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Cavendish Primary School– A Rural Tradition of Excellence 1

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Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Cavendish Primary School

Ph: (03) 55742282 Fax: (03) 55742353 Email:[email protected]

Website: www.cavendishps.vic.edu.au

27/07/2018

Barker St (PO Box 28) Cavendish VIC 3314

Dear parents and friends,

We are all looking forward to coming together as a school community this

evening to farewell Kerrie Jones at a barbecue. Kerrie has been a wonderful

servant of the school over many years. She has always been exceptional in her

work and has been positive in her relationships with staff, students and

parents. Kerrie has been a major asset to our school. Although she would never

wish to have a fuss made, we are grateful that we can say a formal thank you to

her for her service.

Our Year3/4 Hoop Time basketballers had a great day at HILAC yesterday. This

was their first experience of competition basketball and it took a while for them

to adapt to the speed and physical nature of the game. Miss Purnell reported all

players improved significantly as the day progressed and the boys and girls

returned to school today full of chat about their experiences.

The Parents’ Club will be running a kids movie night at the Hall on Friday, 3rd

August. The movie will start at 7pm in the Supper Room.

Tickets are available from the office for the Mamma Mia on Friday 10th August.

Please buy your tickets now for this event from the school office. All profits will

go towards the school’s camp costs for this year—this will mean a reduction in

the cost per child.

Don’t forget that Monday, 6th August is a pupil free day for all Cavendish

students. This is one of our designated days for staff training. The teachers will

be at school working on their coding skills and learning more about using the

ClearTrack system for children’s assessment data.

There are several days over the coming months when Miss Purnell and Ms

Ferrier will be out of the school for training events, as mentioned in the

newsletter at the end of last term. They are undertaking a Department training

program on Professional Learning Communities, as was recommended to our

school following last year’s review. I shall also be out for some of these days as

well. The first of these days will be the 7th and 8th of August. The next dates are

in September. We are fortunate that we have replacement teachers, available

who know our students well when our regular teaching staff are absent.

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 19

http://www.cavendishps.vic.edu.au


CAVENDISH PRIMARY SCHOOL

July 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 School Holidays

3 School Holidays

4 School Holidays

5 School Holidays

6 School Holidays

7

8 9 School Holidays

10 School Holidays

11 School Holidays

12 School Holidays

13 School Holidays

14

15 16 School Back

17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 Grade 5/6 Hoop Time

31

August 2018

1 2 3 Student movie night at Cav Hall

4

5 6 Sheepvention - Pupil free day

7 8 9 10 School Photo Day. Movie Night at Hamilton

11

12 13 Book Fair 13th-17th Aug

14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 Book charac-ter dress up Day.—at Kinder

24 25

26 27 28 29 30 Golf tourna-ment—Parkland GC (selected students); Vic Parliament les-son. Hamilton for Yr. 5/6

31 Inter-school Chess Tourna-ment

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat


PARENTS’ CLUB

President Tammy Crawford

V/Presidents Trish Hurley &

Kate Thomas

Secretary Nikaila Glenn

Uniforms Heidi-Lee Freeman

STUDENT LEADERSHIP

TEAM

Samuel Price & Indianna

Freeman - School Captains

Madeline McShane & Emily

Crawford - Presidents JSC

Cody Glenn & Ruby Cordy—

Music Captains

Hammish Shipcott &

Ben Packman - Wannon

House Captains

Emily Crawford, Madeline

McShane & Hannah Lewis -

Glenelg House Captains

Cameron Gribbin, Hannah

Lewis, Ruby Cordy & Eddie

McShane -Bus Captains

School Council

Nikaila Glenn: President

Michael Todd: V/President

Lisa Ferrier-Secretary

Jackie McShane :

V/ Secretary

Sally Purnell: Treasurer

Simon Thomas

Alicia Lewis

Mark Freeman

Cathy Norris

Anthony Hill

Thank you to everyone who has returned their school photo order

forms. It is only two weeks until we have our school photos taken. All

students will need to wear their formal winter uniform on photo day.

Don’t forget to collect a family photo order form if you wish your chil-

dren to have a family portrait taken on the 10th.

The annual Book Fair will be held during the week of 13th to 17th Au-

gust. A collection of books will be on display during this time and will

be available for purchase. This is a lead-up to National Book Week

during the following week. Our main day of celebration will be Thurs-

day, 23rd August. All the children are invited to dress-up as a book

character. We will be walking down to the Kindergarten to join with

the children there for our morning parade of costumes. This shall also

coincide with the official launch of the Little Book Box outside the

Kinder.

Our initial plan to have soccer for our term 3 Sporting Schools pro-

gram was unsuccessful owing to difficulties in obtaining a suitably

qualified coach. We have managed to secure the services of Grant

O’Callaghan instead and will now run a tennis program for this term.

Grant travels from Melbourne to this area each week to conduct spe-

cialist tennis coaching in Hamilton. We have managed to get Grant to

come to our school for four weeks during lunchtimes to take groups

of children for tennis. The first session will be on Monday, 13th Au-

gust. As this program will occur in school time, there is no need for

the usual permission notes. The first lesson will be for the Year 2-4

children. The Year 5/6 will have a lesson on Monday, 20th; the P/1

will be on 27th and the lucky Year 2-4 will have a second session on

September 3rd. The equipment will be supplied and the lessons will

take place in the school stadium. Children who own their own rac-

quets are welcome to bring them along for the lessons.

There will be a busy couple of days for our senior students at the end

of next month. On Thursday, 30th some students are representing

our school at the inter-school golf tournament at Parklands in Hamil-

ton. These students were selected following the visit by golf pro, Tony

Collier last term. On the same day, the remaining Year 5/6 students

shall also be in Hamilton to attend a mini-parliament session, held at

the Showgrounds. This session is run by representatives of the Parlia-

ment of Victoria and engage the children in a mock parliamentary de-

bate. These sessions are always first class and very educational and

enjoyable. The following day is the inter-school chess tournament .

Notes will be distributed over the next week or two to children who

have shown interest and skills in chess. Last year Cavendish took

eleven students to the tournament.

Have a great weekend,

Anthony Hill


2018 Annual Calendar of Events

July:

Friday, 27th -Kerrie Jones—farewell BBQ at school 6pm

Monday, 30th -Year 5/6 Hoop Time basketball tournament—HILAC

August:

Friday, 3rd -Student Movie Night at Cav SM Hall Supper room

Monday, 6th -no school for pupils (Sheepvention).

Friday, 10th -School Photos

Friday, 10th -Mamma Mia—film fund-raiser at the Hamilton Cinema

13th—24th -Cavendish PS Book Fair

Thursday, 23rd -Book character dress-up day

Thursday, 30th -Year 5/6 Parliament of Vic outreach lesson—Hamilton

Thursday 30th - -Golf tournament—Parklands (selected students)

Friday, 31st -inter-school chess tournament—Hamilton

September:

Friday, 7th -Jump Rope for Heart—Jump Off day

Friday, 21st -2.30 dismissal. End of term 3.

October:

Monday, 8th -first day of term 4

9th—11th -Year 3/6 camp—Cave Hill Creek

Friday, 12th -Regional Athletics—Ballarat (Cody Glenn)

Thursday, 18th - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performance at PAC

Friday, 19th -Bingo/Games Night at Cavendish SM Hall 7pm

November:

Tuesday, 6th -Melbourne Cup holiday

22nd&23rd -Prep/2 camp—Halls Gap

Monday, 26th -commencement of swimming program (two weeks)

December:

Friday, 14th -Swimming carnival—Balmoral

Wednesday, 19th -Presentation Night at Cav SM Hall


School Mission Statement: Cavendish Primary School

provides a warm, friendly and caring environment that

enhances and challenges learning, personal growth and

well-being of students. The school has high

expectations for staff and students and aims to create a

stimulating and supportive environment for all its

students to excel in their learning and personal growth.

The Student of the Week

Award Winners for the

week were:

P/1 Noah & Nate Weilbaecher - terrific first week of

school at Cavendish PS

2/3/4 Ruby Packman - terrific ‘Time’ work in Maths

Sydney Todd - keeping her locker tub clean and tidy

5/6 Hammish Shipcott - great determination in his

school work

Imogen Thomas - great effort in Maths

Ben Packman - great measurement work in Maths

Notices distributed at school this week:

Year 3/4 Hoop Time travel arrangements

Kerrie Jones barbecue reminder


Buddies construction activity


Addison’s show-and-tell

Sometimes show-and-tell can be a toy or a souvenir from a

recent experience. For Addison’s show-and-tell, she had

something from the other side of the world! She was able to

present her grandparents from Canada who are currently

visiting the Nettleton family in Australia. The children in

the class were able to hear about the time difference be-

tween Canada and Australia, how maple syrup comes from

tree sap, how much snow falls in Canada’s winters, and all

sorts of other interesting information. Addison was very

proud to be able to present her grandparents for show-and-

tell!


Jump Rope for Heart kicks off this term!

Jump Rope for Heart is a fantastic physical activity

and fundraising program that has been run by the Heart Founda-

tion for 35 years. It’s a great way for your child to keep fit and

learn new skills, but it also helps raise funds for vital heart re-

search and education programs.

Since Jump Rope for Heart started in 1983, schools like ours have raised more than $75 million for the Heart Foundation’s lifesaving work. It’s important you register your child online, so they can receive the full benefits of the program and participate in online fund-raising, simply follow the link below to get started. https://jumprope.heartfoundation.org.au/register Students will be skipping throughout the term in PE lessons and

during lunch break, during this time you can share their online

fundraising page with family and friends to help raise money for

this great cause.

We will hold our school Jump Off Day on Friday 7th

September. This w ill ma r k the end of the pr og r a m a nd

is a chance for everyone to come together to skip and show off

their newly learned skills.

Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!

https://jumprope.heartfoundation.org.au/register


Yesterday the superstar team of Year 3/4 children,

the Cavendish Cats, participated in the local Hoop

Time tournament at HILAC. This was the first expe-

rience of competitive basketball for all these players.

It often takes a while for younger players to become

accustomed to basketball, especially for our netball-

ers to make adjustments to their game style.

Their first game was against Gray St and they lost 10

to 2. In the second game the team became better at

their dribbling and their defensive skills. This match

was against Tarrington and Cavendish won 4 to 2.

The third game was against Macarthur on the main

court, which was a great experience. By this stage of

the tournament the team was really getting used to

playing basketball together. The game was very

close, with Macarthur narrowly winning 4 to 2. as

always, the Cavendish basketballers looked amazing

in their singlets and all the team reported they had a

great day. Well done to all the boys and girls, and to

Miss Purnell and the parents who helped with

scoring and management all day.

We look forward to hearing how our Year 5/6 team

get on during their Hoop Time matches on Monday.


Echo and Narcissus

Echo was a nymph. A nymph who heard every little bit of gossip. Every

time Echo heard the latest gossip she went and told Hera the goddess so

that she wouldn’t find out that Zeus, Hera’s husband’ was cheating on her

with a nymph. One day Hera found out and took Echo’s voice away so she

could only say the last words that she heard. So Echo set off trying to find a

home until she found a little cave to sleep in. The next sunny day Echo was

wandering around her cave, trying to hear the shepherds and hunters

words so she can try and speak to them. All of a sudden she found a man

lost from his men. She hid behind a bush and then Narcissus, the son of the

river god, came along. When Narcissus turned around Echo instantly fell in

love with him. Echo stepped back but then Narcissus heard Echo.

And he yelled out, “Where are you?”

Echo said, “You.”

Narcissus said, “Come out whoever you are.”

So at that moment Echo ran out with her arms open to hug him. But then

Narcissus screwed up his lips and said, “I could never love you nymph.”

So Echo ran back to her cave and cried and cried until her bones where

stone but her voice stayed perfectly fine and you can hear her voice still to-

day.

A nymph cursed Narcissus that he would get rejected. One day Narcissus

found a lovely pond to have a drink after a hard day at hunting. So Narcis-

sus sat down and cupped his hand ready for a drink until he saw a person

in the water. Narcissus said, “Water spirit come to me.”

So he went to grab his reflection but as soon as he touched the water the

spirit disappeared. But when the ripples stopped the spirit appeared so

Narcissus went to kiss his reflection. As soon as his lips touched the water

the spirit disappeared so Narcissus sat there and sat there until he died.

But when the nymphs of the forest came to bury him there was no bones,

nothing only a flower where Narcissus the son of the river god had laid.

James


My life

Every day I am in my kennel waiting for my owners

to come out and play with me, though on the

school days and work days it seems very lonely. Not

when the guinea fowls are carrying on.

I know when it’s the weekends because I hear Imo-

gen, Lexi and Emma getting ready. I hear the door

SLAM and boots being pulled off the boot rack, and

foot steeps coming down the stairs and through the

stones on to the concrete and running. I jump up

and down in my kennel barking for them to come,

though they have to get through the rams first.

Then they get my lead, open the gate and clip it on

my collar and off we go. We walk down and up the

hills and walk to the dam and turn around to go

back home.

By Megs (Imogen’s dog)


23.7.18

WALT: write from another perspective.

Hi, our names are Diesel and Storm. We are miniature

Galloways. The afternoons are our favourite times of the

day. Our loving owner is always there when it is feeding

time.

She gives us mouth-watering muesli that we would die

for. It is so good because it is smothered in delicious mo-

lasses! She also gives us big bundles of hay. If Indi is ever

late for feeding time we tell her and keep on telling her

until she comes. Indi makes our furry coats clean and un-

tangled. Sometimes Indi comes with a big book and pencil

and draws awesome pictures of us while we’re eating. We

sometimes pose for her, I think we look great!

We sometimes go mad when Indi comes to feed us and

run up to her. We usually kick our legs in the air with ex-

citement. We sometimes get carrots as well. They are

yummy.

We love our owner! And food.

Diesel and Storm


ECHO AND NARCISSUS

In Greek Myth Echo, a nymph, was condemned by Zeus’s wife to only repeat the last

word or syllable that someone said. She was banished from the kingdom so she went to

live in a cave. Echo would her hunters and would and could only say the last word

that they would say.

One day Narcissus came walking around separated from his friends. Echo would

watching, in love with Narcissus. Echo was following Narcissus when all of a sudden

Narcissus found out something or someone was watch him. He was saying words but on-

ly would hear the last word that he was saying repeated back by Echo. Echo eventu-

ally ran with her arms out to cuddle Narcissus for his love but he rejected her. So

she went and sobbed in her cave. Lots of other nymphs were rejected by Narcissus.

One day a nymph got rejected so she casted a spell on Narcissus to make him feel

rejected. Thirsty Narcissus came across a pool of water. With his hands cupped and

ready to drink the water he saw a beautiful face in the pool. He said something and

only the pool god moved his lips in silence. He went to kiss the lips but they disap-

peared. (It was actually his reflection in the pool but he didn’t know.) He went to

grab the person in the water and it disappeared. He laid there sobbing by the pool and

all the nymphs cried as well and Narcissus faded away.

When the nymphs came to find him there was nothing there, not even bones. There

was just a flower there which they named after him.

By Samuel


By Ruby C


GOOD FOR FOOTY CLINIC

The AFL is pleased to invite all primary school aged children to an in-teractive football clinic including various climbing, jumping and kick-ing inflatable's (weather / wind permitting) along with handball activi-ties. Also included will be a competition with prizes galore if any of the participants can kick a football into the back of a ute.

Every participant will receive a soft touch footy and there will also be a free BBQ at the end of the clinic, for all participants, regardless of the weather.

WHEN: Wednesday 8th August 2018

VENUE: Melville Oval, Hamilton

TIMES: 4.15pm - 5.30pm

COST: Free to all participants

There are some free AFL general admission tickets

available from the school office. These are provided as

part of the AFL’s School Ambassador program. They

are available to any families who are able to make use of

them—first come; first served. All games are at the MCG

and provide access to regular general admission seating

at the ground.

2 x tickets—Hawthorn v Geelong, Saturday 11th August

1.45pm

8 x tickets—Melbourne v Swans, Sunday 12th August

3.20pm


Hot chocolate on a winter’s day


Our weekly blitz is:

Trust If we want to build trust,

we must:

Be consistent in our

words and actions.

Be honest in our

words and actions.


Our weekly blitz is:

Integrity We can show this by:

Doing the right

thing, even when

no-one is watching.


ADVISING SCHOOL OF ABSENT STUDENTS

Please remember that from the be-

ginning of this term it is a require-

ment that the school contacts fam-

ilies on the day of an absence if we

haven’t been informed of the ab-

sence. The easiest way to over-

come unnecessary administration

time for our school is for families

to send through a phone call or a

text on the morning of a child’s ab-

sence. A message left on the an-

swering machine is quite accepta-

ble on the days when Tammy isn’t

in the office.


Could families please provide a plate of supper for our Movie Night.

Food can be left at School on Friday 10th August or given to a parent

who is attending the night. Thank you


A rural tradition of

excellence

Birthdays for July

Families are reminded that we have

fresh chooks eggs for sale from our

school chooks. $3 per dozen or $2 for a

1/2 dozen.

We thank the following busi-nesses and organisations for their sponsorship and support of the School and we encourage all school families to support the businesses and clubs that support the school.

Coates Electrical, Landmark-Hamilton, Hamilton Produce, LA Walkers Mitre 10, Coles Su-permarket, Dunkeld & District Community Bank ®, Lions Club of Cavendish, Bunyip Hotel, Bridge Café, Toyworld, Caven-dish Community Service and Tops n Tails

Visit our school Web page!!

You can access our newsletters and look for

upcoming events.

www.cavendishps.vic.edu.au.Check it out!!!!!

http://www.cavendishps.vic.edu.au

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