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Catholic Education Week was once again an action packed week. From a Diocesan mass in Cairns for the school captains, a Southern Deanery mass in Innisfail for the Year 5 and 6 classes and a liturgy at St Clare’s Church for our Preps to Year 4s, the celebrations lasted all week. Our Year 5 and 6 children thoroughly enjoyed their taster sessions at Good Counsel College, experiencing LOTE, HPE, Food Technology and Design Technology, just to name a few classes. The highlight of the week, across the diocese, was welcoming Andrew Chinn into each school to conduct workshops and entertain the students with his musical talent.

After a much awaited period of time and many diocesan prayers, a new bishop has been appointed to the Cairns Diocese. Reverend Joe Caddy will be ordained at St Monica’s Cathedral in Cairns on Thursday August 15 at 6pm. Due to extremely limited seating, each parish and school has been offered a small number of seats to attend the mass in Cairns. To allow for full parish participation, the ordination will be live streamed from a number of locations, including St Clare’s Church in Tully. Please refer to the letter attached to this newsletter for up to date information from the Diocese of Cairns.

Mary Mackillop’s Feast Day falls on next Thursday August 8. As Australia’s first patron saint, a significant part of Mary’s life was spent founding schools for the poor and underprivileged (with the support of Fr Julian Tenison-Woods). Mary’s life did not always run smoothly, and she was ex-communicated at one point after a misunderstanding. In the face of opposition, Mary stayed true to her beliefs and held steadfast in her forgiveness during this trial and was eventually reinstated. It was in 2010 that she was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI. As the only Australian saint, Mary’s Feast Day is an important day in the Catholic Church calendar.

Catholic Education Week Colouring Competition Winners 

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Our Term 2 Star Class winners, Year 5, celebrated with a class party last week complete with snacks and the movie ‘Puss In Boots’. Well done Year 5!

With Blessings,

Sharon Chappel

Term 3 Assemblies

 

Week 4	No Assembly Circus Workshop
Week 5	Year 4
Week 6	No Assembly Science Day
Week 7	Prep
Week 8	No Assembly Pupil Free Day
Week 9	Year 3
Week 10	Year 1

Mindfulness

Working on mindfulness gives us opportunities to develop our ability to pay attention to the present moment and our thoughts. Practising mindfulness daily can help us stay focused on set tasks and reduce stress and anxiety.

Whole Family Activity:

Mindful Walk

• As a family, go on a walk outside in nature. This might be around your local walking track, at your local park or just around your streets.
• While walking, tune into your senses and observe what you can see, hear and feel. Or you might choose to focus on one of the senses. Eg: Hear: what are all the noises you can hear on your walk?
• On your way home or when you return home, share what each person saw, heard or felt.

Family Habit Builder:

Each night at dinner, ask everyone to take one mouthful of food more mindfully than the rest and think about the flavours they can taste and how it makes them feel. (They can also thank the chef!).

District Athletics

Last week, over 40 of our students competed in the Southern Zone Cassowary Coast Athletics Carnival. There were many outstanding results over the 2 days of events, especially when St Clare’s was named the Relay Winners AND Overall Winning School!

Special mention goes to our Age Champions - Billy, Nina, Layla and Brody.

Information for those children who have qualified to attend the Peninsula trials for Track and Field will be sent out this week.

Fete Report No. 5

Preparations are well underway for the fete on 7^th September.

Raffle Tickets: We would like to see more raffle tickets being returned sold or unsold. These can be dropped to the school office.

100’s boards: We still have numbers available on the $10 and $20 board if you would like a square, these will also be for sale after assembly from the tuckshop on Fridays.

Cake Stall: Peach blossoms creaming is well underway. The ladies will be in the tuckshop again this Thursday between 8.30 and 2.30pm. Any time you can give would be appreciated, please let Maria know on 0400 898 104.

Chocolate Stall: IGA has Snack Packs on special this week for $3 and Bars for $1.25. We are still after donations so this would be a great time to buy. You can leave chocolates at the office in the box provided.

Class Hampers: With cent sale wrapping approaching, we would love to see more class hamper donations. Below is the list for each class. We just ask that the items are in new condition as these items go towards making up our cent sale prizes.

Prep: Laundry
Year 1: Garden & Outdoors
Year 2: Kitchen & Pantry
Year 3: Fun & Games
Year 4: Bathroom & Pamper
Year 5: Mums Delight
Year 6: Dads Delight

 Thanks

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. The session from 7-8pm is filling fast, so you may want to choose one of the other sessions to make the most of the time available.  An order form for wristband pre-purchase has been sent home 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.

Letter Reminders were sent out 17/07/2024.  Due Date is Wednesday 31st July, 2024.

Thank you to those families who have made their payment for this term.

Please contact the school office if you did not receive your 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.

Friday  2/8/2024

Coordinator: M Vipiana  Helpers: C Viero   C Bowden 

Bakers:  R Lund  Chantel Lizzio (Cupcakes)

Friday  9/8/2024

Coordinator: M Vipiana  Helpers: K Waters  K Kampe  

Bakers:   R Di Mauro  S Kleinhans   (Cupcakes)

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!

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