Cromehurst News Term 1 Week 7

DEC-NSW

21 Mar—Harmony Day

30 Mar—Good Friday

2 Apr—Easter Monday

13 Apr—Last Day Term 1

1 May—First Day Term 2

23 May—Post School

Services Expo, Chatswood

6 Jul—Last Day Term 2

Inside this issue:

Yellow Class 1

Principal’s Message 2

Art & Music News 3

The Big Crunch 4

General News 5

Awards 6

Notes 7-8

What’s On 9-10

12 MARCH 2018

Lex, Kai, Lucy, Gelo, James and Rachael are in Yellow class this year. It has been a busy but wonderful start to the year. This term our theme is ‘ Under the Sea’ and so far we have been looking at the different plants and animals that live in the ocean. Our friends from Newington College visit us on Monday afternoons and we have been doing lots of interesting under the sea activities with them.

This is the final week of swim scheme and we have very much enjoyed being able to swim everyday. We have all been trying our best and it has been great to see that everyone listening and being safe in the pool. We have been working on our floating, blowing bubbles, diving, freestyle and back stroke. It has been great practice for our upcoming swimming carnival.

We join our friends from Blue class on Wednesdays where we break into two groups. One group goes to Willoughby Public for integration and the other group stays at school and does lots of fun activities together.

Next Wednesday is Harmony Day. Harmony Day is a national observance that celebrates Australia’s cultural, linguistic and religious diversity on March 21 every year. This year we will be celebrating Harmony Day here at Cromehurst with a special assembly to reinforce the message that “everyone belongs”, along with the importance of inclusiveness which is a high priority at our school. Please read the notice later in this edition regarding this event. An additional notice will be sent home in your child’s communication book this week.

Rebecca, Camille and Dalia

Yellow Class

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Principal’s Message Welcome to Week 7

Over the last two weeks, we have

been focusing on our sensory

garden as part of our Live Life

Well program and Fruit &

Vegetable month. We participated

in “the Big Crunch” with a special

assembly where all of our

students crunched carrots at a

designated time. Across NSW

47,920 students participated in

this event which is amazing. Our

students have been participating

in a range of activities in the

sensory garden enjoying learning

about plants as well as tending

the plants. Photos of this along

with more information appear later

in this edition.

As we pass the halfway mark of

this term, I would like to remind

parents about our Canteen

program which operates on

Wednesdays. In addition to

providing sandwiches for students

and staff, it is also part of our

secondary students’ program

where they learn to prepare

ingredients for the sandwiches,

construct the sandwiches, read

the orders and count the money.

Although the menu is limited, it is

healthy and very good value for

money. Please check the menu

and price list later in the

newsletter and consider giving

yourself a break from making your

child’s lunch for one day per

week.

Unfortunately, there appears to be

a stomach virus going around our

school (and the community). Can

you please ensure that the

emergency contact numbers you

have provided us are current at all

times as it is distressing for

students to be ill at school and

unsafe for other students as

viruses such as these are very

contagious and some of our

students are very susceptible due

to issues with their immune

systems. It is the policy of the

Department that students who

become unwell at school are best

transferred to the care of a parent/

carer. In addition, it is the policy of

the Assisted Travel Unit that

students who are obviously very ill

will not be transported if they

believe the illness has the

potential to impact on the health,

wellbeing and safety of any

individual on the transport run

including the driver and support

officer. In these circumstances

you will be contacted to collect

your child from school making the

need for reliable and accurate

contact numbers essential. More

information on the Department’s

policy regarding student health

can be found at https://

education.nsw.gov.au/policy-

library/policies/student-health-in-

nsw-public-schools-a-summary-

and-consolidation-of-policy?

refid=285776.

Next Wednesday is Harmony

Day. Harmony Day is a national

observance that celebrates

Australia’s cultural, linguistic and

religious diversity on March 21

every year. This year we will be

celebrating Harmony Day here at

Cromehurst with a special

assembly to reinforce the

message that “everyone belongs”,

along with the importance of

inclusiveness which is a high

priority at our school. Please read

the notice later in this edition

regarding this event. An additional

notice will be sent home in your

child’s communication book this

week.

Christine

Art & Music News PAGE 3

The students at Cromehurst have had a very industrious start to Term 1. Both Primary and Secondary classes have been busy creating paper chain dolls in Art lessons for Harmony Day. Secondary classes have been studying the curriculum topic of ‘Multicultural Australia’ so the other art works they have been creating have also been very relevant to the theme of Harmony Day.

Primary students have been working on the theme of ‘Under the Sea’ and they have created sharks, crabs and many other sea creatures.

In Music, Secondary students have been very involved in drumming and body percussion using their

hands. Primary students have been using a variety of percussion instruments to accompany their songs

about ‘Under the Sea’ as well as performing dances pretending to be a variety of underwater creatures.

The Big Crunch PAGE 4

The Live Life Well team would like to say a big thank you to everyone who participated in the Big Crunch

and for your donations to our Sensory Garden! Across NSW 47,920 people participated in the Big Crunch

and we are thrilled that Cromehurst was part of this great initiative. The whole school crunched on carrots

during our week 5 assembly and busted out lots of dance moves to the ‘Big Crunch’ song. During the last

week all classes have been participating in a variety of fun and hands on experiences in our sensory

garden, including a vegetable discovery, sorting fruit and vegetables and planting lettuce. We look

forward to the lettuce being used by the fabulous canteen team!

General News PAGE 5

SPORTS FOR SCHOOL VOUCHERS

We are delighted with the number of vouchers we have received to date. Thank you!

We are of course happy to receive many more so please keep sending them in.

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SIGN OF THE WEEK

Name Class Awarded For:

Jessica Purple Independently packing her school bag

Adam Rainbow Listening really well to instructions

Ryan White Excellent reading!

Millie Red Being friendly

Shuaib Blue Asking his friends ‘how they feel’ during morning circle

Rachael Yellow Happily joining in group activities

Philip Aqua Typing his news independently on the computer

Claudia Orange Happily participating in literacy group activities

Caelan Green Fantastic communication and being friendly

Edward Pink Transferring into Pink class and showing resilience

James Art Excellent participation in Art

Romina Music Excellent participation in Music

Term 1 Week 6

Assembly Awards

CROMEHURST SCHOOL

5—9 March 2018

Positive Behaviour Engaging Learners

To create a consistent whole school approach for safe and effective learning.

This week our students of the week are:

Claudia—Learn Together Lizzie—Learn Together Rachael—Be Friendly

Notes PAGE 7

Notes (continued) PAGE 8

What’s On PAGE 9

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