Term 3 - Important Dates

Term 4 - Important Dates

A note from the Principal

Welcome to the Clairgate Chronicle – Week 8, Term 3. How fast is this year travelling! Let’s recap our past fortnight:

SASS Recognition Week We have amazing staff at Clairgate and this week we would like to recognise and thank our SAS Staff – Mrs Makaruk, Mrs Doughty, Mrs White, Mrs Johnston, Mrs Borel, Mrs Roberts, Mrs Westerberg, Mr Manuel, Mrs Younan, Ms McCarthy, Mrs Channels, Mrs Pearce, Ms Brunton, Mr Thurling and Mr Glenn. Thank you – you do a terrific job. If you see our lovely staff you may like to say “Thank you” too!

District Athletics Carnival Congratulations to all students who went to the District Athletics Carnival last week – you had outstanding manners and all tried your best – well done! Many thanks to Mrs Camilleri, Miss Grace and Mr Blanch for their organisation. We have 3 outstanding athletes going to the Western Sydney Carnival representing the St Marys District – Abbey Bektas, Jessey Bektas and Nathan Jenkins well done!

Spelling Bee Competition Congratulations to our 4 super spellers who went to the District Spelling Competition yesterday. Juniors: Brielle and Jacob Seniors: Ricky and Amerie A fantastic job – we are all very proud of you!

Debating Success Huge congratulations to the Debating Team for their terrific participation in the “STEPS Debating Day” held at Clairgate yesterday. The team had to organise their thoughts and arguments themselves – well done to Ava, Layla, Leah, Eloise, Bethany and Hannah. Special mention to Ava for showing great resilience. Thank you Mr Wilkinson for organising this day and sharing your great debating skills with our students.

Blue Mountains Dance Festival

Tues 17th Sep to 19th Sept

Clairgate on Parade

Thurs 19th Sept Chaldercot Final Payment due

Fri 20th Sept Swim Scheme Final Payment Due

Tues 24th Sept Stewart House Clothing Drive collection day

Wed 25th Sept Merit Assembly 2pm

Thurs 26th Sept K-2 Athletics Carnival

Thurs 26th Sept Yarramundi Final Payment Due

Fri 27th Sept Last day of Term 3

Mon 14th Oct Students return

Mon 14th Oct to Fri 18th Oct Swim Scheme

Thurs 17th Oct Area Athletics Carnival

Tues 22nd Oct Year 3 Camp Yarramundi

Thurs 24th Oct K-2 Assembly 2pm1P Presenting

Fri 25th Oct Kindy Grandparents/Teddy Bears Picnic day

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Term 3, Week 8 Wednesday, 11th September, 2019

Our beautiful Dance Groups performed at The Joan last week in Penrith for the Blue Mountains/Nepean Dance Festival. Our dance groups again performed brilliantly – they are so sharp, precise and always look fantastic. Congratulations to Mrs Thurling, Ms Paulic and Mrs Veide for all their hard work and for giving such a lot of their own time to supervise our dancers at these evening performances.

Keeping Clairgate Clean Huge thanks to Charlotte, Zahra and Hannah from 3W for keeping out playground clean – you show respect for our beautiful school and we are very proud of you! Thank you to all our lovely students who help keep Clairgate clean and tidy – it can become very messy in windy weather and I appreciate all of you who take the extra time to pick up rubbish and put it in the bin!

Reminder –

Parking Parents – please do NOT park in the No Standing Zone at the front of the school. Apparently some parents continue to park there for longer than the allowed 3 minutes. This is very frustrating for all concerned – the zone was very hard for us to get – we campaigned for years to get this at the front of the school – please do not spoil it now! The rule is you may stop for no longer than 3 minutes and stay with-in 2 metres of the car to either drop off or pick up a child. Should anyone wish to inform the rangers of their concerns they can contact them through Penrith Council on 4732 7777 and ask for the Parking Rangers. Similarly, please do NOT park in the staff car park (unless you have a Disability Parking Permit). It has been noted that frequently parents and caregivers swing into the driveway at a fast speed and then do 3 or more point turns to leave both in the mornings and in the afternoons. This is very dangerous and is putting young people’s lives at risk.

Thank you to the many, many people that treat the school area with respect and safety.

Looking forward to seeing you all at Clairgate On Parade next week. It is such a joyous experience to see all the talented students showcasing their talents with the hardworking and committed teachers and supportive and proud parents.

Thanks everyone, Have a lovely fortnight.

Regards,

Mrs Michelle Lawrow Principal Clairgate – Caring, Kind, Creative Kids

Sport Report Athletics Carnival Assembly Clairgate’s annual Athletics Carnival Assembly was held on Tuesday 27th August. Well done to all of the ribbon winners for finishing in the Top 3 in each event. Also a big thank you to Mrs Camilleri and Miss Grace for organising such a brilliant school athletics carnival. Well done to Lorelai Sarina, who received a special award for setting new a school record in the 11 Years Girls 200m event. Congratulations to the following major award winners who were announced on the day: *Junior Boys Athletics Champion: Lucas Lombardo *Junior Girls Athletics Champion: Emily Aguis *Senior Boys Athletics Champion: Billy Higgins *Senior Girls Athletics Champion: Chloe Nancarrow * Champion House: Gasnier.

Area Athletics Carnival The 2019 Area (Regional) Athletics Carnival will be held on Thursday 17th October at Blacktown Olympic Park, Eastern Creek.

District Athletics Carnival The 2019 St Marys District Athletics Carnival was held on Wednesday 4th September at Blacktown Olympic Park. All Clairgate competitors tried very hard in all of their events. Mrs Camilleri, Miss Grace and Mrs Brunton were extremely proud of our team’s effort and determination. Mr Blanch also noticed that Clairgate were very supportive of each other on the day. Congratulations and good luck to the following students who will be representing the St Marys District team at the Sydney-West Area Athletics Carnival at Blacktown Olympic Park on Thursday 17th October: * Jessey Bektas: Senior Girls 1500m * Abbey Bektas: Senior Girls 1500m * Nathan Jenkins: 11 Yrs Boys Discus

Debating News

The school’s 2019 Public Speaking competition was held on Wednesday 28th August in the school hall. The students all performed excellently on the day and showed their abilities with both speech construction and presentation skills. The finalists were: Year 3: - 3T Ryac Phillips, 3CG Zachary Rudd and Joshua Montebello, 3W Zahra Arjmand and Melita Demanuele Year 4: - 4B Jessica Ghananim and Ellise Gordon, 4J Aliyah Murray and Krisha Dalia Year 5: - 5A Hannah Simpson and Daniela Popovic, 5G Eloise Curran and Leighton Dehghan, 5M Bethany Rudd and Alexis Deaves, 5T Dane Thompson and Piper Hamrol Year 6: - 6A Matthew Wilson and Jye Kosorukow, 6G Mitchell Perry and Leah Jay, 6M Paige Leonard and Nathan Jenkins, 6T Ava Alce and Zane Ulberg Deciding the winners was a difficult choice, as all the students made magnificent efforts, and all the scores were very close. The three teacher panels all confirmed the winners for each grade: Year 3 – Zachary Rudd, Year 4 – Aliyah Murray, Year 5 – Hannah Simpson, Year 6 – Matthew Wilson

On Tuesday 10 September Clairgate hosted the local STEP’s school’s debating competition. There were three debates held on the day, and the final debate saw Clairgate versus Blackwell. Hannah and Eloise were chairperson and timekeeper on the day, and did an excellent job organising and helping to run the debates. Ava, Bethany, Layla and Leah were on the debating team for the day, and they did a magnificent job in writing and presenting their own speeches. One of the girls showed amazing resilience when her palm cards were out of order, she went and reorganised them, composed herself and finished her speech strongly. In a very close result Blackwell was awarded the decision, but the girls did an excellent debate and are to be commended for their efforts.

Mr Wilkinson Coordinating teacher

From the Office The calendar in the Week 4 newsletter indicated that Kindergarten were having a Grandparents day on the last day of this term, unfortunately this information was incorrect. The correct date is Friday, 25th October (Week 2 next term). It will be a Grandparents/Teddy Bears Picnic event. More details soon.

2020 Enrolments We are well underway taking Kindergarten enrolments for 2020. If you have a sibling or you know of any child in our area that is starting Kindergarten next year, please collect an enrolment pack from the office ASAP.

Clairgate on Parade COPS 2019 has arrived. Tickets for both evening performances are sold out. There are 3 performances: Show 1 - 7pm on Tuesday, 17th September, 2019 Show 2 - 7pm on Wednesday, 18th September, 2019 Show 3 - Matinee – commences at 9:30am on Thursday, 19th September - all the classes will be performing. Unsold Matinee tickets will go on sale on Friday, 13th September at 9:00am outside the office.

Making Payments When returning permission slips please indicate your child’s name and class clearly. When making payments to the office, we ask that you provide the following information on the envelope and remember that you can pay for multiple events in the one envelope. You can also pay for more than one student in the same envelope.

Alternatively, you can pay by POP – our Parent Online Payment system. It’s extremely easy to navigate and uses Westpac secure payment platform. You can also pay for more than one child and/or event, in a single transaction. Just ensure that each student and event is entered individually.

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The Book Fair and Book Parade were held on Open Day earlier this month. It was a

beautiful sunny day for our little stars to dress as their favourite book characters and

celebrate everything that is great about books and reading.

The whole week focussed around books and included visits from Clifford the big red

dog and some special superheroes to help us celebrate Book Week with this year’s

theme of Reading is My Secret Power. In the lead up to Book Week all of the classes

shared books from the shortlisted titles to try and choose who they think should win

Book of the Year!

The Book Fair was a lot of fun and thanks to our wonderful Clairgate community was

our most successful ever! We raised money for our school to buy resources and had

many books donated to our school library. Thank you everyone!

A massive thank you goes to Mrs Katie Rigg and Ms Megan McKenzie for their

assistance with set up, pack up and the running of the Book Fair all week. Thank you

also to all the fabulous staff that volunteered their time before and after school to

ensure the Book Fair was a success. Many happy children went home with new books

to explore.

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