Dear Families, Happy Fathers Day (this Sunday) to all the dads, grand-dads, uncles and father-figures of our children. Congratulaons on the love you put into being a father. Though they may not say it, the children appreciate you for the love you put into their lives. BOOK WEEK Congratulaons and thanks to everyone for a wonderful celebraon of books last week. The culminaon was a special dress up day, but it was preceded by class acvies, Book Fair, photo compeon, daily readings in the library and an author visit. Special thanks to the Library team of Mrs Katherine Ausn, Mrs Samantha McCrossen and Miss Emma Delmenico for bringing it all together. Thanks too, to all the other staff for the extras done to make the week so special. WHAT IS A LEARNING SHOWCASE - TUESDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 3.15 - 6PM We look forward to you, and any member of your child’s family, vising us at this me. Children are preparing themselves to demonstrate their learning so far this year. Please join us. DOS AND DON’TS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS I draw your aenon to the following ACT Legislaon regarding dogs on school grounds (Domesc Animals Act 2000) Prohibited places (1) A person must not take a dog into the grounds of a child- care centre, preschool or primary school unless— (a) a keeper of the dog resides in the grounds; or (b) the dog is taken into the grounds with the permission of the principal or person in charge of the child-care centre, preschool or primary school. Please also bear in mind that, in line with Catholic Educaon policy (CE Policy “Smoking Free Environment), smoking is prohibited in all areas of the school grounds, including the car park. All CECG schools are designated smoking free environments. Smoking is prohibited in all CECG school environments, including but not limited to: school facilies, buildings, grounds, sports fields, vehicles on school grounds and car parks. All students, staff, other authorised persons and visitors are informed that schools are smoking free environments. Drive Safely - ACT Police advise (hps://www.police.act.gov.au/road-safety/safe- driving/speeding) that in shared zones (such as carparks) where pedestrians and vehicles have access; motorists must not exceed 10km/h and must give way to pedestrians. St Clare of Assisi Primary School Conder, ACT www.sca.act.edu.au P 6294 1860 F 6294 4613 E offi[email protected]By striving to ‘Be the Light’, the community of Saint Clare of Assisi believes that Jesus Christ challenges us to excellence, in a united and caring environment. B E T H E L I G H T Dates to Remember • Fathers Day Breakfast • Family Music Night • Learning Showcase 3.15- 6pm • Last Day Term 3 • Footy Fever Day 30th August 2017. Issue 7, Term 3. 2017 Make sure you check out this week’s Year 6 news. (Link on page 6) There is: • an interview with a Prime 7 personality , • photos of BookWeek and Year 5 camp, • what’s happening. 8 Sept. Friday 22 Sept. Friday 2 Sept. Friday 12 Sept. Tuesday
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Dear Families,
Happy Fathers Day (this Sunday) to all the dads, grand-dads, uncles and father-figures of our children. Congratulations on the love you put into being a father. Though they may not say it, the children appreciate you for the love you put into their lives.
BOOK WEEK Congratulations and thanks to everyone for a wonderful celebration of books last week. The culmination was a special dress up day, but it was preceded by class activities, Book Fair, photo competition, daily readings in the library and an author visit.
Special thanks to the Library team of Mrs Katherine Austin, Mrs Samantha McCrossen and Miss Emma Delmenico for bringing it all together. Thanks too, to all the other staff for the extras done to make the week so special.
WHAT IS A LEARNING SHOWCASE - TUESDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 3.15 - 6PMWe look forward to you, and any member of your child’s family, visiting us at this time. Children are preparing themselves to demonstrate their learning so far this year.
Please join us.
DOS AND DON’TS ON SCHOOL GROUNDSI draw your attention to the following ACT Legislation regarding dogs on school grounds (Domestic Animals Act 2000)
Prohibited places (1) A person must not take a dog into the grounds of a child-care centre, preschool or primary school unless— (a) a keeper of the dog resides in the grounds; or (b) the dog is taken into the grounds with the permission of the principal or person in charge of the child-care centre, preschool or primary school.
Please also bear in mind that, in line with Catholic Education policy (CE Policy “Smoking Free Environment), smoking is prohibited in all areas of the school grounds, including the car park.All CECG schools are designated smoking free environments. Smoking is prohibited in all CECG school environments, including but not limited to: school facilities, buildings, grounds, sports fields, vehicles on school grounds and car parks. All students, staff, other authorised persons and visitors are informed that schools are smoking free environments.
Drive Safely - ACT Police advise (https://www.police.act.gov.au/road-safety/safe-driving/speeding) that in shared zones (such as carparks) where pedestrians and vehicles have access; motorists must not exceed 10km/h and must give way to
By striving to ‘Be the Light’, the community of Saint Clare of Assisi believes that Jesus Christ challenges us to excellence, in a united and caring environment.
BE THE LIGHTDates to
Remember• Fathers Day
Breakfast
• Family Music Night
• Learning Showcase 3.15-6pm
• Last Day Term 3• Footy Fever Day
30th August 2017. Issue 7, Term 3. 2017
Make sure you check out this
week’s Year 6 news. (Link on page 6)
There is:• an interview with a
Prime 7 personality ,• photos of BookWeek
and Year 5 camp,• what’s happening.
8Sept.Friday
22Sept.Friday
2Sept.Friday
12Sept.
Tuesday
St Clare of Assisi Primary SchoolConder, ACT
BE THE LIGHTCHANGING DEMOGRAPHICSIn the last couple of years, our previous Principal, Brad Gaynor, wrote about the changing demographics in the Lanyon Valley and the impact it will have on schools in Tuggeranong, especially on St Clare of Assisi. With planning for 2018 definitely underway, and given our changing numbers, we will, over time, move towards being a 3 stream school.
In simple terms, Catholic Education provides the numbers of classes and staffing based on student numbers. It is up to the Leadership Team to decide how we put the puzzle together. Essentially the limit per class is 30 students, but we have always aimed for much less than that. Staffing and enrolments will be finalised in early October and I will inform you of the makeup of classes then.
BOOK FAIRThank you to Katherine Austin for planning a wonderful Book Week last week. Special thanks to Samantha McCrossen, Emma Delmenico, Emma Currey and to the many staff and parent volunteers for making the annual Book Fair a great success. We managed to sell approximately $10,000 worth of books and accessories to the students. The commission will help the school purchase new resources for the library. Thank you to parents and carers for their financial support of the Book Fair.
WINTER SPORTSCongratulations to many of our students who have been playing a range of sports over the winter months. Many parents have also been involved in coaching, umpiring/refereeing and managing teams. Thank you to all our players, coaches, officials and supporters for a very successful season. We are happy to hear about any great results to put in the Newsletter. Special thanks to Mrs Katherine Austin and Mrs Annie McArthur for coordinating our SCA Netball teams.
SUMMER UNIFORMA reminder that Summer Uniform commences in Term 4, so please check the wardrobe and visit the Clothing Pool and Savvy if any items are needed. We will have the usual transition period early in Term 4 to cater for the unpredictable weather.
A reminder that sports shoes should be predominately white and that black leather school shoes are an essential item of uniform. Several parents comment that their Year 6 child only has one term left at school. However, students also need black school shoes in high school.
COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETINGThe second Council meeting for this term will be at the usual time of 6.00pm next Wednesday 5th September.
It was once said…“My dad always said, ‘Don’t worry what people think, because you can’t change it.’ ~ Daisy Donovan
Class Mass this Friday 1st September: 6 Blue and K Green
Religious Education Be the Light of…Community
Relationships, Justice, Inclusion and Action
Congratulations to all of our Year 4 students who have celebrated their First Eucharist.
All Eucharist Masses are now finished and our Year 3 students are beginning to prepare to celebrate their First Reconciliation at the
beginning of November.
Happy Father’s Day
Global School Partners 2017
This term at St Clare of Assisi, our community outreach will be focused globally. Our school will again be supporting Global School Partners and their work with underprivileged schools overseas.
Our partner school is St Joseph’s School in Kenya. Last year we were able to raise money which helped the school build new toilets and employ well-being officers who work in the school teaching the children about basic hygiene practises.
This year we would like to help them further improve their kitchen facilities and classrooms.
So to raise some money for St Joseph’s school, we will be having two ‘Monday Movie Marathons!’
At lunch time on Monday of Week 8 and Week 9, for a $2 entry fee our students will be able to come to the hall with their lunch to watch a short ‘G Rated’ movie. They will receive entry to the movie and a small treat for their $2.
It is voluntary but the more money we raise, the more support we can offer to our friends at St Joseph’s school, Kenya!
Kinder Hayley Allen
Year 1 Cooper Shannon
Year 2 Georgia Cooper, Bailey Emblen, William Flint, Kallum Harley, Zoe Paull, Parker Rose, Rueben Wagstaff, Charly Watson
Year 3 Emily Blenkin, Nataliya Hlevnjak, Juliana Lauc
Year 4 Mario Cokljat, Jaxon Jacobs, Charlotte Lewis, Cate Vrankovic, Maddison Warren
Year 5 Amelia Austin, Declan Beveridge, Luke Gray, Nevaeh Palmer
Year 6 Brianna Brown, Cameron Grant, Kristelle McGowan
Awards Congratulations to the children who will receive a White Card at this Friday’s morning assembly
White Cards
Thursday 31 Aug
Friday1 Sep
Monday4 Sep
Tuesday5 Sep
Wednesday6 Sep
Morning HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED K RobinsonK Filipovic
HELP NEEDED
Afternoon HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED
Canteen Roster
SCHOOL NOTICES
HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT YEAR 6 NEWS???
There are some great photos of Year 5 Camp and Bookweek.
Please find below the link to Week 7 SCA news:We have two versions of the SCA news to share with you this week. We were fortunate to receive some tips, tricks and interview our special guest and local Prime 7 weather man
BOOK WEEK 2017A massive thank you to all involved in making the 2017 Book Week such a successful event. Thank
you for your support of Book Fair, Dress up day and the homework activity.
Author Suzanna Thell visit
Suzanna Thell is the author of Deer-Lightful, A story about Yoga and meditation. Suzanna visited Year 2 - 6 classes last Tuesday, shared her book and the classes participated in Yoga and
meditation.
Mr E was Escaping to Sherwood Forrest luckily the trusty office pirates Mrs Snowball and Mrs McCarthy caught him!
Our Kinder Team tried to Escape to Paris and go to
school with Madeline!
Year One set off for Teletubbyland to find Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po
Year two tried their luck at Escaping to Neverland!
Year Three Escaped to Little Miss and Mr Man
Bun land.
Escape as a crayon ..... that was our Year Four team. Dairy of a Wimpy Kid Land is where Year Five and Six escaped too.
DRESS UP DAY
Family Music Festival
Hosted by our PARENT NETWORK
FRIDAY 8th September6.00pm - 8.00pmSCA School Hall
Does your family rock??
Calling all musically talented families!!! If you would like to perform at this year’s family music night on Friday the 8th of September, please contact:
Nicki 0419 605 279 or Kate 0417 681 765 or the front office and let them know.We will need to know:
• Your name/group name• What you are playing
• How long your performance will go for
Microphone and sound system will be provided but you will need to supply anything else you may require.
Music also supplied by our talented SCA teachers.
Please bring along your own picnic basket and blankets.
Lots of laughter and sense of fun…….Don’t miss out!
SCA Fete 18 Nov 201710am - 2pm
FRIDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER CHOCOLATE TRAILER & TOMBOLA
DONATIONS
We would love everybody to participate in Footy Fever Day on Friday 22nd September,
last day Term 3. Come dressed in your favourite footy jersey or your favourite
footy colours.
Kinder – Year 2we would love you to bring a donation of
A BLOCK OF CHOCOLATE(remember no nuts please)
Year 3 – Year 6we are asking you to bring in a donation of
A BAG OF WRAPPED UP INDIVIDUAL LOLLIES
e.g. Red Skins, Fantales, Sherbies, Lollypops, Minties
More information to follow as the date draws closer!
We are coming to
Keep an eye out to stay updated.
money tree
aka Tree of Scratchies Everyone would love a money tree!
This year we are offering you the chance to win your very own money tree full of scratchies. Stay tuned for
more information.
Don’t miss out on your chance to be this year’s
SCA Fete Golden Ticket holder.
The winner receives something from (almost) every stall at the Fete, absolutely free!
Dad & Child Cake Decorating CompetitionThe Theme
Space and Aliens
Calling all amateur dad and children cake decorators .... At this year’s fete we are having a competition for you.
Can’t bake? Not a problem because we will not be tasting it, it is all about the look.
Cakes will be judged on:Skill
Creativity and Originality!!
There will be an official entry form and a $2.00 entry fee. Cakes must be submitted no later than 9.30am on November 18, 2017.
Cake designs using cupcakes are eligible.
Next Meeting Monday 18th September 5.45pm - New faces always welcome
Netball Natter
SEPTEMBER SCHOOL HOLIDAYSSt Clare of Assisi Vacation Care Programmes for the September school holidays are now
available. You can access a copy on the school Website, under Parent Tab, then
Outside School Hours Care. Alternatively you can email:
Netball 26 AugustPlayer of the Week and Match Reports
Speckles – The whole teamSmiggles – Zoe Paull
Squiggles – Jessica EmersonStars – Juliana Lauc
Swifts – Zoe Keen and Nataliya HlevnjakSunshines – The whole team
Slushies – Charlotte IzzardSkittles – Ella Baker and Lily Richards
Sparkles – Maddy Howard and Tanesha SingletonSmurfs –The whole team
Smarties – Tijana HlevnjakSuperstars – Kyra Szabo
Swifts Match Report
On Saturday the Swifts played against the Holy Family Smarties. The game was an evenly matched contest, with both teams attacking and defending well. Our team came out firing and scored 3 quick goals in the first quarter. That was then followed by 2 goals in the second quarter. The girls’ defence was tight in the first three quarters and they made it difficult for the other team to move the ball into their
goal circle. The girls have been working on finding space and moving forwards to the ball during training sessions. Their hard work was evident during this game with lots of free flowing play. Well done Swifts. I look forward to two more great games before the season ends.
Slushies Match Report
The Slushies put on a display of courage and determination against an in form Electric Dolphins team last Saturday. The Slushies are to be commended on their display of excellent footwork and dedication to moving forward towards the ball. The coaches were very proud to see the girls applying the skills they have been working on at training to the game. By far the highlight of this game was the sportsmanship displayed by the Slushies. The girls should be very proud of the attitudes that they displayed in a game that saw them lose by 10 points. The display of support towards their fellow team mates and their ability to keep such a positive outlook under difficult circumstances is to be applauded. Well done Slushies on showing that sometimes success is not reflected by the scoreboard.
Please remember to return your Catholic
Schools’ Carnival Notes
TUGGERANONG VALLEY CRICKET CLUB – JUNIORS REGISTRATION
TIME FOR THE 2017/18 SEASON. Registration is only via playcricket.com.au
Registration Fees for the season are:
• In2Cricket (5-7 year olds – Chisholm or Conder) - $115.00
• T20 Blast (8-12 year olds – Chisholm) - $160
• Juniors single (from under 10 to under 18) - $170.00
For more information contact TVCC Juniors Registrar Rod Chancellor at
