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This weekend we look forward to our annual fete. The theme is ‘Let’s Get Physical’ and students have been practising diligently for their class performances on the night. All parents should have received information from teachers regarding Saturday’s requirements and arrival time. I look forward to seeing everyone at the fete and celebrating the high quality fete that St. Clare’s always provides for our school and wider community. Spread the word to everyone you know to come along and have some fun!
This week is Child Protection Week. We take the opportunity to reflect on the important role we play in keeping all children safe. We pray for the young victims of any form of harm, that they may be loved, cared for and supported on their life’s journey. Child Protection is everyone’s responsibility and we have a responsibility to teach our children how to be safe in a variety of circumstances. We do use the Daniel Morcombe program as a stimulus for teaching our children important lessons around personal safety. Together we can keep your children safe. Launched on Father’s Day every year, National Child Protection Week, supports and encourages the safety and wellbeing of Australian children and families. Promoting safe, positive and supportive relationships and interactions with others is an important part of this.
An ongoing message that is always promoted is that protecting children is everyone’s business and all Australians are urged to be involved.
Wellbeing Week
Our practice each term is to have no homework during Wellbeing Week in Week 8. Students are still expected to read each night to keep up their fluency and comprehension development. Take the time to do something different with your family this week.
Prep Transition Program Term 4
Families who have a child enrolled in Prep 2020 should have received a letter about the transition program last week. If you have not received the information please contact the office to get another copy sent to you.
Please remember that term three finishes on Friday September 20th. We will resume for our fourth term after the Queen’s Birthday holiday. Term 4 commences on Tuesday October 8th.
Best wishes for the week ahead! See you at the fete on Saturday night!
Narelle Harney
From the APRE’s Desk
Welcome Community Hospitality
Last week, I was in the presence of an enthusiastic group of people in leadership from schools throughout the Dioceses of Brisbane, Toowoomba, Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns. We were all strengthening and deepening our knowledge and understanding of the Enhancing Catholic School Identity (ECSI) Project in order to help determine how best to support the Catholic Identity in our own school context. I look forward to working alongside our school leadership, staff, students and parents of our school community to help facilitate our continued development.
We honour fathers and father figures ~ Humble of Heart. Strength of Purpose.
Last Sunday, we celebrated Father’s Day, a day where we remember and honour those men in our lives who are our fathers, or are as father figures to us: those men who, through their open-heartedness, are people of compassionate mercy, who wisely take the message of the Risen Christ into their hearts, who humbly use their strength of purpose to be co-creators with God and who are courageous peacemakers in our troubled and complex world. Fill their hearts with love, humility, and openness. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Sunday, 8th September ~ The Nativity of Mary, 2019
Next Sunday we celebrate the special feast of the birth of Mary. We honour Mary as the person who carried Jesus and gave birth to him, the Son of God. Mary was a faith-filled and loving servant of God who only wanted what God wanted of her. God loved her very much.
Mary was specially chosen by God to be the mother of Jesus. She must have had some great qualities for God to choose her. She would have to be very trusting.
When the angel asked her to be the mother of Jesus, she trusted that God would look after her.
- Mary would have been a person of faith.
Mary always had great faith in God and prayed for guidance.
- Mary was a kind and generous person.
When Mary had given birth to Jesus, the shepherds came to see him, and Mary welcomed them with kindness and warmth.
- Mary was a filled with love for Jesus.
When Jesus was lost, she was very worried because she loved him so much.
- Mary was a person who accepted God’s will for her.
Even when Mary didn’t understand what God was asking of her, she accepted God’s will.
- Mary was a strong and courageous person.
When Mary and Joseph had to travel to Bethlehem, and later to Egypt, Mary showed strength in mind, body and spirit.
Reflection Text
If Jesus had written poems, one of them could have been this:
May the Grace of God be with you,
Kath Kennedy
SPORT NEWS
State 10-12yr Girls’ Softball Championships
Congratulations to Danielle Kerr, Eve Zonta and Meg Chappel for representing the Peninsula region at the 10-12yr Girls’ State Softball Championships at Cairns from 29th August – 1st September. All three girls played fantastic softball at the four-day carnival against very strong competition from all the regions around Queensland. Well done girls!
Peninsula 10-12yr Cricket Trials
Congratulations to Chace Crema and Riley Berge for their representation in the Southern Cassowary Coast District Cricket Team at Kurrimine last week. The boys won the trial match and Riley gained a position in the Cassowary Coast District team currently playing at the Peninsula 10-12yr Cricket Trials at Tolga. Well done boys!
Brisbane International School’s Challenge Tennis
Congratulations to our Orange-Ball and Green-Ball tennis teams that represented our school at the Peninsula Region Brisbane International trials at the Cairns International Tennis Centre last week. Chace Crema, Jarrod Vipiana, Meg Chappel and Riley Berge placed third in the highly contested Green-ball tournament while Aiden Vipiana, Case Durighello, Jackson Solien and Cooper Sichter placed fifth against tough competition in the Orange-Ball tournament. Well done to all the students and many thanks to the attending parents for their support!
T20 Blast Cricket – Cassowary Coast South
The T20 Blast Cricket day is scheduled for Wednesday 18th September (last week of school) at the Kim Carroll fields. Parent slips will be emailed this week for permission. Transport and team management would be greatly appreciated.
Mary Mills Catholic Schools’ Netball Carnival
The Mary Mills Netball Carnival is scheduled for Friday 20th September in Cairns. Girls in Year 5 and 6 have started training and parent slips will be emailed this week.
Jim Graham Catholic Schools’ Rugby League Cup
Chace Crema, Dean Giardina, Peter Solien, Hamish Gilbert and Jared Nash have commenced training for the Jim Graham Catholic Schools’ Rugby League Cup on Friday 20th September Cairns for Year 5 and 6 boys.
School Calendar
| September | |||
| 7 | St Clare's Fete | ||
| 18 | T20 Blast Cricket- Tully | ||
| 20 | Mary Mills Netball Carnival- Cairns -Yr 5 & 6 Girls | ||
| Jim Graham Catholic Schools' Rugby League Cup- Cairns - Yr 5 & 6 Boys | |||
| School closes for Term 3 |
SCHOOL ASSEMBLY - School Assembly Friday at 8.40am
Presented by: Wk 8 - Yr 1 (6/9) and Wk 9 - Yr 2 (13/9)
All parents and friends are invited to attend.
Term 3 - Assembly Classes: Wk 10 - Yr 3.
SEL Awards Term 3 Week 6
MEDICATION - TO BE GIVEN AT SCHOOL
If your child needs to be given medication during school hours you must complete an Administration of Medication Form which is kept in the school office.
We ask if medicine has to be given can you please send the correct amount of medicine in a syringe enclosed in a named plastic snap lock bag. Once medication has been given the syringe will be washed and given back to the child. This will ensure that no medicine bottle is left at school.
IMPORTANT - REMINDER TO PARENTS
> When making school fee internet banking payments please make sure that you include your Family Reference Code. A copy of the receipt payment will need to be forwarded to the school office to advise us who has made the payment and when it has been made.
> If your child is going to be absent from school please ring the school office by 9.00am or send an email.
> If your child is late coming to school they are required to come to the school office to collect late card.
> Any messages regarding bus in the afternoons are to be done by 2.30pm to ensure messages are passed on to staff and students.
> Parents are asked not to go to classrooms once school has commenced. Please report to the school office if you need to see / give items to your child or the class teacher.
> All parents or visitors are required to sign in at the school office. Please do not use the car park gate to enter the school during school hours.
> If your child is being collected by another parent or person you are required to ring the school office and notify who will be collecting your child/ren.
SCHOOL FAMILY DATA INFORMATION
Parents (mother & father) who have changed their home address, home phone, work details & phone and emergency contacts please complete slip below and return to school office by the end of this week. Your prompt attention would be appreciated. Thank you.
TUCKSHOP ROSTER - Term 3
Friday 6/9/19 NO TUCKSHOP this Friday- due to Fete Setup
Friday 13/9/19
Coordinator - N Colombini
Helpers - J Hubert J Nash
Bakers- K O'Kane R Miller (Cupcakes)
Lids 4 Kids
Our P & F are going to coordinate the Lids 4 Kids collection for St Clare’s School. Classes will soon be given collection containers and students will be educated on what lids can be collected for this worthy cause.
This project was founded by Tim Miller, an amazing Dad from Canberra who realised Lids (bottle caps) were going to landfill so he did some internet research and discovered Envision. Envision is an Australian Not-for-Profit group in Victoria that trains disadvantaged people to use 3D printers to make mobility aids for children who are amputees. For more information about the project go to https://envision.org.au/
Fete Update No.7
FETE WEEK IS HERE: After weeks of planning and dance practice the fete is only 4 sleeps away. We have been very lucky to have been supported by fabulous parents, staff, local and away businesses to hopefully be able to put on an awesome night of fun, dancing, yummy food and plenty of rides.
Just a few reminders before the big event:
RAFFLE TICKETS: ALL raffle tickets to be in by Friday morning at the latest to the office.
SILENT AUCTION: A list of all 25 items went home on Friday, if you would like to bid on one or more of the awesome packages please fill in the slips and return before, or on the night of the fete.
CAKE STALL: We need donations of cakes, slices and or biscuits, these can be dropped off all day on Friday to the tuckshop (it will be open), or Saturday morning from 8am. As previously stated feel free to price your items or we can do it for you, BUT PLEASE REMEMBER TO LABEL WHAT THE SLICE, CAKE OR BISCUITS ARE. If you would like trays please let me know on 0418 158 872 and I can send them home with your child or meet you at the tuckshop to give them to you.
SUCCULENT STALL: All plants to be dropped off Saturday morning.
ADOPT A PET: If you have any stuffed toys in good condition that need a new home you can still drop these off this week up to the office in the bucket provided.
FETE RIDES: Don’t forget you can still purchase ride tickets, $35 for 4 hours of unlimited rides
FETE SETUP: Friday from 3.30pm we need as many dads as possible to help setup. We setup up tables, chairs, gazabo’s, BBQ’S etc. Many hands make light work. On Saturday morning we will finish setting up. Co ordinators of stalls will require help to decorate and or put finishing touches on stalls so please speak to your stall co ordinator to see when and how you can help.
If you require any information please let one of us know. Thanks, Kylie, Cheryl, Jane, Alice and Marie.
THE 2019 ST CLARES FETE “LET’S GET PHYSICAL” WILL COMMENCE WITH THE CHILDREN’S PERFORMANCES AT 5PM. STALLS WILL OPEN AT 6PM. BE SURE TO TELL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO COME ALONG.
ENJOY THE NIGHT EVERYONE!
Fete Flyer
Fete Stall Roster
Fete Rides Information
Take A Kid Fishing Day Sunday 22nd September Hull Heads Coastguard Park. Free entry but all entrants must be registered and accompanied by an adult. Great prizes for kids and catches of all sizes! Registration forms from Tackle World, Cavs and other Tully retailers!
