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Wednesday 22 April 2015
PERSONAL DETAILS ADVICE FORM
Please complete this form and return it to the school as soon as possible should any of your personal information and/or circumstances
change.
List the students this information relates to:
Student: ____________________________________________________________ Class: ___________________________
Student: ____________________________________________________________ Class: ___________________________
Student: ____________________________________________________________ Class: ___________________________
List Parents/Guardian 1 Name: ___________________________________________________________________________
Date Claimers
24 April
Principal’s Note
ANZAC Day
Big Breakfast
Hello again,
Welcome to Term 2
ANZAC Day is commemorated on
Saturday 25 April
There are NO Public Holidays on
Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
27, 28, 29 April Prep N 3 Way Interviews
Telephone: Home: _____________________ Work: ___________________ Mobile: ________________________________
8 May
District Cross Country
22 May
Yr 6 Interschool Sport
commences
26 May
National Sorry Day
Term 2 has started with a lot of
Friday 24 April or Monday 27 April
excitement and it has been wonderful
to see so many of our students return
on the first day back! It is, of course, very important that all of our students return to school, so if
you see any Cairns West kids that are not attending school, please encourage them to go to school.
If they want to be “hard heads”, please contact me and I will organise a home visit to collect the kids
and bring them to school.
3 June
Athletics Carnival
Building Work
3 June
Mabo Day
Telephone: Home: _____________________ Work: ___________________ Mobile: ________________________________
8 June
Queen’s Birthday
Public Holiday
Emergency Contacts other than those listed above:
16 - 19 June Yr 6 Camp, Tinaroo
You will notice that there is a lot of building work going on at the school. This is as a result of all
asbestos materials being removed from A & B Blocks. Part of the building work will include a total
refurbishment of both buildings. The new work will have all the latest technology and will be
designed accordingly to ensure that the rooms are set up to meet the educational needs of our
students. I would like to thank Mr Geoff West from DET and the staff from Building Asset Services
(BAS) for working with me to make these very significant improvements to these buildings.
List Parents/Guardian 2 Name: ___________________________________________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
23 - 26 June Yr 6 Camp, Tinaroo
1. Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
26 June
Last day of Term 2
28 August
Multicultural Festival
Relation to Child: Grandparent/Aunt/Uncle/Family Friend/Other ____________________________________________________
Telephone: Home: _____________________ Work: ___________________ Mobile: _________________________________
STUDENT ABSENCE LINE:
2. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Relation to Child: Grandparent/Aunt/Uncle/Family Friend/Other _____________________________________________________
Telephone: Home: _____________________ Work: ___________________ Mobile: __________________________________
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
Attendance Focus
This term is going to be our ATTENDANCE term! Each class will be challenged to improve their overall attendance and the winning classes will be receiving a mystery prize and all students with 100%
attendance will receive our new wrist bands and can then earn the badges that clip on!! I wonder
which students will have all the badges first? Coming to school every day is the key! 178 Students
will receive their Attendance Wrist Bands next week on parade!
ASG
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.
Until next time, Mike
3. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Relation to Child: Grandparent/Aunt/Uncle/Family Friend/Other _____________________________________________________
Telephone: Home: _____________________ Work: ___________________ Mobile: ___________________________________
Changes to custody details: __________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
School Times
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
Middle Session
11.15—12.45
Second Play Time
12.45—1.15
Afternoon Session
1.15—2.30
Community News
Hello everyone and welcome back.
This Friday is our Big Breakfast which starts at 8.00 am. Please join us and each other for a cuppa
and some breakfast.
Please note that the Public Holiday identified in the Cairns West Calendar is a mistake. There is not a
Public Holiday for ANZAC Day this year in Queensland.
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
The Good Start Program will be resuming this term. The program will start next week so
permission forms need to be completed/returned and will be available at the Big Breakfast.
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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Cross Country
The Smith Family Homework Program will also resume this week. Families already on the
scholarships are invited to attend each Wednesday afternoon, starting at 2.30pm in the Life Skills
Centre (Tuck Shop). Parents and students are welcome. Classroom/reading homework can be
completed or assistance in other skills will be given on request as needed.
Cairns West Market Day
Every Thursday at the
Tuck Shop from
8.00am - 9.30am
The P&C has just received a new order of sports shirts. If you are on back order for a house shirt,
please see Annie at the Life Skills Centre.
Don’t forget Market Day on Thursdays at the Tuck Shop.
Free tea and coffee
Have a great day and hope to catch up on Friday,
On Sale:
Annie Wolff, Community Liaison Officer
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Be Respectful
Student of the week - Weeks 9 and 10
Be Safe
Successful Students - These students will enjoy an afternoon tea with the Principal.
Be A Learner
The following students have been given an invitation for their families to join them;
Hot take away food
Cake and muffins
Claudius Banu 1N, Kiarra Billy 3D, Lenny Sagigi 5W, Rebecca Kris-Bosuen 6D
Get your family active
and eating well
This week we would like to CONGRATULATE the following students for their efforts in
demonstrating positive behaviour:
PA
Kai Teasdale
3S
William Aruba
PH
Nate Robinson
3T
Florina Billy
PL
Sumit Silwal
4C
Alexis Mau-Horn, Kenia Nai
PO
Babysha Bhattarai
4M
Millie Accoom, Sarika Rai
A reminder to parents/carers to notify the school about your child’s health
PN
Susan Peeters
4S
Taia Tautu, Jahkeil Allen
1A
Valjean Marama
4T
Leearnah Barlow, Elijah Akee
1C
Ki’aleerah Cook
4T
Pettra Dixon
1H
Jahnesta Nona
5B
Amarnae Turpin-Oui
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.
1N
Joseph Wesley
5B
Brayden Murray-Creed
1M
Peter Levi
5M
Erin Accoom, Moa Wasiu
2B
Dominic Hudson
5T
Tesharne Kapigeno, Brian Daniel
2F
Kiegan Ebborn
5W
Sussanah Morrison-Sailor
2N
Luella-Rose Warrior
5W
Lunan Manutai, Kaya Stone
2S
Clarence Baker
6D
Hli Thao, Mercia Nai
3D
Theris Vakaruru
6H
Dennis Sam, Isabella Songoro-Samai
3G
Jahvana Johnston-Dorante
6W
Bijay Karki, Holly Arrowsmith
3M
Israel Rodgers
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.
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
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.
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Local families can now sign up for the
free healthy lifestyle program called
PEACH™ - Parenting, Eating and Activity
for Child Health. Registrations are now
open for a group to commence in Cairns
in term 2, 2015.
The program is fun for kids and helps
parents and carers make healthy eating
and activity a part of every-day life. It is
available to families with a child aged
between 5-11 years who is above a
healthy weight their age.
It consists of 10 group sessions that run
for 90 minutes each at Edge Hill Primary
School. The first 9 sessions are held
weekly within the school term. Ongoing
individualised family support is offered
through the second half of the program
ending with one final group session.
Some of the topics covered include
nutrition skills, relationships with food
and eating, changing family lifestyle
behaviours and making healthy eating
affordable. While the parent sessions are
taking place, children enjoy active play
with a trained child physical activity
facilitator.
The program is funded by the
Queensland government and being
delivered by the Queensland
University of Technology.
If you would like more information about
the PEACH™ program or to register
please contact free call 1800 263 519 or
visit www.peachqld.com.au