313A Pakington Street, Newtown, 3220 (03) 5221 2738 (03) 5221 8191
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School Council Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChilwellFair Out of School Hours Child Care Program Coordinator (0417 014 973)
NEWSLETTER No.24– 8th AUGUST 2017
Jul 27 –14 Sep Each Thur Grade 5/6 Book Club
Aug 1—Aug 15 Each Tue Grade 5/6 Puberty
Aug 10 Thur Debating (Away) NEW DATE
Aug 16 Wed District Athletics—Landy Field
Aug 18 Fri Grade 5 BioLab
Aug 21-25 Mon Book Week
Aug 21 Mon School Council —6.30pm
Aug 22-Sep 12 Each Tue Gr 5 & 6 Golf 9-11.30am
Aug23– Sep 13 Each Wed Gr 4 Golf 11.30-1.30pm
Aug 30 Wed Debating (Home)
Sept 6-11 Life Ed
Sep 8 Fri Esmart Multi-age activity day
Sept 8 Fri White Balloon Day—Grade 5 and Prep (more to come)
Sept 12 Tue Division Athletics
Sept 13 Wed CONCERT @ THE ARENA
Sept 15 Fri Curriculum Day—PUPIL FREE DAY
Sept 18 Mon School Council—6.30pm
Oct 23 & 24 Mon-Tue Chilwell Art Show (venue to be advised)
Oct 23 Mon School Council—6.30pm
Nov 6-Nov 8 Gr.4 Lady Northcote Camp
Nov 20 Mon School Council—6.30pm
Dec 11 Mon School Council
2018
Mar 23 Fri CHILWELL FAIR—SAVE THE DATE
Not returning to Chilwell Primary School 2018
Chilwell has started planning for 2018. If your family is not returning to Chilwell Primary
School in 2018, could you please complete the form below and return to school office.
Name________________________ Class ____________
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Dear Families
"I can" statements: These are a record of the learning outcomes for each student. They will
accumulate over time but clearly show past and future goals for our children. Some families have found it difficult to access these. In order to assist we have organised a demonstration in the library this Friday while assembly is on (3.15). This will take 5 minutes to demonstrate. Trivia Night: What a great night! Congratulations to Penny, Anna, Sara, Kelly and all the other volunteers who made this night happen. It was again terrific to see our community get together and enjoy each other's company (so much so that it was difficult to get the teams back to the trivia!!!!!!) The competition was hot, when teams were on task, throughout the night. Our trivia presenter, Stephen also did a great job of moving the night along and keeping us in line. Thank you also to the Geelong Racing Club who supplied a wonderful venue and to Steampocket for the lovely dinner. Big thank you to Geelong Audit Services who sponsored the evening. If you are in need of an auditor please seek out Alastair who can help you through your problems. Debating: This week our debaters travel to Barwon Heads Primary School to compete in an unseen debate. Each team has 30 minutes to prepare for a debate on a topic. The remainder of the debate follows normal debating format. Both Jason Cole and Rosemary O'Donnell have again worked during lunchtimes to prepare our children- thank you! Welcome: Last week we welcomed 3 new students to our community. We have Courtney and Imo-gen, who are twins joining 4JS and 4JM and Blake joining Miss Robinson's year 5. Mum, Nicole, is also welcomed. As always, our children have extended a warm welcome. Sick children and staff: It is that time of the year when illness, colds and flu are prevalent. At Chilwell we are also great at sharing! We have sent a number of children home of late. Please err on the side of caution when considering sending your child to school when ill. We have also had illness hitting our staff as well. Unavoidably, but again, staff are better at home than school. Mid Year Reviews: Like the children all of our staff annually set goals for ourselves. Over the past 2 weeks we have met in various groups to review how we are going. It is a great time to reflect on the year so far, enjoy the progress and set targets for the remainder of the year. Thank you: This week we would like acknowledge and thank our crossing supervisors who do a great job of looking after our children each morning and afternoon. Committees: We try to give our students as many opportunities to develop leadership and indepenence. This is a very important trait to develop in our students. This year we have: Semester 1 and 2 captains and vice captains. House leaders. Fund Raising Committee: to fundraise for end of year Graduation. Social Service Committee Art Committee Information Technology Committee. Buddies- linking a new Prep to a year 5 student. Junior School Council. Environment Committee. Early to School: It has been very cold the last few mornings so I encourage all families to make sure that children do not arrive too early to school. We have staff on duty from 8.45. Before this the playground is unsupervised. If children need to be at school early please consider Before School Care as an option.
Tue 8 Aug Samet 3PD
Thu 9 Aug Madeleine J 1MW
Fri 10 Aug Chloe P 2JO
Sat 11 Aug Lucy S PCB
Sun 13 Aug Jack B-D 1MW
Alex C 2JO
Mia K 6JC
CHILWELL TRIVIA NIGHT
Oh what a night! A huge thank you to all who came to the Chilwell Trivia Night on Saturday night. Your support and enthusiasm has resulted in a terrific fundraising total of just over $12,000 for our school.
Special thanks must also go to our our sponsor, Geelong Audit Services, whose generosity helped run this event. In addition, we’d also like to thank Will Ainsworth from McGrath Estate Agents Geelong for running our Live Auction and managing the bidding frenzy! The Geelong Racing Club must also be acknowledged for being excellent venue hosts.
Behind the scenes the work of Sara Baulch, Penny Whitehead and Kelly Jelenko must also be recog-nised. Events like the Trivia Night take a small army of volunteers who give up their personal time to ensure its success.
Congratulations to the winning team, Trivia Newton-John! Look after the trophy!
Twelve months ago, a few enthusiastic parents put forward a proposal to school council to alter the Fair and add a Trivia Night to our fundraising event portfolio. The main reason was to remove the silent auction from the Fair and host it on a single night where guests would be more focussed on bidding and fundraising. The other bonus was that parents, teachers and friends of Chilwell could enjoy a night out in a relaxed and entertaining environment.
Between the funds raised at the Chilwell Fair $34,000 plus the funds raised at the Trivia Night $12,000 the Fundraising Committee has secured $46,000 for our school. It is an incredible result and one of which we should all be very proud.
Thank you for your continued support,
Anna Spurling
Skoolbag App: This is a terrific way for families to keep abreast of news from our school. It gives access to newsletters and alerts that are sent out from time to time eg. Cancellation of events due to weather, arrival time from excursions and camps etc. if your family have not downloaded this yet I suggest this would be most useful. A perfect example is today's excursion to the zoo by year 1. We will contact parents if the arrival time back at school is not 3.30.
The weather looks great for the excursion so we wish them well today.
2017 Parent Survey has been sent out in an online platform. Emails have been sent out to the 75 randomly selected families to complete. This information is vital in the development of the plans for the future of the school. Your feedback is important. If other families would like to supply feed back hard copies are available via the office foyer and complet-ed surveys can be placed in the box in the foyer. These returns will not be included the Department survey results but will be a valuable resource to the planning of the school.
Regards,
Gavan Welsh, Principal
Last week we had two fantastic sitters. Thank you to Mark O’Connor from the
Geelong Football Club and Sebastian from Fresh food who generously gave us
their time.
A portrait not only reveals what the person may physically look like, but also
show some of their personality. Students ask the sitters questions to help them
make decision about colour, composition and background.
Tomorrow we have Olympian and ex Chilwell student Jake Benstead joining us.
Next week we are lucky to have Darryl Ridley and Leah Alstin.
Deb Fisher and The Art Committee.
TERM 3 HOUSE ACTIVITIES
Purpose: House captains were investigating how else the houses could be used around the
school. They were looking to create a sense of community through fun competitive activi-
ties that contribute to points similar to Hogwarts. A voxpop survey that was run by Junior
School Council revealed that many students know of their house but are not familiar with
the value associated. As a response the house captains have designed activities aimed to
encourage these values through fun competitive activities.
Each activity has been designed to showcase the value of their house. Anyone from grades
3 - 6 can sign up to enter the
activities. Numbers are limited so get in early!
The grand prize for the winning house will be announced later in the term.
BRAVEHEARTS
Last week, Ditto's ‘Keep Safe Adventure Show’ (Bravehearts) came to school and spoke to the grade Preps, Grade 1 and Grade 2s. The performance consisted of the following segments:
Understanding 'yes' and 'no' feelings
Identification of the Private Parts (mouth, chest, between the legs and bottom)
Recognition of 'warning signs' (racing heart, butterflies in the tummy, jelly legs, stuck in the mud feet).
Help children identify language and feelings associated with secrets.
Action children should take if they feel safe or unsure (run and tell someone you trust).
All of the students have received an activity booklet to complete at home.
It would be wonderful if all parents could go through the book with your child and have a discussion about its contents.
Thank you to Ms Wieland for organising this for our students.
Bareena Singing competition
Congratulations to all the contestants
in the Singing competition held on
Monday. The winner will be
announced next week and scores for
each house will be updated on our
tally sheet.
PREP 100 DAY CELEBRATION
Last Friday, our Preps celebrated 100 Days of School. Balloons and streamers greeted them upon their arrival to school. After a morning of fun-filled activities, the Preps enjoyed a morning tea with our buddies, parents and special friends who have supported their wonderful start to school. We finished the day performing '100 Days of School' song at assembly. Many thought they now head straight to Grade 1, but thankfully we're relieved to know they have another 100 days of fun ahead of them in Prep. The teachers are so proud of all they have achieved already and thank the parents for their great support in fostering a positive transition to school life.
School Concert – 7pm. Wednesday, 13th September at The Arena
Rehearsals have begun for this year’s School Concert. Please mark the date on your calendar. Tickets for the concert will go on sale in a few weeks – details in later newsletters.
Preps – “Bathtime”. Shower caps, towels, slippers, scrubbing brush, rubber duckies etc.
Grade 1 – “Around the World”.
National costumes from around the world – small flag from that country.
Grade 2 – “Under the Sea”. Underwater characters (The Little Mermaid), fish, crabs, mermaids, King Neptune,
starfish, seaweed, sharks, octopus, etc.
Grade 3 – “The Wild Wild West”. Cowboys, cowgirls, Indians, dancing girls, horses etc.
Grade 4 – “Let’s Get Physical”.
Martial arts costumes, gym gear – tights, leg warmers, headbands, sporting teams, cheerleaders etc.
Grade 5 – “Outer Space”.
Astronauts, Star Warms/Star trek characters, aliens, stars, moons etc.
Grade 6 – “The Movie Hits”. Cool characters from movie blockbusters – Footloose, Flashdance, Dirty Dancing,
Bring It On, Pitch Perfect. As always, feel free to use your own creativity to provide a great bright visual effect and make your child feel special. The kids and we are really excited and looking for-ward to the big night in September. KAI MANN-ROBERTSON & HOWARD DANDY.
Geelong Mums Winter Clothing Drive Many of our families would be familiar with the fantastic work carried out by local volun-teer organization, Geelong Mums. In order for them to continue to help local families facing hardship this Winter, we have decided to have a collection point here at Chilwell Primary School. We have put 2 green tubs in the Office Foyer for any donations.
The highest demand at the moment is for good quality childrens clothing, between the ages of 2 – 10 years. The website link regarding what they re-home is located below
https://www.geelongmums.org/uploads/documents/whatcanberehomed.pdf
If you have a cleanout and find any outgrown clothing, linen or nursery equipment please consider dropping your items to us here.
Thank you
WOOLWORTH EARN & LEARN
STICKERS
Stickers sheets can be left at the box in office foyer or at
Woolworths Shannon Ave.
CURRICULUM DAY—FRIDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER
We are looking for expressions of interest for the upcoming Curriculum Day Friday 15th September. If numbers are reached we will run a full day program. Normal Before & After school care fees/rebates apply. Before School 7:30am - 8:45am. After School 3:30pm - 6pm. Day Care Session 8:45am - 3:30pm Cost $35.00 NO Rebates for the Day Care Session. Please take note of times/fees applicable as you will be charged according to the times you sign In & Out. Please contact Cheryl 0417 014 973 if you would like to go on the list.
Term Dates 2017
Term 3:
Monday 17th July to Friday 22nd September
Term 4:
Monday 9th October to Friday 22nd December
Term Dates 2018
Term 1
Tuesday 30th January to Thursday 29th March
Term 2
Monday 16th April to Friday 29th June
Term 3
Monday 16th July to Friday 21st September
Term 4
Monday 8th October to Friday 21st December
Canteen News
Orders must be into your grade teacher by 9.30am on Thursday –
NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Each option $5.00
Canteen Roster. - Fridays – 12.45pm
OPTION 1 Chicken Schnitzel Burger + Chocolate Muffin + Fruit
OPTION 2 Hawaiian Pizza + Chocolate Crackle + Fruit
OPTION 3 Vegetarian Sushi + Choc Chip Cookie + Fruit
Fri 4th Aug Victoria Barton Fri 11th Aug Amie Cox
Fri 18th Aug Megan Bell
Chilwell P.S. Outside School Hours Care
Bookings are essential for both before and after school care. EFTPOS facility is available – for payments over $10.00.
Form available at the office or from OSHC. IMPORTANT!!! School Council encourages families to keep their account in credit.
We issue Weekly Accounts . Just a reminder to all those who have a permanent before/after school booking.
If unable to attend please cancel before 7.00am for mornings and 2.00pm for afternoon to assist staff or avoid session fees being charged to your account.
Term 3 –JULY 2017
To book or cancel care please call Cheryl on 0417 014 973
Amount: Visa Mastercard $ …………….
Card Number: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Cardholder’s Name:………………………………………………… Expiry Date : __/__
Cardholder’s Signature:………………………………………………………………
Payment for OSHC
Wednesday 9 August Drawing
Thursday 10 August Lego/Dolls House
Friday 11 August Build a Terrarium
Monday 14 August Families
Tueday 15 August Arts & Craft
LOST PROPERTY
We have a number of unnamed jumpers in the lost property. If your child
has lost their jumper please come and have a look. Lost property is located
outside the Reading recovery room. PLEASE remember to name your
students clothing.
Can be used to advise teachers that students will be
absent for the day or an extended period of time.
Click on eForm and complete the Absentee Form.
Entertainment Book - $60.00.
Valid from June 1st 2017 – May 31st 2018 We have 6 books left!
Get your copy now. Books available at the office.
A display book is in the office foyer for interested families to peruse.
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