Dear St Clare's Community,

Here we are at the end of the first semester of the 2022 school year. I am sure that everyone is hoping for some fine weather for the holidays. As always, it has been a very busy first half of the year, along with the disruptions of COVID. We have been very fortunate not to be severely impacted and I thank families for their continued understanding throughout the semester.

The last few weeks have been busy with many different opportunities for our students. We were wonderfully entertained with the ‘Ghana Beat my Drum' performance, we had a Touch Development officer visit, completed our first Chess Competition, attended Read to Me Day and entered a team in the annual Reader’s Cup, just to name a few. It is wonderful to see our students and staff embrace these events and enjoy them to the full.

Reader’s Cup: Sophie, Lexie, Evie, Amber

Chess:  Evie, Declan, Amber, Brody,
 Rhys, Ayla, Chase, (Oliver &
 Jaden absent from photo)

Athletics Carnival

We are all looking forward to our Athletics Carnival this week. Thank you to Mrs Mason for all the hard work and preparation throughout the term that goes into organising days like these. It is only through the extra effort of Mrs Mason that we are able to hold days like this - Please join us if you are able.

Staffing

It is with great pleasure and gratitude that I share the news that Mrs Helen Andrews will be returning to St. Clare’s in Term 3. Helen will return in a part time capacity as Leader of Diversity. Mrs Sharon Chappel will continue in the Acting APRE role until the end of the year and we sincerely thank her for taking on this important role at St. Clare’s with such dedication and enthusiasm. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Chris Edwards. Chris has doubled up her workload to continue to provide support for our teachers and diverse learners in Helen’s absence. This has been an enormous undertaking on top of her role as Leader of Learning/Curriculum.

We will also welcome Mrs Amanda Baston to St. Clare’s in Term 3. Amanda is taking on the classroom teacher position in Year 4 for the duration of Term 3. We thank Mrs Cherie Jenkins for stepping into Year 4 to provide continuity for our students. I would also like to thank Mrs Kaitlyn Marsilio for the extra workload she has taken on for this to happen. We will also say goodbye to Mr Adrian Frost and thank him for stepping into Year 6 for the final weeks of Term 2.

Pre-Service Teachers

Next term we welcome 3 Pre-Service teachers to St. Clare’s. These education students will be undertaking their final prac experience. Anne O’Connell will work in Prep, Kylie Wilkins will work in Year 5 and Melissa Leonardi will work in Year 2. It will be very exciting to be able to showcase St. Clare’s to these up and coming teachers.

School Values

We have been working on choosing whole school values in Semester 1. Faith, Knowledge, Community and Respect have been decided on. The next step is for us to select images that best depict these values. Each students will have the opportunity to put forward their ideas. Parents are also invited to have their say! There are some forms in the office for you to sketch out your ideas - please drop in and collect one if you would like to contribute to making this decision. You do not need to have any artistic talent, just ideas! We will hand over our ideas to a graphic artist to come up with final designs based on your feedback.

Prep 2023

Enrolment interviews for Prep 2022 have taken place and a transition program will run through Term 4. We now have a waiting list for next year.

Late Arrivals and Absences

We understand that sometimes late arrivals are unavoidable. If you do find that your student arrives after the bell, please remind them that they will need to go to the office to get a late card before heading off to their classroom. If your child will be absent from school, please ensure you notify the office.

Thank you again to all students, parents and staff for all that you do for and with us at St Clare’s. Blessings for some well deserved rest and family time during the school break. 

Karran Burzacott
Principal

Welcome   Community   Hospitality

Over the past 2 weeks, our classes have been gifted a visit by Father Kerry Costigan, a familiar face in Tully who replaces our local parish priests when they take a break. Father Costigan never fails to leave a lasting impression on those he encounters and this year was no different. One of my favourite homilies given by him is too good not to share and is about living your life with 3 bones.

I will leave you with a rhyme that the Year 5 and 6 children were given by Father Costigan:

     You are blessed
     Just do your best
     Leave the rest
     To God!

With Blessings
Sharon Chappel

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Thank you to those students who have returned their Premier’s Reading Challenge forms. Please return completed forms to Mrs Edwards by 26th August if you wish to be included in the challenge.  If you require a new form, please notify your class teacher.

Semester 1 Report Cards

Semester 1 Report Cards will be uploaded to the Parent Portal on Wednesday 22nd June.  Please ensure you have logged into the Parent Portal before this date.
Instructions on how to access the portal are included in this newsletter.  Contact Chris Edwards cedwards@cns.catholic.edu.au if you require any assistance.

School Calendar 2022

STEM Group:

Over the last 2 weeks, the students have been using their knowledge and skills gained from using the Turing Tumble coding boards to create their own challenges for their peers. They were to think of an output and objective, make the path and then create a Challenge Sheet. They needed to test, trial and sometimes redo their paths to ensure they had the desired output. Declan and Wilson successfully completed the activity and their Challenge Sheet can be seen below. These boys will share their Challenge with their class during week 10. Well done Declan (Year 6) and Wilson (Year 4) for your consistent effort and hard work this term to complete the challenge

Reader’s Cup 2022:

On Thursday 9th of June, Evie, Amber, Lexie and Sophie met Ms Moloney at school very early to head off to St Andrew’s Catholic College, Redlynch in Cairns. The girls have spent time this term reading, analysing and discussing 5 chapter books. At the Reader’s Cup competition they found their huddle area and worked extremely well as a team to answer 10, 2 part questions from each of the 5 books. With an overall score of 62.5 points, the girls from St Clare’s came in equal 13th place.

Congratulations on your diligence and commitment to reading this term Evie, Amber, Lexie and Sophie! It has been an absolute pleasure being part of the rich discussions and learning experiences.

Ms Moloney
Enrichment

QLD Touch Football Development Officer

The year 4, 5 and 6 students were very fortunate to have a special visit from the Queensland Touch Football Development Officer, Katie, and her local helper, who is one of our wonderful past students, Maddie Crema. The ladies were extremely impressed with the skill level of our students and the students thoroughly enjoyed the sessions. Thank you Katie & Maddie, we are very grateful for your time and expertise.

Athletics Carnival

Queensland Touch Football State Championships

A huge congratulations to our extremely talented students, Madeleine Jenkins and Laine Spencer, who travelled to Brisbane last week to represent Peninsula School Sport at the Qld Touch Football State Championships. We are very proud of you both and we know that you have both gained a greater understanding of the game from playing in such a high level of competition. Well done!

Peninsula Softball

A big congratulations to Annika Duiker who has been selected in the Peninsula Softball team. An outstanding achievement Annika! We wish you all the best at the State Championships in late August.

Friday  24/06/2022 -      ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Coordinator:  M Vipiana  

Bakers:  G Parsons    A Bevan (Cupcakes)

Term 2, 2022
Week 8

St. Clare’s Way Award

Arshpreet, Alice, Grace, Kelly

Academic Award

Back:  Jace, Nate, Leah, Aghi
Front: Louisa, Blake, Isabel, Emmett, Charlotte

Social & Emotional Learning Award

Thomas

Term 2, 2022
Week 8

St. Clare’s Way Award  

Front: Brodie, Summer, Mac, Phoebe
Back: Sophie, Clay, Rhythm

Back:  Amelia, Sahib, Ashton
Front: Nina, Jasten, Emmett


Social & Emotional Learning Award

Kade and Blake

Fete Update No. 7

A quick update

The Fete will be in Week 6 of next term. We need ALL RAFFLE TICKETS BACK AND ALL STALLS FULL within the first few weeks back. For this event to be a success we need help from all.

CAKE STALL: There is NO cake baking tomorrow. This FRIDAY Maria will be in the tuckshop just before the ball games begin and a short while after the ball games finish for anyone who would like to buy Peach Blossoms, White Lamingtons and Choc Lamingtons.

Thanks
Marie

The 2022 St Clare’s Catholic Debutante Ball will be held on Saturday 25 June at the Tully Multipurpose Centre, Bruce Highway, Tully. The committee is working on preparations for a wonderful event.

Assistance is sought from the Tully Parish community in the way of:

• baking slices, small cakes or similar for the supper 
• preparations on Friday 24 June 11am – 5pm
• clean up on Sunday 26 June 8am

The Debutante Ball is a celebration of the youth of Tully and surrounds and this year will see 21 young ladies make their Debut.  The ball is a community event proudly hosted by St Clare’s Catholic Parish Tully.

If you are able to assist in any way, please contact Jane. Donations of sweets will be gratefully accepted at the MPC on Saturday morning or contact Jane to organise collection.

Jane Berge – 0429689097 or bergesbeach@bigpond.com  

Many thanks for your support.

Thanks Jane