CRAWFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL

Quality education in an innovative and caring environment. Safe Respectful Learners

Phone: 9621 7233, Email: crawford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Week 8, 6 December, 2018

Principal’s Report – Richard Ford

Welcome to the last newsletter for 2018. It has been a very busy year but a very productive one at the same time. As

we come to the end of the year I would like to thank everybody who has contributed to the school and all the students

who have tried to be there best. With only six days to go we still have so much on.

We have a few teachers who are leaving us this year. Firstly, Miss Arnall has gained a transfer up to the north coast.

Miss Arnall has been at Crawford for about 8 years and has been dedicated to the students and the community. She

has been a wonderful teacher that the students love. Her leadership of the Crawibold has allowed our artistic students

to get a chance to shine. We also will be saying goodbye to Miss Ure who will be leaving us for a role as an Assistant

Principal Learning Assistance. She has a had a profound impact on our support unit making sure all students included

and supported. In her new role she will be looking after lots of schools and supporting their students with special

needs. We wish her all the best in the future she will be sorely missed. We are also losing Miss Williams who has an

gained a transfer to Heckenberg Public School. Miss Williams has been at Crawford for a number of years and she is

a very dedicated teacher. Her students love the work that she produces for them and they are highly engaged in

everything they do. Thank you to Mrs Benfield, our librarian, who has already left us and we hope Miss Benfield

enjoys her retirement. We also say goodbye to Miss Holloway who gained a permanent position at Schofields PS.

Although Miss Holloway has only been here for the year, she has had a big impact on the students at Crawford

Public School. Miss Bender will also be leaving at start of next year as she gained a permanent position at Mount

Druitt Public School. Miss Bender has been part of a number of committees at Crawford and she has always made

sure our students are trying their best. Thank you to Miss Diola who will be moving to Queensland. She did a great

job taking over 3P this year.

Along with losing some teachers, we have been lucky enough to get some wonderful teachers. Mrs Chandra, Mrs

Natt and Miss Hagedoorn have all been made permanent at the school. We also have a Miss Eather who has been

appointed for the start of next year.

Well what a big two weeks is has been. White Ribbon day was a huge success and the students really showed the

meaning of the day. Our school leaders were also very lucky to be the only primary school to be invited to the White

Ribbon Day breakfast at Blacktown Workers club. It was an eye opening experience for everyone there.

Congratulations to all the students who received Principal and Deputy Principal Awards in the last two

weeks.

Grandparents day was another huge day and I think the school needs to buy new chairs just to fit everyone

in. Thank you to everyone who was able to turn up. The students really appreciated it.

Kindy Orientation and Transition was another great success. I would like to thank all the teachers

involved in organising the wonderful programs for our new students.

Well done to all the students who got up and did their leadership speeches. It is a daunting time for some

people; however, our students did an amazing job. While not everyone can get a leadership position, it

doesn’t mean that our students can’t be a leader at the school, they can lead in a number of other ways.

Also on the Friday of the Leadership speeches we had the ‘Wear a mo to school day’. Although we didn’t

get as many students as we would like wearing a moustache we were still able to raise $185.

Thank you to all the parents who attended the sessions of the PATCH training. In the end we had 5 people

finish the course. These wonderful ladies have been helping in the classrooms day in and day out, making

sure our students are getting some extra support. We hope to have a new patch of parents do the course in

2019.

Currently the classes are being made for next year. At the moment we have a plan, however, we will not

know what the make up will be due to the numbers of students enrolling for next year.

Thank you for your patience with the issues of the back playground. I have had a meeting with the head of

assets in Western Sydney and Schools infrastructure NSW. There will be some works carried out

throughout the holidays to try and make sure that the problems we’ve been having won’t happen again.

Just a reminder that if you will be leaving Crawford public school next year please let us know for

planning purposes.

Term 4 Events PBL Lesson

Weeks 9 & 10

~ Moving forward to 2019 ~

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 9 Presentation

Day

PBL Movie

Reward Day

Christmas Concert

for Community

Last Scripture

(Infants)

Sports in Schools Year 6 Graduation

Year 6 Farewell

Week 10 Last Day of Term 4

Christmas & New Years Break

Week 1 2019

First Day

Term 1

30th Jan 2019

2019 Student School Travel

If you wish to apply for your child’s Student Opal

Card, applications are open now for 2019.

Online applications can be submitted for school

aged students via the following website:

https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts

PBL AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who received there PBL badge during our last assembly for being a safe, respectful learner.

Year 3-6 Students (Week 7)

3/6J Mark White 3/4T Lyrix Silver

5/6S Andrew White 5/6A Bella Silver

5/6W Skylah White 5/6A Lual Silver

5/6A Leilani Green 3/4C Bisma Silver

3/4C Anmol Green 3/4C Aubree Silver

5/6H Breanna Maroon 5/6G Maddison Gold

3/4C Fouad Maroon 5/6H Paris Gold

3/4C Firaba Maroon 5/6H Cloe Gold

3/4T Loviana Bronze 5/6A Lilly Gold

3/4T Jye Bronze 5/6S Kara-Leigh Gold

3/4T Gursimran Bronze 5/6W Bethanie Gold

3/4T Margaret Bronze 5/6W Priya Gold

3/4T Omar Bronze 3/4T Xyler Gold

3/4T Sadie Bronze 5/6M Kahlea Platinum

3/4T Jasper Bronze 5/6M Melanie Platinum

3/4T Georgia Bronze 5/6A Gabrielle Platinum

3/4T Gabriella Bronze 5/6A Timothy Platinum

5/6A Benjamin Bronze 5/6A Daniel Platinum

5/6A Bronte Bronze 5/6A Lavin Platinum

5/6S Melzerane Bronze 5/6W Isabella Platinum

3P Ashlynn Silver 5/6W Kiara Platinum

3/4T Anusha Silver 5/6W Tamisha Platinum

5/6G Tamika Silver 5/6W Yasmin Platinum

5/6G Emma Silver 5/6H Duc Diamond

5/6G Keera Silver 5/6H Prisha Diamond

5/6H Maddison Silver 5/6A Raiha Diamond

5/6H Ekala Silver 5/6A Keira Diamond

5/6M Ashlee Silver 5/6W Nikolina Diamond

PBL AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who received there PBL badge during our last assembly for being a safe, respectful learner.

Year K-2 Students (Week 8)

KC Elisha White 1H Kadja White

KC Nomir White 1H Chanci White

KC Imogen White KC Joshua White

KC Muhammad White KC Mason White

KC Sabal White 2T Sanele Green

KA Augustine White 2T Mikayla Green

KA Saanvi White 1F Mercedes Green

KA Bailey White 1F Sebastian Green

KA Travis White 1F Kyler Green

KA Kailee White 1L Eshaan Green

KA Katelyn White 1L Chelsea Green

KA Braxton White 1L Aleirah Green

KD Zoe White K/6B Jasmine Green

KD Lhantz White 1H Kyara Green

KD Hazel White 1H Aayush Green

KD Alylah White 1H Ofa Green

KB Arish White 1H Reece Green

KB Fardin White 1H Kaelan Green

KB Kiara White 1L Akuol Green

KB Christian White 1L Giselle Green

KB Amraaj White 2T Riley Maroon

KB Lucas White 2T Kobi Maroon

KB Braxton White 2T Hawra Maroon

KB Tyrell White 2T Monika Maroon

KB Melody White 2T Levii Maroon

KB Marcos White 2H Malachi Maroon

KB Alex White 2H Kayal Maroon

KB Max White

2H Amelia White

Keeping up with Kindergarten!

Where has this year gone? Can you believe our lovely little kindies are about to fly the

nest and journey to year one?

Over this year the teachers have seen amazing learning, dedication and excitement

occur in the classrooms on a daily basis and it has been amazing to see the

growth. From barely being able to write their names on the first day of school, to now

writing over a page . It’s just crazy!!

Check out some of these first day flashbacks in the photos below.

This week Kindy held their stage assembly and boot scooted all over the stage. They

loved sharing the stage with their friends.

Also we are celebrating our amazing year of success by having a party on Wednesday

12th of

December (After

the Christmas

Concert). We

would love

everyone to bring

in some party

food to share.

Thanks for joining

in on this year of

learning with us!

Have an amazing

Christmas and

we will see you all

in 2019.

Miss Allen, Ms

Bender, Mrs

Chandra and Ms

Dunn!

Kindergarten 2019

Enrolments are open for Kindergarten 2019, your welcome to come into the office and

collect an enrolment pack.

Thank you to those families who attended our Kindergarten Orientation session last

Friday, we were so excited to meet all the new faces of Kindy 2019. We encourage

anyone with outstanding documentation to drop it into the school office by Wednesday

19th December, if you have misplaced your enrolment pack or permission forms pop

into the office to collect another pack. If you didn’t collect your New School Back Pack

at Orientation, pop in and grab it from the office.

We have posted out interview times & start dates for all our new Kindergarten students,

so look out for your letter in the mail.

Any documentation can be emailed to the school for your child’s application:

crawford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

We look forward to working together with our new Kindergarten students in 2019.

GATE TIMES FOR ELECTRONIC

PEDESTRIAN GATE

8:30am - 9:15am 2:55pm - 3:30pm

During these times, the electronic gate is unlocked for entry and exit of the school. All that is required is to push or pull the gate open.

Outside of these times the gate will be locked. Entry and Exit of the school will be by pushing the button located on the gate and waiting for a response from the school office.

Unless you require to sign your child out

for an early pass from the front office, the

gate will remain closed until 2:55pm.

SCHOOL GATES

For the safety of students and staff, the school gate near the car park is locked between the hours of 9.15am to 2.55pm. The back gate (Asche Street) is locked between the hours of 9.15am to 2.55pm. The gate will be promptly closed for the day at 3:15pm. ENTRY to the school dur ing school hours is via the main pedestrian gates located at the pedestrian crossing. The gate will be shut but not locked.

SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS

The school’s front office is open

Monday - Friday

8:30am - 3:15pm

UNIFORM SHOP

OPENING HOURS 2018

The Uniform Shop will be open for business every Thursday

morning from 8:30am - 9:30am in the Crawford

Community Cottage.

NO SMOKING

The school premises is a Non Smoking Area

Thank you for your cooperation.

Our Last Day for 2018 is

Wednesday 19th December 2018

Have a wonderful holiday