CLAIRGATE CHRONICLE

Colorado Drive, St Clair NSW 2759 P: 9670 1408 F: 9670 1409 E: clairgate-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Care, Excellence, Innovation, Opportunity

in a positive, dynamic environment

Term 2, Week 8 Thursday, 15th June 2017

A note from the Principal

Welcome to the latest edition of the Clairgate

Chronicle – Term 2, Week 8 – 15/06/17

Milson Island Camp

Our Stage 3 children thoroughly enjoyed their Milson

Island experience last fortnight– they spent 3 days

canoeing, bush walking, hiking, having fun on the

giant swing, participating in rope activities and all in

all having an amazing time. Huge thanks to our

wonderful staff who went and shared this adventure:

Ms Paulic, Mrs Veide, Mr Blanch, Mr Wilkinson and

Mrs Roberts – you did a great job! I want to thank our

lovely staff members for taking time from their own

families in order to go on camp – that is dedication

and commitment – we are so lucky to have you at

Clairgate. We received a lovely letter from one of our

wonderful parents thanking the teachers for their

commitment – this was very well received (as was the

package of goodies!).

Student Teachers

As you know Clairgate has a wealth of

extraordinary teachers with highly recognized

skills and abilities. It is for this reason that we are

extremely sought after by all universities as a

school where trainee teachers can come and learn

from the best. This term we have had 5 student

teachers working and learning in our classrooms

and over the next few weeks we say thank you,

farewell and good luck as they leave us and finish

their teaching degrees. I know our teachers and

children have enjoyed working with, and guiding,

this next generation of teachers. Well done to all

of you.

Reports

Our teachers are busily writing their mid-year

reports on your children. These reports will be

handed out at the end of week 10 (Friday, 30th

June). If you have any concerns about these

reports I would encourage you to seek an

appointment with the teacher in the first instance

to discuss this.

Term 2 - Important Dates to Remember

Thurs 15th June K-2 Assembly 2pm

Class 1/2T presenting

Book Club Orders Due

Fri 16th June ICAS Writing

Mon 19th June

Today is the last day to handin Merit Awards for theWeek 10 K-6 MeritAssembly.

Tues 20th June

State K/O Soccer Girls andBoys team –weatherpermitting

Cross Country Assembly 2pm

Wed 21st June

Year 3 Brewongle Excursion

Classes 3CG & 3T arrive atschool by 8:20am assembleunder canteen COLA, departat 8:40am sharp

Mon 26th June P&C Meeting 7pm

Thurs 29th June K-6 Merit Assembly

2pm

Fri 30th June Last Day for Term 2

Reports home today

Term 3

Mon 17th July Staff Development Day

Tues 18th July Students resume schooltoday

Fri 21st July PSSA Sport

Tues 25th July Athletics Carnival

PSSA & Gymnastics

cancelled today.

CLAIRGATE CHRONICLE

Colorado Drive, St Clair NSW 2759 P: 9670 1408 F: 9670 1409 E: clairgate.p-school@det.nsw.edu.au

Care, Excellence, Innovation, Opportunity

in a positive, dynamic environment

Brewongle Excursion

This week 4M and 3/4G went to Brewongle – a

unique excursion to an “outdoor classroom”.

Brewongle is a Department of Education school.

The students were given the wonderful

opportunity to learn geographical concepts, skills

and tools and they used these to investigate the

geographical features of a natural environment.

The activities included bush walking, micro-

climate testing, mapping and field sketching. 3T

and 3C/G are looking forward to their excursion

to Brewongle next week.

Our Wonderful Sandpit

Have you noticed the new addition to the main

quad area – I can tell you the children have

certainly noticed…and rejoiced! Huge thanks to

the Tancred family for finding and delivering this

wonderful sandpit – many children are having a

lovely creative time at recess and lunch with the

sand. Our wonderful Mr Glen is busily following

the design of this sandpit and making another one

for our children to enjoy. We also want to thank

the lovely family who donated this sandpit to us –

I will be sending them a thank you letter on behalf

of the children.

Enrol now for Kindergarten – 2018

If your child is turning 5 years of age before the

31st July 2018, they can enrol at Clairgate Public

School for 2018. Please collect an enrolment form

from the front office and return it as soon as

possible. Proof of age is required – original birth

certificate or passport, as is your child’s

immunization certificate and proof of residence.

Please ask if you require support to complete any

part of this form.

Looking forward to a productive fortnight.

Kind regards,

Mrs Michelle Lawrow

Principal

Clairgate – Care, Commitment, Creativity

A note from the Deputy Principal

Greetings to everyone in the school community,

Our K-6Merit Award Assembly will be held on

Thursday, 29th June, 2017. To allow for the various

certificates to be produced Monday, 19th June will be

the last day that students can hand in their Merit

Awards to receive their Award this assembly. Any

awards received after this date will be held over until

the Term 3 Merit Award Assembly.

Yours in Education,

Lisa McInally

Sports News from Mr Blanch

Cross Country Assembly

Clairgate’s annual Cross Country Assembly will be

held in the School Hall on Tuesday 20th June. All

ribbons and major trophies will be presented.

Everyone is welcome to attend!

Sydney-West Regional Cross Country Carnival

The following students represented the St Marys

District team at the Sydney-West Regional Carnival at

Eastern Creek yesterday.

*Cohan Bonanno (8/9 Yrs Boys)

*Navreet Sandhu (10 Yrs Girls)

*Jada Taylor (11 Yrs Girls)

*Jack Histon (12/13 Yrs Boys)

**** GO CLAIRGATE!!****

CLAIRGATE ASSEMBLY AWARDS

Awards Week 7 Term 2 Awards Week 8 Extra Awards.

3T Assembly 1/2T Assembly

5/6G 4M Aaren T Abbas M Ronald E

Delila D Kye G Amanda R Alana B Amelie B

Joel Z Jorja K Avarii C Bailey S Chloe G

Liam R Saad Z Bella M Bianca L

Brayden C Jacob M Brielle C Blake H

Bianca L Abbey B Chance N Byron H

Isabel M Divjot S Ciara K Chloe H

Jaida P Luke S Cohan B Chloe N

Zoe H Navreet S David F Christian M

3/4G Evie G Dean C

5/6A Zeke S Harrison N Delila D

Liam B Karim S Hunter V Gibson S

Kendrik L Lucas L Jackson G Grace M

Dean C Lucas J Jacob P Isabel M

Ben T Joshua R Jake W Jack B

Antonio CS Exausse T Jason J JapLeen S

Ashleigh B Leah J Joshua M Jarrod D

Mason D Krystal T Julian G Jarvis H

Sean C Abbie-Rose GW Kalina B Jasmine H

Mansaroop K Jenovic T

3CG Manseerat S Jesse J

5/6T Kira S Marcus L Jorja K

Asmaa K Ella I Marianna D Jye B

Robson W Willow MB Mason B Kaya H

Ethan D Blake H Rachel F Kyle T

Tayleah P Chayce P Romey C Liam B

Luke C Hannah S Ruby R Liam N

Cameron P Jarvis HL Ruby W Narjes Z

Yada B Billy H Samarth N Nestor D

Jack K Sienna C Taylor B

3T Skye H Thomas G

5/6H Jonas SJ Sofia R Wilaim S

Fatema AU Amerie R Tylie M Yasmin A

Prestyn T Tolga V William S Yousof A

Emma N Loclan S Yaseen A Matthew T

Brock G Emily A Anela B Liam N

Tanner C Eli W Marwa A

Ahmed A Mostafa H Aidan A

Grace M Joshua BM Thomas H

Jereme F Russell H

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