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Email: [email protected] Term 1, Issue 4, 28th February 2013 Internet: www.chathamps.vic.edu.au FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL YEAR 6 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS FOR 2013 At last Friday aſternoon’s assembly Stephen had the great pleasure of announcing our Year 6 Leadership posions for 2013. At Chatham, we are very proud of our leadership program in that all of our 60 Year 6 students hold posi- ons of responsibility. We value all of these posions as being equally important and providing our students with fantasc opportunies to develop their confidence, leadership and organisaonal skills. Every one of our Year 6 students are school leaders and understand the importance of these posions in seng the tone of the school and in becoming the acceptable role models for all our students. Our Year 6s have been groomed for their posions of responsibility since last year when they took on the role of Yr 5 Buddies to our 2012 Preps, as well as having parci- pated in a Speaking with Confidence program in Term 4 in readiness for running our school assemblies. These extra -curricula programs including the Yr 6 Leadership program which operates every Thursday aſternoon are supported by various staff members to ensure that all students are provided with opportunies to develop these important skills. Congratulaons to the following Year 6 students on being selected for their 2013 Leadership Posions CONTINUED ON PAGE 2... School Captains Zoe Servos Chrisan Alevras School Vic-Captains Grace Munroe Oskar Hosken House Captains Corbe Emma Drake Ryan Simmons Fenton Ashleigh Weine Charles Harper McEvoy Emily Reid Hamish Stone Nugent Gabrielle Keighley Regan Chester
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Email: [email protected] Term 1, Issue 4, 28th February 2013 Internet: www.chathamps.vic.edu.au
FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL YEAR 6 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS FOR 2013 At last Friday afternoon’s assembly Stephen had the great pleasure of announcing our Year 6 Leadership positions for 2013. At Chatham, we are very proud of our leadership program in that all of our 60 Year 6 students hold posi-tions of responsibility. We value all of these positions as being equally important and providing our students with fantastic opportunities to develop their confidence, leadership and organisational skills. Every one of our Year 6 students are school leaders and understand the importance of these positions in setting the tone of the school and in becoming the acceptable role models for all our students. Our Year 6s have been groomed for their positions of responsibility since last year when they took on the role of Yr 5 Buddies to our 2012 Preps, as well as having partici-pated in a Speaking with Confidence program in Term 4 in readiness for running our school assemblies. These extra-curricula programs including the Yr 6 Leadership program which operates every Thursday afternoon are supported by various staff members to ensure that all students are provided with opportunities to develop these important skills. Congratulations to the following Year 6 students on being selected for their 2013 Leadership Positions
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School Captains
Zoe Servos Christian Alevras
School Vic-Captains
Grace Munroe Oskar Hosken
House Captains
Corbett
Emma Drake Ryan Simmons
Fenton
Ashleigh Weine Charles Harper
McEvoy
Emily Reid Hamish Stone
Nugent
Gabrielle Keighley Regan Chester
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Peer Support
Anthony Andronis Amber Jordan
Claire Corcoran Benjamin Kimmitt
Lachlan Ding Samuel Li
Emma Eaton Xia Liu
Stephanie Fong Lily Stephens
Claire Goulter James Watson
Erin Hanson Lachlan Weinlich
Joshua Janssen Fane Ye
Japanese Leaders
Luisa D’Intini Tom Dempsey
Rebecca Lin James Harding
Environment Leaders
Philip Efstratiou Seline Mizzi
Grace Harries Hannah Ross
Eliska Mitchell Tom Yakabowski
Music Leaders
Holly Driscoll Juliette Milne
Karina Ford Matilda Scerri
Art Leaders
Patrick Casey Briody House
Joel Ferguson Annemieke Kronenburg
Library Leaders
Fynnlae Boyle Jie King
Jarryd Harrison Cam Van Stratum
Junior School Council
Charlie Bowen Megan O’Donnell
Lara Hynes Benjamin Sharrock
Serena Lay Max Shuttleworth
Emilien Lopez Will Steventon
Juliette Noonan Jessalyn Tan
FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL PAGE 3 FAIR FEVER If the hive of busy parents around the school is anything to go by then the Summer Fair is sure to be a great suc-cess after all the hard work that has been put in for the past 18 months. This Saturday is our big fundraising and community event so we all look forward to fine weather and lots of fun on Saturday afternoon and evening. If you still haven’t put your name down to help out on a stall on the day, volunteers for setting up on the Saturday morn-ing and cleaning up on Sunday morning will always be appreciated. SCHOOL ASSEMBLY – STOP PRESS Due to the Fair this Saturday and setting up the hall in preparation on Friday, there will be no School Assembly tomorrow. As this was to be our Year 6s first opportunity to run our Assembly in their new leadership roles, we have decided to hold a special Monday morning assembly at 9am instead, so that reports and awards are still rel-evant and the buzz of the school fair is still in the air! The Friday assembly for next week will also still go ahead as planned at its usual time of 2:40pm. It was great to see so many parents in attendance at our last Friday assembly. SCHOOL RULES Tomorrow the Classroom Rules, Specialist Rules, Rules for Riding Bikes, Ripsticks, Skateboards and Scooters to School, and Outside Rules will be going home with every student. Please read over these rules with your child and sign and return the Code of Behaviour slip. All grades have been working on establishing their class rules so that their classroom is a safe, happy and productive place to be each day. While it’s great to see so many of our families out walking and riding to school each day, sometimes it is hard to police students once they are out of the school grounds to ensure they are riding safely and dismounting and wheeling their bikes and scooters in the following streets for pedestrian safety: Benson Street, Weybridge Street between Wharton Street and Banool Road, and Banool Road along the school boundary. This year I am encourag-ing all our families to take the opportunity to walk or ride to school with their children on Ride2School day, Friday 22nd March, and practise and reinforce these safe behaviours. More promotional material will be coming in the following weeks. HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOL Involvement in activities such as Ride2School Day are a great way to get active and promote health and well-being for all members of the school community. This year we are beginning a new journey to become accredited as a Health Promoting School after the success of our Sustainable School 5 Star Award. There are 8 health priorities that the school must work through over the next few years such as, Healthy Eating and Oral Health; Physical Activ-ity; Mental Health and Wellbeing; Safe Environments and Sun Protection. As this Achievement Program is also about ensuring the heath of all community stakeholders in the school, I will be looking for parents who are inter-ested in joining the Health and Wellbeing team as an extension of the Education Committee. More information in next week’s newsletter to follow. BRONWYN ORR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
SCHOOL UNIFORM We've managed to get through the start of the year with a fairly seemless supply of uniforms, despite moving the uniform shop to Surrey Clothing. Surrey Clothing have done a great job in ensuring a continuous supply of uniforms and have been very keen in offering advice and feedback to us. Thank you to all the families who have made this work as the school will ben-efit from this. Just a few reminders:
The school gets commission on every purchase you make. So please make sure you tell the staff at Surrey Clothing, at the point of sale, that you are from Chatham.
2nd hand purchases are still available at the school office. We aim to keep this service at school. We really encourage all families that no longer need their good quality uniforms, to give them to the school so we can sell them via the 2nd hand channel.
We have updated the Uniform page on the Chatham website with a "users guide to purchasing uniforms". This docu-ment is written by experienced Mums who have very good knowledge of the uniform garments and trends over recent times. If you are considering buying an item, take a look at the document - you might get some useful tips!
If you have any feedback, please register it using the Surrey Clothing website. We will be looking through the feedback at our quarterly partnership meetings with the aim to improve the offering to families. Our first partnership meeting with Surrey Clothing will be at 3:40pm on Wednesday the 13th. All welcome. If you want to participate, please let Louise Ross know on [email protected]
Dates for the diary
Friday 1st March Year 6 Interschool Sport Balwyn PS 9.00am Saturday 2nd March School Fair commencing 1.00pm Monday 4th March Canteen opens CRE commences Tuesday 5th March Prep Info Afternoon—How to read with your child 2.30—3.15PM Wednesday 6th March School Photos Friday 8th March Year 6 Interschool sport Canterbury 9.00am Monday 11th March Labour day holiday - no school Wednesday 13th March Year 4 Excursion to Ceres – All day Thursday 14th March Year 3 Excursion to Ceres – All day Friday 15th march Year 6 Interschool Sport Auburn South 9.00am Year 1 and 2 excursion to Ricketts Point—9am Year 1 and 2JB—11.00am 2KM and 2FH Sunday 17th March Buddy Picnic – Year 5 and Prep 4pm – 6pm on the school oval Monday 18th march Responsible Pet Ownership 9.30am—Preps Friday 22nd March Year 6 Interschool Sport – Deepdene PS CRE Service – times TBA Saturday 23rd March Progressive Dinner Tuesday 26th March Parents Helpers Course – Library 9.15am to 10.15am Thursday 28th March Last Day of Term – school ends at 2.30pm
CLASSROOM HELPERS This course is designed to support parents who assist in the classroom. On Tuesday, 26th March in the School Library, from 9.15am – 10.15am there will be a literacy course for parents called ‘Classroom Helpers’. This course is designed to support parents who assist in the classroom and is linked to the classroom liter-acy program.
The course will:
· Develop in participants an increased understanding of the development of literacy skills. · Demonstrate various learning situations to participants so they can act as role models for students in
classrooms. · Train participants in how to provide support for small groups of students.
If you have participated in a previous Classroom Helpers Course it is not necessary to attend again. It is necessary to attend the course before you offer to help in any of the classrooms. If you can’t attend the course but wish to participate in the classroom, please speak to your classroom teacher. Please complete the form below if you wish to attend the course and return to the school office by Tuesday 19th March, 2013. Looking forward to seeing you all there. AMANDA HUME - 1H/M CLASS TEACHER
_________________________________________________________________________Please complete and return to the school office by Tuesday 19th March.
CLASSROOM HELPERS
THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT PARENTS WHO ASSIST IN THE CLASSROOM.
I, ________________________________ would like to attend the Classroom Helpers Course in the School Library on Tuesday 26th March, 2013. Signed: _____________________________________Date:_______________________ Child/ren at school: ______________________________________________________
We Still Need Some Equipment for the Fair Please don’t forget to bring up any equipment you can loan us. We still need kids’ easels, market & beach umbrellas, extension leads and plastic bags. These can be left in the shelter shed in the Friendship Tree quad-rangle. Thank you for your help.
Fair Helpers Thanks to a great response to our requests for helpers, the rosters are almost covered! There are just a few shifts remaining, and we’d like some stand-by helpers, and more volunteers for set-up Saturday morning, and clean-up on Sunday morning. Please contact Sue O’Hehir for more details; [email protected] 0411 548 996. Many thanks!
ONLY 2 DAYS TO GO!. Remember to deliver your delicious home baked goods TOMORROW (Friday March 1st) from 3.00pm – 4.00pm in the library or straight to the cake stall on Saturday March 2nd (Fair day) , anytime from 11.00am onwards. Pack them as per the instructions given in the pack. You just need to write on the front of the label what you have made, list your ingredients on the back of the label and attach it to the baked goods using the raffia ties provided. If you need more supplies, or did-n’t receive your cake pack, please contact Sue in the office and we can provide all you need! Thankyou!
A BIG THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS-ES FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL FAIR.
ELIXIA (Phosphagenics Ltd) Vitale Lifestyle Portraits Bright Brewery Hermon & Hermon Bunnings Box Hill Happy Kids Photography High Voltage Rock School Beauty on Burke The Complete Box (the ultimate cupcake
stand)
CHATHAM SUMMER FAIR SILENT AUCTION
Professionally signed and framed current 2013 Col-lingwood guernsey valued at $1100 reserve $ 450
Professionally signed and framed current 2013 Haw-thorn Guernsey valued at $1100 reserve $450
Signed by some players 2012 Richmond guernsey valued at $650 reserve $300
Professionally signed and framed current 2013 Carl-ton guernsey valued at $1100 reserve $450
Halcyon Lake Rugs 100% Pure Wool Rug Hand Knotted Reversible (200 x 300) valued at $1200 re-serve $450
AFL Clinic Run By Darren Jolly at your child's birthday party, 1Hour for maximum 25 children
(subject to player's availability) reserve $250
2 x Maxwell Williams Fine Bone China Cashmere 20pc Dinner Set valued at $150 each reserve $80
Maxwell Williams Cosmopolitan 58pc Cutlery Set valued at $340 reserve $120
Andrew Whyte Landscape Design for a consultation and concept garden design to the value of $2200 reserve $550
On-site Design Consolation from Ian Barker Gardens to the value of $300 reserve $100
Hermon&Hermon white coco bead lamp valued at $785.00 reserve $450.00
3SM Mums Dinner
ROCCOCO ITALIAN RESTAURANT CNR HAWTHORN GROVE & GLENFERRIE RD,
HAWTHORN MONDAY 4TH MARCH @ 7:30
RSVP BRONWYN [email protected]
by Friday 1st March.
See you there !!!
1LM PARENT GET TOGETHER Thursday 7th March
8pm Please BYO drinks & a small plate of nib-
bles Address: 17 Thornton Ave, Surrey Hills
(Bianca & Matt's House)
Attention all Year 6 parents
SAVE THE DATE Year 6 Parents drinks and Nibblies
Evening April 27th 7.30PM
At Ange and Rob House premises 2 David Street
Surrey Hills MORE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW IN A FEW
WEEKS.
Prep and Year 5 Families save the date!!
Buddies’ Picnic on the school oval on Sunday 17th March from 4 until 6pm.
Come and meet your child’s buddy and
their family at a BYO picnic.
More details to follow.
LOST ON TUESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY, A WHITE IPOD TOUCH WITH A JELLY BEAN COVER. IPOD WAS LOST IN 6ZB. IF FOUND PLEASE RETURN TO MR BARRY OR TO THE OFFICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SCHOOL PHOTOS—FAMILY ENVELOPES Everyone should have received an envelope for their child/s school photos. These are to be returned to the class prior to Wednesday 6th March. There are separate envelopes for family photos. Please collect an envelope from the office and please complete and return to the office NOT to the classroom. If you have any questions please contact Sue in the office.
Bendigo Bank School Banking Program.
Bring your banking to school every Tuesday.
New account application forms available at the office.
RAFFLE
ALL SOLD AND UNSOLD RAFFLE TICKETS MUST BE
RETURNED TO SCHOOL IMMEDIATLEY.
