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‘Buckle Bear’ Last week we had a visit from Buckle Bear and a road Safety Officer, organised by the AlburyCity Council. They provided information to students and parents regarding seatbelts and child restraints. Further information on these topics can be found on the ‘Roads and Traffic Authority’ website (www.rta.nsw.gov.au).
St Anne’s School
Cnr Lowry Street & Curlew Crescent
North Albury NSW 2640
Ph: 02 6025 1281 Fax: 02 6040 1875
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sanaww.catholic.edu.au
I will be attending a course in
Wagga over the next couple of days
in the area of Growth Coaching.
Coaching has a long history in
education, but its scope has
increased considerably in recent
year. Its research base is growing,
as are the theoretical underpinnings
which inform practice.
Thankyou to the Lindner family for
tidying up our school grounds.
Your help is appreciated.
Have a great week.
Bede
You only live once,
but if you do it right,
once is enough.
Mae West
Diocesan Swimming Carnival, Leeton
26 Feb
Ash Wednesday 5 Mar
Year 3-6 Athletics Carnival
13 Mar
School fees due (does not apply to families on
pre-approved payment plans)
14 Mar
Year 6 students to visit Xavier High School
20 Mar
School photos 27 Mar
MacKillop Swimming Carnival
28 Mar
Last day of Term 1 11 Apr
Good Friday 18 Apr
Easter Sunday 20 Apr
Easter Monday 21 Apr
Staff Professional Development Day
(children do not attend
school on this day)
28 Apr
Students return to school for Term 2
29 Apr
First Communion Mass, 10am
22 Jun
Confirmation Mass, 6pm 23 Aug
Calendar
25th February 2014—Term 1, Week 5
St Anne’s Newsletter
Dear Parents, Caregivers and
Students,
We had Buckle Bear visit our
school last Tuesday afternoon. The
message was to make sure that all
children are buckled safely and
appropriately into cars. The safety
of children is always very
important and we appreciate your
support in all the areas of safety in
picking up and dropping off chil-
dren each day.
We often hear the term used in ed-
ucation of ‘Explicit Teaching’.
What does this mean? Explicit
instruction is where the teacher
explicitly conveys to the student
the purpose, process and expected
outcomes of any task or assess-
ment. Teachers will identify where
this fits into their pedagogical
framework.
Explicit teaching consists of-
1. Specific learning outcomes
2. Scaffolding the task
3. A clear, realistic time frame
for students to complete their
work
Professional Development
Ten teachers from the Diocese will
be visiting our school on Monday,
3rd March to attend early numera-
cy, assessment training. These
teachers will be working with
some of our Year 1 and year 3 chil-
dren.
You can now scan the QR codes below to access our Apps on the following platforms
SCHOOL BANKING
School banking tomorrow!
Application packs for new accounts are available from
the office.
UNIFORM SHOP-OPEN DAYS The Uniform Shop will be open on-
Tuesday– 8.30-8.45am
Friday - 3.00-3.30pm
We have a couple of second hand school bags
available for sale at $5 each.
100 CLUB RAFFLE
We are now selling lucky numbers
for our next raffle, the prize is an
‘End of Summer’ Gift Pack
(includes a cricket set, beach towel,
beach football and 2 Zappo gift
packs)
Lucky numbers cost $2 each and can
be purchased from the office.
If you have any ideas for raffle prizes
or if you would like to donate a prize, please contact
Chris Lewis
BUS TRAVEL
2014 BUS PASSES A reminder that all children who travel on the bus
should now have a current bus pass.
DRIVING AND PARKING
AROUND SCHOOL
Please keep a look out for children around school
zones and remember the speed limit is 40km/h
Please be aware that parking offences within
school zones have a demerit point penalty.
The carpark in Curlew Crescent is for
staff use only. This area becomes
extremely congested in the mornings
and afternoons with bus traffic. The carpark in Lowry St is for parent/carer
use.
SCHOOL PHOTOS School photos will be taken on
Thursday, 27th March. Order forms will be sent home one week before this date.
DIOCESAN SWIMMING CARNIVAL We have a group of sixteen children
travelling to Leeton this week for
Wednesday’s Diocesan Swimming Carnival.
We wish these children good luck and hope
that they all have a great time!
STUDENT MEDICAL INFO/
EMERGENCY CONTACTS UPDATE Next week each family will receive a copy of the infor-
mation we have here at school regarding your child’s
home address, medical conditions (if any) and the details
of their emergency contacts. Please carefully check this
information upon receipt. If there are any addi-
tions/alterations required, please return the papers with
details of these changes.
3T Here are some of our Year 3 students seated at some of
our new modular furniture.
NEWSLETTER
As previously explained, we are no longer automatically
issuing paper copies of the newsletter to every family.
However, any families who would still prefer to
receive a paper copy are very welcome to do so!
Please just call Tina or Anita in the office and let
us know. Also, newsletters can be emailed to more than one
email address per family, just send us a list of recipi-
ents.
The newsletter is accessible each week via Facebook and
on the schools website at www.sanaww.catholic.edu.au. Families may also choose to receive the newsletter via
email. Any family who is not currently receiving the
newsletter via email can request to be added to the distri-
bution list by sending an email to:
TUCKSHOP ROSTER
This Week
Wed. 27 Feb - Robyn Frohling, Nikki Summerfield
Thurs. 28Feb - Sue Teesdale, Paula Molnar
Fri. 29 Feb - Rachel Alexander, Sondra Barker
Next Week
Wed 5th Mar - Annie Shearer
Thu 6th Mar - Cate Bell
Fri 7th Mar - Katherine McLennan, Melissa Healy
A Tuckshop price-list was sent home to each family
last week. Spare copies are available from the
office.
We are still looking for volunteers for Fridays. If you
can help, please contact the office. Thank you.
YELLOW WOOL/YARN One of our classes is looking for yellow
wool/yarn for a special project. If you have
any that you could donate, please send it into
the office. Thankyou!
LIBRARY NEWS Just a reminder that the library timetable this year is as
follows:
Tuesday - 5/6G, 5/6JW, 5/6Mc, 1B
Wednesday- 3T, 3R, 2JL, KT, KM
Thursday - 4M, 4N, 2JL, 2Mc, 1Os
YR 3-6 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL This week each child in Years 3-6 will receive a note
about the Athletics Carnival which will be held at Alex-
andra Park on Thursday, 13th March.
Please return signed permission slips with the $4 bus fee
by Monday, 10th March.
ICT NEWS (‘Information & Communication Technology’)
Over the past few weeks I have been
working in classes with our Year 3-6
students teaching them more about
Google Docs. They have been very
creative and many wonderful projects
have been shared! We will continue to
work on our skills in the coming weeks
as teachers start to share their home-
work tasks using these tools.
If your child is having any difficulties logging on at
home, feel free to email me on-
and I will endeavour to find a solution.
Something that has come to my attention is
that many of our students appear to be using
an App called ‘kik messenger’ outside of
school.
Some information for your consideration -
The Kik website states - Teens between 13 and 18 years old need to have permission from their parent
or legal guardian before they create a Kik account
and start using Kik Messenger. Children under the
age of 13 are prohibited from having a Kik account
by the Kik Terms of Service.
It’s worth reading an article in the Sydney Morning Herald that describes Kik messenger as ''the number
one social media problem involving teenagers''.
You can find the article at http://bit.ly/1eWPtfP
“Teaching in the Internet age
means we must teach tomorrow’s skills today.”
Jennifer Fleming
Karon
WATER BOTTLES Please ensure that your child brings a water
bottle each day, the water in the bubblers can
get quite warm!
COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD A reminder to parents and children to please
regularly check the noticeboard outside the
office for any notices that may be of interest.
We currently have information regarding a
number of sports clubs and community events.
St Anne’s
is a nut–free school.
Nuts and nut products
must not
be brought to school.
