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Welcome to the St Anne's newsletter. Here's everything that's happening around our community this week.
In this email
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Reflection
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Lord our God, may I learn to treat others generously, with respect, and with care and understanding, that we may all bring out the best in one another. Amen
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Greg's Message
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Hello Parents and Friends of St. Anne’s
I hope that all families enjoyed their long weekend. I’m looking forward to a great night this Saturday at our dinner dance at Fenix.
Enrolments
We will be starting to organise class structures shortly. It would be appreciated if parents could advise me if their child will not be attending St. Anne’s next year (current Foundation to Year 5 students.)
Hockey
The majority of our Year 5/6 students will be playing in a hockey tournament this Friday at Box Hill. We are fielding two boys’ teams and one girls’ team.
Last day of term
Term two concludes at 1pm on Friday 28th June. At last week’s meeting of the Parents and Friends Association it was agreed that the children will be allowed to wear casual clothes to school on June 28th. Students are asked to bring along a gold coin donation on this day. Money raised will help offset the cost of the recently purchased Chinese Elm trees. Term three commences on Monday 15th July at 8:50am.
Lost Property
An Alta Black Fit Bit has been lost in the school. If found please return to the office.
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Sacrament of Confirmation
ATTENTION ALL YEAR 6 PARENTS
Is your child going to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in the coming weeks? If so, could you please contact the office and let Julie or Netitia know, so that this can be passed onto me. Alternatively, l can be emailed with you intention.
Dates for your diaries:
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The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated at St Anne’s on Saturday 17th August at 3.00 pm.
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Confirmation Faith Evening: Tuesday 30th July
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Confirmation Reflection Day Friday 9th August
Hospitality Mass
Our next hospitality mass will be held at 10:30am on Sunday 23rd June. This is a whole school mass; if you haven’t been to a hospitality mass this year, here’s another chance!
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Social Justice
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As our Social Justice Captains Jessica, Lucinda and Nathan mentioned at assembly, please search through your wardrobes for any unused blankets or jackets/coats of any sizes to donate to our Vinnies appeal.
This is a very good way of you showing your child how we help our wider community without having to constantly put our hands in our pockets for the ‘gold coin’ collections.If you have any non perishable goods or toiletries to give if you don’t have coats or blankets, please send them along.
Piggy backing on from the donation of warm clothing, on Wednesday the 26th June is the Feast of the Sacred Heart. At 10.00 am we have a whole school mass.
Each classroom will (in the next few days) have a box put in front of their room with items of foods/toiletries that we are collecting for Vinnies. Please be generous with your donations and let those boxes overflow! These will be collected after mass by the Vinnies representatives in the parish. The only requisite is that the food is in date please.
Let our boxes overflow with your goods and generosity!
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Learning and Teaching
Congratulations to Isla P in receiving the Kindness Award this week for her fundraising efforts.
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Student Wellbeing
Siblings without rivalry – is it possible?
Sibling conflict is one of the most difficult, distressing and exhausting problems that many parents have to deal with. Yet it is inevitable.
Research tells us that conflict is a major part of normal sibling relationships. Sibling rivalry creates opportunities for children to learn about dealing with conflict – so it’s not all bad. But what causes it?
Experts agree that at the root of sibling jealousy (which often causes rivalry) is each child’s deep desire for the exclusive love of their parents.
From a child’s point of view, the presence of other siblings threatens everything that is essential to their wellbeing. The mere existence of other children in the family often signifies LESS – less one-on-one quality time with parents, less attention for hurts and disappointments, and less approval for successes.
Most frightening of all is the thought: “if Mum and Dad are showing all that love and concern and enthusiasm for my brother/sister, maybe they love them more than me!”
No wonder children struggle so ferociously to be “the best child”. No wonder they use all their energy to have more or most – or ALL! Security lies in having all of mummy and daddy’s attention, all the toys, all the food, all the space…
As parents we can easily become frustrated because we expect our children to always get on well together. Conflict can be exasperating and demand all of our tolerance and patience.
To minimize the rivalry, our challenge as parents is to find a way to reassure each of our children that they are special, safe and loved.
Here are ten ideas to encourage good feelings and reduce conflict between siblings:
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Make sure that each child gets some quality time alone with you regularly
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Ensure each child gets some personal space and make sure they have belongings that they don’t have to share
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Pay attention to the individual needs of each child
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Be generous with hugs and affection to all of your children
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Teach children to say how they feel with words, not actions
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Let each child know what it is about them that you AND their siblings love or admire about them
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Notice and comment when you see your kids helping each other
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Work in teams for chores, and try not to assign roles based on gender, position in the family or age
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Interrupt unkindness
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Encourage rituals and traditions that foster bonding.
It’s always good to remember that sibling relationships are fluid, changing constantly. There is no way that we, as parents, can dictate a permanent, fixed, close, and loving relationship between our children. At different times of their lives, brothers and sisters can get closer or move apart from each other, and back again.
The challenge - to encourage positive relationships between our children - is sometimes difficult but it is not impossible. Our best approach is to use our wisdom and kindness to remove the usual obstacles to sibling harmony, so that when children are ready to reach out to each other the road is clear.
Knowledge from this article is based on the book “Siblings without Rivalry” by Faber and Mazlish.
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Cyber Safety
In years 3-6 this term we have been learning about how to be cybersmart and keeping ourselves safe online. Here are 4 quick snippets of advice on how to keep communication open at home to find out what interests your children online.
For any questions please feel free to email me
Further information can be found Keep your family safe
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Dinner Dance 2019
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Have you seen the amazing discounts available on the Silent Auction. https://www.32auctions.com/dinnerdance19
You'll be able to see the items at St Anne's Multipurpose Hall Wed 12th June between 6.30pm-7.30pm, and we'll have a Tupperware Demo starting at 6.30pm. Be sure to Register your intention to attend the event via the Tupperware link , because Leisa will be there demonstrating the latest Tupperware products. AND if you Register - you'll receive a gift when you attend the Demo!
If you can't make it on the night, but you would like to see the latest Tupperware products, Register via the link and you can visit their online shop! 10% of sales on the night (and through the online shop via this link) will go towards this years fundraiser!
There will be a second Silent Auction viewing on Thur 13th June between 3:30pm – 4:40pm & again from 6:30pm – 7:30pm. No Tupperware Demo, but there's sure to be plenty of one-night-only bargains!
Silent Auction closes Thur 13th June at 10pm. Get your bids in! Anything set for "online only" will be yours then!
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St Anne's Major Raffle Online Now
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MAJOR RAFFLE
$4,200 in prizes for 15 lucky winners!
What would you prefer? A wonderfully relaxing Mornington Peninsula weekend experience, or perhaps you've been waiting for a Vuly trampoline? What about your own private photo shoot with award-winning fine art photographer Darren Tilnak who is ready to create the perfect setting for magical photos you will cherish forever.
On 15th June - you could be very lucky indeed.
When you purchase tickets you'll be helping us raise the much-needed funds to resurface the school's sports courts so that our children can play safely and enjoy this important area of the school. At St Anne’s, we rely greatly on fundraising throughout the year to upgrade our equipment and maintain the buildings and surrounds.
Buy tickets here! https://www.rafflelink.com.au/stannes
And tell your friends, extended family, colleagues and local community know about the amazing prizes on offer. We need your help to make 2019 a successful fundraiser for our kids, and their school.
Raffle will be drawn at 9.15pm at St Anne’s Dinner Dance, Fenix Richmond.
For those that are attending the Dinner Dance this year looking forward to catching up with you on the dance floor!
Your 2019 Dinner Dance Committee
Peta, Didi, Nadia O, Louise, Bianca, Mirella O, Tanya, Teresa A, Tash & Sofie
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Dinner Dance Sponsors 2019
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Uniform Shop
A reminder the St Anne’s Second Hand Uniform Shop is open in the Multi-Purpose Hall, the first Tuesday of every month from 8:30am - 8:50am (before Assembly). If you cannot attend at this time, please fill out the purchase list in Skoolbag with your required clothing items & size and a uniform shop attendant can fill the order for you and return to the office to be collected.
The Second Hand Uniform Shop welcomes donations of School Uniform items and School Bags, however, please do not donate tights, bloomers or items that are in need of repair, badly faded, stained or fraying. For hygienic purposes and ease of re-sale, please ensure all clothing is freshly laundered and folded neatly in a clean bag to be left at the Front Office.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could please make payment for your uniform items by either:
● Putting the exact money in an envelope, marked UNIFORM and your child's surname on the envelope, and leaving the envelope at the School Office (for collection by the P&F Treasurer); or
● Transferring the funds to the St Anne's Parents & Friends Association bank account: ○ BSB 633-000 ○ Account number: 117570630 ○ Noting in the narration: UNIFORM and your child's surname
Please contact the Uniform Shop Co-ordinator, Jocelyn Elliott on jocelyn.elliotta@gmail.com for further information.
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Earn and Learn
The Woolworths Earn and Learn promotion is with us again and St Anne’s is participating. Start, collecting your stickers for every $10 you spend at Woolworths supermarket and place them on the Sticker Sheets available at Woolworths stores and the school office. A collection box is being organised at Woolworths, Kew and at the school office. The more stickers we collect, the more educational resources we can be earnt for the school. The promotion continues until the 25th June 2019, so get down to Woolies for your groceries and don’t forget to collect your stickers whenever you and your family are doing your weekly shop . We appreciate your assistance.
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Community News
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St Anne’s Basketball Club is looking for Year 1 students keen to participate in our Ball Skills program during Term 3 of 2019.
We are a family based club and have 17 teams comprised of mainly current and former St Anne’s students playing in the Hawthorn Basketball Association competition, ranging in age groups from Under 9’s to U21’s. Games are played on Saturdays at venues throughout Boroondara.
The Ball Skills sessions will run for 8 weeks during Term 3. The aim of the sessions is for the children to be ready to commence playing in a team in the 2019/2020 Summer Season for SABC which starts in Term 4. We will run separate sessions for boys and girls. At this stage it is planned for the sessions for the boys to be on Friday after school from 4.30 to 5.15 at Kew East Primary School, and the sessions for the girls to be on Thursday after school from 5pm to 5.45 at Boroondara Sports Centre.
The sessions will commence in week 2 of Term 3 with the first session for the girls being on Thursday 25th July and for the boys on Friday 26th July. The final sessions will be held on 12th and 13th September.
A small fee will be charged ($90) for the ball skills sessions, which will then be deducted when registration fees are paid for the first time in registering your child to play in a SABC team.
Please register your interest by emailing secretary@stannesbc.com.au or by speaking to Sarah Lethlean (Secretary of SABC) on 0438 364 709, Tom Lynch (Father of Joshua) on 0418 813 773, or Susan Whyte (Mother of Grace) on 0400 105 742.
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Enrolments, uniform and school fees
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Our calendar, advertise here
Never miss out on upcoming events at St Anne's.
Sports clinics, P & F meetings, working bees and more - add our St Anne's calendar into your own calendar
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Advertise in our newsletter
To advertise notices in this weekly newsletter, please email notices to office@sannkewe.catholic.edu.au by 9am on Wednesdays.
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Skoolbag app
The St. Anne’s Skoolbag app is a great way to keep up to date with everything that is going on at school. We regularly send out alerts as a reminder to a current notice that needs attention. It also has links to the newsletter and the school calendar.
You can download it for free from the IOS Store
Photos in the Skoolbag app
If you need the password to access photos in the Skoolbag app, please contact reception.
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School hours
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Monday 8.55am - 3:25pm
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Tuesday 8.50am - 3.25pm
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Wednesday 8.55 am - 3:25pm
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Thursday 8.55am - 3:25pm
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Friday 8.55am - 3:25pm
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Out of School Hours Care (OSHC)
Kew East Primary School Out of School Hours Care can be contacted on
Ph: 03 98596052
Read more
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Term Dates
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Term 1 30/01/2019 to 05/04/2019
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Term 2 23/04/2019 to 28/06/2019
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Term 3 15/07/2019 to 20/09/2019
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Term 4 07/10/2019 to 18/12/2019
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