T4 W9 Newsletter 2022

From The Principal

COMPASSION FOR CHRISTMAS  |  Christmas is coming and the pressure is on...for us to come up with the perfect gift, meal, gesture and yes indeed,  the  perfect  family.    That’s what the ads are telling us...in your dreams, or rather your delusions. Let’s be honest, Christmas is a minefield that challenges us in so many different ways: money (or lack of), cooking skills (ditto) and let’s not get started on the difficult family members.  Maybe we are even that person!  So, let’s step away from the false ideals and delusions and consider what Jesus came to offer us and what we and others really need: compassion.  Jesus came to give us the compassion of God and as we receive it, so we are to share.  The St Vincent de Paul Society has launched their Christmas appeal, which you will have heard about from your child or children.  Here we are called to help those who are obviously less well off than ourselves.  This is a good place to begin, and what we give will make a difference in ways we may never know.  But we don’t stop there.  Give compassion to your family and friends.    Nobody ‘needs’ fancy gifts or expensive food, but we all hunger for a thoughtful gesture and to be served with love.  If we start our Christmas preparations with compassion, with feeling for others, we begin a revolution in how we celebrate.  Out go the unreal expectations that make us feel inadequate and depressed.  In comes tenderness.  If God loved the world, in all its weakness and failure, so much that he gave us Jesus, maybe this Christmas we can cut ourselves a little slack and be compassionate to all...ourselves included.

Loving Father, you sent Jesus to show your compassion to all.  May I know his love with me, and as I begin my Christmas preparations, may compassion be the guiding light in all that I do for my family and friends.  I ask this in Jesus’ name confident that you will hear me.  Sr  KymHarris osb

Principal's Messages

FAMILIES LEAVING  |  As our total enrolment drives many aspects of our school (staffing, budget, class sizes and structure) it is important that we try to be as accurate as possible in predicting the school enrolment for 2023.  If you know that you will be leaving at the end of the year, could you please notify the office as soon as possible?  Your assistance with this matter is greatly appreciated.

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.

THANK YOU  |  Special thanks to Shannon and Samara Wojeski for recently designing and making a cover for our prep sandpit.  Your blood is worth bottling.

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.

Diligence Awards  |  Demi Andersen, Ella Kerr, Olivia Neale,

Academic Merit  |   Luke Bannan, Ella Cranston, Flynn Strachan, Aurellia Webster-Mack, Kiara Bannister, Renae Galea, Jett Davis, Rhys Wakefield, Oliver Willes, Nicholas Grimmond, Morgan Marshman, Toby Montgomery, Marcus Sammut, Ashley Bannan, Jessie Gill, Ella Gutschlag

Academic Excellence  |  Aidan Carey, Jacob Adams, Renelle Hooper, Zali Hooper, Chloe Montgomery, Brydie Windsor, Sarah Dahms, Eliza Petersen,

Academic Honours  |  Jett Davis (H&PE), Nyanga Budby (Visual Arts), Renelle Hooper (H&PE), Zali Hooper (Early Years Program, Science, Short Course in Career Ed), Chloe Montgomery (Economics & Business, English, History, Mathematics Extension), Tristan Stephens (Building & Construction), Brydie Windsor (Cert II Hospitality, Modern History), Sarah Dahms (Biology, General Maths, Marine Science), Eliza Petersen (Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematical Methods, Modern History)

Academic Effort  |  Kiara Bannister, Renae Galea, Nicholas Grimmond, Morgan Marshman, Toby Montgomery, Aidan Carey, Renelle Hooper, Zali Hooper, Chloe Montgomery, Tristan Stephens, Brydie Windsor, Eliza Petersen,

Service Awards  | Ashley Bannan, Isabelle Dannatt, Sarah Dahms

Age Champions Across the Year Levels  |  Renelle Hooper (Athletics & Cross Country), Jacob Adams (Swimming)

Special Awards  |  Renelle Hooper, Sarah Dahms, Zali Hooper, Elise Petersen

Outstanding Scholar  |  Chloe Montgomery

Committee Members  |  Charlottle Virtue, Sarah Dahms

Year 7 Scholarships  |  Elita McDonald

FAREWELL  |  This year we bid farewell to the following staff members Mr Presley, Miss Lymbery, Mr Frost and Miss Kingdon as they journey towards other life-goals.

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 also bid goodbye to our Year 6 students for 2022:  Mitchell Adams, Brady Alford, Charlotte Benson, Katie Boucher, Stella Buchanan, Peyton Cook, Adalyn Corbett, Tate Cotter, Skylynn Crichton, Denver Dobie, Mackenzie Dyson, Marli Ferrington, Ella Finlay, Lilliana Giddings, Stacey Gill, Gus Goodman, Zachary Grech, Lilly Hazel, Tahliea Henderson, Zoe Johnson, Elita McDonald, Odessa Marshman, Cielo Mclauchlan, Dain Micallef, Ben Mifsud, Ronan Miosge, Jemma Mortimer, Neena Payne, Seth Postlethwaite, Clancy Sammut, Branden Smallhorn, Summer Vaughan, Kiara Wakefield, Sienna Whitaker and Mia Zaro

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!

Adams (15 years association with STA), Alford (11 years association with STA), Boucher (3 years association with STA), Cook (14 years association with STA), Corbett (9 years association with STA), Dyson (1 year association with STA), Giddings (12 years association with STA), Gill (4 years association with STA), Goodman (9 years association with STA), Hendersen (7 years association with STA), Johnson (9 years association with STA), Micallef (8 years association with STA), Miosge (7 years association with STA), Payne (11 years association with STA), Sammut (11 years association with STA) Wakefield (10.5 years association with STA)

This is 141.5 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.

Year 6 Blessing Liturgy

End of Year Giving Mass

Congratulations Mrs Hazel

Recently Mrs Hazel was awarded  2022 IEUA-QNT Teacher Education General Bursary.  The bursary of $1000.00 is for the purpose of assisting with educational expenses as Mrs Hazel continues her studies to become a primary school teacher.  Congratulations Jess, this is wonderful news.

Congratulations Elita

CONGRATULATIONS ELITA  |  Congratulations to Elita McDonald who recently applied for and won an academic Scholarship at Sarina State High School for 2023.  This is a great honour and one that I know you will live up to in 2023.  Well done Elita, we are so proud of you

Student Protection News

Across The Curriculum

DONATION OF SUPPLIES
As the end of the school year draws to a close, we thought it would be timely to take a few things off your hands before the holidays. Any donations of calculators or Year 6 Bibles would be greatly appreciated as we endeavour to build class sets of these resources. Please send a note to your classroom teacher if you wish to donate these items and we’ll send them to the Library, to be catalogued. Thanks so much for your support.

Transition and Orientation  |  Over the past month, the Year 6 students have had the opportunity to participate in high school transition and orientation days at Sarina State High School, Mercy College and Catherine McAuley College. Students have loved the opportunity to see these schools, participate in lessons and begin the shift in mindset around how high school operates. 

Students at St Anne's have also been participating in transition days. All students have had the opportunity to visit their 2023 classroom and participate in a variety of activities with their new teacher. There is a hum in the school during this time as students laugh, learn and engage in new experiences in preparation for next year. 

The Good News

This week sadly is my last week at St Anne's as Assistant Principal (Religious Education). My four years (2019 to 2022) here have gone incredibly quick! As announced previously, I will be teaching at Holy Spirit College (Mount Pleasant) in the areas of Religious Education and Mathematics. My time at St Anne's has been a great journey of faith and self discovery and inspired in me a passion for the teaching of Religion and building a strong Catholic school identity. 

In term four 2018, I was enjoying a term of long service leave (getting fit, being healthy, running around after my kids, finishing my university postgraduate study) when I received an unexpected message encouraging me to consider coming to St Anne's as APRE. Just as Jesus' mother Mary did, I said 'yes' not knowing what the journey involved. I'm glad I said 'yes' as the last four years have been incredibly rewarding, professionally and spiritually.

As my own children are now in high school and my wife (Anita) is taking on more teaching responsibility at her school, it is now time to be closer to home. 

Being an APRE is something I have aspired to for a very a long time in my teaching career and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve in this school community. 

I thank all the staff, students, parents, families and the St Michael's Parish community for your ongoing support during my time here. As Pope Francis' message says below, God calls us to use our gifts to make our world a better place, building the Kingdom of God here on earth. May we all be inspired to share our gifts from God to bring peace and joy to our world. 

God's love, peace and blessings to you all for a Happy and Holy Christmas,

Stuart

Stuart Presley

Assistant Principal - Relgious Education

stuart_presley@rok.catholic.edu.au 

The first Sunday of Advent sees the commencement of the new liturgical year.

This new liturgical cycle is referred to as Year A and features the gospel of Matthew. (Year B features the gospel of Mark and Year C, that we have just completed, features the gospel of Luke.)

Advent comes from the Latin word Adventus which literally means ‘coming’; it is also reflected in the Greek word Parousia, which is used to describe the second coming of Jesus.

So Advent is a time of preparation and anticipation of the coming of Christ into the world that is celebrated in the Nativity at Christmas.

The gospel passage richly expresses that anticipation and need for preparation.

Advent is a time of waiting and preparation. We need to take a critical look at how we live our life. It is time to make a change – for the better.

(c) Catholic Kids Media 2022. Video used with permission. 

Sports News

2022 Swimming Carnival Wrap Up

Last Monday 25^th November saw students, staff and families enjoy a very LOUD day of sweat, swimming, sportsmanship and did I mention SWEAT! 

Thank you to the following individuals for all of your hard work on Monday. 

P&F Focus Group; Mel, Rebecca, Kelly, Tearah, Fallon and Renea for the yummy lunch, delicious treats and cool drinks! 

Water Safety personnel, ensuring our swimmers felt safe; Jack Renehan, January Sarich, Mrs Gibson and Lucy Stowers. 

Mr Goodman and a number of Dad's for collecting the Sarina High School tents, setting them up and quickly returning them. 

Lee and Meaghan from Pat Wright Swim School also the managers of Sarina Pool.

All of the hardworking Staff for setting up, running events, managing student's excitement and fears, encouraging students, coping with a day in the sun, quickly packing up and walking students back to school. THANK YOU!

Congratulations to McAuley for taking out Swimming Carnival Champion House. 

Coolock, you deserve just as much praise for your sportsmanship and competition. 

A special mention to a year 3 student who spent her whole day, participating in every possible event, pushing her limits, cheering with the war cry posters when the year 6 students were in the pool and living every component of our Making Jesus Real Trophy. Congratulations Lillie Petts!

Age Champions

5yrs - Chad Keating and Scarlett Jensen

6ys - Louie Kane and Molly Murphy tied with Grace Hills

7yrs - Hadley Walsh and Summer Keating

8yrs - Rylan Buchanan and Khloe Sarich

9yrs - Jed Postlethwaite and Bella Renehan

10yrs - Hudson Vaughan and Georgia Bannister

11yrs - Carter Renehan and Lily Norrie

12yrs - Zachary Grech and Lilly Hazel

Finance News

Term Four School Fees  |  All outstanding school fees are required to be paid by close of business 2nd December 2022, unless prior arrangements have been made.  Also, 50% payment of Stationery Packs are due by the 2nd December 2022.  If you have any difficulties in paying please contact Sandra Adams to discuss privately.

Uniform Shop Hours Over Christmas Holidays

Please see below uniform shop dates for Term 4 & the Christmas Holidays: 

• 19/01/23 11am-1pm DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS (orders can be placed on flexischools, filled and left in office for collection)
• 23/01/23 7:45am-8:15am ONLINE ORDER PACKING / COLLECTIONS ONLY Uniform shop will closed strictly by 8:15am 

Tuckshop Volunteers

The St Anne's Tuckshop is closed until a new convenor is appointed. 

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.

Leadership report by Mitchell  |  Firstly, I would like to congratulate everyone who participated at the Swimming Carnival last Monday, what a great day!  Thank you all for your participation in Naidoc day activities, hope you all enjoyed.

Well done to the year 6 students who have already attended their High School Orientation day and good luck to those who will be attending this week.

Just a reminder that we are still at school this week, even though it is the last, best behavior and follow the school rules.

Students Of The Week

Congratulations To Our Students Of The Week  |  Mackenzie S, Scarlett J, Year 1G, Paige E, Payton H, Khloe S, Jayde C, Hudson V, Montana W, Indee M, Zoe P, Lucy J, Lizzy S, Lucas B, Abby B, Elita M, Denver D, Ben M, Clancy S, Marli F, Dain M, Summer V, Lilly H, Branden S, Gus G, Sienna W, Brendan B

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