Catholic Primary School Continuing the journey through partnership

25 November 2016 Newsletter Number 36/2016

Dear Parents, Care-givers, Friends and Supporters of Catholic Education, Staff and Students, Precious in your sight I recently changed my addiction: from one computer word game to another. Oh yes, I know you’ll say it’s not a real addiction; it isn’t drugs or gambling. It hasn’t consumed my life, yet. You might say to me that, while it wasted time, it provided relaxation…except that it hasn’t. It has provided ‘distraction’…and that is what addiction is really about: being distracted from ourselves. Our lives are precious, so precious we find ways to tone down the mystery that we are. We can distract ourselves by abusing something that is good: drugs, money, midday TV, computer games. (If used the right way these would enhance our sense of preciousness.) Or we can try to justify our worth by excessive work or by putting impossible standards on ourselves, and then bash ourselves up when we don’t attain them. Or we can stop, take a deep breath and accept that we are precious in the eyes of God. We can stop the frenetic life, stop the distractions, live under the gaze of God’s love and allow the mystery to work its grace within us. A few moments each day, perhaps at the beginning and at the end can help recalibrate our hearts and lives to what they deeply yearn. We are made in love for love.

Loving God, let me accept how precious I am in your sight. Let me enjoy the wonder of my being,

accept the mystery of who I am and then learn to live and grow in love. I ask this in Jesus’ name

confident that you will hear me. Sr Kym Harris osb

Mr John Ballinger-Oches Principal

Congratulations to the

Following

Week 8 term 4

Prep PC Award

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Prep Z Award

… for your wonderful week of learning and

perseverance! You were very persistent in

learning to tie your shoe laces. Well done.

Noah Galletly Year 1A Award

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Year 1F Award

… Your reading is lovely to listen to Khloe

and thank you for practising so well for our

liturgy. Good girl.

Khloe Harris

… You are such a lovely friend Lucas. You

look after your friends and play so nicely

with everyone. Good boy.

Lucas Cox

Year 2C Award

… for always putting 100% towards

everything you do. You are a very hard

worker. Keep it up!

Jesse Neale

… for the super effort you have put towards

all of your work lately. It has been great to

see you trying so hard!

Jaxon Payne

Year 2D Award

… for always working hard to complete set

tasks. You set an excellent example for

others.

Reilly-Laine Lennox

… for always being a kind and caring

member of our class

Macy Halmer

Year 3G Award

… for your amazing writing. You have come

such a long way and I love reading your

writing Teagan.

Teagan Cox

… for bringing in paper Christmas origami

and teaching the class how to make them

Xavier Welling

Year 3HN Award

… for the amazing effort you have been

putting into your work. Keep it up!

Jackson Roelofs, Timothy Gaw, Ashley Bannan

Year 4D Award

… for the positive attitude you have showed

this week. Well done!

Clayton McRae

… for the focus you have showed this week

when completing set tasks. Well done!

Campbell Ferrington

Year 4H Award

… for your persistence and effort that you

put into your work every day. Keep up the

good work. You are amazing!

Jake Grundy

… for showing great leadership skills in your

group when writing your script and

practising your Nativity play

Zali Hooper

… for your amazing retell of Papa Panov. I

really enjoyed reading it!

Olivia Neale

Year 5J Award

… for your innovative construction materials

in your diorama!

Jacinta Franettovich, Molly Axiak

… for your well designed Solar System

diorama

Brooke Bobbermein, Nicholas Cameron

… for your in-depth report on your planet.

Your diorama was amazing as well.

Damon Insch

Year 5S Award

… for an amazing space diorama

presentation!

Luke Wakefield, Paige Bobbermein, Ryan Muddle, Anabelle Burrows

Year 6A Award

… for all your help towards our Shimmy,

Shake & Shine night. Thank you.

Charlotte Virtue, Autumn Nicholas, Eliza Petersen, Lexie Windsor, Lochlan Zaro, Ezeqiel Blanco, Ryan Cox

BIRTHDAYS Congratulations to students who celebrate their birthday this week: 24/11 Winifred Kent 24/11 Scarlett

O’Donoghue

25/11 Tobias Baillie 26/11 Reilly-Laine

Lennox

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Here at St Anne’s we value the achievements of our students

and love sharing the news with our School Community!!

Please send an email to: sas@rok.catholic.edu.au so we can

celebrate your fantastic news.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK

We remember all those in our

community who are unwell or

recovering from illness or surgery.

Dear Lord, Bless all who are sick, especially those in our School Community. May they experience, in a special way, the great love and concern Jesus has for them. Amen.

NOTES SENT HOME SINCE LAST NEWSLETTER

Date To Topic Author

21/11 All Parents Tuckshop P & F 22/11 All Parents Free Dress Day Mr Oches

23/11 Prep & Yr 1 Booklist Order Form Mr Oches 24/11 All Parents Booklist 2017 Mr Oches

FROM THE PRINCIPAL GRATITUDE JOURNAL

Gratitude is one of the most important virtues we can have in our

lives and is an important part of building happiness. Gratitude

can be defined as “the quality of being thankful; readiness to

show appreciation for and to return kindness”. It is easy in life

at times to focus on our problems rather than to be thankful for

all the wonderful blessings we have been given.

Our School is very grateful to … Melissa Fallon who very kindly cleaned

the Classroom fridges Friday. She popped

into the office and asked for jobs to do.

Thank you too to Mrs Krebbs who also volunteered

to clean fridges.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! PRIEST APPOINTMENTS 2017

Bishop Michael McCarthy has released appointments for

2017 onwards.

Fr Fitz-Herbert will be returning to the Archdiocese

of Brisbane at the end of 2016

Fr Jose Joseph will reside in the Parish of Marian

Fr Don White has been appointed as Parish Priest

to the Parishes of the Mackay Southern Cluster

Fr Satish Peddakotla has been appointed as

Associate Pastor to the Parishes of the Mackay

Southern Cluster

Over the coming days we will bid a very sad farewell to

both Frs Fitz-Herbert and Jose.

GENERAL NEWS

REPORT CARDS FOR SEMESTER 2

Report cards will once again be available through Parent

Lounge from 3.30pm Thursday 1 December 2016.

1. To access Parent Lounge, open your internet browser

and type in the following URL:

https://313sas.rok.catholic.edu.au/parentlounge

2. Login with your new unique ID number and the

password remains the same as previously used

We advise doing a trial run this week so that if there are

issues these can be ironed out in a timely manner.

FEES Term 4 school fees are now overdue. We would like to

thank those families who have already paid however, there

are a number of families with outstanding accounts. With

the end of year approaching, it would be appreciated if you

could attend to this matter as soon as possible. If you are

experiencing difficulties, please contact Helen at the Office.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SPIRIT OF ST ANNE

AWARD WINNERS FOR 2016

Prep PC Zachary Grech, Elita McDonald

Prep Z Denver Dobie, Tahliea Henderson

1A Brady Kerr, Brianna Renehan

1F Zane Saye, Ezra Nicholas

2C Tyler Cameron, Nyanga Courtney

2D Thomas Arthur, Matilda Walsh

3G Oliver Snow, Libby Arnold

3HB Jack Renehan, Kobie Cook

4D Tyler Roelofs, Jennifer Bloxsom

4H Clayton Grech, Olivia Neale

5J Ned-Anthony Bloxsom, Sana Campbell

5S Samuel Patroni, Lily Bonney

6A Sebastian Franettovich, Sarah Dahms

REPORT CARDS FOR SEMESTER 2

Report cards will once again be available through Parent

Lounge from 3.30pm Thursday 1 December 2016.

3. To access Parent Lounge, open your internet browser

and type in the following URL:

https://313sas.rok.catholic.edu.au/parentlounge

4. Login with your new unique ID number and the

password remains the same as previously used

We advise doing a trial run this week so that if there are

issues these can be ironed out in a timely manner.

CLASSES 2017

Parents will be notified next week as to which classes their

children will be in 2017 via SMS.

UNIFORM SHOP

We are planning to open the Uniform Shop on set days

over the school holidays, to facilitate back to school needs.

The Uniform Shop will be opening from 9.00am – 10.30am

on the below dates only:

Saturday 10 December 2016

Saturday 21 January 2017

CAPTAINS 2017

Congratulations to the following students who were elected

to positions of responsibility for 2017.

School Captains – Damon Insch & Sana Campbell

Coolock Captains – Ryan Muddle & Sarah Pratt

McAuley Captains – Sam Patroni & Lily Bonney

STAFFING 2017

It is with much pleasure that I announce Staffing for 2017.

Leadership Team:

Principal – Mr John Ballinger-Oches

Assistant to the Principal in RE – Mrs Helen Patroni

Assistant to the Principal in Curriculum – Mrs Sue Holmes

Learning Managers:

Prep PC – Mrs Helen Patroni & Mrs Shannon Campbell

Year 1A – Miss Emma Anderson

Year 1V – Mrs Lisa Vernon

Year 2B – Mrs Cassie Bourke nee Zarb

Year 2D – Miss Alison Dalton

Year 3HA – Miss Michelle Hodges

Year 3HB – Mrs Sue Holmes & TBA

Year 4HA – Mrs Linda Holmes (Mrs H)

Year 4HB – Mrs Judith Humberdross

Year 5D – Miss Sylvia Doyle

Year 5G – Mrs Dawn Goodman

Year 6B – Miss Amy Barker

Year 6W – Ms Ashleigh Wakeford (Ashleigh Jaenke)

Visual Art – Mrs Andrea Comin

Physical Education – Mrs Jenny Place

Music – Mrs Andrea Comin & Mrs Jenny Place

Learning Support – Mrs Rita Mactaggart & Mrs Debbie Clark

Ancillary Staff:

Administration Secretary – Miss Diana Kelly & Mrs Kathy

Grimmond

Finance Secretary – Mrs Helen Barnard

Library Coordinator – Mrs Kerrie Christopher

Pastoral Care Worker – Mrs Trish Anderson

Teacher Assistants – Mrs Maude Appo, Mrs Sheri Douce,

Mrs Angela Ahern, Mrs Donna Brebner, Mrs Rosemary

Rees, Mrs Deb Cameron, Mrs Shaunagh Bella, Mrs Keli

McCowan, Mrs Lisa Schulte and Mrs Jess Hazel

Technology Assistant – Mrs Tessa Walsh

Cleaner – Mrs Tash Bryant

Groundsman – Mr Scott Bisseker

I take this opportunity to thank Scott Bisseker for stepping

into the role it IT Support whilst Tessa Walsh was on

maternity leave. Thank you Scott.

This year we bid a sad farewell to Miss Chrissy Carter, Mr

Michael Smith, Mrs Rosemary Pietzner and Mrs Karen Vella.

These people will certainly be missed around the place. I

take this opportunity to publicly thank Chrissy, Michael,

Rosemary and Karen for their professionalism and

dedication whilst they have been members of this learning

community. I wish you all the very best for future

journeying, and I know that you will make the most of

anything you undertake.

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!

Incoming staff members are Miss Michelle Hodges, Miss

Amy Barker and Mrs Judith Humberdross. Amy is a

registered and experienced teacher, presently teaching in

Rockhampton; Michelle and Judith are graduate teachers

who are beginning their journeying with us. We welcome

these ladies to staff and most importantly to the community

that is St Anne’s. I am sure that they will experience the

same joy and community that we all so easily feel!

BOOK DROP OFF

Next year we are continuing our Book Drop-Off Day

whereby parents can drop off student books and resources

before school commences, to the classrooms. This will be a

small window of opportunity and will only be during the

nominated hours. I am keen to find out after the event

what parents think of this idea!

The day nominated is Wednesday 18 January 2017 from

1.00pm to 3.00pm only. During this time you will only be

able to deliver school requirements, not pack them away or

set your child up or meet with teachers. All items will need

to be put in a bag/s marked with the student’s name.

2017 SCHOOL YEAR

COMMENCES ON MONDAY 23 JANUARY 2017

Term 1

23 January to 31 March (10 weeks long)

Term 2

18 April to 23 June (10 weeks long)

Term 3

10 July to 15 September (10 weeks long)

Term 4

3 October to 1 December (9 weeks long)

SOME PUBLIC HOLIDAYS & STUDENT FREE DATES 2016

Australia Day

26 January 2017

Bishop’s Inservice Day

10 February 2017

Good Friday

14 April 2017

Easter Monday

17 April 2017

ANZAC Day

25 April 2017

Labour Day

1 May 2017

Queen’s Birthday

2 October 2017

Student Free Day

16 October 2017

COMMUNITY NEWS FUNKEY BEAT

Funkey Beat is proud to introduce its new project to

help children develop their creative minds.

We are starting a vacation school in Mackay with an

emphasis on visual arts (drawing Painting and art appreciation) and music (performance, improvisation, rhythm, composing and theory).

The intensive course is run over a two week period from

the 9th to the 20th of January from 9.00am to 2.30 pm

with an hour lunch break. Lunch will be provided.

Our teachers have extensive experience within their chosen

fields as well a passion for teaching and passing on their skill

to young inquisitive minds.

The course will finish with a performance and an art

exhibition. Students don’t have to have any previous

experience as the course will cater for all skill levels.

Course is open to children who will start grade 4 in 2017 up

to children in grade 8.

For further enquiries please call on 0498742268 or Email admin @funkeybeat.com