Welcome back to Term 2. I hope all families were able to refresh over the holidays ready for another wonderful term at school. This term has many sporting events and we continue to pray for fine weather, especially for the Athletics Carnival in Week 9. Good luck to all students going to Cassowary Coast trials or Peninsula trials for different sporting events this term.

Parent assistance is always greatly appreciated in the classroom and for extra curricular events. Thank you to parents who have already committed to assist this term, especially in our tuckshop. Thank you to John Clifford and Paul Grimaz who are today putting together shelving for our new sports shed.  We look forward to parent support in preparing for our school fete in September and invite all interested to come to our P & F meeting tonight at 7pm in the library.

Staffing update

It was with great pleasure last week that Mrs Helen Andrews was announced as APRE for St Clare’s School. This was done after extensive advertising and a rigorous shortlisting and interview process.  Congratulations Helen!

Prep 2022

Interviews with parents and children who will be attending prep in 2022 have commenced. It’s wonderful to meet the younger siblings of current students who are eager to be in prep the following year. Interviews with current school families are occurring over coming weeks and new families will be in the second half of the term. If you know of anyone who has a prep aged child for 2022 encourage them to contact the school for a tour or further enrolment information.

NAPLAN testing

Students in Yrs 3 & 5 will be involved in the National NAPLAN testing during Week 4 of this term. Parents of these students were sent an email last week with parent information attached. Testing will be done in an online environment for all tests apart from the Yr 3 Writing.

Peace to you and your family for the coming week,

Narelle Harney