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Cockatoo Primary School No 3535. Website – www.cockatoops.vic.edu.au

COCKATOO PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be! NO. 16 Friday June 16th 2017

Dates to Remember June

Tuesday 20th

Friday 23rd

Tuesday 27th

Wednesday 28th

Friday 30th

July

Monday 17th

Sunday 23rd

Tuesday 25th

Thursday 27th

Friday 28th

World Vision Crazy Tshirt Day – Gold Coin Donation

Ramo fundraiser – Walkathon 2:30pm

Grade 5 Transition Emerald Secondary College

PFA Hot chip Day

EDEC Soccer Day

Last day of Term 2 – 2:30pm dismissal

First day of Term 3 – 9am start

China delegation arrive

Swimming starts

Swimming

EDEC Basketball Day


Principals Report

Reporting to Parents Our teachers have been burning the midnight oil finalizing assessments and writing reports that detail student progress for the first semester of the school year. The reports will contain a statement on student behaviour and the effort that is applied to learning activities. Parents will be able to view the achievement levels in all subjects covered at school. Areas of strength and those areas that require improvement will also be identified. The reports will be sent home in the student’s portfolio to parents on Friday 23rd June 2017. Parent/Teacher Interviews Notes regarding Parent/Teacher Interviews were sent home yesterday. In the note we inadvertently neglected to provide the opportunity for you to nominate the day. On the original note next to the preferred time, please indicate the day on which you would like the interview. Parent/Teacher Interviews will be conducted on Wednesday 28th June and Thursday 29th June 2017.

It is requested that parents bring their child’s portfolio with them to the interview. The children are also required to attend the interviews.

This week has been a particularly busy one for me as now that teachers have completed the task of writing the reports, I now burn the midnight oil reading them. I also read all portfolios and together with the knowledge of the students confirmed by the reports that I read, I develop a very strong understanding of each child’s strengths and needs relating to improvements. It is a part of my role that I enjoy doing, particularly the exchange that I have with the children when I catch up with them around the school as a result. It is great to be able to personally encourage the children as well as offer the words that are necessary if ‘those socks need pulling up”!

I am sure that our parents will be as proud of their child’s work as we are at school. The majority of our students always approach their work commitments with an attitude that ensures only the best outcomes. Work Experience Students

In the final week of term, Hannah Prout, Jordan Robinson and Hayley Baumgarth will join our staff for one week of work experience opportunities. The students, who attend Emerald Secondary College, will be timetabled across the school to experience life in a primary school at all grade levels. We are looking forward to sharing our school life with Hannah, Jordan and Hayley. Principal Conference

On Monday 19th June and Tuesday 20th June I will be attending the North East Victoria Principal Symposium at the Melbourne Convention Centre. The emphasis of the conference is Inspired Teaching and Learning: Creating the Education State. The conference outline looks very exciting and I am really looking forward to learning from some much esteemed key note speakers. China Host We are looking for a family that maybe interested in hosting 2 student boys from China from July 23rd – 30th July. Families will be provided with $100-$200 per student to support the experience. If you think you may be interested please feel free to contact myself or Meredith.

Meredith Smith will be ‘steering the ship’ during my absence.


We would like to wish the following students and staff a very

Happy Birthday over the past 2 weeks.

Students: Staff:

Raelee Alchin Ross Woolger

Vaughn Parraga

Isabella Andrews

Monique Eyers

Zahra Mackie

Harrison McLean

Jasmine Tye

Ajay Radford

Brock Fitzpatrick

What’s happening next week……

To Contact O.S.H.C. call the School Office on 5968 8017 between 8.30am and 4.30pm

or ring 0408 566 957or 5968 0256 at all other times.

Enrolment Forms

For 2017 are available at the office or Out of School Hours Care

Term 2 2017 Monday

Cooking

Tuesday

craft/free

play

Wednesday

Sport

Thursday

craft/free

play

Friday

computers

Art-Craft

Ideas/examples

week 10

19/6-23/6

mini

apple pies

meccano

craft golf

meccano

craft computers


June 23rd Claire Dunbar

RETURN SLIP

SICK BAY HELPERS WANTED

Dear Parents,

If you are willing to help the school by stripping the beds, making them and washing

the linen from the Sick Bay on a Friday and returning the linen the next week, please

complete this slip so that we can make up a roster for the year.

I am willing to be on the Sick Bay Roster.

Name: ………………………………………….

Phone: …………………………….

Eldest Child: …………………………………..

Grade: …………..

Reminder

SPECIAL: SUPREME Pizza’s $2.40 until sold out. (Not available on QKR as yet)

NEW ITEMS: Rainbow paddlepops $1.85 (not available on QKR as yet)

Menu’s

2017 Menu is available either via QKR, the schools website or from the office. Please do not google the menu as this is from 2016.

NO CREDIT

Please ensure payment is in all lunch orders to avoid disappointment.

OUT OF STOCK

Honey joys, SLUSHIES Unfortunately are no longer available.

We are receiving New Zealand coins as payment for purchases,

NO foreign currency can be accepted as the bank does not accept it therefore it is a loss for the school.


Cooking with the PFA

Wednesday afternoon FS made

sandwiches with the PFA.

To begin we washed our

hands and put on our

aprons.

The students started off with some detailed

instructions, two slices of bread, a

plastic plate, a knife and some

butter or cream cheese.

The buttering of our bread was

difficult but we persevered and

conquered the tasks.

Next came our creativity by putting

the topping on. Some of us even tried

things we had never had on a sandwich

before.


Lastly came the fun part- EATING nom nom, yum yum.

Thank you to our wonderful PFA and Parents for

helping us learn a new skill and fill our bellies.

You helped us shine like the stars we are!


PFA Page

Cooking Program Every Wednesday

* Hot Chip, Cold Drink and Cadbury Chocolate Day Tuesday 27th June

The Cooking Program started two Wednesdays ago, and what a fantastic time we have had cooking with the kids. We made Butterscotch Scrolls, cleaned up our mess, wiped dishes, smelled the amazing smell of the scrolls while they were cooking, then ate them with great

enthusiasm while they were still warm. FS made sandwiches this week, and it was wonderful to see everyone buttering their bread, choosing their sandwich toppings (choice of ham,

cheese, tuna, egg, cream cheese, carrot, cucumber, lettuce or tomato) and then assembling their sandwiches. Then FS absolutely demolished their sandwiches in record time, and there

were even a few repeat customers! All in all…… a huge success.

A very big THANK YOU to the parents who came along to help us �

We could not run the cooking program without your help! If you are thinking of coming along to help, but haven’t returned your form yet, please get it in to

the Office. We really, really do need you!


PFA Bucket of Hot Chips, Cold Drink and a Cadbury Chocolate Break

We’re fundraising this term with a

“Freshly Cooked Bucket of Hot Chips & Cold Drink plus a Cadbury Chocolate” on Tuesday 27th June.

Students will be able to purchase a cold drink (milo, cordial or water) and a freshly cooked bucket of hot chips and a Cadbury Chocolate for $5.00.

Please fill out the order form & get it back to the Office by Monday 26th June.

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