Cranbourne East Primary School No 5518 SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Phone: 5990 0400 Fax: 5990 0499 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cranbourneeastps.vic.edu.au Address: 2 Bowyer Avenue, Cranbourne East 3977 30th October 2014 Issue 33 FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Hi everyone Last week we presented our very first CREATE Art Exhibition to the school community. This was a wonderful opportunity to showcase the outstanding talent of our students at all levels of the school. I congratulate our students for their achievement and pass on a special thanks to Mrs Lloyd, our Arts specialist teacher, for her work throughout the year in developing the ideas and creativity in our students. I also thank the many staff for coming together to prepare for the exhibition and attend during the open sessions. A special mention is awarded to the many families, including friends and grandparents, for attending and who proudly supported their children. Much of the student art work, including each home group canvas, will be displayed throughout the school. Our Year 6 students are currently attending the Woorabinda Camp. While the week started with wet and cold conditions, all reports indicate the students and staff are having lots of fun participating in a wide range of activities. We welcome our campers back to school tomorrow afternoon. Last Saturday two buses arrived very early in the morning at school to take our parents and staff on a fundraising shopping tour throughout Melbourne. End of the day photos show some very tired parents and staff and lots and lots of bags full of purchases. This was a magnificent fundraiser with the commission directed to the Pirate Ship Playground. All approvals have now been given for the construction of the Pirate Ship Playground which is to commence in the first week of January 2015 and completed prior to the start of the new school year. Thank you to Amanda Woodhouse, Amanda Brown and Melynda Morley for your organisation and conduct on the day. The school is well into the 2015 school year planning cycle. I ask parents whose children will be leaving the school to contact the office and if parents have yet to enroll their children into the school, or know of a neighbour or friend who have children yet to enroll to also contact the office. Our school enrolments are increasing at a rapid rate which impacts on the recruitment of staff and procurement of classrooms. Thank you for your support with this matter. Monday is a designated Curriculum Day and students are not required at school. The teachers will be participating in a series of VCOP workshops and activities and preparing ongoing student report comments. You may not have heard the exciting news yet, but Jennifer Mc D in Year 5W participated in High Jump at the State Athletics Championships on Monday and achieved 3rd place. I am currently speaking with Jennifer who informs me she jumped an amazing 1.34m. Jennifer also told me she was very anxious in the run up prior to the jump but felt very happy in achieving a personal best. Jennifer said she has met many friends through her participation. Jennifer now goes on to the next round of participation in the Nationals in Tasmania on 27th November. We all wish Jennifer the best of luck on this day. I will keep the school community posted. A reminder to link in to our on-line assembly each Thursday at 1:15pm. The recordings of the on-line assembly are posted on You Tube. Nominations for the 2015 positions of School Captains, House Captains and Student Representative Council close at 3:30pm tomorrow. Please ensure your child attends school each and every day and is on time to commence their learning. Please ensure you read with your child every night including taking time out on weekends. A short and regular reading session can make an enormous difference to your child’s learning. Just for your information, forty-eight staff participated in a CPR update and EpiPen (Anaphylaxis) refresher training course yesterday after school. The course was not only a lot of fun but refreshed staff in management and support to our students. Kind regards Garry & Staff From the Welfare Officer Visit from Police Youth Resource Officers 17th On Friday October Acting Sargent Dave Smith and Acting Senior Constable Steve Butler (Cranbourne Police Youth Resource Officers) gave an insightful and interesting presentation to the Year 6 students. The topics covered included the role of the police as peacekeepers and their role to support the community. The students were interested to hear about what role the police have in supporting young offenders and how, if a young person commits a crime, it can cause lifelong consequences for a bad decision. Lastly, Dave spoke about Cyber Assault, which included the terms threats, verbal and physical actions towards someone or a group. Some of the key points raised in the presentation included:  Anyone under the age of 13 should not be on social media sights.  Cyber Assault is easy for police to investigate.  There is evidence that can be collected from phones, computers, laptops and iPads through tracking of messages, which can then be retrieved.  Nothing is ever deleted because a digital fingerprint is left by the user and this can be retrieved showing messages, photos or videos.  Remember anything that is sent in a message “ Is Always Public”.  The last words of advice that Dave emphasised to the children was: Don’t be part of the problem, don’t start it, don’t be part of it and don’t let it get out of control. Kathy Jones Assistant Principal- Welfare and Student Management House Points This week: Ruffy Hudson Lyall Donnelly Term Total: Ruffy Hudson Lyall Donnelly Choir News Congratulations to all the children in the Years 3-6 choir. Your two performances in the theatre were excellent and very well received by all of the Kindergarten children that came to watch on both days. I am sure your fellow students from CEPS also really enjoyed the 2 shows which was evident as all the Kinder and Primary School children sang along and really showed their appreciation at the end of each song. To get up in front of a packed theatre and sing on both days (especially the soloist) was a sensational effort. You should all be very proud of yourselves, because I know I am. Jason Beach Performing Arts. Cheers Mr Beach Mathletics News Over the past two weeks, a total of 143 bronze Mathletics certificates were achieved and 29 silver certificates. Congratulations to the following students for earning a gold certificate: Ryan S in Prep Jasryan S & Senul K in Year 1 Keira W in Year 3 Imelda H in Year 4 Krisuiv Z in Year 5 A great effort everyone! Camp Australia Before & After School Hours Care Hi parents, guardians and children. Before and after school care is open every day before and after school. Come join us for some fun activities including art and craft, sport, and construction. We're open from 7:00am until school time and from 3:15pm until 6:00pm at night. Please see Rebecca from 2:45pm near the art room for more information, call 0413411834 or visit www.campaustralia.com.au Thanks Rebecca Regional Athletics Championships Congratulations to the 13 students who represented Cranbourne East PS at the Southern Region Athletics Championships on Thursday 16th October. It is a huge effort for these students to qualify for this event after competing at both District and Divisional level. All of these students competed to the best of their ability and did themselves and our school proud. Well done students! A special congratulation goes to Jennifer MacDonald who placed 3rd in Triple Jump and 2nd in High Jump, which qualified her for the State Finals, which was held last Monday. Jennifer placed 3rd in this event. Well done Jennifer! Shining Star Awards for 27th – 31st October 2014 Year Prep Shining Star Student Maddy K Karam S Hannah M Tahlia M Thomas M Year 1 Year For your wonderful effort in diary writing. For her fantastic participation during our letters and sounds group. For fantastic diary writing about her weekend! For making a great effort learning your magic words. For making great progress with his reading. Year 3 Shining Star Student Chanelle N Jonah V Albin M Sehath K Shanaya H Anviddha S For a fantastic effort during subtraction activities. Peyton D Jordan S For approaching learning tasks with a positive attitude. For showing great improvement with his Most Used Words. Hisham M Jaye C Amtoj K Ishan S Liana H Trinity L Elsie I Brooklyn F Year 2 Award Jordan L Kaiyah R Aiden N Rishabh C For consistently making positive choices to help her learning. Well done! For confidently presenting your holiday journal about India. For her improved behaviour and attitude towards her learning. For showing great leadership and responsibility within our learning space. For making such a huge effort to improve her reading. Well done! For settling in well to her new school with a positive attitude. For coming to school with a smile and a positive attitude. For always showing the 5R's towards her classmates. For using and understanding the definition of new WOW Words such as oasis and tomb in his Egyptian creative writing. For completing some excellent writing pieces, using WOW words and VCOP. Asiya J For working hard on her fractions activities in Maths. Bayleigh J-H For being a considerate student, who always shows the 5Rs. Year 4 Rhylie H For her use of imaginative and creative language during our poetry writing sessions. For a tremendous effort during our poetry writing sessions. For a great improvement in his reading For an excellent effort writing cinquain poems For a fantastic start at her new school. For working hard during Maths and explaining how she works out problems. Well done Peyton! For great effort in his homework and positive attitude to learning. For working extremely hard on improving his reading. Grace I For her great arguments during persuasive writing. Gungeet S For his fabulous work in Maths and sharing his learning with others. For working hard in maths. Jonathan S Year 5 Award Courtney D For being a great friend and classmate to others. Armstrong I For putting in a fantastic effort during our Maths sessions. Well Done! For working hard during our Maths activities. For settling in so well to CEPS. Renai M Nikita V Hayley O Marna S For her fantastic electorate design of ‘Evilish Foody’. For putting in an excellent effort in her learning. Year 6 AT CAMP AT CAMP Health & PE Week In the weeks since CEPS celebrated Health & PE Week, we have had some outstanding submissions to the ‘How Can I Be the Best Possible Healthy Me’ poster competition. All of the posters that we submitted were fantastic, however after the tricky job of choosing a winner from each year level, we would like to congratulate Kendra (OE), Eklavya (1E), Alazei (2X), Jim (3O), Dimitri & Estelle (4A/P), Shanelle (5S) & Kasey & Suhad (6W). Shining Star Awards for 27th – 31st October 2014 Shining Star Student Award Year Shining Star Student PE Mr Carey Amy N 6W For an outstanding effort during her fitness testing. Mrs Simmonds Liana H 1C For working well in her literacy session. PE Ms Willenberg Performing Arts Anakin S 1E Mrs Price Albin M 3R For working well on his cinquain poem. Mrs Warren Armani T 2A Well done Armani for always being an enthusiastic contributor during class discussions. Visual Arts Josh I 1B Sudha K 4P For being an outstanding assistant coach during the class basketball game. For a fantastic lesson in Performing Arts. Your effort, attitude and big smile throughout the lesson was a delight to see. For creating a fantastic night time cityscape. For cooperative teamwork when investigating solids and liquids. Mrs Harding Ms Adams Avi A 5R Mackayla R 4T Well-done for great work with your "tense" writing. For supporting and developing good relationships with her peers. Ms Naismith Kseniya V 6X For settling well into your new school. Ms Hudson Tara V 2Z For being a good sport in PE. Well done! Ms Backhaus Absent Ms Backhaus is currently on leave Ms Rento Latysha I Prep L For being a great helper. Science Literacy Support ICT Mr Ross Felix S 3R Peter M 1D Trinity C 1D Flynn R 1M Heidi B 3D ICT Ms Richardson Auslan Amy B Maddi V 6X ESL Malini B 6R Fantastic demonstration of 5 Rs during Literacy Support group sessions. For her help and support to her classmates in this weeks class. For a great cybersafety video. The Auslan award is to be presented in the next edition of the newsletter For her outstanding notetaking skills. Well Done!! Award IMPORTANT DATES TERM 4 Monday 27th – Friday 31st October Friday 31st October Monday 3rd November Tuesday 4th November Wednesday 5th November Thursday 6th November Monday 10th November Tuesday 11th November Thursday 13th November Friday 14th November Tuesday 18th November Wednesday 19th November Friday 21st November Friday 21st November Monday 24th November Tuesday 25th November Wednesday 26th November Year 6 Woorabinda School Camp World Teachers Day Nominations close for 2015 School Captains, House Captains & Student Representative Council Curriculum Day – school closed Melbourne Cup Day public holiday – school closed 2015 Year Prep Transition Session Year Prep – Year 2 Athletics Carnival – all parents welcome Year 4 Phillip Island Nature Park Excursion Parents Association Meeting 7:00pm Remembrance Day – Observance of one minute’s silence at 11:00am Year 5 & 6 Beach Water Safety Program Payment Due Year 1 Market Fresh Visit Payment Due Year 5 Beach Water Safety Program Evacuation & Lockdown rehearsal Year 6 Beach Water Safety Program School Council Meeting 7pm 2015 Prep Transition Year 3 Cultural Celebrations Payment Due Year 3 Cultural Celebrations Billy Slater Shield Boys & Girls Rugby State Final Year 1 Market Fresh Visit