Dear SCA Families,

“Never see a need without doing something about it.” (1871).

This Sunday is the feast day of St Mary MacKillop. When talking with our students about what this quote means, it was humbling to listen to their responses. I would like to share some of these responses from our students with you….

…….“It means helping someone if I see them upset”

…...“It means not ignoring someone if they're feeling down”

…...“If you see someone doing wrong, tell the teacher”

…...“Speak up for those who feel they can’t”

….."Help my friend if they are feeling hurt”

…..."Be brave and speak up”

…..."Make a difference and don’t ignore wrongdoing”

What a powerful message these words can send to each of us.

Next week, we will celebrate the patron Saint of our school; St Clare of Assisi. St Clare of Assisi devoted her life to God, leaving her family and their lifestyle behind and following closely in the footsteps of St Francis and his mission. St. Clare is an inspiration to us all, she saw beyond the importance of wealth and taught us that materialism is not what is truly important. Following Francis’ death, Clare continued to work in the Assisi area, in the Church that Francis ‘rebuilt’ and began her own order, called the Poor Clare’s. The Poor Clare Sisters still work in Assisi, Italy and around the world. Next week, our students will participate in a variety of feast day activities, including celebrating Mass with Fr. James at our Corpus Christi Parish.

Teacher Dunk

Congratulations to our SCA community on such spirit and enthusiasm towards our Teacher Dunk fundraiser. Together, with our additional $2000 from the Community Council, SCA raised $6000 for our partner school St Joseph’s  in Kenya. Thank you all for your generosity and of course to our Faith leaders, Mrs Everding and our teachers for making this day possible.  This money raised will go towards much needed funds to continue to keep the school operational. Including purchasing of school furniture, supplies and kitchen facilities. Well done to all  involved. 

Update for Families on COVID-19 

St Clare of Assisi Primary School and Catholic Education continue to take advice from health authorities in relation to COVID-19. The Catholic Education Office has a team that is actively monitoring the COVID-19 situation as it develops, paying particular attention to local hotspots and organising support for schools where required. 

St Clare of Assisi remains a safe place for students and staff during this time. We remain in close communication with government health authorities and have not been advised of any case within our school community at this time. Should this change, I will update you regarding any potential temporary closure of our school and provide advice on how this will be managed.

St Clare of Assisi Primary School is practicing all safe hygiene practices in line with government advice.

We remind all families: 

• Children and staff will only be allowed at school if physically well.
• Parents and visitors may drop off and pick up, however, please maintain social distancing and do not gather on school grounds. In only necessary cases, parents may enter the school building through the front office and are strongly encouraged to use the Check in CBR app when entering the school grounds.
• All adults entering the school buildings may only do so after signing in at the front office, affirming they are well and sanitising their hands.

Should you have any questions in relation to our school and COVID-19, please feel free to contact our office.

Thank you

A special thanks to our school community for your very generous care meals that are being provided to those in need within our school family. These meals have been gratefully received and very much appreciated. Thank you.

COMPASS

If you have downloaded Compass you can start to add attendance notes for your child.  From the Compass Portal home screen on the bottom select + Add Attendance Note (Approved Absence/Late)

Parents then select a reason from the drop down option list, write in supporting comments and select the date the student will be absent (either current or future). The affected sessions then updates on the right hand side of the pop up informing the parent of all sessions that their child will miss.  Once this is saved it will automatically be reflected in the class roll marking the student as absent.

With thanks for your continued support.