Dear St Anne's Community,

Easter Blessings from Our Catholic School Family!

As we approach the joyous celebration of Easter, I am filled with gratitude for the wonderful community we have here at St Anne's Catholic College. Easter is a time of renewal, hope, and reflection, and it is a pleasure to witness these values echoed throughout our school. During this season, we are reminded of the importance of faith, family, and community. It is a time to come together and celebrate the blessings in our lives, including the gift of education and the opportunity to grow in both knowledge and spirit. As a Catholic school, we are guided by the teachings of Jesus Christ and the principles of love, compassion, and service to others. This Easter, let us remember the significance of these teachings and strive to live them out in our daily lives. I encourage each of you to take some time during this Easter break to reflect on the blessings in your life and to cherish the moments spent with loved ones. May this Easter be a time of joy, peace, and spiritual growth for you and your families.

Easter Hat Parade

Our K-6 Easter hat parade was a great event this morning and I thank our Primary SRC for their organisation. Thank you to all of the parents, grandparents and families that were able to join us for this parade. 

Resignation

On Monday this week, and with mixed emotions, I announced my resignation from St Anne's and Catholic Education Canberra/Goulburn at the end of the 2024 school year. Please see the letter that was emailed on Monday. The Principal position is likely to be advertised in April and we hope to have an announcement by the end of Term 2, if all goes to plan.  

Tracksuit pants

Please see an article further along in this newsletter about school tracksuit pants. 

Staffing

Secondary-

Dr Vey has taken some leave and she will return for the start of Term 2.

We welcome Tracy Harper to our school next week. Tracy will be fulltime, covering Year 9 Homeroom, Yr 11 Standard English, Year 10 HSIE, Year 8 English, Year 7 HSIE, Year 9/10 Food. We look forward to having Tracy and the experience that she brings with her, on our staff. 

I have advertised for a Science/Tech assistant. Two days per week. If you know of anyone, please encourage them to apply. 

Primary-

The relieving Year 6 teacher position for when Mrs Overs is on Maternity Leave has been advertised and is at the interview stage. I will be able to announce this next week.

I am very grateful for the support that we have received from Mrs Nikki Taylor and Mrs Claire Maxwell. Both staff members have been assisting us while we finalise staffing arrangements. They are well known to both staff and students and have been teaching at St Anne's for many years. 

Passion Play

Thank you to Mrs Collins and the Year 9/10/11 students for their delivery of the Passion Play today. It was a moving experience. Thank you to Mrs Breust for her amazing vocals.

Take care,

Grant Haigh

Principal

Congratulations to year 9 and 10 for their reverent presentation and committment in presenting the Passion of Christ today.

Tracksuit Pants Update

As previously communicated in our newsletters, we have made a change to our tracksuit pants for winter. Unfortunately, the new design will not be available for another 8 weeks, which is not ideal for our new families. There is a two year change over period for any newly introduced uniform items (standard practice in schools), therefore, students can still wear the old version of trackpants (pictured below) if they have them. New families can purchase the old version as they are currently on special for $15 on the Lowes website. Alternatively, a plain pair of navy tracksuit pants will be permitted, until the new ones come online. Thank you for your understanding on this. 

Last thursday we celebrated Harmony Day. The students rotated around different activities and learned about different countries. A big thank you to Shola and Esther for sharing their Nigerian culture with us. To Cynthia for organising a video from her French relatives. To Vinnie who came and told the students all about Sri Lanka and made amazing food for everyone to try. Also to Mrs Cooper and the students for the beautiful artwork and the SRC who ran activities to showcase countries and culture. 

Kindergarten have been busy learning their first set of sounds and have now moved on to start independently spelling and reading. 

Our new GEM Awards are presented to students that display their own characteristics and skills towards Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness in the classroom and playground.

Kinder: Ned Smith, Zara Lynch, Joey Hughes, Leo Donoghue, Boston Allen

Year 1: Isla Pike, Ellie Fisher, Lily Bickham, Reed Gray, William George

Year 2: Zahlie Oliver, Olivia Perry, Gus Reardon, Patrick Wallace

Year 3: Bailey Bickham, Thomas Harris, William Bush, Skyla Morton, Rylee Overs

Year 4: Mack Oliver, Rosie Wooden, Archie Block, Elvie Crawford, Hayden Pham

Year 5: Peyton Combe, Ava Crawford, Evie Cooper, Clancy Gibbs, Joey Guymer

Year 6: Angus Oliver, Riley Gilchrist, William Cassidy, Eliza O'Shea, Brooke Gilchrist, Lucy Buerckner

Week 8

Year 7: James Chalmers - Consistent effort & excellent results in Science, Liam Oliver - Excellent effort in all Science tasks

Year 8: Macey Coddington - Consistent application to all tasks in English, Oliver Foster -  Consistent application in Biology & Excellent target games skills in PDHPE, Lana King  - Consistent application in Biology, Addison Matthews - Consistent application in Biology, Lani McCrone  - Consistent application in Biology, Darcy Reardon - Consistent application in all tasks in English, Zali Sinclair  - Consistent application in Biology

Year 10: Jaicie Blachut - Achievement in Chemistry, Ahlia Derrick - Being Courageous and Strong, Riley Foster - Consistent effort in Maths, Eloise Haigh - Being Courageous and Strong, Lillian Oliver - Achievement in Chemistry and Being Courageous and Strong Matilda Reardon  - Achievement in Chemistry Max Swavely - Consistent effort in Maths. 

Year 11: Ruby Matthews - Great use of language skills for discursive writing in English

Week 9

Year 7: Harvey Drumore - His extensive answers in Religion, Billy Krause - For working hard in Religion, Matthias Lancaster - For his amazing leadership during Harmony Day.

Year 8: Regan Blachut  - Achieving 233% growth in her Maths cycle test, Macey Coddington - Achieving 233% growth in her Maths cycle test, Lenny Guymer  - Achieving 233% growth in her Maths cycle test, Rishan Kapoor  - Achieving an amazing 333% growth in his Maths cycle test,

Carlyn McCoullough  - Achieving 233% growth in her Maths cycle test, Kimberly Roberts  - Achieving 233% growth in her Maths cycle test.

Year 9: Cooper Edis - Showing excellent improvement in Maths, Bradley Daly  - Showing a great understanding of Indices,  Isabel Fairman - Consistent effort and achievement in Maths, Adelaide Gaynor  - Showing a great understanding of Indices, Archer Gaynor  - Showing a great knowledge of Indices, Lily Gibbs  - Showing a great understanding of Indices, Leonard Lancaster  - Consistent effort in Maths, Grace Smith  -Achieving 100% in her Indices test.

Year 10: Oscar Bent  - Effort and Achievement in Maths, Jett Nugyen - Excellent Maths results, Lillian Oliver  - Effort and achievement in Maths, Matilda Reardon  - Consistent effort and achievement in Maths & Consistent effort in English, Rommy Wilesmith  - Consistent effort in English.

Year 12: Sharn Ferguson  - Showing flexibility and intiative on Harmony Day.

Mortimer shield change of date. The Mortimer shield league and Tag carnival is now on Wednesday 22^nd May, still at Aldridge park Temora.

Parents/carers are urged to please give consent on Compass to their child if they are participating in the Mortimer shield , Paul Kelly Cup AFL, Stephen Bleyer cup Union and NSW Cup Netball. All parents should have received a link for the Netball Schools Cup by now. Could you please register your child with the link as soon as possible. It would be great to have these finalised before the end of the term.

In week 11, we wish Elsie Keith, Georgie O'Connor and Abby Watts all the very best when they trial for Canberra Goulburn selection in soccer in the coming weeks.

The next level of cross country will be held in Batlow on Thursday 2nd May.

Please return travel notes and give consent on compass ASAP so final arrangements can be made before the end of this term.

Secondary Students have been playing for the coveted St Anne's Open Cup over the past few weeks. The final was held on Friday 15th March between Jett Nguyen & Cate Granleese and Oscar Bent and Riley Foster.

In an impressive display of tennis, Oscar and Riley went on to win the set 6-0. 

Thank you to T-Town Tennis for hosting us again. 

Canberra Goulburn Trials success

Six out of seven St Anne’s students who trialled for Canberra Goulburn selection in netball and rugby league were successful!

Congratulations to Addie Warren, Grace McCrone, Lucy Beurckner and Mailee Reid in netball and Joey Guymer in under 11’s rugby league and Michael Macualey and Barney Taylor in under 12’s rugby league. Annabelle Gray trialled as a bottom age netball and we are sure she will have her turn next year! They will trial for MacKillop selection on the 10th May-we wish them the best of luck.

We have had reports of some lunch orders not working. 

If this has happened to you, we ask that you make sure you have run the latest QKR update. 

If need be, it can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.

 Apologies for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

Regards

The Qkr Team