Dear St Anne's Community,

I hope that you are all well. 

Uniform

Last week, I spoke with Anita, the regional uniform manager from Lowes. Anita gave me an update on some of our uniform items.

• If you are ordering online and the website tells you the item is out of stock, please call the Wagga store and it will be posted to you regardless. The website is being corrected to allow us to order what is instore, online.  
• The sports polo and long sleeve senior white shirt stock should be in the store in the next 2 weeks. 
• As always, if there are any concerns please make contact with me.

Storage- shipping containers

We are experiencing some storage constraints as we grow in student population. Therefore, we have two new shipping containers on the way. One will be housed on the boundary with Temora Public School and be used as storage for the TAS department. The other will go to Fr Hannan Oval and be used as storage for the high jump mats that we acquired from St Francis at Leeton. 

Do it for Dolly

Thank you to the Student Well Being team led by Mrs Wallace for their efforts in organising the Pyjama day dress up. The key message "whether your in your pyjamas at home or uniform at school, there's no place for bullying!" is so important. Students participated in various activities in class and at assembly and the gold coin donation will go to the Do it for Dolly organisation. 

Athletics Carnival

Last week, we had our annual athletics carnival at Nixon Park. Thank you to Mr Tait, Mr Hughes and Miss Ryan for their parts in organising the day. Thank you to our parent helpers, without you it is so difficult to run these sort of days. Our students were very well behaved throughout the day and their participation levels were impressive. 

Community Council meeting

The school community council met this week. The council meet twice a term, Week 3 and Week 7. Later in the year, we will provide you with an open forum meeting where you are welcome to attend. 

Information nights

Thank you to our Staff for their work in presenting the information nights. They have been well received by the community. This week, Miss Jamieson and I travelled out to West Wyalong and presented to a number of potential parents of Year 7, 2024 students.

Kindergarten Teacher 2024

I am pleased to announce that Miss Bridgitt Ryan will be our Kindergarten teacher in 2024. Next year will be Miss Ryan's third year on Kindergarten here at St Anne's.

Grant Success!

Last term, I applied for a $25,000 grant to source classroom air purifiers and play equipment. We were told this term that we were successful in this application. We are now sourcing the items and we will keep you updated. 

Take care,

Grant Haigh

Principal

Sacrament of Confirmation 

We wish our Year 6 students who are making their Sacrament of Confirmation this weekend all the best. The celebration is this Saturday evening at the parish mass, June 10th at 6pm and will be celebrated by Archbishop Christopher. Year 6 also have their Retreat day tomorrow in preparation for the Sacrament. We thank Year 9 who are leading the retreat as part of their Youth Ministry unit in Religion. With all the hard work they have put in, it is sure to be a wonderful day.

Sacred Heart Parish Mass and Casserole Night

Please consider bringing your family to the Mass at 5pm, followed by a shared casserole dinner in the hall and trivia for the celebration of the parish Feast day. Please bring a casserole or dessert to share and your friends and family for a great night.

Unveiling of plaque and Parish BBQ

On Sunday 25th June during Mass the parish will have the unveiling of a memorial plaque in honour of Fr Phil Harding. Afterwards everyone is invited to attend a parish BBQ. Meat and drinks will be provided. Please bring a salad to share. All are welcome.

Week 5

Kinder: Matilda Lynch, Jake Morton, Olivia Purcell

Year 1: Wilson Lim, Zoe Sinclair, Connor Jones

Year 2: William Bush, Skyla Morton, James Broad

Year 3: Ella McCrone, Hayden Pham, Alexy Balon

Year 4: Evie Cooper, Clancy Gibbs, Adele Oliver

Year 5: Elsie Keith, Billy Cassidy, Brooke Gilchrist

Year 6: Lillian Perry, Joey Cotton, Ava Derrick

Week 6

Year 7: Marley Block - Working well in Religion, Macey Coddington - Her work ethic and application while researching Johns Gospel, Maddison Davies - Her work ethic and application while researching Johns Gospel, Jarvey Crawford  - His work ethic and application while researching Johns Gospel, Liam Edis  - Working well in the Garden, Ella Matthews - Her work ethic and application while researching John's Gospel, Eliana Orbita - Her work ethic and application while researching John's Gospel, Darcy Reardon  - His work ethic and application while researching John's Gospel, Indy Wilesmith  - Her work ethic and application while researching John's Gospel.

Year 8: Ethan Bett - His excellent understanding of the Black Death, Isabel Fairman - Working well researching the positives and negatives of recycled water, Morgan George - Working well researching the positives and negatives of recycled water, Lily Gibbs - Working well researching the positives and negatives of recycled water, Leonard Lancaster  - Working well researching the positives and negatives of recycled water, Flynn Matthews - Her excellent understanding of the Black Death, Grace Smith  - her application and committment in History.

Year 9: Joseph Collins - for excellent reading at the school lead parish mass, Eloise Haigh - for excellent reading at the school lead parish mass, Scarlett Minchin - for supporting the school lead parish mass by operating the over head, Jett Nguyen  - for alter serving at the school lead parish mass. 

Year 10: Tayla Ackland - For excellent planning of her essay in English, Guinevere Drumore - For excellent reading at the School lead Parish Mass.

Week 7

Year 7: Marley Block - a great written response, Liam Edis  - Detailed written response in his History test, Addison Matthews - Excellent recognition of pitch and duration, Eliana Orbita - Excellent recognition of pitch and duration, Zali Sinclair - Great results in her English test, Lani Summerfield  - improved results in History and a good long response.

Year 10: Josie Crawford  - Great essay on "Walter Mitty", Callie Gregory - A well written essay on "Walter Mitty",  Nino Matanguihan - Making great progress in his essay writing skills,

St Anne’s Athletics Carnival 2023

St Anne's conducted its Athletics Carnival last Friday in beautiful conditions at Nixon Park. Congratulations to all students for the way they participated with great energy and spirit. The participation rate of our students was amazing, resulting in a record 82 Iron Person awards!

An incredible 11 records were broken on the day across a variety of events, some very long standing dating back to the late 80’s. A special mention to Lani McCrone breaking 6 individual records including the senior 1500m record in her first year in the senior category.

A big thank you to all the teachers and classroom aides, along with Ali McCrone and any parents that helped out with the main carnival or the infants activities.

Records Broken

Age Champions

Western Region athletics is next Friday, 16^th June at Tumut. If anyone who qualified is not going to attend, please inform Mr Hughes urgently. Good luck to all competitors next week in sunny Tumut!

For the first time in a long time the Secondary had two teams compete in the Archdiocese Basketball Championships. 

The 7/8 B - Boys came away with 1 win and the 9/10 B - Girls a win and a draw. A great effort from both teams against some tough competition. 

Last weekend Maisy McCrone competed at the State Touch Tournament for the U15's Girls CCC side at Narrabeen. 

The event allows CCC students to play against CHS and CIS schools in a round-robin tournament with the opportunity to be selected in the NSW State team. 

The girls came away with 1 draw and 3 close defeats, but it was a fantastic opportunity to play with the best in the state.

Great work Maisy!

Mortimer Shield Gala Day 2023

St Anne’s participated in the annual Mortimer Shield League and Tag Gala Day last Wednesday with a girls tag team and a boys league team.

The girls had some success winning two and losing one to Public school 1. The boys had a tough day losing all four games narrowly. All players are to be congratulated on their spirit and skills, particularly those that don’t normally play tag or league. Players of the day were Ava Derrick and Harry Swanston

NSW Netball Schools Cup 2023

St Anne’s sent eight Primary mixed netball teams to the annual NSW Cup netball carnival in Wagga last week. Under threatening skies, all teams enjoyed a great day of netball, particularly the boys who may never had played before. St Anne’s Green were defeated in the final 10-5 by an all girls team!. Congratulations to all players who played with great spirit and skill and thanks to the parents who came along to watch and support.

MacKillop Netball Selection      

Congratulations to Ava Derrick who was selected to represent MacKillop Primary netball at the State championships in Port Macquarie in Week 2 next term. We wish her all the very best as she takes the next step in her netball career!