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Week 11 Term 1 2024

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Week 11 Term 1 2024

From the Principal
Primary Awards - Week 10
Secondary Awards - Week 10
Primary Sports - Upcoming Events
NSWCPS Swimming Championships
Canberra Goulburn Soccer Trials
Secondary Canberra Goulburn Netball Carnival & Trials
NSWCCC Secondary Touch Football Trials
The Resilience Project (TRP)
ANZAC Day Writing Competition
Canteen Roster - Term 2
Mothers Day Stall
Positions Vacant - Swim Instructors
Temora Youth - School Holiday Activities
Mothers Day Poem Competition

Dear St Anne's Community,

Thank you for a great term. I have seen some great teaching and learning occurring right across the school and I hope that students enjoy their holiday break. I thank staff for their efforts this term. Term 1 is always a busy term as we settle in for the school year.

Staffing

Next term, we will welcome Miss Jordan Barrett to teaching duties on Year 1, as a fulltime replacement for Bianca Matthews. I look forward to having Jordan on our staff. We say goodbye to Bianca tomorrow and thank her for her dedication to Year 1 this year and Year 2 classes in previous years. Her dedication to delivering the best possible outcomes for the students in her class is greatly appreciated and we wish her all the best in her future endeavours.

Mrs Sarah Overs will start her maternity leave next week. We wish her all the best with her pregnancy and look forward to welcoming her back towards the end of the year. Mrs Kim Irving will be her replacement for terms 2 and 3. I look forward to having Kim on our staff.

Mrs Lauren Diggins will start her maternity leave next week. We wish her all the best with her pregnancy and look forward to welcoming her back next year. We have made some minor internal changes to secondary class cover and will be able communicate this in more detail before term 2 starts. We currently have a maths teacher position advertised; however, we are still very well supported by Mrs Taylor, Mr Inch and Miss Jamieson, who are covering the classes.

Mrs Bridgitt Eberle's maternity leave replacement will hopefully be announced at the start of next term.

School Community Council

I would like to thank the two latest members to join our community council; Caroline Tait and Carly Bickham. Our community council is now closed for membership; with the standard term of office being a two year period. If a position becomes vacant, we will call for nominees and host an election. The next meeting is Week 3 Term 2, Tuesday 7pm.

Parent/Teacher Interviews

Thank you to everyone that was able to make it to the interviews this week. We hope that you were able to gather some feedback that will allow your child to progress in their learning. Your ongoing partnership is important to us.

Long Lunch Fundraiser

Thank you to everyone that supported this event. We were able to raise $2376.60, which will go towards improving the seating options in the playground.

Playground Equipment

We will soon receive our long awaited playground equipment, which was purchased through a government grant last year. There are 5 small pieces of equipment, which are likely to be placed under the trees at Fr. Hannan Oval. I look forward to showing you the finished product and seeing the enjoyment that it will provide the students.

Take care,

Grant Haigh

Principal

Primary Awards - Week 10

Kinder: Nate Chand, Hunter Swanston, Ned Smith, Stella Boller, Libby Ghioni.

Year 1: Leni Reid, Charlotte Williams, Katie Hartwig, Charlie Crawford, Jackson Bourke.

Year 2: Zoe Sinclair, Peyton Derrick, Bree Puertos, Claudia Lancaster, Duke Krause.

Year 3: Bodhi Reardon, Chad O'Connor, Riansh Kapoor, Ella Hartwig

Year 4: Bayley Piggott, Ned Hale, Simran Singh, Alice Reid, Quinn Crawford

Year 5: Zephanie Lancaster, Rosie Maurer, Jack Crawford, Edie Bett, Belle Wilesmith

Year 6: Bailey McCormack, Hannah Pham, Kayde Brace, Marley Block, Sarah Smith

Secondary Awards - Week 10

Year 7: Jadah Cotton - Her fluent and confident pronunciation in French. Liam Oliver - His hard work and resilience in French. Larna Pilon - Challenging herself with her writing in French.

Primary Sports - Upcoming Events

NSW Cup Netball Gala Day, Young 16^th May.

A reminder for parents to pay and give consent on Compass for the NSW Cup Netball gala day in week 3 next term. Parents also need to assign their child to their netball team using the link for each team. An email was sent some time ago, but will be re-sent this week. Parents will have to create a PlayHQ account ( if they don't already have one). Please contact the office for assistance if required.

Stephen Bleyer Cup Rugby Friday 12^th April

St Anne's will play Temora Public at 9.45am in the annual Stephen Bleyer cup Rugby challenge and Temora West at 10.30am. We wish the boys the best of luck.

NSWCPS Swimming Championships

Congratulations to Georgie O'Connor!

Georgie placed 2nd in 50m Freestyle with the time of 38.82. She will now compete next Friday at MacKillop Level.

Also great effort from Annabelle and Abby earning themselves a couple of PB’s and showing outstanding sportsmanship.

Canberra Goulburn Soccer Trials

Congratulations to Elsie Keith and Georgie O'Connor who were selected in the Canberra Goulburn soccer team. Unfortunately Abby Watts was not selected but being bottom age, she will be able to try again next year. Elsie and Georgie will now trial MacKillop selection on the 31st May and we wish them the very best of luck.

Secondary Canberra Goulburn Netball Carnival & Trials

Our Secondary girls had an amazing day at the Canberra Goulburn Netball Carnival.

Four teams competed in the event with all teams representing strongly. The 7/8 and 9/10 Red sides went down in close matches against McAuley Catholic College in the Grand Finals, both having their only loss for the day. A fantastic achievement for the girls.

The 7/8 and 9/10 Blue teams played with heart and made it through to the pool finals. It is a good indication of the strength of netball we have at our school.

The event also doubled as a selection trial for the U15 Canberra Goulburn side that will go on to compete at the NSWCCC trials next term. St Anne's was well represented with 4 students playing in the possibles vs probables match.

Congratulations to Lana King, Lani McCrone and Ruby Prentice who were selected in the U15s Canberra Goulburn Netball team to play at the NSWCCC Trials in Sydney on 8th May. We wish Lana, Lani and Ruby the best of luck.

NSWCCC Secondary Touch Football Trials

We had two students Rommy Wilesmith (Yr 10) in U18s and Lani McCrone (Yr 8) in U15s, Trial at the recent NSWCCC Touch tournament in Tuggerah.

Rommy's U18s team had some close games winning 1 out of the 4 games.

Lani's U15s team had 3 wins and 1 draw which saw them finish top of them pool and advance through to the Grand Final which they won.

Congratulations girls!

The Resilience Project (TRP)

Research & Benefits of Emotional Literacy

Today’s presentation from TRP is all about Emotional Literacy. Emotional Literacy is being able to recognise and label your feelings and emotions as they happen.

Working on our emotional literacy gives us opportunities to develop our ability to understand and express different emotions.

When we improve our emotional literacy, we can work towards recognising our own feelings and our ability to manage them. This allows us to cope with different life situations, such as managing conflict, making friends, coping in difficult situations and being resilient when dealing with change.

TRP in the classroom;

ANZAC Day Writing Competition

Congratulations to Harvey Drumore on winning the Secondary Western Division of the Michael McCormack ANZAC Day writing competition with his piece ' A Nations Burden'