Welcome back to Term 2

I hope all families were able to refresh over the holidays ready for another wonderful term at school. The first half of the term has many sporting events and we continue to pray for fine weather, especially for the Athletics Carnival later this week.

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. Thank you to John Clifford who repainted our car park with parking lines over the holiday period. We can now see where to park!

Staffing update

I will be on leave from Thursday May 23 until the end of the term. I will be participating in a two week study intensive at Leuven University in Belgium, along with 7 other Cairns Diocese delegates. The university course has a focus of Catholic Identity and will incorporate key learning about how we can use the recent survey results for the benefit of our school community.  Following that I will be on long service leave for the last three weeks of term.  Kath Kennedy will be appointed as Acting Principal during my absence.

Fr Hilary is on leave from this Thursday until June 1^st. We pray that his leave brings him renewal and look forward to his return later this term. Fr Kerry Costigan will be relieving during this time and we look forward to welcoming him later this week.

We welcome Jenny Crema to St Clare’s staff for the reminder of the year. She will be working each Wednesday as our Teacher Librarian.

This term we welcome Paula Brumley to our staff for two days a week. Paula will be teaching music to all classes each Monday and will be providing Literacy and Numeracy support to classes on Tuesdays, working with the class teachers.

Earn and Learn

Woolworths Earn and Learn commences this week. Remember to collect your stickers each time you shop at Woolworths. Sticker collection sheets will be sent home with students this week. This program enables us to access valuable resources for our students. Spread the word to your family, friends, neighbours!

• Collect as many stickers as you can between May 1 and June 25
• Stick them to the supplied sticker sheets. You can ask for more from Woolworths or school
• Send your filled sticker sheets into school to go into our collection box at the office
• Spread the word so that others can collect for St Clare’s School

Prep 2020

Interviews with parents and children who will be attending prep in 2020 have commenced. It’s wonderful to meet the younger siblings of current students who are eager to be in prep the following year. If you know of anyone who has a prep aged child for 2020 encourage them to contact the school for a tour or further enrolment information.

Best wishes for a wonderful week ahead,

Narelle Harney

Welcome    Community   Hospitality

Welcome back to Term Two!

It was wonderful to see all the Children returning to school ready to learn and to celebrate the Easter Season.

During the first week of Term 2, we celebrated a combined Easter and ANZAC Mass and came together on ANZAC Day to march with the Tully community with grateful hearts to thank all those who gave their lives so that we may live in peace and freedom. We pray that we remember that, to live in a peace filled world, each one of must make the choice to be peacemakers. Peace begins with you and me.

Let us pray…

God of Easter joy,

we thank you for the gift of Jesus and the new life he has given us.

May we be inspired to live out this new life in the way we treat each other and be people of hope, people of joy and people of peace.

We ask this in Jesus’ name.

Amen.

Other significant dates in term 2 include:

Tuesday, 30^th April: Wonders of Living Program – Yr 4, 5 and 6 Parent Daughter session at 7 to 8:30pm in the school library. Thank you to those who have responded and if you have not, but would like to attend, you are most welcome.

Wednesday, 1^st May: Wonders of Living Program - Parent session at 8am in the school library. All parents are most welcome to attend.

Yr 5 & 6 students – sessions timetabled. For further details, please contact Kath Kennedy.

Wednesday, 1^st May:  Sacramental Program - Parent Information Night at 6pm in the Good Samaritan Room.

Saturday, 11^th May: Mother’s Day Mass at 6pm in St Clare’s Church (Prep, Yr 1, 2 & 3 students’ participation).

Monday, 20^th May:  Whole School Reconciliation at 9am in St Clare’s Church.

Saturday/Sunday 26^th/27^th May: Sacramental Program – Presentation of the Cross and Reconciliation.

Thursday, 30^th May: John Burland Music Concert.

Monday, 10^th June: Year 4, 5 & 6 Mass at 9am in St Clare’s Church. More information to follow, closer to the date.

ALTAR SERVERS - RETURN SLIPS

We are seeking students who wish to serve at our weekend masses in Tully and Mission Beach during term 2 and 3. In order to be eligible to serve, students need to have made the sacrament of First Eucharist. We are looking at putting together a roster whereby your child would serve approximately once a month at the weekend mass. Parents of existing altar servers will be emailed this week to request dates their children would be available. The return slip below has been provided for any students wishing to become altar servers.

May the Grace of God be with you,

Kath Kennedy

Term 2, Week 2

Cross Country

Congratulations to all our students for their wonderful efforts at our Cross Country on the last day of Term 1.  We were very proud of the outstanding results, the resilience and determination shown by all.  Many thanks to all who helped to make the event run so smoothly.

Congratulations to Woomera for winning overall by only three points!

Our placegetters were:

12yr Boys           

1^st Luke Sorbello

2^nd Dean Giardina

3^rd Jarrod Vipiana

12yr Girls

1^st Eliza Smith

2^nd Meg Chappel

3^rd Eve Zonta 

11yr Boys

1^st Jaia Richtsfeld

2^nd Chace Crema

3^rd Peter Solien

11yr Girls

1^st Elise Kleinhans

2^nd Mia Uitenweerde

3^rd Lucy Chilcott

10yr Boys

1^st Case Durighello

2^nd Aiden Vipiana

3^rd Riley Berge

10yr Girls

1^st Layla Jenkins

2^nd Kassidy Dore

3^rd Maya Jensen

9yr Boys

1^st Liam Quabba

2^nd Clay Chappel

3^rd Seth Borgna

9yr Girls

1^st Madeleine Jenkins

2^nd Erin Luxford

3^rd Amber Dore

8yr Boys

1^st David Aspinall

2^nd Ben Langdon

3^rd Declan Slattery 

8yr Girls

1^st Alivia Milini & Jessica Metcalfe

3^rd Emily Quabba

7yr Boys

1^st Saxon Solien

2^nd Chase Frumento

3^rd Kelly Clifford

7yr Girls

1^st Maisy Chappel

2^nd Vanora Noonan

3^rd Zoe Metcalfe

6yr Boys

1^st Jonah Wilcox

2^nd Lincoln Calleja

3^rd Nate Silvestro

6yr Girls

1^st Layla Morris

2^nd Shiloh Spencer

3^rd Kenzi Bowden

5yr Boys

1^st Zebb Boisen

2^nd Rafael Pajares

3^rd Kace Hodgson

5yr Girls

1^st Quinn Waters

2^nd Riya Singh

3^rd Evie Miller

Placegetters aged 10-12yrs have been invited to compete at the Cassowary Coast Cross Country at Warrina Lakes next Thursday 9^th May 2019.  We wish them the best of luck as the top 8 from each age group will go on to the Peninsula trials.

CCSS-SZ Football (Soccer)

Congratulations to Meg Chappel, Elise Kleinhans and Eve Zonta for being selected in the CCSS-SZ Girls’ Football team last Friday. 

The CCSS-SZ Boys’ Football trials will be held at 4pm Tuesday 7^th May at Mission Beach State School.

The Southern Zone teams are scheduled to play the Northern Zone teams at 4pm Monday 13^th May at Silkwood where students are trialling for selection in the Cassowary Coast teams.  Good luck to all involved!

Cassowary Coast Tennis Trials

Chace Crema and Riley Berge represented our school at the Cassowary Coast Tennis trials last Friday.  Both the boys played outstanding tennis and Chace will go on to the Peninsula trials on Monday 27^th May.  Good luck Chace!

Peninsula 10-12yrs Touch Football Championships

Elise Kleinhans, Eliza Smith, Eve Zonta, Meg Chappel, Layla Jenkins and Chace Crema represented the Cassowary Coast at the Peninsula 10-12yrs Touch Football Championships at Tully State High School yesterday.  They all played awesome touch with both the boys and girls Cassowary Coast Teams being the champion teams of the day.  Eliza Smith, Eve Zonta and Layla Jenkins were selected in the Peninsula team to go to Longreach in August.  Congratulation to all!

Cassowary Coast Northern v Southern Zone 10-11yrs Rugby League

Good luck to Chace Crema, Jaia Richtsfeld, Riley Berge and Case Durighello who will be playing Rugby League in the Northern v Southern Zone 10-11yrs Rugby League match at Innisfail this Thursday 2^nd May.  The boys are playing to make the Cassowary Coast side to go on to the Peninsula trials.

St. Clare’s Athletics

On Thursday and Friday this week we will host our Athletics Carnival.  The program was emailed last week and is again attached to this newsletter for your convenience.

Children aged 8-12yrs (born 2011 – 2007) compete Thursday and Friday.  The whole school will be involved on Friday.  Children can wear their Woomera/Cooby shirts on both days if it is convenient but more importantly on Friday.

On Thursday, 200m heats will be held for age groups with more than 8 competitors.

On Friday we will start on the top oval and then move down to St. Clare’s for the field events and mini-olympics.  The day will conclude with ball-games at the MonteFalco Centre.

Should the program need alteration due to weather issues, families will be notified via our Skoolbag App and our Facebook page.

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY - No Assembly this Friday due to Sports Day.

TERM 2 - Assembly Classes:  Wk 3 - Yr 4, Wk 4 - Yr 1, Wk 5 - Prep, Wk 6 - Yr 3, Wk 7 - Yr 5, Wk 8 - Yr 6, Wk 9 - Yr 2, Wk 10 - General                 

NEW SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

School newsletter will be produced fortnightly starting from Term 2 Week 2. This will be emailed to all families. Can you please notify the office if you have not received this newsletter so we can check email address. 

Please remember to check SPAM or JUNK MAIL.

TERM TWO FEES - 2019

School Fees for this term were sent out last Friday.                              

Due date is 10th May 2019

Invoices were sent by email to all parents. Please contact the school office if you did 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.

For those who have not got an email address, a hardcopy was given to your eldest child. Please check with them.

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

Please note:- There is NO EFTPOS available at the school office.

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 debt, internet banking.
• Remittance slip at the bottom of the school account is to be returned to the school office with ALL payments. (cash, cheque, direct debt or internet banking).

Thank you.

I am delighted to join the St Clare’s staff in the role of Teacher Librarian, and look forward to sharing my love of books, and digital technology with the students of St Clare’s!  I am a huge fan of Dr Seuss - one of my favourite Dr Seuss quotes being:

Bookclub has been issued this week. Orders are due Tuesday 14th May. Please place your orders via the “Loop” app, or return order forms & correct money to your class teacher. Thank you for supporting our Bookclub! 

Welcome to Term 2, just a couple of reminders regarding the Tuckshop:

ALL TUCKSHOP ORDERS ARE TO BE SENT IN EACH THURSDAY. We don’t make a lot of extra food as we don’t want to waste any and it has come to my attention that helpers on the day are getting plenty of late orders. PLEASE have all orders in by Thursday.

Please don’t staple or sticky tape down paper bags and if you have plenty of coin it may help to put the coin in a zip lock bag or wrap in gladwrap because I am finding it is falling out.

Sports Day is THIS FRIDAY, a menu was sent home last week and is also attached to today’s newsletter. All orders are due Thursday as normal, and we would really appreciate any donations of cakes or slices. Also, help on the day is greatly appreciated. We ALL have children competing and we all want to watch them at some stage.

Any issues please let me know and once again thank you so much for supporting our school tuckshop.

Marie 0418 158 872

SPORTS DAY MENU - for this Friday only

Term 2 Tuckshop Menu - will be commencing next Friday, 10th May and menu is the same as term one.

Term 2  TUCKSHOP ROSTER -

Friday 10/5/19
Coordinator - J Berge  Helpers - N Smith J Nash
Bakers - S Grimaz K Waters (Cupcakes)

Friday 17/5/19
Coordinator - N Colombini  Helpers - J Wright J Hubert
Bakers - L Robertson  C Lizzio (Cupcakes)

Hi everyone, we hope you all had a lovely Easter with family and friends.

We had a P&F General Meeting last night.  Here is some information for you:-

• District Touch Carnival Tuckshop made $1,353.63, thank you again to everyone that helped on the day.
• Look out for dates for our pie drive ordering and delivery.
• A meeting has been set to talk about this year’s fete. Everyone is invited to come along to express your thoughts and ideas and get more information about what organising the fete is about.

Fete Meeting is on Monday 13^th May at 7pm in the School Library – we hope to see lots of people there !

Thank you

Vanessa Kerr
P&F Secretary
0438 680 5710
stclaresfete@gmail.com