From The Principal's Desk
Dear St Clare's Community,
This is the last newsletter for 2021. The final weeks of the school year prom
ise to be busy with many events taking place, hopefully I have outlined these below. As the year draws to a close it is often a time of reflection for us. I have been thinking about my year recently, and I have much to be thankful for. I invite you to remember this is not true for everyone and take the time to say a prayer/affirmation for those in our community that are not as well as they would like to be, who are facing challenges, or who are struggling with the demands of day to day living. It is evident that St. Clare’s is a very caring community from the items coming in for the St. Vinnies hampers. Please continue to send these items in, they are very sincerely appreciated.
We look forward to our swimming carnival this Friday. Thank you to all parents assisting on Friday with carnival jobs. Your assistance allows our day to run smoothly so that our students have a wonderful carnival. I would also like to acknowledge in advance the planning and preparation of our upcoming carnival by Adam Stubbings.
Please ensure students apply sunscreen before coming to school and have some in their bags to reapply. All students need to bring their hats, lunch, or order tuckshop and water bottles for the day (maybe more than one water bottle).
Staffing 2022
Our staffing for 2022 is complete and as shared in our previous newsletter, staffing is as follows:
Acting APRE (Term 1) Sharon Chappel
Leader of Learning and Teaching / Diversity Chris Edwards
Prep Gita Sima
Yr1 Zanelle Collins
Yr2 Georgia Moloney
Yr3 Adam Stubbings
Yr4 Jessica Lang
Yr5 Sharon Chappel (3) / Jamilla Dressler (2)
Yr6 Kaitlyn Marsillio (3) / Cherie Jenkins (2)
All current support staff will continue in 2022 and we welcome back Temara Guiliany who has been on maternity leave.
Yr 6 Farewell Liturgy and Dinner Nov 29
Next Monday our Yr 6 students will be farewelled with a Liturgy at 5:30pm followed by dinner with their parents, Fr Joby and staff. Please keep our Yr 6 students in your prayers this week as they prepare to complete their primary schooling at St Clare’s and move to High School in 2022.
Awards Assembly Dec 1 & BBQ
Next Wednesday December 1st we will be holding our Awards Assembly at 9am where we will recognise the contribution of students who have served in special roles for our school and the Catholic community. Thank you to our sponsors for our end of year awards. Your support is much appreciated!
The following will be announced at our Awards Assembly:
- 2022 School Captains and House Captains
- St Clare’s Spirit Award
- St Clare’s Academic Award
- St Clare’s Achievement Progress Award
- St Clare’s Character Award (Prep – Year 5)
- 2021 House Cup
Parents are warmly welcomed to attend the awards presentations.
Also on Wednesday December 1st, the P&F will be organising a BBQ. Families are invited to return to school at 5:30 pm for the BBQ. A huge thank you to the P&F for putting this on for us! This will be followed by a small Christmas Concert by the students and speeches. The night it scheduled as below:
5:30 pm Gather for BBQ put on by the P&F
6:30 pm Award Recipients and 2022 Captains presented
6:45 pm Concert
7 pm Principal’s Speech
P&F President Speech
Year 6 Speech
Year 6 Presentations
Waterslide day Thursday Dec 2
Students are reminded to pack swimmers, sun-shirt, sunscreen and towel next Thursday for the Inflatable Water-slide proudly provided by the P&F to reward our students with some fun for all their great work throughout the school year! Remember NO jewellery and zips allowed on the water slide. Classes will be rostered to use the slide throughout the day. Please contact your class teacher with any concerns.
End of Year Liturgy Friday Dec 3
We will be having a liturgy on Friday at 11:00am in the church. From here we will process together out to the grass area near the church to countdown our end of year dismissal. All parents are invited to attend. Students will be dismissed at 12pm. Anyone who does not have a parent here at 12pm will be taken to the admin verandah for collection via stop drop and go.
School Fees
Thank you to all families who have made their school fee payment. Please ensure that fees are finalised prior to the end of the term. If you wish to discuss outstanding fees please contact the office to make an appointment.
For those who pay their fees by direct debit or Bpay we appreciate if payments continue over the holidays to ensure there will be no outstanding fees starting 2022.
On behalf of the staff, I wish to thank all the parents for your support throughout 2021. Enjoy your special family gatherings over the holiday period.
Wishing everyone a blessed Advent,
Karran Burzacott
Principal