Dear Parents and Carers,

We are in the midst of the busy time of year where teaching and learning is still a major focus and we are also planning for end of year events and the year ahead. Our students have enjoyed swimming each week as the weather warms up and are excited about their upcoming carnival on Nov 27. I thank all staff for their ongoing dedication to our students and the extras that are part of the job at this time of the year.  Information about the Swimming Carnival will be sent to families closer to the date.

Prep Transition

Our Prep 2021 students will attend their final day at St. Clare’s this Wednesday. Thank you to Gita Sima and Pauline Colombini for the wonderful experiences they have given our future prep students over the past 5 weeks. We all look forward to the learning journey of these children commencing in January 2021.

School Leaders 2021

Some Yr 5 students are currently preparing their campaign posters and speeches to be presented in Week 8 for School Captain and House Captain positions. Speeches will be presented to the school body on Thursday November 26^th. Yr 5 parents will be advised the times of speeches in coming weeks.

As we commenced this year, all students in Yr 6 in 2021 will be a Student Leader and demands of representation, welcoming visitors, functions, mass/liturgies etc will be shared amongst all students during the year. These students will have a leadership retreat in Term 1, 2021.

Yr 6 Mini Fete

This Thursday our Yr 6 students will host the annual mini fete. This links to their Religious Education units that focus on service and social justice. Funds raised for the mini fete usually go to Catholic Mission as our key focus of support each year. This year we have decided to split the money between Catholic Mission and the Children’s Hospital Foundation.  We have a spirited young prep student, Matt Porter, who we miss terribly as he has spent most of the year in Brisbane receiving medical treatment.  Matt, and many other children, receive amazing support from the Children’s Hospital Foundation so we are proud to be able to support them in Matt’s name.  

It is a good idea to send in change with children to the mini fete (most children bring $10-$15) and a bag for them to carry their winnings/purchases in.  All students are able to wear casual clothes this Thursday for our mini fete day.

Best wishes for the week ahead,

Narelle Harney

Remembrance Day

We will celebrate Remembrance Day tomorrow. It was first observed in 1919 throughout the British Commonwealth. It was originally called “Armistice Day” to commemorate armistice agreement that ended the First World War on Monday, November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.—on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Many Australians stop what they are doing at exactly 11am in their local times on November 11 each year to dedicate a minute of silence for those who died in war, especially soldiers from as far back as World War I. Many people wear artificial poppies on the day in remembrance of the nation’s fallen heroes. We pray for all those who have died in war or as a result of conflict. We also pray for service men and women who are currently on active duty. May they return safely at the conclusion of their deployment.

All classes at St Clare’s will participate in a prayer for Remembrance Day tomorrow.  They will place poppies in their prayer space as a symbol of remembering those who have lost their lives.

NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC stands for ‘National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Day Observance Committee’. NAIDOC Week is a celebration held every year and lasts for one week. It is usually held in July but due to COVID, it is being celebrated this week. NAIDOC week is when we celebrate the culture, history and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Aboriginal culture should be celebrated, respected and acknowledged. It also shows that Australians from all cultures can live together peacefully and celebrate the heritage of Australia.

St Vincent De Paul Christmas Hampers

During the last three weeks of this term we collect items for the SVDP hampers. This appeal offers our school community an opportunity to help support families in our local community celebrate the festive season.

Some ideas for non-perishable goods are shown below:

Important: Please ensure all goods are within use-by dates:

Prep: Tinned/packet soup. Puddings, cake or pancake mix, custards.

Year 1: Tinned fruits/meals including spaghetti, baked beans etc.

Year 2: Breakfast cereals, pasta, grains (e.g. rice, cous cous, spaghetti etc)

Year 3: Biscuits (sweet or savoury), muesli bars, fruit mince pies.

Year 4: Lollies, candy canes, Christmas Cake/pudding, sauces, bon bons.

Year 5: Tinned vegetables (e.g. corn, peas, carrots, 3 bean mix, beetroot).

Year 6: Drinks (e.g. soft drinks, juice, tea, coffee, long-life milk, cordial).

Children may bring these items to their classroom and place them in their hamper, or to the office hamper any time before Thursday, 3^rd December.

School Calendar - 2020

Well done to Liam Quabba and Alyssa Williamson who participated in the Peninsula under 12 Aquathon Championships at the TAS School in Cairns. Liam and Alyssa completed a 1km run, 200 metre swim and another 1 km run so a great effort completing this event. 

The years 4-6 students have started their Rugby League Tag carnival on Monday and Wednesday afternoons on the school oval.  It has been fantastic to see the closely contested games with a high skill level being displayed.

The competition ladder is attached. With one more round game to go before the finals in it will be interesting to see if the undefeated Chargers can be beaten!  

The League Tag focus will continue over the next two weeks culminating in the Billy Slater League Tag Carnival in Innisfail on the 20^th November for the year 5 and 6 students.

School swimming has been going well for the whole school on Wednesdays and Friday and we look forward to Friday the 27^th of November for our St. Clare’s School Swimming Carnival. Stay tuned for carnival information next week.

Year 6 MINI FETE

Thank you to everyone who has already donated items for our Mini Fete this year.  We appreciate your generosity.

We are still collecting items for the Trash n Treasure stall, chocolate stall and of course any type of baked treat for the Sweet Stall eg. Chocolate crackles, toffees, slices.

YEAR 6 MINI FETE

Thursday 12^th November

CASUAL DRESS DAY!

 

Bring along coins and a shopping bag to carry home your goodies!

All money raised goes to Catholic Missions and the Children’s Hospital Foundation.

 

Congratulations to all students below:-

Back:  Maya, Marty, Kelly

Front:  Jack, Kenzi

Week 5

Congratulations to all students below:-

Zoe, Myah, Amber

Week 5

Emily, Gemma, Blair

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR

Huge THANKYOU to all parents and children who supported our annual School book fair last week.  The School was the recipient of $692.25 of free books from the fair.  Many thanks to the Boisen family, Calleja family, Chappel family, Condon family, Johnston family, Declan Lizzio, Metcalfe family, Evie Miller, Quabba family, Jaxon Reddacliff, and Cooper Sichter family for their generous donations of new books from the fair for the school library.

I would also like to thank the teachers for their help during the fair, which is greatly appreciated.

Mrs Borgna.

Winners of a free books from the book fair were:

    Basil Dore and Sienna Billing

Basil and Athena (representing Sienna)

SEE YOU AT NEXT YEAR’S BOOK FAIR...

Hello St Clare’s families

We would like to extend a huge thank you to all the families that bought/sold tickets in the Mitre 10/Tully Canegrowers Mega raffle.  All the proceeds from the sale of tickets that we sold, are donated back to us. We are yet to get a final total of the funds, however at this stage we are over $5000.  This is a wonderful initiative of the Tully Canegrowers and the Tigers Leagues Club to help support the local school communities, so thank you for your support.

The Raffle will be drawn on Thursday 26^th November at the Tigers leagues club, for anyone that would like to be there.

A couple of reminders:

• Thursdays – School banking

• Next P&F Meeting – Thursday 19^th November at 7pm, St Clare’s school 

A final note, that the Sports Shed which the P&F are funding, is well under construction, and making very good progress. The children will get great access to sporting equipment for play times and able to be stored in the one spot.

Have a great week

P&F Committee