Casuarina Street Primary School eNews - …

1 Message from the Principal 22nd July 2015 Term 3, Week 1 eNewseNews Casuarina Street Primary School Casuarina Street Primary School AbsenteesPlease notify the front office if your child or children will be absent or late for School on 8973 3800 Current Enrolment 326 Email: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT TERM DATESTERM DATESTERM DATESTERM DATES Picnic DayPicnic DayPicnic DayPicnic Day Public Holiday 3 August 5/6 Camp5/6 Camp5/6 Camp5/6 Camp 17-21 August Character DayCharacter DayCharacter DayCharacter Day 28 August CSPS Trivia NightCSPS Trivia NightCSPS Trivia NightCSPS Trivia Night 29 August Beat FestivalBeat FestivalBeat FestivalBeat Festival 9-11 September Swimming TSwimming TSwimming TSwimming T----2222 21-25 September Good afternoon Parents and Caregivers, Welcome back to a very exciting term at Casuarina Street Primary School .

2 Welcome also to those families who have joined our wonderful School community for the first time. Along with the many important term dates shared in the column to the left, we also have the excitement of our CSPS Character Day (28th August) as well as a visit from the Minister for Education to look forw ard to (10th August). T here have been a number of new additions to the School grounds during the mid year break also with the completion of our shade structure/basketball court which will provide the School with a sun smart place to play all year round and also ensure our students can make use of more of the School grounds in term 1 and 4 in particular. Reseeding and repair work to our Soccer field is also underway with a superb and flat playing surface currently taking shape, although growing grass will mean this space is off limits for a little while.

3 T he completion of outdoor learning spaces for our B block team also means that our students will have more choice and opportunity in where and how they work on projects and investigations as the year progresses. Congratulations to Brooke Rapley who represented CSPS in taking out the Champion Decorated Chook at the Katherine Show. Brooke s effort was selected as the overall winner out of a field containing hundreds of designs! Well done to all those CSPS students who participated and had lots of fun doing so. I spent lots and lots of time admiring chickens as a big part of my day at the Katherine show this year! T hank you for your ongoing support, John Cleary Principal Calendar Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Week 1 20 Pupil Free Day Staff PD Day 21 Students Resume 22 23 24 Whole School Assembly Week2 27 28 29 30 31 Week3 3 Picnic Day Public Holiday 4 5 6 7 Whole School Assembly Every Child, Every Day -Improving student enrolment, attendanc e and participation is everyone's business CLASSROOM OPEN DAY WEDNESDAY!

4 Assembly changes in Term 3 There will be changes to the Early Y ears assembly in terms 3 and 4 to enable participation f rom all students and Preschool Group 1, who were not able to attend in terms 1 and 2. Early Years Assembly in terms 3 and 4 will take place on Tuesday afternoons, on even weeks at 1:40pm. Primary Years will be on Fridays, on even weeks at 8:30am. Message from DSTA Hello ev eryone, Welcome back to Term 3, hope you all had a great break and enjoyed your family time. We hav e a very busy term coming up with 2 groups f or the Feelings and Emotions Program and 1 group for the Ty ler Turtle program. I am hoping to have these groups f inialised by the end of week 2. I am also hoping to hold an inf ormation session f or parents of children involv ed in week 3 so that the groups can start in week 4.

5 If you would like to add your children to future programs please contact me f or f urther details. If you have any questions, please f eel f ree to contact me. Miss Petta DSTA Email: Phone: 08 8973 3800 Congratulations to the following students who will be receiving Principal s Awards this week. Kaleigha Bain Mason Harding Connor Smith-Gow These awards will be presented at this week s whole School assembly on Friday, 24th July . Earn and learn is back! The Woolworths Earn and Learn program, partnered with Modern Teaching Aids is a community program that enables School to earn educational resources when any one f rom the School community shops at Woolworths. Help us earn more educational resources by collecting stickers when y ou go shopping.

6 Y ou get one sticker for every $10 spent. These stickers will need to be placed on a sticker card (available at the School or Woolworths or downloadable f rom er/earn-and-learn Once the sticker chart has been filled and completed they need to be placed in the collection boxes either at School or at Woolies. Stickers can be collected from 15th July 8th September. CLASSROOM OPEN DAY WEDNESDAY! Drop and Go Area Preschool Fundraiser Sausage Roll With Sauce Plus an Ice Cup $5 CLASSROOM OPEN DAY WEDNESDAY! Communit y Not iceboard)