First Foundation students to enter final primary year

Navi Mandahar, 10

How are you feeling about becoming one of St Anne’s first ever Year 6 students?

I’m very excited, but it’s overwhelming, so I’m a bit nervous too.

What are you looking forward to in Year 6?

Seeing who my new classmates are and my teachers. We find out on orientation day.

What are you hoping to achieve in Year 6?

Better handwriting and book layout.

What is your favourite memory of your time at St Anne’s so far?

Riding to school on my bike with (my friend) Bharpur.

What do you think has been the biggest or best change at St Anne’s since it opened?

When the oval and soccer pitch was added. It adds a lot more fun to recess time and sport. We can run around a lot.

Bharpur Singh Virk, 10

How are you feeling about becoming one of St Anne’s first ever Year 6 students?

I’m very excited. Right from the start we were the first grade; in Prep, we were the first Preps, in Grade 1, we were the first Grade 1s and so on, now up to Grade 6.

What are you looking forward to in Year 6?

The spaces that we’re going to be learning in, finding out our teachers and whether our friends are in our classes or not.

What are you hoping to achieve in Year 6?

Better handwriting and learning my times tables off-by-heart.

What is your favourite memory of your time at St Anne’s so far?

My first time playing soccer for the school team and scoring a goal that I thought went in the other team’s goals.

What do you think has been the biggest or best change at St Anne’s since it opened?

My English. The first language I learned was Punjabi, so it was so much harder to learn English.

Jemma Daldy, 11

How are you feeling about becoming one of St Anne’s first ever Year 6 students?

I’m proud to become a role model to younger levels and to be at the highest level in primary school. I’m also nervous about it. My sister Ella was one of the first Year 7s at St Anne’s when it opened, so she’s finishing Year 12 this year as well.

What are you looking forward to in Year 6?

Spending my last year of primary school with my friends and new students in Year 6 to make friends with.

What are you hoping to achieve in Year 6?

If there are leadership roles available, I’m hoping to have a leadership role. I’ve been involved in two of the three productions we’ve done. I was Rapunzel in Into the Woods.

What is your favourite memory of your time at St Anne’s so far?

We read The Wild Robot book in class and then we went on an excursion to the cinema to see the movie.

What do you think has been the biggest or best change at St Anne’s since it opened?

The small cohort of Preps and Year 7s growing into an almost complete Prep to Year 12 cohort.

Eleina Mori, 11

How are you feeling about becoming one of St Anne’s first ever Year 6 students?

Excited and proud about becoming one of the first. My brother Dante was also one of the first Year 7 students here and is graduating Year 12 this year.

What are you looking forward to in Year 6?

Learning new things and challenging myself.

What are you hoping to achieve in Year 6?

Joy and success in everything I try and to be a positive contributor to the St Anne’s community.

What is your favourite memory of your time at St Anne’s so far?

Italian Celebration Day; delicious gelato, bocce and soccer.

What do you think has been the biggest or best change at St Anne’s since it opened?

Going from two year levels — Year 7 and Foundation — to many more students, buildings and many more lovely staff.

Zander Corrigan, 11

How are you feeling about becoming one of St Anne’s first ever Year 6 students?

I’m used to it; we’ve been the first grade with all grades.

What are you looking forward to in Year 6?

I’m looking forward to there maybe being some leadership roles. I would like to have a go.

What are you hoping to achieve in Year 6?

Becoming new friends with students who come through. Hopefully there’s some after-school cricket.

What is your favourite memory of your time at St Anne’s so far?

Making memories with my friends along my journey.

What do you think has been the biggest or best change at St Anne’s since it opened?

Changes to the structure of how everything is done and to the buildings.

Millie Studd, 10

How are you feeling about becoming one of St Anne’s first ever Year 6 students?

I’m excited but nervous. I’m excited for the new opportunity to be a in a new grade no-one else has been in, but nervous because no-one has experienced Grade 6 here; we’re going to be the first ones.

What are you looking forward to in Year 6?

Getting to know new people and have new teachers. It’s very exciting. And getting to do new work I haven’t already done. And being in a 5/6 class with this year’s Grade 4s when they become Grade 5s.

What are you hoping to achieve in Year 6?

To get more control of my joint handwriting, to get better at maths and new abilities, to be able to talk to people more and have more friends.

What is your favourite memory of your time at St Anne’s so far?

Since being here with only Foundation and Year 7s, I’ve enjoyed watching new people come in and grow. It really inspires me to be my best.

What do you think has been the biggest or best change at St Anne’s since it opened?

It used to be a little building, but now it’s grown out, it’s even more awesome. It’s amazing how it’s expanding. Kids have new spaces to play and learn.