27 April 2014
ATTENDANCE
Congratulations to Mrs Thurecht and 1 Blue who had the
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
highest attendance for our first week back! We have had
several staff members absent as well with Mrs Quirk and
ANZAC MARCH
Miss Gent off for another week and Mrs Donaldson off as
Congratulations to all the students who marched with staff
well. Mr Jones is interested in working as a PE teacher in
members on Saturday morning! Crescent Lagoon SS is
the future so he will take PE this week and Mr Jaeger will be
proud to be a Community Link School. A BIG THANKYOU
to all the parents and carers who made sure that the children taking 6 Red for the week. Mr Berryman and Mrs Wilkinson
are attending PD today and tomorrow so the Office is a little
arrived in time and looked smart in their uniforms. I also
short-staffed.
appreciate the effort staff members made to attend the
Parade, including Mrs Layt who was there to cheer us on at
the end. Although the March was a little bit longer this year Week 1
the Prep students were amazing and marched very well
CLASS
RATE
CLASS
RATE
CLASS
RATE
CLASS
RATE
Prep B
97.6
1/2 W
88.4
4 Blue
97.0
6 Blue
95.4
throughout the whole Parade with no complaint. I’m sure
Prep R
92.5
2 Red
97.6
4 Red
83.8
6 Red
96.2
they slept well later in the day though! There should be
Pre/1
some photos on our Facebook page and probably more
P
97.6
2/3 P
78.8
5 Blue
97.1
coverage on Channel 7 News tonight.
1 Blue
98.8
3 Blue
93.0
5 Red
97.6
UNIFORM POLICY
I have become concerned at the number of students who are
wearing multi-coloured jackets, leggings and shoes to
school. The school’s Dress Code which was approved by the
P&C clearly states that children should wear black or white
shoes and either the school jacket or a plain blue jacket. If
girls want to wear leggings or tights these should also be
plain blue. All students are expected to wear the correct
uniform every day. The Uniform Shop is open
on Thursday mornings and stocks second-hand
uniform items as well as brand new ones.
Parents should consider purchasing black shoes
when new shoes are required. Sometimes
families donate items of clothing and these can
also be made available to those who are
under financial stress. The CLSS
Student Dress Code is included with this
Newsletter for your perusal. Please
ensure that your child’s name is clearly
marked on all clothing items.
SCHOOL PHOTOS
Parents are reminded that the School Photos will be taken
tomorrow and Wednesday. Students should wear their
correct blue uniforms with shoes and white socks. Year
6 students have been asked to wear their Senior Red shirts
for the photos. (Spares will be provided for the photo if a
student doesn’t have one)
EISTEDDFOD
We welcome back Mrs Layt just in time to assist with
students participating in the Eisteddfod. Today our Strings
Ensemble competed and came first! Tomorrow will be our
Concert Band and Percussion students. Good luck with the
judging!
2015 Term Dates
Term 1: 27/01 – 02/04
Term 2: 20/04 – 26/06
Term 3: 13/07 – 18/09
Term 4: 06/10 – 11/12
Office Times: 7:45 – 3:45pm
BEEF WEEK
Next week is Beef Week. There will be extra traffic in the
area so parents are reminded to drive carefully and be aware
of School Zones. There will be a visiting school staying in our
Hall next Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning while
they attend Beef Week activities.
Regards
Carry
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
C
WEEK
DATE
27
2
APRIL/MAY
28
29
30
1
3
MAY
2/3
4
5
6
7
8
9/10
TERM 2
ACTIVITY/EVENT
AM – Strings to Eisteddfod
School Photo Day
AM Percussion to Eisteddfod
AM Concert Band to Eisteddfod
2pm Parade
PM – Pick up afternoon – Advanced Life
Photographers
School Photo Day
9am “Cresso Relays” Event &
Purple/Yellow Free Dress
Indigenous Language Lessons
commence P-2
Interschool Sport Wk9/9
2 – Where’s Wally Garage Sale
2 – Golden Mount Festival
BEEF Week in Rockhampton
2pm Parade
John Major, Poet – Visit to CLSS
Mother’s Day Stall - RC
Mother’s Day Stall - RC
10 – Mother’s Day & Heritage Village
Markets
11
4
MAY
12
13
14
15
16/17
NAPLAN – Language Conventions &
Writing
2pm Parade
NAPLAN – Reading
NAPLAN - Numeracy
16/17 - Relay for Life, CQU
17 – Million Paws Walk
DATE CLAIMERS:
18 May  P&C Meeting
19 May  Signing Choirs to Eisteddfod
22 May  Romp in the Park
27 May  National Simultaneous Story Time – The Brothers
Quibble
27-29 May  Book Fair – Kings, Queens & Castles
1 June  Cresso Crackers to Eisteddfod
3 June  Senior Choir to Eisteddfod
8 June  Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday
11 June  Rockhampton Show Holiday
15 June  P&C Meeting
22 June  Report Cards Handed Out
24 June  Inter House Sports Carnival
DAOF EVENTS
Mother’s Day Stall
We will be having another Mother’s Day Stall this year in the
Resource Centre. All proceeds will go to the CLSS P&C.
Information flyers were sent home with all students last week.
Pre-orders close Monday 4/5, stocks are limited. The stall
will then be open on Thursday & Friday 7/8 May at
8.20-8.50am; 1st lunch; 3-3.30pm. The stall will obviously
close when stock runs out.
Book Fair – Kings Queens & Castles
This year the Scholastic Book Fair has a great theme of
Kings, Queens & Castles. We will be having a book sale in
the RC from 27-29 May with proceeds going our school
library collection.
Borrowing from Our Library Collection
Everything is up and running for students to start borrowing
from our collection. All students will require a library bag (no
plastic bags) and loans are generally for a period of two
weeks.
We are happy to help students find “good fit” books in the
library – based on both ability and interest – just ask!
RESOURCE CENTRE
Miss Lynn
ANZAC Display
The annual display is up in the RC for ANZAC Day – make
sure you visit over the next two weeks. Each year the display
gets bigger and more significant to our school community.
Thank you to the families who have made contributions to the
display.
John Major – Poet – Visit to Crescent Lagoon
On Wednesday 6 May bush poet John Major will be spending
the day at Crescent Lagoon and presenting to a number of
classes. John is in Rockhampton for Beef Week 2015. More
information will come out in next week’s newsletter.
HEAD OF CURRICULUM
Maths Online
Maths Online is an internet-based program that is aligned
with the Australian Curriculum. The program allows students
to move at their own pace through online activities in all areas
of mathematics.
Maths Online student registrations were provided to
classroom teachers last term. All students from Prep – Year
6 are able to access Maths Online at school. If you have paid
your student levy, a letter will be provided containing your
child’s logon details for use at home as well.
http://www.mathsonline.com.au
Miss Lynn
School Photos
School Photographers will be here on the 28th and 29th April.
If you wish to purchase photos all envelopes are to be
handed in to the photographer on the day. Sibling photos will
be done during the lunch breaks. If you require envelopes for
sibling photos or if you have misplaced your original we do
have some spare ones available from the office.
Tuesday 28 April
Photo
Time
Class
Photo
Wednesday 29 April
Individual
Portraits
Class
Photo
Individual
Portraits
8.30am
9am
Prep R
Prep B
1/2W
2R
9.15am
Prep B
Prep R
2R
1/2W
9.30am
Prep/1P
1B
6R
6B
9.45am
1B
Prep/1P
6B
6R
10am
2/3P
3B
5B
5R
10.15am
3B
2/3P
5R
5B
12pm
4B
4R
12.25pm
4R
4B
11am
Sibling Photos
From Mrs Layt ….
Rehearsals this week
Tuesday
8.00
Senior Choir
Wednesday
8.00
Senior Signers
Friday
11.00
2.00
Concert Band
Cresso Crackers
Monday
8.00am
String Ensemble
Rockhampton Eisteddfod
The String Ensemble kicked off our Eisteddfod performances
with a great win this morning. They received 94 marks.
Well done girls.
Concert Band plays Tuesday morning. The bus leaves at
8.20 so I hope everyone is ready!
ANZAC Thanks
It was a wonderful experience to stand and watch the Cresso
contingent at the ANZAC Day Parade. Thank you to students
and their families alike for remembering our defence forces. I
have attached our Crescent Lagoon SS Honour here as well
to recognise our family members.
Mrs Layt
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Reminder Parents – Alton Downs (1355) school bus
meeting – Monday 27/04/15 7.30pm at Alton Downs Hall.
Camp Australia
Coordinator Mobile: 0421078743 – Wendy
Before and After School Care
Hello everyone and welcome back to another exciting and fun filled school term … let me start by saying welcome back to all of our
returning students and welcome to new our new child “Anthony” who joins us from Prep … we hope that your time with Camp Australia is
fun and filled with loads of exciting times.
This term will see us expanding on our creative sides as we explore various craft ideas and techniques. We will be adding loads of new craft
mediums to our experiences so that children gain a wider variety and understanding of craft resources. Miss Wendy has brought in some
exciting new wooden toys for us to play with and brought us some wooden nuts and bolts to play with and create as well – we were really
excited to be playing with these new toys … even the girls got excited :)
This week will be a little sad for us here at Camp Australia Crescent Lagoon as one of our much loved staff members Miss Shaz is moving
on with greater things. Miss Shaz has been with CA for almost 2 years now and is with sadness that today we will be saying farewell. Miss
Shaz takes with her lots of happy memories and special friendships formed not only with the kids of CA but with their families and with the
staff here too … we will certainly miss her but we do wish her all the success in the world as she makes this transition with her career and
her studies.
What have our kids been doing
Our children have just finished another successful 2 weeks of holiday club where we explored lots of super hero creations including a
HULK money box which the boys totally loved and a stuffed superhero teddy bear which the girls were very keen on creating and
decorating. We also enjoyed our Forensic Science incursion which saw Matt from our inclusion team come in and teach us all about how
forensic science helps the Police catch the “bad people” … children really enjoyed this very hands on experience and working with their
friends in teams to solve the crime in front of them. The staff really enjoyed this experience too watching the kids working together and
engaging in meaning conclusions.
We will also be continuing on our Buddy Bear story book this term as the children all seemed to enjoy taking our little purple friend home
for the night and sharing in their experiences with the group. It also gave them a sense of responsibility in looking after the bear for the
night and sometimes for the weekend too. We love to sit down and look through the adventures of our Buddy Bear.
Whats coming up
Term 2 will see the introduction of another great Buddy Bear initiative so stay tuned and watch this space to see what that is going to be …
we don't want to be giving away too many secrets just yet :)
Also in our parent area you will see some of the larger changes for our parents … Miss Penny has joined our team with her very large
notice board. This notice board replaces the old cork board notice board that we had and provides plenty of space for us to have all the
information that parents and the Department require not to mention it makes it look a whole lot nicer.
Fees and charges
After Care
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
$18.36
$4.09 to $9.18
After Care Casual
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
$22.00
$5.91 to $11.00
Before Care
6:30 AM to 8:45 AM
$12.75
$2.56 to $6.38
Before Care Casual
6:30 AM to 8:45 AM $17.00
$4.68 to $8.50
Curriculum Day
6:30 AM to 6:00 PM
Vacation Care
6:30 AM to 6:00 PM $55.00
$45.00
$3.00 to $22.50 (minimum of 15 bookings)
$8.00 to $27.50
Notes on Fees and out of pocket:
Almost all Australian residents are eligible for some form of government rebate.
1. The Child Care Benefit (CCB) is income tested and scaled, resulting in a reduction of between 0% and 85% of session fees.
2. The Child Care Rebate (CCR) is not income tested and is available to almost all Australian families. It provides a rebate of 50%
of fees owing after the CCB has been calculated and considered.
So that the CCB and CCR can be automatically applied to your account, you will need to provide your Centrelink Customer
Reference Number/s (CRN/s) during the registration process. These can be obtained from the Family Assistance Office on 13 61 50.