DATE CLAIMERS DATE CLAIMERS DATE CLAIMERS DATE CLAIMERS SEPTEMBER 20 FREE DRESS DAY P&F FUNDRAISING - TUCKSHOP DAY 9am INVESTING IN PARENTS....NO2 21 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS RUGBY

LEAGUE & NETBALL COMPETITION

SCHOOL CLOSES FOR TERM 3 OCTOBER 8 SCHOOL COMMENCES FOR TERM 4 15 ST CLARES’ P&F MEETING 22 PUPIL FREE DAY

TERM 3 WEEK 11 18th September, 2012 Please read our newsletter— A Heap of information is enclosed.!!!!!!

Once again the school Fete was a huge success both financially and socially. It is a truly social function with not only school families but also many others from the community attending and supporting our school community on the day. Whilst we did well financially final figures are still to be determined. Thank you to the many people who helped with the Fete. The organisation did not just happen on the day as we all know. Thank you to Theresa Blennerhassett, Trudy Tschui, Jane Berge and Melanie Collins who did so much of the organisation. Thank you to the people who helped set up on Friday, Saturday morning and then those who came back on Sunday to finalise the clean up. Thank you to the many parents who helped with the various stalls, from the BBQ, the Bar, the Cent Sale, stall holders, the ticket sellers and those who counted the money. Thank you to the teachers who organised the performances. Thank you to Greg Hunt for the sound system and to Nancy Marsillio for selling tickets leading up to the Fete and thank you to the many mothers who baked cakes over the last few weeks. Thank you also to the many businesses who supported our Fete through their very generous donations. It is very much appreciated. The Fete is only such a success because so many people help out. Thank you! School Fundraiser At a recent P&F meeting it was decided that the school would offer support to the Gilbert family as Owen continues to recuperate in Townsville hospital following his accident. His wife Stephanie and their children have moved to Townsville for the next few months and are therefore having to rent accommodation during this time. This Thursday we will be having a free dress day at school to raise money for the Gilbert family. Children are asked to bring in a gold coin. This Thursday the tuckshop will also be operating. A menu was sent home yesterday. Orders need to be at school by Wednesday morning. NAPLAN Results You may have seen in the media that the NAPLAN results have been released for the years 3, 5 & 7 tests that were undertaken by our students earlier in the year. As soon as we receive copies of the reports they will be sent home. Staff Changes I would like to thank Louise Campagnolo who completes her contract at the school at the end of this week. Louise has been working in the Prep and library throughout the term.

Regarding staffing for 2013 Stuart Russell will be transferring to St John’s School Silkwood, Larissa McKirdy will be transferring to St Francis Xavier School in Cairns and Lucy Wells will be taking 12 months leave from full time teaching. All three teachers will be missed and I wish them all the best. Towards the end of next term we will formally farewell each of these staff members. Advertising for replacement teachers has now commenced. 2013 Tuition Fees In last week’s newsletter a letter was attached from the Director, Br Paul Hough. In this letter we were advised that there would be a 5.5% increase in tuition fees across the Cairns Diocese. As mentioned in the letter school fee increases are determined by the movement of the Education Index of the Consumer Price Index (as reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics). For the year ended 31/03/2012 the education index moved by 6%. Please find attached a copy of the 2013 Tuition Fee schedule for the Cairns Diocese. As well as Tuition Fees each school has other levies in place. The levies for St Clare’s will not be increasing in 2013. Holidays Have a safe and happy holiday. Please note that school will recommence on Monday 8th October. Have a good week

______________ Greg Hoare Principal

2012

♦ School closes this Friday for Term 3

♦ School resumes Mon 8th October

♦ Pupil Free Day Mon 22nd October

From the APRE’s Desk SEL Student of the Week…

Lord,

Bless us, that we may be a blessing to others this

day.

Bless us, so that Your Spirit be alive and active within

us,

Whispering through our tensions and frustrations,

helping us move from brokenness to wholeness of life.

Bless us with patience, as we journey to find and to

know you in all the events of our lives this day.

INVESTING IN PARENTS…..NO 2 We will be holding our next Investing in Parents workshop

this Thursday, 2Oth September in the Good Samaritan Room at 9am.

Everyone is welcome to join us.

FRONT ROW: Travis Gee (front on own), Naudia Liddle, Emma Luxford, Ava Wilkinson MIDDLE ROW: Elissa Quagliata, Isabella Papadimitriou, Nicholas Tivendale, Harry Brescansin, Alicia Solien, Bailey Maifredi BACK ROW: Isaac Evans, Aimee Sinton, Amaya Raccanello, Zoe MacKay, Amy Nardone, Kodee Clifford

2012 FETE

♦ EATING AREA ROSTER `Tues Frid W/E: 21/9 J & C Bonello J & S Crema

W/E: 12/10 Z Collins J & M Villaruz

♦ GROUNDS ROSTER Families on grounds roster

for the month of SEPTEMBER 2012 -

♦ CHURCH CLEANING ROSTER The following team has been rostered on for the

Month of OCTOBER - D Brosnan K Heritage

♦ ALTAR SERVERS ROSTER - Month of OCTOBER 14/10 Elissa Wells 21/10 Grace Tschui

28/10 Aden Bennett

SCHOOL NOTICE BOARD > CAROLE WILKINSON - BOOK AUTHOR > ECHO CREEK SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMS > YOUNG COMPANY DRAMA SCHOOL > FUTURE SCREENING - Babinda Munro Theatre

See Attachments- # FETE PRIZES RESULTS

# CES - 2013 Tuition Fee Schedule

# CES - Year 7 to Secondary

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

THIS THURSDAY at 8.40am

Presented by: YR 2 All parents and friends are invited to attend.All parents and friends are invited to attend.All parents and friends are invited to attend.All parents and friends are invited to attend. Ride On F/E 29/9 - S & S Kleinhans, J & J Sinton Push Mower - F/E 29/9 - J & S Oakley, G & G Fabas-Smits OCTOBER - Ride On - F/E 13/10 - S & L Wells, D & C Edwards F/E 27/10 - N & M Liddle, R & L Zonta Push Mower - F/E 13/10 - D & B Goodman, F/E 27/10 - I & M Zonta

CENT SALE UNCLAIMED PRIZES Old orange 167165 Old orange 167433 Blue 295108 Old orange 553924 White 223243 Old orange 167186 Yellow 457838 Old purple 618764 Old purple 618876 Yellow 457631 Old Blue 627242 Old orange 553991 Pink 388717 Old orange 167439 Pink 388030 Old purple 618782 Old purple 618006 Blue 295235 Pink 373856 Blue 295106 GOODS WHEEL UNCLAIMED PRIZES Spin One - Purple 587086 Spin Seven - Blue 587092 CAKE STALL A BIG THANK YOU to all business houses and families who donated to the cake stall. Also to our wonderful mums who volunteered their precious time to help in making cakes in the tuckshop. This was greatly appreciated.

To everyone who helped towards our fete and making it a successful one again!!!!.

LOST PROPERTY BASKET

Please empty before this Thursday otherwise

items will be forwarded to

St. Vincent De Paul.

REMINDER

SEL FAMILY GET TOGETHER - YR 1 Tully Heads Beach Park on Sunday at 3pm.

BYO - Drinks and afternoon tea.

THANK YOU, to all who contributed their time in any way to make our 2012 “Colour my World” fete a huge success and a great community event! Without the support and assistance of one another we could not achieve our wonderful fete. The P&F Association would appreciate your feedback on ways to enhance our fete and/or what you think worked well. All comments should be forwarded to the school office marked “Comments on Fete”. Your feedback is important! Stall Convenors are asked to complete information about their stall for future reference. If you or your child, have any ideas for a fete theme for 2013 we would love some inspiration. Following are the results from the fete. Raffles John Deere Toy Tractor – Shane Greenwood $500 Cash – K & A McQuillan Seafood – Ken Cifuentes Pick a Prize:

1. Wheelbarrow full of gardening products - Margaret Kipriotis 2. Camping BBQ - John & Mary Jones 3. Stihl Blower - Barbara Holt 4. Digital Camera - Quintyn Vella 5. Mission Beach Accommodation & Dinner Voucher - Hope Stagg

Best Dressed Teddy Won by Piper Camilleri. Photograph Competition Thank you to John Hughes, Tully Times, for judging this competition. Prep / Year 1 – Jake Bradley Year 2 & 3 – Caitlyn Luxford Year 4 & 5 – Sophie Mackay Year 6 & 7 – Jake Giardina Grand Champion who wins the 2013 School Booklist – Jake Giardina. Goods Wheel Spin 1 – Unclaimed Purple 89 (587086) Spin 2 – Julie Giardina Spin 3 – Kim Jones Spin 4 – Alexis Bryde Spin 5 – Sharon Oakley Spin 6 – Jane Berge Spin 7 – Unclaimed Blue 46 (587092) Spin 8 – BJ Cunningham Spin 9 – Linda Molkintine Spin 10- Karen Brown Cent Sale Unclaimed cent sale tickets displayed in school office. Please collect from the office if you are the lucky winner. Office closes this Friday 21st September.

ST. CLARE’S SCHOOL - 2012 FETE RESULTS

Auction Lot 1 Cairns Getaway

R Taylor $100 Lot 2 Babinda Paint Ball, gym membership

R Evans $100 Lot 3 Wooden Train set

S Greenwood $50 Lot 4 IPod touch 8GB; IPod Docking station & IPod case

B Campagnolo $200 Lot 5 Gym Membership; Early Bird voucher, Kayak trip to Dunk Island $150 C Harris Lot 6 X-Box 360 Kinect Sensor

J Norman $50 Lot 7 Cowboys football Jersey & BP Gift Card

V Baston $150 Lot 8 Brisbane Bronco’s Jersey No 21 & training shirt

D Briggs $200 Lot 9 Sand, Water & Picnic Table

T Langdon $75 Lot 10 Bicycle – Malvern star with trainer wheels

M Wilkinson $75 Lot 11 Boots - Blundstone & As Green As Voucher

A Baston $100 Lot 12 Queensland Bulls Shirt & Fiveways Upholstery Voucher

S Wells $70 Lot 13 Nitros 75” x 75” 3 person tube

M Wilkinson $250 Lot 14 Helen Wiltshire canvas print

B Hadson $260 Lot 15 Biarritz $100 voucher

B Campagnolo $75 Lot 16 Sink Flick Tap Mixer

C Low $30 Lot 17 30 minute helicopter flight for 4 people

M Jones $425 Lot 18 2 night Castaways Escape including continental breakfast

B Berge $260 Lot 19 Test Pilot Slob 68” performance tube & Tackle World Voucher

C Harris $300 Lot 20 Cuisinart – hand electric Mixer

S Flegler $85 Lot 21 Rose Studio – One term dance tuition & Flame Tree voucher

D Goodman $90 Lot 22 Mission Beach Getaway + drinks at “The Sand Bar”

A Baston $180 Lot 23 Street Stik Scooter - Tully Toys & Sports valued @ $195

G Smits $120 Lot 24 Tandem Skydive

L Collins $375 Lot 25 Septic / grease trap

M Raccanello $150 Lot26 Cowboys Jersey adults & children shirt both signed by JT

M Langdon $350 Lot 27 Case tractor and trailer

T Langdon $400