01 April 2015 - Camboon Primary School

Camboon Primary School
an Independent Public School
Principal—
Associate Principals—
Newsletter
Josh Jashari
Rachel Monamy &
Tanya Dique
Calendar
THURSDAY 2 April
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Easter Assembly
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Term 1 finishes for staff and students
FRIDAY 3 April
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Good Friday Public Holiday
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
MONDAY 20 April
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Staff Development Day (Pupil Free Day)
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School resumes for students on
Tuesday 21 April 2015
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Kindergarten B resumes on
Tuesday 21 April 2015
Kindergarten A resumes on
Thursday 23 April 2015
TUESDAY 21 April
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Student Banking Open 8.30am—9.00am
(Parents Room)
WEDNESDAY 22 April
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P&C Uniform Shop Open 8.40am—9.30am
Semester 1 Term 1
Volume 9
1 April 2015
Time Changes
As mentioned in previous newsletters, the School Board has
agreed to changing in the school timetable from next term to
allow for two hour Literacy Blocks each day. This will not
impact upon the start and finish times of the school day but
will see recess and lunch times moved to later time slots.
The timetable will be as follows:
8:50-10:50am Sessions1 & 2
10:50-11:10am Recess
11:10-1:10pm Sessions 3 & 4
1:10-1:50pm Lunch
1:50-3:00pm Session 5
Some minor changes to lunchtime include year 3-6 students
eating in the new assembly area and a siren sounding at
1:20pm to indicate that students can play. All students will
be required to remain seated for the first 10 minutes, to eat
their lunch.
New P&C Executive for 2015
Congratulations to the new P&C Executive who were voted
in at last week’s AGM. The results of the elections are listed
under the P&C Notices at the back of this
newsletter. I would like to sincerely thank Mrs Vesna
End of Term One
We have had a great start to the year with all students and Stacevic for her leadership as President of the P&C in 2014.
Thank you for your passion to improve the well being of
staff quickly settling into their routines in their new
classrooms and we look forward to our end of term Easter students and for all of the hard work and organisation over
the year.
Assembly.
The term also saw the development of our new Business
Plan 2015-2017 with its endorsement at last nights School
Board meeting. This will be printed and a copy will be sent
home to all families and placed on the school website. Our
key focus areas for
2015-2017 are:
Literacy
Numeracy
Science
Humanities (History and Geography)
Pastoral Care
Early Childhood
Information Computer Technology.
Crunch & Sip ®
As mentioned in previous newsletters, classes will be
trialling the Crunch & Sip ® program. Next term. Crunch &
Sip ® is a set break to eat fruit or salad vegetables and drink
water in the
classroom. Students refuel with fruit or vegetables during the
morning assisting physical and mental performance and
concentration. Some of our classes are already doing the
Crunch & Sip ® program with great success.
For Crunch & Sip ®, parents will need to provide their
children with:
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an extra piece of fruit or salad vegetables to eat in the
classroom packaged in a snap lock bag or small
container, and
This Business Plan will drive our strategic and operational •
a water bottle
planning for the next three years. We are confident that all Students will still need to bring food for recess. Crunch &
students will benefit greatly from this plan.
Sip does not replace fruit and vegetables eaten at lunch and
recess.
Easter Assembly
Tomorrow, Thursday 2 April, we will hold our
More information about Crunch & Sip ® has been sent home
Easter assembly. During this assembly we will
with today’s newsletter.
have our annual Easter bonnet parade. Students
from PP-Year 6 are invited to make an Easter
bonnet and participate in the parade. The P&C will also draw
their Easter raffle. We look forward to seeing our school
community there.
Choir News
The school choir will be performing
next term at the ANZAC assembly
on Friday 24th April. We have been practising "The Green
Hills of Albany" and students have been given the words of
the song to practise at home. A Youtube video of the song
with music can be found on the internet if students wish to
practise it at home. Choir practise will be on as usual this
Thursday 2 April even though it is the last day of term and
the same day as the Easter Assembly. Students will be
released at 8.40am so they can prepare for the assembly.
Choir students have also been given a Choir Commitment
form to sign and return to the music room. This is to ensure
students and parents understand the commitment required
to be part of the school choir, especially since we will be
participating in the WA Massed Choir Festival on
Tuesday 1 September. Please write this date down in your
diaries. More information regarding the festival will be given
next term. Visit the festival home page for more information.
of the festival on www.massedchoirfestival.org.au When
students have returned their signed forms they will receive
a CD of all the festival songs and a copy of the words so
they can listen to the songs before learning them next term.
If your child is unable to commit to choir for the remainder
of the year, please fill in the bottom of the form and I will
take their name off the list.
‘ANZAC' stands for Australian and New Zealand
Army Corps. On the 25th of April 1915, Australian and
New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli
peninsula. This year we commemorate 100 years of
ANZAC spirit.
You are invited to aend
Camboon Primary School’s
2015 ANZAC Assembly
commemora ng 100 years of ANZAC spirit
Date: Friday 24 April 2015
Time: 9:00am
Place: Camboon Primary School
Stephanie Bojanich
Music Specialist
Edu-Dance 2015
Thank you to the families who
have paid for and returned their
Edu Dance permission slips.
This is a friendly reminder that all
forms and money are now due. It
is expected that all students will
participate in this program as it
forms part of the school’s
curriculum and is reported on in Semester 1 reports. The
cost per student this year is $24.85 and is payable to
classroom teachers.
Should you wish to arrange a
payment plan, please contact the school office. If you have
any questions regarding Edu-Dance, please contact Mr
McLennan.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Information regarding the following is displayed on the
school notice board•
Relationships Australia– Building Stronger
Families, Making Stepfamilies Work, Mums Raising
Boys
http://www.wa.relationships.com.au/
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City of Bayswater—2015 Autumn Youth Calendar
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Mother’s Day Classic
SCHOOL HOLIDAY SWIM
CLINIC—Ages 7-12 years
Cost: $47.50
Date: Tuesday 14 April—Thursday 16 April 10.30—11.30am
Venue: Beatty Park, North Perth; Outdoor 10 lane pool
For more information visit: www.wa.swimming.org.au/
holidayclinic or call 6143 4513
P&C NEWS
Easter Raffle reminder
Thank you to all families who returned
their money and tickets. Unfortunately we
cannot accept any more. Prizes will be
given out at the Easter Assembly this
Thursday. Good luck!
P&C Hot Cross Bun Fundraiser
Thank you also to the families who ordered hot cross buns.
Hot cross buns have now been delivered and are available
for collection from the canteen before 9.00am Thursday 2
April.
AGM
The P & C had their AGM on Thursday 26 May where
Executive Committee members were voted in by ballot.
We had a fantastic turn-out and thank you to everyone who
came along!
The committee members for 2015 are as follows:
President
Vivienne Edwards-Hefferen
Vice President
Lisa James
Treasurer
Katie Adrigan-Hondros
Secretary
Natalie Wingnell
Executive members
Melissa Whyte, Rowena Casilli, Paul Huxham, Jo SamuelDawson, Vesna Starcevic, Kayla Roberts, Maria D’Onofrio.
Upcoming P&C meetings
P&C Fair Meeting—
Thursday 23 April at 2.00pm in the Parent
Room
General Meeting—
Thursday 7 May at 2.00pm in the