T4 W9 Newsletter 2021

From The Principal

WHY JESUS IS BETTER THAN SANTA CLAUS...

Santa lives at the North Pole ... JESUS is everywhere.
Santa rides in a sleigh ...  JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water.
Santa comes but once a year ...  JESUS is an ever present help.
Santa fills your stockings with goodies ...  JESUS supplies all your needs.
Santa comes down your chimney uninvited ...  JESUS stands at your door and knocks, and then enters your heart when invited.
You have to wait in line to see Santa ...  JESUS is as close as the mention of His name.
Santa lets you sit on his lap ...  JESUS lets you rest in His arms.
Santa doesn't know your name, all he can say is "Hi little boy or girl, what's your name?" ...
JESUS knew our name before we were born.  Not only does He know our name,
He knows our address too. He knows our history and future and He even knows how many hairs are on our heads.
Santa has a belly like a bowl full of jelly ... JESUS has a heart full of love
All Santa can offer is HO HO HO ...  JESUS offers health, help and hope.
Santa says "You better not cry" ... JESUS says "Cast all your cares on me for I care for you."
Santa's little helpers make toys ... JESUS makes new life, mends wounded hearts,
repairs broken homes and builds mansions.
Santa may make you chuckle but ... JESUS gives you joy that is your strength.
While Santa puts gifts under your tree ...  JESUS became our gift and died on a tree.... The cross.
We need to put Christ back in CHRISTmas, Jesus is still the reason for the season.

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

On behalf of the staff at St Anne's Catholic Primary School I wish you a safe and Holy Christmas filled with love and family.  May the peace of the Christ-child be with you throughout this break. 

Mr John Ballinger-Oches    Principal

Principal's Messages

IMPORTANT  INFORMATION

END OF YEAR CONCERT HAS GONE TO PLAN B  |   Due to the current weather issues, with rain and storms continuing this week, and ongoing Covid restrictions, we have needed to go to plan B for our end of year concert. 

We will now be holding the end of year concert on Thursday 2nd December in the school hall, in school hours. Due to Covid restrictions we will need to present each class's item at a separate time with parents only allowed to attend their child's performance.  We will send out a list of performance times for Thursday. 

ACHIEVEMENTS OF FORMER STUDENTS  |  What a wonderful time of year this is when the achievements of our former students are celebrated through various Speech Night Ceremonies of the High Schools into which our school feeds.  I am again proud to share with you the outstanding results of some of our former students from Mercy College, St Patrick’s College and Sarina State High School.

Subject Awards  |  Danym Macdonald (Cert III in Early Childhood Education & Care), Emily Bella (Cert III in Fitness), James Giddings (Digital Technologies), Morgan Marshman (Visual Art), Jacob Adams (Health & Physical Education – Rugby League Development, Mathematics), Renelle Hooper (Health & Physical Education – Netball Development), Belle Alford (Visual Arts), Lane Mifsud (Design & Technologies), Chloe Montgomery (Digital Technologies, English), Zali Hooper (Health & Physical Education – Netball Development, History), Brydie Windsor (Science), Eliza Petersen (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematical methods, Modern History), Vanessa Ferreri (Visual Arts in Practice), Braydon Grant (Cert II in Sport & Recreation)

Academic Awards  |  Sana Campbell, Matisse Carey, Brielle Dickens, Laanie John, Brigitte McCowan, Scarlett O’Donoghue

Diligence Awards  |  Sana Campbell, Matisse Carey, Taya Cook, Brielle Dickens, Damon Insch, Laanie John, Brigitte McCowan, Ryan Muddle, Yazmin Muller, Scarlett O’Donoghue

Academic Merit  |  Brianna Cameron, Ayva Guaci, Danym Macdonald, Joelie Insch, Jacob Muller, Nicholas Grimmond, Toby Montgomery, Thomas Arthur, Morgan Marshman, Tyler Roelofs, Will Sammut, Matthew Galea, Judd Mifsud, Autumn Nicholas, Vanessa Ferreri, Haylee Ferreri, Braydon Grant

Academic Excellence  |  Emily Bella, Jacob Adams, Renelle Hooper, Chloe Montgomery, Zali Hooper, Alison Giddings, Brydie Windsor, Eliza Petersen

Academic Effort  |  Emily Bella, Ryan Cox, Ayva Gauci, Joelie Insch, Danyn Macdonald, Nicholas Grimmond, Toby Montgomery, Thomas Arthur, Morgan Marshman, Renelle Hooper, Matthew Galea, Chloe Montgomery, Zali Hooper, Brydie Windsor, Sebastian Franettovich, Eliza Petersen, Vanessa Ferreri

Service Awards  |  Renelle Hooper, Zali Hooper

Age Champions Across the Year Levels  |  Dylan Grundy (Track & Field), Renelle Hooper (Track & Field), Jacob Adams (Track & Field), Max Vernon (Swimming), Zali Hooper (Track & Field), Braydon Grant (Cross Country, Swimming)

SRC Representatives  |  Jacinta Franettovich

Committee Chairs  |  Paige Bobbermein (Environmental)

FAREWELL  |  This year we bid farewell to the following staff members Mrs Andrea Comin, Mrs Sheri Douce, Mrs Jenny Place, Mrs Lisa Vernon, Mrs Lisa Schulte, and Mrs Rosemary Rees.

Again, I take this opportunity to publicly thank you all for your professionalism and dedication whilst you have been members of this community.  I wish you the very best for your future journeying, and I know that you will make the most of anything you undertake.  We will miss you all very much, words can never express the depth of gratitude we have for you.  The amount of work you have put into our students to assist their shaping has been noteworthy.  You are part of the fabric of St Anne’s and will always be so.  We will miss you, please stay in touch.

We bid goodbye to our Year 6 students for 2021:  Luke Bannan, Kiara Bannister, Nathan Borg, Lucas Cox, Ella-Rose Cranston, Jett Davis, Matthew Fenech, Renae Galea, Isabella Grech, Khloe Harris, Chase Higgs, Rhylee Keating, Jaxon Keir, Brady Kerr, Zeva Lindemann, Xanthyia Maikler, Anthony Micallef, Connor O’Neill, Brianna Renehan, Callum Snow, Flynn Strachan, Eva Vernon, Kaiden Wallis, Shayli Wallis, Sammy-Jo Walsh and Lotoya Withers.

These families also leave us, with some having spent many years as a part of our St Anne’s Family – we wish you all the best and sincerely hope that you do stay in contact too!  Words will never fully express the gratitude we have for you whilst you have been a member of our school community.  Your care and concern, your involvement and your dedication to making St Anne’s a better place was noticed by many.  These two simple words mean so much and yet seem so simple, THANK YOU!

Cranston (3 years association with STA), Fenech (15 years association with STA), Galea (11 years association with STA), Harris (8 years association with STA), Higgs (8 years association with STA), Kerr (15 years association with STA), Snow (9 years association with STA), Vernon (10 years association with STA), Wallis (12 years association with STA), Withers (7 years association with STA). 

This is 98 years in total in terms of wisdom and association with our school.  Thank you so very much for this, you will be remembered always.

May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

Crossing Supervisor Position

CASUAL POSITION VACANT

A casual position exists for a School Crossing Supervisor at St Anne’s School.

The School Crossing Supervisor may be required to work five days per week in all weather conditions. The hours of work for School Crossing Supervisors are 1 hour a day and usually comprise of 40 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the afternoon Commencement date to be advised a Pay Rate of $30.34 per hour.

The successful applicants will be dependent on:

• The suitable outcome of a health assessment carried out by a GP of your choice according to the guidelines in the “Notes for Medical Practitioner” on the School Crossing Supervisor Scheme – Health Assessment Form; (this is paid by the Department)
• A Positive  Blue Card Notice (This is also paid by the Department and means you do not need to have a blue card to apply for the position)

If you are interested in the position please collect an application form from the School administration or contact Karen Cantoni (Road Safety officer) on 49 518331.

The School Crossing Supervisors Application is to be returned to School for the school principals' recommendation.

Across The Curriculum

Minilit & PAT Test Awards  |  Last week on assembly, we had the pleasure of congratulating a large group of students who had experienced academic success across a range of learning experiences. Some of our Year 2 students participated in a reading program called MiniLit, and these students are very proud of the fact that they have now reached the top of the program, completing 70 lessons! Some of our Year 1 students participated in their age appropriate MiniLit program, and we acknowledged their pleasing progress, too!

We also congratulated the top academic achievers in each classroom from Year 2-6, in our Pat Reading and PAT Mathematics assessments that were completed earlier in Term 4. (An explanation of these national assessment processes was outlined in previous newsletters.)

Looking at our school curriculum data, we are certainly trending in the right direction, and this is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our staff across the school, students and their parents and caregivers, and for this, I thank you.

It is important to keep our children reading over the Christmas break, and for us to keep reading to them. Please check out our local library over the holidays - there are often entertaining activities scheduled over the holidays, that are usually free or have a small fee to attend, that your children may enjoy!

Have a safe, relaxed and blessed Christmas season!

Mrs H.

The Good News

This week’s gospel passage comes from a lengthy passage in the gospel of Luke in which Jesus speaks extensively about the future. It is a very different style of writing from the usual narrative, teaching and parable forms that make up most of the gospel. The style is an echo of the prophetic writings of the Old Testament. Compare this passage with this week’s first reading of other passages from the writings of the prophets.

The style is always rich in metaphor and symbol. There is a grandness about the style. We know, just from the use of language, that great things are afoot!

Advent is a time of preparation and anticipation. But it’s not just about anticipating Christmas. 

Advent is about reminding ourselves that we have a job to do: preparing for the reign of God – in our lives and in our world.

Christmas Message 2021

Miss Leesa Jeffcoat, Diocesan Director - Catholic Education

(c) Catholic Kids Media 2021. Video used with permission. 

God's love, peace and blessings to all in our St Anne's community,

Stuart.

Mr Stuart Presley

Assistant Principal - Religious Education 

stuart_presley@rok.catholic.edu.au 

Student Protection News

Finance News

Term 4 Fees  |  The Term 4 school fees are now overdue.  If you have not already paid in full and do not have a payment plan in place, please contact our Finance Officer, Sandy Vassallo to discuss options. 

Library News

Outstanding Library Books  |   All school library borrowing has now finished for the year. Please make sure all outstanding library books are returned as soon as possible so stocktake can commence.  If any books that a child borrowed aren't returned, it will be the parent's responsibility to pay for the cost of replacement, so please have a good look around both at home and in the classroom for any books that you may have missed. 

Sports News

Ten Pin Bowling  |   On Saturday, Dylan Gill competed in his first tenpin bowling tournament. The Mackay tenpin bowling masters, consisting of 6 games in a row.  This in itself was a challenge for him, as he has only ever bowled 3 games in a row. 

Dylan's team partner didn't turn up. So he had to play alone. By game 4 his hand was hurting and he was getting tired, but he listened to the coaches and kept going with a smile on his face even when he was ready to quit. 

He was a wonderful team player high fiving his opponents after each bowl and shaking hands at the end of every game

Dylan's determination and persistence paid off, as he finished in 2nd place overall.   Well done Dylan.

Also......

Dylan and and his brother Bryce are also representing St Annes in the Queensland interschool challenge tenpin bowling tournament.  Both boys are currently ranked within the top 5 positions for their age groups. With final results to be announced on the 10th of December. 

End of Year Tuckshop Changes

As we are approaching the end of the year the tuckshop will be only doing a small number of specials due to reducing stock for the Christmas period.  Over the coming weeks you may notice some items go out of stock & this means they will continue to be out of stock for the remainder of the term! We thank you for understanding! Don’t forget to order your tuckshop through Flexischools by 7:30am on tuckshop day or place cash and order details in a brown paper bag and send to school with your child. 

The tuckshop will be closed for cleaning on the last day of school, Friday 3rd December.  If you can help with cleaning, please contact Ingrid on 0448456599.  

Tuckshop Volunteers

St Michael's Parish News

Student Leadership

Leadership is a quality that all students of St Anne's Catholic Primary School are encouraged and supported to develop.  These experiences ensure that students perceive themselves as leaders and have the opportunity and confidence to take on leadership roles and find their voice.

Newsletter Report By  Anthony |    To start I would like to say that all our grounds are tidy but if you find any rubbish you still need to pick it up to no matter what. Our behaviour has been pretty good, but we still need to follow the rules. We are nearing the end of the school year, but we should still respect our teachers.

Students Of The Week

Congratulations To Our Students Of The Week  |   Jorja G, Mathew W, Zahliah C, Amelia H, Cally O, Jayde C, Brooklyn K, Khloe S, Benjamin B, Lillie P, Wyatt H, Allira H, Mason C, Lizzie S, Georgia B, Eddie R, Lilly Z, Noah G, Claire B, Ronan M, Lilly H, Dain M, Kiara W, Odessa M, Stella B, Skylynn G, Jemma M, Xanthyia M, Callum S, Matthew F, Brianna R 

Birds Of A Feather

General Information

New Harlequin School Bags

Community News