Dear Parents, Staff and Students

Thank you to all who made the effort to come to our Meet and Greet evening last week. It is a wonderful feeling having so many families visit together. Hopefully, you have gained an insight into how each classroom will operate and the expectations for that year level. A reminder, if you need to see your child’s teacher, book an interview via email or Seesaw so they can make themselves available before or after school.

Thanks to all parents/carers who have been following our COVID protocols and signing in when intending on entering classrooms. Parents should keep onsite visits in the morning to less than 10 minutes.

I look forward to seeing parents tonight at our P & F AGM and first general meeting. During 2021, a successful partnership with all parents is a key focus, with our students being at the core of what we do.

Many of our older students are involved in upcoming sporting opportunities. Good luck to all students representing St Clare’s this Friday night at the Southern Zone Swimming Carnival!  Next Friday, February 26, students in Yrs 4-6 will compete in the Rugby and Netball carnivals.  Thank you to all parents who are assisting with these events.

Prep Enrolments for 2022

It seems early to be discussing enrolments for 2022 BUT if you have a child born between 1/7/2016 and 30/6/2017, your child is eligible to start Prep in 2022. Please go to our website to complete an online enrolment - https://www.stclares.qld.edu.au/enrolling/enrolment-application/. Interviews will commence in Term 2.

School Annual Implementation Plan

Each year we have key focus areas of improvement, and teaching staff work towards these goals during the year with dedicated staff meetings and Professional Learning that support growth in these areas.  Today we had the CES Support Team visit St Clare’s to work on our goals with the leadership team. We will publish our goals for our school community once finalised.

Volunteer training

Have you completed volunteer training?  All parents assisting with sport training, tuckshop, sport days, transport, excursions, classroom assistance etc need to complete the training found on the Catholic Education website. Go to: https://www.cns.catholic.edu.au/our-school-communities/parent-engagement/volunteer-training/

Board Members

This year we are looking for a couple of new School Board Members to join the Board, in replacing some long serving members who concluded their service last year when their children graduated. Thank you to Chris O’Kane and Leona Bradley for their service.

If you are interested in learning more about the School Board then please contact me directly via email at nharney@cns.catholic.edu.au . Those interested will be invited to a School Board meeting and then the current Board members will discern the people we need on the Board. The School Board is an advisory body to myself, as principal, and discusses ‘big picture’ issues for St Clare’s. Meetings are once a month on a Tuesday, commencing at 5:30pm. We value the contributions and wisdom from parents from a variety of backgrounds. We also value practising Catholics who may bring that perspective to our conversations. I look forward to being inundated with EOI from parents.

Peace be with you and your families for the week ahead,

Narelle Harney