Dear St Anne's Community,

As Week 3 comes to a close, I would like to thank staff, students and parents for their continued support of the COVID restrictions. I believe that with the support of you all, we can continue to provide a safe learning environment for our students and a safe work environment for our staff. Please continue to notify the school if your child tests positive to COVID and they have been at school prior to testing positive. Sometimes there will be announcements made in the media about restrictions easing. At school, we cannot modify our restrictions until official word has been received from NSW Health, which is filtered through Catholic Schools NSW and our head office. I thank you for your patience with this.

Swimming Carnival

Thank you to Mr Hughes and Mr Tait for another successful carnival last week. Thank you to the staff, students and parents for an enjoyable day. Well done to Staff and Parents for winning the Staff/Parents v Students relay race. 

School Community Council (SCC) - The Council’s role is to oversee the school finances, enrolments, building and maintenance, uniforms and to contribute to school policies. The Council meets every month for about an hour and there is not a huge commitment of time involved outside meeting times. If you are interested in joining the SCC please contact the office by phone or email  office.stannes@cg.catholic.edu.au

Enrolments

We have had a number of new students and families join us recently. We also have a number of students joining us in the near future. A warm welcome to the following students and their families:

• Kindy- Sophie Irving
• Year 1- Isabella Irving
• Year 8- Jaicie Blachut
• Year 8- Matilda Krause
•  Year 9-  Abigail-Rose Twaddle
•  Year 10- Kyah Sayers

Thank you for your patience with Compass Parent Portal as we navigate the many useful features. If you experience any trouble with Compass, please do not hesitate to contact the school. Don't forget to submit your child's attendance notes when they are absent. This is a quick and easy feature on the Compass Parent Portal. 

Take care,

Grant Haigh

Principal

Ash Wednesday

This year the students will be celebrating Ash Wednesday in an outdoor liturgy at school. Families are still welcome to attend an Ash Wednesday Parish Mass at Sacred Heart Church at 7pm on 2nd March.

Shrove Tuesday

The students will receive a pancake again this year for Shrove Tuesday (the day before Ash Wednesday). These will be shared in line with covid protocols. If your child has a food allergy please be in touch with their class teacher to clarify whether they have special dietary requirements in this instance. Further details will be communicated in the coming days.

Project Compassion boxes

Project compassion boxes will be sent home shortly (in week 5) for the period of Lent. Please encourage your child to give generously to the project compassion appeal and then return their box with their donation back to school by the end of this term.

Altar servers

A reminder to please contact Mrs Collins via email or the office, if you would like your child to receive training to volunteer as an altar server. Any child who has received their First Eucharist in the Catholic Church is eligible to participate.

Sacrament of First Reconciliation 

The students in Year 3 who are eligible to make the Sacrament of First Reconciliation will begin their preparation later this term. The Parent Information session will be held on Tuesday 15th March at 7pm. (Details will follow closer to the date once we can determine whether it will be a face to face or zoom meeting online). Any parent wishing for their baptised child to receive the Sacrament who is in Year 4 or above, is encouraged to contact Mrs Collins or the front office as soon as possible.

Secondary SRC Pool Party

Next Wednesday 23rd February the secondary students have their first SRC event for 2022. The theme is ‘Tropical’ - come dressed in your best Tropical clothing for some best dressed prizes. The $8 due to be paid on Compass by Monday 21st covers a sausage sizzle, drink and access to the water slide.  The pool entry of $4 is to be paid upon entry or covered by a pool pass. Please support this great event held from 4- 6pm so that we can keep holding them for you!

Every Thursday morning, secondary students break off into their peer groups. Their groups are made up of students from Year 7 to Year 10. Year 10 students are the captains of the groups and this enables them to develop their leadership skills throughout the year. Sometimes the students will do activities within their own group and at other times they will compete against other groups. This morning students worked together to navigate their way through a maze.

Library Lunch Roster

Students are able to visit the Library during the lunch break. Currently only one cohort is able to visit at a time.

Monday – Secondary

Tuesday – Infants (Kindergarten to Year 2)

Wednesday- Stage 2 (Years 3&4)

Thursday- Stage 3 (Years 5&6)

Friday- Closed

Bookclub

Orders from Scholastic Issue 1 have been placed this week. Book Club orders will be distributed to students when they arrive.

Week 1

Kinder - Spencer Lynch, Alby Swanston, Evie Smith

Yr 1 - Tom Harris, Philippa Gibbs, Tristan Swanston

Yr 2 - Evie Keith, Hayden Pham, Audrey Wallace

Yr 3 - Joey Guymer, Annbelle Gray, Adeleine Ward

Yr 4 - Elsie Keith, Ayden George, Eliana Adeyemi

Yr 5 - Lillian Perry, Harry Swanston, Brodie Gray

Yr 6 - Darcy Reardon, George Morton, Robbie Bett

Week 2

Kinder - Connor Jones, Peyton Derrick, Hunter Chown

Yr 1 - Evelyn Tait, Bodhi Reardon, Ella Hartwig

Yr 2 - Matthew O'Connor, Alexy Balon, Ari Bryon

Week 2

Yr 7  - Isabel Fairman for great participation in History. Leonard Lancaster for great participation in History.

Yr 8  - Joseph Collins for excellent knowledge of language features and their use. Alice Fogarty for being an enthusiastic participant in Maths. Mitchell Hartwig for excellent involvement in Maths activities. Scarlett Minchin for great involvement in discussion about language features. Matilda Reardon for always reaching out to others.

Yr 9 - Kayde Carney for asking pertinent questions in History. Isabella Darrington for showing great perseverance in Maths. Lily Guymer for asking insightful questions in History.

Yr 10 - Bailey Blackwell for asking great questions in History. Darcy Gaynor for making a concerted effort in Maths. Lily Reinhold for demonstrating understanding of the UDHR in History.

Last Friday our school swimming carnival was won by Joes. Congratulations to all students who participated and gave their best. Special mention to Will Maxwell, Lani Summerfield and Annabelle Gray who broke records on the day.

24th March - Open Primary girls AFL selections in Wagga.

1^st April - Netball and rugby league under 11's and under 12's Canberra Goulburn selections in Canberra.

6th April - Primary Schools Championships AFL (previously known as the Paul Kelly Cup) at Wagga. Girls, boys or mixed teams.

Good luck to George Morton, Lani McCrone and Darcy Reardon who are attending WR Touch Trials tomorrow.

Primary swimming for sport is now finished. For the remainder of the term students will be doing netball in preparation for the NSW Netball Cup in Term 2.

Three St Anne's students, Lani McCrone, Darcy Reardon and George Morton, travelled to Canberra to trial for Canberra Goulburn selection. After a tough selection process all three were selected and now progress to MacKillop selections at St Mary’s in Sydney on the 18th March-we wish them the very best of luck.

Congratulations to George Morton who was selected in the Canberra Goulburn Primary AFL team on Tuesday 15^th February. He will now travel to Wagga on the 25^th March to trial for MacKillop selection- we wish him the best of luck.

Reminder - If you need to postpone your child's canteen order please send Belinda Maxwell a text on 0412142166 before 9.30am on the day.

Did you know - You can cancel your child's canteen order on the QKR App anytime before 8am on the day.

Monday 14th November - Team 1 - Carly Bickham, Andrea Cartwright, Ashlee Smith

Monday 21st November - Team 2 - Kirsty Oliver, Liz Oliver

Monday 28th November - Team 3 - Lisa van Egmond, Nicole Talbot

Monday 5th December - Team 4 - Kerissa Reardon, Rochelle Caldwell

Monday 12th December - Team 5 - Meg Morton, Ali McCrone, Atalie Perry

We are always looking for new volunteers to help on our canteen on a Monday, the occasional Tuesday or for an hour (10.30am to 11.30am) on a Friday. Please contact our canteen manager, Belinda on 0412 142166 if you can help out.

Kinder - Yr 2 Come & Try Day - Saturday 19th Feb - 8.30am to 9.30am followed by 6 Saturday mornings to finish 2nd April.

Year 3 and up 7 Week Competition - Tuesday 15 Feb - 29 Mar- 4.30pm to 5.30pm. After the first week and numbers are finalised there will be a 6 week round robyn. Two game times 4.30-5.30 and 5.30-6.30. See Facebook page or email temora.basketball@gmail.com for more information.