For The Calendar Next Week Mon. 31 Aug. ‘Flying Start’ 9.30am – 11.00am Mon. 31 Aug. Nat. Literacy and Numeracy Wk commences. Mon. 31 Aug. Year 6 Taster Lessons at Crookwell High Tue. 01 Sep. K - 6 Science Day Thu. 03 Sep. Fathers’ Day Raffle Tickets Drawn Fri. 04 Sep. Fathers’ Day Stall Fri. 04 Sep. Footy Colours Day Fri. 04 Sep. Uniform Shop Open ~ 2.15pm to 3.15pm Coming Up Mon. 07 Sep. Yr 6 Sport & Rec. Camp at Narrabeen Lakes Mon. 07 Sep. Nat. Literacy and Numeracy Wk Sponsorship Due Mon. 07 Sep. ‘Flying Start’ 9.30am – 11.00am Tue. 08 Sep. K - 3 SpacEXPO in Goulburn Thu. 10 Sep Mufti Day – When I Grow Up! Fri. 11 Sep. Years 3/4 assembly item 12.15pm Fri. 11 Sep. Uniform Shop Open ~ 2.15pm to 3.15pm Mon. 14 Sep. ‘Flying Start’ 9.30am – 11.00am Tue. 15 Sep. Years 2- 4 Questacon Excursion Wed. 16 Sep. Years 2 - 6 ~ School Social 6 - 8 pm Fri. 18 Sep. K - 2 assembly item 12.15pm Fri. 18 Sep. Spring vacation commences Malicious, Dangerous and Alarming This week I was made aware of a very hurtful piece of ‘gossip’ that is being circulated in our school community. It is being claimed that “school money is going missing from the school office” and that “a parent volunteer has sticky fingers.” The person then stated they are not prepared to give any money to the school when this is happening. This claim is ludicrous! The Department of Education, which insists on the highest standards of integrity has many checks and balances in place to safeguard public money. If it had happened let me assure you it would have been very quickly detected and due process to deal with the perpetrator would be initiated. Gossiping behaviour of this nature disappoints me greatly. Money has not gone missing. Such ill-founded accusations are counterproductive as they cast a shadow over the competency of school staff and the integrity of each of our wonderful volunteers. If you hear gossip of this nature please insist that the person come and share their story with me and if they are reluctant please contact me and confidentially inform me what is being claimed so that appropriate action can be taken. Principal’s Award • Isabel Snape for wonderful creative writing skills. Spotted This Week Were …… • Riley Osborne for his honesty. • Zakaia Lewis and Levi Woods for helping keep the outside of the school tidy. • To all students for the warm welcome I received when coming back to school. Miss Winkler • Glynn McIIwain for helping to keep our playground safe. • Charlotte Selmes for working hard and staying on task in health. • Jenny Murphy and Alexandra Woods for lending a helping hand in the library. • Tynen Long for thoughtful behaviour. • Jet Tate for outstanding work in mathematics. • Sheyanne Taylor for donating more recyclable items. • Tynen Long, Luke Palmer and Eve Roberts for honesty. • Joshua Ross for a great effort in art. • The boys hockey team for playing brilliantly in both Albury and Parkes and for being gracious in both victory and defeat. • Megan and Dave McGregor for being hockey coaches extraordinaire! • Kayla Merryfull for working hard in reading. • Nicholas Wilcox-Symons for fantastic reading. • Cameron Morton for great work in reading. • Meka Munday for thoughtfulness. • Mathew Lang, Jay Cunningham and Taane-Dean Brown for citizenship. • Mackenzie Gauci for thoughtful generosity. Mufti Day On Thursday 10 th September there will be a mufti day fundraiser for students from Years K-6. The theme will be “What I want to be when I grow up.” Students who participate are asked to bring a gold coin donation. Term 3 Week 7 28 th August, 2015 Working Together, Growing Together
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For The Calendar Next Week Mon. 31 Aug. ‘Flying Start’ 9.30am – 11.00am
Mon. 31 Aug. Nat. Literacy and Numeracy Wk commences.
Mon. 31 Aug. Year 6 Taster Lessons at Crookwell High
Tue. 01 Sep. K - 6 Science Day
Thu. 03 Sep. Fathers’ Day Raffle Tickets Drawn
Fri. 04 Sep. Fathers’ Day Stall
Fri. 04 Sep. Footy Colours Day
Fri. 04 Sep. Uniform Shop Open ~ 2.15pm to 3.15pm
Coming Up Mon. 07 Sep. Yr 6 Sport & Rec. Camp at Narrabeen Lakes
Mon. 07 Sep. Nat. Literacy and Numeracy Wk Sponsorship Due
Mon. 07 Sep. ‘Flying Start’ 9.30am – 11.00am
Tue. 08 Sep. K - 3 SpacEXPO in Goulburn
Thu. 10 Sep Mufti Day – When I Grow Up!
Fri. 11 Sep. Years 3/4 assembly item 12.15pm
Fri. 11 Sep. Uniform Shop Open ~ 2.15pm to 3.15pm
Mon. 14 Sep. ‘Flying Start’ 9.30am – 11.00am
Tue. 15 Sep. Years 2- 4 Questacon Excursion
Wed. 16 Sep. Years 2 - 6 ~ School Social 6 - 8 pm
Fri. 18 Sep. K - 2 assembly item 12.15pm
Fri. 18 Sep. Spring vacation commences
Malicious, Dangerous and Alarming This week I was made aware of a very hurtful piece of ‘gossip’ that is being circulated in our school community. It is being claimed that “school money is going missing from the school office” and that “a parent volunteer has sticky fingers.” The person then stated they are not prepared to give any money to the school when this is happening.
This claim is ludicrous! The Department of Education, which insists on the highest standards of integrity has many checks and balances in place to safeguard public money. If it had happened let me assure you it would have been very quickly detected and due process to deal with the perpetrator would be initiated.
Gossiping behaviour of this nature disappoints me greatly. Money has not gone missing. Such ill-founded accusations are counterproductive as they cast a shadow over the competency of school staff and the integrity of each of our wonderful volunteers.
If you hear gossip of this nature please insist that the person come and share their story with me and if they are reluctant please contact me and confidentially inform me what is being claimed so that appropriate action can be taken.
Principal’s Award • Isabel Snape for wonderful creative writing skills. Spotted This Week Were ……
• Riley Osborne for his honesty.
• Zakaia Lewis and Levi Woods for helping keep the outside of the school tidy.
• To all students for the warm welcome I received when coming back to school. Miss Winkler
• Glynn McIIwain for helping to keep our playground safe.
• Charlotte Selmes for working hard and staying on task in health.
• Jenny Murphy and Alexandra Woods for lending a helping hand in the library.
• Tynen Long for thoughtful behaviour.
• Jet Tate for outstanding work in mathematics.
• Sheyanne Taylor for donating more recyclable items.
• Tynen Long, Luke Palmer and Eve Roberts for honesty.
• Joshua Ross for a great effort in art.
• The boys hockey team for playing brilliantly in both Albury and Parkes and for being gracious in both victory and defeat.
• Megan and Dave McGregor for being hockey coaches extraordinaire!
• Kayla Merryfull for working hard in reading.
• Nicholas Wilcox-Symons for fantastic reading.
• Cameron Morton for great work in reading.
• Meka Munday for thoughtfulness.
• Mathew Lang, Jay Cunningham and Taane-Dean Brown for citizenship.
• Mackenzie Gauci for thoughtful generosity. Mufti Day On Thursday 10th September there will be a mufti day fundraiser for students from Years K-6. The theme will be “What I want to be when I grow up.” Students who participate are asked to bring a gold coin donation.
Boys Hockey News The boys hockey team has had a very exciting couple of days. Last Wednesday they travelled to Albury in preparation for a game on Thursday against Corowa Public School. In glorious weather, the boys apprehensively took the field. With a team depleted through ill health and injuries they were unsure what to expect. The team soon settled into the game with Tyson Allwright the first to score after 13 minutes of play. The score remained this way at half time with the boys establishing an impressive game play, supporting each other in defence and attack. There was some great passing between Regan Davis, Blake McCarten and Max Price.
Jarred Croke was impenetrable in goal. The game was sealed when, with 6 minutes before the full time whistle, Blake McCarten made a break up the side line, passing the ball to Isaiah Druett who found the back of the cage with a well-placed hit. Corowa however were not prepared to admit defeat and, spurred on by the desire to score, capitalised on Crookwell’s lapse in attention in the dying stages of the game, and slotted one over the line with the final whistle seeing a score of 2-1.
Regan Davis, Blake McCarten, Brock Chudleigh, Max Price
and Isaiah Druett exploring the submarine at Holbrook.
The boys enjoyed every moment of their 2-day trip: taking the time to explore the submarine at Holbrook, walking across the border from Albury into Victoria and some even finding time to drop a fishing line into the Murray! As a result of the win the team became quarter finalists and had to face up again on Tuesday against Parkes Public School in Bathurst.
Some of the boys scaling the heights of the fixed equipment
while having a break on the trip to Albury.
The weather conditions for the trip to Bathurst were in complete contrast to the trip to Albury. In pouring rain and flooded creeks, the team made their way to Bathurst, this time fit, healthy and free from injury. This was always going to be a tough game: Parkes Public School is known for its strength in hockey and boasts a number of PSSA state players. Our boys defended well with Jarred Croke having a brilliant game in goal. The boys’ attack was also strong and the game could have gone either way but unfortunately it was Parkes who eventually found the back of the cage from a short corner with only 38 seconds of the game remaining.
The Boys Hockey Team with coach, Megan McGregor, after the game against Parkes Public School.
The two games played were fast, fair and gave a display of good sportsmanship and incredible growth in hockey skills by our boys. They have every reason to be very proud of their achievements and I hope that they have enjoyed the experience of playing hockey and will continue with the sport. Of course success does not come without hard work and, while the boys trained and played hard, they could not have reached the State Quarter Finals without the dedication, commitment and hard work of Megan and Dave McGregor.
Shay Smith took some time out to visit the Mt Panorama race track while in Bathurst.
Thank you Megan and Dave for providing our boys with this amazing opportunity. Thank you also to the parent supporters and drivers. Two days in Albury followed quickly by a day in Bathurst is a lot to ask both financially and time-wise. I appreciate your support and I know your sons do as well. Thank you, Lesley Atfield
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Fruit & Veg Fanatics at Flying Start Great discussions about healthy eating took place in the Kindergarten classroom on Monday morning. It was fantastic to hear about the variety of fruit and vegetables that children in Flying Start eat. We made a graph of our favourite vegetables and discovered that tomatoes were the most popular and peas were the least popular! After collecting our data we engaged in a fruit matching activity with our friends and enjoyed a healthy snack.
“Wally” the wombat pays a visit to Crookwell Public School
with Adelyn Woods and Amelia O’Brien.
William McDonald extends his letter recognition knowledge on the iPad.
Ada Dunn carefully matches her fruit while Lily
and Kade look for their next piece.
Jonah Allwright counts the five stars he
crafted out of play dough.
Haiden Mills proudly finishes his
fruit matching exercise.
A class graph of the vegetables we like to eat! ...
(Or don’t like to eat!)
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Welcome to Fruit and Vegetable Month
Fruit and Vegetable Month has arrived at Crookwell and students have begun enjoying a variety of activities to encourage more fruit and vegetables into our diets. Students have enjoyed healthy smoothies, made delicious vegetable muffins and slices and sorted foods into healthy categories.
Tyla Haynes, Dustin Carr, Reece Allport and Montanna
Allwright tasting a range of fruit and vegetables.
Sienna Gray and Abby Merryfull enjoying
‘morning fruit break’.
Sianabel Anderson, Billy Speer and Isabelle Johnston
Abby Merryfull, Lillian Skelly, Claire Collins and
Lazarus Topalidis experiencing avocado dip.
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Book Week Book Character Parade Despite the gloomy weather on Tuesday, our assembly hall was filled with colour and activity as once again, we held our annual Book Week character parade. An amazing array of characters and books were represented by the students in this year’s parade. It was lovely to see the confidence of our Kindergarten students as they introduced themselves and their characters on the microphone to the audience. Congratulations to all the students on their wonderful costumes this year.
Thank you also to all the parents, grandparents and visitors who attended our special parade and helped to make this year’s Book Week parade so memorable.
Mrs Davies
Jack Sparrow (Victa Woods) with Willy Wonka
(Isabella Cole).
Captain America (Billy Speer) with
Spyro from Skylanders (Jack Speer).
Batgirl (Logan Knight), Rainbow Fish (Isabelle McCormack)
with Bob The Minion (Mackenzie Gauci).
Willy Wonka (Wade Davis) with Emma Robertson from
Giraffes Can’t Dance.
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Book Week Book Character Parade continued…...
Roxie (Ellie Whittington), Dorothy with Toto (Sophie Ward),
Elsa (Charlotte Selmes) with Connie (Sophie Watson).
Happy Feet (Tahlia Goulay), Toothless (Sophie Moore) with
Malificent (Channel Allwright).
Daisy Buchannan (Florence Dark), Black Cat (Sienna Gray), witch (Abby Merryfull) with another witch (Annie Knight).
Kindergaten students dressed as their favourite book
character.
Phoebe Selmes and Michael Foster made fabulous
Batmans.
Spiderman (Jack Haynes), Incredible Hulk (Jet Tate)
and Mario (Cooper Tetley).
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Congratulations to all participants of the Premier’s Reading Challenge 2015!!
All students have completed their reading logs and the Challenge has officially completed. All students who signed up to the Challenge have successfully read all the required books. Well done to everyone who participated in the Challenge this year. Students who successfully completed the Challenge will receive their certificates in their classes.
Thank you to all readers and parents who assisted in the Challenge this year. Year 2, 3 and 4 Excursion to Questacon On Tuesday 15th September (Week 10) students in Years 2, 3 and 4 will be attending an excursion to Questacon, the National Science and Technology Centre, in Canberra. The excursion will provide students with a wonderful opportunity to engage with science through fun, interactive and relevant learning experiences.
Students will leave the school at 9:15am and return at 3pm. The cost of the excursion will be $29 which will include entry to Questacon, as well as the bus fare. Students are not to bring any money with them as they will not be purchasing at Questacon.
Students will need to wear full school uniform and bring a hat, recess and lunch.
Speech Pathology Your child may be eligible to claim a rebate through Medicare for five sessions of speech pathology, per year.
In summary: • GP assesses client’s eligibility for Chronic Disease Management Medicare items (known as EPC) plan and makes referral to speech pathologist.
• Client (or the client’s parent) requests a referral to a known speech pathologist or the GP recommends one.
• Client must have an CDM plan before they can claim a rebate from Medicare.
• Up to maximum of five sessions can be claimed per calendar year.
• The five sessions may be with one health professional or a number of allied health professionals.
• Client claims rebate using invoice provided by speech pathologist
Who is eligible for an EPC plan? Clients who have a chronic condition and complex care needs that are being managed by their GP under a Chronic Disease Management (CDM) plan may be eligible. A chronic condition is one that has been present for six months or longer. Clients have complex care needs if they need ongoing care from a multidisciplinary team consisting of their GP and at least two other health care providers, one of which may be a speech pathologist.
If you are unsure as to you (or your child’s) eligibility please discuss with your GP.
More information is available at: http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/information-for-the-public/medicare-info-for-clients-and-parents or by calling our visiting Speech Pathologist (available during school hours on Tuesdays) Southern Tablelands Speech Pathology on 0412 185 052. Footy Colours Day Next Friday 4th of September, all students are invited to participate in a fundraising event to support the Fight Cancer Foundation. Students across K-6 are asked to wear their “footy colours” to school and bring a gold coin donation. Whether you follow AFL, NRL, Soccer, Rugby Union or any other sporting team, show your support by wearing their representative colours and help many Australians beat childhood cancer.
Kirstie O’Neill Woolworths Earn & Learn Thank you to everyone who is supporting Crookwell Public School students through the Woolworths Earn and Learn Program. Woolworths Earn and Learn sticker sheets, full of stickers from the supermarket checkout operators, are quickly filling the Crookwell Public School collection box that is outside the Goulburn Woolworths and arriving at the Crookwell Public School office in droves.
Your support will enable us to obtain our share of the thousands of educational resources that are available through the Woolworths Earn and Learn program.
National Literacy and Numeracy Week From 31st August until 6th September it is National Literacy and Numeracy Week. The students have many opportunities to experience great literature in the form of books at Crookwell Public. As a key element of our Literacy Week celebrations the students will be participating in a Read– A – Thon.
The students will be reading books in class as well as listening to serials being read to them by their teachers. All these books can be included in each student’s reading tally for the week as well as any books they read at home. Attached to the back of this week’s News and Views is a Read - A - Thon sponsorship sheet for the students to gain support from family, friends and neighbours that they know.
Five cents per book is all you need to sponsor.
The money that is raised will be donated to support a grassroots literacy project in Gulu, Northern Uganda. In some classrooms in Gulu it is not uncommon to have between 50 to 100 children, with the physical setting being under a mango tree. A journalist who has retrained as a primary teacher is working with these children on a phonics program designed to help children to read.
$4 000 is required to provide this basic reading program to over 60 primary schools in Uganda. If each of our students is able to provide a small contribution through your sponsorship of their Read – A – Thon then we can make a change in the reading opportunities and achievements of children in Uganda.
How can my child participate? • Over the weekend accompany your child to gain
sponsorship from family, friends and known neighbours.
• Next week your child will record all books read by themselves or read to them.
• On Sunday 6th September collect all the sponsorship money and return to school on Monday 7th September.
Thank you for supporting your child in literacy throughout the year and providing a little support for a child in Uganda during National Literacy and Numeracy Week. No act of kindness however small is ever wasted – Aesop Thank you
Literacy Team Enrolling Now For 2016 If you know of families who are in the process of enrolling children at Crookwell Public in 2016 please encourage them to return their Application for Enrolment Forms to school promptly. This will allow staffing arrangements to be firmly in place for the commencement of the 2016 academic year.
Families new to the school community who are considering enrolling students at the school are invited to contact the school on 48321213 to arrange an interview with Mr Atfield, meet the staff, tour the school and receive a Crookwell Public School Information package.
Thank you to the families who have already completed and submitted their child’s application to enrol.
VIEW Club Helping To Celebrate Book Week The Crookwell Evening VIEW Club works with the Smith Family to support its Reading for Life Program. As part of its unlocking opportunities through education and learning philosophy the local branch of VIEW decided to Celebrate Book Week by recognising a Crookwell Public School student who had progressed ‘from a reluctant to a switched- on reader’.
Nathan Gauci was identified as the ‘switched-on reader’ and was presented with a $25 gift voucher from Mrs Ros Robinson from the Crookwell Evening VIEW Club. Nathan’s gift voucher will be spent at Davies Newsagency allowing him to purchase more books to read to become an even more switched-on reader.
Congratulations Nathan! Have fun shopping and reading.
Mrs Ros Robinson from Crookwell Evening VIEW Club presents Nathan Gauci, who is dressed as a Jake from
Adventure Time, with his ‘Switched-on Reader’ certificate and gift voucher at Tuesday’s Book Week assembly.
Fruit & Veg Month 2015 – Let’s Go Green! Our school is participating in the fun of Fruit & Veg Month, which runs for the last 4 weeks of this term - Monday 24th August to Friday 18th September.
As part of Fruit & Veg Month, students will be involved in various classroom and school based activities that aim to encourage them to eat more fruit and vegetables.
Parents are asked to encourage their children to include a piece of fruit or a vegetable in their lunch boxes to enjoy during the fruit and vegetable breaks in their classrooms.
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Reminders • Applications for C.W.A. Educational Grants/Scholarships
for Year 6 students closed today.
• Monday 31st August is the last day for Book Club orders.
• Year 3 and Year 5 NAPLAN results that were not collected from the school office are attached to today’s News & Views.
• When students are absent from school for a period of 5
days or more a doctor’s certificate needs to be provided upon their return.
Yours in Public Education
Greg Atfield
Principal
P&C Information ………………………………..
‘Snack Shack’ Roster 2015 Mon. 31 Aug. Lisa Barlow & NEED VOLUNTEER
Wed. 02 Sept. Judy Stephenson & Kathy Robertson
Fri. 04 Sept. Kristy Grove & Charlotte Johnston
Mon. 07 Sept. Kerri Forbes & NEED VOLUNTEER
Wed. 09 Sept. Angela Rowles & Justin Rowles
Fri. 11 Sept. Lisa Barlow, Charlotte Johnston &
Rachael Selmes
P&C Update Beautification Committee The P&C Beautification Committee’s working bee will be held on Sunday 13th September 2015 on the school grounds. Hopefully the weather will be a little more pleasant to work in and we will be able to give the school grounds a last tidy up before the school goes on display for the 150th celebrations. If you have a couple of hours that you would be available to spend lending us a hand we would be more than grateful. Please phone the school on 48321213 and leave your details. Fathers’ Day Stall Fathers’ Day this year will be on Sunday 6th September. The P&C will be running our Fathers’ Day stall on Friday 4th September during the morning session. If you would be available to help sell the Fathers’ Day gifts to our students, please complete the slip below and send it to the school office.
150th Committee The canteen will be selling these fun rubber balls for $5 each.
We require helpers on Sunday 4th October to assist in selling merchandise and manning the food/bbq table. We are expecting at least 300 people to visit our school on Sunday, it will be a fantastic opportunity to showcase our school, friendly community and raise money for our school. If you are able to help in any way please return this note to the school or phone the office on 48321213. Sunday 4th October 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am Noon 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm Blast from the Past Miss Logan was a student at Crookwell Public School all through her primary schooling and then returned as a prac student when our current Year 6 students were in Kindergarten back in 2009. This week’s Blast from the Past features Miss Logan with one of current school prefects, Joshua Merryfull, working with technology in the Kindergarten room.
Historical Public Education Snippets
Vacations and Terms 1974 6 weeks at Christmas, 2 weeks in autumn, and 2 weeks in spring 1987 6 weeks at Christmas, 1 week at Easter, 2 weeks in winter, and 2 weeks in spring 1997 5 weeks at Christmas, 2 weeks in autumn, 2 weeks in winter, and 2 weeks in spring
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Community Announcements …………………
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We are now taking bookings for Term 4 and have limited spots for morning and after school lessons. The term dates are Tuesday, 6th October to Friday, 11th December.
We also have limited spots for our Neate Ability Club. (Swimming club for children with disabilities). If your child has a disability don’t let them miss out on a skill for life.
There will be a school holiday program in the second week of the school holidays. Dates are from Monday, 28th September to Friday, 2nd October. The cost will be $50 per child for the week in group lessons. This is for school aged children only.
We are also participating in National Learn To Swim Week, which gives one free lesson for pre school children aged between 3 to 5 yrs and not already enrolled at The Neate Swim School. These lessons will be run at the same time as our holiday program.
For more information or to book in now please call us on 48212553.
Post to: Crookwell Public School, 43 Denison Street, Crookwell NSW 2583
Order Form
These will be on sale over the 150th weekend celebrations, however if you cannot make it, or want to ensure you don’t miss out, please feel free to place an order.
Description Price Purchase Quantity Blue Brass Metal Pen & Silver Metal Key Ring Set $15.00 Double Walled Stainless Steel Travel Mug $10.00 8GB USB Flash Drive (Red) $15.00 High Bounce Rubber Ball. (Red, Yellow or Blue) $5.00 Tea Towel $5.00 150th Commemorative Booklet NOT AVAILABLE TILL 3 & 4 OCTOBER $20.00
Merchandise is available to be collected from the School Office between 13 July & 4 October 2015 Cheque (made out to Crookwell Public School) Amount Enclosed:__________
Cash
Direct Deposit BSB: 032-001 / Account Number: 155940 Account Name: Crookwell Public School (please leave your name as a transaction description) Receipt to be posted to: _________________________________________________ Name:_______________________________________________________________ Phone Number: _______________Email: ___________________________________
Artist impressions of some of the merchandise available for purchase