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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

15/02/2019

Barker St (PO Box 28)

Cavendish VIC 3314

Dear parents and friends, Thank you to all the families who attended the information evening on Monday. This provided the class teachers with an opportunity to briefly outline the operations of their classrooms and what families can do at home to support the children’s learning. These sessions were general in nature but parents are always welcome to contact the class teacher for more specific information on their child. There will be formal parent/guardian/teacher/student interviews in term 2, when the individual child’s achievements will be covered in more detail. One of the key messages on the night was the importance of home reading to reinforce the learning in the classrooms. An extra five or ten minutes additional reading each day adds up to thousands of additional words for the younger children, and millions of extra words for the older students. I have added a poster showing the difference those extra few minutes each night have on reading volume across a year for a Year 5 child. Today all children will take home a copy of the Cavendish PS ICT Acceptable Users Agreement. This is a document explaining the expectations of students when using computers or iPads at school. In an age when the safe and appropriate use of technology is constantly in the news (and currently being discussed in parliament), it is vital we keep everyone aware of the expectations for correct use of all technology at school. This document is an important teaching tool, as it allows teachers and families to discuss appropriate and safe use of technology during lessons and makes the children aware of how they need to be safe online. We ask all students from Year 2 to 6 to sign this document and return it to school after discussion with families. The Prep and Year 1 students doesn't need to sign however a copy will still be sent home as a reminder for parents to discuss the use of technology when timely and in appropriate language for the age of the children concerned. A reminder to the Year 6 children that their Baimbridge College transition note is due back to school as soon as possible. Year 5/6 students have until 3.30pm next Thursday to return their expressions of interest for this year’s Somers camp. I am required to enter our student numbers by this time and no exceptions can be made. The first junior council meeting was held today. Our junior council is an

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 3

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CAVENDISH PRIMARY SCHOOL

February 2019

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 Rest day for Preps School council 7pm

21 MARC 22 23

24 25 26 Year 6 tran-sition day at Baimbridge

27 Rest day for Preps

28 Music/German lessons (not Wednesday for this week) for as usual)

MARCH 2019

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

31 1 Picnic sports 2

3 4 5 6 7 MARC 8 9

10 11 Labour Day holiday

12 13 14 15 GRIP Lead-ership confer-ence—Mt Gam-bier (Year 4/5/6)

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17 18 19 20 SGSSA Ath-letics—Pedrina park (date to be confirmed)

21 MARC 22 23

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PARENTS’ CLUB

Presidents Trish Hurley, Kate

Thomas & Didi Todd

Secretary Julia Barking

Uniforms Alicia Lewis

STUDENT LEADERSHIP

TEAM

Imogen Thomas & Mia

Hutchins-Cross - School

Captains

Lincon Baker & Caitlyn

Gribbin - Presidents JSC

James Cordy—Music Captain

James, Lincon & Caitlyn -

Wannon House Captains

Mia & Imogen - Glenelg

House Captains

Kaidyn Roberts, Holly Quinn

& Logan Lewis -Bus Captains

Tasha Smee & Samantha

Gribbin—Library leaders

School Council

Nikaila Glenn: President

Michael Todd: V/President

Lisa Ferrier-Secretary

V/ Secretary

Sally Purnell: Treasurer

Simon Thomas

Alicia Lewis

Mark Freeman

Cathy Norris

Anthony Hill

important body in our school and provides the children with the op-portunity to discuss ways to improve the school and make suggestions on fund-raising ideas. Next Wednesday is the first school council meeting for this year. This is the final meeting prior to the for-mation of the new council in readi-ness for the March annual general meeting. Four current councillors are coming to the end of their two-year term. Information about nomi-nations and council elections will be sent home to families following next week’s council meeting. It is only two weeks until our annual

picnic sports. We shall include the proposed program in next week’s newsletter. Make sure you set aside the date (Friday, 1st March) and come along and barrack hard for Glenelg or Wannon

House. The picnic sports is a fun, semi-competitive day of activities. It is our school’s traditional lead-up event to more formal athletics. Later in March, our whole school competes in the Southern Grampians Small Schools Association athletics carnival. This takes place at Pedrina Park, and is against the other smaller schools in the district. The children compete in shot put, discus, sprints, relays, hurdles, etc. We shall com-mence our formal

athletics training next week. A reminder that if your family holds a Health Care Card to speak to Tammy in the office in relation to claiming the Camps, Sports & Ex-cursion Funding. Have a great weekend, Anthony Hill

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2019 Annual Calendar of Events

February:

Wednesday, 20th - School council meeting 7pm

Tuesday, 26th -Transition day for Year 6 at Baimbridge College

March:

Friday, 1st - Cavendish PS picnic sports

Monday, 11th - Labour Day holiday

Friday, 15th - GRIP Leadership excursion for senior students

Wednesday, 20th - Inter-school athletics (date to be confirmed)

April:

Friday, 5th - Cavendish PS cross-country

Friday, 5th - last day of term. 2.30pm dismissal.

Tuesday, 23rd - term 2 commences

Thursday, 25th - Anzac Day holiday

Monday, 29th - Year 6 excursion to BioCats—Geelong

May:

Friday, 3rd - Division athletics, Warrnambool (selected teams

from SGSSA aths)

Friday, 10th - SGSSA cross-country, Tarrington (selected team)

Monday, 27th - Division cross-country, Warrnambool (selected

team)

June:

Thursday, 6th - Eisteddfod performance day (whole school)

Monday, 10th - Queen’s Birthday holiday

Monday, 17th - Eisteddfod speech and drama section (selected

students)

Thursday, 18th - ‘Robot Song’ performance at the Hamilton PAC

18th-26th - Somers camp—selected Year 5/6 students

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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.

Friday, 28th - End of term. 2.30 dismissal

July:

Monday, 15th - term 3 commences

Wednesday, 24th - Life Education Van visit

August:

Monday, 5th - Sheepvention. Pupil-free day. Staff PD.

September:

Wednesday, 18th - Cavendish PS concert

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The Student of the Week Award Winners:

Ava Huf - terrific describing in her show ‘n’ tell

Thomas Hurley - super counting & number knowledge

Talia Price - excellent estimation in length

Justin Coates - reliable reading to younger students

Blitz Awards

Caity Gribbin - clear and tidy bookwork

Lincon Baker - working hard to keep bookwork tidy

Isabel Hurley - methodical manner of checking each step of learning

Talia Price - helping someone that was hurt

Ruby Packman - letting students join in playing

Notices distributed at school this week:

Baimbridge transition note (Year 6)

ICT Acceptable Use Agreement

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Yum, yum! On Wednesday we made chocolate rainbow space

balls. We followed the recipe to make the chocolate

rainbow space balls. The ingredients were melted

butter, warm water, cocoa, crushed biscuits and

sprinkles. We mixed them all together and put them

in the fridge to set. Our fingers were very sticky at

the end. We cleaned up and did the dishes too. We

made enough for the whole school and they were de-

licious!

By Sam B and Mietta

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Flat out on Friday!

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Can you

help?

For the Year 3/6

general Studies

class, we are

needing shoe box

lids (the bigger

the better!). If

you can help

please send them

in to Miss P.

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D.E.S.E.R.T

Dusty, dry, hot

Every day w e w ant rain

Snakes slither ing on the sand

Eager to rain

Really too hot for m e

Tem perature is too hot in the m orning and at night it is too

cold

By Talia Price

Dead and deserted

Endless m iles of sand

Sizzling as hot as a fry pan

Egg sizzling on the bonnet

Rocky and sandy country

Terr ible dir t country

By Kaidyn Roberts

Dry hot clim ates

Every person w ho doesn ’t have supplies suffers miserably

Snakes slither around

Explorers struggled m ajor ly

Ruined explorers lives

Terr ifying anim als lurking around the desert

By James Cordy

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STUDENT ABSENCES

JUST A REMINDER TO ALL FAMILIES THAT

IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT FROM SCHOOL

COULD YOU PLEASE NOTIFY THE SCHOOL

BY 11AM ON THE DAY OF THE ABSENCE

ANTHONY 0402 526 258

SCHOOL 55774 2282

SIGN IN/OUT BOOK

Some of you may not be aware that on the bench

at the front of the office there is a Sign In/Out

Book. This is to be filled out when a student is

late to school or is leaving early from school.

Please try and remember to fill this out when

dropping off late arrivals or picking up your child

earlier than the usual dismissal time.

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Lunch Orders are to be placed at the

Bridge Café Cavendish IN PERSON.

Orders will be taken until the close of Business (6pm) Thursday.

NO ORDERS WILL BE TAKEN AFTER THIS TIME.

No phone orders will be taken.

Party Pies $1.50

Pies $5.00

Pasties $5.00

Tomato Sauce $0.30

Sausage Roll – Short $2.75

Sausage Roll – Long $3.50

Cheese Burger (Patty, Cheese & Tomato Sauce) $6.00

Steamed Dim Sims with soy or tomato sauce $1.40 each

Hot Dog with Tomato Sauce in Roll $3.00

Fresh / Toasted Sandwiches From $4.50 (Fillings – Ham, Chicken, Corned Beef, Cheese, Tomato, Pineapple) Fresh Salad Rolls $10.50 (Fillings – Ham, Chicken, Corned Beef, Cheese, Tomato, Lettuce, Beetroot, Carrot) Flavoured Milk – Oak 300ml Strawberry $2.80

Chocolate $2.80

Fruit Box $3.00 Water – Cool Ridge 600ml $3.00

2019 LUNCH ORDERS

Students are able to have a lunch order from the Bridge Café on

a Friday. The items available are listed below:-

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2019 Foundation Class

If you haven’t done so already could parents

of the new preps please provide a copy of

their child’s Birth Certificate and Immunisa-

tion Details to Tammy please.

CAMPS, SPORTS & EXCURSIONS FUND

If you hold a Centrelink Health Care Card you may be eligible

for the CSEF payment. If you applied for CSEF last year, you

do not need to complete an application form in 2019 unless

there has been a change in your family circumstances or

school. Please advise Tammy as soon as possible if you still

hold your Health Care Card or collect a form if you are claim-

ing for the first time, so she can put in your claim.

FRIDGE FOR STUDENTS

DON’T FORGET THAT THERE IS A FRIDGE NEAR

THE ENTRANCE OF THE MUSIC ROOM FOR

STUDENTS TO PUT THEIR LUNCHES,

YOGHURT, ETC. IN TO KEEP COOL.

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Bushfire At-Risk Register - Schools

School procedures for the bushfire season

Fire danger ratings and warnings are used in Victoria to provide clear direction on the safest options for preserving life.

Schools and children’s services listed on the DET Bushfire At-Risk Register (BARR) will be closed when a Code Red fire danger rating day is determined in their Bureau of Meteorology district. Our school has been identified as being one of those at high bushfire risk and is listed on the BARR.

Where possible, we will provide parents with up to four days notice of a potential Code Red day closure by letter and/or SMS message. A Code Red day will be deter-mined by the Emergency Management Commissioner no later than 1.00 pm the day before the potential closure. Once we are advised of the confirmation of the Code Red day we will provide you with advice before the end of the school day.

Once confirmed, the decision to close will not change, regardless of im-provements in the weather forecast. This is to avoid confusion and help your family plan alternative care arrangements for your child. It is also important to note that:

No staff will be on site on days where the school is closed due to a forecast Code Red day.

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School camps will be cancelled if a Code Red fire danger rating day is determined for the Bureau of Meteorology district in which the camp is located.

As a bus co-ordinating school all bus routes will be cancelled.

On these Code Red days, families are encouraged to enact their Bushfire Survival Plan – on such days children should never be left at home or in the care of old-er children.

For those of us living in a bushfire prone area, the CFA advise that when Code Red days are forecast, the safest option is to leave the night before or early on the morning of the Code Red day.

As part of preparing our school for potential hazards such as fire, we have updated and completed our Emergency Management Plan.

What can parents do?

Make sure your family’s bushfire survival plan is up-to-date and includes alterna-tive care arrangements in the event that our school is closed.

Ensure we have your current contact details, including your mobile phone num-bers. Keep in touch with us by reading our newsletters, by checking our website http://cavendishps.vic.edu.au/ and by talking to your child’s teacher or any other member of the teaching staff about our emergency management plan. Immediate con-tact can be made through the school’s phone number prior to any Code Red Day on (03) 55742282 or directly to the principal’s mobile on 0402526258.

Most importantly at this time of year, if you’re planning a holiday or short stay in the bush or in a coastal area, you should check warnings in advance of travel and remain vigilant during your stay.

If your child is old enough, talk to them about bushfires and your family’s bushfire survival plan.

You can access more information about children’s services closures on the Depart-ment of Education and Training website – see http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/pages/closures.aspx

For up-to-date information on this year’s fire season see:

https://emergency.vic.gov.au

Facebook (facebook.com/cfavic)

Twitter (twitter.com/CFA_Updates)

ABC local radio, Sky News and other emergency broadcasters

VicEmergency Hotline (1800 226 226)

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A rural

tradition of

excellence

Birthdays for January & February

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, Tops n Tails and Catch of the Day

Visit our school web page and

Facebook page!!

You can access our newsletters and look for

upcoming events on the webpage and see a

range of photos of the students on our

Facebook page.

If any parents have questions

in relation to Parents Club or

school related information

Trish Hurley can be

contacted on 0411 197 222