Dear St. Clare’s Community,

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Sports Uniform Update

Over the past two years, our Uniform Committee has been working on a refreshed design for the St. Clare’s Sports Uniform. This initiative was prompted by feedback from our parent community, who raised a few concerns about the current sports shirt:

• The lighter-coloured front panel tends to show stains easily
• The fabric is relatively heavy and not ideal for our tropical climate

After a thorough and thoughtful design process, the final version of the updated sports shirt has been approved and sent to our supplier for production. We anticipate that stock will be available by mid-January 2026 and hope it will be ready for purchase from Iggulden’s before students return to school on Wednesday, January 28th.

2026 will be a transition year, meaning students may continue wearing the current sports uniform. There is no requirement for students to wear the new design in 2026. If you already have sports uniforms they may continue to be worn. We aim to complete the full transition to the new uniform by the start of the 2027 school year.

The sports shorts will also change to mirror the updated sports shirt, however the timeline for the shorts may be a little behind the shirts. The shorts will remain the same, with the front panel changing to match the shirt. Current shorts will be able to be worn with the updated shirt during the period of transition.

If you are experiencing difficulty purchasing sports uniforms, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email at principal.tully@cns.catholic.edu.au—we may be able to assist. Additionally, if you have sports uniforms in good or fair condition that are no longer needed, we kindly ask you to consider donating them. Donations can be dropped off at the school office.

Blessings for the week ahead,

Karran Burzacott

Faith Knowledge Community Respect

Father’s Day

We are looking forward to welcoming our dads into school this Thursday afternoon. Children will be dismissed for second lunch and snags on bread will be available for students and their dads at the tuckshop from 1.30pm. We have lots of fun activities that the children can enjoy with their fathers. Activities are expected to wrap up at around 2.40pm. If children will be leaving at this time with their parents, please ensure their teacher is aware before they leave the school grounds. For those children whose dads are not able to attend, please do not worry, they will be able to enjoy the same activities with their friends instead.

 

Grandparent’s Day

St Clare’s will celebrate Grandparent’s Day on Friday October 24 with an assembly and classroom visits in the morning. Please let any grandparents in your family know this date.

 

Assemblies

Week 8	Pupil Free day
Week 9	Year 6
Week 10	Year 1

With Blessings,

Sharon Chappel

 

 

 

Esafety - Privacy and Your Child

You can help your child to stay in control of their personal information, online photos and videos, and social media identity.

Key points:

• Sharing photos and videos online can reveal a range of personally identifying information, so be careful what you share about children.
• There are ways to protect your child’s privacy online, including adjusting privacy settings and using more direct methods of sharing photos with people you trust.
• Having respectful conversations with your child about when to take and share photos, videos and other content will help them build good habits for the future.

For further information on how you can protect your child’s privacy online, please visit the esafety site.

Softball

Congratulations to Shiloh Spencer and Blaise Kleinhans who recently travelled to Ipswich to represent the Peninsula team in Softball.

Athletics

Congratulations to Billy Morris who has qualified for the Peninsula Track & Field team in the Tetrathlon (100m, 800m, Shot Put, Long Jump). Billy will travel to Townsville in October for these events.

Ken Hamill Cup

The Ken Hamill Cup did not disappoint once again this year. Congratulations to all players involved for providing the spectators with another nail biter of a game. St Clare's never gave up, but after a tough 50 minutes, Tully State School came away with a well deserved win.

Upcoming School Carnivals

Payment of outstanding fees would be appreciated as soon as possible. 

Please contact the principal if you have any issues or concerns. 

Thank you to those families who have made their payment for this term.

For those who make regular payments via direct debit or Bpay we appreciate if payments continue over the holidays to ensure there will be no outstanding fees starting next term.

Thankyou

Friday  05/09/2025

NO TUCKSHOP - PUPIL FREE DAY

Friday  12/09/2025

NO TUCKSOP _ FETE SETUP

This is our final fete update before the big event, next Saturday 13^th September.

Kick off is at 5pm for the fete performances and the fete opens at 6pm.

Ride tickets are still on sale, please contact the school office if you would like to purchase wrist bands.

We are chasing donations of baking next Friday and Saturday, whether it be cupcakes, slices, cakes or biscuits, anything is appreciated. Items can be left at the school tuckshop Friday 12^th or Saturday 13^th.  If you need packaging, please contact Marie Vipiana  0418158872 and the cake stall ladies are happy to price items for you.

Thankyou
Fete Committee

P&F Meeting

Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday 27th October at 5:30pm. All welcome!

The school library wish to thank the Murgha/Morris family
for the donation of Emma Memma’s Alphabet Day book.
This will be a welcome addition to the school library.