Dear St Anne's Community,

This is our last newsletter for the term and I would like to thank you all for a positive and productive Term 1. I am very pleased with the progress the school is making and the increase in enrolments that we are experiencing. 

Welcome

A warm welcome to Ruby and Flynn Matthews. Ruby has joined Year 9 and Flynn will be joining Year 7 on Monday of Week 10. 

Parent/Teacher Interviews

I look forward to next Tuesday and Wednesday and the opportunity to open the gates and welcome you into the school again. K-6 interviews will be held in their respective classrooms and Secondary interviews will be held in classrooms along the art room end of the upstairs corridor. Please look for sanitising stations and do not attend if you are unwell. Don't forget to visit the space outside the Food Tech room, to collect a free sausage sandwich or roll. 

RAT Kits

Thursday next week, we will be sending home a single rat test with your child. We have some left over from the recent allocation and this will support you if your child is displaying symptoms. 

Staff Professional Development

Some of our teachers have been busy attending professional development days or preparing for upcoming days. Please be assured that we always try to limit the impact that this will have on classes while teachers are away from the class.

Enrolments

As I said at the start, it is very pleasing to be welcoming so many new families and their children to St Anne's. Since the start of the year, we have had 12 new students join us. A good news story; our Secondary numbers are the highest we have had since 2015. 

Don't forget to keep us updated if you have plans for your child to attend another school next year. This assists us in so many ways and confirms what we hear from students at school. 

School Grounds

A friendly reminder that students are not to be on school grounds before 8:30am of a morning. Playground supervision begins at 8:30am, thank you. 

The season of Lent will come to a close soon with the beginning of the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday; Thursday 14th April. I wish you and your family a happy and Holy Easter break and I look forward to students returning to school on Wednesday 27th April.  

Take care,

Grant Haigh

Principal

Passion Play

A special thank you is extended to the Year 9 & 10 students who have been busy preparing to present the Passion Play next Friday afternoon at 2pm (on the last day of term) in the church. It is very special to be able to share the Easter message with one another once again and we are impressed by the reverent, respectful way in which the students took on this task to lead the St Anne’s community. Stage 5 you should be very proud of yourselves. We are very grateful to you for what you will be sharing with us all.

Thank you also to Miss Ryan for agreeing to sing during the Passion Play. Special thanks are also extended to Mrs Taylor for her assistance with the coordination of the Passion Play and to the secondary staff for their support with the preparations.

Easter Blessings

May you all have a blessed Easter and appreciate the opportunity once again to take some time for reflection, make the time to attend Mass with your loved ones this Easter and to recall the great sacrifice of love and salvation offered for each of us. 

Keep an eye out for Archbishop Christopher Prowse’s 2022 Easter message which will become available in the coming days via the Canberra Goulburn website link below:

https://cgcatholic.org.au/

First Reconciliation

We continue to keep the students from Year 3 who are preparing to make their first Reconciliation in our prayers. A reminder that this Saturday evening at 6pm is the last weekend Mass for families to present their child for enrolment to the program. If you are unable to commit to attending this Mass and are yet to enrol please contact Fr Sijo to make arrangements at an alternate parish mass during a weekday.

Harmony Week was celebrated during K to 6 Library lessons in Week 8. Students viewed and discussed the features of traditional clothing from Germany, Croatia and the Philippines. They also looked at different money from a variety of countries. Students enthusiastically, some more than others, participated in learning a Croatian Folk Dance. Special thanks to Shiraz Broad who brought in a slideshow about the Philippines, traditional clothing and Kutsinta, which is a type of steamed rice cake, for her classmates to sample. Shiraz and Kim also taught their class some Filipino words.

The start of 2022 has seen our Secondary students returning to the classroom with great attitudes and a real sense of eagerness towards their learning. 

Year 8 English have spent the past few weeks intensively working on their written language skills. They have each produced a folio that contains many pieces of non-fiction writing. We have used these skills in the past week or so to write colourful biographies on our friends and even write about how their own lives might pan out.

Year 7 History has examined the ancient world with a specific focus on the origins of our First Nations People. They have developed their investigative skills through an in-depth look at Narrabeen man and how he both lived and died. They are now moving onto ancient Egypt and already able to make comparisons between the two cultures. 

Year 9 History has looked at the way Australia developed as a nation and are now starting to look at World War 1. They will be studying the events of the Anzacs time at Gallipoli when we return from the holidays. 

Year 10 History has been developing their understanding of our nation and our culture through a close study of the ways rights changed throughout the 20th Century. The main focus here has been our First Nations People and they have conducted their own research into how and why changes happened. It has been wonderful to watch them form their own opinions on past events and to hear their hopes for the future.

Stage 5 Commerce is currently beginning a unit on Running a Small Business. WE began this with a walk through some of the businesses in town. We visited Rick Firman and learned about the history of his shop, then went to KaMarley and Me to look at the changes that had been made to that space in order for the space to transform from a restaurant to a retail space. From there we went to say hello to Tracey in Teez Bakes and Cakes, they were very impressed with the rocky road samples she handed out. Students compared the layout of these shops to the one in Tanza, and had a good look at the way a variety of items were sold in one space; There may even have been a suggestion that they could work on what to buy for Mother’s day. We finished our tour at Kayshe with a visit to past student Deklyn Lomax. 

The Anzac Day March and Service will be held on Monday 25th April 2022 commencing at 10.45am from the police station to the cenotaph for the 11:00am Service.

Any students who are attending are asked to wear full winter school uniform and assemble at the police station at 10:40am.

Next week is a big week for sport with Year 5/6 boys and girls playing in the annual Paul Kelly Cup AFL in Wagga next Wednesday 6^th April. St Anne's year 5/6 boys will play in the annual Stephen Bleyer Cup rugby union challenge on Friday 8^th April. This Friday we have a number of students travelling to Canberra to trial for Canberra-Goulburn selection in netball and rugby league. Lana King, Livvy Blackwell, Ava Derrick, Lani Summerfield and Lani McCrone will trial for netball and Lenny Guymer, Will Maxwell and Darcy Reardon will trial for under 12's rugby league. Harry Swanston, Judd Oliver and Matthias Lancaster will trial for league under 11's. We wish the best of luck.

Congratulations to Annabelle Gray and Will Maxwell who swam at the MacKillop selection trials in Sydney last week. Both swam very well but did not gain selection, congratulations on a mighty effort!

George Morton was selected in the MacKillop Primary AFL team last Friday. George will now compete at Coffs Harbour for possible selection in the NSW team, we wish George the very best of luck in his trials.

Week 7

Kinder - Alby Swanston, Wilson Lim, Bree Puertos, Josie Bush

Yr 1 - Bailey Bickham, Ruby Crawford, James Broad

Yr 2 - Yana Balinska, Archie Block, Isla Sheraz

Yr 3 - Lucy Taylor, Ava Crawford, Madison McCormack

Yr 4 - Bailey McCormack, Mailee Reid, Billy Cassidy

Yr 5 - Livvy Blackwell, Harvey Drumore, Meg Ruskin

Yr 6 - Michael Kreyts

Week 8

Kinder - Adam Sheraz, Bree Puertos, Gus Reardon

Yr 1 - Peyton Wiencke, Ruby Crawford, Ivy Drenovski

Yr 2 - Alexy Balon, Evie Keith, Ari Bryon

Yr 3 - Edie Bett, Evie Cooper, Clancy Gibbs 

Yr 4 - Grace McCrone, Paige Reardon, Kayla Block 

Yr 5 - Matthias Lancaster, Judd Oliver, Serenity Bron

Yr 6 - Lenny Guymer, Shiraz Broad

What a fantastic day the Stage 5 Art students had on their Art Immersion Day in Canberra. A visit to the fabulous Van Gogh Alive exhibition, lunch on the edges of Lake Burley Griffin, exploring the sculpture garden and an engaging tour of significant works in the National Gallery with a fantastic guide from the education team.

Yr 8 - Jimmie Harper for great work on his Virtual Viking Museum. Chelsea Nielsen for excellent work on her Virtual Viking Museum.

Yr 10 - Bea Balon for consistent effort and achievement in Religion. Sharn Ferguson for excellent application and achievement in Religion. Naish Oliver for consistent effort and achievement in Religion.

It was a beautiful day last Friday for the annual Cross Country held at Nixon Park. All students put in amazing efforts with some even managing to sprint to the finish line. This event was run as a pathway for the Western Region Cross Country (primary) and the Canberra-Goulburn Goulburn Cross Country (secondary). The top 5 finishers in primary have already received their notes for the next event and secondary students will be invited to attend based on their times.

The champion house on the day was Joes on 160 points, Johns 124, Pats 110 & Pauls 66.

Congratulations to all of our students.

This week students in Years 3/5/7/9 have been participating in online NAPLAN practice tests. These tests are designed to give students the opportunity to get used to the features of the online tests. The real NAPLAN tests are scheduled for the begninning of May, so if you have children in Years 3/5/7/9 please keep the first two weeks of May free. The tests are an important opportunity to gather information about student progress, and we encourage all students to participate.

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

Youth Week April 2022:

Thursday 6^th- Easter Treats with Dilini 4pm-6:30pm. Dilini from local food van Sugar and Spice will be teaching participants how to make, cook and decorate easter themed sugar cookies. Ages 8-25.

Monday 11^th- First Aid course (including CPR) at Platform Y from 10am-3:30pm. Free for ages 14-25. Light lunch provided by the Temora Youth Team.

Thursday 14^th- Box It Out with PT Jo Cochrane. Ages 12-25. 9:30am.

Thursday 14^th- Flying Fruit Fly Circus Skills workshops- skills such as juggle, hula hoop, diablo and plate spinning. Workshop 1- ages 8-12. 11am-12:45. Workshop 2- ages 13-17 1:30-3:15.

School Holidays April 2022:

Thursday 21- DIY Body Products Ariah Park Memorial Hall 10am-11:30am, Platform Y 1:30pm-3pm Ages 8-25

Friday 22^nd- Resume Writing 10am-11:30am ages 12-25

Friday 22^nd- Let’s Get Crafty 1pm-2:30pm ages 8-25 

Numbers are limited so book early by contacting Kassi on 0418 357 230. More information on Temora Youth FB page.

See attached a flyer for our upcoming Holiday Break Program with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia.

These are all FREE programs for young people in Temora Shire.