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Carlton Speak 2012 Carlton Public School E-Bulletin

Term 2 - Week 6 Thursday 31 May 2012

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents & Carers,

During recent newsletters you will have noticed many references

to Kidsmatter – the new framework for student wellbeing

that is being introduced to our school. We are planning an exciting,

special, whole day event to launch Kidsmatter and we would like

you to participate. Today I advise that the date for this special event

will be Thursday 19 July. This is in the first week of Term 3. More details about the day will be finalised and

publicised to you very soon. It will involve every student and teacher in the school and hopefully many parents.

National Reconciliation Week- A message from the Director-General

27 May – 3 June 2012

National Reconciliation Week gives us an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the history, culture,

achievements and contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The week starts and finishes by marking two significant anniversaries: the 1967 referendum (27 May) and the

20th anniversary of the Mabo decision (3 June).

The 1967 referendum gave the Commonwealth the power to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander peoples and to recognise them in the national Census.

The High Court's Mabo decision legally recognised that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a

special relationship to the land, which existed prior to European colonisation and continues today.

Both landmark events provided recognition to Aboriginal people. The theme of National Reconciliation Week

2012 is Let's Talk Recognition.

Recognition is the starting point for friendship and understanding. Reconciliation involves building positive,

respectful relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people so we can work together to close the

gaps in Aboriginal disadvantage.

During National Reconciliation Week take the time in your schools, TAFE institutes, workplaces, suburbs and

towns to recognise the unique contribution of Aboriginal people in our communities.

Dr Michele Bruniges AM

Director-General of Education and Communities

The School Voluntary Contribution Payment (Repeat Item)

The NSW Government allows each school in the state to request from each family an amount of money to help

pay for the many consumable items used by children every day or to support special programs and projects that

the school community determines as necessary in the school. The School Voluntary Contribution Payment is

requested annually and most families in the Carlton community pay the contribution. It raises around $15,000

that allows us to equip each classroom with many of the consumable items that are used daily in our large school.

It is also used to replace home and guided readers that get worn and damaged through regular use. This is a

high priority item in the school budget this year and we need your support to provide the best possible

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resources for your children. This week each family will receive a letter outlining the payment and the details as

to how it can be paid. I have deliberately left this request a little later this year so that families could be well

settled into school before it was made. As in past years we will be running an incentive scheme for families who

pay the contribution before Wednesday 27 June which is in Week 10 of this Term. Three lucky draws of $50

Shopping vouchers will be made at the end of term K-6 Assembly from the names of all families who have paid

by that time. Help us out and also give yourself a chance at something extra!

Congratulations to:

Miss Lisa McNab who has been appointed to a fulltime teaching position at Rainbow Street Public

School, following a successful merit selection process recently. She will start at the new school from

the commencement of Term 3. A replacement for Miss McNab as our teacher of Indonesian will be

announced as soon as possible.

Mrs Linda Mallios who has been a long term temporary teacher at Carlton, has now been appointed

permanently to the staff.

Reminders:

The second session of the Chinese Parent Forum will be held at the school from 9.30am on Friday 1 June

The School Voluntary Contribution Payment can be paid anytime up until 27 June.

The ICAS Science Competition is on Wednesday 6 June. Students are reminded to be at school at 7.45

for the early start to this test.

The Life Education program commences on Thursday 7 June

The Kindergarten excursion to Calmsley Hill Farm is on Thursday 7 June

The school canteen will be closed at 3:00pm each afternoon during the winter months of June, July and

August

Regards

Steve Cooper

Congratulations to our Assembly award recipients

KF- Deniz A; Imogen D KJ- Fatima R; Angelo G KM- Nika P; Adonis B

KIB- Filip K; Darren H KD- Medwin Z; Jamie K KH- Jessie W; Stefan T

1/2C- Jennifer L; Dheeraj S 1D- Trisha C; Ian H 1S- Callum P; Hannah S

1K- Michael K; Akshara Y 1N- Unique M; Perry C 1TM- Maya C; Joshua N

1/2J- Jason G; Jordy H 2HA- Hussein J; Jonathan W 2K- Jennifer Z; Daniel M

2P- Emmanuel M; Sophia Z 2W- Kitana M; Jimmy L 2/3M- Sam B; Billy P

3J- Julia K; Meea E 3T- Jerry S; Thomas L 3A- Max L; Aaliyah S

4A- Ali S; Michaela B 3/4E- Daisy L; Spencer L 3/4G- Thomas H; Anthony V

4C- Milan H; Ana V 4SJ- Batoul K; Ali M 4/5NH- Natalie H; Hassan N

5T- Phoebe T; Thomas C 5B- Gideon M; Bevan Z 5/6F- Vicky C; Raunak B

5/6S- Robert S; Helen K 6C- Vangeli K; Katiya K 6H- Lachlan L; Cameron D

6KM- PeiMing J; Vivien C

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Silver Awards

Parents are most welcome to attend the assembly to see their child receive this very special award. Silver

awards are presented to children when they have received 5 Bronze Awards = 50 tokens. A fantastic effort!

K-2 Congratulations to the following students who will receive their silver awards at the K-2 assembly on Monday 4

June.

Peter Y (2P) Sophia Z (2P) Sarah K (2P) Bindiya C (1N)

Eloise C (1/2C) Fatima R (1/2C) Emmett K-N (1/2C) Dheeraj S (1/2C)

Perry C (1N) Eric Y (1N) Isabella F (1N) Isabella R (1/2C)

Harrison G (1/2C)

Y3-6 Congratulations to the following students who will receive their silver awards at the Y3-6 assembly on Friday 8

June.

Mare P (4A) Lucy K (5/6F) Leo L (5/6F) Yolanda Z (5/6F)

Helen C (5/6F) Billy B (4/5NH)

P & C News Family Portraits This week families will receive a flyer advertising the family portrait day. This is a great opportunity to have a

framed photo of your family for just $15. The day will be held on Sunday 29 July, so please mark it in your

diary. Booking times begin at 9am and usually finish about 6pm depending on the number of bookings on the day.

If you would like to participate please return the following to your child’s teacher in an envelope marked

clearly with your child’s name, class and preferred booking time (9-11am or 11am-1pm or 2pm-6pm):

- The tear-off section on the bottom of the poster – please make sure your name and contact number is

included.

- $15 in cash OR

- a cheque for $15 made out to Carlton PS P&C Association

Please remember bookings are made on a first in, first served basis and must include payment to be confirmed.

Please direct any enquiries to Marrianne Skinner on 0414 354 990.

Calling all Carlton Cooks! The P&C is considering printing a school cookbook in Term 4 to celebrate the many diverse cultures in our

school. It would make a special gift for friends or family. Cookbooks from our own school days often hold very

dear family recipes that are used time and time again. In order to begin our planning the P&C is asking for you

to consider two things:

- whether you or someone you know would be interested in taking out an advertisement or sponsor a page

in the cookbook. You may have your own business, have friends in business or work for a business that

may be interested.

- to find one of your own recipes to contribute to the cookbook. This may be a family recipe that has

been handed down through the generations, one that is a family favourite or even one that the kids

make themselves.

Further details will be sent home in the coming weeks.

P&C Meeting The next P&C Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 12 June at 7.30pm. All parents are welcome to attend.

Banking -1K winners again! Congratulations to IK who were winners of the Dollarmites Achievement Certificate this week. This award is

given each week to the class who has the most children banking each Tuesday. Many classes are so close to

winning this award but just need all their bankers to make a deposit to win. Will it be 3T again or can another

class have enough bankers to claim the award? Stay tuned!

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Some Tips To help us with school banking we ask you to please remember the following:

- take out tokens once they have been sent home and keep them in a safe place. When 10 tokens have

been collected then they can be sent back in with a redemption slip to redeem a reward.

- gold tokens are a keepsake only and can’t be used to redeem rewards. They are sent home attached to

the child’s certificate along with their reward in exchange for 10 silver tokens.

- to fill out the deposit slip (and for the day you are banking only).

School Banking Competition This week many students would have received a note in their yellow school banking wallet saying that they are

now eligible to enter the competition to be the new Dollarmite. Please remember to enter. It would be great if

a Carlton PS student will be the new Dollarmite. There are only 4 school banking days left until the competition

closes. Many children are very close to being eligible to enter. Who will be the new Dollarmite?

This great competition is being run this term to celebrate the centenary of the Commonwealth Bank. To be part

of the competition to find Australia’s best School Banking Saver, all you have to do is:

Make five (5) deposits through school banking between 16 April and 30 June 2012 and then;

Complete the entry form at www.commbank.com.au/beadollarmite and in 25 words or less give your

best savings tip.

The winning student will be transformed into their very own Dollarmite character and:

Win an annual movie pass for their family

Win 25 Apple IPads for their school

Win $1500- towards a school excursion

There are 50 runner up prize packs that include IPads, movie passes, excursions and thousands of Dollarmite

consolation prizes for the students

Garden salad made by 3/4E

Ingredients Utensils

Lettuce Chopping board

Radishes Knife

Carrots Vegetable peeler

Cucumber Bowl

Tomatoes Scale

Salad dressing/Mayonnaise Tongs

Plates

Forks

Method

1. Wash the vegetables with a few bowls of water.

2. Peel the carrots.

3. Dry the lettuce on a tea towel.

4. Chop the cherry tomatoes, the cucumbers, the carrots and the radishes.

5. Mix the things you chopped in the bowl.

6. Put the salad onto several plates.

7. When you have placed it on plates, eat it.

Enjoy eating.

8. When you finish eating it, clean the plastic plate.

By Ohm B 3/4E

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Cross Country Carnival Winners

Life Education Life Education NSW will be visiting our school from Thursday 7 June – Friday 22 June. A brief outline of the

program that may be seen by the students is outlined below.

Early Stage 1 (K)- Healthy food choices, importance of physical activity, safety.

Stage 1 (Yr 1 and 2)- Environmental health issues, emergency procedures, individual needs for medicines and

safe use and storage.

Stage 2 (Yr 3 and 4)- Friendship, resilience, expressing emotions, coping strategies, healthy food choices,

active lifestyles.

Stage 3 (Yr 5 and 6)- Short and long term effects of smoking, effects of passive smoking, laws, peer influence

and refusal skills.

The programs address many of the components and objectives within the Personal Development Health and

Physical Education curriculum. The cost of this program was included in the Term 2 invoice. A note regarding

purchasing merchandise has already gone home last week.

Book Club would like your help. It’s great to be needed and we certainly need you!

There are so many vital tasks you could undertake at our school! Most of all we need you to help with BOOK

CLUB! Helping with Book Club doesn’t have to take up a lot of your time. It could be as little as a few hours per

term.

You would be working in a team, together with our other parent volunteers.

Book Club is all about bringing children and books together; there is nothing more precious than the gift of

reading. PLUS, running Book Club rewards both the school and the students with FREE resources.

If you would like to help, please leave your contact details at the front office. Thank you in anticipation!

Tax Rebate for School Items

The Australian Government announced in the 2012 Budget that the Education Tax Refund (ETR) would be

replaced by a new payment called the Schoolkids Bonus. You cannot claim the ETR for 2011-12.

As part of the transition to the new Schoolkids Bonus, the ETR for 2011-12 will be paid out in full to all eligible

families as a one-off payment from 20 June 2012. If you do not receive a one-off payment in June, you can

contact the Department of Human Services to test whether you may be entitled to a payment for the 2011-12

financial year. From 1 January 2013, you may be eligible for the Schoolkids Bonus to assist with education

expenses. For more information about the Schoolkids Bonus go to humanservices.gov.au and search for

Schoolkids Bonus.

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Transit of Venus On the 6 June, Venus is due to pass directly between Earth and the Sun. This means that, when observed from

Earth, Venus will look like a tiny black sphere gliding against the yellow backdrop of the Sun. This phenomenon is

known as the transit of Venus. It was last to occur in 2004, and is not due to take place again until December

2117.

Transits of Venus are valuable phenomena. In the past, they were accurately observed to solve problems such as

the distance between Earth and the Sun and, subsequently, between Earth and other planets—Venus included.

One such observation, it must be noted, was conducted by James Cook himself in 1769. At the time, he was

dispatched to Tahiti on HMS Endeavour for the sole purpose of recording the event. It was following that

particular observation that he sailed south in search of "the great south land" and, in the process, discovered

Australia.

www.transitofvenus.com.au

http://en.wikipedia.org

Cyberbullying (taken from- http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Kids/Tips) The same rules apply online as in the ‘real world’ about how to treat other people. Unfortunately, people don’t

always treat each other well online, and you, or a friend, may find that you are the target of cyberbullying. You

might be teased or have rumours spread about you online, receive nasty messages or even threats. It can

happen in school, or out of it, any hour of the day, from people you know, and sometimes people you don’t know.

It can leave you feeling unsafe and alone.

No-one has the right to bully another person. At its most serious, cyberbullying is illegal and can be

investigated by the police.

Tips

If you are being cyberbullied

Ignore it. Don’t respond to the bully. If they don’t get a response they may get bored and go away.

Block the person. This will stop you seeing messages or texts from a particular person.

Tell someone. Tell your mum or dad, or another adult you trust. Or you can call Kids Helpline on 1800 55

1800, visit their website or contact the Cybersmart Online Helpline service.

Keep the evidence. This can be useful in tracking the bully down. Save texts, emails, online

conversations or voicemails as proof.

Report it to:

o your school—they should have policies in place about bullying and cyberbullying.

o your ISP and/or phone provider or the website administrator—there are actions they can take

to help.

o the police—if there is a threat to your safety the police will help. Call Triple Zero (000) or

Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

If a friend is being cyberbullied It can be hard to know if your friends are being cyberbullied. They might keep it to themselves. If they are

being cyberbullied, you might notice that they may not chat with you online as much, suddenly receive lots of

SMS messages or are unhappy after they have been on the computer or checked their phone messages. They

may stop hanging around with friends or have lost interest in school or social activities.

Help stop cyberbullying

Stand up and speak out! If you see or know about cyberbullying happening to a friend, support them

and report the bullying. You’d want them to do the same for you.

Don’t forward on messages or pictures that may hurt or be upsetting to someone. Even though you may

not have started it, you will be seen to be part of the cyberbullying cycle.

Remember to treat others as you would like to be treated when communicating online.

Related Links http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/technology/cyberbullying

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St George Dragons Relay Race

On Saturday night at 6:00pm, six superb relay runners competed against other schools in a Dragons relay match

at WIN Jubilee Stadium. The students were Jessie K, Aya F, Lucy K, Jason T, Reece W and Alexander H. Our

enthusiastic teacher, Mrs Howard encouraged us to do our best and we excelled by coming fourth. We all ran

swiftly and we beat many of the other schools. It was an extremely close game but what mattered most was

that we all did our best. After the run, we received a little present. The present was an awesome little squishy

football and a Dragon poster. It was a cold day but we stayed to watch the thrilling match of the St George

Dragons playing against the Parramatta Eels. Obviously, the Dragons won 14 to 12.

By Lucy K 5/6F

Book Club - Issue 4 June 2012

Brochures have been sent home this week. If you would like to place an order, please complete the order form

with your child's name and class at the top of the order form with payment in an envelope with child's name,

class and total amount on the front.

Payments can be made by cash (correct money please, no change will be given), cheque (payable to 'Scholastic

Australia') or credit card (see bottom of order form). When paying by credit card, you can make one payment

for your child, instead of separate payments for each order. If paying by cash, could you please put in notes

where possible. Our volunteer helpers would greatly appreciate it.

Please have orders to the office by Wednesday 6 June 2012.

Creative Kids at Carlton Perry C from 1N designed and made a fruit and vegetable

aeroplane.

Year 3 Excursion to Kurnell

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Kurnell Excursion- A recount by Louisa 3A

On Monday 28 May, Year 3 went to Kurnell to learn more about Captain James Cook.

First we went to the museum to learn about what happened on Captain James Cook’s journey. Then we looked at

the model of the Endeavour ship. After we went to a room to see the cannon that Captain James Cook had on

his ship. Next we went to the room that had Captain James Cook’s journal during his trip to Botany Bay.

After recess Year 3 dressed up to play the roles from the landing. I was one of the Monk House Brothers.

Later on we went bushwalking. John, accompanied 3A on the bushwalk. He taught 3A the bird calls to

communicate with the birds. He showed us two Aboriginal tools. During lunch John said that 3A could have a

throw of the boomerang.

I had an interesting excursion because I learnt lots of facts about Captain James Cook.

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Week 6 – 28 May – 1 June

Term 2 Calendar 2012 Weeks 6-10

Mon

28

Year 3 Royal National Park excursion Day 2

Interrelate Program Year 6

Tue

29

Dance to be fit – Stage 2

9:00am School Banking

Wed

30

Thur

31

Fri

1

Chinese Parent Forum

Week 7 – 4 June – 8 June Week 8 – 11 June – 15 June

Mon

4

Stage 3 Debate in School Hall

Mon

11

Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

Tue

5

Dance to be fit – Stage 2

9:00am School Banking

Tue

12

Dance to be fit- Stage 2

9:00am School Banking

7.30pm P & C Meeting

Wed

6

ICAS Science Competition

Grime Scene Investigation

Wed

13

Thur

7

Life Education Program begins

Kindergarten excursion to Calmsley Hill Farm

Thur

14

Sydney East Cross Country

Fri

8

Chinese Parent Forum Fri

15

Week 9 – 18 June – 22 June Week 10 – 25 June – 29 June

Mon

18

Stage 3 Debate at Connells Point PS Mon

25

Interrelate Program Year 6

Tue

19

Dance to be fit – Stage 2

9:00am School Banking

Tue

26

NAIDOC Week Performances in Hall

9:00am School Banking

Wed

20

Wed

27

Thur

21

Multicultural Public Speaking Competition Thur

28

Fri

22

Fri

29

Last day of term