Cabra News
Thursday 19th March 2015
Term 1, Week 8
Issue # 4
www.cabramatta-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Principal’s Report
Dear Parents,
During week 9 and 10 our staff conducted parent
teacher interviews. Thank you to the parents who
took time out of their busy schedules to attend our
interviews. This year we had over 90% of parents
attending interviews times. This is an extremely
impressive figure and is a clear demonstration of
how highly our community values the education of
our students. I would like to thank staff for the
time they gave to provide parents with this
valuable opportunity. Parent teacher interviews
are a very important time to gain an insight into
your child’s progress.
Congratulations to our parents who participated in the
literacy workshops with Mrs Phillips. It was wonderful
to see so many parents actively engaging in their
children’s education. One of the key messages these
parents learnt about was the importance of reading at
home. Children learn about the value and importance
of reading as they watch their family read and write in
everyday life. Here are a few simple things you can do
at home to make reading fun.
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Listen to your child read every day, even if only
for a short time.
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Discuss the meanings of stories and words.
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Talk about books together and make reading a
shared, enjoyable activity.
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See that there is a range of reading material, both
fiction and non-fiction, for your child at home.
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Try not to let television intrude on reading time –
set aside some uninterrupted time to read with
your child.
Information about NAPLAN went home last week
for students in Years 3 and 5. Some students may
be entitled to additional support during this time. If
you would like more information about support
entitlements or the testing schedule please do not
hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.
In staffing news Miss Nguyen will be finishing her
role as a support teacher at Cabramatta Public
School at the end of this term. I would like to thank
Miss Nguyen for her contributions to the education
of our students and wish her well in her future
endeavours.
The Easter holidays are almost here. This term has
been an extremely busy one with so many quality
educational experiences available for our students.
A reminder that staff will be participating in
professional learning activities on Monday 20th
April. Children will return to school on Tuesday 21st
April.
Finally I would like to wish all families a safe and
happy holiday. I hope that you get the opportunity
to spend some quality time with your children
during the school break.
Principal
S. Davidson
Stage Three Gender Equity Day Report
On Tuesday 24th March, students in Years Five
and Six participated in a variety of lessons
which addressed important areas of learning
such as: puberty, peer group pressure,
conflict resolution, body image, personal
safety, bullying and gender stereotypes. Stage
Three teachers presented lessons to students
based on their gender so that the boys and
girls would feel more comfortable to
participate and learn.
Constable Noel Rayner, Mrs Long and Mrs
Nguyen (Multicultural Community Liaison
Constable Noel Raynor holding Constable
Charlie (above)
they felt more comfortable addressing these
issues.
Officers) from Cabramatta Police came out to
our school and presented a cyber-safety and
cyber-bullying lesson to the boys and then
followed up with a session addressing the
girls.
The students experienced a routine similar to
high school students, whereby they rotated
every 50 minutes and were taught by
different teachers throughout the day. All
students completed an evaluation of the day.
The feedback from both girls and boys was
very positive. They acknowledged that they
had learnt some very essential information
and more importantly, key skills to cope with
different experiences that may occur during a
young person’s life. The boys and girls also
unanimously agreed that it was much better
having the groups based on gender because
I would like to thank all Stage Three teachers
and students for their commitment to the
day. It was a very worthwhile experience for
all involved.
Mr Nile
Parent Workshop End of Term
Celebration
This term we have run parent workshops focused on
reading. It has provided parents with opportunities to
meet other parents whilst learning how to support their
children's reading at home. It has been a pleasure to
meet each week and I look forward to meeting anyone
interested in joining us next term in the Literacy Express
room on Tuesday’s from 2pm—3pm.
Mrs Phillips
Reminders……
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First day of Term 2— Tues 21 April
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Parent Café will be open first day
back 8.45—9.30am - join us in the
demountable classroom near the
play equipment.
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Asthma Plans - If you
received an Asthma plan to
be updated by your doctor,
please do this over the
holiday break and return
to school in Term 2.
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Year 6 Canberra Camp—Expressions of interest
and deposits are due by Friday 24th April.
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Year 5 Hill End Camp— Please keep money
coming in. Part payments can be made.
Cabramatta High School Accelerated Learning
Mathematics Competition
On Monday, 23rd March, nine students from
Cabramatta Public School participated in an
accelerated learning mathematics competition held
at Cabramatta High School. Six local primary schools
and two high schools participated in the program.
The day began with an individual Mathematics
competition. It was followed by a two hour problem
solving competition in teams of five conducted by
Maths World. The problems were all practical
problems which required team work and creative
problem solving skills.
Sport Report from Mrs Sammut…
There are three more rounds left for Season 1 PSSA
with all being home games. Next term, Week 1
netball and touch football teams will be playing
against Chester Hill North, Week 2 netball and soccer
teams will be playing against Yennora and Week 3 all
PSSA teams will be playing against Fairvale.
Term One has been a great opportunity for talented
PSSA students to trial out for zone sports.
Congratulations and good luck to the following
students who are representing our school and the
zone at the Sydney South West (SSW)
Championships:Zone under 11’s Rugby League - Jonarobert (6J) will
be attending the SSW 11’s Rugby League Thursday,
23rd of April. Zone Opens Rugby League- Josiah (6N),
Evan (5/6S) and Calvin (6K) will be attending the SSW
Opens Rugby League Championships on Monday 27th
April. Zone Netball - Torius (5/6S) and Nhi (6K) will be
attending the SSW Netball Championships on Mon,
20th May.
The last session involved all of the schools mixing up
to form new teams participating in a group
competition. It was great to see the students from all
schools work together to solve the problems and
then race up to the convenor to present their
solutions.
The day was a huge success and provided our
students with an opportunity to meet other students
from the area and practise their teamwork and
mathematical problem solving skills.
I would like to thank the nine students who proudly
represented our school. The only results recorded
were the individual winners of the first competition.
The Year Six students who represented Cabramatta
Public were: Trish, Vi, Cindy, Jie, Kelvin, Jayden,
Tram ,Zen and Cindy.
Mr Nile
Easter Hat Parade...
Wishing all of our students and
their families a happy and safe
Easter and school holiday break.
See you in Term 2 !
Popular Water Wonderland opens in
NSW!
School Holiday Activities….
The world’s largest inflatable water theme park
will burst open its gates at the Liverpool
Catholic Club on Good Friday (3rd April) til
Sunday 12th April.
Water wonderland will offer lots of activities for
children, teenagers and adults of all ages,
offering food, drinks and activities in and out of
the water.
Tickets for a 3 hour session can be purchased
online for $25 or at the gate for $30.
Parents only pay if they will accompany their
children into the water. There is plenty of food
and drinks to purchase, but you’re also welcome
to bring along your own picnic lunch. We want
this to be fantastic and affordable family fun.
Tickets and opening hours are available on the
website www.waterwonderland.com.au or on
the Facebook page www.facebook.com/
WaterWonderlandAustralia with lots of
competitions and prizes on offer. (Enquires)
Joanne 0419 315 948
View actual video of Water Wonderland in
action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=5pbGs1WRXAo
Sydney Olympic Park
School holiday program. 50+ fun filled activities
to keep kids active, outdoors and entertained. A
range of activities are free or under $20 making
it affordable.
Archery – Kids on target & little Archers
All Day Holiday Recreational program
CALENDAR FOR TERM 1
April 2015
21st
Science, cooking & writing workshops
Cheerleading & gymnastics
Circus skills & flying trapeze
Artexpress at the Armory workshops – FREE
Park patrol – Spider secrets
Parent Café 8.45—9.30
22nd Cross Country Carnival
23rd
Anzac Day Ceremony
28th
Parent Café 8.45—9.30
Sport & adventure camps
Space racing for kids, and lots more…
Full details at www.kidsinthepark.com.au
School resumes for Term 2 , K—6
Food Festival K—2
29th
Food Festival 3 - 6