Dear St Anne's Community,

Over the last two weeks it has been great to be able to start holding some events. The NSW Health department have started to revise a number of restrictions that will support us in holding these events.

Events- The Athletics Carnival was a fun day in Week 4 and I was very impressed with the participation by the students. Thank you to Mr Tait, Mr Hughes and all the staff for their organisation and efforts. Thank you to Tracey McCormack and El Warren for their lunch order deliveries to Nixon Park. Remembrance Day Ceremony- Once again, our school captains represented the school with respect and pride when they accompanied me to the Remembrance Day Ceremony this week. Drama Production- It was a priviledge to attend the Sherwood Shennigans drama production at the Town Hall on Wednesday night. Congratulations to Mrs Eberle and all of the Year 9 and 10 students for their organisation and the amazing acting skills on display. 2021 Kindergarten Information session- It was nice to be able to welcome the parents of next year's Kindergarten class to our school. We have a number of new families and we look forward to many more welcoming opportunities as we progress into 2021. Our 2021 Orientation program for both Kindergarten and Year 7 will be starting very soon. We are very lucky to have students join us from West Wyalong for the Year 7 program and into next year. Our numbers are looking very healthy for both groups next year. 

Staffing- At the Kindergarten Information evening, I was pleased to announce that our Kindergarten teacher for 2021 is Mrs Georgia Hughes. In term 1, Mrs Samantha Park will take Kindergarten every Friday and Mrs Hughes Mon-Thurs. From term 2 onwards, Mrs Hughes will teach Kindergarten Mon-Fri. We look forward to Mrs Park returning to St Anne's for that period of time. Sadly, we will be farewelling Miss Pope and Miss Marin at the end of the year, as they take up appointments at other schools. We will have the opportunity to recognise their contribution at the end of the year. I have advertised 2 positions; one permanent/ongoing and the other as a 12 month contract. Later in the term, students will have the opportunity to visit their next year's teacher and the new classroom. 

God Bless all of our students celebrating the Sacrament of First Eucharist tonight. I ask that we continue to keep them in our prayers as they continue their faith journey.

2021- The first day of school for K-10 students will be Monday 1st February. Staff will be participating in Professional Development on Wednesday 27th, Thursday 28th and Friday 29th January. Because we are using an extra day (Friday 29th) in the first week of the term and so that students do not return to school on a Friday, we will not be holding a staff development day on the Monday in term 2.

A warm welcome to the Balinski family. Daniel and Yana started at our school last week.

Take care,

Grant