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Dear Parents and Carers,
We look forward to our swimming carnival this Friday. Thank you to all parents assisting on Friday with carnival jobs. Your assistance allows our day to run smoothly so that our students have a wonderful carnival. I would also like to acknowledge in advance the planning and preparation of our upcoming carnival by Stuart Russell. Thank you Stuart!
Please ensure students apply sunscreen before coming to school and have some in their bags to reapply. All students need to bring their own food and water bottles for the day (maybe more than one water bottle).
Just a reminder that we have a limit of 80 spectators and are asking that only adults supporting 5-7 year olds are in attendance from 9-10:15am. Remember to bring your own chair.
2021 Booklists
These will be sent home with students this week. We will also make them available on our school website for access during the school holidays.
Staffing 2021
Our staffing for 2020 is now 95% complete and I can now share the following teaching staff with you for next year.
Acting APRE Helen Andrews
Leaders of Diversity Helen Andrews and Chris Edwards
Leader of Learning and Teaching Chris Edwards
Prep Gita Sima
Yr1 Zanelle Collins
Yr2 Georgia Moloney
Yr3 Jo Wall
Yr4 TBC
Yr5 Sharon Chappel
Yr6 Jamilla Dressler (3) / Cherie Jenkins (2)
All current support staff will continue in 2021.
Final Assembly and Awards Dec 2
Next Wednesday December 2nd we will be holding our Awards Assembly at 9am where we will recognise the contribution of students who have served in special roles for our school and the Catholic community. Thank you to our sponsors for our end of year awards. Your support is much appreciated!
The following will be announced at our Awards Assembly:
- 2021 School Captains and House Captains
- St Clare’s Spirit Award
- St Clare’s Academic Award
- St Clare’s Achievement Progress Award
- St Clare’s Character Award (Prep – Year 5)
- 2020 House Cup
Students who were selected in Peninsula teams will receive certificates that normally would be presented at the local Ulysses Sporting Awards night. We will also formally farewell staff who will be leaving us at the end of the school year.
Parents of students in Yrs 5 and 6 are most welcome to join us for our final assembly for 2020. Parents of families leaving at the end of this year are also welcome to attend and parents of students receiving the Character Award will be contacted this week to attend. If both parents are unable to attend then a grandparent/older sibling may attend in their place (only 2 adults per family). Due to spacing restrictions we can only cater for the identified groups of adults to attend. All families need to have spacing between them and the next family to adhere to COVID requirements. Everyone will also be required to sign in.
Semester Two Report Cards
On Thursday, Dec 3, all students’ report cards reflecting their second semester work will be available on the Parent Portal by 4pm. I trust this is an accurate appraisal of your children’s work and I thank the teachers for their commitment in preparing the reports. Now is the time to check your access to the parent portal.
If you need assistance accessing the parent portal please contact Chris Edwards via cedwards@cns.catholic.edu.au to organise a time to meet. Links can be found on both our school website and through the skoolbag app. It is suggested that you save your children’s reports in your personal files for future use.
We thank and are grateful for the work that the staff leaving St Clare’s have done in their time here. We ask our Lord to continue to bless them in their work. Staff leaving St Clare’s at the end of 2020 are: Kath Kennedy (APRE), Jenny Crema, Tina Metcalfe, Paula Brumley, Rosemarie Pensini, and Lydia Valeriano. Thank you for all that you have done at St Clare’s!
Yr 6 Farewell Liturgy and Dinner
Next Monday our Yr 6 students will be farewelled with a Liturgy at 5:30pm followed by dinner with their parents, Fr Hilary and some staff. Please keep our Yr 6 students in your prayers this week as they prepare to complete their primary schooling at St Clare’s and move to High School in 2021.
Waterslide day Thursday Dec 3
Students are reminded to pack swimmers, sun-shirt, sunscreen and towel next Thursday for the Inflatable Water-slide proudly provided by the P&F to reward our students with some fun for all their great work throughout the school year! Remember NO jewellery and zips allowed on the water slide. Classes will be rostered to use the slide throughout the day. Please contact your class teacher with any concerns.
End of Year LIturgy Friday Dec 4
We will be having a liturgy on Friday at 11:15am in the Montefalco Centre. From here we will process together out to the grass area near the church to countdown our end of year dismissal. We will have the silver seats available for parents who wish to join us for the liturgy (sign in and spacing requirements will be in place). Alternatively, parents may wish to meet us on the grass around 11:45am. Students who do not have parents here at 12pm will be taken to the admin verandah for collection via stop drop and go.
The school year has almost come to a close and we have much for which to be thankful. On behalf of the staff I wish to thank all the parents for your support throughout 2020. It has been an extraordinary year that we will always remember and be thankful for our blessings to live in an area that has been protected from COVID. Thank you to all staff and families for the understanding and support that has been shown this year with our constant changes and limitations.
Enjoy your special family gatherings over the holiday period.
May God’s grace be with you and yours during the holiday period.
Narelle Harney
First Sunday of Advent
This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. As Christians we prepare in a spiritual way for a special event of celebration – The birth of Jesus Christ. Advent is a time when everyone is waiting for God’s messenger and to celebrate the good feast of his arrival: Christmas. Advent is a time when Christians prepare the earth for God’s son by spreading peace, forgiveness and joy.
A Christmas Blessing
God grant you the light of Christmas,
Which is faith;
The warmth of Christmas,
Which is purity;
The righteousness of Christmas,
Which is justice;
The belief in Christmas,
Which is truth;
The all of Christmas,
Which is Christ…..
Written by Wilda English
St Clare’s Christmas Mass
There will be a Vigil Mass on Thursday 24th December at 5.30pm at St Clare’s Church. This will probably be an outdoor Mass where approximately 300 people may be able to attend.
The Parish need attendance numbers so if you wish to attend this Mass, there is an Attendance Sheet at the Church to register your details or you can register by calling Bob McIlroy on 0439 828 528.
St Vincent De Paul Christmas Hampers
The Vinnies Christmas Hampers Appeal for 2020 was launched on assembly in Week 6. Each class were given a box to fill with grocery items. These hampers will help families who are experiencing hardship in this coming Christmas season and offers our school community an opportunity to help support families in our local community celebrate the festive season.
The hampers will be presented to a representative from the St. Vincent de Paul Society at our Thanksgiving Liturgy on Friday, 4th December.
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, 3rd December.
Altar Servers for 2021
We thank the dedicated Altar Servers who have continued to help Fr Hilary serve during the Masses throughout this year. We hope to see you all continue with your role next year. We are always looking for additional volunteers who would like to become Altar Servers. There will be further information early next year for students who have made their sacraments and would like to become Altar Servers. A roster will be sent out at the start of next year.
Nature Playground Blessing
This morning staff, students, Fr Hilary and Shane Gee gathered for a liturgy to bless our new Nature Playground. Ms Harney spoke about the wonderful playspace that has been created by Shane and his team and thanked them for the many hours of work. Ms Harney hoped that the students continued to enjoy playing in the new playground and students in the years to come. Ms Harney cut the ribbon to officially open the Nature Playground.
School Calendar - 2020
| November | |||
| 25 | Student Leader Speeches | ||
| 27 | No Assembly | ||
| SWIMMING CARNIVAL | |||
| 30 | 5.30pm | Year 6 Liturgy/Dinner | |
| December | |||
| 1 | Year 6 Kurrimine Excursion | ||
| 2 | 9am | Awards Assembly | |
| 3 | Water Slide P&F | ||
| 4 | No Assembly | ||
| 11.15am | End of Year Liturgy | ||
| 12pm | School closes for 2020 | ||
| January | 2021 | ||
| 27 | School resumes for 2021 |
We look forward to the swimming carnival this Friday at Tully pool. There are a number of covid guidelines that have been set out so we thank you in advance for following these and allowing the carnival to be run in this capacity. Thank you to those parents who are helping on the day, a job list has been emailed to you.
Last Friday the 20th November the year 5 and 6 students attended the Billy Slater League Tag carnival in Innisfail. St. Clare’s had 4 teams competing. A girls and boys team and two mixed teams. The girls team were undefeated on the day and the 3 other teams all won 3 out of their 5 games. Our after school League tag competition has come to an end also, congratulations to the Seagulls team who came away as the champions. Congratulations to all the players who gave up their afternoons to play. A special mention to Ben Langdon from year 4 who was awarded Player of the Tournament and received his Cowboys footy.
END OF SEMESTER REPORTS
End of Semester 2 report cards will be uploaded to the Parent Portal by the end of business on Thursday 3rd December. Now would be a great time to check you can login to the portal in readiness for reports being released. If you can’t remember your password, there is a Forgotten Password option to select. This will email you a link to reset your password. If you have any further difficulties, please email cedwards@cns.catholic.edu.au Attached is a handy help sheet for logging into the Parent Portal.
2021 BOOKLIST
Booklists will be given out to each child tomorrow. Parents please check with your child so they do not get misplaced over the holidays.
- All library books/ Parent books and All Home Readers to be returned to library. Library is now closed to all borrowing.
FINAL DAY OF SCHOOL
RETURN TO SCHOOL
- Any parents who may be considering travelling overseas or interstate over the 2020/2021 period need to contact the office no later than Friday, 27th November, 2020.
SCHOOL TIMES - 2021
Thank you to all families who have made their school fee payment.
For those who pay their fees by direct debit or Bpay we appreciate if payments continue over the holidays to ensure there will be no outstanding fees starting 2021.
Thank you
HCC Discount Scheme - Tuition Fee only
A letter regarding HCC was sent out last week to parents who are in our HCC scheme. Please check with your child for this letter which was due yesterday for parent to come into school office to complete.
The Parent of the card holder is required to come to the school office and complete a new form for 2021 term one fees together with a copy of their card (expiry date has to be after Jan 27th, 2021).
If your expiry date finishes 31 Dec 2020, you are required to come in the school office at the start of first week of school. A new form can be completed with a copy of the new card.
If any new families who are eligible for the Health Care Care/Pension Card discount should ensure they come into the school office to complete a form and give a copy of their card.
It is important that this form is completed before 2021 term one fees are generated.
Please be advised that this will be the last week for student school banking for this year.
We will commence again when we return to school in 2021.
Congratulations to all students below:-
Back Row: Holly, Hannah, Samuel, Jared
Front Row: Leah, Peri, Darcy
Wilson, Annika, Eden, Jeffrey
Back: Chase, Amelia, Cooper, Nate
Front: Lachlan, Thomas
Congratulations to our Year 6 class for their fabulous efforts in running the Mini Fete last week. We raised approximately $1500 which will be sent to Catholic Missions and The Children’s Hospital Foundation. A huge thank you to all of our St. Clare’s families for their generous donations for the fete and also for sending in spending money with their students. Also thank you to the P & F for their kind donation of $200 worth of prizes and materials to be used on the day. The students had an amazing day!
The P&F would like to thank everyone that has helped out in any way this year especially the departing families of 2020 for all their help, time and service during your time at St Clare’s. You will be missed.
We would like to thank our President Andrew Apap for everything he has done for the P& F and as Andrew will be departing the school family we will be needing a new president in 2021. We would also like to thank Kate Wilson our Treasurer who at the last meeting did advise that she also will be resigning from her position at the end of 2020.
The P & F have still managed to achieve some great fundraising this year even though Covid cancelled many of our usual events and we look forward to next year being a bigger and better year for everyone involved. Don’t forget the P&F will be looking for some new members next year to bring some new ideas to the committee. Have a great Christmas and we look forward to seeing you all at the meetings in 2021
Thank you
P&F Committee
Waterslide next Thursday, Dec 3rd
Pack your swimmers, sun-shirt,
sunscreen and towel.
Remember NO jewellery and zips
allowed on the water slip.
Thank you P&F!!!
2020 Year 6 Students
Families leaving St Clare's
We farewell the following families (as school parents) and wish them all the best in the future.
Apap, Bradley, Cavallaro, Chilcott, Colombini, Dimmock/Finalyson, Dore J & M, Gilbert, Nash, O'Kane, Scuderi, Sorbello, Billing, McAvoy and Metcalfe.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE PAST YEARS.
