Clunes Public School Newsletter 6 February 2020 Week 2 Term 1 Learn to Live, Live to Learn Respect |Responsibility | Integrity Our school stands proudly on Bundjalung land Walker Street, Clunes 2480 Phone: (02) 66291278 Email: [email protected]Principal: Michelle Slee Fax: (02) 66291040 Website: https://clunes-p.schools.nsw.gov.au SCHOOL CALENDAR We are an accredited Waste Wise Ways School WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 Friday 7 February - Guitar and drum tuition with Daniel Cameron starts - Lockdown drill Tuesday 11 February - Band and music with Miss Fiona starts - Parent Information Evening Wednesday 12 February - Evacuation drill Friday 14 February - First assembly – induction of captains and welcome to kindergarten students Tuesday 18 February - K-2 Bus Safety excursion Monday 24 February - Halogen student leadership conference in Brisbane Friday 28 February - Clean-up Australia - Student Assembly – Class 3-4 item A proud member of the First North Community of Schools and The Rivers P-12 KINDERGARTEN Our 2020 Kindergarten students are an amazing group who have settled in very quickly to being a part of our school community. They have had a delightful week getting to know their classmates and their Year 6 buddies. FIRST NORTH COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS (COS) SWIMMING CARNIVAL Congratulations to all our students who attended and participated in the First North CoS swimming carnival. They competed in races, cheered each other on and were fabulous ambassadors for our school in both team spirit and exemplary behaviour. To all students who participated, we acknowledge your wonderful efforts. Many of our students received place ribbons and we will notify students who are eligible to compete at the Zone Carnival shortly. Names will be published in our next newsletter. PARENT AND CARER INFORMATION EVENING Next Tuesday 11 February, teachers will present information to parents and carers to ensure everyone is well informed and to encourage a strong link between home and school in supporting our students in all aspects of their education and wellbeing. - Kindergarten and Year 3-4 class teachers will run a session from 5:30 to 6:15pm. - Year 1-2 and Year 5-6 teachers will run a session from 6:20pm to 7pm. Presentations will be in your children’s classroom. If you are unable to have your children minded at home, we will provide supervision in the library. Children will need to be signed in and out of the library. Children cannot roam the grounds unsupervised as our students’ safety is our highest priority. We hope to see many parents and families there.
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Clunes Public School Newsletter
6 February 2020 Week 2 Term 1 Learn to Live, Live to Learn
Respect |Responsibility | Integrity 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
Friday 7 February - Guitar and drum tuition with Daniel Cameron starts - Lockdown drill
Tuesday 11 February - Band and music with Miss Fiona starts - Parent Information Evening Wednesday 12 February - Evacuation drill Friday 14 February - First assembly – induction of captains and welcome to kindergarten students
Tuesday 18 February - K-2 Bus Safety excursion
Monday 24 February - Halogen student leadership conference in Brisbane Friday 28 February - Clean-up Australia - Student Assembly – Class 3-4 item
A proud member of the First North Community of Schools and The Rivers P-12
KINDERGARTEN Our 2020 Kindergarten students are an amazing group who have settled in very quickly to being a part of our school community. They have had a delightful week getting to know their classmates and their Year 6 buddies. FIRST NORTH COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS (COS) SWIMMING CARNIVAL Congratulations to all our students who attended and participated in the First North CoS swimming carnival. They competed in races, cheered each other on and were fabulous ambassadors for our school in both team spirit and exemplary behaviour. To all students who participated, we acknowledge your wonderful efforts. Many of our students received place ribbons and we will notify students who are eligible to compete at the Zone Carnival shortly. Names will be published in our next newsletter.
PARENT AND CARER INFORMATION EVENING Next Tuesday 11 February, teachers will present information to parents and carers to ensure everyone is well informed and to encourage a strong link between home and school in supporting our students in all aspects of their education and wellbeing.
- Kindergarten and Year 3-4 class teachers will run a session from 5:30 to 6:15pm.
- Year 1-2 and Year 5-6 teachers will run a session from 6:20pm to 7pm.
Presentations will be in your children’s classroom. If you are unable to have your children minded at home, we will provide supervision in the library. Children will need to be signed in and out of the library. Children cannot roam the grounds unsupervised as our students’ safety is our highest priority. We hope to see many parents and families there.
SPORT HOUSE CAPTAINS AND VICE CAPTAINS AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL (SRC) Congratulations to our 2020 Student Leaders which includes our school captains, our sport house captains and vice captains and our SRC representatives. A special induction ceremony will be held on Friday 14 February at 1:50pm. Our Student Leaders received an invitation and contract this week. Congratulations to the following students:
Year One - Finn De Heer Year Two - Leelu Bleakley Year Three - Ziva Gilmour-Mayne Year Four - Mandell Tibika Year Five - Sachi Brooks Year Six - Max Wilson
This first assembly will also welcome our Kindergarten students. We hope to have many family and friends joining us for our first special assembly for 2020. The Leadership conference will be on Monday 24th February not Tuesday – my apologies. We have 8 students attending. The permission note with full details will be sent home early next week. Michelle Slee Principal
Our Focus Value ”RESPECT”
Safety First To ensure our students, staff and school community are safe and understand procedures to keep them safe, we will be running a ‘Lockdown’ drill on Friday 7th February and an ‘Evacuation’ drill on Wednesday 12th February. Teachers will discuss the procedures and allay any fears prior to the actual drill. Evacuation and Lockdown drills occur throughout the year and ensure everyone knows how to respond to different situations calmly and safely. This will be a great opportunity for you to discuss anything you may do away from school to keep your family safe. Student Information required Last week, returning students would have received a copy of the details which we have on record for them. Please take the time to check all the information and make any corrections in red before returning the form to school. If no corrections are required, could you please sign the paperwork and return it to school.
Scripture/Ethics/Non – Please indicate your choice in the boxes provided. Health Care Plans / Medication – Health Care Plans for this year are required as a matter of priority. Also, please supply the office any medication your child requires. Music tuition It was great to hear singing and music in the air on
Wednesday as Mish commenced her lessons for the year. At this stage there are still 2 spots available for Mish. If you are interested in your child having singing, keyboard and/or song-writing lessons please contact Mish on 0408848801 or via email at [email protected]
Miss Fiona will start band and music tuition next Tuesday 11 February. If you are interested in your child learning to play a woodwind and brass instrument please contact Fiona Clark on [email protected]
Guitar and drum tuition with Daniel Cameron will commence tomorrow. Lessons are $100 per term payable in advance. At this stage I have 3 students registered for guitar [Seth, Olivia, Royce] and 3 students for drum [Zeke, Zenny, Jimmy]. If your child is resuming lessons or interested in starting lessons with Daniel, please make sure you contact the office first thing tomorrow morning so that I can let him know.
Please note the Creative Kids Vouchers (see next page) can be used for lessons with Mish and Miss Fiona only. School Fees School fees cover the cost of textbooks (supplied by the school), subscriptions to online math and reading programs as well as a paper levy per student. In addition to the school fees, there is also a voluntary school contribution which is $35 per students or $60 family. School Fees by year Kindergarten $38.50 Year 1 $48.50
Year 2 $48.50 Year 3 $63.50 Year 4 $63.50 Year 5 $50.00 Year 6 $50.00
Payment options We take cash, cheque, EFTPOS (debit or credit card) at the school office or you can pay online (credit card only) via * The MAKE A PAYMENT link on our website https://clunes-p.schools.nsw.gov.au ; OR
* On Skoolbag by clicking on the NSW Westpac Payment Gateway link
Some families are taking the option of paying a bulk sum up front (e.g. $50 or $100) to be used to pay for all the
incidentals that crop up throughout the term such as swimming carnivals, Life Education, excursions etc. You can then ‘top up’ each term. If you would like to take up this option please contact the office. SkoolBag Clunes School uses the SkoolBag App to assist with communications to parents and carers and to send out alerts and reminders and the weekly newsletter. We are in the process of updating the calendar on the app and hope to have it completed by early next week. You can also use the app to send in absence notes for when your child is away and to make payments via the NSW Westpac Payment Gateway. If you don’t have SkoolBag, see below on how to get started – it’s as easy as 1,2,3,4!
Bus website Bulzomi Buslines have a website up and running
which will help / direct parents for Bus Registration, Bus Route Timetables and Maps...
http://bulzomibuslines.com.au/ They also hope to have regular updated
information, news & alerts.
Creative Kids Vouchers The NSW Government is helping kids get creative with the new Creative Kids program. Parents, guardians and carers can apply for a voucher with a value of up to $100 per calendar year for each student aged 4.5 to 18 years old enrolled in school. The voucher may be used with a registered activity provider for registration, participation and tuition costs for creative arts, speech, drama, dance, digital design, coding, and music lessons and activities. The voucher can be used at any time during the calendar year it was issued. The program runs year-round, so kids can get creative at any time. For more information and to apply, visit https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-creative-kids-voucher
Clunes OSHC At Clunes OSHC this week we have been easing back into the routines of after school care. The children have been very excited to share their holiday stories with everyone, so we have been having a small group time together at the start of the afternoon to hear all the amazing things they have done over the holidays. This allows us to rest and recharge before getting into the afternoon’s activities and an opportunity to meet or new “Cooshun” (Children who come to Clunes OSHC). We have tried our hand at oil pastels this week, learning how to blend colours and create shading. The children created some beautiful pictures using the pastel as the background and charcoal as the foreground image. Nerf has also been very popular this week with the added donations from Berni. The children have enjoyed testing their skills using the darts to knock down targets. The game has been teaching children about fairness and accuracy, teaching them to take turns and set the targets up for each other and watching targets with both eyes and changing angles to hit the target. We still have spaces for afterschool care. If you would like your children to attend after school care please call or text us on 0437 362 834 or email us [email protected].
Cancer Council NSW is here to help you kick start the year easily, packing healthy lunch boxes your kids will enjoy. Developed by dietitians healthylunchbox.com.au is a one-stop shop for everything families need to know about packing a healthy lunch box.
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