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Thursday, 3 November 2016 Term 4, Week 4

Address: Playfair Road, North Curl Curl, 2099 Ph: 9905 1757 Fax: 9905 6895 Email: curlcurln-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.curlcurln-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Principal’s Report Kinder Orientation Last Thursday evening our school hosted an information evening in the hall for the 2017 Kindergarten parents. It was lovely to see so many parents in the audience, beginning (or continuing) their partnership with the school in their children’s education.

Special thanks go to Mrs Karen Crawford, deputy principal, for her excellent coordination of the evening. We are also very appreciative of our uniform shop coordinator, Belinda Batty’s ‘interactive’ presentation and our P&C President, Kadie Wegenaar’s informative address to the parents.

This year’s wonderful kindergarten teaching team were in attendance as well which is another example of the school’s ongoing commitment to ensuring our future students and their families have a first class introduction to CCNPS!

The orientation program continued yesterday when the 2017 Kindergarten students attended our Teddy Bears’ picnic.

Classroom visits will take place on the following days:

• Wednesday 9 November - Surnames A-L • Wednesday 16 November - Surnames M-Z

The Tartan Science Education Program Exciting news! CCNPS has once again won a $500 donation from Select Mutual Banking’s Tartan Science Education Program.

Select Mutual Banking is committed to supporting The Tartan Science Education Program initiative for up to twenty nominated schools each year and this year like last year, we were one of the lucky recipients thanks to Diane and Graham Rowe, grandparents of CCNPS students, Mackenzie and Matilda.

We sincerely thank Diane and Graham Rowe for entering CCNPS into the competition and we look forward to purchasing more science resources to support the teaching and learning of the key learning area, science.

2017 Class Placement In the near future we will be commencing the process of organising classes for 2017. If you will be moving from our school at the end of this year it would be appreciated if you could complete the attached form on page 6 and return it to the office as soon as possible.

If you have any special considerations you would like the school to be aware of when planning classes, you are welcome to submit these in writing to the principal. Please note this doesn’t include requesting a specific teacher for next year.

Regards, Judith Smith, Principal

2016 Maths Olympiad Results 30 year 6 students represented CCNPS in the 2016 Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiad. All students received great scores. Special mentions to Pablo P, Taj L, Petra J and Jesse T who were ranked in the top 20% of all year 6 students. A big congratulations to Finn C and Gor O who scored in the top 10% of year 6 competitors. Gor O received the CCNPS trophy for the top score of 24/25! A brilliant achievement!

Talia Morgan Stage 3 Assistant Principal

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Deputy Principal’s Report From the Deputy Congratulations • Congratulations to Joel, Byron, Katarina,

Alessandro, Anna, Mirka and who represented Curl Curl North PS last Sunday in the Chess Tournament held at Knox Senior School. All players did extremely well and I thank parents for transporting and staying with their children all day.

• To Ben 3C and Simon 3C, who both scored the ‘best marks in our school’, for the Australian Maths Competition (AMC). Both boys competed in the Junior competition and received special recognition from the Australian Maths Trust.

Warringah Mall Band Performances Next Tuesday 8 November, I look forward to the Training Band, Junior Band, Senior Band and the Stage Band all performing at Warringah Mall Food Court Stage between 12.00pm and 1.00pm. If you are able and in the area, please come along and be entertained by our bands.

Melbourne Cup

6S embraced the Melbourne Cup by creating hats in their art and craft time

Road Safety Marcus our Pitt Rd crossing supervisor, is very concerned that some students are not using the crossing to cross the road.

Some students are walking up Playfair Rd after school, then they are crossing Playfair Rd before it connects with Pitt Rd and then they are crossing Pitt Rd further down.

Please encourage your children to use the Pitt Rd supervised crossing. We have a lot of trucks still operating around this area and what has been witnessed, is not a safe thing for our children to pursue.

Best wishes

Jeff Ballinger, Deputy Principal

School News 3C love doing gymnastics!! The ‘motor bike’ is always our landing position. We also practise our hand-eye coordination.

Day for Daniel Everyone looked fantastic wearing red on Day For Daniel. This day raises awareness of child protection and reminds kids how to keep protected! Remember: Recognise Respond Report.

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Library News Library News Congratulations to the following winners of the eBook raffle: Hayley 6S, Rojin 5J, Nathan 4J and Jack 3M. These children received their prize last week, a new book of their choice to keep.

Last month a record number of eBooks were borrowed from our new eLibrary: 426 eBooks borrowed by the children in our school in October!! This is a great addition to our existing library, there is a wide choice available and the children have the convenience of borrowing books when it is convenient for them and not having to wait for library day.

If you haven’t already done so, you may like to download the App to your phone or iPad:

Once you have downloaded the App you will be asked to

‘Find Your Library’. This is the name of our school.

Alternatively you may like to go through the website: https://nccp.wheelers.co .

Mrs Lisa Turner, Teacher Librarian

Band News

Band News Next Tuesday, 8 November, all 4 bands will be performing on the stage in the food court at Warringah Mall. They will play from 11.45am-12.45pm in the following order: Training Band, Junior Band, Senior Band, Stage band.

Notes have gone home about this, if you have not returned your permission slip, please do so immediately. We cannot take your child if we do not have a permission slip. Spare notes can be found in the office.

We now have around 80 children who have joined the Recorder Band which is fantastic. Next Wednesday, 9 November, all the children will be having their blow tests so that we can start allocating band instruments. If your child will not be at school that day, please let me know as soon as you can.

Term 4 is extremely busy for the band. Please see later in the newsletter the Band calendar for the rest of the year and make notes in your diary of the dates. Please note that all hired instruments being returned to the school need to be signed back in by an adult. Please make a note of when your childs instrument

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needs to be returned and make sure you come to school to sign it back in on that day.

Lisa James, Band Administrator

Environment Dear Parents,

It is Name It NOVEMBER

at Curl Curl North Please help us by clearly naming your child’s lunchboxes, hats and jumpers.

All unnamed items will be sold! Help stop the wastage! and care for our school, community and planet.

The Environment Committee

P&C News Uniform Shop 2nd Hand Sale This Friday 4 November we will be holding a 2nd hand sale from 8.30am until sold. RagTagd We are currently in the process of introducing a lost property system for our hats and hoodies. Please see following information and watch this space for the official start date, at this stage we are looking at starting week commencing 14 November. If you want further information, drop in and see Tamara or myself at the uniform shop. This will also mean a few changes to our price list.

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Belinda Batty

Community Information

Dates For Your Diary

NOVEMBER Fri 4 8.30-10am Uniform Shop 2nd Hand Sale Mon 7 8.00am Senior Band Rehearsal

Tue 8

8.00am 8.00am 8.15am 11.45-12.45pm

Beginners Chess Intermediate Chess in 6S Recorder Band All 4 Bands Performance Warringah Mall

Wed 9

8.00am 8.00am 9.30am 11.30-1.00pm

Junior Band Rehearsal Advanced Chess in the Library 2017 Kindy Orientation Morning Blow Tests for Recorder Band

Thur 10 8.00am

Training Band Rehearsal Kindy Silver Assembly

Fri 11

Mon 14 8.00am Senior Band Rehearsal

Tue 15 8.00am 8.00am 8.15am

Beginners Chess Intermediate Chess in 6S Recorder Band

Wed 16 8.00am 8.00am 9.30am

Junior Band Rehearsal Advanced Chess in the Library 2017 Kindy Orientation Morning

Thur 17 8.00am Training Band Rehearsal Fri 18

NOVEMBER

Mon 28 Healthy Harold Commences

Tue 29 9.30am 6 for 6.30pm

7.15pm

Years 5 & 6 Narrabeen Camp Commences Life Education Parent Session in the Healthy Harold Van Art Show Opening and winner presentations

P&C Meeting

DECEMBER Mon 12 9.00am

9.10am Year 6 Farewell Year 4 Movie Day

Tues 13 9.00am Years 5 & 6 Pool Picnic

Wed 14 9.10am Kindy Taronga Zoo Picnic All Day

Thur 15 8.50am 9.00am 9.10am

Year 3 Art Gallery Excursion Year 6 Graduation Year 1 Movie Day

Fri 16 Last day for students

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IS YOUR CHILD LEAVING CURL CURL NORTH PS THIS YEAR?

As we are in the process of planning for next year we would ask that you please advise us if your child /children (excluding year 6) will be leaving us at the end of the year. This will assist us in not only securing staff for the whole school but also allow us to formulate 2017 classes.

Please take the time to complete the following and return it to the school office ASAP.

My child/children: _________________________________________________________________________

of class/es ____________________________ will not be returning to CCNPS in 2017.

Last day of school will be ___________________________________________________________________

Name and location of school child/children will be attending in 2017

_______________________________________________________________________________________

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Band Calendar Event Date Time Warringah Mall all 4 bands 8th November 11.15-1pm Blow Tests for Recorder Band 9th November 11.30-1pm Pittwater High for Training Band 1st December 6.30pm Final Recorder Band rehearsal 6th December 8.15-9am Balgowlah Boys concert yr 3-6 7th December 11.35 - lunch Balgowlah Boys concert K-2 7th December 1.50-3pm Musicale Festival Freshwater Campus all 4 bands 7th December 6.30-8.15pm Final Training Band rehearsal 8th December 8-9am Final Senior Band rehearsal 12th December 8-9am Thank you morning tea, Junior Band 13th December 8-9am Year 1 assembly, Training Band - TBC 13th December 9.30-10am Year 2 assembly, Training Band 13th December 11-11.30am Training Band to return any hired instruments 13th December after performance Year 2 assembly, Recorder Band - TBC 13th December 11.40am Year 3-5 assembly, Junior Band 14th December 8.15-9.15am Junior Band to return any hired instruments 14th December after assembly School Instruments to be serviced 14-15th December all day Year 6 Graduation 15th December 12.15-12.45pm Senior Band to return any hired instruments 15th December 12.45pm Pick up school hire instruments 16th December From Midday

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