Post on 20-May-2020
CLARENCE TOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL
82 Queen Street, Clarence Town NSW 2321 Phone: 4996 4156 Fax: 4996 4392 Email: clarenceto-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.clarenceto-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Kindness Honesty Effort
Term 4, Week 7 Student of the week: Riley
Riley is a very honest and caring student. He consistently
demonstrates high quality work in all areas and maintains a
positive attitude towards learning. Riley is a wonderful
classroom helper who is always happy to help his classmates
and fellow students. He always displays our PBL values and is
a wonderful role model for other students.
Riley is a student that really enjoys hands on based activities
and loves all forms of technology. He is a very passionate
young sportsman, who loves participating in sports such as
soccer, touch football and swimming. Riley is a pleasure to
have in the classroom and we think he will make a fantastic
student of the week!
Diary Dates 2019
25 November-29 November
Intensive Swimming Scheme
This program is FULL
Book Fair
26 November, 27 November
3 December
DHS Yr 7 2020 Orientation
4 December
Presentation Day
5 December
Yr 6 Farewell Dinner
10 December
P & C Meeting 7pm
11 December
Surf Fun Day
17 December
Party Day
18 December
Last Day Term 2019
Our next assembly will be held on Wednesday 27 November at 2.15pm. All parents and friends
are invited to attend.
Student Achievement Congratulations to Charlie Jones, Nash Jeffery, William Barlow, Seton Colefax, Benjamin
Maloney, Myles Mason, Jessica Felstead, Jasmine Bagnall, Alyra Bannerman, Emily Robinson,
Aurora Greenaway, Piper Fitzpatrick, Matilda Bourke and Sally Croxton who are our Candidates
for the 2020 Student Leaders Positions. Yesterday we heard the boy’s speeches, today we heard
from the girls and on Wednesday we vote!
Congratulations to Jada Garvey-Rae and April Hensley-Turner who received awards for An
Outstanding Love of Learning in the Youyoong AECG (Aboriginal Education Consultative group)
Award Ceremony. Both Jada and April will be presented with these awards again at our 2019
Clarence Town Public School Presentation Day Awards. Well done!
Congratulations to Chloe Flannery, Claire Bagnall, Beth West and Xavier Hicks who are our grand
finalists for the 2019 Clarence Town Public School Stage 3 Public Speaking Competition. Their
topic is: The greatest invention of all time is?? Good luck.
Well done to our Kindergarten and extended school choir who sang at our 2019 Grandparents
Day Assembly. They were accompanied by Miss Bunn and were a delight to see.
Brilliant job: Blake, Stirling, Brody, Bentley, Paige, Maicee, Angus, Denzel, James, Sebbri, Jacob,
Indigo, Sebastian, Emma, Lewis, Charlotte, Grace, Zahli, Zavier and Vincent – our 2020
Kindergarten class who have now completed their Orientation to school. They were just delightful
during their visits, displaying respect, being ready to learn and safe! Great work!
Principal’s News
Welcome to Week 7 and after a cooler Sunday and sultry start to the new week. The smoke haze
has eased for the moment and while our fire danger rating today is High, many of the fires still
burning are advice only. Our thought and prayers are still with the School Communities and wider
Communities who have been affected by these devastating fires and with the amazing Rural Fire
Service Volunteers who have worked tirelessly day after day. There are many support services
and businesses currently organising and coordinating fund raisers and aid for these communities.
At school we will coordinate a fundraiser to support schools who have had significant damage
due to the fires. Please see further over in the newsletter for details.
This week the weather forecasts are for a hot start and finish to the week, with a cooler
Wednesday. If the smoke haze returns we will once again put our precautionary measures in
place with inside play and limited outside time; this will also include bus transport to Intensive
Swimming. At this stage we will be participating in Friday’s Touch Football Gala Day and
Swimming for Sport. If this changes, due to poor air quality, notification will be on the Skoolbag
App. Once again I thank you for your support in being proactive and also patient with us as our
workload increases to manage these situations.
A huge thank you to all of our wonderful Grandparents who visited last week and made our 2019
Grandparents Day very special. We had a huge crowd and lots of wonderful learning on display.
The Grandparents enjoyed a Devonshire Tea while perusing the Book Fair, before joining us for
our Assembly. Our Book Fair has also gotten off to a spectacular start with lots of books and
stationery purchased. Book Fair continues this week on Tuesday and Wednesday.
We have 4 weeks of school to go for the 2019 school year! After today students have 17 school
days left, with their last day of school being Wednesday 18 December and staff have 19 more
school days with their last day being Friday 20 December. The coming weeks are very busy with
organisation and implementation of Presentation Day, 2020 Student Leaders Speeches and
Elections, Year 6 Farewell, K-2 Responsible Pet Ownership workshops, Years 3-6 Surf Fun Day,
Bushfire Mufti Day and collection, Christmas T-shirt mufti Day (Drought Support for Burren
Junction PS), Party Day…along with report writing, finalising 2019 evaluations, 2020 planning,
Staff Development Day preparation, Professional Learning! This time of year is about celebrating
our success and planning for the future.
This week at Clarence Town Public School we have: Intensive Swimming every day this week Monday – 2020 Leaders Boy’s Speeches Tuesday – 2020 Leaders Girl’s Speeches Tuesday – Book Fair Tuesday – Carpet Cleaning 3-6pm Wednesday – 2020 Leaders Elections Wednesday - Assembly 2:15-3pm, including Grand Final of Stage 3 Public Speaking Competition Wednesday – Book Fair Thursday – Drum Corp for Stage 3 Friday – Touch Football Gala Day Friday – Swimming for Sport Friday - Dungog Youth Services at CTPS 9-12 Next week we have: Monday – 2019 Student Leaders and Sound Room Monitors practice for presentation Day Tuesday – Year 6 Dungog High School Orientation Day Wednesday – 2019 Presentation Day 9:15-10:30am Thursday – Drum Corp for Stage 3 Thursday Evening – Year 6 Farewell Friday – Swimming for Sport Friday - Dungog Youth Services at CTPS 9-12 As the end of the year approaches alarmingly fast, we are extremely busy; I will be out of school Tuesday afternoon to attend meetings at Dungog High School and on Wednesday afternoon I will be attending the Dungog Child and Family Network Meeting. Mrs Oldfield will be acting Principal in my absence. Ms Kelson is on leave this week and Mrs Kavanagh will be teaching technology. Over the next 2 weeks classroom teachers will receive some extra release time to finalise and proof read student reports. Reports will go home Week 10.
Our new Tawny PBL Mascot is going well. PBL stands for Positive
Behaviours For Learning and is the basis of our Student Wellbeing Program
in the school.
We are constantly reminding students of our PBL Values and school motto along with our Tawny 5 Rules and I would also encourage parents to use
these words when celebrating positive behaviour and discussing negative choices with your child. The Tawny 5 Rules:
I can listen
I can put up my hand and wait
I can work quietly
I can follow instructions
I can control what I do and Say The School motto:
Kindness Honesty Effort The Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) Values:
Learning Safety Respect Through working together we create the best opportunities and learning experiences for all our students. Have a great week. Louise Blakemore Principal Supporting Schools damaged by Fire We are collecting school supplies and books to send to schools who have been directly impacted by the fires and lost precious resources. Donations of: pencils, pens, rulers, erasers, sharpeners, coloured pencils, pencil cases, books suitable for Library and home reader use, basic sport equipment eg tennis balls, handballs, soccer balls, netballs, basketballs. On Thursday 12 December we will also have a Bright Colours Mufti Day with a Gold Coin donation to add to our contribution. Thank you for your support.
School Security - IMPORTANT If you see anyone in the school grounds or any suspicious behaviour out of hours or over the weekends please contact school security on 1800 00 88 21. Thank you for looking out for our school. Louise Blakemore Reminder:
School Uniform for Term 4 is:
Green shorts/skorts with yellow piping
Green and yellow/red Unisex shirt
Green broad brimmed hat
School shoes/Joggers, preferably black
White socks
Remember we are still in our transition period so the check summer dress for girls and grey
shorts/green school polo shirt for boys, are still acceptable. However, bike shorts and white shirts
are not a part of the uniform at CTPS. Year 6 students are able to wear their Year 6 T-shirt on
Monday’s and Friday’s.
Dungog & District Community of Schools – News Update for 2019
Vision: To create a K-12 focus for teaching and learning in the Dungog & District Community of Schools. Next on the agenda for the D&DCoS is:
Purchase of mini bots to support our GATS and technology initiatives across the CoS
Further Writing Professional Learning for staff STEM T4L at Dungog PS Term 4 Planning a 2020 Wellbeing joint Staff Development Day Planning a K-12 Drug Education Program Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten and Year 6 to Year 7
Last Friday I attended our Term 4 D&DCOS Local Management group (LMG) meeting and we have achieved all of our goals for Term 4. As we head into 2020 we are planning:
Implementation of K-12 Drug Education Program
Further STEM Professional Learning to occur
Establishment and implementation of robotics kits, including micro bits and Merge Cubes
2020 Film Festival, with students being the film makers, called ‘Film by the Rolling Hills’
Various GATS, Aboriginal and STEM initiatives
Expansion of our Middle Years Writing and Maths Initiatives We have received a grant for K-12 Careers Education and have applied for a High Potential and Gifted Education Grant. Another productive and busy year ahead.
Assembly Merit Awards – 20 November 2019 ES1E Leni Beeton, Alexandra Willis, Kenzie Willis ES1L Millie Auer, Scarlet Rumph, Lola-May Cameron S1W Marshall Beeton, Joshua Scott, Madison Mann S1/2K Maliyah Bancroft, Reuben Greenaway, Izayah Shaw S2/3B Mark Bates, Lachlan Gifford, Abbey Keighran S3MW Jacob Head, Aleira Mansfield, Tait Maytom
Stage 3 Public Speaking 2019 This week will be Grand Final for Public Speaking. It will be held on Wednesday 27 November. Our speakers will be Chloe Flannery, Xavier Hicks, Beth West and Claire Bagnall. The topic will be “ The greatest invention of all time is ?”. Good luck students. Our winners from last week were Xavier Hicks and Beth West, who will now progress to the Grand Final. Congratulations!!!
Presentation Day – Wednesday 4 December 2019
Our annual Presentation Day will be held on Wednesday 4 December at 9.15am in our school
hall. All parents and families are invited to attend and celebrate our students’ achievements in
2019.
Year 6 Farewell – Thursday 5 December 2019
Our Year 6 Farewell will be held in our school hall on Thursday 5 December from 6.00pm –
8.30pm. The cost for catering is $30 per person which includes drinks, nibbles, dinner and cake
for dessert.
Year 6 Farewell – Slide Show
All Year 6 students have received a note asking for a baby photo and a kindy photo of your child,
if they did not attend Kindergarten at Clarence Town Public School. These are to be returned
ASAP.
Stage 2 & 3 – Surf Fun Day
This event has been rescheduled and will now be held on Wednesday 11 December 2019. All
students will need to complete and return the permission note. Payments for this will be carried
forward to the new date. Any money owing and the new permission note must be returned this
week.
NRL League Touch Day
If your child was given a note last week regarding this event to be held on Friday 29 November
at Lakeside Sporting Complex, please complete the permission note and medical consent form
and return to the office ASAP.
Kinder Enrolments 2020 To assist with our planning for 2020 and Kinder Orientation sessions, if you or someone you know has a child intending to start Kindergarten at Clarence Town Public School next year could you please contact the office to register your child.
Viral Gastroenteritis
A reminder that Viral Gastroenteritis is
currently active in the school and
community.
Clarence Town P.S.
A reminder that due to the new
money handling policies in
schools, all money from
students is to be handed into
the office.
Thank You
Tawny Awards
As part of our PBL we have a Tawny Award process where students are recognised for consistent
positive behaviour. Students can bring in there Merit Awards and Happy Notes to receive Tawny
Awards, as follows:
Three Merit Awards or Happy Notes or any combination of each = White Tawny Award
Three White Tawny Awards = Gold Tawny Award
Three Gold Tawny Awards = Tawny Badge
Library Book Fair – Welcome
Opening Hours
8:30-9, 12-12:30, 1:30-2, 3:00-3:30
Tuesday & Wednesday
Last week Don’t miss out!!
Canteen Roster – Term 4
Week Monday Wednesday Friday
Week 7 Katie Bagnall Wendy Sellers
Amy Berends Alana Hammond
Week 8 Katie Bagnall Wendy Sellers
Kerrie Salter Linda Anderson
Alana Hammond Bek Auer
Week 9 Alana Hammond Rina Rocco
Canteen closed Surf Fun Day
Kershia Jones-Clark Wendy Sellers
Week 10 Canteen CLOSED Canteen CLOSED
You are invited to Clarence Town Public School
2019 Presentation Day
Wednesday 4 December 9:15-10:30 approximately
In the School Hall
This celebration event will be hosted by our 2019 Student Leaders, with special guest and students receiving class awards, sports awards, special awards, technology and Library awards and our 2020 Student Leaders announced. We look forward to you joining us.
Following Presentation Day Celebration
there will be a…
Thank You Morning tea for parents and guests In the library
10:30-11:30am
We would like to take the opportunity to thank our parents, carers, friends, relatives and special guests for the support you give our school throughout the year. The assistance you give by volunteering your time to attend special days, drive students to events, volunteer in the Canteen, attend and be a member of P&C, provide in help in classrooms, covering books, organising fundraisers and being a part of our Clarence Town Public School community is greatly appreciated.
GRANDPARENTS DAY