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 21st June, 2018

Welcome to the Clairgate Chronicle for Week 6,

Term 2, 2018.

It is lovely to see settled and engaged classrooms as I

walk around the school. The teachers are busy

evaluating and assessing student’s work, and then

writing student reports. These mid-year reports will be

sent home in the last week of school this term.

I have also been happy to see children picking up

rubbish without being asked to do so…a wonderful

example of showing pride in our school.

Extraordinary Debaters

On Tuesday, 19th June, our school’s Debating Team

attended a workshop at school with all the STEPS

primary schools. It was a very successful and

worthwhile experience for the students, who behaved

in an exemplary manner and were excellent hosts for

our school. The children learnt new information and

skills and were involved in some short “mock” debates

with the students from other STEPS schools. A big

thank you to Mr Wilkinson for the organisation and

his excellent coaching skills.

Pavers

Don’t forget to put your order form in for your special

Clairgate Paver – a lasting memory. There are some

very creative ideas coming through – you may like to

look at some of these on the school Facebook page.

The orders need to be in by the end of next week.

Just some Reminders…

No glass drink bottles allowed at school please…this is a big safety issue for us!

No picking up or dropping off children in the Staff Car Park without permission – certainly those with a disabled permit are allowed to do this.

Please ensure your child has on a jumper or jacket in the mornings during winter. If you wish your child to be exempt from this rule please send me a letter regarding this.

DISCO – next Wednesday afternoon – 4.00 - 5.30pm for K-2, and 5.30 – 7.00pm for Years 3-6. Huge thanks to Mrs Thurling for her KINDNESS in organising this!

Thanks everyone, hope you have a great fortnight.

Regards,

Mrs Michelle Lawrow

Principal

Clairgate – just great!

Term 2 - Important Dates

to Remember

TERM 2 2018

Wed 27th

June School Disco

Thurs 28th

June World of Maths : – 3 - 6

Fri 29th

June World of Maths :– K - 2

Thur 5th July Merit Assembly

Fri 6th

July End Of Term

TERM 3 2018

Tue 24th July Students Return

Wed 25h July

Kindy Excursion – Mt Annan Botanical Gardens *Note home tomorrow*

Thur 26h July Wanderers Cup

Mon 30th

July ‘The Yard’ Incursion *Notes home tomorrow*

Tues 31st

July Athletics Carnival

1st

August NAIDOC Day

A note from the Principal

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

Cross Country Assembly

Clairgate’s annual Cross Country Assembly was held in our school hall last week. All place ribbons and major trophies were presented on the day. Well done to all students who competed at the carnival. It was the highest participation at a carnival for years! Congratulations to the following superstars who received the major awards this year:

Junior Girl Champion: Ella Ida

Junior Boy Champion: Liam Nancarrow

Senior Girl Champion: Jessey Bektas

Senior Boy Champion: Zachari Hanson

Champion House Team: Gasnier

Regional Cross Country Carnival

Our school is extremely proud of the following students who represented the St Marys District team at the Sydney-West Regional Carnival at Eastern Creek Raceway on the 13th June:

o Cohan Bonanno o Navreet Sandhu o Jessey Bektas o Abbey Bektas o Chloe Nancarrow o Billy Higgins o Zachari Hanson

From all reports, the above champions ran extremely well and tried very hard in their races on the day. Well done and congratulations!

Winter Sport News The Winter Sport program for Years 3-6 ie. (PSSA Rugby League, Soccer, Netball & AFL as well as Gymnastics and School Sport) has commenced for Terms 2 & 3. The final round for this Term will be held in Week 9 (Friday 29th June). The same program will recommence first week back next term and end in Week 5 (Friday 24th August)

School Athletics Carnival

Clairgate’s annual School Athletics Carnival (Yrs 3-6) will be held on Tuesday 31st July (Term 3 Week 2) at Blair Oval, St Marys. More information to follow shortly!

Sports Report

Assembly Awards Term 2 2018

5/6 T Assembly

Emma N Ricky M Georgina B Mason B

Tait S Bailey D Jacob M Kyle T

Jorja K Thomas G Taite H Maggie B

Lucy T Mia H Daniel B Alex S

Shakira F Lucas L Brielle C Jasmin C

Kingston C-S Luke S Krista D Mia S

Cameron P Loclan S Gabriella H Abdel M

Ky S Declan B Adam B Latisha D

Robson,W Lilly O Jacob S Blake G

Rashaun , T Riya G Kade F Brock G

Hannah, F Bailey S Amalia N Amerie R

Brooke, D Jake W Ying C Sian E

Yousof, A Anela B Shylah H Joshua BM

Ahmed, A Ellise G Emily A Janina T

Joshua, Mc Marwa A Blake W Ben S

Ava, A Zeke S Elazaya Y Yazmin A

Logan H Joshua R Safa A Blake H

What’s On at Penrith Observatory in June?

From Darkness to Light: Star Birth in the Milky Way - 23rdJune

Speaker – Dr Nick Tothill

Stars like our sun are still being formed all around us in our Galaxy, although they're

sometimes hard to see. Some of them are going to be like our own Sun, some of them will

be smaller, and some will be much, much bigger. I'll talk about new stars and the places we

can see them, and what this means for our understanding of our Sun and our place in the

Galaxy.

Includes presentation, short 3D movie, tour of the dome and viewing of the night sky

through a range of telescopes (weather permitting).

$18.00 Adult

$12.00 Child/Concession

$50.00 Family (2 adults + 2 children)

Children under 3 years of age free.

BOOKINGS VIA OUR WEBSITE ESSENTIAL

Time: 7pm – 9pm

Venue Address: Penrith Observatory (Building AO), Western Sydney University, Werrington

North campus, Great Western Highway, Werrington

Contact phone or website for public enquiries and bookings:

https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/observatorypenrith/penrith_observatory/whats_on

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/469203220181770/

Announcement: Term 3 Music Bus Enrolments Now Open

The Music Bus are now taking new student enrolments for

Term 3. The program is open for all students from

Kindy/Prep to 6. Running weekdays at school. The Music

Bus have limited availability in Singing, Keyboard, Guitar,

Drum and Ukulele and so it is advised to enrol asap.

The Music Bus is a wonderful music program that many of

our students are already enjoying – a brilliant and cost-

effective way for students to get fun and specialist music lessons without parents

having to travel all over the area after school. Cost of lessons is only $16 per week

(Drums $18).

If you’re interested in your child having music lessons through The Music Bus, check

out their website at www.themusicbus.com.au or call 1300 168 742

Dear Clairgate Community, We’re excited to commence our Paver Fundraiser. This is a great way to leave your mark on Clairgate Public School and make a donation at the same time. There are 2 styles to choose from, the details are listed below and there is a sample in the office for you to look at. Please pass on the word to anyone who you think might be interested, past students, families, staff or even community members are welcome to participate in the venture. Orders are open until JUNE 29TH 2018 Thank you. Clairgate Public School P&C

Contact Name Phone

( ) Street

City State Post Code

Amount $

Clairgate Public School - P & C Fundraiser

COMBINED SINGLE NAME

PAVER & HAND DRAWN TEMPLATE

ORDERS DUE – June 15th 2018

Please copy and pass on to any friends & family. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! © 2017 Signature Engraving - www.signature-engraving.com.au v2.0

Offer 1 Offer 2

For engraving details please complete the form on the reverse.

OFFER 1: $40 INDIVIDUAL PAVER

Your donation of ${Amount} or more entitles you to have your name engraved into a paver as a lasting record of your valued support. The paver will be permanently installed at

Clairgate Public School proudly showing your donation

Size: 230 x 115 x 40mm

Please print clearly in CAPITAL letters. Each box represents a character (letter, number, punctuation mark or space). Max 16 characters per line, three lines per paver. See over the page for Hand Drawn Paver template.

OFFER 2: $45 HAND DRAW PAVER

Your donation of $45 entitles you to have your name engraved into a paver as a lasting record of your valued support. The paver will be permanently installed in

Clairgate Public School proudly showing your donation Size: 230 x 115 x 40mm See page 2 for hand drawn template.

LINE 1

LINE 2

LINE 3

Simply fill out this form and return along with full payment by cheque, cash or money order to: Clairgate Public School P & C

Colorado Drive, St Clair NSW, 2759

NAME

PA

VER

ENGRAVING DETAILS

HAND DRAWN TEMPLATE

100mm high x 190mm wide

SAMPLE 1 SAMPLE 2 SAMPLE 3

THIS IS OK • Good clean writing • Simple illustrations

THIS IS NOT OK • Too many names

• Illustrations to detailed • Information gets lost

THIS IS NOT OK • Do not include computer-generated

or pasted pictures • The process is set up to engrave

hand drawn images only

PLEASE FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS WHEN CREATING YOUR IMAGE. 1. ONE NAME PER PAVER.

2. Draw your image using a good quality medium thickness black marker pen (about 2mm thick). eg Artline 70 ‘High Performance’ marker. Do not use a ballpoint pen, coloured texta or pencils!

3. Make sure you rub out any pencil lines as these will show up on the finished paver. 4. Do not include computer-generated or pasted pictures. The hand drawn image engraving process is set up to engrave hand drawn images only.

Administrator note: Please photocopy this page for your records, cut out the drawing below and send the ORIGINAL to Signature Engraving.

PHOTOCOPY THIS PAGE FOR EACH HAND DRAWN PAVER. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR DRAWING DOES NOT TOUCH OR GO OUTSIDE OF THE BORDER