Newsletter Croydon Public School Term 4, Week 8: Monday 3 December 2018 Croydon Public School - Newsletter CALENDAR DECEMBER 2018 3 2M & 1R Beach Excursion 4 Year 6 High School Orientation Day 4 Performing Arts Concert (2-3pm & 5-6:30pm) 5 Year 6 Interrelate 6 Scripture Assembly & Morning Tea 7 2A & 2H Beach Excursion 10 Year 6 Field of Mars Excursion 11 3-6 Presentation Day 11 1W & 1C Beach Excursion 12 Year 5 Field of Mars Excursion 13 K-2 Presentation Day 14 Year 6 Graduation Dinner 17 Year 6 Graduation Assembly 19 End of Year Celebration – Movie Day CONTACT Croydon Public School 39 Young Street CROYDON NSW 2132 Phone: 9747 5457 Fax: 9747 3929 Email: [email protected]Web: www.croydon-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Twitter: @CroydonPS PBL BRONZE AWARDS Sophia Bae KH, Valentina Valerio Valdes KH, Lucas Ding KH, Srivardhan Jadala KL, Lachlan Pollock KL, Zoe Chia KS, Lucas Plata 1C, Zara Steele 1R, Michaela Zatorski 1R, Saki Matairavula 1W, Eliza Coates 2A, Leo Bawelkiewicz 2A, Georgie Sobevski 2H, Louis Zhang 2N, Isabella Zavaglia 3J, Abigail Dawson 3P, Claire La 3P, Miya Phibbs 3P, Luke Norgove 3S, Madison Smallfield 3S, Claudia Indge 4D, Matthew Chan 4H, Charlie Davidson 4H, Leo Pontello 4H, Sarah Cheong 4K, Oscar Hu 4P, Claire Brown 5D, Arvind Gurung 5D, Cynthia Do 5G, Jarrod Selvakumaraswamy 5G, Sophia Zaika 5G, Felicity Fogarty 6S, Susan Xiao 6S PBL SILVER AWARDS Sabrina Gao KA, Ibrahim Matos KA, Lily Sijp KA, Brandi Yan KA, Damon Chen KH, Skylar Chen KH, Aston Chow KH, Matilda Marshall KH, Sam Pappas KH, Lucas Gyetvan KJ, Zoe Jones KJ, Riley Smith KS, Christopher Lee KS, Kate Robotham KS, Conor Dawson 1C, Will Jessup 1C, Toby Jones 1C, Eason Peng 1C, Kyomi Phibbs 1C, Luna Phillips 1C, Nick Tsirimiagos 1C, Elyssa Chen 1R, Ella Hou 1R, Leah Lei 1R, Pranavi Ravishankar 1R, Lachlan Schurch 1R, Jonathan Xu 1R, Joanna Nguyen 1T, Myles Brown 1W, Luciana Pontello 1W, Oliver Shui 1W, Marley Windle 1W, Finlay Aldridge 2H, Trisha Graham 2H, Josephine Han 2H, Annika Resenberger 2H, Sara Thaker 2H, Banjo Toovey 2H, Dylan Delaney 2M, Skye Ghi 2M, Razan Ibrahim 2M, Sue Ta 2M, Raydon Chen 3J, Alice Ding 3J, Ixchel Marcos 3J, Chloe Dixon 3P, Joel Tofaeono 3W, Mia Brown 4H, Matthew Sitthisoradej 4H, Maia Vllari 4H, Hanson Xu 4H, Amanda Lee 4K, Logan Ha 4P, Ellenore Ring 4P, Ashleigh Seymour 4P, Josephine Steele 4P, Dahlia Toovey 4P, Hussein Zeitoun 4P, Joel Prodilgalidad 5P, Madison Pirie 6S, PBL GOLD AWARDS Madelyn Choi KA, Skyla Chen KH, Archie Dixon KS, Luca Hennekinne KS, Riley Smith KS, Emily Higgins 1R, Nick Yu 1W, Ferdie Bleuel-Humphris 2H, Eliette Choi 2H, Lincoln Tediwijaya 2H, Isabella Fogarty 2M, Livvy Pappas 2M, Steph Ha 2N, Riley Schurch 2M, Eva Horton 4H, Roisin O’Connell 4H, Samantha Wu 4H, Alex Tsirimiagos 4P, PBL DIAMOND AWARDS Ola Kochman KJ, Sereni4 Chen 2N, Luca Hall 2N, Ayden Lie 2N, PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS Heidi Jessup 4H
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Newsletter Croydon Public School Term 4, Week 8: Monday 3 December 2018 Croydon Public School - Newsletter
CALENDAR DECEMBER 2018 3 2M & 1R Beach Excursion 4 Year 6 High School Orientation Day 4 Performing Arts Concert (2-3pm & 5-6:30pm) 5 Year 6 Interrelate 6 Scripture Assembly & Morning Tea 7 2A & 2H Beach Excursion 10 Year 6 Field of Mars Excursion 11 3-6 Presentation Day 11 1W & 1C Beach Excursion 12 Year 5 Field of Mars Excursion 13 K-2 Presentation Day 14 Year 6 Graduation Dinner 17 Year 6 Graduation Assembly 19 End of Year Celebration – Movie Day CONTACT Croydon Public School 39 Young Street CROYDON NSW 2132 Phone: 9747 5457 Fax: 9747 3929 Email: [email protected] Web: www.croydon-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Twitter: @CroydonPS
PBL BRONZE AWARDS Sophia Bae KH, Valentina Valerio Valdes KH, Lucas Ding KH, Srivardhan Jadala KL, Lachlan Pollock KL, Zoe Chia KS, Lucas Plata 1C, Zara Steele 1R, Michaela Zatorski 1R, Saki Matairavula 1W, Eliza Coates 2A, Leo Bawelkiewicz 2A, Georgie Sobevski 2H, Louis Zhang 2N, Isabella Zavaglia 3J, Abigail Dawson 3P, Claire La
3P, Miya Phibbs 3P, Luke Norgove 3S, Madison Smallfield 3S, Claudia Indge 4D, Matthew Chan 4H, Charlie Davidson 4H, Leo Pontello 4H, Sarah Cheong 4K, Oscar Hu 4P, Claire Brown 5D, Arvind Gurung 5D, Cynthia Do 5G, Jarrod Selvakumaraswamy 5G, Sophia Zaika 5G, Felicity Fogarty 6S, Susan Xiao 6S
PBL SILVER AWARDS Sabrina Gao KA, Ibrahim Matos KA, Lily Sijp KA, Brandi Yan KA, Damon Chen KH, Skylar Chen KH, Aston Chow KH, Matilda Marshall KH, Sam Pappas KH, Lucas Gyetvan KJ, Zoe Jones KJ, Riley Smith KS, Christopher Lee KS, Kate Robotham KS, Conor Dawson 1C, Will Jessup 1C, Toby Jones 1C, Eason Peng 1C, Kyomi Phibbs 1C, Luna Phillips 1C, Nick Tsirimiagos 1C, Elyssa Chen 1R, Ella Hou 1R, Leah Lei 1R, Pranavi Ravishankar 1R, Lachlan Schurch 1R, Jonathan Xu 1R, Joanna Nguyen 1T, Myles Brown 1W, Luciana Pontello 1W, Oliver Shui 1W, Marley Windle 1W, Finlay Aldridge 2H, Trisha Graham 2H, Josephine Han 2H, Annika Resenberger 2H, Sara Thaker 2H, Banjo Toovey 2H, Dylan Delaney 2M, Skye Ghi 2M, Razan Ibrahim 2M, Sue Ta 2M, Raydon Chen 3J, Alice Ding 3J, Ixchel Marcos 3J, Chloe Dixon 3P, Joel Tofaeono 3W, Mia Brown 4H, Matthew Sitthisoradej 4H, Maia Vllari 4H, Hanson Xu 4H, Amanda Lee 4K, Logan Ha 4P, Ellenore Ring 4P, Ashleigh Seymour 4P, Josephine Steele 4P, Dahlia Toovey 4P, Hussein Zeitoun 4P, Joel Prodilgalidad 5P, Madison Pirie 6S,
PBL GOLD AWARDS Madelyn Choi KA, Skyla Chen KH, Archie Dixon KS, Luca Hennekinne KS, Riley Smith KS, Emily Higgins 1R, Nick Yu 1W, Ferdie Bleuel-Humphris 2H, Eliette Choi 2H, Lincoln Tediwijaya 2H, Isabella Fogarty 2M, Livvy Pappas 2M, Steph Ha 2N, Riley Schurch 2M, Eva Horton 4H, Roisin O’Connell 4H, Samantha Wu 4H, Alex Tsirimiagos 4P,
PBL DIAMOND AWARDS Ola Kochman KJ, Sereni4 Chen 2N, Luca Hall 2N, Ayden Lie 2N,
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Recently the school ran a merit selection process to fill a vacant classroom teacher position. The position was advertised through the Department of Education’s weekly Job Feed and we received a large number of applications. Following a rigorous cull of the applications some quality candidates were invited to interview. The successful applicant was Miss Meaghan Plevey who has been a temporary teacher at the school over the last 5 years. Miss Plevey is a highly competent teacher who has contributed greatly to extra curricular activities in the school. It is a pleasure to have her as a permanent teacher at the school and I am sure the whole school community will congratulate her on this appointment. The annual Strathfield Principals Network Awards were held on 21 November and Mrs Angela Paolino was the very worthy recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award. Mrs Paolino, in her role as an EAL/D teacher, has always shown a strong focus on achieving the best outcomes for the students who are developing their English language skills. She has consistently demonstrated a high level of care and commitment to all the students and staff at Croydon Public School over a number of years. Congratulations to Mrs Paolino. Just a reminder that a building project information session will be held on Wednesday 12 December at 6.30pm in the staff room. This is an opportunity to find out the latest information regarding the project and representatives from the project
management company, MACE, and Schools NSW Infrastructure will be presenting. The last P&C meeting for the year will follow the building project information session. At the meeting there will be a vote to decide the design of our new school polo shirt. If you are interested in having a say on the design it is important to be at this meeting. A final decision must be made and samples of the two designs will be available to view. Ms Lucantonio
PBL ASSEMBLY AWARDS This week’s assemblies will be the final presentation of PBL awards for 2018. 3-6 PBL Awards will be given to students on Monday 3 December in the Week 6, Term 4 Assembly.
K-2 PBL Awards will be given to students on Tuesday 4 December in the Week 6, Term 4 Assembly.
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME FOR K-2 ASSEMBLY THIS WEEK – IT WILL BE HELD AT 9:15AM.
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING The Positive Behaviour for Learning focus for last week and this week is being RESILIENT in the office/sick bay and in the playground. Ask your child how they will be safe at school this week.
For more information about Positive Behaviour for Learning and our award system please see the school website. On our PBL site you will find a matrix that you can use at home to reinforce the school expectations.
MUSIC NEWS PERFORMING ARTS CONCERTS – TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER The following ensembles will perform in the first concert at 2-3pm: • Infants' Choir • Junior Dance Group (Miss Plevey/Mrs Kumara) • Training Flutes • Drama Group 1 (Miss Cato) • Training Band • Junior Recorders (Miss Yu/Mrs Paolino) • Junior Choir (Miss Hearn/Ms Philpot)
The following ensembles will perform in the second concert at 5-6.30pm: • Senior Choir (Mr Richards, Mrs Harper, Mr
Seeley) • Senior Flutes • Senior Strings • Drama Groups 2 & 3 (Miss Simpson/Miss
McGarry) • Concert Band • Senior Dance (Miss Payet) • Senior Recorders (Mrs Marshall/Mrs McGarry) • Senior Band
MUSICA VIVA On Tuesday 27 November, students were treated to an extraordinary musical performance by the group, DaVinci’s Apprentice. The show was incredibly engaging and introduced students to some unique Renaissance instruments. You can find a synopsis and some photos of the show below. “Roberta, a talented girl living in 16th century Italy, dreams of becoming an apprentice to the greatest inventor of all, Leonardo da Vinci. Along the way, she meets a trio of musicians equipped with the weird and wonderful instruments of their time. With music by young Australian composer, Sally Greenaway, and script by writers Catherine Prosser and Paul Bissett, Da Vinci’s Apprentice is an original musical journey of discovery where students are challenged to expect the unexpected!”
SOFTBALL SUPERSTARS On Friday 30 November, our senior boys and girls softball teams played hard-fought matches against Summer Hill PS at Majors Bay Reserve, Concord. Both the girls and boys teams were in knockout games with a place in the grand final on the line. With superb batting and fielding efforts from both teams, CPS came away victorious and now prepare for the grand final games on Friday 7 December. Congratulations to our softballers and we wish them good luck for Friday’s games.
SPEECH PATHOLOGY PROGRAM See the end of this newsletter for a handy tip from our Croydon Public School speech therapist, Elizabeth Ware. This tip gives you some great ideas about how to help your child develop and improve their writing skills and help them with their descriptive language.
KINDERGARTEN 2019 We are currently enrolling students for the 2019 Kindergarten intake. If you live in the local area and have a child starting school next year, please visit the office to collect enrolment papers and enrol your child. If you have a friend or relative with a child starting school next year, please encourage them to enrol their child as soon as possible.
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Please be aware that some student accounts are sitting in credit (Fees in Advance). Last term, a letter was sent home via students advising parents/carers of the amounts in credit. We asked that those parents/carers contact the office regarding their statements. As yet we have not heard from anyone so therefore we will be allocating any credit to outstanding activities (not including voluntary fees unless advised to do so). If there are no outstanding fees and you are in credit please do not pay for any future activities, however you will need to sign future permission notes which should then be placed in the fees box outside the office. The office staff will advise you of any credit used to reconcile outstanding payments. If you have any questions regarding accounts in credit please contact the office staff as soon as possible.
EPI-PENS AND MEDICAL UPDATE If your child carries a personal Epi-Pen, please check the expiry date to ensure the Epi-Pen is current. If your child’s medical needs have changed, please provide written documentation to the front office as soon as possible. VOLUNTEERING AT SCHOOL Teachers greatly appreciate and highly value parent helpers in the classroom. Parent volunteering helps aid the smooth running of various programs in the classrooms. If you are interested in helping out in your child’s classroom please contact your child’s teacher.
It is a now a requirement of the Department of Education that you complete a Declaration for Volunteers and Non Child Related Contractors prior to coming to help. These declarations are available at the front office, toward the end of this newsletter and on our website. After filling out the declaration, you will need to submit 100 points of ID to the office. If you have a current Working With Children Check for Volunteers you will not need to fill out a declaration form.
P&C NEWS Hope you’re all surviving as we reach the pointy end of the year and truly entering the silly season!!
A reminder that the CPS P&C Volunteers’ End of Year Dinner will be held on Thursday 6th December at 7pm at The Retreat Garden Bistro Croydon. Hope you can all make it to celebrate another wonderful year of volunteering! Make sure you secure your spot and RSVP to Diana in the canteen.
The final P&C meeting for the year is Wednesday 12th December, at 7:30pm in the staffroom. Prior to this meeting we will have an update of the upcoming School Building Works at 6:30pm. The Annual General Meeting will also be held on this date, so make sure you join us to be part of the action!
Remember, to keep up to date with P&C news and events please LIKE our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CPSPC/
Croydon Public Market – Wrap up & Thanks Now that the organising committee has had a minute to take a breath, we would like to say a huge thank you to all of you who volunteered on a stall or even just helped out when you weren’t even rostered on or helped set-up and pack up. Thank you to everyone who came and bought lunch or did some shopping or bought a rides tickets, you have all helped make this a great event and raise money for our school. We want to say thank you to everyone (parents, staff and kids) who came and helped make this event happen. So many people helped in so many ways, from running a stall, working on a stall, to emptying bins, to just turning up and buying things. Without everyone’s help this wouldn’t have been such a successful day. We also want to say thank you to the many local companies who helped with sponsorship of the Market event or provided us a service at very low cost, or helped us promote the Market. It is so good to have so many good local companies who support our community. Thank them next time you see them; Richard Matthews Real Estate, Croydon Tyre & Auto Service Centre, Kennards Hire Burwood, Urban Protection Group, Helen O’Grady Drama Academy. Thanks to Burwood Girls and Ashfield Boys High Schools for yet again allowing us to hang our banner on their fences. Thank you to all the Year 6 kids and Miss Sutton for running the Crazy Hair stall. Thank you to the parents who came up with new ideas of stalls to run, like the Craft Stall and the Plant & Fruit & Veg Box Stall. Thank you for all your time and effort. Depending on how things are going with the building works we are unsure at this point if there will be a market next year, so it might be a few years before we do it all again.
2018 CPS Read-a-thon Canteen Vouchers If your child earned a canteen voucher in the read-a-thon earlier this year, please note that they need to use it before the end of term. These vouchers will not be valid next year. New Committee Members We are on the look out for new committee members to join us and help with planning and running the Social and Fundraising events for our school. If you are interested or have some ideas you’d like to share and run with, please get in touch. Our next committee meeting is this Tuesday night. Call Jackie on 0438177700 or email [email protected]
UNIFORM SHOP Market Day Report The uniform shop stall was a great success on the day. Thank you to everyone involved. What a fantastic method of raising funds for our school and providing a great service to the school community. This was a first for the uniform shop and was very well received. We hope it can continue in the future. We sold lots of second hand items!!! We met quite a few of our 2019 Kindergarten children and their families, who came to try on their uniforms, so our volunteers will be packing some large orders over the next few weeks. Our aim was to provide an extra opportunity for those families that find it difficult to get to the shop during trading hours. Allowing our new kindergarten children to try on their school uniforms, so parents can then order online knowing they have chosen the correct sizes, Our year 4 students could try on their senior uniform for next year, then order on line. Many others needed a spare jacket, shirt, etc. from our wide selection of second hand items. The Uniform Shop has traditionally extended their hours in the last two weeks of the year and the first two weeks of the next year. Dates for your Diary Last day of trading 2018: Thursday 13th December.
CLOSED for Stocktake: Tuesday 18th December. 2018 Extended hours: 4th, 6th, 11th, 13th December (8:45-10:00 am) First day of trading 2019: 31st January (8:45-10:00 am) 2019 Extended hours: 5th, 7th, 12th, 14th February (8:45-10:00 am) Flexischools online ordering is available for your convenience. Also for your convenience, you can now pay by credit card in the shop, however Eftpos is not available. If you are unsure of sizing, and you wish to order online via Flexischools, PLEASE bring your child into the shop during trading hours, for a fitting. Second hand uniforms are only available at the shop and there is NO REFUND OR EXCHANGE on any of these items. So please choose carefully. CLEARLY LABEL ALL CHILD'S ITEMS OF CLOTHING! Labels should be checked and re-labelled as required. Many labels fade or come off over time. And second hand items you purchase may have the previous owners name, so please re-label with your child's name. Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday, The Uniform Shop Team.
CANTEEN NEWS P&C VOLUNTEERS’ END OF YEAR DINNER: 7pm Thursday 6th December. Have you RSVP’d yet? Please see Di in the Canteen by tomorrow (Tuesday 4th)to get your tickets ($40) for our end of year Christmas celebration. Further details in the attached flier.
CANTEEN COMMMITTEE – VACANCIES: There are a number of vacant roles for our committee next year that we would love to fill ASAP. Please see the attached letter from our President Jane Ainsworth and the role descriptions. Or contact Jane directly if you’re interested. [email protected]
MISSING – 2 x large silver trays: These are missing from the Canteen after the School Fair two weekends ago. If anyone knows where they are can they please be returned ASAP. We’re struggling to make our Lasagnes without them! Thank you. TERM 4 MENU: Don’t forget you can now order on FRIDAYS!! And that still includes the very popular Sushi orders – which need to be ordered by 9.30am each Wednesday.
***Please note for Friday PSSA students NO hot food items can be ordered***
FORGOT A FORK?: If your kids forget to pack a fork for home-brought food they can collect one from the School Office.
CANTEEN COMPLAINTS OR QUERIES: If you have any issues or queries regarding the Canteen, please contact Diana directly. Please not through other channels – so any matters can be dealt with immediately. You can visit her in the Canteen Monday-Thursday, call her on 0421 156 713, or email her: [email protected]
