Dear Parents and Carers,

As we approach the end of Term 2, our students and staff have been working exceptionally hard on final assessments completing Semester 1 learning programs. This is a busy and important time of year, and it’s heartening to see such dedication across the school.

In particular, our Year 9 and 10 students demonstrated focus and effort during their exams last week. Their commitment, perseverance, and purposeful approach to learning have been a credit to them.

Year 10 Course Counselling Meetings

Miss Jamieson and Ms Harper thoroughly enjoyed meeting with the Year 10 students and their parents during the recent course counselling sessions. It is a privilege to be part of these important conversations and to help guide students in selecting courses that support their goals and aspirations.

Western Region Athletics Carnival Success!

Congratulations to all the Primary School students who competed at the recent Western Region Athletics Carnival. The students competed with great excellence, perseverance and great sportsmanship and thoroughly enjoyed the honour of bringing home the trophy for 2025.

Special congratulations to Mrs Overs and Mr Hughes for their dedication in preparing the students so successfully for their events. A great result from lots of hard work!

Community Council Meeting

Thank you to Karissa and the Community Council members for their continuing contributions to our College. We had another positive and productive meeting in Week 7 and are working together on areas such as improving the processes for uniform purchasing, establishing a Young Engineers Club with Mr Inch and planning ahead for the Garden Viewing in the Spring. 

Thank you to the Community Council and the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catholic Education Office for their contribution of new bubblers and water coolers. A great and much needed addition to the school.

ICT - Student Devices

Just to give parents an early ‘heads up’ that we will be updating devices used by the students and phasing in Windows based devices instead of the Chrome Books over the coming years, commencing in 2026.We wish to give parents plenty of notice on this as we know this could impact your own purchasing plans.

Students in Year 3, 7 and 11 will be the first to be issued with the Windows based laptops in 2026. For year 3, these will be school-based and purchased by the school. For Year 7 and Year 11, the laptops will be purchased by families under the BYOD program. More information to follow next term.

MND Fete Day

Tomorrow, Friday 27th June is MND Fete Day at St Anne’s. A fantastic day is promised and we thank students and parents for their enthusiasm and support for this very worthy cause.

ALL members of the community are invited to the Fete which will commence at 12pm. The students have been invited to wear blue and there are prizes for the best dressed class, class that raises the most money, etc.

St Anne’s, St Joachim’s and Grandparent’s Day

Early in the new term we have a very special celebration when we celebrate St Anne and St Joachim, Jesus’ grandparents, and our own grandparents. All grandparents are warmly invited to join us on Friday 1st August at 10.00am. More details can be found later in the Newsletter.

In Conclusion…

Thank you to all staff, students, and families for your continued support as we wrap up the first half of the academic year. 

Semester 1 Progress Reports will be issued on Wednesday, 2nd July. We hope parents find the reports both informative and insightful.

Should there be any questions or areas requiring clarification, parents can contact teachers or make an appointment through the school office.

Reminder: Pupil Free Days – Friday 4th July & Monday 21st July

Please note that Friday 4th July (last day of Term 2) and Monday 21st July (first day of Term 3) will both be Pupil Free Days.

On Friday 4th July, staff will be collaborating on programs for Semester 2 and preparing for the launch of our new homework and home reading tasks in Term 3.

On Monday 21st July, staff will gather in unity for our annual Spirituality Day, a time for reflection, connection, and shared purpose as we begin the new term.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

I am taking some extra days leave at the end of term as my husband David and I are traveling to the UK for some time with family. Looking forward to all Semester 2 will bring, especially my first St Anne’s Showcase.

Wishing all St Anne’s families a peaceful, relaxing and refreshing holiday ahead!

Louise Grant

Principal

RE NEWS

Australian Catholic Youth Festival  

The Festival targets 16 - 18 year olds and post-school leavers up to the age of 25. The Archdiocese is hoping that many secondary students from across CECG schools are able to attend (from Years 9 - 11). Archbishop Christopher heads the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC) that promotes this event, and sees the festival as significant in the lives of our students. 

You will find more information available at https://acyf.org.au Please also refer to the attached flyer.

We are currently seeking genuine expressions of interest for St Anne’s students who would like to join Mrs Collins in attending this amazing opportunity in Melbourne. We hope there will be sufficient St Anne's students to make this opportunity possible.

Preliminary costs and arrangements have indicated an estimated cost of $1800 per student to cover travel, accommodation and most meals. We may be able to look at fundraising to help subsidise some of this cost once we have a clearer idea of numbers of those who are interested. We would love to hear from you as soon as possible. 

To express your initial interest please make contact with Mrs Collins asap via email at jacqueline.collins@cg.catholic.edu.au 

Key Speakers:

• Fr. Rob Galea: An internationally renowned speaker and musician.
• Sr. Mary Grace SV: An Australian-born Sister of Life.
• Katie Prejean McGrady: An award-winning US author and podcaster.
• Maggie Craig: A US speaker and author.
• Angie Angrisano (Sir Augie): A hip-hop artist and poet. 

Other Speakers:

• Fr. Sam French is an Australian priest and the Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Broken Bay.
• John French is a theology student and social media content creator.

Year 10 Retreat - Year 10 Please mark it in your calendar

Year 10 will be attending their overnight retreat with Mrs Collins and Mr Gaynor next week (Week 10) from Tuesday July 1st to Wednesday July 2nd. The CSYMI Youth Ministry team will be running the sessions on the first day. Father Alex is looking forward to accompanying the students and staff throughout the retreat. Please be sure to provide permission on compass. Please note that all students/staff attending will require a pillow and sleeping bag. 

Urgent request for expressions of interest for Altar servers

We are about to run training for altar servers with Father Alex. The parish has only two active altar servers at the moment and we are very keen to have more young people serving in the parish and at school masses in this capacity. If your child is interested in training as an altar server and has made their First Eucharist (Communion) in the Catholic Church please email Mrs Collins on jacqueline.collins@cg.catholic.edu.au with an expression of interest to ensure that they don’t miss out on the training.

As we are making way for new books in the library we are culling some older books and books we have multiple copies of.

Next week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) these books will be available for free for the students to take home. They all have the barcode crossed out so you will know that it is a book they can keep and doesn't need to come back to the library. It might be an idea to put a spare bag in your child's schoolbag so they can  put some books in it.

Next Term is a very busy one in the library with lots of fun things happening including our Book Fair, an Author Visit and the Book Week Parade. We look forward to these exciting events.

This term K-2 students visited one of our local gems - The Temora Aviation Museum. They explored the museum in small groups lead by a local volunteer and learnt about the various aircrafts on display. Our K-2 students are to be commended for their excellent behaviour on the day as volunteers complimented our students on how impressed they were with their group. Thank you to the Temora Aviation volunteers and Reid Buses for their time on the day.

Week 7

Kinder: Ruby R, Noah L, Tilly M

Year 1: Lucas O, Molly B, Koby T

Year 2: Darcy M, Katie H, Tess T, Isla P, Charlie C

Year 3: Frankie T, Spencer L, Zahlie O

Year 4: Riansh K, Erin O, James B

Year 5: Matthew O, Olive C, Hayden P

Year 6: Edie B, Jack C, Adele O

Week 8

Kinder: Poppy V, Scarlett M, Madeleine T, Madison H, Audrey W, Oliver S, Oscar D, Lola P, Willow K, Florence T 

Year 1: Molly M, Joey H, Hudson M, Ada H

Year 2: Matilda L, Pippa H, Jake M, Ruby M, Katie H

Year 3: Paddy W, Samayra L, Josie B, Kash T

Year 4: Harrison P, Ella H, Peyton W

Year 5: Audrey W, Quinn C, Ned H

Year 6: Belle W, Molly T, Lucy T

Week 9

Year 7: Lucy Buerckner - Fantastic effort in Geography. Anna Chalmers  - Pleasing ability to identify forces and apply this understanding. Poppi Frater  - Excellent engagement in learning activities. Dallas Gibbs - Fantastic effort in Geography. Riley Gilchrist  - Fantastic effort in English. Bailey McCormack - Demonstrating in depth knowledge of forces and how they apply in everyday situations. Charles Minchin - Outstanding achievement in writing tasks. Georgie O'Connor  - A well presented assessment on egg production. Angus Oliver  - Excellent engagement in learning activities. Sarah Smith - Fantastic effort in Geography

Year 8: Harvey Drumore - Conscientious effort in practical tasks. A pleasing understanding of renewable and non renewable resources. Outstanding results in Geography topic test. Billy Krause - Outstanding results in Geography topic test. Grace Miller  - Outstanding results in Geography topic test. Liam Oliver - Outstanding results in Geography topic test.  Judd Oliver  - Pleasing effort and achievement in the Resources topic. Clementine Tillman  - Outstanding results in Geography topic test.

Western Region Athletics Carnival - Young

On Friday the 20^th June we had 30 students travel to Young and compete in the Western Region Athletics Carnival. 

We were very excited to take home the trophy once againg for the winning point score out of all the schools in the Western Region! Not only did we win the trophy but we had a number of Age Champions and 1st, 2^nd and 3^rd place ribbons!

Congratulations to the following students who contributed to our successful day. We were extremely proud of our student's sportsmanship and positive behaviour. 

We have a number of students who will be competing at the Archdiocesan Athletics Championships in Canberra. We wish them the best of luck. 

Athletes:

Archie B, Jackson B, Quinn C, Ellie F, Philippa G, Clancy G, Annabelle G, Joey G, Ned H, Sophie I, Leo J, Duke K, Zeph L, Ella Mc, Skyla M, Mack O, Zahlie O, Rylee O, Jackson P, Hayden P, Bayley P, Bodhi R, Alby S, Noah S, Nate S, Tristan S, Ivy T, Farley T, Audrey W, Peyton W, 

Age Champions:

Farley Tillman, Quinn Crawford, Zephanie Lancaster

Relay Teams:

JRN Boys- Duke Krause, Alby Swanston, Leo Jayawardene, Mack Oliver- 2^nd place 

JRN Girls- Farley Tillman, Phillipa Gibbs, Skyla Morton, Rylee Overs- 2^nd place 

SRN Boys-Joey Guymer, Clancy Gibbs, Noah & Nate Swanston- 3^rd place

SRN Gilrs- Zephanie Lancaster, Annabelle Gray, Quinn Crawford, Ella McCrone-1st 

Broken Records

St Anne's Temora - Senior Girls Relay

Zephanie Lancaster - Senior Girls 200m and Senior Girls 1500m

Ella McCrone - Intermediate Girls Long Jump

Quinn Crawford - Intermediate Girls 1500m

MacKillop Touch Trials 

Ella, Belle, Annabelle and Zephanie attended the MacKillop Touch trials recently. The girls played some great games and had a fun day. Annabelle and Zephanie were both selected in possibles and probables.

TRP in Year 3

Attitude for Gratitude

 Year 3 have been working on ‘Attitude for Gratitude’ where they looked at what it means to be in the present and in the moment and how Gratitude can help us achieve this. Bringing our attention to the positives quickly engages our minds with the present. Asking ourselves ‘What can I be grateful for in this moment?’ can help us access more joy and appreciation. We begin to realise our entire life consist mainly of little things and moments.

Year 3 also explored what gratitude looks like in the past to the present. They looked at a moment in the past that has occurred to them and what some of the feelings they felt during this time.

TRP Gratitude Poster of noticing our surroundings and being grateful in the moment.