School News, Birthdays & Awards
Please scroll to the bottom of this page as there is lots of useful news and celebrations.
Wishing the following children a very Happy Birthday over the next few week and the school holidays
Max G Thomas P Lucy S Myla S Oliver S Lilith T Matthew M Jaxon S Jake S Holly S Aroha P Remi L Johnny R Grace G Heath G Sarah M Chloe B Marlo W Anthony W Noah F Isabella H Sylvester S Rayaansh S Elwood P Xavier S Haven H Benjamin S Alexia T Natalia m Jake S
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Hip Hip Hooray!
Congratulations to the following students for receiving an award this week.
| FAR | Charlie R | For staying focused and doing a fantastic job listening for and recording the sounds in words. Well done! |
| FAR | Xavier | For doing a fantastic job staying focused and trying his best |
| FBB | Max | For working hard on his letter formation |
| FBB | Ned | For great reading with Ms Brown today |
| 12AD | Ava C | For working hard when researching in writing |
| 12AD | Milla M | For being resilient when negotiating with friends |
| 12BB | Theodore | For showing great enthusiasm in non-fiction writing sessions. Great work!! |
| 12BB | Chloe | For using Little Learners spelling practice to help with reading. Well done!! |
| 12BB | Evie C | For wonderful contributions to our whole class learning discussions. Super Job!! |
| 12CE | Coco | For demonstrating your strong understanding of sharing, grouping, arrays and repeated subtraction in our Maths post-test. Ace effort! |
| 12CE | Remy | For fantastic focus during daily Little Learners time in the morning. Well done! |
| 12CE | Ava V | For demonstrating your strong understanding of sharing, grouping and skip counting in our Maths post-test. Super effort! |
| 34AD | Holly | For working hard everyday to master her learning. She listens to positive feedback with a growth mindset and used it to improve her work |
| 34AD | Joshua | For his determination and effort in his learning. He works hard, takes on feedback with a positive attitude and produces well thought out work. Keep up the great effort. |
| 34BB | Liana G | For always being ready to learn, and showing interest and enthusiasm in all she does! |
| 34BB | Nahlia | For having a positive, enthusiastic attitude towards all aspects of her learning! |
| 34CT | Haven | For building up her independence and taking on new challenges |
| 34CT | Leonardo | For being a great problem solver and working hard in all areas of school life |
| 34CT | Mason | For working hard every day to be the best version of himself and always supporting others |
| 34CT | Clara | For consistently showing kindness and resilience during difficult times |
| 56AP | Alex W | For showing great enthusiasm, detail and care when writing your information reports. Well done! |
| 56AP | Austin | For facing district athletics with a can-do attitude and positive mindset. Well done! |
| 56BM | Nathan | For always showing our Be Statements, especially Be Ready to Learn. Great work! |
| 56BM | Lilith | For participating in Athletics with a positive can-do attitude |
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation Competition
The Art of Kitchen Gardening:
We know getting hands-on in the kitchen and garden is great for our mental health, fitness and wellbeing. Show us a kitchen or garden activity that has improved the wellbeing of children. Does your garden offer a space to reflect and connect? Do you gather around a table to share delicious, inclusive meals and conversation?
At St Anne's this year, we have transformed a small, neglected space in our kitchen garden into a sensory, aromatic haven: a tea garden. Students channelled their energy and creativity into clearing the plot, designing and planting herbs to brew herbal teas, and creating an artistic installation complete with teacups, teapots and a mosaic water feature.
Inspired by the sights, smells, and textures of nature, students deliberately selected and arranged a vibrant array of aromatic plants - including apple mint, lemon balm, pineapple sage, lemon verbena, stevia and classic mints. To bring this peaceful space to life, children collaborated on a mosaic water feature crafted from tiles and broken pieces of fine China. This centrepiece grounds a space where their imaginations can run wild: leaves and flowers can be crushed, sniffed, and nibbled; water can be poured; and tea can be brewed and steeped.
This project allowed students to use nature as their medium, turning a patch of weeds and rubble into a living installation. The tea garden is not only a functional source of produce, but a proud exhibition of our students' creativity, proving that when children connect with the soil, their imagination truly blossoms.
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation Competition
Wellbeing Champions
We know getting hands-on in the kitchen and garden is great for our mental health, fitness and wellbeing. Show us a kitchen or garden activity that has improved the wellbeing of children. Does your garden offer a space to reflect and connect? Do you gather around a table to share delicious, inclusive meals and conversation?
At St Anne's, our daily lunchtime garden club has become a vital sanctuary for student wellbeing. The garden offers a peaceful space for children to reflect and connect, especially for those needing a break from the busy playground. Students across all year levels come together and build friendships while patting a chook, watering plants, or channelling their energy into turning compost and shovelling gravel for fresh new pathways.
Our hands-on projects have fostered a deeply connected community. Through teamwork, we have designed a sensory tea garden, planting herbs to be picked, smelled, tasted, and brewed. We have also spent rewarding lunchtimes harvesting and
storing giant pumpkins, which we later transformed into a massive batch of pumpkin soup for the whole school.
Gathering around the table to create and share this delicious meal sparked wonderful conversations and filled our garden club students with immense pride. Knowing they grew exactly what we ate was incredibly empowering. By engaging with the earth, our students aren't just improving their fitness and mental wellbeing; they are building an inclusive environment where every child has a place to belong.
Mrs Briggs
No Dogs Allowed on School Property
A reminder that dogs are not allowed on the school grounds. If you bring your dog to school please make sure to tie him/her up outside the gate. Thank you.