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Clunes Public School Newsletter 18 October 2018
Week 1 Term 4 ‘Learn to Live, Live to Learn’
Integrity, Responsibility, Respect
Walker Street, Clunes 2480 Phone: (02) 66291278 Email: [email protected] Principal: Michelle Slee Fax: (02) 66291040 Website: www.clunes-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
Our school stands proudly on Bundjalung land
SCHOOL CALENDAR We are an accredited Waste Wise Ways School WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5
Year 4-6 Canberra/Sydney Excursion
Sunday 21 October - Canberra/Sydney Excursion departs at 6.30pm. Please be at school by 6pm to load the bus Friday 26 October - Bus arrives from Sydney at 6.30am.
2019 School Captain Campaign begins Friday 2 Nov - NRL Workshops - Student Assembly
Monday 5 Nov - School Plan Forum - P&C Meeting Tuesday 6 Nov - FN Public Speaking Wednesday 7 Nov - planned power outage Thursday 8 Nov - Kinder Orientation
Monday 12 Nov - Kinder Orientation Friday 16 Nov - Student Assembly
A proud member of the First North Community of Schools and The Rivers P-12
WELCOME BACK! There has been great excitement as we look to a very busy term.
• Our students will work through final assessment tasks in the first few weeks of the term.
• The 5/6 class will again be participating in Education in Newspapers with the Northern Star and an Adoles-sense program.
• All students will participate in AFL, NRL and Surf Safety workshops
• All students will participate in a two-week, intensive swimming program from the 25th November. Look out for notes as we require parent helpers again to support our students in this program.
• Plans are underway for our end of year concert, ceremonies, Year 6 farewells and fun days.
• Students, parents and carers will be asked to complete a survey to assist the school in essential evaluation and future directions.
CANBERRA/SYDNEY TRIP Many thanks to the great response we had on Tuesday’s information evening. This ensures our Y4, 5 and 6 students are well prepared for an exciting, educational trip. Remember, arrive at school at 6pm on Sunday 21st October to load the bus, and pickup is on Friday 26th October at 6:30am. A reminder that students must wear full school uniforms including jackets and hats on Monday and Tuesday. No lollies or electronic devices of any kind are permitted (including cameras). We thank you for your support in this. Mr Priestley, Mr Harvey and I are looking forward to a fantastic week away with our wonderful students! K-3 and other students will participate in classes with the remaining teachers at school. STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Staff are participating in a 3hour training session tonight to master skills in entering data and learning plans on our new departmental Synergy system.
2019 CLASS STRUCTURE AND STAFF ORGANISATION We like to keep our school community well informed, however, in providing you with current organisation for 2019, we must strongly emphasis that structures and staffing can change at any time of the year due to student numbers, department policies and other events beyond our control. At this stage, we are very pleased to announce the following structure:
Early Stage One (Kindergarten) - if 10 or more students - Miss Anna Jenner
Stage 1 (Years One & Two) – Mr Sky
Stage 3 (Years Five & Six) – Mr Priestley
Library, music, Learning and Support – Mrs Slee
Learning and Support - 1 day a week – Ms Northey
Stage 2 (Year Three & Four) – currently advertised across the region and to be selected by staff & P&C representative through CV and reference selection process.
KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION DAYS Dates and times for Kindergarten Orientation sessions are as follows:
* Thursday 8th November 9am to 11am (including a parent session in library with the Principal and guest speakers.)
* Monday 12th November 9am to 11am * Thursday 22nd November 9 – 12noon * Thursday 29th November 9 – 1pm
Our year 5 students will meet their 2019 kindergarten buddies in the third session. Please spread the word if you know anyone with a child coming to Kindergarten in our Clunes zone in 2019. Y7 SELECTIVE SCHOOLS APPLICATIONS If you would like further information regarding application for 2020 Year 7 placement in a Selective High School please contact the office. There are no Selective High Schools in our local area. The closest is Grafton Agricultural School. SCHOOL PLAN FORUM Our school community will soon begin planning directions and goals for our 2019 – 2020 management plan. Meetings will be held prior to P & C meetings on Monday 5th November and 3rd December. Please contact the office if you would like to be part of this consultative committee. BYO DEVICES FOR 2019 We have received strong support for the introduction of BYO devices for Stage 3 students only in 2019. Mr Priestley is currently investigating all elements of this new initiative and will inform our school community of all information and requirements once this has been completed. Please do not purchase any devices as there may be an opportunity to purchase the devices at a discounted parent rate. The school is also looking at purchasing a set of upgraded iPads to support this program when it is ready to be implemented.
YEAR 6 DINNER It has been a tradition at Clunes Public that the Year 5 parents cater for the Year 6 dinner. Laura Hayward has kindly offered to coordinate this event and would appreciate other people to assist in the coordination. This role involves organising the dinner and delegating different dishes and tasks to Year 5 parents. If you are willing to take on this job, could you please contact the office and we can provide you with further information if you haven’t been involved before. This year the Year 6 students have again requested an Italian theme. Michelle Slee Principal
Expectation of the week “Follow instructions and consider others”
Don’t our Year 6 commemorative shirts look good! Assembly Our first assembly for this term will be on Friday 2 November at 2.15pm. All families welcome. Piano and singing lessons Lessons with Miss Mish started this week. Due to the intensive swimming program there will only be 7 lessons this term – weeks 1-6 and then week 9. Invoices will be sent out in the next few weeks. Head Lice Alert We again have cases of head lice in various classrooms. With the Canberra excursion happening next week, please take the time this weekend to check and treat your child/children. It is also recommended that long hair is tied up to reduce spread. Planned Electricity Outage From 10:00 am on Wednesday 7 November there is an electricity outage planned for the school whilst a new power pole is erected on the adjoining property. There may also be changes to traffic in Walker Street. Book Club Issue 7 brochures were distributed this week. Orders need to be in by Tuesday 30 October.
Notes and Payments Due • Term 4 guitar and drums fees are now due. • Upcoming costs for this term include the swimming
program which will be $60-65 per student; and the end of year fun day costs which are usually around $10-15 for K-5 and slightly more for the Year 6 class.
P&C News The next meeting for P&C will be held on Monday 5th November. We always welcome new faces, so come along for an informal night to discuss any fundraising ideas or new ideas that could benefit our kids and the school. The P&C wish all the children from Years 4, 5 & 6 a great trip to Canberra and Sydney and we thank Michelle Slee and Jack Priestley for all their hard work, enthusiasm and care with making this excursion such a wonderful opportunity for all those going. Any questions or fundraising ideas you can email [email protected].
Anna Douglass – President
Canteen Our first canteen for this term is next Wednesday 24 October when Amie and Annabelle will be serving yummy sausage rolls or cheese and spinach rolls with a salad on the side. (Sorry Canberra participants!) Order forms went home today and need to be returned by Monday.
Since this is the first week back at COOSH we thought
we’d share some of our vacation care snaps to share
our holidays fun!
Hannah and the COOSH team
Year 6 Art
