Welcome to St Clare's Parish School, Tully
Saint Clare's is a vibrant community of over 200 students in Tully – Far North Queensland. Our school prides itself on the wonderful reputation that it enjoys in the local community and the dedicated and caring staff that work with us.
Saint Clare's school is experiencing exciting times at present. We have recently added a new technology room, administration block and built a roof over our basketball court. These new buildings have allowed us to cater for the growing needs of the community, and to allow us to provide greater service to our students and the community in general.
Saint Clare's provides an excellent education for its students. Staff pride themselves in catering for individuals and their diverse needs. We enjoy a very close link with the church, as classes celebrate Mass regularly and enjoy class visits from our Parish Administrator, Fr Karel Duivenvoorden.
Thank you for taking the time to tour our website and I invite you to contact the school should you have any queries. Greg Hoare - Principal
Please click here for a message from our Parish Priest
Latest News & Events
This last week of the term is another busy week with the Prep to year 3 children participating in the Reading Day down the main street on Tuesday 18th June.
On Wednesday 19th June our year 7 students visit Mission Beach School for a series of discussion groups with the other year 7 students from the state schools in the area. They will then have a BBQ lunch and participate in some games down at the beach.
This week we also have visitors from FNQ Heat doing Soccer skills lessons with classes. They are working with all of the schools in the area during the week.
On Thursday 20th June Constable Kirstel McLean, our school's adopt a cop, will be visiting each class and speaking with the children. Confirmation also takes place this Thursday. I would like to wish those students being confirmed all the best.
On Friday 21st June we have a Free Dress Day and our Lunch on the Lawn.
SCHOOL BOARD
Recently a letter was sent out seeking feedback on whether or not a
uniform committee should be formed to investigate the possibility of
making changes to the school uniform. There were 47 responses. 21
families voted in favour of forming a uniform committee and 26 were
against a uniform committee being formed. From the results of this
survey it has been the decision of the school board to adopt the draft
policy which was sent out earlier in the term. The uniform requirements
will therefore remain as is.
At the last School Board meeting the board recently reviewed the “School Community Grievances” Policy. A copy of this policy is
included at the end of this week's newsletter for your perusal. We would appreciate if you
could acknowledge receipt of this policy and provide any feedback.
This can be done by clicking:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SL33DQK The online survey responses will remain open until 3pm on
Thursday June 20th.
SPORT
Congratulations to all the age group winners of the 800m races which took place on Friday 14th June.
Best wishes to Aden, David,
Phillip and Dylan who go away with the Peninsula Rugby League team to compete in the State Championships at Hervey Bay later in the week.
Note that the Athletics Carnival will take place on Thursday 11th July at the High School. This is the first week back after the holidays.
P&F NEWS
All parents are invited and welcome to come along to these meetings.
Trivia Night
Congratulations to the P&F for organising the Trivia Night last Friday evening. It certainly was a success with everyone having a great night.
