Wednesday 20 May 2015
Date Claimers
22 May
Principal’s Note
Yr 6 Interschool Sport
commences
26 May
National Sorry Day
26 May
Conversation Morning
with George Ottero
Lifeskills Centre
8:30am
3 June
Athletics Carnival
Barlow Park
3 June
Mabo Day
4 June
Far North Interschool
Chess Tournament, TAS
8 June
Queen’s Birthday
Public Holiday
Hello again,
New Building Work
As you can see A Block is now gutted and the rebuilding process will commence over the next few
weeks. When this work starts, there will be a fence that will run from the old tennis courts to the
building site. This will mean that access to the back of the oval will be blocked for part of each day.
Please take note of this if you are using that point to drop your children off at school.
Athletics Day
The Cairns West State School Athletics Day will this year be held at Barlow Park on Wednesday 3
June. All students will travel by bus, to and from Barlow Park, on the day. There will be buses
available to help transport parents and community members wanting to attend. Letters will be sent
home tomorrow.
Attendance – Everyday Counts!
23 - 26 June Yr 6 Camp, Tinaroo
Cairns West continues to have a strong focus on 100% attendance. Please remind your children every
day that school is important and help us to get all of our students to school every day. The number of
students qualifying for the 100% club is growing! I look forward to seeing the results of the last 5
weeks.
26 June
Last day of Term 2
ASG
13 July
First Day of Term 3
28 August
Multicultural Festival
Everyday counts at CWSS. Students attending school every day on time is critical in setting your child
up for success in life. Next week we will be reviewing which of our students have reached 95%
attendance for the past 5 weeks of school. These students will be invited to join our Academic
Success Guarantee program. This is an agreement between students, families and school to ensure
children who are attending school regularly reach year level benchmarks. Please help us in assisting
your child’s development by sending your child to school every day. Keep an eye out for further ASG
information coming out soon and please feel free to speak to a staff member regarding this program.
16 - 19 June Yr 6 Camp, Tinaroo
STUDENT ABSENCE LINE:
40379766 (open 24hrs)
If your child is going to be
absent for any reason
please phone this number and leave a
message or send a text message to
0447100250
Thank you
School Times
Until next time, Mike
Community News
Market Day continues to be held every Thursday morning. The tea and coffee is free and everyone is
welcome to grab a cuppa and stop for a yarn with other parents/carers in the school.
Parenting is a full time job and at times can be a challenging one. Getting to know other parents in
the school and having a yarn can be fun and often helpful to know that many of us struggle with the
same issues.
Play Bell
8.00
Morning Bell
8.15
Morning Session
8.30—10.30
Healthy Eating Time
10.30—10.45
First Play Time
10.45—11.15
At the moment parents are talking about many things, from road safety to NAPLAN. While issues
may not get resolved on the day parents are sharing, connecting and having a good belly laugh.
Parents are enjoying the space outside the tuck shop so please join in if you have the time.
Middle Session
11.15—12.45
Market Day, Thursday morning from 8am, outside the Tuckshop
Second Play Time
12.45—1.15
Afternoon Session
1.15—2.30
PO Box 97M Manunda. 4870 Office Hours: 8.00am - 3.45pm Ph: 40379777 Fax: 40321397
Dentist: 40534820 School Watch: 131788 http://www.cairnswestss.eq.edu.au
There is a gathering in the Life Skills Centre On Tuesday 26th of May at 8.30 am.
Conversation Morning, Listening, Sharing and Caring
The Fire Brigade Visit Year One. On Monday afternoon Year 1 students were
visited by the fire brigade. The students learnt many interesting things about fire safety.
with George Ottero
SWPBS Corner
Cairns West State school is a
‘School Wide Positive Behaviour
Support ‘ school which fosters the
social, behavioural and academic
development for all at our school..
Our school rules are;
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This is an opportunity to enter into a guided conversation to share a story or hear something new
from someone in your community. With the view to building better understanding and stronger
connections within our community you are invited to join the conversation in the back section of
the Life Skills Centre also known as The Tuck Shop.
Cairns West Market Day
Every Thursday at the
Tuck Shop from
8.00am - 9.30am
For more information please see me.
Free tea and coffee
Annie Wolff, Community Liaison Officer
On Sale:
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Student of the week - Weeks 3 and 4
Be Respectful
Be Safe
Be A Learner
Hot take away food
Successful Students - These students will enjoy an afternoon tea with the Principal.
Cake and muffins
The following students have been given an invitation for their families to join them.
Kitana Blanco PH, Rachelle Lenoy 1C, Tyeisha Bowie 2N, Saru Gautam 2S, Zippo Tautu 4C,
Destiny Vakaruru 4M
This week we would like to CONGRATULATE the following students for their efforts in
demonstrating positive behaviour:
PA
Jasmin Baral, Anjalina Mongar
3M
Casey Smith, Nahiley Ishmail
PH
Lestelle Blanco, Jahmal Lenoy
3S
Edward Sam, McNewton Brown
PL
Frinzo Kabere, Opal Accoom
3T
Shakira Brindley-Tessmer
A reminder to parents/carers to notify the school about your child’s health
PO
Neon Hobson, Neru Binn-Binjuda
3T
McBonnie Sunai
PN
Bella Nunan, Liam Wild
4C
Mahtoa Sebasio, Maigela Gela
1A
Dominique Talbot, Massi Sagigi
4M
Alex Turk, Ethan Parry
1C
Saroj Rai, Chandra Mongar
4S
Amith Chauhan, Sikia Cedric
Cairns West State School is committed to supporting students’ health and wellbeing. We would
appreciate parents/carers providing the school with any relevant health information that is required
to support the student at school. This information is also collected at enrolment but needs to be
updated regularly, or if a new health condition develops.
1H
Rory Stewart, Orlando Barlow
4T
Nevaeh Peseta, Corey Knudson
1N
Kristina Deemal, Derek Ahwang
5B
Racy Oui, Chloe Accoom
1M
Nancy Nona, Andy Turk
5M
Jharlee McDermott, Flora Woosup
2B
Chanice Peters, Pitason Benioni
5T
Tesharne Kapigeno, Seth Dunne
2F
Kalem Songoro, Manish Basnet
5W
Joshua Jackson, George Peters
2N
Jais Accoom, Maggie-May Kris
6D
Leticia Brown, Bradley Larry
2S
Parbat Sanyasi, Joshua Motton
6H
Isabella Songoro-Samai, Joy Yoelu
3D
Moeisha Sagigi, Taakoi Benioni
6W
Edyara Tabuai, Indra Mongar
3G
Sakchi Biswa, Jeni Rai
Attendance News
100% Attendance Certificates will be going home with students next week. We look forward to
welcoming more students into the 100% club this Term. Those students who continue to achieve
100% attendance for the entire Term will earn themselves an attendance wristband and Term 2
button. Last Term 154 students were rewarded with these attendance bands and buttons. We are
hoping for even more this Term.
CWSS staff would like to thank you for continuing to send your children to school every day. Please
remember to notify the school via phone or text message if you child is away for any reason.
Katie Hughes, Head of Student Services
Information about medically diagnosed conditions such as allergies, asthma, diabetes and epilepsy
and other health conditions that may require school staff to provide support to students, including
administering medication and performing health procedures, should be provided to the school.
Additionally, any health needs that may impact on school activities such as sports, outings (including
camps) should also be discussed with the school.
Information should be provided in writing, and any specific health plans (only to be completed and
signed by the medical practitioner) should be included. Please contact the school to discuss any
specific requirements.
Please inform the school office staff of any changes to contact details or the contact details of the
people nominated as emergency contacts.
Thank you for your assistance in this regard. All information is kept confidential and only disclosed to
the relevant staff required to supporting your child.
For any enquiries, please contact the school office on 40379777.
Multicultural Festival
This year 5B will be running the plant stall in the Multicultural Festival and we would like some
help from any of the green thumbs out there, if you are willing to pot up some cuttings or do some
planting for the festival. If you are not a gardener you can still help. Donations of cuttings, potting
mix, pots, and plants would be greatly appreciated. We would like to offer well established plants
this year, so I am starting early on the preparations. Any donations can be dropped off to F Block
just behind the tuckshop. Thanks Julie Burke and 5B
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