CLAIRGATE CHRONICLE Colorado Drive, St Clair NSW 2759 P: 9670 1408 F: 9670 1409 E: [email protected]Care, Excellence, Innovation, Opportunity in a positive, dynamic environment Term 3, Week 6 Wednesday, 24 th August, 2016 Term 3 - Important Dates to Remember A note from the Principal Welcome to the Clairgate Chronicle – Week 6, Term 3. How fast is this year travelling! Let’s recap our past fortnight: Book Week Spectacular – what a fabulous school community we have at Clairgate! It was wonderful to see all children participating in the Book Parade yesterday – I love the fact that most of our students dressed up and joined in all the fun. I believe it says something about the beautiful culture of our school that most of our stage 3 children still enjoy and participate fully in this type of activity without feeling too old or too grown up. I am glad they are still young enough to enjoy being “kids”! I also thank our amazing staff who of course are still young enough to appreciate the joys of dressing up! I do believe “El Blancho” won the dress up competition – but mention must be made of Miss Bartlett’s effort…especially as she had an interesting time getting the white paint makeup out of her eyebrows! Well done also to Miss Barnett for her amazing “pigeon head” – a lot of work went into this. Book Fair Didn’t our library look amazing! Thank you to all parents who bought books from the Book Fair – it was very successful … still calculating the profit – will let you know shortly. Huge thanks to Mrs Robinson, Mrs Grady, Mr Wilkinson, Mrs Whalen and Mrs McInally for their organisation of this day. Anyone for Coffee? Thank you to the Curran family for making their coffee van available to Clairgate for special days – not only are we able to have a great coffee on these days – the family donate a percentage of their profit to Clairgate – this is much appreciated! Look out for the van at Clairgate on Parade and at our Infant’s Sports Carnival. Calendar Art Winners It was lovely to see our Calendar Art Winners receive their certificates from Mrs Tania Davies – our State member. We wish her all the best as she prepares for the birth of her baby. The winners are: Rachel, Morgan, Bareerah, Sam, Amerie, Emily, Georgia, Josh, Marcus, Daniel, Abby, Abigail, Zane and Simonne. Thanks everyone, Have a lovely fortnight. Regards, Mrs Michelle Lawrow Principal Clairgate – an awesome school! September 13 th , 14 th & 15 th Clairgate On Parade 16 th Athletics Assembly 2pm 19,20 Year 4 Chaldercot Camp 21 st & 22 nd ENROLLING FOR KINDERGARTEN 2017 Kindergarten 2017 interviews 22 nd End of Term Merit Assembly 2pm 23 rd Last Day of Term 3
St Clair/Colyton area to be transported to and from
school. If you are in a position to pick this child up in
the mornings and bring him to school – and then drop
him home in the afternoon could you please contact
me (Mrs Lawrow) on 9670 1408 to discuss details.
Thanks.
Clairgate on Parade
It is that time of the year at Clairgate when your children get to showcase their talent on stage under the spotlight. There will be three performances:
Show 1 - 7pm on Tuesday, 13/09/16
Show 2 – 7pm on Wednesday, 14/09/16
Matinee - 9:30am Thursday 15/09/16
News from the Office
Dear Parents and Carers,
Just a reminder about our transaction free week! We are unable to accept any EFTPOS, cash, cheque or online POP payments from Saturday, 27th August until Monday, 5th September, 2016. From Tuesday 6th September payments will be accepted as usual.
With the move to the new finance system, we will not have the flexibility to allow for late payments for excursions, camps, sport and all the other things that your children are involved in here at Clairgate. The date for payment indicated on notes will have to be strictly adhered to. This is to allow sufficient time for payments to be made to our suppliers. We will endeavour, wherever possible to give the maximum amount of notice, to allow you to budget for these costs.
We are aware that with busy lifestyles it is easy
to overlook sending payment to school with your
child, but with the implementation of the POP
(Parents Online Payment) system, parents now
have the ability to make payments from home or
even at work. We also have EFTPOS facilities.
Most notes are loaded onto the schools website http://www.clairgate-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ and also the Clairgate app.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we transition to our new finance system. If you have any questions regarding any of the matters mentioned above, please contact myself or Mrs Lawrow.
Regards,
Gail Makaruk School Administrative Manager
P & C NEWS
COMING UP IN TERM 3
The P&C are selling, The Sydney Greater West Entertainment Book. It's filled with discount vouchers for things like; food, entertainment & accommodation.
Some vouchers could be used to save money during the school holidays like; Featherdale - Calmsley Hill - Taronga Zoo - Lollypops - Luna Park - Hoyts - AMF Bowling - Kingpin Bowling - Yogurt land - McDonalds - Oporto - Mad Mex - The Coffee Club - Ben & Jerry's - Cold Rock and more...
The discounts vary from 25%-50%, and most major chains have multiple vouchers and offers.
If you would like to place an order, please pop your money in the letter box outside the office or hand it in at the canteen. We have books at school ready for you to take.
Please feel free to call and ask Katryna any questions; 0412 303 597
COPS BBQ
The P&C will be running a sausage sizzle BBQ for the evening sessions of COPS! We will keep you fed and hydrated whilst you wait in line this year.
SHOPPING BUS TRIP – Save the date
Sunday October 16th will be our shopping tour day. Tickets are $42pp. We will have posters and more information next term. $20 deposit is required to secure your seat.
Students participated in the art competition ‘What I love about Clairgate’ during Education week. The winners of the competition will have their artwork published in the Clairgate 2017 Calendar. Winners were announced at the Book Parade.
Pre-Order forms will be available by the end of Term 3.
All artwork will go on to be displayed at next year’s 30th Anniversary Fete.
FATHERS DAY STALL
Thursday 1st September.
Sport Report
State Knockout Touch
Clairgate’s boys and girls touch footy teams
played state knockout games last week. The girls
played tremendously well before going down to a
very good Penrith PS team. The boys played
against Emu Plains PS and were victorious 11-4.
The boys team will now play either JEPS or Banks
PS in our next round. Well done all!
School Athletics Carnival
Congratulations to Miss Grace and Mrs Camilleri
for organising such a fantastic Athletics Carnival
at Blair Oval last week. Under brilliant sunshine
all students strived hard in every track and field
event on the day. Well done to all students for
their sportsmanship, effort and behaviour
throughout the carnival. A big thank you to all
staff, parents and high school students who
assisted on the day. Final results are currently
being assessed and winners will be announced at
our annual Athletics Carnival Assembly on Friday
16th September (2pm)
Well Done Jerome!
Congratulations to Jerome Evbenaye who
equalled Clairgate’s School Record for the Senior
Boys Long Jump. Jerome’s distance of
4.37 metres equalled the current record set by
Tyrese Nikua in last years carnival!
Athletics Assembly
Our annual Athletics Carnival Assembly will be
held on Friday 16th September in the school hall.
(2pm–3pm).
All ribbons (1st, 2nd & 3rd) and major trophies will
be presented on this day!
District Athletics Carnival
The St Marys District Athletics Carnival will be
held on Tuesday, 30th August at Blacktown
Olympic Park.
STEPS MUSIC FESTIVAL On the 28th of July, Senior Choir, Senior Dance and Junior Dance performed at Evans Theatre in Penrith for the 2016 STEPS Music Festival. All groups performed brilliantly. Senior Choir kicked off the night with the songs ‘Lanterns’, ‘Roar’ and ‘Shine’.
The dancers were next and they were feeling excited but also anxious. Senior Dance performed a dance called ‘Welcome to Oz’. It was made up of 5 different songs which were ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’, ‘Ding Dong the Witch is Dead’, ‘We’re Off to See the Wizard’, ‘Ease on Down the Road’, and last of all ‘Somebody in Kansas City Who Loves Me’. The Junior Dance group performed a wonderful dance to the song ‘Sea Cruise’. To finish the night, the mass Senior Choir came back to sing ‘I Go to Rio’ and ‘Dare to Dream’. It was a wonderful evening and everyone did an amazing job. On behalf of all Clairgate performers we would like to thank our wonderful teachers for their time on the night and during our many rehearsals.
Written by Simonne Fraser, Delynda Pilbin and Jodie Borg.
CLAIRGATE SUPER SPELLERS
Recently, Stages 2 and 3 have taken part in the Premier’s Spelling Bee.
CONGRATULATIONS to these super spellers for qualifying for their stage final.
Stage 2
Marcus San Juan, Elazaya Young- Ngaha and Zane Ulberg – 3T
Jessey Bektas, Matthew Bell and Leah Jay – 3CG
Layla Nikua, William Mills and Katelyn San Esteban – 4R
Kendrik Lim, Yousof Arjmand and Liam Ross – 4LT
Stage 3
Jodie Borg, Ayden Hayes, Ebony Knoester and Billy Kulmar – 5/6G
Bianca Lemos, Alex Chan, John Aparicio and Shavik Singh - 5/6A
Joshua McInally, Zac Heffernan, Lachlan Perry and Luke Greaves - 5/6D
Olivia Caulfield, Brooke Phillips, Bowen Pearce, Qiyara Young Ngaha- 5/6E
The winners of the stage 2 final are YOUSOF ARJMAND and KENDRIK LIM and the stage 3
final are OLIVIA CAULFIELD and BROOKE PHILLIPS.
Congratulations to these four students on their fantastic achievement. They will now go on
to compete in the regional final in September. Keep practising those tricky words and good
luck at the final!
Mrs Jo Wiles
Spelling Bee Co-ordinator
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