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Dear St. Clare’s Community,
Welcome to Term Three. It is lovely to be back and to see some sun shining here and there. Just a reminder about uniform and haircut expectations. Students are not permitted to wear jewellery other than a single pair of studs or sleepers. I have noticed some dangles recently. These have the potential to become snagged, please do not allow your child to wear them to school. Watches are allowed to be worn. A necklace with a Religious medallion, cross or that is culturally significant can be worn. Necklaces should be kept tucked underneath shirts, again to prevent them from being snagged. Hair ties and accessories need to be school colours only and are to be minimal. Bracelets, anklets, and wristbands are not permitted to be worn. Hair past shoulder length must be tied back, not be coloured or have tracks or patterns shaved into it.
Academic Uniforms are worn Monday, Wednesday & Friday - white ankle socks and black shoes are to be worn. Sports Uniforms are worn Tuesday & Thursday - white ankle socks and joggers of choice are worn.
We appreciate your support to keep these standards high at St. Clare’s.
We wish all students competing in the District Athletics this week all the best. We have a long weekend coming up next week, with the Tully Show Holiday on 26th July. Hopefully we will be blessed with fine weather for both.
Catholic Education Week
Next week is Catholic Education Week (Wk 3). This week is an opportunity for all Catholic schools in Queensland to celebrate and promote their distinctive mission and ethos. Our Yr 5 & 6 students will travel to Innisfail to celebrate Mass with other schools in the Southern Deanery and stay for some activities and a tour of Good Counsel College afterwards. The Docemus Awards are also held during Catholic Education Week; we acknowledge Mrs Amanda Baston and Mrs Melissa Leonardi, who have been nominated this year.
My CE App
Thank you to all the families that have downloaded and are using the My CE App. If
you are yet to do so, please visit the App Store or Google Play to download to your device.
Sent to the Principal’s Office
Stanley & Tom were my first visitors in Term 3. These students showed me and explained the ‘Fraction Friends’ they had constructed in Year 3. Excellent work!
Blessings for the week ahead.
Karran Burzacott
Principal
Faith Knowledge Community Respect
Welcome back to Term 3! Next week sees a very important time in the Catholic School calendar - Catholic Education Week. Catholic education strives to make a difference in the lives of those in our schools and in the wider community by challenging young people to live out the message of Jesus and to reach their full potential as compassionate, contributing, life-giving members of society.
This year is particularly exciting because the Cairns Diocese has been selected to host Catholic Education Week. As a part of the celebrations, our Year 6 captains will attend Mass at St Monica’s Cathedral along with other school leaders in our Diocese, while our Year 5 and 6 classes will travel to Innisfail to attend Mass at Mother of Good Counsel church before participating in a tour and activities at Good Counsel College. Our Prep to Year 4 children will attend a Liturgy at St Clare’s Church. Our school community is most welcome to join us for this liturgy.
As another part of the Catholic Week Education celebrations, the Cairns Diocese has been able to engage with Andrew Chinn (a popular Australian Christian musician) and offer each school the opportunity to have him visit for the day. This Friday (July 19) we will host Andrew where each class will participate in a one hour workshop and then a whole school concert at the end of the day. Parents are welcome to join us in the hall at 2pm for this concert.
With Blessings,
Term 3 Assemblies
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Week 2 |
No Assembly Andrew Chinn Concert |
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Week 3 |
No Assembly Tully Show Holiday |
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Week 4 |
No Assembly Circus Workshop |
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Week 5 |
Year 4 |
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Week 6 |
No Assembly Science Day |
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Week 7 |
Prep |
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Week 8 |
No Assembly Pupil Free Day |
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Week 9 |
Year 3 |
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Week 10 |
Year 1 |
We have only been back at school for just over a week and the calendar has already been action packed with lots of sporting events!
Cricket Trials
Kace Hodgson, William Roberston, Henry Robertson, Darcy Aspinall, Seb Di Mauro, Declan Lizzio and Jaxon Lizzio attended the Southern Zone cricket trials on Friday afternoon at the Kim Carroll Sporting Fields. All of these boys were successful in progressing to the Cassowary Coast trials to be held on Friday August 2. Well done boys!
Ken Hamill
On Saturday night, a team of our Year 5 and 6 Rugby League enthusiasts played in the much anticipated Ken Hamill Cup. This annual event sees Tully State School and St Clare’s go head to head as a curtain raiser to the A Grade Tully Tigers home game. This year, after a nail biting 40 minutes of play, a draw was declared. Thank you to Filip Silvestro for training and coaching the team in the lead up to this event.
Peninsula Cross Country
Layla Morris has just returned from the State Championships for Cross Country, held in Bald Hills, over the weekend. In a tough competition, Layla had a strong start to her race and also competed in a 1 km relay race.
Rugby Union
Saxon Solien is off to Sunnybank to represent Peninsula in the 11-12 years Rugby Union team at the end of this week. Congratulations on this achievement Saxon.
District Athletics
A number of children from St Clare’s will be competing in events at the Southern Zone District Athletics Carnival this week. Please ensure all Parent Slips and paperwork has been completed if your child is attending. The schedules for both of these days have been emailed to parents of children involved and are also included in this newsletter. We wish all of our competitors the best of luck!
We have also had some changes to Health and Physical Education lessons. Mr Ryan will deliver PE lessons on Tuesday’s & Thursday’s, and Prep Health on Thursday’s. Mrs Marsilio will deliver all other Health lessons on Thursday’s. Mrs Chappel will be coordinating District Sports. If you do have a child participate at District or Peninsula level please send through any information and photos to sct.sports@cns.catholic.edu.au so that we can share this with our community.
Back Row: Madeline, Chase, Oliver, Samuel, Blair, Logan, Cecilia, Eden, Thomas
Front Row: Luna, Zarlee, Edie, Evie, William, Luke, Max, Matthew, Jasten
2024 Term 3 fees will be sent out this week.
Invoices will be sent by email to all parents. Please contact the school office if you do 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.
Families have the option of paying weekly or fortnightly. Internet banking, or direct debit can be arranged with your bank.
Please note:-
There is NO EFTPOS available at the school office.
- Preferrably no cash but 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 one statement.
- IMPORTANT: Please use your Ref: 966000….....(under Biller Code). This number is to be used when paying by Bpay, or EFT -direct debit, internet banking.
- Remittance slip at the bottom of the school account to be returned to the school office with ALL payments. (cash, cheque, direct debit or internet banking).
Thank you.
Fete Report No. 4
Welcome to Fete term. Our annual school fete is on Saturday 7th September. Every week between now and the fete we will have a focus via seesaw and updates in the newsletter.
Our fete is the only school fundraiser, this is why we need lots of help. We still have two spots on the fete roster to fill, 1 on the chocolate stall and 1 in the kiddies corner. We really need more raffle tickets handed in sold or unsold. We have great prizes that have all been kindly donated tickets can be returned to the school office.
100’s board squares will be sold after parade on a Friday from the school tuckshop or via our School P&C facebook page. If you would like a square or two please let Marie Vipiana know.
Peach blossoms creaming is well underway and the ladies will be in the tuckshop again this Thursday between 8.30 and 2.30pm any time you can give would be appreciated you can let Maria know on 0400 898 104.
Thanks
FETE RIDES
Pre-purchase of tickets for rides at the Fete start soon! There will be 3 rides this year: a Super Slide, a massive Jurassic Park jumping castle and Bungee Run, so something for everyone!
There will be 3 one hour sessions available with unlimited rides. Wristbands can be purchased for either a one hour time slot or for the entire 3 hours. These rides will be supervised by staff from Barrier Reef Jumping Castles to ensure children get the most turns possible during their time slot. Staff from St. Clare’s will also be on hand to sell wristbands and monitor each session.
Sessions will be $20 per hour, or all 3 hours for $50. There will be a limited number of wristbands sold for each session. An order form for wristband pre-purchase will go home shortly and will be cash only. Order forms can be returned in an envelope with the correct money and wristbands will be available for collection from the office. A Seesaw message will be sent when your wristbands are ready for collection. Lost wristbands will not be replaced and are the responsibility of the purchaser once collected.
Wristbands will also be available for purchase after Assembly in Week 7 & 9 or any Tuesday afternoon Week 3-7 between 2 - 2:50 pm from Mrs Burzacott’s office (just walk down the verandah). If you want to wait and see what the rides look like, limited tickets will be available on the night of the Fete. If you need any further information email Karran principal.tully@cns.catholic.edu.au
Friday 19/7/2024
Coordinator: C Aspinall Helpers: F Cooke S Noonan
Bakers: K Marsilio M La Spina (Cupcakes)
Friday 26/7/2024
TULLY SHOW HOLIDAY
Exciting news! Our much-anticipated MyCE Mobile App is now live and available for download. We're embracing a new era of streamlined communication, and we're delighted to have you on board.
Here’s What You Need to Know:
· Transition to App Communications: To ensure a unified and timely communication channel, all our key communications will gradually transition to the app. This shift will allow us to deliver information more efficiently, ensuring you're always in the know.
· Easy and Faster: Access it from your mobile or tablet at the tap of an icon.
· Turn Notifications on and off: These are controlled by you the user, you will receive notifications when a Targeted News item is posted if your notifications are turned on!
· Log an Absence: Easy on-the-go absence notification. You can log individual and/or multiple student absences across all schools with the tap of a screen.
· Immediate Access: If you haven’t already, please download the app from [App Store / Google Play] and log in with your credentials. Once you're in, customise your notification preferences to suit your needs.
Our commitment remains to provide you with the most efficient, user-friendly and intuitive communication experience. With our new app, we believe we're taking a significant step in that direction.
Thank you for your adaptability and enthusiasm. Welcome to MyCE!
