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Reflection

REFLECTION

Dear God, watch over us with tender love, as we celebrate Ash Wednesday and the beginning of this Lenten season. We sign with a cross –ashes on our foreheads to remind us that there is a part of ourselves that is of this earth and that one day will return to dust. But more important, the cross and the ashes are placed on a vessel that houses the Holy Spirit- that in this broken vessel is the very presence of God made visible in our acts of love and in the tremendous creativity within the human spirit. Help us during these 40 days to ponder a better balance of these too natures within ourselves. As Christ died and rose from the dead—so too will we rise one day to be with God and all those gone before us. Bless us as we begin our Lenten journey— through Christ our Lord. AMEN

Greg's Message

Dear Parents and Friends of St Anne’s

Last Wednesday our Year 1-6 students attended mass as we celebrated Ash Wednesday. Once again our students read beautifully at mass, and participated in the liturgy meaningfully.

Child Safety Code of Conduct

Please see attached link

HEALTH CARE CARD

Do you have a health care card? Please provide a copy of the Health Card card to the office and complete the attached form in the following link and return to the school office. CSEF form

PARENTS AND FRIENDS

We held our first meeting for the year last Wednesday. One vacancy we have is that of working bee coordinator. We will be having two working bees this year….could this position be yours? Contact Greg for details.

SPORTS UNIFORM

All students are required to wear their school sports uniform on Wednesdays as Mr Allen will be teaching Physical education on this day. Year 4, 5 and 6 students are also to wear their sports uniform on Fridays.

PARISH PICNIC

The parish picnic will be held at St Bridget’s School this year. The date for the picnic is Sunday 5 March from 11:30am until 2:30pm. We require some volunteers to help out on a stall. Everyone is most welcome!

Parish Picnic Volunteer Sign Up

https://volunteersignup.org/F9YE4

Learning and Teaching

The 2/3 class have been writing narratives this week. Here is a sample:

THE WOLF AND THE BEE (Christine M)

One day a pack of wolves woke up and the alpha told her sister there was a swarm of bees and go knock it down. The wolf did what she was told and knocked the hive down, and a bee about the same age as her, chased her with his stinger out ready to sting the wolf.

The bee chased the wolf all over the forest. When she was fed up of running, the wolf jumped out in front and said: “I knocked your hive down because you keep stinging my pack whenever we walk past. We are not trying to hurt you.” The bee said we can be friends and the wolf agreed. So they became friends.

THE LONELY TIGER (Mirabelle H)

One afternoon a little tiger woke up and he was very, very lonely. So he got up and started looking for a kind friend. But he never found one. Later that day he was walking along the Lonely River and he decided that he really, really wanted a friend.

He saw a little cottage so he walked towards it. The tiger saw a sign. It said “Bears.’ He walked in and Mummy Bear opened the door. The tiger talked, and Mummy Bear slammed the door. Then Baby Bear opened the door and they became lovely friends.

THE PEANUTS OF TERROR (Jarvis G)

One day at school it was 10:30 and they were doing writing. Half an hour until lunch. A packet of peanuts was asleep and the peanuts packet colour was red. A cucumber was also in the lunchbox and its favourite colour was red too. The cucumber was jealous and tore the bag open and hopped in. The peanuts woke up and they saw the cucumber in the packet and said: “You took our packet and we want it back!”

The cucumber replied: “Zzzzz.” He was asleep. The peanuts thought here’s our chance to take it. Then the bell rang. James, the owner of the lunchbox, opened it up and ate the peanuts and cucumber.