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Dear St. Clare’s Community,
This week is Wellbeing Week. Let’s hope that the sun stays out and we can take full advantage of a homework free week. It is encouraged that students still read daily during the week. Wellbeing of all students is a central focus of our Catholic Schools. What is your family going to do together instead of homework? Play a boardgame? Go for a beach walk? Try a new recipe?
A reminder that we will celebrate Queensland Day and the start of the 2024 Origin Series on Wednesday. Students can come in free dress, either wearing their Origin colours or tropical shirts. All clothing needs to be sunsmart and closed in shoes still need to be worn.
On Thursday we have a team travelling to Cairns to participate in the Readers Cup. Jace, William, Sammy & CC have been spending a lot of time immersing themselves into this year's book selection and we wish them all the best for Thursday. A huge thank you to Mrs Irvine for working with these students and organising our team.
Next week is all things Athletics! Let’s hope the sun stays out and dries things out a bit for us. Monday 10th is our half day, followed by a full day on Thursday 13th. An outline of the Carnival was sent out via Seesaw last week and is also attached to this newsletter
Feedback Survey
If you have not yet received your 2024 'Parent/Carer Feedback Survey', please check your email SPAM folder for the email message with your school name 'Parent/Carer Feedback Survey' as the subject. A reminder that surveys are due by 7th June 2024. Your insights and feedback are important to us.
Attendance
Attendance data to date - 80.8% of students have attended 90% (or more). This is an increase. When we take into consideration all the sickness that has been going around, this percentage is quite good. Thank you very much for keeping sick students away from school. It really does help reduce the impact of coughs, colds and viruses and is very much appreciated. Our goal is 90% of students attending 90% of the time. Only 7.7% of student absences are unexplained. This is a dramatic decrease, thank you. Our unexplained absences usually sit at around 15%. Our goal is 0 unexplained absences. If your child is away - please continue to notify the office.
At the Term 2 meeting, the St. Clare’s School Board updated the Stewardship and Fundraising policies. The updated versions can be found on the Parent Portal (documents).
Sent to the Principal’s Office
Since our last newsletter, I have had many visitors to my office to show off some of the hard work happening at St. Clare’s. I am constantly blown away by the effort students and their teachers put into their learning. I have been lucky enough to hear some more amazing singing, read some outstanding writing, see more coding in action through Lego models, learn some Italian and even see structures that would withstand a blast from the Big Bad Wolf! Well done everyone, you are truly the Heart of St. Clare’s and each visit makes my day so very special.
Looking forward to seeing you all at the Tully 100 Street Parade on Saturday.
Take care and blessings for the weeks ahead.
Karran Burzacott
Principal
Faith Knowledge Community Respect
This week will see our town celebrate its centenary. St Clare’s School and Parish will be combining to participate in the Street Parade this Saturday. Any participants are kindly asked to meet at the Gumboot (Banyan Park) at 8.45am. The parade is expected to start at 9.30am and will end at St Clare’s School. We are very hopeful that the sun will be shining, but if not, children are welcome to wear a raincoat or poncho (no umbrellas for children please). If your child is riding a bike or scooter, please ensure they are able to ride/push it themselves as we anticipate the parade will move quite slowly. A huge thank you to our school’s Tully 100 team (Helen Andrews, Vera Borgna, Jenny Sollitt, Carla Low, Marie Vipiana and Jo Wall) who have spent many weeks planning, creating, painting and organising our float, and to our staff who are helping to put all of the decorations onto the truck this Friday. We are very grateful to Mackay’s for lending a flatbed truck to us for this event, and to Jason Vipiana, for being our trusted driver.
With Blessings,
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Week 8 |
Year 3 |
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Week 9 |
No assembly |
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Week 10 |
Assembly |
In recent years, as part of the MTSS-E System, we selected 4 core values which we believe are best suited to our school and its community. As we implement Tier 1 of the MTTSS-E System, we have been focusing on embedding our 4 values throughout our school on a regular basis. Classes regularly revise these values and how they can be used as a guide to ensure that all students are demonstrating expected behaviours. As a fun approach (with a hint of competitiveness), we will be holding a Kahoot Challenge at this week’s assembly to see which class knows our values the best!
Athletics Carnival
See attached program for Athletics Carnival.
Back Row: Brodie, Santo, Brody, Jonah, Emmett, Tom, Keith
Front Row: Jaxson, Oscar, Zarlee, Evie, Blake, Tarique
Back Row: Matt, Chloe, Ekam, Kace, Heath, Jaxon
Middle Row: River, Drew, Isabel, Charlie, Noah
Front Row: Jace, Hargun, Edward, Daniel
TUCKSHOP NEWS:
Friday 7/6/2024
Coordinator: M Vipiana Helpers: M Wakefield C Bowden
Bakers: L Johnston M Kurschat (Cupcakes)
Friday 14/6/2024
No Tuckshop
Friday 21/6/2024
Coordinator: K Morris Helpers: Carrie Lizzio M Chiesa
Bakers: M Dowie M Vipiana (Cupcakes)
Fete Update No 2.
We still have a few spots spare on the fete roster, we are looking for helpers in the Kitchen, Laser Tag, Kiddies Corner and the Chocolate stall. Thank you so much to those families who have already put names down to help. The roster is attached, if you can help please let Marie know on 0418 158 872, or you can contact the school or the Co-ordinator of the stall you would like to help on.
Its great to see items coming into the classrooms for the hampers. Baskets have been left in each class, please refer to your fete pack for what each class is donating.
Peach Blossom baking will begin the first week of the school holidays on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th June from 8.30am to 2.30pm. We appreciate any help in any length of time you can give on those days. If you can help please let Maria Calleja know on 0400 898 104.
Raffle tickets have been slowly coming back in, we would love to see more before the end of the term.
Have a great week
The Fete Committee
Tuckshop will operate on Thursday 13th June for the Athletics Carnival. Orders are to be placed via the Flexischools app, once you select your child’s name, you will see “Special Canteen Day” and this is where you will be able to order. The menu is already up on Flexischools for whenever you wish to order.
Parents are more than welcome to order, you can set up your own account. Your order will be packed and left at the Tuckshop tent to be collected at lunch time that day. Alternatively you can order on your child’s account but please be aware that your order will go into your child’s class bag for you to collect, this is why we do encourage you to place your own order.
To help with catering we will have NO over the counter sales of hot food or flavoured milk. Listed below are the items and prices of goodies you can purchase on the day over the counter.
Water: $ 2
Poppers $ 2
Icy Poles: 60c
Cupcakes $ 1
Popcorn 60c
Lolly Bags $ 1.50
Pringles $ 2.00
There will also be NO Tuckshop on Friday the 14th June.
Any questions please let me know on 0418 158 872
Marie
Join us and our team of talented coaches for a four-day volleyball camp designed to cater to athletes of all skill levels. The camp includes opportunities for new players to find a love for the sport and pathways for elite development for experienced players looking to get into club and state-level teams.
2nd July | 3rd July | 4th July | 5th July
4 Days. 300+ athletes. Heaps to learn.
Check out our website for more information!
www.sharksvolleyball.com/