Dear Parents and Community As the new principal of Chapman Valley Primary School, I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce or reacquaint myself to you, as some may already know me. I am essentially a local girl. I grew up on a farm at Ajana (maiden name Sutherland) and attended Binnu Primary School, then later Geraldton Senior High School. After a time in Perth, I met my husband and we travelled around the country over a period of ten years, living in various locations while he was in the Army. While in Darwin we had our first baby girl, Kadie, and not long after we moved back to live in Kalbarri for around 4 years where I taught and had my second little girl, Mackenzie. We have been in Geraldton since 2012, where I have worked at Waggrakine and Bluff Point Primary Schools as a deputy principal. My husband Gary is also now a teacher and he and both our girls are at Waggrakine. I am so excited to be joining the Chapman Valley Primary School community. I have such fantastic memories of my time as a country kid and the amazing opportunities that Binnu Primary afforded, and I know that the students at Chapman Valley are enjoying these same benefits. I know already that Chapman Valley has an incredibly strong and proactive community and I am looking forward to becoming a part of it. Please know that my door is always open and that your children’s education and positive school experience is my priority. I can be contacted at any time via email and the school phone, or after hours on my mobile. Don’t hesitate to drop in to the school and say hello, I’m looking forward to meeting all of you. Regards Mel Hancock Principal Melanie.Hancock@education.wa.edu.au p: 9920 5032 m: 0417 917 824

School Facebook Page The school Facebook page will be used increasingly more in the future as a means to show off the fabulous things our students are doing as well as get out important news items as they arise. We encourage all parents and community members to ‘Like’ our school Facebook page in order to receive notifications of items posted. All you need to do is go to: www.facebook.com/ChapmanValleyPS and hit ‘like’. The page will also allow community members to advertise fundraising and social events if they are emailed to the school for us to post for you.

NEWSLETTER NUMBER 6 23 April 2015 

DATES TO REMEMBER School ANZAC Ceremony……………………………......Friday 24 April School Council Meeting………………………………….Thursday 7th May ANZAC Day Public Holiday ...........................................Monday 27th April 26 Story Treehouse Excursion 3-6……………………..Thursday 30th April Mother’s Day Morning Tea……………………………….Friday 8th May NAPLAN Year 3 & 5……………………………………….Tue-Thursday 14th May P&C Meeting................................................................ Wed 27th May 3:15pm WA Day Public Holiday…………………………………...Monday June 1 Young Writers’ Workshop Year 6................................ Wednesday 10th June NCVISSA……………………………………..................... Friday 19th June

PO Box 28 Nabawa 6532 | Phone: 9920 5032 | Fax: 9920 5118 email:chapmanvalley.ps@education.wa.edu.au

SCHOOL NEWS

Our current focus value is GENEROSITY

Generosity is the habit of giving without expecting anything in return. It can involve offering time, assets or talents to aid someone in need. Being generous is to be kind, thoughtful and considerate of the needs of others.

Reading Eggs and Mathletics We are excited to announce that we have just purchased Reading Eggs/Reading Eggspress and Mathletics subscriptions for all students within the school. These are fantastic online programs that support literacy and numeracy development in a fun and interactive way. An added benefit of both programs is that they can also be used at home either on a computer or through using the free apps available for iPads. Students will soon bring home their account login details. Please keep these handy on the fridge so that they don’t get lost.

Playgroup Update Please be aware that there will be no playgroup at Chapman Valley Primary School this term. We will soon begin the process of community consultation to arrange a suitable alternative to our current model of running playgroup, these details will be advised ASAP. Please don’t hesitate to come and have a chat with Mel if you have any concerns.

Happy Birthday to Robert Starcevich, he celebrated his birthday during the holidays.

Happy Birthday to Eva Ramshaw who will celebrate her birthday on Saturday.

BEARS CLUB Merit

27th March Michael Barndon 27th March Molly Vlahov

Class Behaviour

27th March Lochlan Van Opijen & Alice Heller

27th March Bailee Symes & Tahnee Gronow

Attendance Award - Raffle

27th March Robert Starcevich

Councillors’ Student of the Week

27th March Molly Vlahov Home Reading Raffle Ticket

Winners

27th March Robert Starcevich

Councillors’ Classroom of the Week

27th March Room 3

Soup Roster and Hot Lunches It’s that time of year again! We need volunteers to go on our Wednesday soup roster. If you are able to make a pot of soup one Wednesday this term, please fill in the slip on the next page and return it to the school so that we can create a roster. It would be fantastic if we could start this next Wednesday. Hot lunches will start in Week 4.

P&C News

Welcome Afternoon Tea to meet our new Principal, Mrs Hancock.

The P & C would like to invite all community members to attend our Welcome Afternoon Tea on Friday 1st May at 3pm outside the school library to meet Mrs Hancock, our new Principal. Bring a share plate of nibbles or finger food and enjoy a delicious slushie made by none other than the local Men’s Shed members. It is a great opportunity to see what’s happening down at the school these days and the smoothies are on the P & C.

We’d love to see you there and everyone is welcome. Jane Barndon P & C PRESIDENT

Mother’ Day Morning Tea Crunch time for the Mother’s Day Morning Tea – With only two weeks left we ask that you please get your raffle donations into the office by Thursday 7th May so they can be bundled up and ready for Friday. A reminder, that we can’t have a ‘morning tea’ without your generous donation of delicious plates of food. We are asking for one sweet and one savoury per family and these can be dropped at the hall on Friday morning (8th May) or sent with children on the bus. Volunteers as always are very welcome and the following times are when you are needed. Thursday 7th May 2:30pm Table and chair setup inside the hall, (we do need some strong people for this one but there are plenty of lighter jobs on the list as well). If you are giving us your tables or gazebo for this event, please drop them off to the hall on Thursday afternoon. Friday 8th May 8.00am Gazebo setup 8.30am and last minute preparations in the hall and kitchen helpers. (Kitchen helpers are welcome at any time throughout the morning as well). Most important of all is the fact that everyone is welcome, it is a fabulous morning and lots of fun, bring your friends and enjoy. CV Community Directory Urgent – We are updating the CV Community Directory this year and have every intention of providing the new edition at the Mother’s Day Morning Tea. If you have not updated your details or need to be added to the directory, please do so ASAP by visiting cvcdirectory.weebly.com The deadline for updates and new information is Thursday 30th April. At the end of the day these are details you want your neighbours to know so that they can look out for you. This is the book that floats around in your office and glove box – saving the day when your phone tragically hits the dirt. Meeting Dates: Catering Committee: Monday 4th May at 1pm at the Valley Tavern

Next General Meeting: Tuesday 23rd June at 3.15pm in the School Library Regards Cam Starcevich P & C Secretary

New uniforms available and the prices are a follows: Regular Polo Shirts .... ……….$20.00 Shorts and Skorts .................. $20.00 Summer weight Polo Shirts .... $24.00 (maroon & gold in a light weight fabric)

Chapman Valley Museum Roster The opening hours are Sundays 1.00pm to 4.00pm and Wednesdays 9.00am to 12 noon. The roster for April / June is listed below. If you cannot make it, can you please arrange a swap. Sunday April 26th Pam & David Weston

Wednesday April 29th Anne Kennedy

Sunday May 3rd Pam & David Weston

Wednesday May 6th Coral & Heather & Julie

Sunday May 10th Delma & Barb

Wednesday May 13th Val & Kevin

Sunday May 17th Shirley & Barry Wilton

Wednesday May 20th Jenny Gray

Sunday May 24th Pam & David Weston

Wednesday May 27th Kerry Kupsch – GENERAL MEETING

Sunday May 31st Pam & Peter Batten – LONG WEEKEND

Wednesday June 3rd Shirley Mincherton

Sunday June 7th Pam & David Weston

Wednesday June 10th Jenny & Bob MacKay

Sunday June 14th Pam & David Weston

Wednesday June 17th Anne Kennedy

Sunday June 21st Shirley & Barry Wilton

Wednesday June 24th Coral & Heather & Julie

SATURDAY June 27TH ***SAUSAGE SIZZLE AT BUNNINGS***

Sunday June 28th Pam & David Weston

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Soup Roster Slip: Please fill this in slip, tear off and return to the front office if you are able to make a pot of soup this term I can make a pot of soup on Wednesday of week _______ (list the week); or I don’t mind which week I make the soup, just put me on the roster and let me know

TERM 2 CALENDAR Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1

April 20 STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY: No school

April 21 April 22 April 23 April 24 SCHOOL ANZAC CEREMONY 2.30pm

April 25 ANZAC DAY

April 26

2

April 27 ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY: No school

April 28 April 29 April 30 26 STORY TREEHOUSE EXCURSION QPT YEARS 3-6

May 1 May 2 May 3

3

May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING 3.15pm

May 8 MOTHER’S DAY MORNING TEA

May 9 May 10

4

May 111 May 12 NAPLAN YEAR 3 & 5

May 13 NAPLAN YEAR 3 & 5

May 14 NAPLAN YEAR 3 & 5

May 15 May 16 May 17

5

May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24

6

May 25 May 26 May 27 P&C MEETING 3.15pm

May 28 May 29 May 30 May 31

7

June 1 WA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY: No school

June 2 June 3 June 4 June 5 June 6 June 7

8

June 8 June 9 June 10 YOUNG WRITERS’ WORKSHOP YEAR 6

June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14

9

June 15 June 16 June 17 June 18 MUSICA VIVA Northampton K-6

June 19 NCVISSA - NORTHAMPTON

June 20 June 21

10

June 22 June 23 June 24 June 25 June 26 June 27 June 28

11 June 29 June 30 July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5

July 6 HOLIDAYS

July 7 HOLIDAYS

July 8 HOLIDAYS

July 9 HOLIDAYS

July 10 HOLIDAYS

July 11 HOLS

July 12 HOLS

July 13 HOLIDAYS

July 14 HOLIDAYS

July 15 HOLIDAYS

July 16 HOLIDAYS

July 17 HOLIDAYS

July 18 HOLS

July 19 HOLS