Tuesday 8th May 2018

Welcome to Term Two! It is lovely to see all of the students refreshed ready for another great term at CEPS. A very big thank you to those families who took some time out of their holidays to attend the Charlestown Lions Club Anzac Day Service as representatives of our school. Some students also attended the Dudley dawn service in their uniform. It is great to see such community spirit. We received some books from the Lions Club that will help students to gain a better understanding of Anzac Day.

NAPLAN Our Year 3 and 5 students will participate in NAPLAN. Our school will be completing these assessments online, with the exception of the Year 3 Writing.

Draft NAPLAN Schedule 2018 Tuesday 15th May Year 3 Writing (paper)

Year 5 Writing (online) Year 3 Reading (online) Year 5 Reading (online)

Wednesday 16th May Year 5 Reading (online) Monday 21st May Year 3 and 5 Conventions

of Language (online) Tuesday 22nd May Year 3 and 5 Numeracy

(online) Year 4 and 5 Enrichment Workshops This year Whitebridge High School will be offering a number of opportunities for the Year 4 and 5 students from the WCoS primary schools to participate in enrichment workshops. The topics are varied. The teachers of these students will identify students who display a talent and/or interest in the

topic to be offered a place. This week students commenced a series of Chinese workshops. Other workshops this term include Music and MasterChef. Last term Jai, Chet, Aiden and Mikayla participated in art workshops and produced these fabulous artworks.

Harmony Day On the last day of term all students participated in a Doing Things Together Day for Harmony Day. This was postponed from earlier in the term. We are very proud of the way that our students embrace these special days.

Go Blue for Autism We will be celebrating World Autism Awareness Day on Thursday 17th May. Autism is a complex, lifelong developmental disability that affects a person’s ability to communicate, interact with others and cope in everyday situations. It is important that as a school community, we acknowledge and support the students and families in our school who have autism in their lives. All students will participate in some activities in conjunction with the students and staff from K/6C, K/6A and K/6T and the canteen have organised a special ‘blue’ themed lunch special. Further details about this are later in the newsletter. Funds raised from the special lunch will go to supporting the students in our school with autism.

School Maintenance The tree maintenance program will be completed this week. There are a number of trees that were removed due to safety concerns, as well as some trimming of branches.

Some turf was laid in the playground of the support unit over the weekend. This completes the works associated with the installation of the demountable building.

Public Works are due to commence the installation of a ramp at the front entrance of the support unit and replace a section of the adjacent undercover walkway. The existing toilet facilities will be refurbished to include a shower, changetable facilities and storage. These works will provide better access to facilities for the students in these classes and for the students across the school. This project is expected to take 6-8 weeks, so some students will be working in a different learning space at times. Further details about these changes will be communicated to families as soon as possible.

Thanks to funds raised from the P&C, work will commence around the 24th May to resurface the current soccer field to create a new, even surface for our students to enjoy sport and physical education activities on.

During the holidays, Maree Turner and a team of helpers installed a green house in the garden area. This was funded by a grant and will be a great addition to our environmental program. This week during the planting day, the students will learn about the use of the greenhouse and will

participate in the next season’s planting. We are very thankful for the volunteers who have helped with this project.

Student Activities and Achievements The zone cross country team competed at Belmont and the school choir competed at ChoralFest. We wish both these groups well.

The StarStruck dancers attended their first practice today in preparation for Starstruck 2018.

Yesterday some students from K/6T, K/6A and K/6C attended a Bocce Competition at Newcastle High School. The students had a wonderful day and enjoyed this opportunity. Our Year 5 students were a little weary when they returned on Friday afternoon from the Great Aussie Bush Camp. All students had a wonderful time and received a special mention from the camp staff about their excellent behaviour and participation. Well done Year 5! Thank you to Miss Harris and Ms Nicholson for their time organising this activity and for their time at camp with the students.

This week we welcome the Gee family to the CEPS community. We hope you enjoy your time with us. Congratulations to the Beveridge family who have welcomed a beautiful baby girl to their family during the holidays.

Have a wonderful week everyone.

Michelle Unterrheiner Principal

TERM 1 WEEK 11 TERM 2 WEEK 2 K/6A Ruby Woodbine Caitlyn Henderson K/6T Bonnie West KM Eli Wallace

Leila Hunter Bearon Hallam Pia Corrigan Alfie Dickinson

K/1B Milla Foote Tobias Judd

Jude Lewis Jordie Pavlou

1H Jude Patterson Mila Shaw

Evelyn Nash India-Rose Chard

1/2T Jada Hetherington Gypsy Broekman

Josephine Merrigan Matilda Beautement

2S Xavier Harris Jeremy Saunders

Riley McKenzie Natalie Phegan

3L Eli Hellawell Izack Koos

Mia Pascoe Bennett Coulton

3/4V Cohen Parish Sarah McCulloch

Bobby Connors Nakyrah Kelleher

4/5N Cooper Morris Mykaelah Duncan

5M Jacob Wright Evelina Done

5M Great Aussie Bush “Champs”!!

6L Kaidence Woods-Jones Abbey Frank

LIBR

ARY Ayla Collins

Louie Evans Gregory Gembik Eve Lowder Alice Walker.

TERM 1 WEEK 11 TERM 2 WEEK 2

K/6A Caitlyn Henderson Ruby Woodbine K/6T Kaydn Ferguson KM Nicholas Perry K/1B Jude Lewis Molly Hakansson 1H Lyla Woods Ayla Collins 1/2T Emily Tiller Lilly Mitchell 2S Ava Morris Charlie Johnston 3L Jacob Taylor Bridie Heaney 3/4V Jye Goldsmith Aniston Pavlou 4/5N Matthew Lane 5M Lily Wilson

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KM Eli Wallace Pia Corrigan K/1B Josie Robb Jacob Cornish 1H Evie Payne Alice Walker 1/2T Ivy Biddleston Emily Tiller 2S Rhianna Duncan Noah Hakansson 3L Manning Judd Bennett Coulton 3/4V Oliver Mahony Finley Smith 4/5N Will Griffiths Mikayla O’Hearn 5M Max Kerney Polly Wilson 6L Finn Bell Mia Parkes LIBRARY NEWS What a wonderful time of the year to have been on holidays but now we are back ready to immerse ourselves in fabulous books and lots of work. Borrowing has already started, so remember to bring your library bags next week.

The Premier’s Reading Challenge is well under way at our school with tubs of books being put into each classroom. Stage Two and Stage Three students need to read 20 books altogether – 15 from the given list and 5 of personal choice. Early Stage One and Stage One students need to experience at least 25 books from the K-2 list and 5 of personal choice.

This is a wonderful programme which really promotes a love of reading! So, to all our students, BE IN IT!!

Donna Reinhard Librarian

Issue 3 of Book Club has been sent home.

You can place your child’s order at: scholastic.com.au/LOOP or using the LOOP app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play. No cash payments please.

Orders for Book Club are due by this Friday 11th May 2018. Thanks so much for all your support.

Mrs Lloyd

Book Club Coordinator

TREE OF VALUES This fortnight we will highlight our school value Participation.

Participation involves being a proactive and productive individual and group member, having pride in and contributing to the social and economic wealth of the community and the nation. Last week we started our new term back at school by talking about how a smile can be the first step towards proactively beginning to participate in a range of situations. As students grow they become more aware of their facial expressions and how they can impact relationships and play. This week we will remind students of the importance of taking turns in the classroom and playground and how this can positively influence participation. We closed last term with a very successful DTT (Doing Things Together) cooperative activity session, originally planned for Harmony Day. The students are to be congratulated and commended for their outstanding behaviour and commitment to demonstrating our school values through these activities. Teachers witnessed students taking turns,

participating happily, striving for excellence, cooperating, demonstrating leadership and having lots of fun. Well done CEPS students, you are amazing!

We look forward to your continued support of our values program this term. Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Bell & Mrs Bailey Tree of Values Coordinators

SAFETY AROUND SCHOOLS

GREAT AUSSIE BUSH CAMP

On Wednesday 2nd of May 2018 Year 5 went to the Great Aussie Bush Camp. We left school at 9:30am and got there at 11am. As soon as they got there, we met our instructors, Luke & Lisa. Then we were sorted into tents. Soon after that we were sorted into 2 groups and went to lunch, we had hamburgers.

After lunch, group 1 went to the dual flying fox. It was a giant flying fox. Then we went to archery, where we learnt how to use a bow and arrow. Then we had showers and went to dinner. For dinner we had spaghetti bolognaise and cordial. It was delicious. Soon after, we went to the giant swing. It was awesome and scary! Later we had chocolate milk and choc-chip cookies and listened to an instructor called Shannon tell us a story that she made up. Then we got in our PJs, brushed our teeth and went to bed.

By Lily W and Polly W

Thursday 3rd May, at great Aussie bush camp : 2nd day We woke up to a freezing morning so we had to get changed into the warmest clothes we had. Then we walked down to the dine/food hall. We all got to choose if we wanted hot or cold food or both. Then we split up into two groups. Group 1 did crate climbing & group 2 did archery. The point of crate climbing is you need a crate monster, a crate climber a belay captain and a belay team. There were 7 people In each group. The belay team had to pull a rope every time the climbers took a step whilst the crate monster was stacking the crates for the climber to climb onto. The point of archery is to hit the bulls eye if you hit anything else that was still amazing! The first thing we did was pick country names for our teams. Then we had to play a game that you bake a cake. So with the cake game you have to hit 2 white, 1 blue and 1 red. 2nd if you hit the black you have burnt your cake!!

After our first activity everyone came to snow cones. We had to get our own cups and Lisa scooped out ice into our cups and we got our own flavouring.

At lunch we had sandwiches. We had a choice of devon, chicken meat or ham. We had red, green and orange cordial. We were there for a while. Most people had 2 sandwiches.

We then went out of camp, drove a bus to Mt Yaccaba. We had to walk along a beach, then we climbed Yaccaba, but we made a wrong turn so we had to go all the way down again and then went up a massively steep hill and the people at the back which was Lily, Polly, Evelina, Ruby and Zoe saw a massive goana and Zoe was so scared she screamed, then she ran up and told Luke (our leader along with Lisa) Then we stopped and went all the way down and did a massive long walk along the beach. Luckily Luke said we could have a swim in the beach. We also had a sandcastle comp and we all had apples. After we all made our way back to the bus and drove back to camp. Our legs were really sore!!

For dinner that night we had chicken and rice and we had some drinks of cordial. We lined up for a while and to be honest it was way better than the spaghetti.

At Games night we played Ninja. Everyone goes in a circle and the leader will say 3,2,1 and you have to strike a Ninja pose. The leader will then say 3,2,1 and you have to try to hit the person next to you and to get their arm out if they flinch they are out.

Mouse Trap where there are 3 people with a partner and they put their arms up so people can go through them. You go in a circle and start to run through them while the leader is clapping. When they stop clapping the 3 group bring their arms down and if you get caught you join them and keep going until the last person.

We all had a great time.

By Flynn, Milla, Ruby, Zoe 5M

Over the holidays we assembled and installed an amazing greenhouse thanks to a Lake Macquarie City Council Sustainability Grant. A huge thank you goes to Charl, Steve and Niclas who gave their time during the holidays to come and decipher translated instructions to put the greenhouse together. They have done an amazing job and the greenhouse is ready to house a whole range of seedlings which will be planted over the coming weeks. Thanks also to Kasia and Rebecca for keeping our plants watered during the holidays.

The garden beds are ready for the school planting day this Wednesday 9 May. Our planting day will involve more than just planting seedlings this time and have a variety of outdoor activities for our children to get back in touch with nature. Please pack your child's gardening gloves and insect repellent for the day.

Thanks for your support.

Maree Gardening Coordinator

NEWS FROM THE P & C What a huge term we have ahead. Congratulations to all CEPS kids who bought in their cross country money. Winners of each category were announced on the last week of term and lots of moosie's were enjoyed from the canteen. KM was the winner of the Pizza Party which will be organised next week. A huge GOOD LUCK to all our CEPS kids off to Zone. Our team just gets bigger and bigger each year with some really talented kids coming through. All the children practise with the athletics program is now going to put into practise with CEPS children school athletics carnival happening this term. Please watch for notes going home asking for your help on this day. The only way we can run experiences like these for our children is with volunteers. All help is much appreciated!! Don't forget our next P&C meeting will be on Tuesday 15th May at 7pm in the staff room. All welcome, we would love to see you there. Remember if you do have something to discuss it must be on the agenda. Please email: pandc@ceps.org.au Our outdoor kitchen has been approved by assets and work will start on this very soon. Our green

house was constructed in the school holidays and has been a huge asset to our outdoor learning area. Thank you Maree and committee for your continual hard work in exposing our kids to this wonderful area. Work on the new soccer field starting at the end of the month. This has been a huge project in working on an area where the kids will have a flat safe surface to train and play. Next CEPS mini markets will be on Wednesday 16th May, 2.50pm - 3.15pm. Cake stall, 2nd hand uniforms and fresh produce from CEPS community gardens. CEPS ladies grab your fellow CEPS friends for a night out of wine & cheese on Friday 22nd June. Great chance to meet fellow CEPS families in a a relaxing environment while raising money for the school. Tickets on sale this term. We are pleased to announce that Charlie's Run 4 Kids is our charity of support this year with our mens luncheon. The mens luncheon will be held on Friday 21st September at Charlestown Leagues Club. $110.00 per ticket or $1000.00 per table. We would love to see more CEPS dads support this event this year which is the highest fundraiser we have had to date. Round your tables up and tickets will be on sale this term. If you have any items you could donate for our raffles such as vouchers, raffles, meat, alcohol it would be much appreciated. We are pleased to announce we now have REBEL sports store on board with our ongoing fundraisers. Please mention Charlestown East Public School with every purchase at REBEL for the school to receive cash back. Don't forget our ongoing fundraisers - 1. Newcastle Permanent Building Society Introducer Program For every eligible new home or business loan (over $100,000), Newcastle Permanent will give Charlestown East $600. During the loan application process, you just need to mention our school name. Visit: http://www.newcastlepermanent.com.au/Community/IntroducerProgram/tabid/1069/Default.aspx

2. Athlete’s Foot School Rewards Programme When buying new School shoes or joggers don't forget to visit the Athletes foot. for every pair of shoes purchased the School receives $5.00 when you mention CEPS. If you have a business or a relationship with a supplier and you would like to join our ongoing fundraiser program please let us know by emailing pandc@ceps.org.au. What your P & C has achieved this fortnight:

* Successful construction of new greenhouse * Organisation of next meal deal day * Organisation of next Pizza Party * Organisation of athletics carnival * Organisation of next P & C meeting * Organisation of next Mini Markets * Organisation of new soccer field to start * Organisation of outdoor kitchen to start * Organisation of Mens Luncheon for Term 3 * Organisation of Ladies, wine and cheese night Remember your committee is open to all ideas so please don't hesitate to contact us via email or see any of us in the playground. We look forward to keeping you up to date with our efforts next newsletter. If you would like to be kept udpated with everything that goes on in your P&C you can be added to our email list to receive a copy of the P&C meeting minutes. Please email pandc@ceps.org.au Thanks for your continual support. Jody Pavlou

Welcome to Term 2. We hope that everyone enjoyed the school holidays. Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers that have offered their time to help out in our school’s canteen. Notes went home last term with everyone’s canteen dates. If anyone is unsure of dates please let me know.

Term 2 is going to be another busy term. “Sporty Sports” will be our first meal deal, and this will be held on our athletics carnival day. Parents will also be able to place orders. Treats will be available for counter sales from the canteen on this day. A note will go home in the following weeks. Term 2 sport starts this week. If your child is ordering lunch on Fridays and plays soccer or netball, please write the sport clearly on the lunch order bag. Leila Finch and the Canteen Committee.

Remember if you want to stock up on winter uniforms please hand your order form in to the office and we will deliver to your child's classroom. Please see picture attached of our winter school uniform for CEPS kids. Don't forget the 2nd hand uniform sale this Wednesday 16th May in conjunction with the cake stall. Loads of 2nd hand uniforms available. All boys long pants and grey shorts $1. Thank you for supporting uniformity across our playground. Jody & Jen.

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Mon 7 May Tues 8 May Wed 9 May Thurs 10 May Fri 11 May

Leila Finch Heather Cowling (11.30 – 2pm)

Leila Finch Julie Lewis

Lucinda Grant (8.50 – 12pm)

Jody Pavlou Anna DeAngelis

Kristy Morris Kayleen Buckton (11.30 – 2pm) Kylie Weary

Mon 14 May Tues 15 May Wed 16 May Thurs 17 May Fri 18 May

Jackie Lott Kylie Weary

Rebecca Howard Rebecca Cornish Alison Collins

Katrina D’Alessandro Emma Whittle

Leila Finch Norm Smith (11.30 – 2pm) Talia Beautement

Mon 21 May Tues 22 May Wed 23 May Thurs 24 May Fri 25 May

Leila Finch Danielle McCann Emma Lowder

Jenni Roach Lisa Baglee

Brooke Reynolds Marley Harris Aleisha Tuckerman

Kristy Morris Marley McDonald

CALENDAR TERM 2 2018

WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 2 May

7 8 Zone X Country

Star Struck Dance Rehearsal

Choral Festival

9 ‘Planting Day’

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11 Mother’s Day Stall

3 May

14 15 Naplan

16 Naplan

Cake Stall 4/5N

Mini Markets

17 Naplan ‘Blue Day’

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4 May

21 Star Struck Dance Rehearsal

22 Star Struck Drama Rehearsal

23 24 Grip Leadership

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5 May/ Jun

28 29 Girls Soccer Knockout

30 Star Struck Rehearsal

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4 5 6 Cake Stall 3/4V Mini Markets

7 K – 6 Athletics Carnival - TBC

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7 Jun

11 Queen’s Birthday

12 13 Star Struck

14 Star Struck

15 Star Struck

8 Jun

18 19 20 21 22

9 Jun

25 26 27 Netball Gala Day

28 Science Show K – 2 10am 3 – 6 11.30am

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10 July

2 3 4 School Photos

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Market Stall

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