Dear St Anne's Community,

I hope this finds you well. This is the last newsletter for Term 3. 

Canapes in the Canola

Thank you to Stacey Coleman and the organising committee for their efforts in organising the Canapes event. We greatly appreciate your fundraising efforts. Once the event is reconciled, we will be able to update you on the funds raised. 50% will go to the Temora District Education Fund and 50% to the school. 

Year 12 Graduation Assembly

Please find an invitation in this newsletter to attend the Yr 12 Formal Assembly to be held next Thursday 26^th September at 12pm at the Town Hall. This is a significant and special occasion for our school community as we celebrate and acknowledge the efforts and achievements of our first ever graduating class of Yr 12.

While we understand that many students may be tired from participating in Showcase, we kindly request that your child attends school on this day. It is an important school event, and we would love to have as many students present as possible to mark this milestone in our school journey.

Long Service leave

Next term, I will be taking 2 weeks Long Service Leave. For weeks 1 & 2, Mrs Geraldine Holland will be Acting Principal and Mrs Kellye-Anne Coleman will be Acting Assistant Principal Primary. I will return to school on Tuesday 29th October. During my leave, I will have the opportunity to visit my new school in Caloundra, QLD. I will take up the Principal position at Our Lady of the Rosary (OLR) Catholic Primary School on the 22 January next year. OLR is a school of 350 students from Prep-Year 6. OLR is part of the Brisbane Catholic Education system.

Showcase

I am looking forward to witnessing the amazing performances next week. I have a great deal of appreciation for Mrs Sally Eberle and all our staff for their work in preparing Showcase. It is a mammoth task, but so worthwhile when we see the performances come to life. 

I wish you and your families a happy and safe term break and we will look forward to welcoming students back to school on Tuesday 15 October.

Take care,

Grant Haigh

Principal

Week 7

Kinder: Leo Donoghue, Finley Jayawardene, Bosten Allen

Year 1: Darcy Maguire, Austin Oliver, Matilda Lynch

Year 2: Alby Swanston, Frankie Townsend, Evie Smith, Peyton Derrick

Year 3: Bentley Combe

Year 4: Alexy Balon, Mack Oliver

Year 5: Peyton Combe, Molly Townsend, Zephanie Lancaster

Year 6: Lucy Beurckner, Lilah Caldwell, Ayden George

Week 8

Kinder: Molly McHattan, Hugo Keith, Ned Smith

Year 1: Khaleesie Wiencke, Jackson Bourke, Lucas Mattner

Year 2: Alby Swanston, Connor Jones, Samayra Lama 

Year 3: Billy Bush, Bodhi Reardon, Chad O'Connor, Tom Harris

Year 4: Stella Krause, Archie Block, Audrey Wallace

Year 5: Evie Cooper, Jack Crawford, Joey Guymer, Zephanie Lancaster, Annabelle Gray, Noah Swanston & Will Tillman

Year 6: Kayla Block, Paige Reardon, Mailee Reid 

Week 8

Year 7: Milla Carnie - for writing an excellent limerick, James Chalmers - improved recall and results in French, Joey Cotton - Great use of voice and expression in Geography presentation, Harvey Drumore - Increased accuracy and results in French, Zoey Edis  - Great accuracy and work ethic on her French Assessment, Hunter Ferguson  - Continued effort in P.E, Brodie Gray  - for fantastic haiku writing, Grace O'Brien  - Detailed Geography presentation, Liam Oliver  - for effort and application in poetry writing.

Year 8: Shiraz Broad - Excellent work in Technology Metal, Jarvey Crawford - For excellent application in Maths tasks, Lenny Guymer  - for his contributions to class discussions in Geography, Ella Matthews  - for fantastic effort and application in all tasks in Geography, Carlyn McCoullough -  Excellent work in Technology Metal, Eliana Orbita  - Excellent work in Technology Metal, Darcy Reardon  - for his positive attitude towards all Geography tasks. 

Year 9: Isobelle Crawford - efficient and organised in Food Technology, Bradley Daly  - for achieving 100% in his Algebra Topic Test & demonstrating excellent research skills in health, Lachlan Foster - for showing an excellent understanding of Algebra, Leonard Lancaster  - For achieving 100% in his Algebra Topic Test, Layla Player  - Growing skills and confidence in Food Technology, Grace Smith  - Demonstrating excellent research skills in health. 

Year 10: Max Swavely  - Demonstrating excellent skills in softball.

Week 9 

Year 7: Jadah Cotton  - Achievement in Physics, Ava Derrick - Achievement in Physics, Harvey Drumore - Achievement in Physics, Liam Oliver  - Achievement in Physics. 

Year 8: Eliana Orbita  - Achievement in Physics

Term 3 has been a busy and exciting term with The Resilience Project.

We saw our first ever whole school Wellbeing Day, with an Olympic theme and our guest speaker Paralympian, Scott Readon. The students had the day completing activities using our key GEM principles (Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness and Emotional Literacy) finishing the day with some whole school games and some Just Dance.

It has been great to see the students using our learnings in TRP throughout the classroom and into the playground.  

In the classroom with Year 5.

Earlier in the year Year 5 spent some time outside writing on the concrete what they are grateful for with chalk. These creations were nice and bright which was lovely to see in the playground.

Last Thursday 12th September a group of 8 year 4 students travelled to West Wyalong to participate in the Todd Woodbridge Cup. Many of the students hadn't played tennis before, but the event was all about having fun and trying tennis out. All students played outstandingly and they came away as champions. 

All 8 students will now participate at the next level in Wagga at the beginning of Term 4. 

What an amazing effort from all students and we cant wait to see what they can do at the Regional Championships. 

The Results are in:

St Anne’s was represented in the Western region athletics squad by 12 Primary  students last Tuesday 27th August at the AIS track in Canberra.

All students are to be congratulated on their efforts and there were some amazing results:

Quinn Crawford 3rd 100m, 2nd 200m, 3rd 800m, 

Ella McCrone 7th 100m, 2nd High jump, 3rd long jump, 

Zephanie Lancaster 1st 100m, 1st 200m, 1st 800m, 2nd 1500m, 2nd high jump, 2nd  long jump, Annabelle Gray 8th 100m, 8th 200m, 3rd 800m, 4th long jump, 5th discus, 

Grace McCrone 5th 100m, 5th 200m, 5th 1500m, 1st high jump, 2nd long jump, 4th shot put, 3rd discus

Stella Krause 13th 100m, 12th 200m, 7th shot put, 7th discus, 2nd long jump, 1st shot put

Elsie Keith 9th 100m, 

Belle Wilesmith 8th 200m, 4th 800m, 

Lucy Buerckner 11th 200m, 

Sarah Smith 2nd discus

Duke Krause 4th 100m, 

Barney Taylor 7th 100m, 6th 200m, 3rd 800m,1st long jump, 3rd shot put, 7th discus

Bailey McCormack 3rd discus, 5th shot put

Junior relay 2nd consisting of Quinn Crawford, Ella McCrone, Rylee Overs and Belle Wilesmith

Senior girls relay came 2nd, consisting of Zephanie Lancaster, Elsie Keith, Grace McCrone and Annabelle Gray

Zephanie Lancaster finished first in the intermediate age champion category. Grace McCrone was runner up senior girls and Barney Taylor was runner up senior boys age champion - an amazing effort at such a high level of competition.

A number of students will now compete at the next level in Sydney in week 10, they include Quinn Crawford, Ella McCrone, Zephanie Lancaster, Grace McCrone, Stella Krause, Sarah Smith and Barney Taylor, and the junior and senior girls relay teams-we wish them the very best of luck and congratulations.

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We are kindly requesting volunteers to assist with the Garden Viewing on Sunday 27th October 2024. This is a major fundraiser for our school and all help is greatly appreciated. We require help with the BBQ, selling raffle tickets, set up, pack up and helping in the kitchen. We are also requesting food items from each family to be prepared. Thank you in advance, Garden Viewing Committee (Sally Cassidy 0456 024 199 Kirsty Oliver 0429338576 (Food or Kitchen)

Book your spot: https://au.openforms.com/Form/092943b0-8123-4c5a-96d7-0a6cd4bf81b6?fbclid=IwY2xjawFUSyJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHcU_3RlSEoTe5HtdXTyfPcNK4E0q24aUGg6szIM9zeeYxlVh5fy_-K3cDg_aem_tff5CA5hpvTjiwUZbKGzhA