Welcome back everyone. We hope you

have all had a fantastic break and are

ready for another busy term.

MINI FETE

Preparations for our mini fete, Saturday

18th October, are well underway. Last

term the children were each given a

letter to take to our local businesses

asking a donation for our raffle. If you

have any issues handing out your letter

please let me know asap so I can follow

this up with the business myself.

This week the children will also be

bringing home a list of items needed for

their stall. Please remember you are

not expected to provide everything on

their list!

If you are able to support their stall in

any way, it would be greatly

appreciated.

Don’t forget to tell family and friends

about the fete! The more the merrier.

MARC VAN

Mrs Severs will be here on Friday

morning– bring books and bags please.

Clifton Creek Primary School

phone: 5157 9251

1020 Deptford Rd Clifton Creek 3875 email: clifton.creek.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

website : www.cliftoncreekps.vic.edu.au

Issue 29

Monday 6 October, 2014

Calendar– Term 4 Term 4: 6 October to 19 December

OCTOBER

Monday 6

Tuesday 7 Religious Instruc�on

Wednesday 8

Thursday 9 Prep Steps transi�on

program

Kitchen Garden

Thu-Fri 9 & 10 Junior Camp Coonawarra

Sat 18 Mini Fete

Friday 24 Dare to be a Drummer and

Valanga performance

NOVEMBER

Saturday 15 School Garage Sale

Saturday 6 Bairnsdale Street Parade

DECEMBER

Friday 10 MarcVan

REMINDERS

CCPS Cook book for sale $10 OCTOBER is our month for Safeway’s Money Spinner… why not pop a coin or two in the spinner.

Be Sunsmart

No hat…no play

ATHLETIC SPORTS

Good luck to Zoe who will be completing

in the next level of the Athletics Carnival

in Bairnsdale.

FRIDAY FANG

There will be no Friday Fang this week.

A new Summer menu will be sent home

with today’s newsletter.

Transition Program

Our first transition program will be held

this Thursday despite the Junior class

being away on camp. It will be a small

group however it provides a lovely

opportunity for the children and I to get to

know one another.

Junior School Camp

Some very excited children this week in

readiness for their camp on Thursday.

Have a great time everyone. It certainly

will be quiet without you all here.

THANK YOU

A big thankyou to Bree, Ashley and Jake

for caring for our chooks over the

holidays. It was nice to be able to go

away and know someone close by was

keeping an eye on things for us. Much

appreciated.

MONEY SPINNER

October is our month at Bairnsdale

Safeway Store— why not drop a coin in

when you finish shopping. Thanks to

Ashley’s grandpa for providing us with a

super CCPS sign.

Garage Sale:

Our school garage sale is on 15th

November. Thank you to all those who

are donating their saleable items for our

garage sale– keep bringing them along.

Active After School Communities

We will start up our AASC again on

Monday 13th October.

‘Dare to Be a Drummer’

Our drumming classes are finished and it

is now time to show everyone our talents!

All school families are invited to join us

in a relaxed evening of drumming,

socialising and pizza. We will also have

the opportunity to enjoy a performance by

professional musician Valanga Khoza.

Please come along and support our very

nervous adult drummers in their first

performance.

SCHOOL COUNCIL

School Council met on 17th September,

and worked through an agenda covering

policy reviews and updates, Emergency

Management planning, camp Coonawarra

and student safety at the WyYung bus

stop. Minutes will be emailed to

councillors. Next meeting : 29th October.

Surprise

I was delighted to be treated to a lovely

surprise birthday party on the last day of

term– thanks to the students and staff who

organised this.

SUNSMART: A reminder that we are a sunsmart school… our revised policy states that high UV levels can be reached in August AND that sunsmart protection is essential from SEPTEMBER to APRIL.

HATS are required for outdoor play.

BUS STOP SAFETY

Parents are reminded that it is essential to

closely supervise their children whilst

waiting for the school bus at Wy Yung.

To assist parents in the safe drop off and

pick up of children from the Wy Yung

bus stop, it has been suggested that a

shared parent phone contact list would be

useful. Please fill in the Consent Slip if

you are happy to share your contact

details with other parents.

Thank you.

DRUM TRAIN

Last term children helped put the

finishing touches on our DRUM

TRAIN—a perfect way of safely storing

and conveniently transporting the

school’s collection of African style

drums.

Guess what we’ve been doing? Cooper:

I stepped on. I had seen videos of this.

My uncle is a pro. I take a breath. I take

off suddenly. I hear people cheering.

Then I crash. But as people say, if you

fall off a horse, then get back on. So I did

get back on and I did three tic tac toes.

Damian:

The waves crashed. I was nervous. I

didn’t want to hit the waves. But it was

time. Then I fell off. I tried and tried.

Finally I did it.

RESOURCESMART

Last week of term, eight of the senior

students travelled to Bellbird Rd where

they completed planting another 100

seedlings as part of the ResourceSmart

program’s Energy Module. Carbon

emitted from our school’s electricity

usage in 2014 has now been offset

through the planting sessions and in the

meantime we will continue to look at

how we can minimise our electricity

usage here at school.

Thank you to Chris & Felicity for

welcoming us onto their property.

Ashley carefully planting out a wattle seedling.

CONSENT TO SHARE PHONE DETAILS

I agree to share my personal phone contact details with other parents

using the CCPS bus .

The best number to reach me on is ….

I do not wish to share my personal phone contact details with other

parents using the CCPS bus

NAME : ……………………… DATE : …………………… Please fill this in and return it to school

FRIDAY FANG

SUMMER MENU 2014

Mains

Zucchini Slice $2.00

Salad Wrap with Chicken or Ham $3.00

Salad Wrap ~ No meat $2.50

Corn Fritters with Salsa $2.00

Hawaiian Pizza Twists $2.00

Drinks

Homemade lemonade $1.00

Milk shake $1.50

Desserts

Frozen Orange 50c

Apple Streusel Slice $1.50