With over half of the term over, students have been consistently demonstrating our school values of Respect, Resilience, Responsibility, and Aiming for Excellence. It has been wonderful walking around the classrooms and yard, seeing students being kind and inclusive to each other, and putting in 100% with their learning. We look forward to continuing this for the remainder of the term and further extending their skills in a range of areas.

You will see some we have a couple of fundraisers taking place at the school currently, we would appreciate your support with both the Routleys Pie (& sweets) Drive, and our Brick Project. Click on the available links to find out more information. Last week, the Junior School Council conducted its yearly soup day. A very big thank you to Jess, Kristy, and Courtney for their support with the day - we changed things up a bit this year and had freshly made soup. Check out the photos below.

I have sent out a request for parents to complete our OSHC and Parent Opinion Survey - it would be appreciated if all our families could do this, it provides great insight for the staff and future planning. Please refer to Compass for login information.

Our future students have been enjoying their fortnightly Storytime sessions with Mrs Bye. It has been great for the children to engage in a literacy activity, play in our yard, and become familiar with what school is all about! These sessions will continue until the end of the year. We will be sending out transition information for Term 4 in the coming weeks for our 2024 Foundation students.

Many thanks,

Louise Kahle

GRADE F/1/2: Well done Danny for displaying the school value of Respect. In the classroom you have tried your best to be an active, respectful listener and embrace your learning goals. In the playground you are a kind and respectful friend who sets their goals high to help any friends sitting on the Buddy Bench. You should be proud of yourself, keep it up!

GRADE 3/4: Willow Grant - Willow has been a great example of our school values of Resilience and Aiming for Excellence, showing that she doesn't give up and always tries her best in Reading, Writing, and Maths. She's working hard and focusing well, which is really impressive and sets a good example for others.

GRADE 3/4: Eli Wimmer - For demonstrating the Anakie school value of Respect at school. Eli it's great to see such positive behaviour as you strive to contribute positively to our classroom community.

GRADE 5/6: Lochlyn King - Lochlyn, your dedication to Aiming for Excellence in your work is paying off with strong growth, particularly in Mathematics. This is no doubt helped by your Responsibility in consistently completing Maths and Reading Nights at home. Keep up the good work!

ART: Alex Bubb - Alex you are such a responsible member of the class, always helping with pack up and offering to help others. I love how you are trying to extend yourself with your Art and try new ideas. Well done!

AUSLAN: Jacquelyn Kendall - Jacqui your knowledge and recall of the signs we have learnt is amazing and it was great to see you using this knowledge to excel in our Auslan Game. Well done!

PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Lochlan Stewart - Well done on your best PE lesson yet! You really tried hard in tennis and participated so well for the whole lesson!

PRINCIPAL'S AWARD: Zoe Bowkett - For consistently demonstrating our school values, being a kind and thoughtful class member, and also going above and beyond in your learning. Keep up the great work!

Anakie Primary School is excited to annouce our next major fundraiser. Our Parents & Friends committee, with support of the Junior School Council are seeking donations towards our Brick Project. You can choose one of two different designs for your brick, that will be located at the entrance to the school, where the current uneven brick path is leading to the basketball court. We encourage families and members of the community to get behind our latest fundraising project. You can choose to add a message of encouragement to your brick, such as 'Have a great day', or 'Keep smiling', or just your name, maybe the year you graduated from the school, your familiy name - the possibilities are endless. Please note that proofing will be completed by the PFA/School Council before the finalisation of orders. Please click on this link: Anakie PS Brick Project to view the flyer, and do not hesitate to contact the school if you have any questions.

Just a reminder that our Book Week dress up is on Monday 21st August. This years theme is Read, Grow, Inspire.We will be holding a whole school parade at 9:15am, followed by our fortnightly assembly that normally would be on the Friday prior, however we have our Student Free Day on the 18th August. We can't wait to see all our students dressed up!

Students will be participating in a range of activities throughout Monday, and watching some online presentations from authors. Our offical author visit is coming up on Friday 1st September - more information to come about this soon!

Lara Cricket Club is launching Woolworths Blast program for kids upto 10 (5 - 10) who are new to cricket and want to learn. This is open to boys and girls. The 8 week program starting 12-Oct-23 until 30-Nov-23 runs on a Thursday night between 5.00pm to 6.15pm.

Once again, Anakie Primary School is conducting a pie drive, as well as other delicious sweets. To participate in this fundraiser for our school, please click on the following link: https://fundraising.routleysbakery.com.au/

Once in the portal, click on the items that you would like to purchase, and at check out make sure you select Anakie Primary School. The school will receive 25% of all purchases – what a great initiative. Items will be delivered to school on Thursday 14^th September, the second last day of term. Click on this link to see all wonderful items that you can order.

Happy ordering!

Anakie PS PFA