Week 9 Term 1 – 25 March 2015 CROSS COUNTRY In this week’s newsletter you will find an insert which explains the program for our cross country day. This will be held on Friday 24 April, which is the first Friday back after the Easter break. Parents are more than welcome to come and cheer their children and house team on. STAFFING – YEAR 6 Unfortunately, Mrs Camillo will not be with us for the rest of this Term. Mr Stuart Rann will take her place until the holidays. Mr Rann is well known to our school and has worked with our children many times before, so there will be very little disruption to the usual learning routines of this classroom. EASTER BREAK As this will be the last newsletter before we break for the holidays, I would like to wish all families a happy and safe Easter holiday period. For those nearby to our school, please keep an eye out for anything unusual whilst the school is unattended. The SchoolWatch number is 13 17 88 if you have any concerns. ANZAC DAY Our schools ANZAC Day parade will be held on Thursday 23 April during the first week back of Term 2. Parents and community members are all welcome. Please refer to the P&C section of this newsletter for more details. MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE Statements have been sent home this week as a reminder for those parents who haven’t paid for their students fees as yet, we would appreciate it if you could finalise these accounts as soon as you can. Also, if you have received a Student Resource Scheme form attached to your invoice, could you please fill this out and return it to the office at your earliest convenience, as we require these forms to be completed and retained at school as an audit requirement. If you have any queries, please contact the office. Josh Scott PRINCIPAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS         26/3/15 - Bandana Day – Gold Coin Donation 2/4/15 – Autism Day – WEAR BLUE 24/4/15 – Cross Country 4/5/15 – Roadcraft begins 5/5/15 – Special Olympics Fundraiser – gold coin donation 22/5/15 – School Photos 4/6/15 – Pet pep Qld – Prep – 3 25 & 26/6/15 – Sports Days STRINGS SOIREE Chatsworth State School is joining forces with Ms Morrow’s Musicians to present a twilight concert. The concert will be on Thursday 26/3/15 beginning at 7pm for approximately one hour in the Library. Students need to arrive between 6.30pm and 6.45pm. Mrs Luke’s string students will also be performing at the Concert so I look forward to an evening of music making! Free dress. Rhondda Morrow INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TEACHER STUDENTS OF THE WEEK PrepBM: Daisy M – for working hard with our new phonics program and for always being a well-mannered student. Lincoln D – for wonderful work with our new phonics program and for always giving 100% effort with your work. Sofia M – for a wonderful effort with all of your learning. Benjamin D – for the improvement in writing your name. Sam F – for the improvement in writing your name. Jetta S – for a wonderful improvement this week with your learning. Year P/1R: All students on the Maleny Trip for wonderful behaviour and for setting a great example for our School. Harlen – for excellent participation and work in rotation activities. Jordan - for excellent participation and work in rotation activities. Year P1M: Elijah B – for settling in well and for applying himself to all activities he is given. Great work! Year 2MM: Courtney – for getting 20 out of 20 in your Maths Test, an excellent achievement. Hannah - for getting 20 out of 20 in your Maths Test, an excellent achievement. Samuel - for getting 20 out of 20 in your Maths Test, an excellent achievement. Shavannah P – for working very well during Buddy Reading. Dayna S – for excellent work during Buddy Reading. Brooke B – for working very well during Buddy Reading. Year 2/3W: Vanessa N – for your great work ethic, organisational skills and ability to get along with others. Mackenzie L – for being an organised and hardworking student who loves learning. Year 4H: Eva S – for your beautiful, fluent, expressive Reading. Abby B –for beautiful reading in reading groups. Year 5BM: Kian N – for an excellent result in your Geography Mapping Test for this Term. Luke C - for an excellent result in your Geography Mapping Test for this Term. Jasmine W – for working very well during Buddy Reading. Abby-Rose – for excellent work during Buddy Reading. Ju-Cinta J – for working very well during Buddy Reading. Year 6C: Danielle G – for being a helpful, friendly and caring class member. CHOIR The first performance for the Chatsworth SS Choir this year will be at the school’s Anzac Day service on Friday, 24th April. As we only have a couple of rehearsals left before this performance, it is vital that all students in the choir remember to come to practice during second break on Tuesdays. Parents, could you please ensure your children are learning the lyrics of the song at home and are bringing their choir folders to school on Tuesdays. Thank you. Desley Meads Music Teacher LIBRARY NEWS NO BORROWING THIS WEEK. ALL BOOKS DUE BACK ON MONDAY 30/3/15. P & C UPDATES SCHOOL DISCO - This Friday Night 6.00pm until 8.00pm, entry is a gold coin donation. Our wonderful parent volunteers will be holding a sausage sizzle and glow in the dark products will be for sale. Come along and enjoy the fun with the kids. Please ensure you walk down to the undercover area with your children to DROP OFF AND COLLECT. BANDANA DAY This Thursday 26-3-15 will be Bandana Day at School. Our students at school will be able to wear a Bandana or different hat to school for a Gold Coin Donation. All money raised will go directly to a past student of Chatsworth, Tayla Saunders. Tayla has stage 4 Cancer, also 2nd MAY will be a family working bee at Tayla’s home. We are looking for volunteers to help do things around the home to help this family. More details about the working bee as it approaches. ANZAC DAY will soon be upon us. We’d like to invite all current and Ex- Service personnel to attend as our special guests. If a member of your family or extended family would like to attend please let Loueen Waters know on 0410497009, so we can add them to our guest roll. All families are invited to attend. TUCKSHOP NEWS Hello everybody. This is our last week of Tuckshop, so the stock is low. If you order tuckshop, we will try and provide you with your order, but if we’ve run out of stock then we will replace it as best we can. Raffle tickets are due in NOW, but we are still taking donations for the raffle. The raffle will be drawn on Parade next Monday 30/3/15. TUCKSHOP WILL BE CLOSED NEXT THURSDAY 2/4/15, and on the 23/4/15 due to the ANZAC DAY PARADE. Autism Day will be next Thursday 2/4/15, Nadeen will be selling blue zings ONLY at Morning Tea ONLY. Thank you to all the helpers and new mums that have helped in the Tuckshop this Term. Without you we wouldn’t be able to operate a Tuckshop. School Disco is on this Friday and the tuckshop will be there. The Menu is listed below: Sausage & bread $2.00 Honey Soy Chips $1.00 Plain Chips $1.00 Pop corn $0.50 Chocolate chip cookies (lge) $0.50 Chocolate chip cookies (sm) $0.10 Jelly sticks (2pp) $0.10 Zings $0.50 Coffee/Tea $2.00 Milo $2.00 Water $1.20 Focus Water $1.20 Fruit box $1.20 Glow products $2.00 Sharon Adams - TUCKSHOP CONVENOR TUCKSHOP ROSTER 26/3/15 Sharon, Donna, Fiona, Keesha You can get involved in the School Banking program by opening a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account at any Commonwealth Bank branch, over the phone on 13 2221, or via NetBank if you are an existing customer with NetBank access. Remember to take in identification for you and your child (driver’s license and birth certificate). You will receive a Dollarmites wallet and deposit book that your child will use to participate in the program. Our school receives $5 when a student makes their first ever School Banking deposit and 5% on every deposit made through the school (to a maximum of $10 per individual deposit). Thank you for supporting our school and helping to teach your child the benefits of saving regularly. Our school banking day is every Wednesday. Get involved in the School Banking program. Easter School Holiday Junior Tennis Hotshots Fun Tournaments Gympie Junior Tennis will be conducting 3 Hotshots Fun Tournaments for any junior Rebecca King, Teacher Aide in the Library has been chosen to represent Australia at the Special Olympics in Los Angeles. We will be holding a Fundraiser for her on Tuesday 5/5/15 with a theme of wearing your Favourite Sport. It will be a gold coin donation. Also, Rebecca is holding a Movie Fundraiser at the Sovereign Cinema on Monday 6/4/15 at 6.30pm, $12.00, the movie is Fast and Furious 7. Anyone interested contact Rebecca in the Library or 0417993938. players from beginner to advanced level on Monday 13th, Wednesday 15thand Friday 17th April at The Reg English Memorial Tennis Centre on Cartwright Rd. All children that attend school coaching and hot shots programs are suited to these events. Great prizes and a lucky player prize drawn at each tournament. Members and non members welcome. The tournaments will run from 8.30am until 12.30pm and cost will be $25.00 / player for 1 event $45/ player 2 events $60/player for 3 events in the same week including morning tea and lunch. Family Discounts and multiple tournament entry discounts apply. Entries close 10.00am on the day prior to the event with Brett Cottrill 0417 746795 or Matt Watkins 0417 070129