Faith Knowledge Community Respect

We have a busy week ahead with our Year 4 children who are participating in this year’s Sacramental Program. This Friday afternoon will see the children receive the sacrament of their First Reconciliation. On Sunday, the children will then receive the sacraments of their First Eucharist and Confirmation. We kindly invite anyone who is a part of our school and parish community to attend this event at 9am in St Clare’s Church. The service will be followed by a morning tea to celebrate this milestone in the children’s faith journey.

Term 2 Assembly

Week 8	Year 1
Week 9	Athletics Presentations
Week 10	No class prayer

With Blessings,

Sharon Chappel

 

 

 

This semester, our school will be transitioning to a new student academic reporting solution. All schools in the Cairns Diocese will now be using The Learning Dashboard (TLD) for student reporting.  The new system will bring some small changes from the look and feel of the previous SRS Report Cards.  

The Learning Dashboard Login Page

Understanding your Child’s School Report:

Report cards will provide an overall achievement rating for each Learning Area using a 5-point scale. This is a change from reporting on Strands in English and Maths as in previous reports. It will also include a separate rating for the effort your child has shown in their learning.  In addition, students will receive feedback based on our core School Values of Faith, Knowledge, Community and Respect.

To help you better understand how your child is progressing, the report will also include a visual graph showing how their results compare with the rest of their cohort.  This gives you a clear picture of your child’s achievements alongside their peers.

As always, if you have any concerns or questions regarding your child’s report card, please make contact with the class teacher.

Chris Edwards

Online safety basics

We can help our children safely navigate the online world by taking some basic steps to reduce the risks.

Our support and guidance can give our children the knowledge to make sound decisions online and the confidence to ask for help when they need it.

Three key strategies

1. Be engaged, open and supportive

Get involved with your child’s online activities as a family. Play games together. Talk about favourite apps, games or websites.

Keep lines of communication open. Ask about their online experiences, who they are talking to and whether they are having any issues.

Reassure your child they can always come to you, no matter what. Your child may not communicate openly about things that worry them online if they fear being in trouble if they tell you. Let them know you will not cut off internet or device access if they tell you they’re feeling uncomfortable or unsafe online.

If you notice a change in your child’s behaviour or mood, talk with them about it. If you are concerned, consider seeking professional help – from your GP, a psychologist or school counsellor.

2.  Set some rules

Set rules for devices and online access, with consequences for breaking them. As they grow in online skills and maturity you can review your rules together.

Get your child’s input — this will help them understand risks.

Model behaviour that you would like to see. Children will be more likely to follow rules if they see you doing the same.

Consider creating a family tech agreement (sometimes called a family media plan or family online safety agreement). This is a set of rules about how devices are used in your home as well as what acceptable online behaviour looks like. eSafety has created downloadable templates for families with children under 5 or those with kids aged 5 to 8 years. For families with older children, The Family Online Safety Contract from ThinkUKnow Australia is a good starting point.

3. Use safety features and settings

Get to know the devices you and your children use and set them up for privacy and online safety. Take advantage of parental controls to monitor and control screen time and access to content, based on your child’s age and experience. See our guide to parental controls.

Choose apps and games carefully and visit the App Store or Google Play for age ratings and consumer advice.

Refer to our advice about screen time and online gaming if these are of concern.

The eSafety Guide provides valuable information about the latest games, apps and social media, including how to protect your personal information and report harmful content.

You can visit the Australian Classification Board’s online database, Children and Media Australia and Common Sense Media (US) for information about movies, apps, games and websites, searchable by age.

Please visit the esafety.gov.au site for relevant information based on your child’s age.

Week 6 Awards

BACK ROW:  Matt, Spencer, Emily Jaxon, Jaxon, Billy, Stanley
FRONT ROW: Isabelle, Emmett, Verena, Jayce, Ivy, Lincoln, Leah, Blake

Term 2

Week 7 Awards

BACK ROW:  Declan, Ashton, Ekam, Samuel, Kace, Charlotte, Blake, Max
FRONT ROW: Evania, Jasmine, Andrew, Belle, Luna, Parker, Betty, Hargun, Dilshan, Ruby

Representative Sport

Congratulations to the following students who have recently played representative sport:

Peninsula Boys’ Netball - Kade Murphy
Cassowary Coast Rugby Union - Eddie Brunello & Tarique Noonan

Athletics

The countdown is on for our annual Athletics Carnival. A few notable mentions for our parents:

There will be tea and coffee available from the tuckshop between 8.30am and 11.30am. Please feel free to make yourself a cuppa at any time.

Times for all events are approximate and may be postponed or altered due to weather.

At the finale of sprint and relay events, we will be running a Parents relay. Please gather some fellow Woomera and Cooby parents to show the students how it’s done!

Tuckshop will be available on Thursday and must be preordered by Wednesday 10am through the Flexischools app. Parent orders (via the app) are welcome on this day. Additionally, there will be lolly bags and chocolates ($2 each) available for sale on the oval after ball games for those children who would like to bring along some extra change.

Sports Uniform

If anyone has any Cooby or Woomera uniforms (preferably size 10 or larger) they no longer need, please send into the Office as we don't have many spares left.  Thank you.

If you have a child born between 1/7/2020 and 30/6/2021, your child is eligible to start Prep in 2026. 
It seems very early to be discussing enrolments for 2027 BUT if you have a child born between 1/7/2021 and 30/6/2022, your child is eligible to start Prep in 2027.

Please go to our website to complete an online enrolment - https://www.stclares.qld.edu.au/enrolling/enrolment-application/.

We already have a number of students registered for 2026 & 2027 and do not want to see any of our existing families miss out.

IMPORTANT:  Please send in birth certifcate when you have done the online enrolment as your application is not processed until we have the birth certficate.

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  27/06/2025

Coordinator:    M Vipiana  Helpers: R Jones    M Wakefield

Bakers:    L Johnston     S Grimaz (Cupcakes)

On behalf of the St Clare's P & F Committee, we would like to sincerely thank Mrs Marie Vipiana for her continued fundraising efforts here at St Clare's.  Mrs Vip informed us that the 2025 Pie Drive was the most successful one yet!  St Clare's also provided the canteen for the Touch Football Gala Day held at Tully State High School.  Again, Mrs Vip coordinated the canteen which was also a huge success. 

Shout out to you, Mrs Vip!  You're an absolute superstar!

Fete Update:

Thank you to those parents who have volunteered to help on the night. We would love to see the roster full by the end of this term. We have listed a quick description of the stalls that still require volunteers as this may give you some indication on where you would like to help on the night.

Hair & Beauty: This is a wonderful addition to our fete that began last year. The ladies in this stall braid hair and add hair extensions to the girls hair, nail painting and temporary tattoos.  If this is something that you enjoy doing and would like to help, we would love lots of volunteers as our little girls are loving this new stall. Convenor: Katrina Barratt

Cent Sale: No community loves a Cent Sale more then the folk of Tully. Our cent sale is one of the biggest stalls at the fete. All prizes are 100% donated by local and far away businesses and by the school families (class hampers). We are looking for helpers to sell cent sale tickets on the night between 6pm and 8pm and then we also require helpers when we need to draw the cent sale.  This would be roughly between 8.15 to 9.30pm.
Convenor: Jess Giagnori

Please contact a member of the fete committee or the convenor of the stall you would like to help.  We only ask that you give an hour of your time on the night. An updated roster is attached.
Thank you, the Fete committee:
Alicia Johnston, Katrina Barratt, Tracy Dore, Emily Probitts, Tammy Clifford, Rhiannon Bilic, Tara Silvestro, Renee Jones and Marisa Wakefield.

St Clare’s Catholic Debutante Ball on Saturday 28 June 2025 to be held at the Tully Multipurpose Centre, Bruce Highway Tully. The committee is working on preparations for a wonderful event.

Help is sought from the Parish community

-         baking slices, small cakes, or the like, for the supper. 

-         preparations on Saturday 28 June 9am-10.30am

-         clean up on Sunday 29 June 8.30am

The Debutante Ball is a celebration of the youth of Tully and surrounds, we have 29 Debutantes for 2025.   The Ball is a community event proudly hosted by St Clare’s Catholic Parish Tully.

Please, if you are able to assist in anyway, or are baking, these can be left at the Tully MPC on Saturday morning or by contacting Jane Berge

Jane Berge – 0429689097 or bergesbeach@bigpond.com 

Many thanks for your support.
Thanks Jane