St Anne's Catholic College - Temora eNewsletter

Dear St Anne's Community,

I hope that you are all well and looking forward to Showcase as much as I am.

COVID Restrictions

As of tomorrow, you are very welcome to enter school grounds for the purpose of delivering and picking up your children (morning and afternoon). You are also welcome to join our assemblies again. Any key events will be approached with a risk mitigation lense and measures put in place so that the potential for the spread of COVID is limited.

Showcase

I would like to thank Staff and Students for their preperation. It has been exciting to watch the various rehearsals and great to hear the hype that comes with such a big event for the students.

Infants Playground

The senior construction class have been busy building the new Cubby House for the infants playground. We look forward to the opening of this next term.

School Uniform Update

This week we received our uniform storyboard from Lowes. The storyboard is a visual representation of our uniform, which then needs to be approved before samples are sent out. As previously mentioned, we are not changing our uniform for K-10, only the supplier. We are, however, introducing new items for Years 11 and 12 (pictures below). The Uniform Committee are now looking over this storyboard before sending it back to Lowes. Millers are having a sale on our uniform and I encourage you to support them in the sale of their remaining stock. Please do not hesitate to contact the committee with any feedback.

Years 11&12 Uniform Pictures- Girls and Boys Summer shirt (bottom half same as 7-10). Boys and Girls Winter long sleeve shirt (bottom half same as 7-10). Boys and Girls Blazer and winter pullover.

Public Holiday & Pupil Free Day

As per the announcement made by Prime Minister Albanese, Thursday 22 September has been gazetted as a one-off public holiday a National Day of Mourning for the death of Queen Elizabeth II. All CECG schools and the Catholic Education Office will be closed on this day. Friday 23 September is a Pupil Free day for St Anne's, as part of the additional days granted to us by the Director to compensate for the additional workload that high staff absences can bring. Staff and I, continue to be grateful for your ongoing support to allow these days to occur.

Enrolments

We are looking very healthy in our 2023 Kindergarten, Year 7 and Year 11 numbers. If you know of anyone that is still unsure about where to send their child in any of the above year groups, please encourage them to contact me for a no-obligation tour of the school.

Years 11 & 12

Things are still progressing nicely behind the scenes. Study carrels have been ordered for the students to work at, furniture for their common room has been ordered and discussions are ongoing about the computer of choice for students. We have a number of Professional Development sessions booked for next term that will be delivered by a NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) officer to our Secondary staff.

Staffing

Currently, we have a number of positions advertised in the Years 7-12 space for 2023 and beyond. The job link can be found on our Facebook page and the Catholic Education Canberra/Goulburn Employment page. If you know of anyone, please encourage them to make contact with me for further information.

Community Council Meeting

Our next Community Council meeting will be held on Tuesday 11 October. This will be an open meeting for Parents to attend and ask any questions of the council members.

Secondary Trivia Night

Thank you to Mrs Collins and Mrs Tame for their work in organising the Trivia Night last night. Thank you to Miss Jamieson, Mrs Eberle, Mrs Holland, Mrs Gaynor and the students that attended as well. It was a fun night and the costumes were very impressive.

Year 10 Challenge

I had the pleasure of watching both afternoons of sport on Tuesday and Thursday this week. I would like to thank Mr Tait and Mr Hughes for organising the events and a massive congratulations to all our players. Both boys and girls teams played exceptionally well and I was very proud of all of them for stepping up to the challenge.

Attendance

We have a number of students displaying an increasing absence from school. This week and next, Mrs Holland will be sending out attendance letters to some parents that will outline our concerns in this area. While we understand that sickness has been difficult to control, we still need to make you aware of the number of absences and offer support if it is needed. Please contact Mrs Holland if we can help with your child's attendance in any way.

Excellent Attendance 95% and above	(e.g. 2.5 days absence or less in a term or 10 absences over a year)
Regular Attendance 90%-94.9%	(e.g. 2.6 to 5 days absence in a term or 10.1 - 20 absences in a year)
Emerging Absenteeism 80%-89.9%	(e.g. 5.1 to 10 days absence in a term or 20.1 - 40 absences in a year)
Chronic Absenteeism Less than 80%	(e.g. more than 10 days absence in a term or 40 absences in a year)

See you at Showcase!

Take care,

Grant Haigh

Principal

Congratulations to our Primary Public Speakers who competed against Cootamundra last Friday and well done Annabelle and Grace who progressed to the next round.

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Book Club

Orders from Issue #6 were distributed to students earlier this week.

Stage 2

Students in Years 3 and 4 have been reading Everyday Wonders by Natala Graetz. The students have followed the format used by the author to write about themselves as an “Everyday Wonder”.

Adele is smart and she has a kind heart,

She likes to drag around her big cart.

Adele likes to sing,

While swinging on the swing.

By Adele Oliver

Joey spends his weekends playing football,

He is such a good player he never has a fall.

He’s such a fast runner you can’t catch him,

He’s getting super tall and is still very slim.

By Joey Guymer

Abby has an Irish Wolfhound Cross Pointer,

Dogs definitely do NOT disappoint her.

She loves animals with all her heart,

And likes to clean the world and do her part.

By Abby Watts

Hannah is quiet but has a kind heart,

She cares for the world and is quite smart.

She likes making new and wonderful friends,

So her best friendships never end!

By Hannah Pham

Chaz loves playing cricket as well as footy,

He plays it wearing his favourite hoodie.

Chaz likes to do art,

He is also very smart.

By Charlie Minchin

Mailee likes to read and play,

She has a very warm heart and loves to pray.

With her puppies she loves to play,

Mailee has taught them how to sit and stay.

By Mailee Reid

Tea for Two

This week Kinder were treated to a Tea Party during their Library lesson. The inspiration for this came from a book they had read the previous week, Tea with Bea by Louis Baum. Kinder learnt about tea party etiquette and had their best manners on display while they served treats and ‘tea’ to their partner.

Week 7

Kinder - Bree Puertos, Wilson Lim, Sophie Irving

Yr 1 - Rylee Overs, Tristan Swanston, Ivy Drenovski

Yr 2 - Alexy Balon, Ned Hale, Avery Evola

Yr 3 - Primrose Minchin, Annabelle Gray, Madison Darrington

Yr 4 - Brooke Gilchrist, Riley Gilchrist, Kayla Block

Yr 5 - Ava Derrick, Billy Krause, Imogen Baldock, Harry Swanston

Yr 6 - Jacob Bett, Amber Haigh, George Morton

Week 8

Kinder - Adam Sheraz, Claudia Lancaster, Josie Bush, Connor Jones

Yr 1 - Winfred Puertos, Billy Bush, Karzon Rebibis

Yr 2 - Olive Coddington, Samuel Moroney, Ari Bryon

Yr 3 - Ava Crawford, Joey Guymer, Rosie Maurer

Yr 4 - Leo Drenovski, Elsie Keith, Dallas Gibbs

Yr 5 - Hayley Kite, Brodie Gray, Georgia Gibbs

Yr 6 - Charlie Cooper, Lani Summerfield, MJ Kreyts

Week 7

Yr 7 - Esther Adeyemi for great results in French. Bradley Daly for challenging himself in French and achieving good results. Isabel Fairman for exceptional results in French. Darcy Murphy for improved results in French.

Yr 8 - Oscar Bent for improved focus and work ethic in Geography.

Week 8

Yr 8 - Lilli Block, Lizzie Cooper, Catherine Granleese, Eloise Haigh, Scarlett Minchin, Lillian Oliver, Matilda Reardon for displaying an excellent understanding of energy efficient house design.

Yr 10 - Joshua Daly, Sharn Ferguson, Lily Reinhold, Annabelle Wiencke for excellence and improvement in science.

Congratulations to our Stage 5 Food Technology for another successful Feedmi. The students catered for the secondary students and staff with a sensational lunch today. They prepared and served 37 Chicken Parmigianas, 23 Nacho Bowls, 46 Chocolate Puddings and 14 Caramel Popcorn Parfaits.

Thank you to the SRC for the Secondary Trivia Night

What a fantastic night! It was great to see so many of the secondary students (46 in total) enjoying the hard work of their SRC to put on a wonderful night. The SRC’s games were a hoot and had us all laughing.

Special thanks to Mrs Tame for organising the Trivia questions and being an amazing compare. Thank you also to the staff who stayed to help with the BBQ, scoring/judging and supervision. We are very blessed to have such dedicated staff who are keen to help the students have the best experiences.

The effort with costumes was commendable, with the best dressed prizes going to Will Scott, Jasmin Cassidy and Angus Cooper. The best dressed class, who also had near perfect attendance were the Year 9 Eshays. One of the Year 9 teams also cleaned up as overall trivia winners for the night.

Congratulations to all of the prize winners for the games too.

Trent Barrett Shield was postponed again due to the weather and will be rescheduled in Term 4, no date known yet.

Boorowa/touch/netball carnival reminder to parent/carers - Please give consent and pay on Compass before next friday. All students from Year 2-6 are expected to attend this day. Year 10 students will be coaching these teams and will be attending also.

Primary students in Years 4 and 5 this year, 2022, are invited to trial for selection in the 2023 summer sport selection trials for a number of sports.

Boys and girls primary touch trials will be held in Canberra on 9th December

Boys and girls tennis trials will be held in Canberra 2nd December

Boys and girls cricket trials will be held in Queanbeyan 4th November

Boys and girls basketball trials will be held Canberra 2nd December

Any students interested in trialing must be of a suitable standard to trial and should contact Mr Hughes for more information. Parents are responsible for transporting their children to these trials.

What a beautiful afternoon on Tuesday for the AFL challenge between St Anne’s and Temora High. Both the girls and boys games were played in great spirit. Congratulations to the girls (41-9) and the boys (56-22) who were both victorious. Thanks to Mr Tait for umpiring and super coach Mr Haigh.

We have recently decommissioned a number of Chromebook devices that have been used in our classrooms and are offering them for sale.

Please note: these are USED devices in good working order and suitable for basic internet browsing. They are being sold AS IS and there is no support in relation to hardware or software. $50 per device, including a charger. Please contact the office if you are interested.