Getting Ready for the STEM Expo Next Week! Principal—Ms. Meg Parker Assistant Principal—Mr. Ben McCredden 80—118 Jetty Road, School Council President—Mrs. Stephanie Towse PO Box 276, Clifton Springs, 3222 Email: [email protected]Phone: 5251 3581 Website: www.cliftonspringsps.vic.edu.au Fax: 5251 3405 Newsletter No. 14 Tuesday September 3 rd 2019 Our School Vision To develop outstanding citizens and life long learners who believe that effort and persistence leads to success. Through our core values of Respect, Responsibility, Empathy, Innovation and Excellence we strive to make a difference in our community and environment.
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Getting Ready for the STEM Expo Next Week!
Principal—Ms. Meg Parker Assistant Principal—Mr. Ben McCredden 80—118 Jetty Road, School Council President—Mrs. Stephanie Towse PO Box 276, Clifton Springs, 3222
Our School Vision To develop outstanding citizens and life long learners who believe that effort and persistence leads to success.
Through our core values of Respect, Responsibility, Empathy, Innovation and Excellence we strive to make a
difference in our community and environment.
PRINCIPAL NEWSLETTER
Management Update
Current enrolments – 449
2020 Prep enrolment 56
Buildings and Grounds Update
Thankyou to the parents who attended the consultation session with Minx Architecture Monday morning. We
have established a Planning Committee that will contribute as the Masterplan progresses.
Completion of the Sensory Garden and Sensory Room out by the front entry of the school, is planned to be
by October 5th.
Working Bee Sunday September 8th 10 am – 3 pm
This Sunday is the Working Bee and thankyou to those families that have RSVP’d to help let us know how
many we are catering for lunch.
The jobs we have lined up for the working bee will involve painting, moving soil, moving mulch and planting.
The more the merrier! Thanks to David McKinnis who organised with GenU Geelong a donation of 300
plants.
Curriculum Update
STEM in Action Family Night 12th September, 5.30 – 7.30 pm
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. The theme for the evening will be
Sustainability, which has been the Inquiry Focus across the school.
All classrooms will showcase their student work for this term. We will also have interactive activities in each
of the classrooms hosted by our Little Scientists. The Gym will have more interactive activities and special
guests.
CSPS Has Got Talent Finals Wednesday 4th September
This Wednesday afternoon will have the finalists for ‘Clifton Springs has got Talent’. This will take place after
lunch and will occur at the outside assembly area on the fake grass.
The Wakakirri crew and the Glee Club will also perform the items they recently performed at Wakakirri and
the Geelong Music and Movement Festival.
Wellbeing and Engagement Update
Prep Transition Days
The DIP into DIP days for term 3 occurred over the last couple of weeks with a great attendance from 2020
Preps. They are looking very comfortable already and looking forward to starting school next year. Our more
formal transition program commences in November.
Father’s Day Stall
Thankyou to the Parents and Friends Association for running another successful Father’s Day stall. The
students really enjoy going and selecting items themselves and there was a great selection to choose from.
Emergency Management Practices
We have been running emergency management drills at school. So if your child comes home saying there
was a fire or another kind of emergency, it was all pretend just to ensure that if there is an emergency,
everything runs smoothly.
Division Athletics
Congratulations to the District Aths team, all feedback was that you represented our school with pride and
performed to your absolute best.
Congratulations to the 8 students who qualified to compete at the Division level, we know you will do your-
selves proud!
Meg Parker
Principal
No Assembly presentation
this week
CSPS HAS ARTISTIC TALENT FINAL This Wednesday September 4th from 2:00-3:30pm outside on fake grass
Parents are invited to come along and watch! Children need bring their own equipment and costumes if required
The best performances from each year level, plus Glee Clubs & Music Academy band, will perform.
Congratulations to the following students who will be performing Wednesday.
PREP Nathanael N., Amelia H. Ethan B., Hartley S., Ari F., Indigo N., Riley R., Bianca W., Artelia D-K Accompanied by the Prep A, J and H singers!
Year 1/2 Tannah H., Lily McD, Murphy K. and Jack I. – 1/2M Jonah K.– 1/2P Diamonds Group:- Kayla M., Alexis T. & Cody B. of 1/2K. Krystal B., Delarni G. &Amelia A. of 1/2G Alexia T., Mia Seidel., Ruby Gill., Jack M. & Patrick N. of 1/2P
Year 3/4 Lucy F., Jasmine D. and Jordan B. of 3/4C Oliver G. (Special Guest ) 3\4M Sophie T. - 3\4B Daniel F.—3\4R Miley P. - 3\4M Addison M. and Tiffiny M.— 3\4H
Jump Rope for Heart Continues! We’re skipping through the term! Jump Rope for Heart is well underway and it’s great to see so many children out in the playground skipping with smiles on their faces.
It’s not long until our Jump Off Day on Tuesday 17th September so keep on practicing those tricks!
Don’t forget to share your online fundraising page with friends and family to raise money for a great cause! Still need to sign up online? It’s easy just follow this link and enter your details.
www.jumprope.org.au/parents
Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!
Year 5/6 Zahra M.- 5\6Q Zachary J. - 5\6S Mason H. - 5\6R
Student arrival times For their own safety, students are not permitted to be in the school grounds prior to 8:30am and
staff commence yard duty from 8:50am.
Students arriving prior to 8:30am should be signed into Before School Care. This is a safety requirement as students are not supervised in the yard prior to 8:50am and eliminates
DISTRICT ATHLETICS 2019 Our District Athletics was on August 22nd at Landy Field in South Geelong Year 3—6 children proudly represented our school and behaved beautifully throughout the day. Our school finished 5th on the day and we were so proud of the effort that our students put in with many personal best scores achieved. We had 8 students successful in making it to the next stage of competition which is Division level. They will compete in a range of events at Landy Field on September 10th. Our team of 8 athletes will travel on the Salvation Army Bus and spend the day competing and supporting each other (Thanks to Peter Hobbs).
NAME AGE
GROUP EVENT ONE EVENT TWO
Annie H. 11 200 800
Mia H. 12/13 200
Josh K. 12/13 100
Kayla B. 12/13 Hurdles High Jump
Jesse F. 11 Discus
Ayden C. 12/13 High Jump
Mitchell G. 11 Shot Put
Marli T. 12/13 Long Jump
OUR NEW SAND TRAY We would like to say a massive “Thank you” to Drysdale Rotary Club for donating money to purchase our Sand tray and miniatures.
Sand play is a holistic approach which is fantastic for children. It is fun, easy and relaxing. It allows children and adults to express themselves by using miniature objects that represent all aspects of life.
Students are able to display their inner world in a playful way. At the end of each sand play session we can take a photo of what the student has created, this allows us to reflect on changes, discuss any concerning elements, and most importantly for the child, to see and be proud of what they have made.
We would also like to say a big “Thank you” to Paul Kraus for making our new sand tray and donating materials towards this.
Amazing day today at District Aths. All students at CSPS tried their hearts out! We had some awesome individual achievements. Our relays worked so well as a team. The attitude and effort from everyone made us all winners on the day. Massive thanks to Mr Thompson and Ms Roberts for organising everything. Also thanks to Mr Hanson, Mr Mambwe, Mr Ellery, Mrs Rees, Tammy and Charlie for helping out on the day.
By Mia H. and Mahli K.
CLIFTON SPRINGS PRIMARY SCHOOL DIVISION ATHLETICS
TEAM 2019
NUDE FOOD COMPETITION Every Tuesday at CSPS we are going Nude...Nude Food that is!! The Student Sustainability team will be running a competition for the rest of this term.
Each Tuesday they will be counting how many wrappers each class has in their snack/lunch.
The class with the least wrappers will be announced at assembly each week with the overall winning class at the end of the term getting a hot chip party on the last day of term.
For information on what Nude Food is and some helpful tips, see the flyer on our WEBSITE
Nude food = A Healthy Body + Healthy Planet
2020 PREP ENROLMENTS
Please get your enrolment forms in NOW!
If you think you might be leaving at the end of this year, please also notify the office.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB
Each month your child has the opportunity to bring home the Scholastic Book Club magazine to order books.
Orders for Issue 6 are due back
to school WEDNESDAY 4th August
Please send your order to school with correct payment, cheques made out to Scholastic
Australia or order online with credit card via
www.scholastic.com.au
WANTED FOR SCIENCE Any donations of any cardboard boxes (cereal boxes, shoe
boxes) & clear plastic water bottles for STEM/SCIENCE would be
gratefully received!
NUT—EGG—SEAFOOD ALLERGY ALERT A reminder to parents that we have children with life threatening allergies to
PEANUTS, TREE NUTS, SEAFOOD & EGGS at this school.
Children are asked not to bring any foods containing nuts or sesame seeds to school. Please
encourage all children to wash their hands after eating any peanut butter or nut products.
IT’S TIME TO FIND YOUR
HAT! From September 1st, students are required to wear a broad brimmed hat to play outside, for PE classes and also for After
School Care. We have hats available at the Office
for $10.00 Please make sure your child has their own hat and that it is clearly named!
All families in our Prep – Yr. 6 Community are invited to our WORKING BEE
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8th 2019 10am-3pm The aim of this working bee is to beautify the school grounds
and plant lots of new plants.
Tea, coffee, water, morning tea and a sausage sizzle lunch will be provided.
The eldest child has brought home an RSVP form.
Please RSVP to assist with catering, contact the office on 5251 3581 or email the school on [email protected]
FOOTY COLOURS DRESS UP DAY Wear Footy Colours for a Gold Coin Donation
Raising money to give back to State School’s Relief who help families with providing school uniform.
FOOTY DAY SPECIAL LUNCH Footy Day Special Lunch order form
coming home with children tomorrow (Wednesday)! $5.00 MEAL DEAL with vegetarian options available Orders due to school by Wednesday September 18th
M.A.D. BOYS RUNNING
BREAKFAST PROGRAM A small group of senior students are Making A Difference by making toast for students before school.
The boys came up with this project and-discussed the best way to source supplies and serve the students.
They come to school early to set up then cook and spread fresh toast for any student wanting a bit of warm food before school.
Each week they are cooking around 180 slices of bread which has been generously donated by
Zoe M. from The Portarlington Bakery.
Drysdale CWA also very generously donated $200.00 towards purchasing supplies for the breakfast.
Thank you!
Parents & Friends Association FATHER’S DAY STALL The Father’s Day Stall held on Monday 26th of August was a great success, with many happy little faces leaving with purchases for their dads and other special people in their lives. I would like to say thank you to Ryan M., Xenna S. and Marli T. for collecting each of the classes and bringing them down to the stall. Another huge thank you to the volunteers who helped with set up
on the Friday before the stall and the volunteers who gave up their morning on Monday, Amanda, Mary, Delli, Yvette, Iris, Amy, Kassandra and Kylie.
These events would not be possible without the support of our volunteers. Jodie J, PFA President.
Sempai Samuel returns to the Clifton Springs Dojo a
Champion. On behalf of all the
staff and students,
we would like to congratulate Sempai Samuel Shields
On returning to the Clifton Springs Dojo a Champion.
Sempai Sam has just returned from Sydney where he
fought in the Australian National Championships (17-18th
August), Back in June He flew over to Myanmar in Japan
– in both the championships Sam fought hard in the
This fortnight we will be celebrating the arrival of Spring with spring crafts, making walking bird puppets and playing skipping games in the Gym A reminder to families of our services Cancellation / Absence from care Poli-cy. In the case of an Absence, permanently booked places are charged for unless a medical certificate is provided to the ser-vice.
Our service currently has limited vacancies at both our Before School and After School programs for both permanent and casual bookings.
Bookings are all made through ‘My Family Lounge’. The link can be found on the OSHC page of our website.
The Clifton Springs PS OSHC Team
Prep A—Indigo N.
Prep H—Artelia D-K
Prep J—Hudson B.
1/2D—Abi M.
1/2G—Abel K.
1/2K—Mia S.
1/2M—Ohara T.
1/2P—Jaxon E.
3/4B—Cienna J.
3/4C—Rory P.
3/4H—Izik B.
3/4M—Edwin A.
3/4S—Elcarim M.
3/4R—Noah M.
5/6E—Clarice S.
5/6C—Ryan W.
5/6Q—Errol P
5/6R—Mason H.
5/6S—Jordan N.
Congratulations to the following students who will be presented
with the Class Award for this week.
ASSEMBLY at 3pm
UP COMING EVENTS—please check for changes
SWIMMING LESSONS PREP—Year 4
October 14th—18th 2019 60min lessons each day for 5 days
Please let your child’s teacher, or the office, know if your child will not be
participating.
Wednesday 4th September
CSPS Has Creative Talent Parents welcome
*Scholastic book club orders due
Tuesday 15th October
School Council Meeting 7pm
Sunday 8th September
Whole School Working Bee 10—3pm
Monday 21st October
Yr 5/6 Swimming Day
Monday 9th September
*Year 1/2 Lions Club opt in Vision Screening *Finance meeting 3.30pm
