CESSNOCK EAST PUBLIC SCHOOL Old Maitland Road CESSNOCK NSW 2325

www.cessnocke-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Ph: 4990 1549 Fax: 4991 1552 Email: cessnocke-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Mrs Kim Sweeny

NEWSLETTER

4th February 2013 Week 2 Term 1

Promoting Excellence, Creating Success

The excitement has been building as dinosaurs

have hatched from their eggs. Each classroom

including the front office have been taken over

by Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus and

Tyrannosaurus Rex, just to name a few. The

students are very excited to learn and discover

more about dinosaurs during Term 4 as part of

our project based learning.

Kindergarten Orientation

Our Kindergarten Orientation will be held this

term.

Orientation is scheduled for:

Monday 31st October 9am-10.45am

Tuesday 8th November 9am-10.45am

Wednesday 16th November 9am-10.45am

Thursday 24th November 9am-10.45am.

Invitations have been sent home to children

who are enrolled to attend. If you know of a

child who will be eligible to start Kindergarten

next year please have a family member come

into the school to have a chat with the office

staff. These orientation days are very

informative for family members and carers to

also attend and hear about how school life will

be for their child entering Kindergarten in

2017.

Merit Awards Students receive recognition for their successes by being awarded merit awards throughout the year. An Excellence Award is presented at our formal end of year Presentation Day. To gain an Excellence Award students need to receive 20 merit awards within the year. Please ensure you bring all your child’s awards into the office to be counted towards the end of year Presentation.

Ipads Payments We would just like to remind Parents/Carers with children in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 who are paying for an Ipad that Term 4 payments can be made to the office at any time during the next 8 Weeks.

Keeping up with Your Children on the

IPad Free Training Course

We are having a free Ipad training course for

Parents and Carers on Friday 21st October

2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 am, in our

School Library. Mrs Bradley will be

discussing some of the wonderful programs

that our students have been using on their

Ipad to enhance their learning. Each family

has received an information flyer, if you

would like to attend please fill in the slip and

return to the office.

17th October 2016 Week 2 Term 4

Breakfast Club available every morning from

the Canteen

Student banking every Thursday

October

19th P&C Meeting 1.45pm

21st Free Ipad Training 9am-11am

31st Kindergarten Orientation 9am-10.45am

Calendar Events

Promoting Excellence, Creating Success

P&C News Just a reminder that our P&C Meeting will be held on Wednesday 19th October from 1.45pm. We welcome our parents/carers to come along and see what’s happening. Keep an eye out for more fundraising events throughout Term 4.

School Hats

During recess and lunch all students are to be

wearing a school hat to protect them from the

harsh sun. If students do not have a hat they

will play under the covered area where we have

plenty of games and activities available.

Students can purchase a new hat for $10 or a

recycled hat for $2.

Selective High School Year 7 2018 Selective high schools cater for highly achieving academically gifted students. If you would like to have your child considered for Year 7 selective high school entry in 2018, you will be required to apply via the internet with a valid email address (not the student’s email address). Mrs Simmons has detailed information available for families wishing to consider applying. Please be aware the closing date for applications is 14th November 2016. Term 4 Save the Dates!

Stage 1 Australian Museum Excursion to Sydney 2nd November 2016 Presentation Day 30th November 9.15am Year 6 Farewell Dinner 30th November 5.30pm Year 6 Slime and Slave Day 2nd December - All day

17th October 2016 Week 2 Term 4