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CALENDAR

May 3rd Interschool Sport - Oxley

7th Prep Information Night - 7pm 10th Mother Day Stall 15th Naplan 17th Interschool Sport - Billanook 21st Open Night 22nd Grandparent Morning Tea District Cross Country 24th Interschool Sport - Lilydale 31st Interschool Sport - Lilydale West

Purpose: We believe in a safe and stimulating learning environment that grows the minds and character unique to each child. Our Priority Virtues: Commitment, Empathy , Respect.

Volume 46 Issue 24 2nd May, 2019

Week ending 26th April Prep G .......... Prep R ......... Prep W ........ 1/2C ............. 1/2F ............. Levi M 1/2H ............ Jemma T 1/2R ............ Cameron J 3/4F ............ Sophie K 3/4M ........... Ava 3/4 P ........... Reilly N 3/4S ............ Sara L 5/6F ............ Luke L 5/6F Lara M 5/6H ............ Maddie O 5/6R ............ Jackson ..................... Sophie PE Charley B

FLEXIBUZZ NOTIFICATIONS Have you registered with FlexiBuzz yet? If not instructions on how to download the free app and register with your child’s grade are at the

office. We hope that all parents will register so they can stay in touch with everything that

happens within our school community. This is an important part of the communication process with our families to keep you informed. This is

also where you can submit your child’s absences which need to be submitted by 9.30am

on the day of your child’s absence.

LOST PROPERTY

We have a lot of items in the lost property tubs in the GP Room. Please check the lost property for any items

you may be missing. Thank you

Week ending 29th March Prep G .......... Logan S Prep R ......... Elliott M Prep W ........ Tama 1/2C ............. Hudson D 1/2F .............. Mason N 1/2H ............ levi D 1/2R ............ Alyssa S 3/4F ............. Jordon P 3/4M ........... 3/4 P ............ Maya B 3/4S ............. 5/6F ............. Asha S 5/6H ............ 5/6R ............ Katrina L ..................... Zoe V P/E ........ Asha S


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From the Principal Welcome back to Term 3. I hope you all enjoyed the magnificent weather over the holidays and managed to spend some quality time with your families. Over the holidays we have had some work completed at the school. Solar panels have been installed which will enable us to be more sustainable. More work has been completed on the new 5/6 area just to the left of the 5/6 building. We are looking forward to that being completed which will give the 5s and 6s their own quiet space. We are still waiting for the carpet to be installed into the flooded areas in the 5/6 building but that should be happening shortly.

Reports/Continuous reporting This year we are transitioning to a new form of reporting on student achievement. As you know we are now putting work samples on the parent portal for you to see your child’s achievements in an ongoing way. Last term we put up annotated samples of Numeracy with comments from teachers as to their growth. This term we will be having Reading and Writing samples available, you will be advised as to when these are available on the portal. This should give you as parents a more detailed and specific understanding of your child’s progress. To access these samples of work you will need to go to the parent portal and then put in your individual code which will be the same as the one that you need for mid-year and end of year reports. The mid-year and end of year reports will look different. There will still be the dot points showing your child’s level of achievement, the effort and behaviour ratings as well as the personal quality ratings. However there will no longer be the ‘I can statements’. The general comment will cover their personal qualities and work ethic as well as their integrated learning New Teacher’s As you are all aware Mrs Russell is taking maternity leave from Thursday 23rd May will be her last day. We are very excited to announce that we have appointed Mrs Caitlin Whiting as her replacement. Mrs Whiting will commence working at Chirnside Park as of the 16th May to ensure an extensive handover. Mr Norton has also decide to follow another career opportunity, he will be leaving us as of Friday. Mr Simon Plumridge will be taking PE till the end of the year.

Prep Information Night Our Prep Information Evening is this coming Tuesday 7th May starting at 7pm. If you have family or friends with school age children for 2020 please encourage them to come along. All schools are now zoned, however schools can take students out of their zone if they have room. To look at the Government zoning you can go to www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au.

Spotlight on a Student Zeke our school captain has had some wonderful news recently. He has been selected in the Regional U13 hockey squad. He will now be playing all over Victoria.

Jan Marinakos

http://www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au


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PREP This week in Prep we have started using the Jolly Phonics app on the iPads during Reading Groups. This app is fantastic to help us consolidate our letter/sound knowledge.

Around our Grades


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Physical Education House Cross Country Congratulation to Blue House for winning the House Cross Country for 2019. As you can see from the photo the captains were very excited! Well done to all the students for their efforts on the day. Thank-you to all the parents and families that assisted on the day.

Thank-you to Steve and Bec from The Running Company, Lilydale for kindly offering some fantastic prizes to the winners of all the races at House cross country this year. If you need running shoes, clothing, run groups or advice they are great people to see.

Thank-you also to the Clarke family and Yarra Ranges Athletics Club for helping Mr Norton on the day and for letting us borrow their podium and finishing banner.

Students in Grades 3-6 that placed in the top 10 of their race have now received their invitations to compete at the District Cross Country. Please return the reply slip and payment to school by Friday 10th May.

Girls AFL Gala Day

On Monday next week a large group of Grade 5/6 girls will be competing in the annual Girls AFL Gala Day at Pinks Reserve, Kilsyth. Miss Francis loves these days and she will be the team manager/coach. Best of luck to our team. New basketball uniforms

Can the students that were in the 5/6 basketball team last term please return their school singlets and shorts set washed to Mr Norton ASAP. Also, some students still have their older uniform from before the new ones were distributed, they need to be returned washed too. 5/6 Sport Summer season

Well done to our 5/6 students on a great term 1 of 5/6 sport. Final ladder placings were as follows:

Girls basketball: 4th Open basketball: Equal 3rd Cricket: Equal 3rd Tee-ball: 6th Tag rugby: Equal 3rd Hot shots tennis: 7th

A big thank-you to Tamsin Julie, Ryan and Tina for assisting at 5/6 sport this term.

Student Achievement

An enormous congratulations to Zeke C in Grade 5/6 who has been selected for the U13 Junior State Hockey Championships. Zeke and his family are super excited about his selection in the team. He is the first player from his team, Croydon Ranges, that has been selected in possibly 30 years! The Championships take place in the first week of July. Well done Zeke. A well deserved achievement and the start of many more State and National teams to come I'm sure... 2028 Olympics perhaps?!

Division Tennis Trials

This week Charlee T, Sienna T and Slater B from Grades 5/6 will be competing at the Division Tennis Trials at Lilydale tennis club, representing the Mooroolbark District. Best of luck team!

AFL Auskick

During P.E lessons this term we have been fortunate to have AFL Auskick representatives come to our school to deliver AFL Auskick clinics to all year levels. Auskick takes place at Kimberley Reserve, Chirnside Park on Saturday mornings from 10 - 11:30am girls and boys are welcome to go along and try it out. There are Auskick flyers at the school office if anyone is interested in taking one.


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Farewell Mr Norton This is my final week as P.E teacher at Chirnside Park Primary School. I will be continuing to work at my gym in the city, taking on greater responsibility and more group training sessions. I will always look back fondly on my time at CPPS over the past 6 years as P.E coordinator and 3 years as a relief teacher prior to that. Time has gone very quickly. We have a terrific school here with beautiful grounds, facilities and amazing, dedicated, hard working, caring staff and leaders.

I'd like to say an enormous thank-you to all the wonderful families that have assisted at the many sports events that I have been a part of over the years. They wouldn't have taken place without your help.

I pass on my best wishes to all the students form CPPS and encourage you all to chase your dreams no matter how ambitious they seem, or what other people say to put you down. Always remain fit and healthy by staying active, finding a sport that you love and eating a healthy, balanced diet. Thank-you Chirnside Park Primary School.

Around our Grades Continued


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YEAR 7 TRANSITION See our school zone online The Department has just released a new website that helps parents identify their local public school online. Findmyschool.vic.gov.au launched on 24 April shows every school zone across the state. The new website highlights the choice of public schools available to the Victorian community.

If your child is preparing to enter Year 7 and you want to know more about the public secondary school

options in our area, or you know someone who is interested in enrolling at our school, type in www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au

You will need to complete the Year 7 Placement application form by Friday 17th May and hand it in to Mrs Rosewall. (This form is located on the Department website www.education.vic.gov.au and search for the page entitled ‘Moving from Primary to Secondary School-information for parents.’

If you have a question about the website, contact the Victorian school building Authority Hotline on 1800 896 950 or email [email protected]

MUSIC LESSONS After School in Kilsyth

Guitar Voice Piano

Theory All ages and abilities

Call Daniel and Donna 0413 336 248

9723 4390 We make music fun!

CANTEEN NEWS Canteen on Friday 10th May will not be providing over the counter sales. Lunch orders will be accepted up until 12.30pm Wednesday 8th .

EARN AND LEARN

It’s on again please start collecting the Earn and Learn stickers from Woolworths. Ask your Family and friends to collect the stickers for our school. Use the sticker sheets to keep count feel free to decorate the sheets with your own unique style or hand the stickers in at the office.

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CHIRNSIDE PARK & MOOROOLBARK Please remember for every purchase you make at Bakers Delight Chirnside Park and Mooroolbark the school receives 5% of all sales.

Please support these local businesses. With every sale made our school receives a percentage of that sale to purchase equipment for our students to enjoy.

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