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Santa Clara School Newsletter
Term 3, Week 2 - Friday 26th July, 2024
Principal Update
Dear Parents & Caregivers
I am delighted to be sending my first newsletter as Acting Principal of Santa Clara School. It’s a very proud moment for me personally and professionally having now spent one year at this school. I am truly blessed to lead such a great community until the end of this school year. I have had the pleasure of witnessing firsthand the significant progress our school community has made in all areas led by Mr. Payne and our outstanding staff.
This Sunday’s Gospel (John 6:1-15) focus is on family! This resonates with me as I went overseas for a family wedding for three days. I haven’t been on a family holiday since 2013 and didn’t really want to go but my wife insisted that we go so we booked our tickets and off we went. It was only a short 3-day Indian wedding leaving last Thursday and arriving back to Perth on Monday. Upon reflection of this short break, I realised I spent quality time with family as well as building relationships and new connections with my wife’s family from around the world who are all wonderful people. What I take away from this experience is the importance of spending time with your loved ones. In today’s society we are so concerned with commitments that take us away from spending time with our loved ones for example, spending time on our phones scrolling on social media or in search of material possessions that we think will make us happy. I guess what I am trying to say from my experience of this short break is the gift of time. Time you cannot get back. As a father of 3 boys aged 15, 10 and 6 it was a gift to spend quality time with them and have grown closer together as a family due to this short holiday for a family wedding.
Sunday’s Gospel highlights the importance of family. I suggest speaking with your children about what qualities/values that make a great family and name them i.e. time together, cooperation, patience, acts of service and so on. We often get lost in a society where we focus on material things and put all our efforts in trying to live up to certain expectations that society places on us that take us away from what really matters. The gift of time is the richest gift we can offer our loved ones!
This term promises to be a very busy one with many exciting events planned for children for the term. The Year 3 and 5 students begin preparing for the Religious Education Assessment (REA) with practice tests this week for the official test next week. On Friday 9th August we celebrate Clare Day beginning with Mass and our annual mini fete following this which is always fun.
Thank you for your support and I very much look forward to working closely with you and your family over the coming term.
Kind regards
Andrew Gaudoin
Acting Principal
Assistant Principal News
Welcome back for another term. It has been very exciting to see the students and families returning from a well deserved break.
FOOTSTEPS DANCE
This Term is as busy as the last with many exciting events planned. We are excited to start our Footsteps Dance classes with students from K - 6 participating in these dance lessons. We are looking forward to the end of term performances in addition to our open afternoon.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSESSMENT
We wish our students in Year 3 & 5 all best as they complete the Religious Education Assessment. We thank Mrs Adams and Mrs Hawkins for their work and preparation in supporting the students.
CLARE FEAST DAY MASS AND MINI FETE
On Friday 9 August we have our St Clare Feast Day Mass followed by our mini fete, we will send more information in the following week.,
FREINDLY REMINDER
A friendly reminder that if your child is unwell or experiencing flu like symptoms we kindly ask that you keep them home to rest and recover. We have noticed of late that some children have been sent to school despite being unwell in the morning and this potentially will impact the other students and staff the risk being much greater as we are spending more times indoors with the wet weather. We thankyou for your support in ensuring the wellbeing of the students and staff.
Enjoy your weekend!
Denise Grech
Term Three Calendar
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Live Calendar
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Important Dates
JULY
Friday 26th - Awards Assembly 9.00am
Tuesday 30th - P & F Meeting 5.15pm
SAC Meeting 6.00pm
August
Friday 2nd - Year 5 Class Assembly 9.00am
Thursday 8th - Clare Day
Friday 9th - St Clare Feast Day Mass 9.00am
St Clare Day Mini Fete
Thursday 15th - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mass 9.00am
Athletics Field Day
Friday 16th - Awards Assembly 9.00am
Book Fair Commences
Monday 19th - Book Week
Wednesday 21st - Book Fair Ends
Thursday 22nd - Book Week Parade
Tuesday 27th - Confirmation Workshop 4.30pm
P & F Meeting 5.15pm
SAC Meeting 6.00pm
Thursday 29th - Fathers Day Stall
Fathers Day Breakfast and Mass
Friday 30th - Athletics Carnival
September
Sunday 1st - Fathers Day
Friday 6th - Confirmation Reconciliation 4.30pm
Sunday 8th - Confirmation 9.30am
Wednesday 11th - Footsteps Concert 2.00pm-3.00pm
Open Afternoon 3.30pm-5.30pm
Friday 13th - Kindy Class Assembly 9.00am
Thursday 19th - Last Day Term 3
Friday 20th - Pupil Free Day
During weeks 3-4, the students will be focusing on the URSTRONG term, ‘Friendship Ninja’. A Friendship Ninja is someone who is kind and friendly to everyone and surrounds themselves with healthy ‘green zone’ friends. Students will be learning about how to treat themselves with kindness and stay true to who they are.
Uniform Shop News
The Uniform Shop is open from 8:30am to 9:30am on Wednesday mornings.
You are still welcome to order online through QuickCliq at www.quickcliq.com.au.
For queries, please email: uniform@santaclara.wa.edu.au.
P & F News
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About Us
Email: admin@santaclara.wa.edu.au
Website: web.santaclara.wa.edu.au
Location: 91 Coolgardie Street, Saint James WA, Australia
Phone: (08) 9251 0400