CLARENCE TOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL

82 Queen Street, Clarence Town NSW 2321 Phone: 4996 4156 Fax: 4996 4392 Email: clarenceto-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.clarenceto-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Kindness Honesty Effort

Term 4, Week 7 Student of the week: Riley

Riley is a very honest and caring student. He consistently

demonstrates high quality work in all areas and maintains a

positive attitude towards learning. Riley is a wonderful

classroom helper who is always happy to help his classmates

and fellow students. He always displays our PBL values and is

a wonderful role model for other students.

Riley is a student that really enjoys hands on based activities

and loves all forms of technology. He is a very passionate

young sportsman, who loves participating in sports such as

soccer, touch football and swimming. Riley is a pleasure to

have in the classroom and we think he will make a fantastic

student of the week!

Diary Dates 2019

25 November-29 November

Intensive Swimming Scheme

This program is FULL

Book Fair

26 November, 27 November

3 December

DHS Yr 7 2020 Orientation

4 December

Presentation Day

5 December

Yr 6 Farewell Dinner

10 December

P & C Meeting 7pm

11 December

Surf Fun Day

17 December

Party Day

18 December

Last Day Term 2019

Our next assembly will be held on Wednesday 27 November at 2.15pm. All parents and friends

are invited to attend.

Student Achievement Congratulations to Charlie Jones, Nash Jeffery, William Barlow, Seton Colefax, Benjamin

Maloney, Myles Mason, Jessica Felstead, Jasmine Bagnall, Alyra Bannerman, Emily Robinson,

Aurora Greenaway, Piper Fitzpatrick, Matilda Bourke and Sally Croxton who are our Candidates

for the 2020 Student Leaders Positions. Yesterday we heard the boy’s speeches, today we heard

from the girls and on Wednesday we vote!

Congratulations to Jada Garvey-Rae and April Hensley-Turner who received awards for An

Outstanding Love of Learning in the Youyoong AECG (Aboriginal Education Consultative group)

Award Ceremony. Both Jada and April will be presented with these awards again at our 2019

Clarence Town Public School Presentation Day Awards. Well done!

Congratulations to Chloe Flannery, Claire Bagnall, Beth West and Xavier Hicks who are our grand

finalists for the 2019 Clarence Town Public School Stage 3 Public Speaking Competition. Their

topic is: The greatest invention of all time is?? Good luck.

Well done to our Kindergarten and extended school choir who sang at our 2019 Grandparents

Day Assembly. They were accompanied by Miss Bunn and were a delight to see.

Brilliant job: Blake, Stirling, Brody, Bentley, Paige, Maicee, Angus, Denzel, James, Sebbri, Jacob,

Indigo, Sebastian, Emma, Lewis, Charlotte, Grace, Zahli, Zavier and Vincent – our 2020

Kindergarten class who have now completed their Orientation to school. They were just delightful

during their visits, displaying respect, being ready to learn and safe! Great work!

Principal’s News

Welcome to Week 7 and after a cooler Sunday and sultry start to the new week. The smoke haze

has eased for the moment and while our fire danger rating today is High, many of the fires still

burning are advice only. Our thought and prayers are still with the School Communities and wider

Communities who have been affected by these devastating fires and with the amazing Rural Fire

Service Volunteers who have worked tirelessly day after day. There are many support services

and businesses currently organising and coordinating fund raisers and aid for these communities.

At school we will coordinate a fundraiser to support schools who have had significant damage

due to the fires. Please see further over in the newsletter for details.

This week the weather forecasts are for a hot start and finish to the week, with a cooler

Wednesday. If the smoke haze returns we will once again put our precautionary measures in

place with inside play and limited outside time; this will also include bus transport to Intensive

Swimming. At this stage we will be participating in Friday’s Touch Football Gala Day and

Swimming for Sport. If this changes, due to poor air quality, notification will be on the Skoolbag

App. Once again I thank you for your support in being proactive and also patient with us as our

workload increases to manage these situations.

A huge thank you to all of our wonderful Grandparents who visited last week and made our 2019

Grandparents Day very special. We had a huge crowd and lots of wonderful learning on display.

The Grandparents enjoyed a Devonshire Tea while perusing the Book Fair, before joining us for

our Assembly. Our Book Fair has also gotten off to a spectacular start with lots of books and

stationery purchased. Book Fair continues this week on Tuesday and Wednesday.

We have 4 weeks of school to go for the 2019 school year! After today students have 17 school

days left, with their last day of school being Wednesday 18 December and staff have 19 more

school days with their last day being Friday 20 December. The coming weeks are very busy with

organisation and implementation of Presentation Day, 2020 Student Leaders Speeches and

Elections, Year 6 Farewell, K-2 Responsible Pet Ownership workshops, Years 3-6 Surf Fun Day,

Bushfire Mufti Day and collection, Christmas T-shirt mufti Day (Drought Support for Burren

Junction PS), Party Day…along with report writing, finalising 2019 evaluations, 2020 planning,

Staff Development Day preparation, Professional Learning! This time of year is about celebrating

our success and planning for the future.

This week at Clarence Town Public School we have: Intensive Swimming every day this week Monday – 2020 Leaders Boy’s Speeches Tuesday – 2020 Leaders Girl’s Speeches Tuesday – Book Fair Tuesday – Carpet Cleaning 3-6pm Wednesday – 2020 Leaders Elections Wednesday - Assembly 2:15-3pm, including Grand Final of Stage 3 Public Speaking Competition Wednesday – Book Fair Thursday – Drum Corp for Stage 3 Friday – Touch Football Gala Day Friday – Swimming for Sport Friday - Dungog Youth Services at CTPS 9-12 Next week we have: Monday – 2019 Student Leaders and Sound Room Monitors practice for presentation Day Tuesday – Year 6 Dungog High School Orientation Day Wednesday – 2019 Presentation Day 9:15-10:30am Thursday – Drum Corp for Stage 3 Thursday Evening – Year 6 Farewell Friday – Swimming for Sport Friday - Dungog Youth Services at CTPS 9-12 As the end of the year approaches alarmingly fast, we are extremely busy; I will be out of school Tuesday afternoon to attend meetings at Dungog High School and on Wednesday afternoon I will be attending the Dungog Child and Family Network Meeting. Mrs Oldfield will be acting Principal in my absence. Ms Kelson is on leave this week and Mrs Kavanagh will be teaching technology. Over the next 2 weeks classroom teachers will receive some extra release time to finalise and proof read student reports. Reports will go home Week 10.

Our new Tawny PBL Mascot is going well. PBL stands for Positive

Behaviours For Learning and is the basis of our Student Wellbeing Program

in the school.

We are constantly reminding students of our PBL Values and school motto along with our Tawny 5 Rules and I would also encourage parents to use

these words when celebrating positive behaviour and discussing negative choices with your child. The Tawny 5 Rules:

I can listen

I can put up my hand and wait

I can work quietly

I can follow instructions

I can control what I do and Say The School motto:

Kindness Honesty Effort The Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) Values:

Learning Safety Respect Through working together we create the best opportunities and learning experiences for all our students. Have a great week. Louise Blakemore Principal Supporting Schools damaged by Fire We are collecting school supplies and books to send to schools who have been directly impacted by the fires and lost precious resources. Donations of: pencils, pens, rulers, erasers, sharpeners, coloured pencils, pencil cases, books suitable for Library and home reader use, basic sport equipment eg tennis balls, handballs, soccer balls, netballs, basketballs. On Thursday 12 December we will also have a Bright Colours Mufti Day with a Gold Coin donation to add to our contribution. Thank you for your support.

School Security - IMPORTANT If you see anyone in the school grounds or any suspicious behaviour out of hours or over the weekends please contact school security on 1800 00 88 21. Thank you for looking out for our school. Louise Blakemore Reminder:

School Uniform for Term 4 is:

Green shorts/skorts with yellow piping

Green and yellow/red Unisex shirt

Green broad brimmed hat

School shoes/Joggers, preferably black

White socks

Remember we are still in our transition period so the check summer dress for girls and grey

shorts/green school polo shirt for boys, are still acceptable. However, bike shorts and white shirts

are not a part of the uniform at CTPS. Year 6 students are able to wear their Year 6 T-shirt on

Monday’s and Friday’s.

Dungog & District Community of Schools – News Update for 2019

Vision: To create a K-12 focus for teaching and learning in the Dungog & District Community of Schools. Next on the agenda for the D&DCoS is:

Purchase of mini bots to support our GATS and technology initiatives across the CoS

Further Writing Professional Learning for staff STEM T4L at Dungog PS Term 4 Planning a 2020 Wellbeing joint Staff Development Day Planning a K-12 Drug Education Program Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten and Year 6 to Year 7

Last Friday I attended our Term 4 D&DCOS Local Management group (LMG) meeting and we have achieved all of our goals for Term 4. As we head into 2020 we are planning:

Implementation of K-12 Drug Education Program

Further STEM Professional Learning to occur

Establishment and implementation of robotics kits, including micro bits and Merge Cubes

2020 Film Festival, with students being the film makers, called ‘Film by the Rolling Hills’

Various GATS, Aboriginal and STEM initiatives

Expansion of our Middle Years Writing and Maths Initiatives We have received a grant for K-12 Careers Education and have applied for a High Potential and Gifted Education Grant. Another productive and busy year ahead.

Assembly Merit Awards – 20 November 2019 ES1E Leni Beeton, Alexandra Willis, Kenzie Willis ES1L Millie Auer, Scarlet Rumph, Lola-May Cameron S1W Marshall Beeton, Joshua Scott, Madison Mann S1/2K Maliyah Bancroft, Reuben Greenaway, Izayah Shaw S2/3B Mark Bates, Lachlan Gifford, Abbey Keighran S3MW Jacob Head, Aleira Mansfield, Tait Maytom

Stage 3 Public Speaking 2019 This week will be Grand Final for Public Speaking. It will be held on Wednesday 27 November. Our speakers will be Chloe Flannery, Xavier Hicks, Beth West and Claire Bagnall. The topic will be “ The greatest invention of all time is ?”. Good luck students. Our winners from last week were Xavier Hicks and Beth West, who will now progress to the Grand Final. Congratulations!!!

Presentation Day – Wednesday 4 December 2019

Our annual Presentation Day will be held on Wednesday 4 December at 9.15am in our school

hall. All parents and families are invited to attend and celebrate our students’ achievements in

2019.

Year 6 Farewell – Thursday 5 December 2019

Our Year 6 Farewell will be held in our school hall on Thursday 5 December from 6.00pm –

8.30pm. The cost for catering is $30 per person which includes drinks, nibbles, dinner and cake

for dessert.

Year 6 Farewell – Slide Show

All Year 6 students have received a note asking for a baby photo and a kindy photo of your child,

if they did not attend Kindergarten at Clarence Town Public School. These are to be returned

ASAP.

Stage 2 & 3 – Surf Fun Day

This event has been rescheduled and will now be held on Wednesday 11 December 2019. All

students will need to complete and return the permission note. Payments for this will be carried

forward to the new date. Any money owing and the new permission note must be returned this

week.

NRL League Touch Day

If your child was given a note last week regarding this event to be held on Friday 29 November

at Lakeside Sporting Complex, please complete the permission note and medical consent form

and return to the office ASAP.

Kinder Enrolments 2020 To assist with our planning for 2020 and Kinder Orientation sessions, if you or someone you know has a child intending to start Kindergarten at Clarence Town Public School next year could you please contact the office to register your child.

Viral Gastroenteritis

A reminder that Viral Gastroenteritis is

currently active in the school and

community.

Clarence Town P.S.

A reminder that due to the new

money handling policies in

schools, all money from

students is to be handed into

the office.

Thank You

Tawny Awards

As part of our PBL we have a Tawny Award process where students are recognised for consistent

positive behaviour. Students can bring in there Merit Awards and Happy Notes to receive Tawny

Awards, as follows:

Three Merit Awards or Happy Notes or any combination of each = White Tawny Award

Three White Tawny Awards = Gold Tawny Award

Three Gold Tawny Awards = Tawny Badge

Library Book Fair – Welcome

Opening Hours

8:30-9, 12-12:30, 1:30-2, 3:00-3:30

Tuesday & Wednesday

Last week Don’t miss out!!

Canteen Roster – Term 4

Week Monday Wednesday Friday

Week 7 Katie Bagnall Wendy Sellers

Amy Berends Alana Hammond

Week 8 Katie Bagnall Wendy Sellers

Kerrie Salter Linda Anderson

Alana Hammond Bek Auer

Week 9 Alana Hammond Rina Rocco

Canteen closed Surf Fun Day

Kershia Jones-Clark Wendy Sellers

Week 10 Canteen CLOSED Canteen CLOSED

You are invited to Clarence Town Public School

2019 Presentation Day

Wednesday 4 December 9:15-10:30 approximately

In the School Hall

This celebration event will be hosted by our 2019 Student Leaders, with special guest and students receiving class awards, sports awards, special awards, technology and Library awards and our 2020 Student Leaders announced. We look forward to you joining us.

Following Presentation Day Celebration

there will be a…

Thank You Morning tea for parents and guests In the library

10:30-11:30am

We would like to take the opportunity to thank our parents, carers, friends, relatives and special guests for the support you give our school throughout the year. The assistance you give by volunteering your time to attend special days, drive students to events, volunteer in the Canteen, attend and be a member of P&C, provide in help in classrooms, covering books, organising fundraisers and being a part of our Clarence Town Public School community is greatly appreciated.

GRANDPARENTS DAY