St Anne's Newsletter - Term 1, Week 10 - 2nd April, 2024 St anne's primary school, cnr curlew cres & lowry street, north albury - phone: 0260251281 - email: sana-info@ww.catholic.edu.au - Website : WEB.SANAWW.CATHOLIC.EDU.AU

Principal's Message

Welcome everyone,

I hope that all of our families were able to enjoy the Easter break. It was a wonderful opportunity to spend time with family and friends and to enjoy the beautiful Autumn weather.

Hopefully everyone is recharged for the final weeks of term one.

Take care, Bede.

Key Dates - 2024

  • Wednesday 3rd April - Yr 1 & 2 Albury League Stars Tag Gala Day
  • Wednesday 3rd April - Canteen closed
  • Tuesday 9th April - 'TheirCare' (before & after school care) Parent Information Session, 5pm in the Library
  • Thursday 11th April - Canteen closed for Disco preparation (no lunch orders)
  • Thursday 11th April - School Disco K-2: 5-6pm & Yrs 3-6: 6.15-7.45pm
  • Friday 12th April - Last day of Term 1
  • Monday 29th April - Staff PD Day (Students do not attend)
  • Tuesday 30th April - 1st day of Term 2 for students
  • Wednesday 1st May - Years 3-6 Athletics Carnival
  • Wednesday 1st May - Applications for Kinder 2025 close
  • Friday 10th May - Mothers' Day Breakfast and Liturgy (more details to follow)
  • Wednesday 22nd May - Flanagan Day/Simultaneous Storytime
  • Thursday 6th June - Yr 6 Confirmation Reflection Day
  • Friday 7th June - Staff Professional Development Day (students do not attend)
  • Monday 10th June - King's Birthday Holiday
  • Friday 14th June - Yr 6 Confirmation
  • Friday 5th July - Last day of Term 2
  • Tuesday 23rd July - First Day of Term 3 for Students
  • Friday 26th July - Grandparents Day celebration

Canteen News

School Disco

  • Entertainer Steve Bowen will be our DJ for the night - Thursday 11 April 2024.
  • K-2 disco runs from 5-6pm with hot food available 5.40-6pm. Years 3-6 runs from 6.15-7.45pm with hot food available 6.30-7.15pm.
  • Pre-pay for entry and hot food via Qkr! by 4pm on Tuesday 9th April. Snacks, headbands and wristbands are also available for cash purchases.
  • Parents can stay with children or leave given teacher supervision.

Sports News

A heartfelt thank you to all the parents and families who volunteered their time and effort to make our recent Cross Country a success! Your dedication and support are truly appreciated, and we couldn't have done it without you.

We also want to congratulate all the students who participated in the Cross Country event. Your hard work and determination were evident, and we're proud of each and every one of you. To those who made it to Griffith for the Diocesan Cross Country, we wish you the best of luck! Your commitment to doing your best is inspiring, and we know you'll represent our school admirably.

Thanks to everyone involved, the event ran smoothly, with record numbers in attendance. Let's continue to support each other as we strive for greatness both on and off the track!

If your child is attending the Diocesan Cross Country carnival in Griffith next Tuesday, April 9th, please register them ASAP via CSNSW. Notes were given to the relevant students at the end of the presentation last week.

Kinder 2025 Enrolment

Enrolment Information

ALPHA - Save the Date

Do you want to get connected and share faith with others?

You’re invited to come and try Alpha, beginning Tuesday 30April at 10.30am (morning tea provided) in Sacred Heart ParishHall, Mate Street, North Albury. Alpha is an opportunity to explorelife, faith and meaning in a friendly, open and informal environment.

For more info contact Fran 0408 268 518. Web: alpha.org.au

Bus Passes - Yr 3 students

All eligible students, in all year levels, should now have received a bus pass.

Please note that when students reach Year 3, they must satisfy a 'minimum distance' criteria in order to remain eligible for a bus pass. If your child is in Year 3 and has NOT yet received a bus pass for 2024, please follow this link to update/confirm their details in order to be assessed for a bus pass.

Messages regarding changes to after-school plans

We are always happy to pass on messages to students from parents/carers regarding changes in after-school plans (eg. regarding catching or not catching a bus). However, please contact the office as early as possible in the day so that we can pass on such messages efficiently. In the afternoon, the office can become very busy and it can be difficult to locate specific students quickly (especially on sport days). Thankyou.

Before & after school care at St Anne's from Term 2

More information regarding this service was shared via Compass.

Centacare Flyer - Building Resilience

Building Resilience

Volunteering at school

We are very grateful for the assistance that parents/grandparents provide in our school. Any helpers/volunteers (including canteen, sport, event fundraising and classroom helpers) will need to either -

  1. Provide the details of their Working With Children Check (if they have one). We require full name, date of birth, WWCC number and WWCC expiry date. These details may take several days to be verified before a volunteer can help in our school, so please email this information to the office (sana-info@ww.catholic.edu.au) well in advance.
  2. Complete a CEDWW Volunteers Declaration and show an identity document (eg. drivers licence). These forms are available from the office. This declaration needs to be completed annually, therefore anyone who completed a form last year will need to complete a new form.

It is worth noting that a WWCC for volunteers is easily obtained through Service NSW, is free for volunteers and lasts for five years. Check out further information here.

Bus Travel in 2024

  • St Anne's students who had a bus pass in 2023, and remain eligible, should have automatically received a new pass for 2024 (there is no need to reapply).
  • A new application will need to be submitted for any student who is applying for the first time, or if the request relates to additional travel entitlement because of new shared parental arrangement (e.g. joint custody). These applications can be made here.
  • Students who have changed their home address will need to have their details updated here.

Absences for after-school-care

If your child attends after-school-care and they are absent from school, please remember to advise the care provider. We often have providers waiting/searching for children who are absent from school.

Extended Leave

A reminder to families that if your child will be away for 10 or more consecutive school days (eg. for a family holiday), then you will need to submit an 'Application for Extended Leave'. See the 'Compass Attendance' information towards the end of this newsletter for further details.

Uniform Shop

Our Uniform Shop is open each Friday from 3-3.30pm. Please email sana-info@ww.catholic.edu.au with your requirements if you can't make that time and we will pass your request on to Luisa to process.

We have lots of good quality second hand uniform items for sale as well as new hats, bags and art smocks.

Qkr! App

Our Qkr! App is the platform that we use to process transactions for our Canteen Orders and some special events, like the School Disco.

Qkr! is an efficient and accurate way of tallying our daily canteen orders and a brilliant time saver when collating and organising our students' lunch orders.

Recently we have had several students report that they have not received their lunch orders, only to find that the canteen has no record of their order. We would suggest that parents check their receipt on the Qkr! App to ensure that their order has been processed for the correct date and for the correct menu items and quantity.

Compass School Manager

Our Compass School Manager is the platform that we communicate with parents about all aspects of their child's school life. Our school attendance, calendar, news feed, student reports, parent teacher conference bookings, event consent/payments and many other services are accessible.

We strongly advise all parents to ensure that they have access to their Compass account on a mobile App or a desktop computer. All parents are issued a username and temporary password when their child is enrolled at St Anne's. If you are experiencing any difficulties accessing your account, please don't hesitate to contact Karon on grimmerk@ww.catholic.edu.au.

Compass Attendance

A reminder that all students who arrive at school after the morning bell at 8.55am, must be accompanied by an adult into our office to sign in on our Compass kiosk. This is a legal requirement and students may not sign themselves in. You will now be asked to provide a reason for the late arrival.

If you are picking up your child during the school day, for any reason eg. medical appointment or early departure, please send a written note in with your child to their teacher with all relevant details. Compass can not be used to notify teachers of early pickups. Compass is only to notify the school of full day absences. If you arrive at school to collect a child without prior notification, please allow extra time to locate your child on the school grounds, especially during break times and when at music, science or sport.

Parents/carers are required to submit an attendance note for any full day absences of their child from school. This can be done in the Compass App or in the Compass portal online. Please ensure you provide all the relevant details for why your child/children are not at school, as any notes added without a comment or details will be recorded as an unjustified absence. Please see the relevant link below for guidance on how to record an absence on the Compass App.

SMS Link to Attendance Notes
iOS Attendance Notes
Android Attendance Notes

When families take students out of school during the school term for holidays, there are strict legal requirements that need to be met. If a student is going to be absent for up to 9 days, no formal application is required and parents may enter the absence on Compass under the 'Travel' option. If the absence is for 10 days or more, an application is required to be completed by parents prior to travel and approval will be required by the Principal or officials from CEDWW. If the leave is 21 days or more, parents are required to provide an educational plan to the school for approval. Extended leave forms are available from the school office.

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