Dear SCA Families,

Thank you sincerely to all who made last week so special. Celebrating our patron Saint, and 25 years of our wonderful school gave us all chance to give thanks for the blessings of our community.

To all the staff who were involved in organising Mass, led by Mrs Karen Haines, well done. It was a fitting way to mark the day. The music in particular, was wonderful; thanks to Mrs Christine Roos, Mr Michael Stoelinga and Mrs Evie Tjhia, and the student musicians for bringing it together. Thanks also to Michelle and Sandra for feeding so many in such a short space of time.

There was a tremendous vibe at our Jubilee Dinner on Friday evening, shared by present families and staff, as well as a significant number of former staff and parents. It was great to catch up with such a range of people. As Mary Mathias, a former principal, noted, it was a true testament to the community, that so many people came back.

Thanks to the organising committee of Karen Haines, Karen Snowball, Annette Galvin, Jo McCarthy, Evie Tjhia, Tracy Mowlam, Katherine Austin, Priscilla Caragh, Narelle O’Callaghan, Samantha Slocomb, Emma Delmenico and Val Ciuffetelli for a great job. Thanks also to Beth Lehmensich, former teacher, for helping with the photo story. We are also grateful to Poetry in Flowers (the Andriske family) for the generous donations of floral arrangements for our tables on the night.  The beautiful arrangements can be still seen in our Front Office area.

What’s Happening in Your Child’s Classroom

We are looking forward to opening our school next Tuesday (20 August) and the children would love to show you their classroom. We will welcome any and all visitors from 3.30 until 6.00pm.

Fathers Day Celebrations

All dads, grand-dads and father figures are invited to join us for breakfast and a social gathering, on Friday, 30^th August, between 7.30am and 8.30am in the school Hall.

Will you please help!

The Fathers Day breakfast is on at school on Friday 30^th August, from 7.30am. If you are able to help prepare, serve or clean up between 7.00am and 8.30am (even just for half an hour), please click on the link:

https://stclareconder.schoolzineplus.com/form/32

Outside School Hours Care

It is with a deal of sadness that I inform you that Gareth Clouston is resigning from his position as Director of St Clare of Assisi Primary School OSHC. His final day at SCA will be Friday 13 September.

For the past seven years, Gareth has worked tirelessly for the students and staff of OSHC. In the last two years, he has led our centre with passion and energy, and significantly contributed to making it the wonderful environment it is.

The position of Director is being advertised through local and national media.

On behalf of our staff and families, I express our sincere and grateful thanks to Gareth for his contribution to OSHC in our school. I wish Gareth all the best for the future.

15th August

On Thursday we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. It originated in the Fourth Century when there was a popular understanding that the apostles found the tomb of Mary empty.

For us the Feast of the Assumption is a celebration of the hope of eternal life promised by God. The Assumption of Mary stands today as a sign of the human dignity we all share. It celebrates the fact that when our human potential for goodness and wholeness is fully realised it ends in union with God. As we journey through life and face difficulties, and reflect on the problems that divide our world, we look to Mary for hope.

She lived solely for God and for the welfare of others and, in that, achieved self-fulfilment through remaining faithful and steadfast. Mary’s holiness and greatness are found in this constant fidelity to God and the mission entrusted to her. Mary gives us a clear way to respond to God’s call and live a full life in service to others.

It was once said…

“The best thing you can spend on your kids is time.” ~ Arnold Glasow

Please pray for our Year 4 children, many of whom over these two weeks will be receiving Jesus in the Eucharist for the first time.

Blessings to you and your family.

Matt Egan-Richards
Principal

Be the Light of… Leadership

Vision, Creativity, Innovation, Direction

First Eucharist

Please keep the following students and their families in your prayers as they prepare to celebrate their First Eucharist over the next two weekends.

Class Mass this Friday 16^th August:

2 Blue and 3 Green

Feast of the Assumption 15^th August

On Thursday the Church celebrates the Feast Day of the Assumption of Our Lady when according to our faith, the Holy Mother, "having completed her course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory".

Although defined as an article of faith by Pope Pius XII just over half a century ago, the Assumption of Our Lady into heaven has been accepted from back to the earliest of Christian times.

The Assumption signals the end of Mary's earthly life and marks her return to heaven to be reunited with Jesus. While the bodies of both Jesus and Mary are now in heaven, there is a difference between the Assumption and the Resurrection. Where Jesus arose from the tomb and ascended into heaven by his own power, Mary's body was taken up to heaven by the power of her Son.

For this reason, we use different words to describe each event. One is the Ascension of Christ and the other, the Assumption of Mary.

PRAYER TO MARY

Holy Mary, on this day,

we honour your life as the chosen

Mother of Jesus.

We remember your dedication to God

and the joy and heartache you had in

your life as you followed God’s plan

for you.

We pray for the love you had for God,

the hope you had in Jesus, and the

joy you found in your heart.

Pray for us as we grow in

love, hope and joy.

AMEN

Congratulations to the children who will be awarded white cards at this Friday's assembly.

The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book Week theme for 2019 is:

This theme creates a fantastic platform to explore how reading empowers each of us, no matter what age. As teachers and parents, we greatly influence a child’s attitude towards reading and part of our role is to ignite that flame within the child to become curious and connected to texts and to be able to express their ideas creatively. 

Reading can be a powerful secret in improving the quality of everyone’s life.

Book Week is a time to celebrate outstanding Australian books for children. Each year, the Children’s Book Council chooses the best books in six different categories. To help the children celebrate books and read for enjoyment we would love for you to come along to Book Fair.

PERFORM MUSICAL

This will be held on Tuesday 20 August in the school hall at the following times:

11:35am – 12:35pm       Kinder, Year One and Year Two

1:50pm – 2:50pm           Year 3, 4, 5 and 6

BOOK FAIR

This will be held during Week 5 in Term 3. A large number of books will be available for purchase. This replaces the second Book Club order for the term. The children will be previewing the Book Fair and will bring home a wish list which they have compiled. There is absolutely NO obligation to buy any of the books which the children have selected. We would encourage you to come in with your child/ren and see what they have chosen. We do, however, receive a commission on all books sold and are able to buy new books for our Library and classrooms. 

With every book purchased your child will go into a raffle to win an age appropriate book pack.

We are once again running Book Fair during the day to allow the children to purchase books.  We will open on two days this year:

Tuesday 20 August & Wednesday 21 August

8:30am – 5.30pm 

Please note the Book Fair will not be open at any other times during this week.

BOOK WEEK ASSEMBLY 

Will be held on Friday of Week 5 and will be led by the Year 5 classes.  Students may receive a prize for their homework efforts at this assembly.

DRESS UP DAY

There will be a Dress Up Day on Friday 23 August.  The children will be asked to organise their dress ups as part of their Week 4 and 5 homework.  A homework sheet will be sent home with all of the relevant information.

Friday 30th August

To RSVP and to help please follow the link below:

https://stclareconder.schoolzineplus.com/form/32

RSVP's are required by Tuesday 27th August.

A reminder that many hands make light work

Netball 10 August

Player of the Week and Match Reports

Speckles – did not play

Little Skittles – did not play

Smarties – did not play

Squiggles – Isla Thomas

Smiggles – the whole team

Stars – Kasey Ryan

Swifts – Nataliya Hlevnjak

Sunshines – Mili Fisher

Skittles – Phoebe Vassallo

Sparkles – did not play

Smurfs – the whole team

Sunshines Match Report

On a freezing but beautiful day, Sunshines took on Maddies for this round. We started really strong, with excellent mid-court play from Zoe and Mili. Kayla and Madi A were kept busy in defence, with Maddies having to work hard to get the ball into their shooters. Aluel, Sami and Maddie F were challenged by the strong Maddies defence, but managed to get some good feeds into the circle despite this. While we have struggled to take a win this year, we’ve made a lot of progress and had a lot of fun along the way. Thanks my little Sunshines, I have absolutely loved being your coach. 

Stars Match Report

The stars faced freezing conditions on Saturday, and with no subs they played a hard game against St Francis of Assisi Stargazers!

The girls didn’t let the cold get to them, bringing tight defence and great team work! It was great game, everyone played really well as a team and nearly brought home the win, down by just one goal to finish 10-11.

Well done to all the girls

This year at SCA 15 year 5’s and 6’s are participating in the $20 boss program, delivered by FYA, attending a lunchtime Entrepreneur Club run by Mrs Everding and Mrs Caragh. We have decided to run a social enterprise selling healthier muffins to the school community with the profit going to Vinnies to support the homeless.

Muffin varieties: apple and cinnamon OR  blueberry

$2 each or  6 for $10

Muffins will be sold during the learning journey 3:30pm - 5:30pm Tuesday 20th August (cash only).  We will have chairs set up in front of our stall for our customers to sit down and eat. 

Thursday 29th August (preorders only NO CASH)

Pre-order forms and payment will be available through the QKR app.

Eat in muffins are available:

Recess for Kindergarten - Year 3   

Lunch for Year 4 - Year 6

(preorders only, no cash)

All take away muffins will be delivered at the end of the day to take home on Thursday 29th August.

COME TO THE ENTREPRENEUR MUFFIN STALL!!!

On behalf of the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia, it is our great pleasure to invite students who are learning Bahasa Indonesia at your school to attend the 74th Indonesian Independence Day Flag Raising Ceremony to commemorate the 74th Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia.  This ceremony which will be held at the Embassy of Indonesia, 8 Darwin Avenue, Yarralumla ACT 2600 on Saturday, 17 August 2019 at 9:15am.

I kindly suggest students arrive 15 minutes before the Ceremony commences as the gate will be closed to sterilize the ceremony area.  After the ceremony, there will be Indonesian music bank performance and Tumpengan Ceremony.  You are very welcome to stay and join until the rest of the event.

Should you need further information about this event, please do not hesitate to contact us at kbri.dikbud@gmail.com or (02) 6250 8628.

I am looking forward to see you at the event.

M. Imran Hanafi

Education and Cultural Attache