Dear Parents, Staff and Students

Welcome back to Term Three. I hope all families enjoyed quality time together over the holidays and are feeling refreshed and ready for the exciting term ahead.  Students and staff have been busy finalising our Show Display for this coming weekend. A reminder that this Friday is our Show Holiday, Thank you to all families who supported our recent Pie Drive. Preparations for our annual fete are well underway with a team of coordinators working hard behind the scenes.

Condolences to the Hoare family

We continue to keep Greg Hoare, past principal of St Clare’s, and his family in our prayers. Greg’s wife Robyn passed away on Sunday night. The funeral arrangements for Robyn Hoare have been finalised for Monday 29^th July at 10 am at St Michael’s Church, Gordonvale. May she rest in peace.

Staffing update

Initial staffing plans for 2020 are underway and I will be meeting with CES staff in coming weeks to discuss plans for St. Clare’s.  This term we welcome back Kaitlyn Marsilio for one day a week supporting teachers and students with different programs. We also welcome Amarjit Kaur as our cleaner for the remainder of the year.

Catholic Education Week

Week 3 is Catholic Education Week. On Tuesday July 30th all students in Yrs 3 – 6 will be travelling to Innisfail to join other schools in the Southern Cluster for a CEW Mass and activities. A parentslip has been sent to all parents this morning with further details and action will be required by parents to click on the link and respond regarding permissions. Students in Prep-Yr 2 will also be having a liturgy for CEW on Wednesday 31^st. Further information can be found in the APRE news.

Date Claimer: St Clare’s Feast day

Our school community will be celebrating our feast day at Wongaling Beach on Friday August 16^th.  Further details will be sent out in coming weeks. All parents are invited to join us for our mass and activities.

Satisfaction Surveys

Thank you to families who have responded to the annual satisfaction surveys already.  A reminder that the surveys close Monday August 5^th.  Your feedback is valuable to us as we forward plan into the future.

Best wishes for the week ahead,

Narelle Harney

From the APRE’s Desk

Welcome    Community   Hospitality
Welcome back to Term Three!

The Pope’s Monthly Intentions for 2019

Each year, the Holy Father asks for our prayers for a specific intention each month. You are invited to answer the Holy Father's request and to join with many people worldwide in praying for this intention each month. From time to time, the Holy Father may add a second prayer intention related to current events or urgent needs, such as disaster relief. The second prayer request will help mobilize prayer and action related to the urgent situation.

The Holy Father has entrusted these intentions to the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network (also known as the Apostleship of Prayer), an organization that works to encourage Christians to respond to the Pope's appeal and to deepen their daily prayer. You can find more information about the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network on their website at http://popesprayerusa.net/. (The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network will also publish any urgent prayer intentions of the Holy Father as soon as they are received from the Holy See.)

JULY

The Integrity of Justice
That those who administer justice may work with integrity, and that the injustice which prevails in the world may not have the last word.
(Sourced from http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/the-popes-monthly-intention.cfm)

Catholic Education Week
28 July – 3 August 2019

This annual event is held to promote the special ethos of Catholic schools and to highlight the great things that take place in Catholic schools every day.  

The theme for this year’s celebrations is:  Many Voices. One Spirit.

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.

Our school is planning a number of activities during the week and we hope you are able to join in the celebrations with us.

The Prep to Year 2 Liturgy which was previously scheduled for Monday, 29^th July has been moved to Wednesday, 31^st at 10:15am. Following the Liturgy, parents, grandparents and friends are invited to visit classrooms for a short time before moving to the Heart of St Clare’s Garden for a whole school morning tea to celebrate our grandparents at 11am. A special invitation will be sent home with each family this week.

This year, Year 3 to 6 will be travelling to Innisfail on Tuesday 30^th July to take part in the Catholic Education Mass and activities with students from other Southern Deanery schools.

On Friday, 2^nd August Year 4 will lead the school with a short liturgy on assembly at 8:40am. Fun Friday afternoon activities will complete the Catholic Education Week celebrations.

Saints ANNE & JOACHIM: GRANDPARENTS OF JESUS

This saintly couple are parents to Mary and grandparents to Jesus. With such amazing offspring, Joachim and Anne must have shared an extraordinary love. They have long been held up as exemplars for married couples, and in fact, they are one of the few married couple saints canonised in the Catholic Church.

We know very few facts about Saints Anne and Joachim, the only recorded stories of them are from an apocryphal gospel dating from the 4th Century AD called the Protoevangelium of James. 

The legend told says that after years of childlessness, an angel appeared to tell Anne and Joachim that they would have a child. Whatever their names or the facts of their lives, we can assume that Mary was raised in a Jewish family home faithful to God and to the religious traditions of her day such that she was led to respond wholeheartedly to God’s request with faith, “Let it be done to me as you will.”

This Friday, 26^th July we celebrate the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, Grandparents of Jesus. To all our grandparents, thank you for all the gifts of life and faith you have given us. We hope many of our grandparents will be able to join us for our whole school morning tea next Wednesday, 31^st July at 11am in the Heart of St Clare’s Garden to celebrate the special gifts they share with us.

(sources and adapted from www.catholic.org/saints)

Other significant dates in term 3 include:

Week 5: Friday, 16^th August – Celebrating our Feast of St Clare of Montefalco at Wongaling Beach – whole school celebrations. More information to come.

Sacramental Program:
Sunday 18^th August – Weekend Mass Ritual (Presentation of the Creed and Lord’s Prayer) and Sacrament preparation at St Clare’s Church – 9am to 3:30pm. This is a one-day Confirmation and First Eucharist preparation day.
Week 6, Friday, 23^rd August – Sacrament of Confirmation at St Clare’s Church at 6pm.
Sunday, 25^th August – Sacrament of the First Eucharist at St Clare’s Church at 9am.

ALTAR SERVERS

The roster for Term 3 was sent out last term. Thank you to those students who continue to assist Father Hilary with serving during Masses. We are looking forward to inviting our new Year 4 sacramental candidates to serve alongside current experienced Altar Servers and thank those students who have offered to help train our new servers.

May the Grace of God be with you,
Kath Kennedy

TERM THREE FEES - 2019

School Fees for this term were sent out last Friday.                              

Due date is 9th August 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.

SEL Awards Term 2 Week 10

Back Row: Chelsea Borgna, Dean Giardina, George McAvoy, Jessica Briggs.

Front Row: Hugo Herborn, Peri Jensen, Leah Johnston, Blair Hodgson, Saihajleen Kaur, Erin Luxford, Ben Langdon.

SEL Awards Term 3 Week 1

SEL Photo Term 3 Week 1

Back Row:  David Aspinall, Claudia Haines, Elise Kleinhans, Bydie O’Kane, Emily Pietrobon, Cooper Sichter, Erin Luxford

Front Row: Evie Miller, Amber Dore, Basil Dore, Wilson Tran, Brody Lloyd, Keith De Kok.

Term 3  TUCKSHOP ROSTER -

Friday 26/7/19
No tuckshop Tully Show Holiday

Friday 2/8/19
Coordinator -  C Aspinall
Helpers - J Wright & C Quabba
Bakers - L Bird & K Evans (Cupcakes)

School Calendar

All parents and friends are invited to attend.

Term 3  - Assembly Classes:  Wk 4 - Yr 5, Wk 5 - No Assembly, Wk 6 - Yr 6, Wk 7 - Prep, Wk 8 - Yr 1, Wk 9 - Yr 2, Wk 10 - Yr 3.