SCHOOL OF WONDER

Ivy's Foundation class leads SOW Assembly

On Monday this week, it was Ivy's fabulous Foundation class that impressively led the assembly. Beginning as always with an Acknowledgement to Country, the children then celebrated their learning by sharing their written work inspired by the  phrase, What we praise God for... followed by a  cleverly crafted Stop Motion video exploring the school value, Respect Everyone and Everything. You can  view this delightful video below.

Exploring the world of Children's literature and their authors this term, Foundation classes have enjoyed delving deep into some classic picture story books. The Potato People by Pamela Allen, Room on a Broom by Julia Donaldson as well as the non-fiction text, Cats were just some of the books the children have enjoyed, and were keen to share their learning about.

Celebrating the culmination of their inquiry units, Grades 1/2 and 3/4  then presented  highlights and reflections from their major excursions. After a Grade 1/2 big day out to The Melbourne Zoo and an excursion to The Shepparton Botanic Gardens for the RiverConnect program for the 3/4s, there certainly was a great deal of learning and enriching experiences showcased.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the many families who have attended our assemblies over the course of the year. We really appreciate your support and our students love sharing their achievements with you all!

PJ DAY

Today we had a PJ day. Students and staff came dressed in PJ’s and shared some favourite bedtime stories. We also came together at the end of the day and watched our school production, Matilda Jr. The Musical.

Upcoming Events/ Reminders

Final Assembly

Our final assembly for the year will be on Monday, December 11 in our 1/2 learning space. 

Foundation Christmas Play

We are creating some wonderful new traditions for our learners and families at St Anne’s. A new tradition / celebration will include a Foundation Christmas Play. This will be on Friday, December 8 and Foundation families are invited to come and join in with what will be a memorable celebration. More details to come.

Italian Celebration Day

On Wednesday,  November 29 we are having a day of Italian Celebrations. Our learners will have various activities related to Italy. 

Library 

In order for our Library to be ready to commence for the beginning of 2024, we need to ensure that all of our books are returned by Friday, December 1. All borrowing will cease on Monday, November 27. Thank you all for your cooperation with this.

Hats and Sunscreen

In Term 4, it is a school expectation that we are all wearing hats when we are outside. If a student does not have a hat, they are required to stay under the covered areas provided. Please ensure that hats are clearly labelled with your child’s name. 

All students are reminded and encouraged to bring their own SPF30 (or higher) broad-spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen to school. Staff will oversee the safe use of sunscreen.

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀

𝔽𝕆𝕌ℕ𝔻𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ

At St Anne's College we live our school values every day. We respect everyone and everything, always do our best and help others succeed. We have been exploring how to express ourselves in different ways. We learnt how to make stop motion videos. We made a video showing different ways to live out our school values.

🆅🅴🅽🆃🆄🆁🅸🅽🅶 to the Botanic Gardens, Kialla on Thursday last week, Grade 3/4 students thoroughly enjoyed getting up close with a smattering of native creepy crawlies as part of the RiverConnect program; a community partnership initiative that aims to foster the community's love respect and connection to the river environment. 

Below are a few written snippets from our bustling and bright 3/4 participants.

Zander wrote, 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘨𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯! 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦.

Jemma wrote, 𝚆𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚢. 

Rehet wrote, 𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕣𝕦𝕓𝕓𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕤. 𝕎𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕚𝕟 (𝕟𝕖𝕩𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣) 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕪𝕔𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘.

 𝓛𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓦𝓮 𝓕𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓽 

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭.

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮.

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵.

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺.

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴,

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺.

Gently broaching the significance of Remembrance Day customs and its history, Year 1/ 2 students  focussed on the special symbolism of the red poppy on Friday, November 10.

Having watched the beautiful BBC animation, 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 (you can find the link below) the children also looked at illustrations in the picture story book, 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 by Claire Halifax and Simon O’Carrigan.

Inspired by the reflective and moving artworks, the children then consolidated their evolving understanding by recreating their own poppies using water colours, acrylics, pencils and pastels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeR5JWaIcpo

ℤ𝕠𝕠𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓭 𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣...

Following the highly successful and enjoyable Grade 1/2 visit to the Melbourne Zoo, students continued to be abuzz with tales of tails, flippers, wings, fur and scales as they regaled with stories of wonder and enjoyment from their visit.

With photography from Year 1 student, Bayden, included below, we hope you too can capture a sense of the students' very special day of learning and adventure at Australia's oldest zoo.

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽...

Working in collaboration on Wednesday, Grade 3/ 4 students discussed and focussed on the true meaning of Christmas as a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ through j͓̽o͓̽y͓̽ and 𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓮. 

As you can see from the banners so carefully created, the students not only worked harmoniously together, but crafted the most enduring and heartfelt messages.

We are committed & dedicated educators

Teaching and Learning:

Our aim as Educators is always to improve student learning outcomes for all our learners. We continue to strive to improve our professional practice to ensure that our learners get the very best learning opportunities and outcomes. Our SOW team works collaboratively to provide thought provoking learning experiences to our learners. Our learner assets (collaboration, communication, self-management, thinking and researching) are life long skills that set our young people up to life long learners and to continually question, explore and challenge their thinking. Please direct any teaching and learning inquiries to Megan Shiner. mshiner@sackialla.catholic.edu.au

Wellbeing:

Wellbeing is a holistic term that encompasses all aspects of a student's life, including their physical, social, mental and emotional state. It is often defined as a sustainable state of positive mood and attitude, resilience, and satisfaction with self, relationships and experiences at school.

Wellbeing at St Anne’s is driven by the themes of doing our best, allowing everyone to succeed.

Upcoming events:

SOW Italian Celebration Day - Wednesday, November 29

Christmas Concert and Community Picnic - Wed, December 6

End of Year Mass - Friday, December 8

SOW Assembly - Monday, December 11

SOW Last Day of Term - Friday, December 15

SOW leaders email contact:

mshiner@sackialla.catholic.edu.au

eokeeffe@sackialla.catholic.edu.au

Megan Shiner & Emma O’Keeffe- School of Wonder Leaders