23 July 2015

Dear Parents,

A reminder that all parents should have received a radii survey to complete for Catholic Education Week. These surveys give us a good reflection of how well the school is running in a number of are-as. Our senior class and all staff complete the surveys too. I would like to wish Father Rod a “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” for this Sunday, 26 July 2015. We will hold a special celebration for Father this Friday during the Athletics Carnival.

Catholic Education Week: 27-31 July 2015 (Week 3) Catholic Education Week will be celebrated across Queensland from 27 - 31 July this year. This annual event is held to promote the special ethos of Catholic schools and to highlight the great things that take place in Catholic schools every day. The theme for this year’s celebrations is:

"Engaging Minds. Igniting Hearts. Serving Others." Catholic schools strive to make a difference in the lives of individuals and in the wider community by challenging young people to live out the message of Jesus and to reach their full potential as com-passionate, contributing, life-giving members of society. The school Family Mass will be held this Sunday, 26th July 2015 at 5pm.It is our opportunity to cel-ebrate Catholic Education Week. We would encourage your attendance and ask that all students from the school be present on this special occasion. The Year 6 students from our school will attend the Catholic Week opening ceremony next Tues-day morning at St Mary’s School in Warwick. Please note that the school will be closed next Friday, 31 July, for the Bishop’s In-Service Day.

Dates To Remember

JULY 2015 24th - School Athletics Day (Friday)(9.00am start) 26th - School Mass 26th - Happy Birthday Father Rod 27th - 31st - Catholic Education Week - Engaging Minds, Igniting Hearts, Serv-ing Others 30th - CathEd Netball Carnival - Yr 5/6 Girls 31st - Bishop’s Pupil Free Day AUGUST 2015 3rd - CD Field Events 7th - CD Track and Field 21st - SD Track and Field 23rd - School Mass

SEPTEMBER 2015 4th - Ball Games Carnival - Clifton State School 4th - Confirmation@ 5pm in Allora 5th - Father’s Day Bush Dance

DATE CLAIMER: 19 March 2016 - PARISH FETE

Quote of the Week:

Great effort springs naturally

from a great attitude.

Pat Riley

God Bless,

Brett Pollard

Principal

This Week’s Family Mass Roster Sunday: 26th July 5 pm

Welcoming: School POF/OH: School Readers: School Offertory: School Eucharistic Ministers: P Tickner & Brett Pollard Church Cleaning: H Gillam, J Maguire, M Wiedman & M Twomey

Tuckshop Roster:

24 July - Athletics Day

31 July - Bishops Pupil Free Day

7 Aug - CD Track & Field - Allora (menu

next week).

UNIFORMS SHOP NOW OPEN

ON TUESDAYS 8.30am

For uniform Direct Debit PAYMENTS please phone Jenny Gillam for the P & F bank de-tails as school fees are paid into a separate bank account.

SCHOOL FEES: School Fees for Term 3 were sent home today with the due date for the payment of Term 3 Fees being Friday 27th August. Please remember that these fees help with the smooth running of the school and are vital to pay for most of our everyday expenses. It would be appreciated if any families having dif-ficulty meeting this commitment could contact me as soon as possible.

Central Downs Athletics This Athletics carnival is held over two days with qualifiers from our school carnival participating. Monday’s programme includes track and field events for students in years 4 to 6 while Friday’s carnival involves the students from Year One to Year Six. Students will be notified of their selec-tion next week after our School Carnival results have been processed.

P&F NEWS Fundraising Levy Proposal Last night we held our information session regarding the proposal to introduce a Fundraising Levy. We had a good turn out of parents and it was great to receive everyone's feedback, opinions and questions. At the conclusion of the session the votes were counted. The results concluded that the school will introduce a Resource Fee of $20 per family per term commencing in 2016. Mr Pollard advised the P&F, that as a result of the fee being intro-duced, the school fees will not increase next year. The results also concluded that this year the Bull Sale Fundraiser will be a Year 5/6 Canberra Trip Fundraiser. More information will be given to the parents at the upcoming meeting. Thank you to those who voted and contributed at the information session. Tuckshop Convenor The P&F would like to take this opportunity to thank Christine Peardon for her contribution to the school community in her capacity as Tuckshop Convener. Chrissy volunteers her time each week to ensure that our children have a delicious and wholesome lunch every Friday. It is with sadness that we farewell Chrissy from this position in our school community. Thank-you Chrissy. This leaves us in the position of calling for nominations for a new Tuckshop convener. Please leave your nominations at the office or email us on Clifton.PandF@twb.catholic.edu.au at your earliest convenience. Upgrading of Oval We have received notification that we have not received the grant to upgrade the school oval which the P&F submitted some months ago. However, we have been informed that there was nothing wrong with the initial submission, they just ran out of money and we are able to re-apply for the grant. The next round of submissions closes in October. We would like to thank Kerry McCarthy for her time and effort spent with the grant submission. The P&F will apply for the grant in the next round of submissions and are focused on proceed-ing with this project. Next P&F Meeting: 6pm Wednesday, 12th August 2015 Please email your agenda items to: Clifton.PandF@twb.catholic.edu.au P&F Executive: Simone Gillam, Lisa Lucas, Ann-Maree Bange, Bec McKenzie

Catholic Education Week

Thank you to all families who have already indicated that they will be joining us

for our school family mass this Sunday the 26th July. The mass will signify the be-

ginning of Catholic Education Week. During this week students will engage in ac-

tivities such as the ‘Five Finger Prayer’.

Prayer is a conversation with God, not a formula. Yet sometimes we might need to

use a “method” to freshen up our prayer time. We can pray the Psalms or other Scriptures (such as The

Lord’s Prayer), or use the ACTS method (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication). I re-

cently came across this “Five-Finger Prayer” to use as a guide when praying for others:

When you fold your hands, the thumb is nearest you. So begin by praying for those closest to you—your loved ones .

The index finger is the pointer. Pray for those who teach—Bible teachers and preach-ers, and those who teach children .

The next finger is the tallest. It reminds you to pray for those in authority over you—national and local leaders, and your supervisor at work .

The fourth finger is usually the weakest. Pray for those who are in trouble or who are suffering .

Then comes your little finger. It reminds you of your smallness in relation to God’s greatness. Ask God to supply your needs .

http://odb.org/2005/06/02/five-finger-prayers

Celebrating

Our Catholic

School St Francis de Sales