St Clare’s High SchoolDavis Street, Taree 2430

Telephone (02) 6552 3300 Fax (02) 6552 3656

NEWSLETTER 19/2016 17 JUNE 2016

Dear Parents and Friends of St Clare’s

This week the school received confirmation that the Schools Planning Committee will visit St Clare’s on 29 June. This group has the responsibility for prioritising building grant applications - so we will be working very hard to ensure that St Clare’s presents a first class case to be awarded a building grant in the next round of allocations.

Last Wednesday I met with Michael McGready of the Catholic Schools Office to begin the process of designing a 10 year maintenance cycle plan. While this might not sound too exciting it is a process that will ensure that our facilities will continue to be upgraded and monitored to ensure they are functioning well. We will meet again next week to start the process.

Last week I met with representatives of the Student Representative Council to discuss outdoor seating and shade facilities. The group identified some styles of yard furniture that they would like to see at St Clare’s and it has been ordered. A number of other arrangements were discussed to help create seating in shaded/sheltered areas – our maintenance department will put these plans into place over the holidays. We will have some photos for our newsletter after the holidays.

Plans are well underway for our annual NAIDOC Week events. Michelle Case and our indigenous students are liaising with Community Elders and local organisations to ensure we have a great day and also raise awareness of the wonderful contribution that our first people make to our way of life.

As I write I am aware of a number of individuals and families experiencing great hardship, economically and emotionally, in our area. While we cannot right all the worlds wrong in one “go” I am pleased to say that we can assist people in small, but tangible ways each day. At present our Year 7 students are holding a soup can drive and the St Vinnies group is holding its annual blanket drive. We hope you are able to assist either of these ‘good works’ and bring a little care and happiness to those around us.

God Bless

Principal

P & F – NEXT MEETING, WEDNESDAY, 3 AUGUST 20166 PM ST JOSEPH’S PRIMARY SCHOOL, WINGHAM

PRAYERS: Please pray for those who are currently experiencing health difficulties and continue to pray for community members experiencing challenges, pain, sickness and grief in their lives at this time.

CHAPLAINCY/PASTORAL CARE: A reminder to all that the school has a Chaplain. Please feel free to contact our Chaplain, Deacon Vince Ryan, through the school office if he can be of assistance to you or any member of our whole school community.

VINNIES WINTER BLANKET APPEAL: As our weather becomes cooler our students are keen to support those from our wider communities in need of warm blankets. The appeal has commenced this week, so please consider supporting this wonderful and practical initiative.

You can send in blankets that you don’t need or support your child’s PC class financially so that they can pool their funds to buy new blankets. The other option is for you to purchase new blankets – it is a generous gift for those who feel the cold.

The appeal will run over the winter months so please feel free to send in blankets even as winter ends. I’m happy to receive blankets during the summer months!!

Thank youDeacon Vince

PRAYER POINT: 19 JUNE - 12TH SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME“’Who do the crowds say I am?’ And they answered, ‘John the Baptist; others Elijah; and others say one of the ancient prophets come back to life.’ ‘But you’, he said, ‘who do you say I am?’” Luke 9: 18-24What a question! Who is this man, Jesus? Who is he in my life? And this is a question we ask in ‘ordinary time’!“It was Peter who spoke up. ‘The Christ of God,’ he said”

This will give me ‘food for thought’ this week.Denise Ryan, Ministry Coordinator

Mass Times

Our Lady of the Rosary, Taree75 Albert St, TareeSaturday Vigil: 6:00 pmSunday Mass: 9:30 am

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Wingham8 Farquhar Street, WinghamSunday: 8:30am

St Bernadette’s, KrambachBucketts Way, KrambachSaturday: 6:30 pm Sunday: 9 am(Mass is celebrated on alternate weekends – please speak to Deacon Vince or

Mrs Denise Ryan at school for information on which weekend mass will be celebrated)

Our Lady Star of the Sea, HarringtonPilot St, HarringtonSaturday Vigil: 6:00 pm(1st, 3rd and 5th Saturdays in each month)Saturday Liturgy of the Word and Communion: 6:00 pm(2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month)

St Therese's, LansdowneCundle Rd, LansdowneSaturday Vigil: 6:00 pm(2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month)

Our Lady of Fatima, Old Bar20 Hall St, Old Bar, Sunday Mass: 7:30 am

St Patrick's, CundletownRiver St, CundletownSunday Mass: 6:00 pm

Forster-Tuncurry Catholic ParishHoly Name of Jesus Parish Church, Forster33 Lake Street, ForsterSunday Mass: 9:00 am

St Mary, Star of the Sea Church, Tuncurry15 Peel Street, TuncurrySaturday Vigil: 6:00 pmSunday Mass: 7:00 am

CAREERS CORNER

Again this week, Careers Corner is of a more generic nature: it applies to students in Years 10 - 12 and, in some cases, those in Year 9 as it refers to those seeking to enter the workforce, be that on a permanent, temporary or casual basis.

The Business Council of Australia has prepared a GUIDE TO WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT. In a booklet entitled BEING WORK READY, the guide states that “…many employers are looking for potential employees to have more than a qualification. Many want them to have particular attributes before they will consider them suitable for a job” . The three attributes given which indicate work readiness are:

1. Values – accountability, continuous improvement, honesty, knowledge, respect, tolerance, work ethic

2. Behaviours – adaptability, authenticism, business mindedness, collaboration, customer focused, flexibility, global awareness, self-awareness, resilience

3. Skills – business literacy, critical analysis, data analysis, digital technology familiarity, literacy, numeracy, problem solving, technical skills

The guide also includes who is responsible for ensuring work readiness: Individuals Families Businesses Schools

VET providers Tertiary education providers Governments

This pamphlet can be downloaded at www.beingworkready.com.au

Coming events: 23-24 June Charles Sturt University (Port Macquarie) – courses on

offer in 2017 30 June University of Newcastle Schools Visit - $30/head for the bus

which will leave the school at 6:30 am and return at about 5:30 pm

As I am taking long service leave until the end of Term 2, careers enquiries can be directed to Mrs Karen McCann.

Ian Evans, Careers Adviser

DIOSOUNDS 2016: Our annual adventure to DioSounds took place on Wednesday, 1 June and Thursday, 2 June. Our Year 12, Year 11, Year 10 and members of the Year 9 Elective Music Class, along with Mr McDougall, Mr Koenig and Mrs Brown, hopped aboard the mini coach, destination DioSounds! This year marked 10 years of the event in the Maitland Newcastle Diocese and as a consequence, we took on the theme of the ‘Decades’. Each school had a decade from which to perform their musical item. St Clare’s represented the 1950’s. Our Year 10, 11 and 12 students presented four items in our bracket; Looking for an Echo, Shout, Blue Spring Shuffle and Bossa Antiqua. The students were fabulous and our performance truly demonstrated musical diversity.

Congratulations to all the students who took part in DioSounds. Their commitment to preparation, sense of fun and support of each other was outstanding. It was a privilege to accompany such a wonderful group of students and staff on a very busy and exhausting excursion. Thank you also to our parents who picked up their son/daughter in the small hours of Friday morning.

Year 12

Jordan BrownEmily FowleClayton Wisemantel

Year 11

Johnathon BlackNirian Boelling-McDougallMaddison Hayes

Amanda JonesThomas LeeZachary Walton

Year 10

Ethan BosmansSamuel BrownDaniel DavisHannah DormorTeisha FarrCharlotte Higgins

Samuel HollidaySaksham LamaNicholas ParsonsHamish RossClare Sephton

Year 9

Zebulen EveringhamPatrick JohanssonFinn KennettLuke Parker

Viva la MusicaMrs Brown

“BEANIES FOR BRAIN CANCER” FUNDRAISERSupport those suffering from brain cancer by wearing a beanie on Thursday, 23 June. Please bring a gold coin to donate at PC. A cake stall will also operate at recess in the Trade Training Centre which will be organised by Year 12 students. Jane Polson, SRC Coordinator

MATHS WORKSHOP - Mathematics Workshop provides the opportunity for every student to obtain assistance and support in improving their understanding of mathematics. Four mathematics teachers are available each week to explain the concepts you are finding difficult or give assistance to enable you to complete your homework, assignments or any work that you may have missed due to absence from class.WHEN IS IT ON? Wednesday lunchtime - every week. Bring your lunch!WHERE? Room 10We hope to see you there!Mrs Julie Rowsell- Mathematics Coordinator

MONDAY 20/6 Help Urgently RequiredTUESDAY 21/6 Ros HiaWEDNESDAY 22/6 Lyn Simpson, Wendy MoonTHURSDAY 23/6 Help Urgently RequiredFRIDAY 24/6 Jenny Chippett – ½ day

VACANCIES STILL EXISTMORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS

IF YOU CAN ASSIST PLEASE CONTACT CHERYL KINGSFORDAT ST CLARE’S: 6591 2104, HOME: 6552 1857 ORVIA EMAIL: cheryl.kingsford@mn.catholic.edu.au

LEAVE NOTES & STUDENT MESSAGES: It would be appreciated if parents/guardians would send in a written note if their child needs to leave early for appointments etc. Notes should be handed in at the front office in the morning before roll call. If parents/guardians need to notify their child of a change of afternoon arrangements, it is necessary to phone the school prior to 2:25 pm (End of Lunch – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday) or prior to 1:55 pm (End of Lunch – Thursday Sport) as it is often difficult to locate students if their last lesson is a PE Prac or there has been a room change. Students cannot be collected from the school during school hours by anyone other than a parent or guardian without written permission. Thank you.

LATE NOTES: Lateness to school is recorded as a partial absence and must be explained to the school the same way as other forms of absence. Arriving Late for school requires a handwritten note from a parent/carer or a phone call from a parent/carer or the absence is recorded as an unexplained partial absence. Thank you.

SCHOOL CLINIC: Students are reminded that if they are unwell whilst at school they are to advise their teacher who will then send them to the Front Office. If necessary, the office staff will contact a parent while the student waits in the Clinic. Students are not to contact parents on their mobile phones as this leaves teachers and office staff unaware of the situation and is also in breach of the school policy – use of mobile phones. Thank you.

COMING EVENTS - 2016

Term 2

Week 9 Tuesday 21/6 ♦ RYDA Program – Year 11Thursday 23/6 ♦ Year 11 2017 Subject Roadshow

♦ “Beanies for Brain Cancer” and cake stall fundraiser Friday 24/6 ♦ Years 7 & 8 Half-yearly Exams conclude

Week 10 Thursday 30/6 ♦ NAIDOC Day Assembly♦ University of Newcastle School Visit – Year 12

Friday 1/7 ♦ Last Day of Term 2

Term 3

Week 1 Monday 18/7 ♦ First Day of Term 3Wednesday 20/7 ♦ Year 10/11 Parent/Teacher Interviews

Week 2 Monday 25/7 ♦ Students from Kobe Kaisei arriveFriday 29/7 ♦ Taree Careers Expo – Chatham High School

♦ Horsesports - Taree

Week 3 Sunday 31/7 ♦ Year 9 Snowy Excursion DepartsMonday 1/8 ♦ Trial HSC Examinations commenceWednesday 3/8 ♦ P & F Meeting – 6 pm (St Joseph’s Primary School,

Wingham)Thursday 4/8 ♦ Kobe Kaisei students depart St Clare’sFriday 5/8 ♦ Year 9 Snowy Excursion Returns

Week 4 Friday 12/8 ♦ St Clare’s Feast Day Celebrations

Week 5 Monday 15/8 ♦ Trial HSC Examinations conclude♦ CCC Netball Championships - Penrith

18/8 ♦ Years 7 – 9 Parent/Teacher Interviews♦ Dio Athletics

Week 6 Thursday 26/8 ♦ Year 7 Vaccination – 3rd dose

Week 7 Wednesday 31/8 ♦ P & F Meeting – 6 pm

Week 10 Thursday 22/9 ♦ Year 12 Farewell AssemblyFriday 23/9 ♦ Year 12 Graduation Mass

♦ Last Day of Term 3

Term 4

Week 1 Thursday 13/10 ♦ HSC Written Examinations commence

Week 3 Wednesday 26/10 ♦ P & F Meeting – 6 pm

Week 4 Friday 4/11 ♦ HSC Written Examinations conclude

Week 5 Friday 11/11 ♦ Graduation Evening

Week 7 Wednesday 23/11 ♦ P & F Meeting – 6 pm

Week 10 Thursday 15/12 ♦ HSC Results releasedFriday 16/12 ♦ ATAR Results released

Please return the above Winter Pie & Lamington Drive slip to:

Valley Industries - 70 Whitbread St, Taree NSW 2430Phone: (02) 6552 8888