St Anne's news: Wednesday 21 August 2019

Welcome to the St Anne's newsletter. Here's everything that's happening around our community this week.

• Reflection
• Greg's Message
• School Closure Day
• Learning and Teaching
• Sports
• Religious Education
• Social Justice
• Library News
• Fathers' Day Breakfast
• School Readiness Session
• Community News
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• Enrolments, uniform and school fees
• Our calendar, advertise here
• School hours
• Out of School Hours Care (OSHC)
• Term Dates

Lead me this day, Lord,
to live fully in the present moment
and enjoy all that is good around me.
May all that is life-giving remind me of your life and love
that surround me now.

Hello Parents and Friends of St. Anne’s
Last Saturday was a most special day for our Confirmation candidates and their families. I congratulate the candidates: Callum C, Nathan G, Eva V, Lucinda W, Aurelia L, Grace M, Jessica M, Massimo M, Finn N, Damian P, Amelie R and Nicholas W.  Thank you to our wonderful staff and parents for their support of the children. Finally, I’d like to acknowledge our principal celebrant Monsignor Tony Ireland, parish priest Fr. John, assistant parish priest, Fr. Toan and our altar servers: Greta C, Hannah T and Claire C. The work of these people ensured a beautiful, spiritual occasion.  

Illness
Yes it’s that time of year when we are vulnerable to illness. In the best interests of everybody, please don’t send your child to school when they are unwell; this is particularly important if your child’s illness is contagious.

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.)

Updated key enrolment dates for Year 5 students in 2019 starting Year 7 in 2021

Critical Dates 

Term 3 

• 23rd August 2019: Applications for Year 5 students commencing Year 7 in 2021 close. 
• 6th September 2019: Principals exchange a full list of applications with neighbouring colleges, including parish of residence.
• 20th September 2019: Principals exchange full list of applications with neighbouring colleges, identifying proposed offers and non-offers. 
  
  Term 4
• 16th October 2019: Principals and Registrars Enrolment Briefing at Catholic Leadership Centre to finalise offers for 2021 and exchange names of unsuccessful applicants to ensure all students are offered a place. The briefing will be held from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm, following lunch held prior at 12.00 pm.  
• 25th October 2019: Offers posted to prospective Year 7, 2021 applicants. 
• 8th November 2019: Final date for families to accept offer made by school.

CEMSIS SURVEYS
CEMSIS is an acronym of Catholic Education Melbourne School Improvement Surveys. Surveys will be offered to staff, year 4,5 and 6 students and parents. All surveys will be undertaken online. The surveys will provide feedback in relation to our school’s perceived strengths and areas for improvement, and assist in driving school improvement. The survey period is from Monday 2nd September until Friday 20th September. 

School Fees
We still have a significant amount of school fees outstanding. For those concerned your attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Please note that there will be no school for students on Monday 26th August and Tuesday 27th August. On these two days staff will be undertaking professional learning on Social and Emotional Learning and First Aid.

The Foundation - 2 students and Mrs Matheson certainly enjoyed their incursion last Friday as they got “close and personal” with turtles and a snake! The incursion is part of their Minibeast unit they are undertaking this term.

Ski Team
The St Anne’s ski team participated in the Interschool Skiing Competition on Monday 19th & Tuesday 20th August at Mt Buller. Congratulations to Callum C, Chiara H, Claire C, Jessica H, Tilda H and Ben H on their efforts.

Athletics Trials
Last Monday our year 3-6 students were involved in athletics trials at Hagenauer’s Reserve, Box Hill North. We were fortunate with the weather as the children participated in a variety of track and field events. The results from this day will assist us in formulating a team for the North Balwyn District Athletics Carnival on September 5th.

Badminton
Today all of our students began a five week badminton program courtesy of SportingSchools. Children are to wear their sports uniform on each Wednesday until the end of the term.

Last Saturday, 17th August, our year 6 children celebrated receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. We would like to congratulate our students who received the sacrament:

Callum, Nathan, Eva, Aurelia, Grace, Jessica, Massimo, Finn, Damian, Amelie,Nicholas and Lucinda.

It was a beautiful mass celebrated by Monsignor Anthony Ireland and was well attended by the families and their extended relatives.

Congratulations to all, and in particular to their classroom teachers for preparing the children so well.

Last call for any baby goods to be donated to the St Kilda Mum’s.
We have had two bags of clean goods and would love to add to these.
With spring coming up, this is a good time to have a ‘spring clean’ and clean out those drawers that have clothes etc that your babies have grown out of. Donations can be left in a bag at the office. Cut off date is Friday the 30th August. Please consider….. The Social Justice Group & Mrs Bellio

BOOK WEEK ACTIVITY DAY

On Wednesday 28th of August we will celebrate the Children’s Book Council Book Awards with Book Week Activity Day.

There will be lots of art, craft and cooking activities and performers will put on a show.

It is a dress up day so dress as your favourite book character or as part of our Book Week theme Reading is my SUPERPOWER!

In Library lessons we have been reading all the shortlisted titles in the Children’s Book Council Awards.

The CBCA has announced the winners:

The winners are

• Younger Readers Section: His Name Was Walterwith the Honour awards to Black Cockatoo and The Peacock Detectives
• Picture Book Section: Cicada with the Honour awards to The Mediterranean and The All New Must Have 430
• Early Childhood Section: Tricky’s Bad Day with the Honour awards to Heads and Tails:Insects and Here Comes Stinkbug!

All these books were kindly donated to St Anne’s Library on Grandparents’ Day.

Thank you to all the parents who have covered bags of Grandparents’ Day books. The donations are well on the way to being distributed. There are still some bags with 10 books in each to be covered. If you would like to help, please see Mrs Browne or the office.

Thank you
Damien, Finn, Flynn and Isaac
Library Captains 2019

FATHER'S DAY BREAFKAST & STALL

A reminder to book your tickets by Tuesday 27th August for the St Anne's Father's Day Breakfast to be held on Friday 30th August from 7:30am - 8:45am in the Multi-purpose Hall. https://www.trybooking.com/BERUR

The Father's Day Stall will be held after the breakfast from 9am, if students can please bring $5 to purchase a gift for their special person.

Volunteers:

We are looking for some helpers to set up for the Father's Day Breakfast & Stall on Thursday 29th August from 2pm and to assist at both events on Friday 30th August. If you are able to help, please sign up at volunteersignup.org/HFR8K

Any questions, please let Lisa Hodgkinson know - lis_burns@yahoo.co.uk.

To book your place visit www.trybooking.com/536690

School Fees 2019

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• Term 1   30/01/2019 to 05/04/2019
   
• Term 2   23/04/2019 to 28/06/2019
   
• Term 3   15/07/2019 to 20/09/2019
   
• Term 4   07/10/2019 to 18/12/2019