St Clare's School Tully eNewsletter

Dear St. Clare’s Community,

Welcome to Term Three. It is lovely to be back, especially with the sun making an appearance from time to time. I am extremely happy to report that the fort structure in the Junior Years playground has finally been installed and certified. Our Prep and Year 1 students have given it the tick of approval and are enjoying using it. Over the break the Montefalco court has been resurfaced and looks fantastic.

We have some staff on leave this term. Mrs Collins is on long service leave for the first four weeks of term, with Mrs Marsilio enjoying the delightful Year 1 class. Mrs Sima has unexpectedly had to take the remainder of Term 3 off, to care for her mother. We wish Gita all the best. And while we will very much miss Mrs Sima, the Prep class will be in the very safe hands of Mrs V for Weeks 2 & 3, and then Mrs Brumley for the remainder of the term. Mrs Low will also be on leave for Term 3 and we welcome Mrs Lizzio to help in Year 2. A huge thanks to all these teachers for ensuring a smooth transition for our students.

This term we are trialling a change to our second break routine. Usually all 170 students play downstairs together for this break. It can be very chaotic and we generally experience a high number of bumps & bruises during this break, due to the number of students trying their best to share a small space. For the second break, Prep and Year 1 students have been enjoying a quick snack break upstairs followed by play in the Junior Years playground.

Just a reminder about uniform and haircut expectations. Students are only permitted to wear earrings that are studs or sleepers. I have noticed some dangles recently. These have the potential to become snagged, please do not allow your child to wear them to school. Watches are allowed to be worn. A necklace with a Religious medallion, cross or that is culturally significant can be worn. Necklaces should be kept tucked underneath shirts, again to prevent them from being snagged. Hair ties and accessories need to be school colours only and are to be minimal. Bracelets, anklets, and wristbands are not permitted to be worn. Hair past shoulder length must be tied back, not be coloured or have tracks or patterns shaved into it.

Academic Uniforms are worn Monday, Wednesday & Friday - white ankle socks and black shoes are to be worn. Sports Uniforms are worn Tuesday & Thursday - white ankle socks and joggers of choice are worn.

We appreciate your support to keep these standards high at St. Clare’s.

We have a long weekend coming up next week, with the Tully Show Holiday on 25th July. Hopefully we will be blessed with fine weather.

Catholic Education Week

Next week is Catholic Education Week (Wk 3). This week is an opportunity for all Catholic schools in Queensland to celebrate and promote their distinctive mission and ethos. Our Yr 5 & 6 students will travel to Innisfail to celebrate Mass with other schools in the Southern Deanery and stay for some activities and a tour of Good Counsel College afterwards. The Docemus Awards are also held during Catholic Education Week; we acknowledge Mrs Jenny Sollitt, who has been nominated this year for her outstanding contribution to student learning.

Sent to the Principal’s Office

There is always so much to celebrate about student learning at St. Clare’s, and sometimes I am lucky enough to get visitors to my office to share great work. Leah was my first visitor this term to show me a very well constructed sentence!

Blessings for the week ahead

Karran Burzacott

Faith Knowledge Community Respect

It’s great to be back for another action packed term!

Altar Serving

If your child has received their First Communion, they are now able to assist with altar serving. Weekend masses are held on Saturday evenings from 6pm and Sunday mornings from 9am. Interested children from Year 4-6 have taken forms home last week, if these could be returned to me this week, it would be greatly appreciated. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any further queries around altar serving.

Show Display

Mrs Jo Wall has once again done an amazing job with our show display. Each class has been busily creating artworks in preparation for the display. Our 2025 theme is around the Year of Jubilee, a time of celebration and renewal, which was held every 50 years in the Old Testament, and now every 25 years in the Catholic Church. The chosen mascot for this jubilee is Luce (an Italian name meaning light), whose mission is to guide young pilgrims toward hope and faith. If you are attending the Tully District Show, please go and check out our school’s display.

If your child is entering any of their own creations, produce, animals, baking etc. at this year’s show, we would love to see it and share this with our school community. Please send suitable photos to me via Seesaw or email to schappel@cns.catholic.edu.au.

NAIDOC Week Liturgy

NAIDOC Week generally falls in the June/July holidays so we will come together as a school community to acknowledge this with a Liturgy this Thursday (July 24) at 2pm. This will be led by the staff of St Clare’s and parents and families are most welcome to attend.

Catholic Education Week Liturgy

As we celebrate Catholic Education Week next week, our Prep to Year 4 children will be involved in a Liturgy next Thursday at 9am. All families and friends are most welcome to join us in the church for this event.

Assemblies

Week 2	Tully Show Holiday
Week 3	Year 3
Week 4	Year 2
Week 5	No Assembly - Science Day
Week 6	Prep
Week 7	Year 5
Week 8	Pupil Free day
Week 9	Year 6
Week 10	Year 1

With Blessings,

Sharon Chappel

NAPLAN Reports

NAPLAN reports were sent home to Year 3 and 5 families last week. If you did not receive your child’s report, please contact your class teacher. A reminder that the school does not receive a copy of these reports. Parents are strongly encouraged to keep reports in a safe place, so they may be accessed when needed for high school enrolments etc. The school will not be able to supply you with a copy of the report.

Parent Teacher Interviews

The next round of Parent Teacher interviews will be in Week 6 of this term. This is a great opportunity to talk with your child’s teacher about their progress and to ask any questions you may have about their report card from Semester 1. Login details for the online booking system will be sent home in the near future.

If you have not yet accessed your child’s report card from Semester 1, please go to Parent Portal - click on your child’s name - click on The Learning Dashboard - click on Semester 1. NOTE: This is a new system and reports are not in the same place as previous reports.

Chris Edwards

One of the things that we love about The Resilience Project at St Clare’s are GEM Chats! GEM Chats are prompted around the idea of expressing examples of Gratitude, Empathy or Mindfulness in our daily life and encourages us to think about what we have to be happy about!

Parental Controls

Parental controls can be used to support your family's online safety when using devices that connect to the internet, such as phones, laptops, tablets, gaming consoles and smart TVs. But it's important to understand their limitations and use them in combination with other protective strategies.

Please go to the esafety site for further information on how you can protect your children through the use of parental controls.

2025 Term 3 fees were emailed yesterday Monday 21st July and are due Monday 4th August 2025.

Invoices were sent by email to all parents. Please contact the school office if you do not receive the invoice so we can check your email address, or if you require a hardcopy of fees to make payment.

Please check your junk or spam mail.

Families have the option of paying weekly or fortnightly. Internet banking, or direct debit can be arranged with your bank.

Please note:-

There is NO EFTPOS available at the school office.

Preferrably no cash but if paying in cash, we appreciate that correct money be given as we do not carry any change in the school office.
If paying by Bpay or EFT direct debit or internet banking, please use the school bank account details shown on the term two statement.
IMPORTANT: Please use your Ref: 966000….....(under Biller Code). This number is to be used when paying by Bpay, or EFT -direct debit, internet banking.
Remittance slip at the bottom of the school account to be returned to the school office with ALL payments. (cash, cheque, direct debit or internet banking).

Thank you.

Cricket

Our Southern Zone cricketers - Kace, Declan, Henry, Jaxon and Kade - attended the Cassowary Coast trials last Friday.
Congratulations to all of these boys who will now go to Tolga to compete in the Cassowary Coast team at the Peninsula trials.

District Athletics

Parent Slips have been sent to parents of eligible athletes to attend the upcoming Southern Zone Cassowary Coast Track & Field Carnival. Students competing in discus and 800m will attend the trials after school on Wednesday August 6, while the remainder of events will be held at Lower Tully State School on Friday August 8. Please ensure permission has been given through the Parent Slip so that we are able to finalise the St Clare’s Team.

Term 2

Week 10 Awards

BACK ROW: Jarred, Evie, Henry, Maddie, Hudson, Jackson

FRONT ROW: Isabel, Lincoln, Maddie, Gordon, Dre, Elissa, Brodie

Term 3

Week 1 Awards

BACK ROW: Tom, Finn, Jorawar, William, Charlotte, Emily, Mac

FRONT ROW: Jake, Jasten, Lucy, Thea, Verena, Drew, Jack, Denham

P&F Meeting

Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday 18th August at 5:30pm. All welcome!

Fete Rides

Pre-purchase of tickets for rides at the Fete start soon! There will be 3 rides this year: the Monkey Mayhem Super Slide, a massive Jurassic Jungle jumping castle and Bungee Run, so something for everyone!

There will be 3 one hour sessions available with unlimited rides. Wristbands can be purchased for either a one hour time slot or for the entire 3 hours. These rides will be supervised by staff from Barrier Reef Jumping Castles to ensure children get the most turns possible during their time slot. Staff from St. Clare’s will also be on hand to sell wristbands and monitor each session.

Single Ride tickets are not available.

Sessions will be $25 per hour, or all 3 hours for $50. There will be a limited number of wristbands sold for each session. An order form for wristband pre-purchase will go home shortly and will be cash only. Order forms can be returned in an envelope with the correct money and wristbands will be available for collection from the office. A Seesaw message will be sent to parents when your wristbands are ready for collection. Lost wristbands will not be replaced and are the responsibility of the purchaser once collected.

If you know of any friends or family that are not currently students, and may want to purchase tickets, you can either add them to your order, or let them know to come to the office if they would like to pre-purchase.

If you want to wait and see what the rides look like, limited tickets will be available on the night of the Fete. If you need any further information email Karran: principal.tully@cns.catholic.edu.au.

Term 3 is Fete Term, this means we will have a weekly Seesaw message coming out that will focus on different aspects of the fete and stalls. This way everyone is kept in the loop, and this is an easy way of sending reminders.

We would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to those parents who helped make 64 dozen peach blossoms ready to sell at the fete. This is a wonderful accomplishment that the public look forward to when coming to the Cake Stall.

Roster: We still need a couple more helpers on the night of the fete to help in the cent sale.

Monster Raffle Tickets: All tickets will need to be handed back in sold or unsold over the next few weeks. These can be brought to the school office or given to your class teacher.

Class Hampers: It's great to see the hampers getting full. A quick reminder of each hamper, please keep in mind all items must be new as these items make up our cent sale prizes.

Prep: Laundry
Year 1: Gardening/outdoors
Year 2: Kitchen/Pantry
Year 3: Games
Year 4: Bathroom
Year 5: Mothers Delight
Year 6: Fathers Delight