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Newsletter 6th December 2018

Issue 2018-38

Acting Principal: Jan Smith

Enquiries: 9773 2055

Argyle Avenue Chelsea Vic 3196

Web: www.chelseaps.vic.edu.au

Melways Reference: 97 C2

News from the Acting Principal By Jan Smith

Calendar of Events

December

7th

Step into Prep/Step Up Days

11th

Statewide Transition Day

12th

5/6 STOMP

Christmas Concert 6pm on turf

10th to 14th

Year 4 and 5 Bike Ed

13th December Year 3/4 Cartoon Clinic Save the sea day

17th

Year 3 to 6 Life saving excursion

18th

Foundation to Year 2 Life saving excursion

19th

Graduation

20th

Year 6 Big day out

21st

Year 6 Final assembly

Early dismissal 1:30pm

January

30th

Year 1 to 6 students Term 1 begin

31st

Prep students Term 1 begin

FAREWELL MS LIDDLE

Tomorrow afternoon we will hold our farewell assembly to our retiring

principal …the wonderful Ms Michelle Liddle. Due to the very hot weather

predicted we will hold a short assembly in the MPR and then move to our new

reading garden for a special surprise. Please join us if you are able. Thank you

for your understanding and flexibility in this very warm weather.

DYSLEXIA PRIZE-CHELSEA WINS! This week CPS again celebrated another wonderful achievement-winning the

Code Read Dyslexia Network Prize for ‘Getting On board Red Paper Plane

Challenge’ reflecting the amazing community event we held for our ‘Light it

Red for Dyslexia Day’. We are very excited to have won a drone and were

judged on Creativity, Awareness and Engagement. Money raised on this day

has allowed us to purchase $600 of decodable reading books for our prep

students.

Congratulations also to Linda Finnin who also won a drone reflecting her and

support of our learning programs.

This week we also were delighted to receive a $4,500 Equipment Boost for

Schools grant which will provide Text-to-speech C-pens, decodable reader and

workbook sets and software apps, to support students with additional needs

to engage in the school's systematic phonics reading program.

Very special thanks to Kathy Braysmith for her passion in promoting SLD

support programs for our students.

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Christmas Carols The Chelsea PS Annual Christmas Carols evening is being held next Wednesday 12th December. Each class will perform a range of Christmas carols and dances. Year 5/6 will perform their STOMP dance. The entertainment will commence at 6:00pm and finish around 7.30 pm. Please come along with a picnic, find a place on the turf and enjoy our students performing carols that they have been enthusiastically rehearsing. There is also a surprise item which will certainly bring much amusement to the evening!! (Have the teachers been rehearsing in an after school secret location?) Stay tuned! We look forward to catching up with everyone next Wednesday evening. Just a reminder that in support of our commitment to Child Safe Standards this is an alcohol free event. STAFFING 2019 We are very excited to announce our staffing profile for 2019. Principal Taylor Irish Assistant Principal Jan Smith Prep Trudi Braysmith and Justine Gallo Year 1/2 Kathy Braysmith, Wendy Stansfield and a new appointment Year 3/4 Vicki Middleton, Chris Hulse, David Hewet Year 5/6 Fiona Sewell, Andrew Cumming, Sarah Ebbott Korean Sarah Park STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) Sarah Park Art Nikki Morecroft Teacher Aids Michelle Tilley, Tanya Todd, Sue Bray and a new appointment Wellbeing Officer Jenni Aldersea Business Manager Jacky Russell Office Manager Jacqui Waltzer Administration / Finance Ledam Nguyen Other specialist and support programs will be announced shortly.

Students will meet their 2019 teacher and classmates on Tuesday 11th November. They will spend time with their new

class and learn all about the events ahead, learning and activities for the following year. This is always a wonderful

part of celebrating the year that was, and looking forward to the exciting and new things to come.

Our 2019 preps are visiting again to experience ‘big school’ and parents are invited to share a cuppa (or possibly a

very cool drink!) in the MPR. Our focus will be Parent Connections-Friends of Chelsea, volunteering, Special Events,

Dojo and parent reps.

Christmas Hampers Thank you all for your generous donations for our Christmas hampers. If you would like to donate some goods for the hamper, please bring them to the office no later than 9:30am on Monday 10th December.

Wednesday 12th December

6.00pm start on the turf

Wear your Christmas Colours

Bring along a picnic dinner

(This is an alcohol free event)

Please note: In the event of inclement weather the backup date

is: Monday 17th December, 6.00pm

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MEDIA LEADER By Dane and Jake

We only have 3 weeks until the end of the year, and we are starting to round up all our activities for term 4. Coming

up is the Tacker’s Sailing Program for the Year 6s. The Tacker’s Sailing Program is designed to teach children how to

sail yachts, unfortunately, this year we couldn’t get a grant to have the entire Senior Grade participate, but thanks to

Mrs Sewell’s negotiation skills, the Grade 6s will be able to partake in this educational one last time.

Now for the Weekly Word Search:

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