T2 W4 Newsletter 2024

From The Principal

THE POWER OF HOPE

Dear Parents, Carers and students,

The following reflection about life is from Sr Kym, a great support of Catholic education.

I have a great-niece who is an excellent swimmer.  Her hope is to swim at the Olympics and given the way she has shaped her daily life; she has a real chance.  You can imagine the discipline and choices she and her parents have made and, so far, they are paying off.  Even if she doesn’t make it, there are many life skills she is learning along the way.  The hope of getting to that standard carries her through the hours of training and many self-denials.  Hope helps her face the early mornings, the holidays at meets, the healthy diet and so much more.

What are our hopes?  If we have none, no real goal, we shall drift and waste our life and energy filling in time with activities (or in-activities) that make us feel useless or bad.  If we have clear goals, we do things to shape our life to fulfill those goals.  ‘Be a good parent’ – we then take time with our child/ren, enjoying them.  ‘Be a good neighbour’ – we notice and help the people around us.  ‘Be healthy’ – we eat well and exercise.  It is worth taking time to consider and name our short- and long-term goals and ask ourselves what we are doing to fulfill them.

Our longest-term goal it to come to the happiness of heaven.  This Sunday the Church celebrates the Feast of the Ascension – that moment when Jesus left this earth and returned to the Father – yet promises to be with us always.  This is a mystery hard for us to understand, except that it gives us a hope that can define and refine our lives.  Where he has gone, we hope to be.  Imagine what you would be like as your best and most loving self, the person you would be in heaven – full of life.  You can shape your life now according to that goal, and Jesus has promised to be with you, giving you the strength and wisdom to fulfill it.

Loving God, you know the dreams and goals I have in my life, especially towards my child/ren.  Send me your wise and loving Spirit so that I can discern the best ways to put these into practice and have the courage and strength to fulfill them.  I ask this in Jesus’ name confident that you will hear them.

Sr Kym Harris osb

Principal's Messages

Prep Enrolments for 2025

PREP 2025  |  Do you have a Prep student beginning in 2025?

We are now taking enrolments via the online system.  We encourage both existing and new families who have a child starting Prep in 2025 to lodge their enrolment application as soon as possible.  Applications are to be made via our online enrolment application available on our website via this link: https://www.sasrok.catholic.edu.au/   

Applications close early May, with interviews commencing mid-May.

Please contact the school office for further information or if any assistance is required.

School Photos

Our School Photo day is Monday 27th May. Order envelopes, including sibling photo order envelopes, will be coming home in the next week or so. Please keep an eye out. Below is some information from our photographer.

St Anne's 99 Years in Education

COVID Requirements

Student Protection News

Across The Curriculum

Let’s talk about reading…

One of our School Improvement Priorities at St Anne’s is to enhance the learning growth of students in reading. How are we planning to do this? The first step is to increase the reading volume. Links for resources have been attached in previous newsletters, but this is a great image of why reading volume is so important. 

ESTI MYSTERY #8

An ESTI mystery is a fantastic way to engage students at the beginning of the lesson.

Each image invites students to wonder what number is represented by the image. As you work through each Esti-Mystery, clues will appear that will allow the students to use math concepts to narrow the set of possibilities to a small set of numbers.

Have a chat with your child and discuss the possible answers to the below ESTI Mystery. 

Drum roll please......

The answer is 45 beads. 

The Good News

From the Assistant Principal: Religious Education

Ms Georgia Moloney

Mother’s Day Prayer Celebration

On Friday the 10th May, Prep will be leading the school in a Prayer Celebration in the Hall at 9am for Mother’s Day. All special women in the students' lives are invited to attend. Following the Prayer Celebration, you are welcome to join us for a shared morning tea.

To help with catering, if you would like to bring a plate of food to share, please feel free.

During the Prayer Celebration, there will be a photo slideshow tribute to all the special women (mums, grandmas, nanas, aunties and all the other significant women) in the students' lives.

If you would like to be included in the photo slideshow, could you please email your favourite photo of the special women with the student/s to georgia_moloney@rok.catholic.edu.au as soon as possible. The photos will be displayed during the Prayer Celebration.

Thank you for your help to make this special tribute.

Sacramental Program- Communion and Confirmation 2024

Parents are invited to send an email of expression of interest if their child is planning on continuing on their Sacramental journey this year. Students who have completed the Sacrament of Reconciliation are invited to continue on their Sacramental journey this year by completing their First Communion and Confirmation. This is open to new and continuing families.

Please email Ms Moloney at georgia_moloney@rok.catholic.edu.au and let her know if your child is continuing on their Sacramental journey. Stay tuned for more information regarding dates.

Finance News

Concession Card Discounts  |  If you have an existing concession card discount,  please be aware that discounts are not automatically applied to new enrolments.  Discounts are applied to each student upon individual application and there is a form that is required to be completed each time.

If you have an existing concession card registered at St Anne’s and have more than one student, please contact Sandra Adams to confirm that discounts have been applied to each student. 

Term 2 Fees  |  Term 2 fees have now been issued. Please check your emails to ensure that you have received them.  If you envision having any issues with payment in full by the due date of 10/05/24, and don't have a payment plan in place, please contact our Finance Officer, Sandra Adams, to discuss options. 

Tuckshop

If you order Tuckshop for your child, please remember to still supply fruit for fruit break for that day, as well as second lunch if you only order first lunch Tuckshop. 

If you can volunteer to help in the tuckshop from 8:30 -9:30am on Thursday or Friday  please ring Debbie Nielsen on ph. 0417 128 428. 

Student Leadership

Newsletter Report By  Lucy  |   I have been spending a lot of time in the junior playground this past week and it is great to see everyone getting along and playing nicely, keep it up. You may have noticed year 6 students with purple vests on at play time, they are called peer mediators. If you have an issue in the playground, you can go to a peer mediator and they will help you solve the problem.

I have been observing the school grounds and noticed some rubbish. Remember to put your rubbish in the bin. If you see rubbish on the ground, even if it is not yours, please pick it up and put it in the bin to keep our school grounds clean and tidy.

One last reminder, please remember to wear your hat outside. Just because it is cloudy the sun still shines. 

Mercy Awards

Congratulations To Our Mercy Award Recipients Of The Week  |  Matilda D, Maia A, Scout M, Rubie G, Amelia T, Henry C, Ben T, Mackenzie S, Charlotte L, Tia F, Nevaeh W, Lucas N, Zahliah C, Lillie P, Dustan G, Lucas B, Zane L, Indee M, Lucas N, Tyler F

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