Welcome to Week 5 TERM 4

Award Winners - Congratulations to our Merit Award winners from last week’s assembly. Georgina Smith, Harley Fishwick, River Bufalino, Theo Wiblen, Molly Bennett, Lily Jackson, Marley Jones, Bailey Jones, Ben Howland, Lily Palmer. Chatty Champion Award: Freddie Strange. 75 Nights Reading: Elizabeth Ward 150 Nights Reading: Freddie Strange 250 Nights reading: Braydn Parfrement, Deja Little, Sanne Little

Author Visit - Everyone is excited about our special visit from author/performer Lucas Proudfoot tomorrow. There will be a whole school performance and workshop at 9:30am followed by a writing workshop with Years 5/6 at 11:30am. Parents are invited to attend the morning workshop. Lucas Proudfoot is a member of the Tweed Coast Bundjalung/South Sea Islander Community with a background in professional surfing, music and traditional Aboriginal dance. An award-winning songwriter and musician, Lucas has been an Australian Indigenous Education Ambassador and is currently a role model for Books in Homes Australia. He performs his one-man shows in schools throughout Australia and has also travelled to perform in over 25 countries worldwide, including destinations such as Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Spain, France, Portugal, South Africa and Hawaii. Lucas has been able to merge his many talents into a one-man performance that is highly interactive and informative about Australian Indigenous cultures.

Absences and late arrivals - Just a reminder if your child is late for school in the morning they must be taken to the office and signed in before attending class otherwise they will be marked absent.

2019 School Leadership Speeches - We have several students running for the position of school leader next year. The students will present their speeches next Thursday November 22 in the school library at 9:30am. Parents are invited to attend.

Swim Scheme - Swim scheme has started and all the students have been allocated a group depending on their ability. The scheme runs every day for the next two weeks. Please remember to make sure your child has their swimmers every day. This is also a great opportunity to teach some organisational management skills and encourage your child to pack their own swimmers each morning.

Chatsworth Island Public School 136 Chatsworth Island Road

CHATSWORTH ISLAND NSW 2469

Phone: 02-66464346

Facsimile: 02-66464160

Email: chatsworth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Greg Speirs–Principal

November 12 - 23

Swim Scheme

November 14

Author visit

November 22

School Disco

November 23

School Assembly 2:30

November 23

Westpac Red and

Yellow Day

November 29 Presentation Assembly

9:30 am

November 30

Woombah Carols

November 30

Whole school excursion

to Woody Head

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13th November

Wed - CLOSED

Fri - Katie & JJ

Important Dates

Woody Head Excursion 30th Nov

Permission note sent home today

CANTEEN ORDER FORM PLEASE RETURN ON WEDNESDAY

This Friday we will be serving - Lamb kofta wraps with mint salad and yogurt or sweet chilli sauce, please specify sauce. ONLY $5

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Woombah Carols- Friday November 30! - Please make sure you mark down Friday November 30 in your calendars. Our students will be performing two Christmas Carols and a surprise song as well as a dance at the Woombah Carols. It would be wonderful to have all the students present on the night. The night begins at 6:00pm and we generally perform at the start of the evening.

Woody Head Excursion - Going home with this newsletter is the permission note for our whole school excursion to Woody Head. Please sign and return payment as soon as possible. Please note we will be requiring parent volunteers to assist with the BBQ and other duties on the day. Please see Mr Speirs if you are able to assist.

School Fees/Contributions - There are still several outstanding school contributions to be paid for this year. Your school contributions go towards text books, exercise books, learning materials, IT licenses, craft projects, music, dance, ukulele and all visiting performers. These are essential in order for our school to keep the amount of notes and money requests from being sent home to a minimum. Outstanding invoices are being sent home this week.

Have a great week everybody! Greg Speirs

Upcoming Events - After a relatively quiet start to the term things are about to get very busy. Below is a list of upcoming

events.

Calendar Changes Please note our whole school combined Woody Head excursion and Years 3-6 ‘Hooked on Fishing’ day will now be held at Woody Head on Friday November 30. The school disco has been confirmed for Thursday November 22nd starting at 6:00pm at the Harwood Community Hall. More information to follow in the coming weeks. Monday Nov 12-23 - Swim Scheme. Wednesday Nov 14 - Author visit- Lucas Proudfoot. ( no charge ). Thursday Nov 22 - School Disco. Friday Nov 23 - Westpac Red and Yellow day. Thursday Nov 29 - Presentation Assembly: 9:30am. Friday Nov 30 - Whole school excursion to Woody Head. Friday Nov 30 - Woombah Carols- students will be performing three carols and a dance.

P&C News - As part of our schools end of year program, the P&C likes to run a disco for the students. This year it will be held at the Harwood Island Community Hall on Thursday 22nd November from 6pm-8pm. All of the students are invited to come along for a night of dancing and fun with the friends. This is a P&C run event so there will be no teacher supervision. If you are able to help out with setting up, chaperoning, canteen or packing up the hall, please speak to one of your P&C representatives, send a note in to school or contact Sahnti on 0432 439 815. The kids have decided not to have a specific theme this year but everyone still wants to dress up so anything goes! There will be some prizes on the night for awesome dancing, creative dress ups and great attitude so encourage your child to get involved. Tickets are $10 and include entry, hot dog and a popper. There will also be icy poles and baked goodies available to purchase on the night. If your child has any dietary requirements, please leave a message at the school and our amazing canteen team will accommodate. Tickets are available from the front office.

Canteen News - Canteen will be CLOSED this week on Wednesday. Friday lunch option is: Lamb kofta wraps with mint salad and yogurt or sweet chilli sauce. Please specify which sauce your child like and if they don't want mint salad (tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, mint) Volunteers are: Katie and JJ. Cheers Lucy

Westpac Helicopter Day: Friday 23 November

The SRC are organising our annual red and yellow mufti day to raise money for the Westpac Helicopter Rescue Service. Students can come to school wearing red or yellow or both and bring a gold coin donation. Families are also asked to raid their piggy banks for 5c and 10c coins which will be used to cover a scale drawing of a helicopter. We look forward to raising funds for this very important service. Thanks for your support!

Robotics WORK OF THE WEEK

Taylor Dolan

Ryan Enns - 2018 End of Year ConcertS!

You read it right! This year I am planning not one but TWO end of year concerts for all of my wonderful

guitarists and choirs! We have worked on so much awesome music this year and I wanted to make sure we got

a chance to showcase it so I had a crazy idea which I hope will end up being a really great crazy idea.

The first of the two events will be busking under the big green marquee at the yamba river markets on

Sunday the 25th of November from 9am. This has been an annual highlight for my students and for the markets

for the past 4 years but this year is going to be bigger and better than ever. The main difference will be that

students from all different schools will be playing and singing together in every item of the program. We will

run through the same program at both events so that it also serves as a rehearsal for our second event which

we call….

The Downriver Spectacular!!! The Downriver spectacular is something I’ve been meaning to organize for years

and this is the first time I’ve actually gone through with it. With the help of the Clarence Valley Conservatorium

I have booked the auditorium at the Yamba Bowling Club on December 8th for a massive end of year concert

featuring students from Yamba public school, St. James Yamba, Gulmarrad public school, Chatsworth Island

public School, Iluka public School, Maclean Public School, Maclean High School, Harwood Island Public School

and South Grafton Public School.

Here are the important details: Busking at the Yamba River Markets

When: Sunday the 25th of November, 2018 from 9-11am Where: Under the big Green Marquee at the Yamba River Markets, Ford Park. Downriver Spectacular

When: Saturday the 8th of December, 2018 from 6:30-8pm Please have children there no later than 6:15pm. Where: In the main Auditorium at the Yamba Bowling Club. Please note we've had to switch to the Bowlo instead of the the golfie due to capacity. PLEASE NOTE: These are not school events, parents are responsible for their children during the events. Hopefully I can convince a few teachers into coming to help muster all these kids on and off the stage. Please wear your school uniform. It will be great to see where all the kids are from. Please let me know if you do not want your children photographed at either event. Thanks so much for all of your support throughout the year. These will hopefully be positive and memorable events for all of us. A lot to look forward to!