alfred nobel’s first death - francis de sales · his name was alfred nobel and he is remembered...
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Po Box 27
Clifton 4361
Ph: (07) 46973366
Fax: (07) 46973067
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.clifton.catholic.edu.au
22 June , 2011
Alfred Nobel’s First Death
About a hundred years ago, a man looked at the morning newspaper and to his
surprise and horror, read his name in the obituary column. The newspapers had
reported the death of the wrong person by mistake. His first response was shock.
Am I here or there?
When he regained his composure, his second thought was to find out what people
had said about him. The obituary read, “Dynamite King Dies.” And also, “He was
the merchant of death.” This man was the inventor of dynamite and when he read
the words “merchant of death,” he asked himself a question, “Is this how I am go-
ing to be remembered?” He got in touch with his feelings and decided that this
was not the way he wanted to be remembered. From that day on, he started
working toward peace.
His name was Alfred Nobel and he is remembered today by the great Nobel Prize.
Just as Alfred Nobel got in touch with his feelings and redefined his values, we
should step back and do the same.
Dear Parents,
The Naidoc celebrations held at the school last Friday were excellent. We hosted near-
ly 400 students from our Clifton cluster. Mrs Suzanne Cavanagh our Senior Education
Officer officially opened the festivities for the Director and Mr Phillip Dreise of the
CEO made acknowledgement to country.
The behaviour of all students celebrating the day was exemplary and the Aboriginal
Dancers and interest tables were a great way to celebrate the Aboriginal Culture.
A beautiful Boomerang Trophy was unveiled as the floating trophy for various activi-
ties at all future Naidoc Celebrations. This year the schools designed a new Australian
flag. The quality of entries was excellent and the judges gave first place to St Francis
de Sales. Thank you to all the children who helped in the design and a special thanks
to Mrs Harris who put all the ideas together. Congratulations and thank you to Mrs
Tickner for her wonderful organisation of the day.
BUSH DANCE DATE CLAIMER
On Saturday night September 3, the school will be
holding a Bush Dance. This will be our celebration
for Father’s Day this year. The students will be
taught various dances during term 3 and will be per-
forming some items as well as teaching parents some
toe tapping numbers.
There will be a camp oven meal provided at a mini-
mal cost. BYO will apply. The evening will com-
mence at 6pm approx.
Prior to the start of the evening, the children’s class-
rooms will be open to showcase some of the activities
that they have undertaken during the year to date. The
classrooms will be open from 5.30pm.
Please keep this date free in your diary as we are an-
ticipating a lovely social evening together for the
whole school community. More details will follow
early in Term 3.
Jacqui Drysdale
Congratulations to all those who competed in the
Darling Downs Athletic Carnival on Tuesday 21st
June.—Ashley Joppich, Ben Gibson, Alyssa Free,
Brianna Meacle, Tyler Gillam, Tara Wilkinson,
Bridie Joppich, Aaron Stace, Darby Peardon,. All
performed well against representatives from
schools across the Downs.
Special
congratulations
to Ben Gibson on
winning two Gold
Medals ( for 200m and
800m) at the Darling
Downs Athletics
Carnival on Tuesday.
He is now off to the
State Championships.
Well done Ben!
SCHOOL FEES School Fees are now overdue. Please endeav-
our to pay outstanding amounts as soon as pos-
sible.
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
difficulty meeting this commitment could con-
tact me as soon as possible.
2012 Enrolments
As we are fielding enquiries for enrolments for
2012, we need to know what spaces we have
available. To help in this regard, it is important
that current school families who will have a
child entering Prep in 2012 complete an enrol-
ment form as soon as possible. (We already
have a healthy enrolment for the Prep class
next year and we will only have limited plac-
es.)
Interviews will be held from the 25th to the
28th July.
It is also important that families who will be
leaving the school at the end of 2011 let us
know as soon as a decision has been finalized.
NAIDOC DAY THANK YOU
A very special thank you to Caroline Stace
and all the parents who helped her to cater
for lunches last Friday. Everyone had their
meal on time, thanks to your great effort.
Thank You from Year 6/7
We would like to thank Janet and Don
Wilkinson for their recent donation of a bale
of hay which will be used as mulch for our
garden. We would also like to thank Chris
and Phillip Moar of Pilton (who were
approached by Brad Giggins) for their kind
donation of a bag of fertiliser. These
resources will help in the preparation of our
gardens for next season's crop.
Year 6/7 Green Thumbs.
This Week’s Liturgy Roster
18/06/11
Welcoming: E Lyons
Liturgy Co-ordinator: K Cranitch
POF/OHP: M Wiedman
Altar: Readers: K & M Cranitch
Offertory: K & M Cranitch
Eucharistic Ministers: H Gillam
& P Tickner
Counters: R & L Murphy
Cleaning: M Byrne, J Keleher,
J Meara & C Horton
Club Hotel Raffle Roster
17th June: K Flynn & C Rickert
24th June:
M Fallbrown & D Richardson
Dates To Remember
JUNE 2011
22nd - Semester 1 Reports sent home.
23rd - End of Term (Thursday)
24th- Pupil Free Day - ACARA In-Service
26th - Sunday Mass 5pm
JULY 2011
3rd Sunday Mass 5.00pm
11th - Pupil Free. Staff Curriculum In-service
12th -School Opens for Term 3 . ( Staff Cur-
riculum In-service - 4 Relief Teachers )
15th - Gala Winter Sports - Allora
25th - 28th - Prep Interviews
25th - 29th Catholic Education Week
29th - Bishop’s Inservice Day ( School
Closed)
AUGUST 2011
2nd - P& F Meeting
5th - Census Day
8th - School Liturgy - Mary McKillop Cele-
bration
8th - Parish Council Meeting
12th - Mrs Skillington’s Last Day for 2011
18th - Ski Trip Departs at 4.30 p.m.
24th - Ski Trip Returns at 7.30 a.m.
SEPTEMBER 2011
1st - S.D. Girls Cricket
3rd - Father’s Day Bush Dance
(DATE CLAIM!!)
4th Father’s Day Mass, 5:00pm 5th - Parish Council Meeting
6th - P& F Meeting
9th - (Friday) ACARA - Scope & Sequence
Planning Day - School Closed
16th - Term 3 Last Day
Quote of the Week
God Bless,
Brett Pollard
Principal
P & F PIE DRIVE
The P&F will be holding a Pie Drive early next
term. The Pie Order Forms will be sent home this
week and should be returned to school with the
money early next term. Please support the P & F
in this fundraiser.
Positive anything is better than
negative nothing.
Elbert Hubbard