Newsletter Term 4 Week 7 Naming our newsletter Thank you to everyone who voted to name our newsletter. I am very pleased to announce that our new name is; ‘The Chrinicle’. Congratulations and thank you to Hunter in 6H who came up with this fantastic

name. We are now in the process of giving our newsletter a new look. Exciting times ahead! Crinny Coders shine at the State Championships!

We’re very proud of our Crinny Coders who did such an amazing job on Saturday competing at the First Lego League State Championships. Up against 43 other teams from NSW, our Crinny Coders gave it their best in their robot challenges, core values and project presentation. What a huge achievement from our team to qualify for the State Championships. We can’t wait to see what challenges our team will participate in next year’s FLL competition. A huge thank you to Mrs Gjorgjijovska and to Lauren from Robolink for their work in preparing the team for the competition and for their support on the day.

Regional South Operational Directorate Recognition Awards

Further to the staff awards we acknowledged in our last newsletter, I am very pleased to announce that Mrs Pratt was also recognised at the Regional South Operational Directorate Awards for her contribution she makes not just within our school, but also beyond our school. She was presented with a plaque at the recent Lake Illawarra Network Meeting. We thank her for the valuable contributions she makes to the teaching and learning of our teachers and students.

Warrawong and Community of School’s Festival of Short Films (Wacki) Film Festival - Cringila Public School – Best Primary School Film for depicting the theme; ‘Change’ Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of attending the Warrawong and Community of School’s Festival of Short Films (Wacki) Film Festival. This is an annual event hosted by Warrawong High School to show case films created by students and teachers in the Warrawong Community of Schools. I am very excited to announce that Cringila Public School was awarded the Best Primary School Film for depicting the theme; ‘Change’. Congratulations to Mr Piper and Year 6 for producing such a fantastic film titled; ‘Be the Change’.

Community of Schools Living Classroom celebration event

This Thursday 29 November 2018 Cringila Public School will be hosting the annual Warrawong Community of Schools Living Classroom celebration event, where we acknowledge our valuable partnerships and celebrate the success of the program. Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to assist from 9:00am to 11:00am to prepare savoury finger food. Please meet Mrs Dixon in the canteen. We really appreciate your help.

Review of our Homework Policy As a school, we are continually reflecting on our current practices. We are going to review our Homework Policy and seek the input from staff, students and parents reflecting on current practices. The staff and students have completed surveys at school and we are asking parents to use the following link; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelPJ7yL1Nw6ca0yzRuUF1Tx3bXyabghjMI0fDnCDvWW4JdMg/viewform?usp=sf_link which is also on the Facebook page to complete a very short survey. We will also be discussing the Department of Education’s Homework Policy at the Parent Meeting on Wednesday. Parent Meeting Our final Parent Meeting for the year will be held this Wednesday 28 November 2018 at 9:00am in the Learning Hub.

At this meeting we will discuss the following matters;

Parent Survey

2018 evaluation of the school plan

2019 class structures Homework Policy

End of year events

Update on the underground hotspot

Please join us at this meeting to find out more about our wonderful school. A note was sent home last week regarding this meeting. Stage 3 Overnight Excursion to Canberra Last week 32 students from Stage 3 embarked on their first overnight educational tour of the nation's capital city. Students participated in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. They visited the National Museum of Australia, The Parliament House, The War Memorial, The Institute of Sport and Questacon. Our bus driver was very generous and he also showed us many other special and interesting places around Canberra along the way. It was an amazing experience for Stage 3 and they have made lovely memories. A huge thank you to Mrs Tancevski for her outstanding organisation of this event and to Mr Piper, Mrs Tancevski and Mrs Giles for taking time away from their families and accompanying the

students on this wonderful experience. To view the fun we had, please view the photos on our school webpage. The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government contributed funding of $20 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate has been paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion. End of Year Concert

This year, the students at Cringila Public School are staging a musical production! The performance will be a mix of choir, dance, acting and singing and will involve every student in the school. “To Be Me” is a comedy with heart all about listening to that voice inside of you and your parents! We are inviting our school community to attend the performance and support all the hard work our students have been putting in. When: Tuesday 18th December Where: Cringila Public School hall Time: 1:15pm

Hope to see you there. Mr H. Piper

Breakfast Club with the Police Next Thursday 29th November, we are lucky enough to have two of the police officers from Lake Illawarra Police Station come and help us serve food at Breakfast Club! Come and join us for some toast, fruit, and Milo and meet some of the people that keep our community safe! They will be bringing some souvenirs as well. Miss Butcher End of Year Raffle

Thank you to the families who donated an item or money to purchase items for our end of year raffle. Tickets for the raffle will go on sale from Monday 3 December 2018 and will be drawn at the conclusion of the whole School concert on Tuesday 18 December 2018. We welcome the support of parents to assist in selling the raffle tickets. Please see Mrs Pearson if you are able to help. PBL Fun Day – Inflatable World

Our final PBL Fun Day for the year will be held on Wednesday 19 December 2018. To congratulate our students for following our PBL expectations, we are inviting the students to a celebration day at Inflatable World. Students will be bussed to the event in two groups; K-2 and 3-6. A note will be sent home later this week regarding this event. The school will be funding this activity, however parents will need to complete both the permission note and the waiver form. Unfortunately any child who has been on two or more cards for not following our PBL expectations will be unable to attend. Congratulations to the students who have been respectful, safe and responsible and will be able to enjoy Inflatable World. Zero Zero Zero Program

We have been given the opportunity to have a paramedic educational program at Cringila Public School this term that will coincide with our PDHPE unit of Safe living. This program will be delivered by paramedics and will include lessons on how and when to call an ambulance, big and little accidents and an all important ‘walk through’ an ambulance. Program Dates; K-2 - Tuesday the 4th December 3-6 – Thursday the 6th December Mrs Purcell Teachers and Learners

Research has proven that quality teaching improves student outcomes. Teaching is a profession where we are fortunate to be offered continual learning opportunities to improve the way we teach our students. Sometimes this learning takes place during school times, which means your child may be taught by a different teacher. The teachers are also participating in a series of workshops outside of school hours to build their knowledge of teaching students from a refugee background. Over the next fortnight, teachers will be involved in the following professional learning opportunities. Week 7 Monday Finance and Budgeting Mrs Giles and Mrs Pearson Week 7 Wednesday Science Syllabus implementation All teachers Week 7 Thursday EAL/D network meeting Mrs Elhage Week 8 Thursday PBL network meeting Mrs Elhage Weekly attendance average At Cringila Public School, we aim for our students to average a weekly attendance rate of 93%. Over the past two weeks, we averaged a 92% attendance rate. Very close but just missed our goal! Please ensure your child is at school every day to maximise their learning opportunities.

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) focus Just a reminder to all parents and students that our PBL focus for Week 7: Good manners Week 8: Stranger danger

Students will be working on the topic of what are manners and why we need good manners. They will also be looking at the importance of stranger danger.

Have YOU got 'The Crinny Factor?' 2018 Cringila Public School Talent Quest

This year’s spectacular talent quest will be held in the school hall at 2.00pm on Friday 14 December, 2018 in week 9. All parents and friends are very welcome. If you can dance, juggle, act, tell jokes, bounce a basketball, sing, recite poetry, hula-hoop, skip or perform a magic trick then come and audition. Auditions

Auditions were held for 3-6 students in week 6 during lunch times in the hall.

K-2 auditions will be held in week 7 during lunch times in the hall. Acts

Should be no longer than a minute Can be an individual or group performance

Students can only participate in either 1 or 2 acts.

Students need to provide their own equipment, costumes and music.

Students need to provide the music for their act on a USB or a CD on their audition day so it can be downloaded onto a computer.

The Smith Family Homework Learning Club

Just a reminder that our last “Homework Learning Club” for this year will be held on Tuesday 4 December 2018 (Week 8). We would like to thank The Smith Family and the various volunteers that come each week to run this fantastic initiative This is such a valuable to program available to our students. Calendar

Week Date Event Attending

7 27/11/18 9:00am School Leader Speeches All students and parents

7 27/11/18 2K cooking session 2K and parents

7 28/11/18 4P Coop Visit at CPS 4P

7 28/11/18 9:00am Parent Meeting All parents welcome

7 28/11/18 4P cooking session 4P and parents

7 29/11/18 CoS Permaculture Partners Celebration Day 3D

7 30/11/18 Crinny Critter Playgroup 9:00 – 10:45 2019 Kindergarten and parents

8 3/12/18 End of Year Raffle tickets go on sale All students and parents

8 4/12/18 Warrawong High School Orientation Day Yr 6 students

8 4/12/18 KB Cooking Session KB and parents

8 4/12/18 K-2 Ambulance Visit K-2 students

8 4/12/18 Last Homework Learning Club

8 5/12/18 PaTCH Training

8 5/11/18 3D Cooking sesion 3D and parents

8 6/12/18 Yrs 3-6 Ambulance Visit

8 7/11/18 Kids Into Uni Follow Up visit Year 6 students

8 6/11/18 Last Crini Critters Playgroup 9:00 – 10:45 2019 Kindergarten and parents

Warrawong High School news

13 November 2018

Dear Parents / Carers You may be aware that over the past year, parents, students and staff have been engaged in a comprehensive consultation process with regards to the introduction of a new School Uniform at Warrawong High School. It is with great pleasure and excitement that I am able to provide you with further information regarding the implementation of our new school uniform, which commences from 2019. After reviewing the current school uniform and embarking on the design of a new school uniform, the review team developed a set of key selection criteria that would underpin all considerations with respect of the development and implementation of a new school uniform, these included: quality, value, practicality and inclusivity. The school review team believes that the new school uniform meets with all of these criteria. Attached are images of the summer uniform (both junior and senior) and sports uniform for your perusal. As the other items become available including the girls dress and winter uniform we will continue to communicate to our community. To showcase our uniform we will be presenting to our school community for our new year 6 students on their Orientation day on Tuesday 4th December 2018 in the Warrawong high school hall. We anticipate a further information evening and showcase to our current Year 10 students in the last few weeks of school. Daylight (our uniform provider) has commenced the fit out of the new uniform shop within the school library of Warrawong High School and is currently working closely with the school to ensure that the new uniform is available for purchase prior to the start of the 2019 academic year. Store opening dates and times for the purchase of School uniform will be communicated as they become available. In 2019 all Year 7 and 11 students and newly enrolled students to our school will be expected to wear the new school uniform. The take up of the new school uniform is encouraged across the other Year groups enrolled at Warrawong. In 2022, all Warrawong students will be expected to wear the new school uniform with the subsidised included. To aide families in the initial purchase of uniform we, School Executive have agreed to subsidise all school uniform in the initial stages of implementation. Please see the included price list with the subsidised prices. In addition to the introduction of the new school uniform, students, staff and parents have been involved in the creation of a new School Logo, which has been ratified at School executive. Please note the new attachment. The SRC are now in the process of reviewing our school motto and values to further build and promote our school identity within the wider School community. The new school uniform and logo is an excellent result for our school as part of lifting our image in the local and broader community. The introduction of the new school uniform will adhere to Department of Education guidelines. This policy is available by following the link: https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/school-uniform-policy We look forward to high levels of community support and excitement in continuing to build our school’s identity within a rich and diverse community. Yours faithfully Brad Hughes Principal

Junior Girls Uniform 2019

Junior Girls/Boys Everyday

Polo

Junior Girls Tunic Dress

Junior Girls Shorts Junior Girls Skirt

Junior Boys Uniform 2019

Junior Girls/Boys Everyday

Polo

Junior Boys Shorts

Junior Boys Trousers

Senior Girls Uniform 2019

Senior Girls Blouse

Senior Girls Skirt

Senior Girls Shorts

Senior Boys Uniform 2019

Senior Boys Shirt

Senior Boys Shorts

Senior Boys Trousers

Unisex Jackets 2019 Unisex Sport Uniform 2019

Softshell Jacket

Super Fleece Zip Jacket

Track Pants

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