Diary Dates Tues, Wed, Thurs 13, 14, 15 Sports Expo Friday 16 th November Student Disco Monday 19 th November Governing Council AGM Tuesday 20 th November Pyjama Day Year 2-4 Assembly 10am Cluster Sports Day for Year 6 students Blackwood H.S. Mon. 26 th – Wed. 28 th Year 6 Camp Monday 3 rd December Governing Council Meeting and Dinner Monday 12 th December Celebration Night Canteen Roster 13/11 Tracy Moroney 14/11 Kate Beenham 15/11 Dina Deardon 16/11 Kim Costello 19/11 Trish Francis 20/11 Di Sellers 21/11 Karen Aitken 22/11 Sian Davy 23/11 Julie Blackmore and No. 17 12 th November, 2012 Murrays Hill Road Flagstaff Hill SA 5159 Phone: 8270 4144 Fax: 8370 5745 Canteen: 8270 4568 OSHC: 0427 271 768 Email: [email protected]Website: www.craigburn.sa.edu.au Governing Council AGM In the last Newsletter I informed people that the 2012 AGM of our Governing Council will be held on Monday 19 th November in our school Hall. The AGM is the best opportunity during the school year for all members of the school community to come along and hear about the great work and achievements that have taken place this year. The AGM is a mixture of informality and business. We start with a free community BBQ and drinks from about 6.00 pm and then at 7.00 pm we move into the Hall for a short formal meeting where reports from the various committees of Governing Council are received along with a report from the Principal and the GC Chairperson. We then receive nominations for some new members to the GC and elections take place. Expressions of interest in joining the various committees are also accepted. Free child care is available on the night as well. Attached to this Newsletter is a form to fill in and send back to the school to let us know of your attendance at the BBQ and/or the AGM and whether you are thinking of nominating or using the child care on the night. Please consider your possible involvement in this aspect of the school’s governance. I hope you are able to join us on the evening of the AGM and look forward to sharing the year’s successes and achievements with you. School Validation Exercise Every three years all schools if the public education system are required to take part in a ‘school validation process’. This is a site managed self assessment of our work, improvements and achievements over the last few years and is designed to enable the school to obtain feedback from a panel of external educators to guide our future planning and priorities. This validation will be taking place this Tuesday 13 th November and the Assistant Regional Director and some other DECD officers will comprise our review panel. Across this day many of our staff, some students and some parents will be speaking to the panel. I look forward to sharing the recommendations of this validation exercise with you later this term. New Canteen Name Over the last few months the canteen has been coordinating the search for a new canteen name. Students were asked to submit their ideas and quite a long list of ideas was received. Continued over page
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Diary Dates Tues, Wed, Thurs 13, 14, 15
Sports Expo
Friday 16th November Student Disco
Monday 19th November
Governing Council AGM
Tuesday 20th November Pyjama Day
Year 2-4 Assembly 10am Cluster Sports Day for Year 6 students
Blackwood H.S.
Mon. 26th – Wed. 28th Year 6 Camp
Monday 3rd December
Governing Council Meeting and Dinner
Monday 12th December
Celebration Night
Canteen Roster
13/11 Tracy Moroney 14/11 Kate Beenham 15/11 Dina Deardon 16/11 Kim Costello 19/11 Trish Francis 20/11 Di Sellers 21/11 Karen Aitken 22/11 Sian Davy 23/11 Julie Blackmore and Jacqui Templeton
No. 17 12th November, 2012
Murrays Hill Road Flagstaff Hill SA 5159 Phone: 8270 4144 Fax: 8370 5745 Canteen: 8270 4568 OSHC: 0427 271 768 Email: [email protected] Website: www.craigburn.sa.edu.au
Governing Council AGM In the last Newsletter I informed people that the 2012 AGM of our Governing Council will be held on Monday 19th November in our school Hall. The AGM is the best opportunity during the school year for all members of the school community to come along and hear about the great work and achievements that have taken place this year. The AGM is a mixture of informality and business. We start with a free community BBQ and drinks from about 6.00 pm and then at 7.00 pm we move into the Hall for a short formal meeting where reports from the various committees of Governing Council are received along with a report from the Principal and the GC Chairperson. We then receive nominations for some new members to the GC and elections take place. Expressions of interest in joining the various committees are also accepted. Free child care is available on the night as well. Attached to this Newsletter is a form to fill in and send back to the school to let us know of your attendance at the BBQ and/or the AGM and whether you are thinking of nominating or using the child care on the night. Please consider your possible involvement in this aspect of the school’s governance. I hope you are able to join us on the evening of the AGM and look forward to sharing the year’s successes and achievements with you.
School Val idation Exercise Every three years all schools if the public education system are required to take part in a ‘school validation process’. This is a site managed self assessment of our work, improvements and achievements over the last few years and is designed to enable the school to obtain feedback from a panel of external educators to guide our future planning and priorities. This validation will be taking place this Tuesday 13th November and the Assistant Regional Director and some other DECD officers will comprise our review panel. Across this day many of our staff, some students and some parents will be speaking to the panel. I look forward to sharing the recommendations of this validation exercise with you later this term.
New Canteen Name Over the last few months the canteen has been coordinating the search for a new canteen name. Students were asked to submit their ideas and quite a long list of ideas was received.
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At the last meeting of Governing Council a vote was carried out to decide the new name. Craigburn’s canteen will now be known as the ‘Café Craigburn’. This new name is part of the Canteen Committee’s plans to develop a new vision for our canteen to try to ensure its long term viability to provide this valued service to the school community. Keep watching news from the ‘Café’ as new menus and food options are announced in the upcoming weeks. Thanks to the Committee and the ‘Sues’ for their great work for our canteen.
Sports Expo This week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we will be holding our annual Sports Expo. Every day a section of the school will be participating in a variety of different sports activities and challenges. This program is in line with our commitment to encourage involvement and participation in sport and to experience different sports. It is always a favourite program for our students. Thanks to Karen Pettman and those other people who have coordinated this event. Term 4 continues to pass at a frightening rate and there are still many special things planned for this term. Please ensure you have noted the dates for our Celebration Night and the early dismissal time at 12.30pm on the last day of the year.
Best Regards Jeff Wait - Principal
Assembly Awards Reception / Year 1 Mrs O’Keefe D18 Reed N for being helpful in the classroom and for working hard on reading new words. Well done. Evan B for segmenting and blending words beautifully. You are a helpful member of the class. Well done! Shawn Y for trying hard to concentrate on your work. You are learning your key words brilliantly. Well done. Keira N for being a kind and helpful member of the class. You are doing brilliantly with your reading and spelling of words. Well done! Nicholas E for doing brilliantly with your reading. You write fantastic sentences. Well done! Megan W for trying very hard to spell and read new words. You are kind and helpful. Well done! Emily C for being a kind and helpful member of our class. You write fantastic sentences and you are doing brilliantly with your reading Term 4 Receptions Milly B, Joshua I, Malakai K, Fraser K, James L, Jessica M, Mackenzie T ……….Well done for settling in to school life. You are working hard at school.
Miss Harry D20
Daniel J for being a responsible learner and being focused and calm, ready to learn! Sophia D for being a resilient learner Isabella L for showing kindness and consideration for your friends Emelia R for always trying your best and taking risks in your learning Mrs Grimmer D21 Ewan S for his wonderful progress in his story writing and for his kindness to other children Eliza B for making pleasing progress with her reading and her numbers Harvey S for making excellent progress in his reading and writing Sebastian A for showing persistence in learning to write stories and for his skill in working with technology Mrs Hook D22 Mariko W for her well-prepared and confident presentations in class sharing Freya M for her enthusiastic participation in class and persistent efforts with learning Charlotte M for her enthusiastic participation in class and focused, collaborative work in learning partner activities Term 4 Receptions Harley K, Kieran A, Skye, Tali M ………...Well done for settling in to school life. You are working hard at school. Ms Cave A3 Luke B for working hard to improve his reading! Ellie J for being a responsible SRC representative all year Ava K for following directions and being a good listener Danielle R for working hard to improve her reading Wil T for being a responsible SRC representative all year Christy A for his eagerness to participate in learning Shaylee Van H for settling into our classroom and making new friends Ms Tonkin A4 Riley L for being passionate about our work in the classroom Pip B for always presenting your work in a wonderful way Jessica F for being a considerate friend to all your classmates Middle School Mrs McMahon/Gillespie B8 Ben S for always being a reliable and sensible class member Josh L for a big improvement in positive work habits and classroom contributions Matt R for excellent work in Intervention and showing a positive attitude towards his learning Rosalind S for her courageous and inspiring performances in Craigburn’s Got Talent Amy G for her courageous and inspiring performances in Craigburn’s Got Talent Ebony C for her courageous and inspiring performances in Craigburn’s Got Talent
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Denilson C for his courageous and inspiring performances in Craigburn’s Got Talent Ben F for his courageous and inspiring performances in Craigburn’s Got Talent Ashlin P for her courageous and inspiring performances in Craigburn’s Got Talent Travis S for performing well as a judge and compere for Craigburns Got Talent Mr Lemmey B9 Nathan B for successfully meeting the final due date for Current Events Bailey D for successfully meeting the final due date for Current Events Ronan B for always being prepared to help Mr Stevens with PE gear Alannah G for brilliant participation in Craigburn’s Got Talent Zoe Ofor brilliant participation in Craigburn’s Got Talent Darcie G for brilliant participation in Craigburn’s Got Talent Chelsea C for brilliant participation in Craigburn’s Got Talent Mr Stevens B11 Lee C for persistence and showing a big improvement in his learning in Current Affairs and Inquiry Kalli B for being an enthusiastic and hard working student Alyssa H for being an enthusiastic and hard working student Mrs Robertson B12 Emily S for quietly achieving and trying her best in all areas Jarrad D for turning his attitude around and showing more maturity towards his learning Lucy R for trying out for Craigburn’s Got Talent Kendall W for trying out for Craigburn’s Got Talent Mrs Hiser B13 Sharina W for hard work, always challenging her learning and being a friendly, responsible member of our classroom community Katie H for conscientious, punctual and well finished work Miss Grant C16 Oli N for improvement in all aspects of curriculum Amber F for striving for excellence Miss Humphrys C17 Tayla S for outstanding work across all curriculum areas Cameron S for outstanding attitude and effort across all curriculum areas Music Lauren D, Ben F, Grant R, Morgan W, Jack K, A Green, Kalli B, Kara P, and Ashleigh M …….for showing outstanding commitment to Senior Choir by singing in all major performances (Festival Theatre, Coro Alive, Southern Festival and Fun Fair)
Music
Concert Band Workshop Jack K (flute) and Darcie G (clarinet) participated in a Primary Schools Concert Band 2 day Workshop at Ridley Centre Adelaide Show Grounds last week. There were nearly 200 students involved from across country and metropolitan S.A. Last Thursday night they performed the repertoire they had been working on over the 2 days. The concert was very entertaining and the students enjoyed playing music from diverse genres – Lady Gaga, Grease to tradional Russian Folk songs, jazz and my favourite “If”. Well done Darcie and Jack!
Digital Piano For Sale We are upgrading the Digital Piano in the music room and selling the 12 year old Yamaha Clarinova. It is a very sturdy instrument and has a full 88 keyboard. We have had it valued at $300 and thought we would offer it to families in the school before we advertised more widely. Please see me a.s.a.p. if you are interested or email [email protected].
Kerry Rayner
Music is Fun On Thursday some children from Miss Tonkin’s class were part of the performance. We were Gummy Bears!
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Erin, Jessica and Emily
Pip and Thomas
Government House Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Reception 50 scouts from the whole of south of Australia have been chosen to be an honour guard for His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales and Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cornwall, better know as Prince Charles and Camilla, on the 7th of November. Remarkably 3 of these scouts were chosen from Craigburn Primary School, Georgia H, Justin Pand Kara Parsons. This was a very private event so we had to have an official invitation and photographic ID to get in. This event was held at Government House. Friends of the Royal’s were invited as well as SA Olympians, Para-Olympians and foodies such as Maggie Beer. When the Royals came out of the house to the garden party they got mobbed. Camilla and Charles slowly made their way around the garden through the mob and gave most guests a handshake. Justin and Kara shook Prince Charles’s hand and Justin had a short chat with him. Georgia shook hands with Prince Charles and Camilla and had a
chat with both of them. Prince Charles’ handshake was VERY firm unlike Camilla’s which was very soft. Georgia got interviewed about her chat with the couple by a reporter. It was a very exciting event to participate in and as scouts we also formed the Honour Guard down the drive as the Royal couple left. Every scout was given a commemorative certificate and a limited edition badge commemorating the Queens Diamond Jubilee. This was an event we will never forget.
By Georgia Hewett & Kara Parsons
Canteen News Just a reminder that we have introduced ’Special Treats’ Recess. We will be selling a variety of different foods along with our popular cookies and Chocolate Chip muffins. All items are 50c or less. Please note Noodles cost $2.70 now. Weekly Meal Special – Week 6&7 Mega Meatball Roll. Try 4 tasty delicious meatballs on a warm roll, sprinkled with cheese and your choice of Sweet chilli, BBQ or Tomato sauce. Great value for $3.50. On Tuesday 20th November we are supporting Pyjama Day by selling our own style of Cold Rock Ice-cream. At lunch time you can buy 2 scoops of vanilla ice-cream (in a bowl) with a variety of different toppings such as Ice Magic, Sprinkles, crushed up violet crumble just to name a few! All this for only $2.50. We would like to say a special thank-you to Tracy Moroney who answered our SOS call in the last newsletter. Tracy has volunteered to work 1 day per week for the last 3 weeks due to lack of helpers and we really appreciate her help. We have a small number of regular helpers who are fantastic but they can only do so much. If anyone in the school community has a spare day, please let us know by giving us a call (82704568) or popping into the canteen and we will add you to our volunteer list for next year. Your children will really love to see mum at school!
Thank you Sue and Sue - Canteen Managers
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Try Our New ACTIVE KIDS CLUB at The Hub Recreation Centre
Taylors Road, Aberfoyle Park Ph: 8270 3900 The session is run by a qualified Fitness Instructor and will include :
• Boxing _ Hurdles • Obstacle Course _ Long Jump • Running Race _ Balancing • Fit Ball Games _ Skipping • Hoops _ Plus lots more
The sessions are great for: • Concentration • Making friends • Getting active • And having fun!
During school term on: Wednesdays 4:00—4:45pm
Costs $6.50 Per Child or 2 for $10 Suitable for Children 5—8 Years of Age
Bookings Are Essential Phone 8270 3900
www.casaleisure.com.au
School Holiday Netball Clinic
Netball SA Stadium
18th January, 2013 Have fun while learning new netball skills, drills and techniques!
NetSetGO! Come and Try 5-7 Years 9:00am – 11:00am Cost $42.00 Registration opens at 8:30am
NetSetGO! Come and Try 8-10 Years 2:00pm – 5:00pm Cost $52.00 Registration opens at 1:30pm
Book Now! Go to www.netballsa.asn.au or telephone 8238 0500 Registrations close C.O.B. 16th January, 2013
Sports Fusion Clinic
Coaching Clinics for students aged 5-14 years Prince Alfred College, Kent town
Invites all boys and girls who are interested in playing cricket to attend our inaugural cricket academy Where: Scotch College When: Monday 17th, Tuesday 18th & Wednesday 19th December, 2012 What: Coaching Academy (Ages 5-11 years) Pathway Academy (Ages 12-17 years) Times: 9:00am – 12:00 pm Coaching 1:00pm – 4:00 pm Pathway Cost: Coaching $100.00 for 3 days Pathway $140.00 for 3 days For further information contact Jeremy Appleton 0408 490 079 or email [email protected] An application form can be obtained from the front office at Craigburn or email Jeremy. Applications close Wednesday 12th December, 2012.
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Annual General Meeting Monday, 19th November, 2012
Please complete this section to facilitate catering and child care requirements and return to school by Thursday 15th November, 2012.
Name(s)
I/We will be attending o Number attending o Attending BBQ o
No. of Sausages o
We will be requiring childcare
o
Number of children and ages 1)
2)
3)
4)
I will be attending and nominating for election to the Governing Council o
I am not able to attend but would like to nominate myself for the Governing Council o
I will / will not be attending but would like to nominate myself for a sub-committee (please tick)
o Sport o OSHC o Canteen o Finance o Environment o Fundraising
