WP page template with custom query for announcments

content-announcements.php

<?php
/**
 * Template part for displaying announcements.
 *
 * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
 *
 * @package chapel
 */

?>

<article class="row append-btm">
	<div class="col-sm-12">

		<?php the_title( sprintf( '<h2 class="h3 entry-title"><a href="%s" rel="bookmark">', esc_url( get_permalink() ) ), '</a></h2>' ); ?>
		<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

	</div>
</article>

page_list-announcements.php

<?php
/**
 * Page template for displaying announcements.
 *
 * Template Name: Announcements
 *
 * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
 *
 * @package chapel
 */

get_header(); ?>

	<?php get_template_part( 'partials/partial', 'pageheader' ); ?>

	<div id="primary" class="content-area container">

		<main id="main" class="site-main col-sm-8" role="main">

			<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

				<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'page' ); ?>

			<?php endwhile; // End of the loop. ?>

			<?php
				/*
				 * Get announcements with custom query
				 */
				$args = array (
					'post_type'				=> 'announcements',
					'posts_per_page'	=> 5,
					'paged'						=> $paged // TODO: why do we need this?
				);
				$announcement_query = new WP_Query( $args );
			?>

			<?php if ( $announcement_query->have_posts() ) : ?>

				<div class="prepend-top-lg">

				<?php while ( $announcement_query->have_posts() ) : $announcement_query->the_post(); ?>

					<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'announcements' ); ?>

				<?php endwhile; // End of the loop. ?>

				</div>

			<?php endif; ?>

			<?php
				// Get pagination for custom query
				set_query_var( 'max_num_of_pages', $announcement_query->max_num_pages );
				get_template_part( 'partials/partial', 'pagination' );
			?>

			<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

		</main><!-- #main -->

		<?php get_sidebar( 'page' ); ?>

	</div><!-- #primary -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>