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CRAWFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL
Quality education in an innovative and caring environment. Safe Respectful Learners
Phone: 9621 7233, Email: [email protected]
Term 3 Week 2, 1 August, 2019
Principal’s Report - Mr Richard Ford
Welcome to the first newsletter of term 3. The students have settled back in well to their
learning routines and are just going from strength to strength.
Currently we have had some maintenance work being carried out throughout the
school. The boys toilets had a collapsed pipe that needed replacing, we have had new
carpet laid in different areas of the school including the library. The library should be
back operational by next week. I would like to say thank you to all the students who
have handled these disruptions well and just got on with learning and enjoying school.
We have had some very exciting news in the last couple of weeks. Our Stage 3 entered
a competition to design the new Badergy’s Creek airport and surrounding businesses
using Minecraft. The students from all the classes made some wonderful small cities that
were future focused and problem solving, each group worked in collaboration. The
students then presented their Aerotropolis’ to each other and voted on the best. From
this our students have made the top 10 finalists. A handful of students will go to Liverpool
on 9th August and present their city to judges from Western Sydney University and could
win a prize of up to $40 000. We wish them all the best and are so proud of all or Stage 3
students who have worked so hard on this.
Doonside festival was held last weekend and our students were one of the first
performers on the day, and the only school. Our choir and dance groups performed
and did an amazing job. They did our school proud and showcased what wonderful
talent we have at school. Thank you to all the parents who were able to get their kids
into school uniform on the weekend and get them to the festival.
On Tuesday our Girl’s rugby league sides played in a gala day. We were supposed to
have 4 sides going but with sickness, injury and some girls not bringing in their notes, we
could only field 2 teams. This meant so that other schools didn’t miss out that our teams
played in 2 competitions each. They did a great job and many girls who had never
played before had a lot of fun and got right into it. The girls showed great sportsmanship
throughout the day and didn’t complain once about how many games they had to
play.
Thank you to everyone who turned up for parent teacher interviews. It is also a great
time for us to see how our students are going, touch base with things that might be
happening at home and at school and to show our students that we are all working
together to help them be the best that they can be. I would also like to thank the hard
working teachers who taught all day and then spent 3 hours in interviews without a
break.
The Infants K-2 sports carnival will be held on Friday 16th August. A note will go home
shortly encouraging students to wear their house colours. The carnival will be held
between 9-11am.
Education week is next week. Our dance group will be performing at Westfield’s Mt
Druitt at 11.40am. With everything that has been going on we have decided to combine
education week and book week to have a big celebration on the day. On Wednesday
21st August we will be holding a book character parade, open classrooms and
showcasing our STEM projects throughout the school. A note will go home soon with all
the details.
As everyone is aware by now we had the very sad news of one of our own, Mrs Sharron
McGeown, passing away on the last Sunday of the holidays. She will be missed by all
that knew her and she will be remembered as someone who was dedicated to our
students and our community. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your
support through this time. It is so lovely to see when a community comes together to help
each other out through a time of sadness. From the kind messages for the family, to the
personal offers of support to the teachers, and the patience you have shown when
needing to get things resolved, the staff of Crawford Public School would like to thank
you. I would also like to thank the local schools who sent teachers to support us, and our
wonderful students who welcomed those teachers and showed how great they are.
GATE TIMES FOR ELECTRONIC
PEDESTRIAN GATE
8:30am - 9:15am
2:55pm - 3:30pm
During these times, the electronic
gate is unlocked for entry and exit
of the school. All that is required is
to push or pull the gate open.
Outside of these times the gate will
be locked. Entry and Exit of the
school will be by pushing the button
located on the gate and waiting
for a response from the school
office.
Unless you require to sign your child
out for an early pass from the front
office, the gate will remain closed
until 2:55pm.
SCHOOL GATES
For the safety of students and staff, the
school gate near the car park is locked
between the hours of 9.15am to 2.55pm.
The back gate (Asche Street) is locked
between the hours of 9.15am to 2.55pm.
The gate will be promptly closed for the
day at 3:15pm.
ENTRY to the school during school hours is
via the main pedestrian gates
located at the pedestrian crossing. The
gate will be shut but not locked.
SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS
The school’s front office is open
Monday - Friday
8:30am - 3:15pm
UNIFORM SHOP
OPENING HOURS 2019
The Uniform Shop will be open
for business every Thursday
morning from
8:30am - 9:30am in the
Crawford Community Cottage. (Except the last week of every term)
NO SMOKING
The school premises is a Non Smoking Area
Thank you for your cooperation.
School Banking every Friday
morning before school in the
PLC Room (by the office)
"Step into Stage One!!
Well Term Two flew by and here we are into Semester Two already!
Stage One students have successfully completed another jam-packed term of
learning and are now half way through the year.
Term 2 saw many exciting events, from Crazy Hair Day, the Featherdale
excursion, NAIDOC Day celebrations, hosting class assemblies, Sports in Schools
and not to mention many many many learning opportunities. Students have
jumped reading levels, extended their sentence writing abilities, solved difficult
mathematical problems, learnt about the water cycle and the list just goes on.
Parents- you should all be proud of the wonderful achievements of your
children.
At the end of Term Two, Semester One reports went home. Please see your
child’s teacher for any clarification needed. Our wonderful teachers always
your first point of call. It was a pleasure to read so many positive points and to
hear how each child’s learning abilities are catered for in their classrooms.
This term is already
off to a busy start.
We have had
Parent Teacher
Interviews, and an
upcoming Athletics
Carnival and not to
mention all students
are straight back
into learning.
Keep smiling and
keep shining! Dream
Believe Achieve!
Well Done to AJ, Beau & Kiara for
their exemplary work in K/1D
Stage 2 News This year, Stage Two have been organising an overnight camp for our Year 3 and 4 stu-
dents. Unfortunately, we have not been able to secure appropriate dates this year that
fit within our school calendar and Dubbo zoo’s availability. It was fantastic to see the
amount of interest there was with this camp from our students and parents, as we had
just 80 families who said they would like to attend. As there was such a large interest,
we will keep this in mind next year and hopefully have greater success in organising
dates.
If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to ask your child’s teacher.
Stage 3 News It has been a great start to Term 3 for Stage 3. We received some great news that our
Minecraft Aerotropolis submission has made it to the top 10!
The work was unbelievable with the resources and the way our students managed their
time. Some videos will be produced and shared through the school Facebook page
etc. later in Term 3 so everyone can see the work.
During Term 3 we will be trialling a High School type timetable on Monday afternoons,
Tuesday afternoons and Thursdays from 11:30am. The idea is to help our students with
the transition to High School and deal with change. So far so good. Our teachers have
really put in a lot of thought and effort into the program which will cover Maths, Sci-
ence, Food Tech, English and Digital Technologies. We’ll organise some photos and up-
dates as we go.
Organisation for camp is coming along nicely. There are still some spots to fill so if you
would like your child to join us for an awesome experience please see any of our Stage
3 teachers.
The next camp payments due at 23rd August & 20th September 2019
Netball Training Clinic
On Monday 29th July our PSSA netball teams were lucky enough to
participate in a Netball Training Clinic run by Emma from Netball NSW. This
was an invaluable experience for our netballers, many of whom have never
played before this season. The training included games that developed skills
including passing, shooting and reacting. It concluded with a game of
netball with Emma coaching from the sideline, developing our player’s
understanding of the rules and teaching them new strategies. Hopefully we
will be able to use these new skills in our remaining PSSA games this term.
All of our Netballers were very enthusiastic and had a great time.
Thank you to Mrs Anamourlis for organising the day.
PBL Morning Tea
At the end of each term, we celebrate
the efforts of our students with a PBL
morning tea for students who have
received a badge during the term. We
encourage all students to work towards
there 5 PBL Merit awards to receive a
badge.
PBL AWARDS
Congratulations to the following students who
received their PBL badge during our last assem-
bly for being a safe, respectful learner.
K-2 Students
2N Alexis White
2T Enrique Green
2T Kaylee Green
2T Yahya Green
3-6 Students
3/6J Aaron F White
5/6G Henry C Green
4M Curtis G Bronze
4M Diamond M Silver
5/6G Indianah B Silver
5/6G Keira S Silver
This year we collected just over 22,000 points to use on purchasing new
equipment for our students. Congratulations and Thanks you to our
Crawford families and community for all your sticker collecting.
Term 3 Events
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Week 2
Girls League Tag
Parent Teacher
Interviews
Liv’en Deadly Debaters at
Marayong PS
Sports In Schools
Kindy, SU & Stage 3
PSSA
Week 3 Stage 3 Spelling
Bee
Stage 2
Spelling Bee
Liv’en Deadly
P & C Meeting
9:30am
Sports in Schools
Stg 1 & 2
PSSA
PATCH Info
Session 2:15pm
Week 4
Liv’en Deadly
Sports In Schools
Kindy, SU & Stage 3
PSSA
Semi Finals
K-2 Athletics
Carnival
Combined Education & Book Week
Week 5
Liv’en Deadly
Book Character
Parade, Open
Classrooms &
Showcasing STEM
Sports in Schools
Stg 1 & 2 PSSA Finals
Week 6
Book Week
Performance -
Big Dreams
Liv’en Deadly
Father’s Day Stall
Sports In Schools
Kindy, SU & Stage 3
Father’s Day Stall
Father’s Day
Breakfast
Week 7 Mt Druitt Zone
Athletics Carnival
Liv’en Deadly
P & C Meeting
9:30am
Sports in Schools
Stg 1 & 2
Kindergarten
Golden Ridge
Farm Excursion
Summer PSSA Begins
Week 8
Liv’en Deadly
Sports In Schools
Kindy, SU & Stage 3 PSSA