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Principal’s Notes:

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Cavendish Primary School

Ph: (03) 55742282 Fax: (03) 55742353 Email:cavendish.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.cavendishps.vic.edu.au

20/07/2018

Barker St (PO Box 28) Cavendish VIC 3314

Dear parents and friends,

Welcome back to everyone for a new term. Everyone appears to have returned

refreshed and rested after the two week’s holiday. We look forward to another busy

term ahead, with a great many activities already listed on the school’s calendar. The

winter weather has certainly made itself felt this week, with a mixture of rain, wind,

sun, rain, cloud, rain, rain and wind.

All at Cavendish Primary School

welcome our new students, Nate and

Noah. Both boys have been made feel

welcome by the children and they have

soon adapted to their new environment.

Ms Ferrier reports they are working hard

in their lessons and getting along with

their new classmates. So far I can see

that Nate is a champion footballer and

Noah has taken an instant liking to the

down ball games.

On Wednesday the whole school benefitted form the special workshops with marimba

maestro, Jon Madin. This event was organised by Leeanne Barber and provided our

young musicians with the opportunity to develop new skills in their percussion work as

well as learning new repertoire. Jon has been a leading advocate of marimbas for

many years and introduced the instrument into schools following his workshops over

the past twenty years. He brought a wide range of equipment with him for the children

to explore during his visit. Our students are certainly fortunate to have the

opportunities such as this to enhance their regular, classroom music lessons.

We have appreciated the response from families this week when children have been

absent. The school has received written notes, phone calls, texts, messages left on

the answering machine and verbal contact to explain student absences on the day of

the absence. As explained in newsletters last term, new DET rules require our school

to make contact with families on the day of an absence to ensure student safety.

Having families contact the school on the day of a child’s absence avoids unnecessary

office work and is most appreciated. Please develop the habit of ringing/texting the

school on the morning of an absence to let us know.

An envelope will be sent home to all families today with information on the annual

parent opinion survey. This is an on-line survey completed in all government schools

and is used to provide useful information for future planning. I encourage all families

to read the information and to take the time and complete the survey—it should take

about fifteen minutes.

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 19

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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

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8 9 School Holidays

10 School Holidays

11 School Holidays

12 School Holidays

13 School Holidays

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15 16 School Back

17 18 John Madin -marimba workshop at CPS

19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 Grade 3/4 Hoop Time

27 Kerrie Jones— barbe-cue 6pm at school

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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

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12 13 Book Fair 13th-17th Aug

14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 Book charac-ter dress up day

24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31 Inter-school Chess Tourna-ment

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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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

Next Thursday is the Year 3/4 Hoop Time basketball tournament at HILAC

and will be followed on the next Monday by the Year 5/6 event. Not all the

notes and $5 fees have been returned yet so unfortunately travelling infor-

mation won’t be available until next week. Please have the notes returned

on Monday so final details can be arranged.

The Hamilton Cinema has contacted the Parents’ Club explaining that the

original booking for Mamma Mia 2 is no longer available owing to a distri-

bution problem. However the fund-raising film night will still take place,

with a new date of 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.

We would like all children to be able to attend our term 4 camps. The costs

of camps are increasing but they are a wonderful opportunity for the chil-

dren to participate in all sorts of social and educational experiences. It can

be a challenge for families with several children but we have maintained

high participation rates over recent years. We continue to be wonderfully

supported by our Parents’ Club and School Council, who have offered to

pay for bus costs. Some children have been active in cutting firewood and

baking to raise their own money to contribute towards their camp costs.

The final costs for our camps will be released shortly.

Don’t forget to have next Friday's 6pm farewell barbecue at school for Ker-

rie Jones marked in your diaries. The Parents’ Club will provide bread,

meat, plates and cutlery. Guests will need to bring their own drinks and a

salad to share. Kerrie has given our school wonderful service over many

years and this is our chance to celebrate her time at CPS. Please let Tam-

my or myself know if you are attending to assist us with ordering supplies.

Don’t forget there is no school for all students on Monday, 6th August. This

is the first day of Sheepvention. The staff will be having a professional de-

velopment day at school on ClearTrack data entry and coding.

The new date for the school photos is Friday, 10th August. Notes about the

photo packages will be sent home today. If you are looking at getting fami-

ly photos taken, you can collect an order envelope from the front counter

outside the office.

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.

We received a letter informing us that the Dunkeld and District Community

bank have granted us a $600 donation towards the cost of a new iPad. As

we now have wonderful coding equipment some of our older model iPads

aren’t able to be used for controlling our Spheros and Dashes. This gener-

ous donation from the bank is most appreciated.

We held our first Buddies session for a while this afternoon. The project

was a problem-solving construction activity using blocks, icy-pole sticks,

etc. there will be photos in next week’s newsletter to show how we got on!

Have a great weekend (and stay warm),

Anthony Hill

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2018 Annual Calendar of Events

July:

Thursday, 26th -Year 3/4 Hoop Time basketball tournament—HILAC

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

29th or 30th -Year 5/6 Parliament of Vic outreach lesson—Hamilton

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

September:

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

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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:

Ctayah Roberts—fantastic soccer skills

Harry McShane—next set of words

Tilly Cross—next set of words

Mietta Price—next set of words

Notices distributed at school this week:

Year 3/4 and 5/6 Hoop Time notices

Jon Madin reminder

Parent opinion survey notes—one per family

Book Club

School photo package information.

All Book Club orders are

due by 11am next

Wednesday please.

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During Jon’s

visit we played

the special

cellos, the

sound boards,

the cello bikes,

big drums and

all sorts of

other amazing

instruments.

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Our dot paintings for NAIDOC Week.

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Following our recent world cup soccer tournament at school, there

is quite a lot of interest among the children in playing the game.

The MiniRoos sessions are a great way for young players to develop

their skills. It is equivalent to the AFL’s Auskick program. The first

of the nine sessions is tomorrow, so contacting the club immediate-

ly through their website would be required.

The Soccer Mums program is running alongside the MiniRoos and

might be of interest to some families. Mum can learn the skills of

the game while the children are at their sessions.

For additional information, communicate with Samantha Kaspers

on the Hamilton Soccer Club’s Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/

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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.

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Our weekly blitz is:

Integrity We can show this by:

Doing the right

thing, even when

no-one is watching.

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Citizenship Survey Each term the children in Years 2 to 6 complete a Citizen-ship Survey. This provides the opportunity for them to rec-ord the positive and negative behaviours they have ob-served in our school. The survey is confidential and allows the true thoughts of the students to be heard. Last term there were 75 positive comments and only 12 negative. Most children will be given a one-on-one interview to discuss the positive comments their schoolmates have said about them. I have removed names to protect confidentiality but the comments are very encouraging about the behaviours on show in our school.

XXX plays fair and is an honest person in games.

XXX helped me when I get stuck in class. XXX has a positive attitude in the play-

ground and in class. XXX is a great friend—always there for

me when I need her. Kind, caring, polite and shows great sportsmanship.

XXX always respects others. XXX is always happy and greets me with

a smile. XXX is happy and joyful.

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XXX always uses good manners. XXX supports and helps our younger

students around the school yard. XXX shares her pencils with me. I like it when he helps me when something is

hard. XXX works hard on her projects. XXX helps me spell tricky words. XXX is always happy and invites others to

play. XXX holds the doors open to let others

through. XXX is honest when she is out in games. XXX lets others play when they don’t have

anything to do. XXX helped a Prep when they were lost. XXX gives others a turn in soccer. XXX is always organised. XXX bounces back fast when upset. XXX always includes others and is happy to

help.

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Batteries Our school

recently received a

cheque for $5,500

for eight pallets of

old batteries. A

very special thank

you to all who

contributed to this

marvellous effort.

Please keep your

eyes out for any

old car, truck or

machinery

batteries you or

your neighbours

might have, as we

will continue to

collect them.

Contact Tammy at

school for further

information on the

battery drive.

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Our School

Council presi-

dent and our

Music Captain

like to be on

top on things!

We look for-

ward to hear-

ing all about

their travels

when they

return soon.

Come along to Kerrie’s

farewell barbecue next

Friday at 6pm. Meat,

bread, plates and cut-

lery supplied. Bring

along a salad to share

and BYO drinks.

Please let the school

know if you intend

coming to help with

planning for cater-

ing purposes.

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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.

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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

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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!!!!!