Principal Janice Cuculoska Associate Principals— Tanya Dique & Rachel Monamy

Semester 2 Term 4 Volume 22—12 December 2017

Camboon Primary School

an Independent Public School Newsletter

Calendar WEDNESDAY 13 December

CANTEEN OPEN

Student Leadership Excursion

Reports Sent home THURSDAY 14 December

LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS

School resumes for students on WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY 2018

P&C I would like to thank all the parents, grandparents and friends of our P&C and school who have worked very hard this year. The P&C has hosted many great family events over the year and has organised many fundraisers to assist the school to have the best programs and equipment available. It has been a truly successful year and I look forward to the continued support. It has been a busy but fabulous year. I would like to sincerely thank everyone for their support and for working together to make Camboon PS special for our students. I think together as a school community we have worked hard to learn, show what we have learned and achieved some good results. I believe there is always room for improvement and we already have plans for the next three years with a new Business Plan that will be released next year. A great school like ours doesn’t just happen, it takes a lot of work and many people. I love going into classrooms and seeing the amazing work teachers are doing with students. Wishing everyone safe and happy holidays. Janice Cuculoska School Reports The Semester Two reports will be sent home tomorrow Wednesday 13 December. If you require duplicate copies of reports, please notify the school office. Music News Well done to the choir students who performed six Christmas songs at the Morley Galleria Shopping centre on Thursday 7 December.

From the Principal End of year messages

Year 6 Graduation Congratulations to all our Year 6 students on the way you have worked hard and kept up the wonderful Camboon attitude during the year. I wish you all the very best for high school and wish you every success in the future. You have had a great start with your education and we look forward to hearing about all the great things you achieve. Come back to visit us. End of Year Assembly What a wonderful way to celebrate the end of another great year. It was fabulous to hear the reasons students won awards. So many wonderful learners and lovely students in our school. Congratulations to all.

Reports Whilst reading and signing reports I have been pleased to read comments about students improving and doing their best. Reports will be sent home with students on Wednesday 13 December. Please take the time and opportunity to read the report with your child. It is vital that you discuss the progress made, and the comments should provide some important discussion points on areas of strength and areas for improvement. Celebrate each success and plan how to improve.

Staffing To the staff leaving us – Mrs Denning, Miss Maio, Mrs Bojanich (just for a year), Mrs Murdock (for a year), we thank you for your wonderful contributions to Camboon Primary School, we will miss you and wish you all the very best in your new schools. To Mrs Larkman & Mrs Dean, thank you for your work this term in our ECE area.

To Miss Monamy, THANK YOU for your dedication, passion and hard work. You have had a huge positive influence on Camboon PS and we will all miss you very much, but we also wish you the very best at Creaney PS. They are very lucky to have you as their Principal

Farewell As those of you who were at the end of year assembly last week would already know, this will be my final year at Camboon PS, having won a Principal’s position at Creaney Primary School in Kingsley. It is with so much sadness that I leave this beautiful school where I have felt so at home from the minute I arrived here 9 years ago. I have loved every minute of working with such an outstanding team of people and a gorgeous school community of supportive parents and beautiful students; I can assure you, I will miss everyone terribly. I wish all of our Camboon families a safe and happy holiday and hope to pop in to see everyone in the future. With lots of love to everyone, from Ms Monamy.

Book Award Winners Class Citizenship Academic Endeavour Kindy A William P Kindy B Omar AG PP1 Zoe B Amelia Z PP2 River W Alexander V Room 1 Vuk S Julian F Room 2 Aminah T Katie L Room 3 Penney T Max L Room 4 Harry W Patrick N Room 7 Ava C Teeng L Room 9 Acacia G Victoria C Room 13 Jesse G Ruby O’D Room 14 Daisy W Tanesha P Room 15 Dylan B Hannah F Room 17 Soliana N

Year 6 Graduation Awards North Metropolitan Education Region Medal of Excellence—Naynika S City of Bayswater Citizenship Award—Adelle P Amber-Jade Sanderson MLA Citizenship Award—Sara-Amina B Hon. Tim Hammond Academic Endeavour Award—Heather G Hon. Donna Faragher MLC Academic Endeavour Award—Gloria BB Woodside/Scitech Science Award—Akaash S, Benjamin C Lions Club Noranda Languages Award—Jaylen D Lions Club Noranda Visual Arts Award—Ella C Care for Kids OSHC Music Award—Ajin L Care for Kids OSHC Physical Education Award—Carl M Morley SHS Scholarship—Nakeya P John Forrest SC Scholarship—Jaylen D

Student Leadership Team 2018 Congratulations to the following students who were selected to the Student Council for 2017:

Year 6 Student Councillor Tiana L Tahlia H Louis V Elexis W Tanesha P Clarence M

Year 5 Student Councillor Natalie K Tom C Vanessa N Maya K Thank you to the outgoing 2017 student councillors for their support over the course of the year. Chess Club This year saw the first group of Camboon students participating in an after school Chess Club. Many students tried it out over the year, and some enjoyed it so much they continued on through Term 4. Each term there was a tournament, and over the year, the winners are: 1

st Aijin L (School Champion)

2nd

Jace M (runner-up) 3

rd Indigo K c(2

nd runner-up)

Trophies have been ordered and will be presented to students, or sent to them early in 2018. Chess club will run again next year if there are 12 or more students, and information will be sent out early in Term 1.

2018 Class Lists These will be displayed in the assembly area on Thursday 14

December from 2pm. The class lists have been created

based-on current student enrolment numbers for 2018 and are subject to change. Staff have spent time creating the lists based-on their knowledge of the students and taking into account student learning needs, behaviour, friendships and social emotional needs. Staff are careful to ensure that a range of students are in each class and this allows students opportunities to develop new friendships. All written requests were considered and we ask that parents are supportive and react positively to the class lists. All of our teachers are wonderful teachers and students will still get to play with their friends at recess and lunch times should they not be in the same class. Teaching your child/our students to be resilient and flexible is a vital skill. I look forward to your support in accepting our decisions based on educational needs. In conjunction with class lists being displayed, the P&C Uniform Shop will also have a special opening on Thursday 14 December from 2.00pm—2.45pm. P&C Uniform Shop Opening hours Tuesday 12 December 8.40am—9.30am Thursday 14 December 2.00pm—2.45pm Monday 29 January 9.00am—1.00pm Tuesday 30 January 1.00pm—3.00pm Uniform queries can be directed to Danneeka: danneeka@icloud.com Library reminder Please ensure all books are returned to the Library before school finishes on Thursday

Medication A reminder to parents of students who have medication such as epipens, to please collect these from the office on the last day of school. We do not like for these to be kept at school over the holiday period. Are you going on an extended holiday? If you are going on an extended holiday and won’t be returning to school on Wednesday 31 January, 2018, please submit this in writing to the school office, including your child’s name, year level, reason for absence and school start date. This is very important for the school census scheduled in February 2018. Sustainability Serpent Garden Beds The Humanities team has been working on creating sustainable garden beds this year where ancient Aboriginal traditions meet western practices. Students will be responsible for the upkeep of the new gardens as they learn about how the Aboriginal culture used sustainable practices in ancient times and how we can apply these practices to current sustainability. The garden beds would not have been possible without the help and support of a number of people and businesses. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following people for their time and donations. PALS Department of Aboriginal Affairs Ken Griffiths Dee Vandervoet Soil World Kirsty Grieves Vina Zhang Bunnings Morley Rodney Hardingham Maria Santana Chad Lyon and Earth Bound Tania Pesce Luljeta Toska St Barbe Grove Nursery formerly Men of Trees Lisa James Mel Whyte Mike Murphy Michael Hyde From Tammy Hardingham & Karen Denning FlexiBuzz Please remember to update communication group subscriptions to match your child’s new class for 2018. Chaplain’s Corner—By Liz Tamby Rajah The Busy Season Here it is, the busiest time of year. School ending, Christmas arriving, there’s no denying it is a busy time. Can I encourage you, in the midst of it all, to breathe. Take time to stop and appreciate the beauty of the season. Don’t focus on having the perfect Christmas, or the best holiday dinner yet, or even getting that perfect gift. Instead, take time to pause and appreciate all that you have. For some it was a struggle, for others it was the best year. Whatever it was for you and your family recognise you made it. You did it!!! As you enter into a new year soon, my hope for you and your family is that 2018 will be filled with lots of love and all the things that bring you joy. Merry Christmas and the happiest New Year!

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Now with the app installed on your smart phone you will receive all the latest news and events from us… Families need to update their communication group subscription—remember to change your subscription to match your child’s new class for 2018. Families that are leaving the school may unsubscribe from your newsfeed… For parents/families leaving the school they need to unsubscribe from your newsfeed by removing themselves from ALL communication groups. If they wish to be completely removed from FlexiBuzz and their account de-leted from our system they need to email support@flexibuzz.com to request this.