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1st April •Week 9•Term 1• 2015
St Clare of Assisi Primary School
Conder, ACT
BE THE LIGHT
Dear Parents and Carers,
Dates to
FIRST DAY OF TERM 2- MONDAY 27 APRIL 2015
This day has been declared a service holiday for all ACT Government
employees due to Anzac Day (25 April) falling on a Saturday. However,
it is not a gazetted public holiday for the rest of the ACT. It is school as
normal for St Clare of Assisi Primary school students!
Remember
Thursday 2nd April
Stations of the Cross
Friday 3rd April
Good Friday No School
BABY CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to the Garth family on the birth of a little sister Kelli for
Keira (Yr 2 Green). Little baby Garth was born on Monday 30th March
ACTION BUSES 27 APRIL ONLY
I have been informed by ACTION Buses that there will be a change to
school bus services on Monday 27 April only. The following statement
is from ACTION:
“Unfortunately, due to scheduling constraints we are not able to
operate dedicated school services (for Catholic schools on Monday
27 April). The parents of non-ACT Government school children who
normally use dedicated school services will need to make alternative
arrangements to get their children to and from school on Monday 27
April 2015.
We have identified the following route services that come in close
proximity to your school which may be an option for your students.
Route 918 and 919.
To help offset any inconvenience, all bus travel will be free of charge
on Monday 27 April 2015. All students and general passengers will
be asked to tag on and off with their MyWay card as usual to collect
accurate travel data, but no fares will be deducted.
Monday 6th April
Easter Monday No School
Friday 10th April
Last day of Term 1
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Monday 27th April
First day of Term 2
Full Winter Uniform
ACTION Bus services not running
QCITY (Deanes) buses will run as
normal
If your parents and students require assistance with planning their
journeys to and from school we ask they use the journey planning
tools on the ACTION website or call 13 17 10 for further information.”
Have a safe and Happy Easter,
Volunteer of the week
KATRINA GUY
Brad Gaynor
www.sca.act.edu.au
P 6294 1860
F 6294 4613
E office.stclaresconder@cg.catholic.edu.au
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.
1st April •Week 9•Term 1• 2015
St Clare of Assisi Primary School
Conder, ACT
BE THE LIGHT
White Card Recipients Week 9 Term 1, 2015
Congratulations to the following students:
Award Receipient
Tylah Baker, Skye Bell, Riley Blake, Alice Brown
Mitchell Campbell
Molly Drayton
Byron Featherstone
Caitlyn Hill , Peytan Hughes
Riya Kashyap, Lincoln King
Ava Lawson, Isaac Leonard
Tyrell Miles
Kyle Orchard
Jaedyn Shaw, Lara Smith
Seth Ullrich
Gabby Ticehurst
Serena White
1st April •Week 9•Term 1• 2015
St Clare of Assisi Primary School
Conder, ACT
BE THE LIGHT
Canteen Roster
Morning
Afternoon
Thursday
2nd April
E. Mowlam
B. Gaynor
N. Muir
Friday
3rd April
Monday
6th April
GOOD
FRIDAY
EASTER
MONDAY
N. Muir
L. Walker
Tuesday
7th April
C. O’Brien
L. Dzamic
Wednesday
8th April
HELP NEEDED
D. O’Malley
T. Fisher
O. Chan
CRAZY HAIR FOR CARITAS
Next Wednesday 8th April we will be having a crazy hair day to
raise money for Project Compassion. Kids can colour their hair,
tease spike, braid or whatever they’d like to do.
Please bring a gold coin donation on the day to be given to your child’s teacher.
Easter Liturgy times:
Holy Thursday—7pm Mass of the Last Supper and Washing of the
Feet, HFC
Good Friday—11am Stations of the Cross outside at St Clare of
Assisi School Conder.
3pm The Passion and Death of Our Lord, HFC
Holy Saturday—6:30pm Easter Vigil Mass, HFC
Easter Sunday—8am & 10am, no 6pm
www.sca.act.edu.au
P 6294 1860
F 6294 4613
E office.stclaresconder@cg.catholic.edu.au
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.
1st April •Week 9•Term 1• 2015
LITERACY LUNACY
WHY READ 20 MINUTES AT HOME?
Student A Reads:
Student B Reads:
Student C Reads:
20 minutes per
5 minutes per day.
1 minute per day.
3600 minutes per
900 minutes per
180 minutes per
school year.
school year.
school year.
1 800 000 words
282 000 words
8000 words per
per year.
per year.
year.
day.
If students start reading for 20 minutes per night in
Kindergarten by the end of Grade 6, Student A will have read
for the equivalent of 60 school days, Student B will have read
for 12 school days and Student C will have read for 3.
NETBALL NATTER
Netball 28 March
Player of the Week and Match Reports SCA
Smurfs – The Whole Team
Superstars – Kristelle McGowan
Smiggles – Annabelle Smith
Stars – Brooklyne Corby
Swifts – Kate Rogers
Sparkles – Isla Edwards
Smarties – Sophie Vassallo
Skittles – Teah Hocking
Saints – Angela Philippa
Starlets – Sisifa Tofuaipangai
Smurfs Match Report
What a great start to the season! The Smurfs played a fantastic game of netball against St
Anthony’s, who definitely made us work hard for the ball. The girls are improving in every
aspect of the game, especially when we catch the ball, turn and pass. The girls put in an
enormous effort for their first game, which hopefully means we are in for a great season.
The whole team were awarded the player of the week as they all played such a great
game! Well done Smurfs!
Katherine Austin
SCHOOL NOTICES
Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge
This week the student’s who are participating in this Challenge received their Reading Records. Unfortunately some
of the cards may have the wrong year level on them. If this is the case for your child can I please ask you to cross
out the wrong grade and write in the correct one. You will also need to write your child’s name and date of birth
on these cards.
Good luck and happy reading everyone!
Year 6 Parents Camp Payment
A reminder that all Year 6 camp payments must be finalised by the
Thursday 9th April.
All Parents - Parent Teacher Interview
Online bookings
Close Thursday 2nd April
SCA School Disco
Friday 29th May 2015
OZTAG
Anyone aged 10 - Born 2005, interested in playing OZTAG on Monday nights starting 4th
May 2015 for 8 weeks in Kambah. Please contact Maree 043 499 6016.
Catholic Schools 2016 Enrolment
School Banking Reminder
The 2016 Catholic Schools Enrolment Period is from
Due to Good Friday, banking will be on Thursday this
Monday 4 May – Friday 22 May 2015
week. So still send down your bank books on Thursday so
(Weeks 2 – 4 inclusive, Term 2). If you know of anyone
you can get your tokens!
outside of our school community who has a child at a
Also as the Athletics Carnival is on next Friday and
Pre-school or Early Learning Centre, please notify them being the last day of term, banking will also be on next
of the opportunity to enrol at St Clare of Assisi.
Thursday!
SCHOOL TERM DATES
Term 1 finishes Friday 10th April
Term 2 - Mon 27 April - Fri 23 July (Gov’t schools return on 28th April)
Term 3 - Mon 20 July - Fri 25 Sept
Term 4 - Mon 12 Oct - Fri 18 Dec
SCA WALKING CLUB
Will resume again after the holidays. Have a lovely Easter and see you at
the Athletics Carnival!!
Parent Network Reps
COMMUNITY NOTICES
Year 7, 2016 Enrolments
St Clare’s College
GALA CELEBRATION DINNER
HOLY FAMILY PRIMARY SCHOOL
1985-2015
SAVE THE DATE AND SPREAD THE WORD
When: Saturday 8th August 2015
Where: Canberra Southern Cross Club, Woden
Time: TBC
All Holy Family staff, families and friends past and present are invited to
our 30th Anniversary celebrations. Please email Angela Ryan with
expressions of interest in attending.
angela.ryan@cg.catholic.edu.au
Future students are invited to “Try a Day @ St Clare’s” on Thursday, 30 April
To find out more information about this exciting day and to register your daughter,
visit our home page on www.stcc.act.edu.au
Parents and future students are invited to our Year 7 2016 Open Evening
Tuesday 5 May 2015, 4.00 – 7.30pm
Tours of the College will be held between 4.00–6.00pm and 6.30–7.30pm. An
information session will be conducted by Senior Students and the Principal, Mr Paul
Carroll, between 6.00-6.30pm in the College Hall.
St Clare’s College is located in McMillan Crescent, Griffith.
For further enquiries contact the Enrolment Officer, Leonie Kelly, on 6260 9405 or visit
our website on www.stcc.act.edu.au
Sports Expo
Come and Join us on Saturday 18th April, at the
Sports Hub, University Drive North, Bruce from
10.00am to 3.00pm entry is free.
Come, try and learn more about all the different types of
sports that are available throughout Canberra and the
Region.
This will be a fun day with sports displays and activities,
jumping castle and Sausage sizzles.
For further information please contact ACTSPORT on 6253 0500