27 November 2017

CLARENCE TOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL

82 Queen Street, Clarence Town NSW 2321 Phone: 4996 4156 Fax: 4996 4392 Email: clarenceto-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.clarenceto-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Kindness Honesty Effort

Term 4, Week 8 Student of the Week: Lincoln

Lincoln is a polite, reliable and popular student. He is a

conscientious student who completes all tasks efficiently.

Lincoln is able to show respect for the ideas and opinions of

others. He is extremely courteous and thoughtful and his gentle

nature is a wonderful example for all children. Lincoln has a

terrific sense of humour and always has a smile on his face.

Lincoln demonstrates our school PBL values of: Respect,

Safety and Learning. He is a wonderful friend and an excellent

role model in our school. Congratulations Lincoln !!!

Diary Dates

2017

28 November Leaders Speeches - Boys 28-29 November Book Fair 6 December Presentation Day 12 December Yr 6 Farewell 13 December Party Day 15 December Students Last Day 2017 17 December Lions Club Christmas Carols 18 & 19 December Staff Development Days 29 January 2018 Staff Development Day 30 January 2018 Yr 1 – Yr 6 Return 2018 31 January 2018 Kinder Start 2018

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Principal’s News

Welcome to Week 8. We now have 3 weeks of school remaining for students before we break for the Christmas Holidays. The last day for students will be Friday 15th December and the last day for teaching staff is Tuesday 19th December. With teachers taking part in two days of Professional Development before the holidays. This week we will be running our School Leadership speeches and elections. The year 5 students who were nominated last week will deliver a campaign speech; girls Monday, boys Tuesday, at our morning assembly. On Wednesday our voting will take place. Our voting is conducted in the same way that our parliamentary electoral voting is conducted using an anonymous, preferential system. Students running for leadership will be notified once the voting has been counted of the outcome as to whether they have gained one of the six leadership position. Of the six positions two will be elected as our 2018 Captains; the two captains will be announced in 2018 at our special Induction Assembly. We wish them luck in this often emotionally charged event.

This week we have: Monday 27 November – 2017 School Leaders Girls Speeches (morning Assembly) Tuesday 28 November – Book Fair + 2017 School Leaders Boys Speeches (morning Assembly) Wednesday 29 November – Book Fair final day + School Leaders Voting + final Weekly Assembly 2017 Thursday 30 November –final Scripture Class Xmas Cupcake Celebration for 2017 (note went home with students) Friday 1 December – final Primary Principal Association meeting for 2017

Then coming up in the following weeks: Tuesday 5 December –Year 6 Orientation Day at Dungog High School Wednesday 6 December – 2017 Presentation Day 9:15-10:45am Tuesday 12 December – Year 6 Farewell Dinner Wednesday 13 December – 2017 Party Day (Movies and Ten Pin Bowling)

Permission Notes & Payments Due

Early Stage 1 Voluntary Contribution $20 Mathletics $12 Party Day $18 Stage 1 Voluntary Contribution $20 Mathletics $12 Party Day $18 Stage 2 Voluntary Contribution $20 Mathletics $12 Party Day $18 Stage 3 Voluntary Contribution $20 Mathletics $12 Party Day $18

Awards ES1L Molly Booth, Ella, Tyson Hall S1E Teleah Broadbent, Riley Croxton, Samuel McLean S1K Marlee Brown, Aylia, Jarvis Lea S2L Emily Robinson, Alirah S2/3C Tait Maytom, Brianna Gooden, Jemma Kershaw, Lachlan Reddie S3GH Shayne Green, Tyler, William Morris

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Friday 15 December – Final day for students for 2017 School Year Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 December – Staff Development Days for all teaching and support staff Kindergarten Orientation:

Last week we hosted our final Kindergarten Orientation visit for 2017. The new Kindergarten students have been wonderful during their visits they are all settling in well and excited about starting school in 2018. These visits are an integral part of our very successful transition to school program and I would like to thank parents and carers for organising their schedules so the children could attend. We look forward to a happy start to the 2018 school year for our new Kindergarten students and a long and successful school career.

Grandparents Day:

Last Wednesday we also hosted our 2017 Grandparents Day; we had a beautiful day and a large crowd of grandparents joined us for classroom activities, a Devonshire tea and our weekly assembly. The grandparents were full of wonderful positive feedback and our students were equally as impressed with being able to share their work with nans and pops. Thank you to all the grandparents who spent time with us on the day to make the event so special for our students. We are very thankful to be able to share our learning with you and for the support and influence that you provide in educating our children. Grandparents are so very important to us and we look forward to another similar event in 2018. See photos in this newsletter. Hot Weather: Once again thank you to parents who assisted students to ensure they had hats, water bottles and sunscreen at school as the weather continues to heat up. The students are reminded at our morning assembly and repeatedly throughout the day by their classroom teachers to wear their hats, keep sipping their water and to apply sunscreen. As yet, we haven’t had the end of year heat we experienced last year however we do have hot weather plans in place should this occur within the next few weeks. During hot weather we close Tawny Corner in the playground and during extremely hot weather we close the large playground and offer the students cool play areas in the shade, in the hall and alternate activities inside.

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Final School Assembly for 2017 will be held this Wednesday 29 November 2017 starting at 2.15pm. S1K will perform the assembly item. Everyone is welcome to attend!

TERM 4 2017 29 November Alana Hammond Sue Shillington 1 December Alana Hammond Dannii Jeffery 4 December Adam Shaw Sam Broadbent 6 December Kristy Boyton Scott Boyton 8 December Anna Beeton Robyn Keller 11 December Lisa Ziliotto Kelly Ryan 13 December Kerry Salter Linda Anderson 15 December Sam Booth Kristy McLean

Canteen Roster

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Have a great week

Louise Blakemore

Principal

IMPORTANT NOTICES - Reminders

We are constantly reminding students of our PBL Values and school motto along with our Tawny 5 Rules and I would also encourage parents to use these words when celebrating positive behaviour and discussing negative choices with your child. This week we are reviewing our playground rules focusing on respect and safety. During the first half of term 4 all classes will be participating in PBL lessons focused on Respect. The Tawny 5 Rules:

I can listen

I can put up my hand and wait

I can work quietly

I can follow instructions

I can control what I do and Say The School motto:

Kindness Honesty Effort The Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) Values:

Learning Safety Respect Through working together we create the best opportunities and learning experiences for all our students.

Year 6 Farewell Invitations

All Year 6 students were given their invitations for their Farewell Dinner. These were due back last

Friday 24 November. The cost is $27.50 for a student and $27.50 for each adult. If you haven’t yet

replied please do this ASAP.

Sporting Schools

This activity finished last week for all students who participated in the Sporting Schools Hockey after

school on a Monday and Thursday.

Uniform Shop

Please note the uniform shops last day for 2017 will be Wednesday 6 December. Thank you for your

patronage.

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Dungog & District Community of Schools – News Update

Ongoing projects:

Middle Years Maths Initiative

Virtual GATS Program

Aboriginal Education evaluation, analysis, review and planning for 2018-2020

LAST Network

Transition to High School.

Book Fair Our annual Book Fair will be held on 28-29 November in our library. This is a great

opportunity to purchase some additional books as well as promote a love of

reading in students.

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Year 6 Fundraiser Year 6 are selling water ice-blocks on a Tuesday and Thursday at Recess and Lunch time as part of their fundraising efforts for their gift to the school. Ice-blocks are 50c each and a range of flavours are available. Book Fair We are holding our Annual Book Fair in the School Library on 28 & 29 November 2017.

The Fair will be open from 8.30am to 3.30pm on these days.

Party Day

Notes went home about Party Day. Students will be going to this on Wednesday 13

December. They will be attending Reading Cinema Maitland to see “Ferdinand” and to

Superstrike Maitland for Ten Pin Bowling and lunch (hot chips, chicken chippees and a drink).

Please complete the permission note and return to school along with your payment by Friday

1 December 2017. The cost is $18.00 per child.

Fete Raffle Winners

Congratulations to the winners of our Fete Raffle

1st Gold Coast Holiday $1500 Gavin Baker

2nd Coastline Pool Voucher $250 Helen Lewis

3rd Computer Hard Drive &

Gaming Mouse $200 Ross

4th Vera May Handbag $100 John & Viv King

The Fete Committee will send home a newsletter later this week. Thank you to everyone for

their hard work. It was a very successful day; at last count we raised $12,800.

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