Dear Parents, Staff and Students

Wellbeing Week

Week 8 is Wellbeing Week at St Clare’s.  Student wellbeing and pastoral care are integral to the organisation of the school and its curriculum delivery. Wellbeing is fundamental to successful learning. Wellbeing is “feeling good” about oneself and one’s relationships as well as one’s sense of meaning, purpose and growth.

Christ is the centre of our work; he promoted wellbeing - wholeness - inclusion - with many who were cast apart from their communities.

The goal of our Catholic school system is for young people to embrace and enjoy the challenges of their lives, with the capacity to bounce back in the face of adversity.

(sourced  from https://www.mn.catholic.edu.au/parents-community/parenting-wellbeing/student-wellbeing/)

During Wellbeing Week, students have the week off from written homework. It’s time to take a moment to reflect on the goodness in one’s life and take the time to practice the pause:

(Sourced from  Father Corapi Catholic Channel)

St Clare's School Board

We held our Board Meeting last Tuesday, June 4th and welcomed new members Alicia Johnston, Jim Chaffey and Brendan Slattery. We thank outgoing Board members, Andrew Apap and Sharon Martin for their dedication and support in policy development, finance, curriculum, capital development and strategic planning of the school. We wish them the very best.

Prep 2020 Enrolments

Enrolments for 2020 are open throughout Term 2 and Term 3. If you have a child eligible for Prep or you have family or friends who are looking for a high-quality education in a Catholic School, please encourage them to contact the school, view our school website or visit our school to enrol their child.

Semester One Reports

Over the past weeks, teachers have been preparing report cards to reflect students’ progress over the first semester of 2019. Teachers spend considerable time writing, re-writing and editing the reports to ensure as accurate reflection as possible of each individual student. Reports will be available through the Parent Portal on Thursday of Week 10. If you have not logged previously logged into the portal now will be a good time to do it. Should you require assistance logging into the parent portal, Chris Edwards would be happy to assist you. Please email Chris Edwards cedwards@cns.catholic.edu.au and she will organise a time with you. 

Once you access your child/ren’s reports it is strongly suggested that you save them to your own files for future reference.

May the Grace of God be with you.

Kath Kennedy

Term 2  Week 8

Southern Cassowary Coast Athletics

We enjoyed another fantastic Southern Cassowary Coast Athletics’ Carnival at Lower Tully State High School and Tully State High School in Week 6.  We were very proud of the effort and sportsmanship of all of our students and delighted that our achievements on the track in the field put us in second place for the Overall School Shield.

We wish to thank the convenors and their dedicated team for their hard work as well as our staff and parents for supporting our students.

Peninsula Trials – Track & Field

Dean Giardina, Meg Chappel, Eve Zonta, Jaia Richtsfeld, Elise Kleinhans, Mia Uitenweerde, Riley Berge, Jackson Solien, Aiden Vipiana, Kassidy Dore, Layla Jenkins, Maya Jensen, Brydie O’Kane and Hannah Morris qualified to represent the Cassowary Coast region at the Peninsula Trials for Track & Field this Sunday 16^th and Monday 17^th June at Barlow Park.  We wish the students who are able to attend the best of luck!

Cassowary Coast Softball Trials

Meg Chappel, Eve Zonta, Danielle Kerr and Alyssa Williamson attended the Cassowary Coast Softball trials and secured a place in the Cassowary Coast team to play at the Peninsula Trials on Friday 21^st June at El Arish.  Good luck girls!!

SEL Awards Term 2 Week 6

Year 4

Back Row: Seth Borgna, Myah Sorbello, Danielle Kerr, Raj Singh, Peter Solien.

Front Row: Bailey Hanschen, Will McAvoy, Sienna Wilcox, Saihajleen (Saihaj) Kaur, Layla Morris, Athena Billing, Madeleine Deveraux

SEL Awards Term 2 Week 7

Back row: Meg Chappel, Maya Jensen, Bailey Duiker, Jaia Richtsfeld, Hamish Gilbert, Sahib Singh Sidhu
Front Row: Raphael Pajares, William Burns, Jayden Lloyd, Rhythmpreet Kaur, Heath Driemel, Leah Johnston, Sophie Pietrobon, Arshpreet Kaur.

BOOK WEEK

Book week will be celebrated nationally from the 17^th to 23^rd of August, 2019.  This annual event highlights the importance of reading, and draws on the joy of stories and creativity of Australian books.  The theme for Book Week this year is ‘Reading is my Secret Power’.  Our students will enjoy participating in a range of exciting activities in the school library leading up to Book Week that focus on a great selection of Australian books.  Parents, feel free to drop into the library to look at our new books, and see what all of the fuss is about. 

St Clare's will be celebrating Book Week with a Character Dress Up Parade on Tuesday 20th of August at 9:00am.  Students are asked to come dressed as their favourite superhero, or favourite book character. Parents are welcome to stay and enjoy the Book Character Dress Up Parade!

Jenny Crema

Teacher Librarian

Congratulations & thank you to Steph Grimaz who has volunteered to be the new Bookclub Convenor. Steph will kick off with Bookclub in term 3. 

2019 OUTSTANDING SCHOOL FEES 

Would you kindly forward payment as soon as possible so payment of school accounts can be made before the holidays.

Please contact the principal if you have any issues of concerns.    

Thank you to all families who have made their payment or are paying by direct debit or bpay. Please continue with payments over the holidays so your school fee balance will be paid by the end of term 2 or your account may go into credit ready for term 3 school fees.

WINTER UNIFORM

On the colder mornings students may wear the following as per our Uniform policy:

• Plain NAVY jumper, zip style or navy pullover. NAVY track pants or black leggings.

The plain blue jumpers that some students have are also acceptable. 

Please note that coloured jumpers or any with logos/pictures should NOT be worn.

STUDENT CARE INSURANCE

Has your child had an accident or injury at school or in a school related activity such as inter-school sport or a school camp? If the answer is yes you may be entitled to claim for expenses under Catholic Education’s Student Care Insurance. It covers expenses such as medical costs (where the law allows), emergency transport, travel, home tuition and school fee relief.

For further information click the following link: https://ccinsurance.org.au/Insurance/Pages/Student-care-Information.aspx

School Calendar

Presented by:   Wk 8 - Yr 2, Wk 9 - Yr 6   

All parents and friends are invited to attend.

TERM 2 - Assembly:  Wk 10 - Yr 1             

(Please note changes  above)

Term 2  TUCKSHOP ROSTER -

Friday 14/6/19
Coordinator - L Zonta Helpers - J Solien  C Bowden
Bakers - E La Fauci  S Klienhans (Cupcakes)

Friday 21/6/19
Coordinator - K Morris Helpers - M Murphy  M Durighello
Bakers - K O'Kane  R Miller (Cupcakes)

Friday 28/6/19
Coordinator - R Lizzio  Helpers - A Mc Namara J Burns
Bakers - L Uitenweerde N Evans (Cupcakes)