CHATHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

Find us at: 17-19 Chatham Ave, Taree NSW 2430

Ph: 02 6551 1081 Fax: 02 6551 2012 Email: chatham-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday 16 Dec Yr 6 Graduation & Farewell Dinner Wednesday 18 Dec Mini Fete/Disco/Concert Last Day of Term/Year Wednesday 29 Jan First day of school for 2014

CHRISTMAS FUN DAY On the last day of school, Wednesday 18th December, 2013, we will be having a Christmas Fun Day. Parents/Caregivers are all welcome to join your child/children on the day which will begin at 11am. There will be a concert, sausage sizzle, mini fete, disco and the Christ-mas raffle will be drawn. We will also be farewelling our Year 6 students. A note went home earlier in the week with all the de-tails of the day. The note also included the order form for the $1 Sausage Sizzle. If a parent/caregiver or family member would like a sausage sizzle, please include with your child’s order. We look forward to seeing everyone there.

SCHOOL CAPTAINS FOR 2014 OUR SCHOOL CAPTAINS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED!!

Congratulations to Charli Muir and Jakson Collis who were elected School Captains for 2014. The prefects are Ashlee Smith, Cassie Williams, Kalani Cross, Jordan Moscatt, Jayden Edmonds, Joey DeStefano, Cooper Armstrong and Reece Saunders. (Pictured Below)

Congratulations to Kaleb Corbett (pictured above left)

who was awarded Dux of the school for 2013 at our

Annual Presentation Assembly yesterday. Pictured

above right is William Sawyer who was awarded the

Alan Tickle Award.

SURVEILLANCE & SECURITY

Our school has recently purchased security doors for

our administration office. We also have added extra

surveillance cameras around the school, including the

administration building, to ensure our school is moni-

tored over the Christmas break.

Term 4 Week 10 Issue 18 Friday 13 December 2013 STRIVE TO EXCEL

First Day of school for students for 2014

Wednesday 29th January, 2014.

THE STAFF AT CHATHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL WOULD

LIKE TO WISH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR

FAMILIES A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW

YEAR AND SAFE HOLIDAYS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO

SEEING YOU ALL NEXT YEAR.

ALL THE BEST TO OUR YEAR 6 STUDENTS WHO ARE

VENTURING OFF TO THE NEXT STAGE IN THEIR LIFE –

HIGH SCHOOL. WE WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST.

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Annual Presentation

Book Awards KP Jessica Field Consistent improvement in all areas

Lylah Allen Positive attitude and consistent effort

KW Fletcher Jobson Excellence in Literacy

Hailea Heard Consistent effort in all learning areas

K/1T Sophie Williams Excellence in Literacy

Alexandria Allomes Fantastic improvement in all areas

1M Aliviah Lewis Excellence in Literacy & Numeracy

Damon Budden Excellence in Numeracy

2S Molly Wilson Consistent effort and positive attitude in class

Jackson Bobsien Consistent effort & improvement in all areas

2/3F Jasmyn Sawyer Excellence in Literacy

Jaxon Lewis Excellence in Numeracy

3H Jayden Budden Academic achievement

Chloe Muir Consistent effort across all KLA’s

4H Kathryn Burton Consistent improvement in behaviour

Hollee Denton Consistent effort across all KLA’s

4/5A Jordan Moscatt Consistent effort in all learning areas

Kalani Cross Academic achievement

5M Stacey Jones Excellence in Mathematics

Jayden Edmonds Excellence across all KLA’s

6Gold Natasha Waller Academic excellence

Logan Peck Academic Excellence

6Gray Andrew Klump Improvement in all areas of school

Gabrielle Armstrong Always applying herself to her school work

Certificates KP Kasey Grange Excellence in Numeracy

Malachai Grant Excellence in Literacy

KW Bonnie Minns Consistent effort in all learning areas

Beau Muir Consistent improvement in Literacy

K/1T Jack Hardy Caring and cooperative class member

Stevie Shevill Excellence in Numeracy

1M Asha McLeod Excellence in Library

Eboney Chapman Excellence in Literacy

2S Tyrese Clarke Excellent improvement

Madison Keys Academic Achievement

2/3F Lataya Ridgeway Being a cooperative and respectful class member

Ela-Rose Allen Consistent effort in all areas of school

3H Kyrus Scott Academic excellence in Mathematics

Daisie Mastrippolito Positive attitude toward school

4H Zachary Wells Academic excellence in Mathematics

Samson Lewis Academic excellence in English

4/5A William Sawyer Academic excellence

Phoebe Cause Cooperative and enthusiastic class member

5M Danielle Price Cooperative and conscientious class member

Logan Faunt For his wonderful manners and excellent behaviour

6 Gold Tyron Campbell Class Citizenship

Jasmine Hardy Class Citizenship

6Gray Joel Reidy Consistent effort in all areas of school

Tori Davies Caring and cooperative class member

Pictured right (top) is the Aboriginal Award winners with Jay Davis and (bottom) is

our Principal Award winners.

Major Awards Aboriginal Awards

Early Stage 1 Axle Muddle

Stage 1 Danneyah Glass

Stage 2 Elizabeth Saunders

Stage 3 Larry Goolagong &

Cassie Williams

Citizenship Award

Ashlea Anderson

Bursary Award

Gennifer Alchin

Tyron Campbell

Alan Tickle Award

William Sawyer (Maths)

Sportsmanship

Junior Girl Jordan Moscatt

Junior Boy Liam Phillips

Senior Girl Charli Muir & Kalani Cross

Senior Boy Kyle Martin

Premier’s Sporting Challenge Medallion Winner

Joey DeStefano

Principal's Award

Zakkai Currie (Fantastic attitude to-

wards school and being a good friend)

Kristy Hay (Outstanding contribution to

CPS in developing and maintaining

strong school and community partner

ships.

Dux Kaleb Corbett

AWARDS

SUCCESSFUL READERS

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this

years Premier’s Reading Challenge. 246,000 students

across NSW completed the Challenge in 2013. 135 stu-

dents from Chatham Public School received their certifi-

cate this week for successfully completing this years

challenge.

The challenge runs from 1st March until 1st Septem-

ber each year. You can view book lists for each chal-

lenge on the Premier’s Reading Challenge website and

also on the app.

BOOK FAIR

Thank you to everyone who supported our Buy One

Get One Free Book Fair and a special thanks to the

students and families who donated their “free” book

to our collection for the Philippines. We will still be

collecting new and as new stationery items until the

end of the term. These will be sent to a school in the

Philippines to support the rebuilding following Ty-

phoon Haiyan.

SUMDOG COMPETITION

Congratulations to the following students who were

our Top Ten competitors in the final Sumdog competi-

tion for the year. They were: Kasey Muir, Gennifer

Alchin, Charli Muir, Chloe-Marie Campbell, Hayley

Cook, Chloe Muir, Cassie Williams, Brittney Cook, Hay-

ley King and Zoey Smith-Minett.

LEAVING STAFF

Chatham Public School has a few staff changes next

year due to retirement and those choosing a new ca-

reer path. We would like to wish Mr & Mrs McKenna

all the best on their retirement and Ms Hardy, Miss

Mills, Miss Horneman and Mr McKenzie well on the

next phase in their teaching careers.

GROUP 5 - GREAT RESULTS

Congratulations to students pictured below who re-cently completed the Quicksmart Program. They have gained great results and showed great improvement through some hard work.

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Silver 2.12.13

Aimee Medcalf Amelia Hayes

Brock Maurer Caitlin Sheldon

Cassie Williams Hannah McLeod

Jakeal Anderson Jesse Doran

Kalani Cross x2 Kurt Fowles

Kyah Kvist Madeline Hile

Natasha Waller Suchanan Sriwongwan

Taylor Veitch William Sawyer

Silver 9.12.13

Ali Allomes Ashlea Anderson

Amali Hay Axle Muddle

Beau Muir Bella Kington

Ben Crossingham Bruce Felton

Ethan Armstrong Harrison Cuthbert

Izzy Ward Joseph Moy

Kayleigh Ridgeway Lily Scerri

Lylah Allen Maddison Bussey

Octavia Bullock Will Edmonds

Gold 2.12.13

Jesse Doran Kalani Cross

Kurt Fowles Taylor Veitch

Gold 9.12.13

Ashlea Anderson

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Don’t forget to listen to 2RE

for what has happened and

what is coming up at our

school.

OUR NEXT P&C MEETING IS OUR AGM

MONDAY 24th February, 2014 7pm in the VC ROOM Kristy Hay - P&C President

BREAKFAST CLUB Thanks to Andy’s Cake Kitchen

for their donation of bread to our

Breakfast Club that is now supplied

each day of the week.

Congratulations to Ashleigh Barlin of Class 3H (pictured

above) who was the winner of the Chatham Newsa-

gency gift basket for this term. The basket was full of

lots of goodies like stationery, games and books.

Just a reminder that Chatham Newsagency has lots of

great Christmas present ideas in store. You could also

go into their draw to win a fantastic barbeque.

PREPARING FOR THE 2014 SCHOOL YEAR

1. Update Personal Details - Please ensure our

school has your child’s updated personal details.

This includes address, phone number and emer-

gency contact information.

2. Labelled clothing - Over the Christmas break, we

ask you please check your child’s school items

such as clothing and lunch boxes and ensure

they have their name on them.

3. Head Lice Check - Please check your child’s hair

for headlice over the break and treat if it is re-

quired.

UNIFORM PRICE LIST

Operating Hours : 9am to 12pm Monday to Friday

Hats Small Cap with Emblem $ 5.00

Large Cap no Emblem $ 5.00

Shirts ( Yellow Polo) $ 16.00

Skirts $ 35.00

Boys Shorts $ 15.00

Sports Shirts (Green Polo ) $ 16.00

Sports Shorts $ 15.00

Hooded Jumper $ 25.00

Zipper Jumper $ 25.00

Sports Jacket Special Order

Sports Pants $ 25.00

LIVE LIFE WELL

Dairy foods are important for strong bones and

teeth.

The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating recommends children eat 2-3 serves of dairy foods, such as milk, cheese or yoghurt each day. Why not try including these high-calcium containing foods:

milk on cereal or a tub of yoghurt at breakfast

cheese on crackers after school

fruit smoothie as a drink

custard and fruit as dessert.

PHONE APP Our School now has our own Skoolbag iPhone and Android App to help us communicate more effectively with our parent/caregiver/student community. We are asking parents/caregivers/students to install our Skoolbag School App. To install it, just search for our school name “Chatham Public School” in either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. THIS IS A FREE APP!!