SCHOOL OF POSSIBILITIES

Last week saw our inaugural year 12 class celebrate the end of thirteen years of schooling.  Students attended a Graduation Mass on Tuesday which was a lovely celebration for our students with many parents, grandparents and friends in attendance.  The students started their final day with a breakfast that was prepared by staff with coffee orders from Milestone Cafe. The students then gathered in the Black Box where our College Captain and House Captains led reflections of each of the years at St Anne’s College from Year 7 through to Year 12 with stories, photos and videos shared.  The students viewed a video that was organised by College Captain Chiara and the communications team where staff members gave a reflection and final words to our class of 2024.  Students received a Year 12 Yearbook and spent time collecting signatures and well wishes from other students and staff.  Students then left the college for the final time through a guard of honour of students from Foundation to Year 11 and staff.

You can find photos and videos from these celebrations on the Farewell Year 12 Students page of this newsletter 

The Year 12 written exams commenced on Tuesday this week with students sitting the English Exam. Other exams sat this week included Visual Communication, Economics and Literature. Today our students will sit the General Mathematics Exam 1 and Biology Exam.  Exams continue for the next two weeks with our Italian students sitting the last exam on Wednesday 20 November.  We wish all our VCE students every success with their exams and future endeavours.

The Graduation will be held on Friday 22 November with a ceremony at the College followed by a three-course dinner at the Woolshed. Plans are well under way and we ask that any one who has not purchased tickets do so prior to Wednesday next week when numbers will be finalised and additional tickets will be offered to families who would like to purchase them.  

During Terms 3 and 4, the Year 10 students learned formal dances and student-choice dances during the week in their leadership classes. The students have been supported in their learning by a number of Year 11 & 12 students.  We thank all the students who volunteered their time to teach the dances to our Year 10 students - Leesa Shannon, Jesse Minicozzi, Alick Jarvis, Dion DeCicco, Trent Newbound, Bodhi Tremellen, Liliana Cirillo and Charlie Ratcliffe. These classes culminated in our Year 10 Formal last Friday night held at St Mel’s Hall. The theme was ‘Secret Garden’ and the hall was transformed into a beautiful garden setting with plants, lights, arches and backdrops. Thank you to our student committee and staff who worked for many weeks putting together ideas and gathering items.  

It was wonderful to see our students dressed up and looking tremendous in their formal attire. It was a great night and it was lovely to see our student and parent dance which was enjoyed by all.  Thank you to our parents and guardians for all the effort you have gone to in order to support your child and make it such a memorable night.

You can find photos capturing the occasion on the Year 10 Formal page of this newsletter.

Timetables have been released for Year 10 and Unit 2 VCE exams. Parents can view these on PAM and students have a copy both on SIMON and in their inbox. During the exam period, families are reminded that classes for Year 10 and 11 students are not running and students only need to attend for the times they have exams scheduled. For bus travellers or students who can not safely arrive and leave throughout the day, as study space will be set aside for you to use. It is the responsibility of families to ensure they are aware of the whereabouts of their students during the exam week. If students are not attending school to sit an exam or use the assigned study space, they must be at home preparing for their exams and not engaging in social activities or be employed. Students engaging in exams may attend school in casual dress. Year 11 VCE-VM students will attend school during this time, as per their regular timetable. VCE-VM students do not sit exams but regular classes continue. For some students, attendance will be essential during this time as this will be their last opportunity to complete all work modules and assessment tasks required for the successful completion of their Unit 2 VCE- VM studies. They are required to wear their school uniform. 

The subject counselling process has now been completed and we will release the 2025 Booklist and students final subject confirmations next week. This information will be emailed to student accounts and we encourage parents to ask your students to share this information with you when it arrives. The booklist will also be available via PAM. If students want to make any changes to their subjects, they will need to complete a subject change form. These forms will be available from the SOP School Leaders office and the Carers Team. 

St Anne’s College is very excited to announce the 2025 College and House Captains. The captains accepted their roles at yesterday’s whole school assembly following the Year 12 Farewell Mass.

The incoming 2025 captains were passed House candles and frames by the 2024 captains in a fitting tribute to their new responsibilities and roles as captains.

A huge congratulations to the students – we know you will provide the students with great leadership and encouragement as well as being incredible role models.

Congratulations to Josh Alexander in Year 11, who recently had his artwork displayed in an exhibition at Stellar Coffee, Shepparton. He created this artwork as a part of his Certificate III in Design Fundamentals, which he attends each Wednesday as a part of the VDSS program at GoTAFE, Shepparton. Well done Josh! You should be very proud of your work. 

This year, for the first time, St Anne's College delivered two VET Certificates onsite to provide further educational outcomes for our students. We are so proud of the students' commitments to their studies, We were so proud to present Vernal and Toby with their Certificate II in Active Volunteering. Congratulations to Vernal and Toby Hyland! Fantastic work by you both! 

Year 10 students are undertaking an aquatic rescue and water sports unit in the Aquamoves outdoor 50m pool.

This sessions focus was water safety. The students learnt which are the safest rescues to perform when a swimmer is in trouble, how to survive an incident on open water when wearing life jackets and finished off with a game of water polo for a bit of fun. 

During VCE VM WRS unit 3, the students were tasked with the role of further developing their skills that they are learning within the unit and their VET courses with the aim of helping out the school and wider community. 

This group of boys are aiming to pull apart and fix a mower that is not working, while also supporting others to learn the various parts of an engine. 

Hi Year 12,

Please complete the following Google Form so that I am able to contact you during the VTAC ATAR Release and Change of Preference period (Thursday 12 Dec - Sat 14 Dec).

VCE VM students are also encouraged to complete the form as I will use this information to contact you should apprenticeships, traineeships and other employment opportunities become available after you finish:

https://forms.gle/kQD3kGBAF1UeW65f7  

Good luck for your exams and best wishes for your next chapter! 

-Naomi 

Parents/carers are invited to attend the Year 12 Graduation Dinner at the Woolshed Emerald Bank on November 22 from 6pm. We are currently collecting seating preferences from parents/carers as the Year 12 students will be seated together and families will be seated in grouped tables determined by their student's house. We know there are some families who may wish to sit together outside of this arrangement and we are therefore requesting any seating preferences for the evening. Please note, we will do our absolute best to accommodate any special seating requests, however, it cannot be guaranteed. We also kindly ask families to indicate on the form if they do not have a special seating preference. To access the form, visit: https://forms.gle/zoWDWgbWiMyDgqZU7 

We look forward to celebrating this special occasion with everyone.