library classroom so that they are closer to the rest of the Primary students and not isolated in the back of the hall. Please see photos later in this newsletter and the building works section. The other great part of the classes moving is that we have reclaimed a number of teaching spaces around the school and the use of the hall. 

We are still searching for a Wood/Metal teacher in Secondary. Until we find a suitable candidate, I will continue to take 9/10 Wood/Metal and Mr Tait will teach Mandatory Tech. If you are aware of a qualified builder or qualified teacher who is looking for work, please let them know of our vacant position.  

Thank you for your participation in the Parent/Teacher interviews last week. Although it was a unique situation with it being over the phone, we hope that you were still able to gain some productive feedback on the progress of your child/ren. We believe that it takes a community to raise a child, so we are always grateful for the partnership that we form with parents.

I was involved in a meeting today with Fr Sijo, Jacqueline Collins and Catholic Education Office staff around the running of our parish sacramental program. We will communicate more information with you within the next week, about the possibility of Reconciliation going ahead this term.

When we chose our scripture theme (below) at the beginning of the year, we could not have predicted what lay ahead with the COVID situation and it is very fitting for what the country is experiencing. 

"Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong." 1 Corinthians 16:13

Take care,

Grant