First of all, I would like to thank the families of St Clare’s for the generosity shown during our collections for Project Compassion. Through our pancakes, jelly cups, free dress and class donations, we have raised over $1 000 during Lent. Our icy cups and hot chip sales will also go towards this charity. Events like these would not be possible without the support of our amazing Year 6 leaders, their teachers and school officers, Mrs Vipiana and our experienced chip cookers, Mr Vipiana and Mr Grimaz. We will still be collecting donations through class money boxes up until the last day of this term.

It’s no secret that the students of St Clare’s are all stars, but would you believe our staff have given out over 700 Star Cards to students who have been caught demonstrating our school values of Faith, Knowledge, Community or Respect. Each term, one class will be awarded the ‘Star Class’ based on receiving the highest number of star cards per student. Our wonderful Prep class is the clear winner for Term 1 and will get to decide on a class award as a celebration of their great efforts.

The Sacramental Program will begin on April 24 (Term 2, Week 2). Thank you to those who have registered their children’s names already. It is not too late if you would like your child to participate in this year’s program. Information has been emailed to families this week. Please let me know if you have not received any this. It is important for at least one parent to attend the Parent Information Session as this will also be your opportunity to select meeting times with Fr Joby.

Fr Joby will be off on his annual leave from April 8 to May 10. In his absence, we welcome Fr Denis Ryan from the Diocese of Ballarat. If you see Fr Denis around, please make him feel welcome in Tully. Fr Joby will be here for Easter and for those interested, mass times are listed below.

If you happen to have some spare time over the Easter break and enjoy a good read, The Resilience Project is the perfect choice! And if you happen to be travelling in the car for extended periods of time, the author of The Resilience Project, Hugh Van Cuylenburg, also has a podcast, The Imperfects, which is worth a listen. This is a great opportunity to support your child’s journey through The Resilience Project.

I would like to wish all of our families a safe and holy Easter break and I look forward to seeing smiling faces back in Term 2!

With blessings,

Sharon Chappel