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Croydon Public School Term 3, Week 2: 30 July 2018

Croydon Public School - Newsletter

CALENDAR

JULY 2018

26 Kindergarten Mindfulness begins

27 Stage 2 Spelling Bee

31 ICAS English Assessment

AUGUST 2018

01 OC Placement Test

01 Mind Marathon

01 Flip Gymnastics Year 3-6 begins

07 Education Week Open Day 9.00-

11.00am

10 P&C Morning Tea

13 Science Week

14 ICAS Maths Asessment

16 K-2 Author visit

20 Stage 2 Author visit

23 Stage 3 Author visit

24 Stage 1 Public Speaking Competetion

24 P&C Trivia Night

27 Stage 2 Public Speaking Competetion

30 Senior Choir performing at Opera

House

CONTACT

Croydon Public School

39 Young Street

CROYDON NSW 2132

Phone: 9747 5457

Fax: 9747 3929

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.croydon-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Twitter: @CroydonPS

PBL BRONZE AWARDS Abby Lambert (3S), Raydon Chen(3J), Elizabeth

Yong (3J), Najinatu Jalloh (3J), Sapphire Stumpo

(3J), Tiara Lam (3W), Joel Tofaeono (3W), Lydia Lin

(3W), Carson Ng (3W), Annabel Nube (5P), Lucas

Yu (2A), Abigail Yang (2A). Asher Failes (1T),

Ananya Aravindan (1T), Josephine Han (2H), Sarah

Thaker (2H), Lucas de Vos (2H), Angelina Cox (1C),

Ava Rose Ring (KS), Kate Robotham (KS), Felix

Golovachenko (KS), Genevieve Hannah (5D),

Hugo Lee (5D), Oliver Bakowski (5D), Emily Sui (5D),

Anita Prasai (5D), Amia Bardsley (5D), Harley Chan

(3W), Jayden Condren (1T), Erica Zhu (1T), Hector Li

(1T), Brandi Yan (KA), Shauria Varma (KA), Karthik

Kumpati (KA), Liam O’Sullivan (KA), Sophie

Chambers (4H), Hanson Xu (4H), Joshua Jones

(4H), Mia Brown (4H), Lidia Severino (3P), Lara

Murray (1T), Karin Liang (1T), Dylan Wong (1T),

Timothy Chen (1T), Hugh Byrne (KL), Skylar Chen

(KH), Larissa Zhu (KJ), Christian Borg (KJ), Dylan

Wong (KJ), Timothy Chen (1T).

PBL SILVER AWARDS Dishan Roychowdury (2M), Sereni Chen (2N), Sarah

Quan (2N), Gergo Klab (2N), Zoe Koeck (2M),

Rachel Ly (2M).

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

From the beginning of this term we have made

some adjustments to our daily routines. Bell times

have varied slightly and we now have “warning”

bells first thing in the morning and at the end of

lunch. These bells remind students to go to the

toilet, wash their hands and have a drink before

going into class. It helps to have classes settled

quickly at the start of the day and after lunch. We

have also included a ten-minute eating time at

the beginning of lunch where students eat

together as a class in a space that is either in the

classroom or an outside area close to the

classroom. This helps us to manage rubbish and

the loss of lunch boxes and drink bottles as well as

the students eating in a more appropriate

environment.

http://www.croydon-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/


The new bell times are as follows:-

8.57am – Warning bell

9.00am – Lining up bell

11.00am – 11.25am – Recess

12.55pm – 1.05pm – Eating time

1.05pm – 1.30 – First half lunch

1.30pm – 1.50pm – Second half lunch with warning

bell at 1.52pm

1.55pm – Return to class

3.00pm – End of school day

It is important that children are at school by

8.55am. The Home School Liaison Officer (HSLO) is

concerned at the number of students who are late

to school. If a child is not at school by 9.05am they

are marked on our official rolls as late. The morning

session is important for all students and those who

arrive late can be disruptive to the whole class.

Please ensure your child/children are at school on

time.

If you intend to take your child/children out of

school for a family event or holiday where they will

be absent for more than 10 school days, it is

important that you fill in a leave form to be

granted extended leave. These forms are

available from the school office and should be

completed well before the first day of leave. If you

are travelling overseas a copy of your itinerary

(flight schedule) should be attached to the form.

Week 3 is Education Week and the theme this year

is Today’s schools – creating tomorrow’s world. This

year we are showcasing the school on Tuesday 7

August between 9am and 11am. In the hall we will

have a variety of performances, in some

classrooms robotics and coding demonstrations

and on the 3 – 6 field some exhibition netball and

softball games. There will be an art trail around the

school displaying work from all classes. Morning

tea will be available at 11.00am in the hall for

parents, carers and family members. Further

information is available in the newsletter.

On Thursday 23 August Croydon PS and Ashbury PS

are providing an opportunity for parents to attend

a presentation by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg on the

topic of raising happy and resilient children and

teenagers. Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is one of

Australia's highest profile psychologists, author of

11 books, broadcaster and a specialist in

parenting, children, adolescents and the use of

technology for mental health. The forum will take

place from 7:00pm on Thursday 23 August at the

Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club. Tickets are

free to parents from both schools (sorry tickets are

not available to friends and family) and you can

book by visiting trybooking.com/XFCZ . Please note

that this is an adults only event so we ask that you

make your own arrangements for child minding.

Ms Lucantonio

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING

The Positive Behaviour for Learning focus for this

fortnight is being a resilient learner in morning lines

and when using ICT and online spaces. Ask your

child how they will be resilient learners at school

this week.

For more information about Positive Behaviour for

Learning and our award system please see the

school website. On our PBL site you will find a

matrix that you can use at home to reinforce the

school expectations.

http://www.croydonp.schools.nsw.edu.au/ourscho

ol/positivebehaviour-for-learning

http://trybooking.com/XFCZ

http://www.croydonp.schools.nsw.edu.au/ourschool/positivebehaviour-for-learning

http://www.croydonp.schools.nsw.edu.au/ourschool/positivebehaviour-for-learning


ASSEMBLY There has been a slight change to assembly times.

Primary assembly is now held on even weeks at

1.55pm on Monday afternoons.

K-2 assembly is now held on even weeks at 1.55pm

on Tuesday afternoons.

SPEECH PATHOLOGY PROGRAM

See the end of this newsletter for a handy tip from

our Croydon Public School speech therapist,

Elizabeth Ware. This tip gives you some great ideas

about how to help your child practice and revise

their vocabulary.

ACTIVITY PAYMENT Notes sent home with students for activities such as

excursions and incursions, all have a set cut-off

date for payments required. The deadline for

payment is the final date which the school will

accept payment for these activities. Any monies

paid online for activities after the cut-off date will

not be accepted. These monies will be placed into

payment for fees in advance. There will be no

refunds for monies paid online after the specified

cut-off dates.

If you wish to make a payment from fees in

advance (credit) please indicate this on the

permission slip and either drop the slip into the fees

box or hand it in to the office. Do not hand it to the

teacher first. This way the office staff will allocate

your credit to the activity and then the permission

slip will be forwarded to the class teacher.

EDUCATION WEEK 2018 Our Education Week Celebrations will be held on

Tuesday 7 August from 9.00am-11.00am. Everyone

is welcome!

ICAS ENGLISH ASSESSMENT The ICAS English assessment will be held before

school on Tuesday, 31 July in the 3P, 3S, 4K, 4D, 5G

and 6S classrooms.

If your child is participating in the English ICAS

Asessment, he/she will need to meet Miss Senthil

and the supervising teachers at 7.45am in Area A

of the playground (outside the entrance to the

primary building). Please ensure your child has a 2B

In Hall Showcase

9.10 Infants Choir

9.20 Senior Dance

9.25 Drama

9.40 Public Speaking 1

9.45 Choir

9.50 Recorders


10.05 Junior Dance


Other Showcase Activities

Before

School- 8.50

Ukulele Amphitheatre

9.15-10.00 Infants

Robotics

1T Classroom

9.30- 10.30 Coding 3S & 3P Classroom

10.00-11.00 Primary

Robotics

6S & 6J Classroom

9.30- 10.15 Netball Game Primary Basketball

Court

10.15- 11.00 Softball Game Primary Field

10.45 Kindy Dancing Infants

Playground


pencil, sharpener and eraser to use in the

assessment.

Please note, there will be no make-up time

available for resitting the assessment should your

child be away or late.

The ICAS Maths Assessment will be held at 7.45 am

on Tuesday 14 August.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL RIBBONS Athletics Carnival ribbons will be handed out at

the assemblies in Week 4. Primary track

event ribbons will be presented on Monday 13

August. Primary field event ribbons will be

presented on Monday 27 August. All K-2 athletics

ribbons will be handed out on Tuesday 14 August.

Parents are warmly invited to attend the

assemblies.

STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING APPEAL Bags will behanded out to the youngest child in

each family Monday 30 July. Please return these

bags to the back right hand corner of the hall by

Thursday 16 August.

Special thanks to Luca (5G), Phoebe (5G) and

Minton (5G) for counting out the bags for each

class at lunch time.

VOLUNTEERING AT SCHOOL

Teachers greatly appreciate and highly value

parent helpers in the classroom. Parent

volunteering helps aid the smooth running of

various programs in the classrooms. If you are

interested in helping out in your child’s classroom

please contact your child’s teacher.

It is a now a requirement of the Department of

Education that you complete a Declaration for

Volunteers and Non Child Related Contractors

prior to coming to help. These declarations are

available at the front office, toward the end of this

newsletter and on our website. After filling out the

declaration, you will need to submit 100 points of

ID to the office. If you have a current Working With

Children Check for Volunteers you will not need to

fill out a declaration form.

YEAR 6 FUNDRAISING –

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK Once again our Year 6 classes are fundraising for

their end of year gift and graduation by selling The

Entertainment Book. Order forms will be sent out to

all families this week. Please support our Year 6

students by purchasing one as soon as possible,

the earlier you purchase the more time you have

to use it!

If you purchase an Entertainment Book it will be

sent home with your child. When ordering please

order online using the Entertainment Book link:

http://www.entbook.com.au/20147x6

Or, if sending money to school please hand it to

your child's class teacher.

Payments cannot be made through the fees box

or the school's online payment system. Refunds

cannot be given for money paid online through

the school's online payment system.

You may purchase multiple books, books for

different areas and digital memberships.

There is a sample copy of the Entertainment book

in the office if people wish to view before buying.

If you have any questions please see Miss Sutton in

6S.

P&C NEWS Welcome back to Term 3! The year is certainly

flying! Hope you all had an enjoyable holiday and

good break from the school routine.

Have you found yourself with some free time this

term? If so, we are always looking for new

volunteers to help at the Canteen and or Uniform

shop, if you think this is something you would like to

do, pop into the Canteen or Uniform shop and

http://www.entbook.com.au/20147x6


introduce yourself or send me an email:

[email protected]

The Social and Fundraising Committee have been

busy planning our Term 3 events! Keep an eye out

for the notices so you don’t miss out!

Have you got your team together for the

upcoming TRIVIA NIGHT held at Wests Leagues

Club Ashfield on Friday 24 August??? It’ll be a fun

night out and contributes to raising funds for our

school. Don’t worry if you don’t have a team,

single tickets are available and the organising

committee will put together teams if required. We

are also looking for donations for the Trivia Raffle,

so if you have something to donate for a prize

please get in contact.

This term the P&C meetings will be held on

Wednesday 8 August and Wednesday 12

September, so pop those dates in your diaries. It

was great to see some new faces at our meetings

last term and hope to see lots more of you at the

meetings this term.

Remember, to keep up to date with P&C news

and events please LIKE our Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/CPSPC/

Mee Ling Munier

CPS P&C President

P&C EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Name Role

Mee Ling Munier President

Jennifer Hastings Vice-president

Jacqui Bouf Vice-president

Rob Scott Secretary

Anna Bradica Treasurer

SUBCOMMITTEE

Jackie Speak Social & Fundraising

Irene Browne Uniform Shop

Lexi Hunter

Jane Ainsworth

Canteen

P&C

SOCIAL AND FUNDRAISING

COMMITTEE NEWS

2018 Read-a-thon

Thank you to all the students who participated in

the Read-a-thon this year over the past holidays.

Now is the time to return your forms and money

raised. The sooner it is returned, the sooner you

child receives their certificate and prize (if

applicable).

How to return your money raised:

Option 1 Internet bank transfer (easier for

everyone) DO NOT USE THE SCHOOL PAYMENT

SYSTEM. REFUNDS ARE NOT POSSIBLE.

Transfer the amount raised from your bank

account online to the P&C bank account. Bank

account details are: Croydon Public School P&C

Association, BSB: 032 082, Account Number:

250105, Reference: Readathon Your child's name

& class. Please make sure you reference the

deposit, so we can match the payment to the

correct student and they can receive their prize.

Return printed transfer receipt and all forms in an

envelope into the fees box at school.

Option 2

Place forms and money raised in an envelope

clearly marked as ‘Read-a-thon’ along with your

child’s name and class and amount raised written

on the front to the P&C fees box in the school

office. Any questions please call Jackie Speak on

0438177700

Term 3 P&C Morning Teas

This term we only have time for two P&C morning

teas. The first one will be on Friday 10 August and

our guest speaker will be the Roads & Safety

Officer from Burwood Council. This will be a great

mailto:[email protected]

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morning tea to come to, to learn about the road

safety rules and issues around our school. On

Friday 14 September we will be having a Building

Project Update presentation. We hope to see you

at both these morning teas.

Trivia Night – Friday 24 August

Last years trivia night was such a great event that

we are doing it again this year.

Click on the link to buy your tickets now! (numbers

are limited) https://www.flexischools.com.au/ We

hope to see you for some fun Trivia and games,

Raffle prizes, food and drink on the night.

Ticket price includes: dips and bread, pizzas to

share with your table, free soft drinks and a fun

night of trivia and lots of prizes. This is an adult only

event, so book in your babysitters now! So start

organising your table of 10 friends, its cheaper to

buy a whole table for $325, single tickets are also

available for $35 each.

As mentioned above, there will be a raffle draw at

the Trivia Night. Tickets for this will be sent home

soon. First though, we need some major prizes! This

is where some of you may be able to help, if you

have any ideas for prizes, (you may work at a

great company that can donate something, or a

business you frequent may be happy to offer you

something for the school), please contact

Catherine 0408203916 or Jackie 0438177700, or

email your class parent reps and they can pass on

your details to us. Your help is much appreciated,

we want to make this night a success not only for

us parents but also for the students at Croydon

Public.

We are on the lookout for new people to join the

Social & Fundraising Committee, so if you have

some great ideas or keen to just come along and

see what its all about, contact us to find out

location and time of our next meeting.

If you have any questions about any of our events,

or want to join us on the organising committee,

we’d love to have some more members, please

get in touch, you can find us in the playground at

drop off and pick up or send us an email

[email protected]

UNIFORM SHOP

The Uniform Shop will be open normal hours this

week (Week 10, Term 2) and Week 1, Term 3.

Opening hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8.45-

9.15am.

Any inquires should be directed to the uniform

shop by email OR contact Irene directly on

0403083925.

When ordering with Flexischools, if you place an

order and your child doesn't bring it home, please

first check with your classroom teacher, or the

Coscare staff, then next with the uniform shop.

Sometimes students are not in the classroom when

our volunteers deliver, or Coscare staff aren't

aware of your order.

Please do not contact Flexischools directly. If your

order was processed and your payment goes

though successfully then they will not be able to

help you with regards to the delivery.

Regards,

The Uniform Shop Team

CANTEEN NEWS

NEW TERM, NEW MENU!: Well here we are already

at Term 3 – how did that happen?! We are very

excited to present an updated menu with some

tasty new items, but most of all that we are NOW

OFFERING ALL MENU ITEMS ON FRIDAYS! And this

still includes the very popular Friday Fruito Bento.

***Please note for Friday PSSA students NO hot

food items can be ordered***

https://www.flexischools.com.au/



FRUITO BENTO ON FRIDAYS: We are continuing with

these for Term 3 so remember to get your orders in

by 9.30am each Wednesday, (ONLINE ONLY). Why

not pre-order for the term so you never forget?

Sushi Boxes can be collected at Recess for PSSA

sport participants – remember to provide your

PSSA child/ren with an icy pack to keep the sushi &

other items cool until they eat at lunch time.

OVER THE COUNTER: Have you been trying any of

the new items we’ve been making this term?

Apricot Balls, Homemade Cookies and Carrot &

Cucumber Cups with Hommos or Tzaziki to name a

few. We love your feedback, so let us know what

you think!

CANTEEN MENU QUERIES: If you have any queries

regarding items on the menu, please come and

see Di in the Canteen. She is only to too happy to

provide the nutritional & content information for all

of the food we offer.

CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS: WE DESPERATELY NEED

MORE HELPERS!!! Without the support of our

Croydon Parents & Carers we are unable to run

our Canteen. It’s that simple. But each term we

are sadly seeing less and less people offering any

time they may have to help out. We know that

most people see the Canteen as a vital service at

school, but it will not continue to run without your

support. Please don’t let this happen!!

If you think you may be able to help out, in

anyway, even if just a an hour or two each term,

please call by the canteen and chat to Di our

wonderful Canteen Supervisor. Or let Lexi Hunter

know by email: [email protected] All

mums, dads, grandparents, uncles, aunties &

carers are welcome!

And remember to let Di know ASAP of you are

unable to make your shift or need to change days.


Term 3, 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Date

23/07/2018 24/07/2018 25/07/2018 26/07/2018 27/07/2018

Staff Lexi Hunter Su Jones (C) Jane Ainsworth

Development Narelle Spinks (C) Jane Ainsworth HELP NEEDED Jez Durant ©

Day

30/07/2018 31/07/2018 01/08/2018 02/08/2018 03/08/2018

Clarinda Chen (C) Cecilia Chan (C) Frances McLaughlin (C) Lisa Johnson © Lexi Hunter

Masako Boskovski Heather Condren Gregor Stronach Yolanda Liu Rae Dufty-Jones (C)

9.30-11.30

06/08/2018 07/08/2018 08/08/2018 09/08/2018 10/08/2018

Justine Diggle (C) Jenny Fuentes HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED Jane Ainsworth

Noris Scandelin (C) HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

13/08/2018 14/08/2018 15/08/2018 16/08/2018 17/08/2018

Lee Li Erin Dib HELP NEEDED Jo Shetty (c) Lexi Hunter

HELP NEEDED Ryoko Omachi (C) HELP NEEDED Queeny HELP NEEDED

20/08/2018 21/08/2018 22/08/2018 23/08/2018 24/08/2018

Angela Giagodi (C) Younghee Seo HELP NEEDED Claire Sives (C) Penny Jones (C)

Joanne Pettit (c) HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED Philippa Durant (C)

27/08/2018 28/08/2018 29/08/2018 30/08/2018 31/08/2018

Naome Reid (C) HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

HELP NEEDED Jaime Higgins (C) HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

03/09/2018 04/09/2018 05/09/2018 06/09/2018 07/09/2018

Louise Pirie Cecilia Chan (C) HELP NEEDED Lisa Johnson (C) HELP NEEDED

Pip Keane HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

10/09/2018 11/09/2018 12/09/2018 13/09/2018 14/09/2018

Lee Li Erin Dib Kate Fogarty (C) Yolanda Liu HELP NEEDED

HELP NEEDED Noris Scandelin (C) HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

17/09/2018 18/09/2018 19/09/2018 20/09/2018 21/09/2018

HELP NEEDED Jenny Fuentes Claire Sives © HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

24/09/2018 25/09/2018 26/09/2018 27/09/2018 28/09/2018

Joanne Pettit (c) HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

Liz Comport (C) HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

0421 156 713

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Croydon Public School - Term 3, 2018 - Canteen Roster

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