Dear St Clare's Community,

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 Adam Stubbings.

Please ensure students apply sunscreen before coming to school and have some in their bags to reapply. All students need to bring their hats, lunch, or order tuckshop and water bottles for the day (maybe more than one water bottle).

Staffing 2022

Our staffing for 2022 is complete and as shared in our previous newsletter, staffing is as follows:

Acting APRE (Term 1)        Sharon Chappel

Leader of Learning and Teaching / Diversity       Chris Edwards

Prep                             Gita Sima
Yr1                               Zanelle Collins
Yr2                               Georgia Moloney
Yr3                               Adam Stubbings
Yr4                               Jessica Lang
Yr5                               Sharon Chappel (3) / Jamilla Dressler (2)
Yr6                               Kaitlyn Marsillio (3) / Cherie Jenkins (2)

All current support staff will continue in 2022 and we welcome back Temara Guiliany who has been on maternity leave.

Yr 6 Farewell Liturgy and Dinner Nov 29

Next Monday our Yr 6 students will be farewelled with a Liturgy at 5:30pm followed by dinner with their parents, Fr Joby and 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 2022.

Awards Assembly Dec 1 & BBQ

Next Wednesday December 1st 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:

• 2022 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)
• 2021 House Cup

Parents are warmly welcomed to attend the awards presentations.

Also on Wednesday December 1st, the P&F will be organising a BBQ. Families are invited to return to school at 5:30 pm for the BBQ. A huge thank you to the P&F for putting this on for us! This will be followed by a small Christmas Concert by the students and speeches. The night it scheduled as below:

5:30 pm           Gather for BBQ put on by the P&F
6:30 pm           Award Recipients and 2022 Captains presented
6:45 pm           Concert
7 pm                Principal’s Speech
                        P&F President Speech
                        Year 6 Speech
                        Year 6 Presentations

Waterslide day Thursday Dec 2

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 3

We will be having a liturgy on Friday at 11:00am in the church.  From here we will process together out to the grass area near the church to countdown our end of year dismissal. All parents are invited to attend. Students will be dismissed at 12pm.  Anyone who does not have a parent here at 12pm will be taken to the admin verandah for collection via stop drop and go. 

School Fees

Thank you to all families who have made their school fee payment. Please ensure that fees are finalised prior to the end of the term. If you wish to discuss outstanding fees please contact the office to make an appointment.

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 2022.

On behalf of the staff, I wish to thank all the parents for your support throughout 2021. Enjoy your special family gatherings over the holiday period.

Wishing everyone a blessed Advent,

Karran Burzacott
Principal

St Vincent De Paul Christmas Hampers

St Clare’s is once again supporting the St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal. We are asking children to bring in non-perishable, long lasting items that will be put towards making up hampers for less fortunate people in our community. Each class has been asked to bring in specific items up until the end of term. This is an opportunity to teach our children about the gift of giving and all donations are greatly appreciated.

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 & Hygiene products (Shampoo, Soap, Toothbrush,                              Toothpaste)

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, 2nd  December.

School Calendar 2021

Our Swimming Carnival is this Friday, we have a special Tuckshop Menu for the day, not all the usual food is available as we run the canteen from the swimming pool and we are limited on freezer space. The menu has been updated on the Flexischools app to show what is and isn't available and any extra food we have that day. Parent orders are welcome, and if you still haven't downloaded the app you can order the old way.

We are looking for donations of Cupcakes and/or slices for the day also, these can be brought straight to the pool on the Friday morning.

We need help to run the canteen on the day so PLEASE if you have some free time, we would love if you could pop over and help that way we can all get out to watch our child or children swim.

Thanks Marie

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 2022.  Any credit balances will be rolled over for 2022.                            

Thank you

HCC Discount Scheme - Tuition Fee only 

The Parent of the card holder is required to come to the school office and complete a new form for 2022 term one fees together with a copy of their card (expiry date has to be after Jan 27th, 2022).

If your expiry date finishes 31 Dec 2021, 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 2022 term one fees are generated.

RETURN TO SCHOOL

SCHOOL TIMES -  2022

2021 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.

Berge, Davis, Durighello, Feild, Gee, Luxford, Ma, Sichter B & G, Sichter J &  Santolin S, Solien T.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE PAST YEARS.