CHATHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

Find us at: 17-19 Chatham Ave, Taree NSW 2430

Ph: 02 6551 1081 Fax: 02 6551 2012 Email: chatham-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES

FRIDAY 15 DEC 2017 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

TUESDAY 30 JAN 2018 FIRST DAY FOR STUDENTS FOR 2018 KINDERGARTEN START DATES VARY

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Term 4 Week 10 Issue 20 Wednesday 13 December, 2017

STRIVE TO EXCEL

YEAR 6 GRADUATE

CONGRATULATIONS YEAR 6!! Year 6 celebrated seven years of primary school last night at their Year 6 Farewell & Graduation. It began at

5.30pm with the arrival of students and staff, followed by an address by our School Principal, Mr Matthew Royan.

The students and staff then enjoyed their dinner (especially the desert bar) before “showing their moves” on the

dance floor. Parents, caregivers and other family members were then invited in to the official part of the evening.

It was a wonderful night for staff and students, with lots of memories shared.

We would like to wish all of our students a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We look forward to our Year 5 stu-

dents progressing onto Year 6 and enjoying the roles and responsibilities that brings, and wish our Year 6 students

all the best as they venture onto high school.

Ms Long & Mrs Drake

Assistant Principals

Pictured below are Chris, Kashaya, Chloe, Abbie, Jaxon, Tasharna, Harrison, Amali, Akeisha, Vanessa, Molly, Madison, Jack,

Telia, Ashleigh, Ela-Rose, Jake, Connor, Liam, Brady, Will, Jackson, Alex, Lynk, Jacob, Blake, Ethan, Nick, Tameca, Mitchel and

Tyrese.

Mr Matthew Royan

School Principal

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

REPORTS Student reports went home today. Please direct any en-quiries to your child's teacher. PRESENTATION DAY Thank you to all school community members who attended Presentation day. It was wonderful to share in celebrating student success together. KINDER GRADUATION ASSEMBLY Thank you to Mrs Kim East and Miss Melea Tyrie for their great work in co-ordinating this event for our stu-dents. Thank you to parents/carers and extended family for attending the event. Congratulations to our 2017 Kindergarten graduates. YEAR 6 FAREWELL Thank you to Mrs Tracy Long for her co-ordination of this event. Congratulations to all of our 2017 graduates - we wish all of our year 6 students all the best for high school. END OF TERM Our school year concludes this Friday 15 December. Thank you to our school community for another great year. Have a happy and safe holiday break with your families and we look forward to welcoming our school community back to school in 2018. Regards

MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND

HAPPY NEW YEAR

BUS PASS APPLICATIONS

If your child has a bus pass, it may be required for you to

update or re-apply. Parents/Caregivers will receive an

email or letter by post if they are required to do so. If

you are, please do so before 31 December, 2017, to en-

sure their current card is not cancelled.

HEADLICE

Headlice is an ongoing issue in all schools. We ask par-

ents/caregivers to please check their child’s hair during

the upcoming school holidays and treat if required. If we

all work together, we can keep headlice to a minimum

as we resume for 2018.

2017 PATCH (PARENTS AS TEACHERS AND

CLASSROOM HELPERS) COURSE …

This drawing was the title page of Amy Keelan’s

PaTCH journal. Thank you Amy for allowing me to

use this as our advertising picture for further PaTCH

courses.

Our PaTCH course in 2017 ran across Terms 3 and 4.

Mrs Kim East and I were delighted to congratulate

Amy Keelan on completing this course.

Below is a picture of Amy receiving her certificate…of

course mum, Cath, was there to support her.

Congratulations Amy on your participation and com-

pletion of this course. We look forward to you sup-

porting our K-2 students in 2018 and beyond.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our

families a wonderful Christmas and a very happy

New Year. Enjoy your time with each other over the

summer break and we will see you all in 2018.

Keep safe

Mrs Alison Clifton - Instructional Leader

KINDERGARTEN EXPERIENCE SIGN LANGUAGE Kindergarten were very lucky to have Mrs Gleeson visit their classroom last week. While Mrs East was reading the students a book, Mrs Gleeson was signing to the students. Mrs East Assistant Principal Pictured below are Mrs Gleeson, Mrs East and the stu-dents of KE.

STAGE 1 REPORT Firstly thank you to our outstanding staff both teachers and SLSO's that have provided wonderful learning op-portunities for the students in Stage 1 this year. Also thankyou to our office staff who continue to go above and beyond to support our students and programs. Thank you to our fantastic families who support both our staff and their children in their learning. Finally a huge thank you to our students who continually strive and push themselves towards greater achievements. A definite highlight for this year was our excursion to the Shark and Ray Centre, but we have also had many, many more fun learning experiences throughout the year. I look forward to new experiences in 2018 and I encourage you to continue to read with your children in the holidays, this will assist them greatly on their return to school. Take care, stay safe, Wishing all families a wonderful Christmas and Holiday break, Mrs Grieve Assistant Principal

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KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION Thank you to all the families who attended our Kinder-garten Graduation ceremony last Friday. It was a beau-tiful celebration of our learning…… with a few tears from parents and caregivers during the slideshow. Mrs East Assistant Principal Pictured below are Allira, Tjala and Ayesha very proud Kindergarten students in their graduation outfits.

STAGE 2 REPORT Years 3 & 4 have had a wonderful year in 2017. Im-provements and growth in all areas for all students is evident. We wish all of our Stage 2 students a very Merry Christmas and safe holiday and we look forward to meeting up again in the new year and beginning our journey for 2018. Mr Muller Assistant Principal

VISIT TO KARINGAL GARDENS Classes KE and 2G (pictured below) visited Karingal Gardens Nursing Home last Wednesday to perform for the residents. The students enjoyed singing Christmas carols and delivering some Christmas cheer to the resi-dents and the staff. Mrs East Assistant Principal Early Stage One

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ANNUAL SCHOOL PRESENTATION On Tuesday 5 December, 2017, Chatham Public School celebrated the school year and rewarded those hard working students at our annual School Presentation. Amongst the many awards that were presented, our school captains for 2018 were also announced. Con-gratulations to Captains Xavier Bliss and Eboney Chap-man, and to Vice Captains Rihanna Campbell and Reu-ben Martin. Please see below and over the page for our award re-cipients and some photos of the day.

BOOK AWARDS KE (Mrs East) (pictured below)

Olivia Oxford: Academic Achievement

Phoenix Wilson: Academic Achievement

KT (Miss Tyrie)

Allira Corbett: Academic Achievement

Kurtis : Academic Achievement

1B (Mrs Berry)

Ebony Gordon: being an outstanding role model to her peers

Samuel Hayward: being a respectful class member who al-

ways supports his peers

1W (Mrs Wells) (pictured below)

Jayda Theophanous: Outstanding achievement in Literacy

Brodie Clenton: Academic Achievement

2G (Mrs Grieve) (pictured below)

Thomas Baines- being an outstanding role model and aca-

demic achievement

Riely McLeod- being an outstanding role model who always

endeavours to do her best

2/3M (Mr Murray)

Charlea Holman: Being a fantastic role model and always do-

ing her best.

Kirra Ramsay: Being a fantastic role model and always doing

her best.

3/4C (Mrs Coote)

Liam Budden- Academic achievement

Samantha Field- Consistent effort and improvement in all are-

as.

4H (Mrs Hay)

Jessica Field - Consistent effort and achievement in all Key

Learning Areas

Fletcher Jobson - being an outstanding role model who al-

ways endeavours to do his best

4/5M (Mr Muller)

Candice Moran - Citizenship and application

Xavier Bliss - Citizenship and application

5/6L (Ms Long)

Amali Hay: For being a respectful class member who always

endeavours to do her best.

Harrison Jobson-for being an outstanding role model to his

peers and always willing to help others

5/6M (Miss Morris)

Molly Wilson - Positive Attitude and Consistent Effort in all

areas of school.

Wesley Simon-Anderson - Improvement in all areas of school.

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CERTIFICATES

KE (Mrs East)

Consistent application in all areas of their learning:

Kailan Corrigan

Izzac Dunkerley

Tara Wilson

KT (Miss Tyrie)

Consistent application in all areas of their learning:

Jyrell Weidig

Shakanya Turner

Rihanna Moss

1B (Mrs Berry) (pictured below)

Olivia Miller: Academic Achievement

Ruby Grant: consistently endeavouring to do her best in all are-

as

Chase Corbett: always having an enthusiastic approach toward

learning.

1W (Mrs Wells)

Joey Cook: Consistently endeavouring to do his best in all areas

Ebony Grange: Consistent application in all areas of her learn-

ing

Clayton Thrift: Consistent application in all areas of his learning

2G (Mrs Grieve)

Aleana Heard- consistent improvement and application in all

areas

Abygale Harding-always striving for excellence

Ethan Webster-respectful class member who is an outstanding

role model for his peers

2/3M (Mr Murray)

Lily Vaka: Being a responsible, respectful and co-operative class

member.

Madison Starr: Being a responsible, respectful and co-operative

class member.

James Gordon: Academic achievement and great role model

3/4C (Mrs Coote) (pictured top right)

Michael Allomes- A responsible and respectful class member.

Chanel Webber- Always endeavouring to do her best.

Elani Mitchell- Consistent effort and improvement in all areas.

Blake Wilson- Consistent effort and a positive attitude to learn-

ing.

4H (Mrs Hay)

Brishaye Baines - Always striving for

excellence and being an outstanding role model

Madisyn Lakeman - Excellent attitude and effort in all areas

of school

Montana Jobson - Consistent application in all areas of her

learning

Sean Stone - Consistent effort and positive attitude to learn-

ing

4/5M (Mr Muller)

Tanisha Smith - An enthusiastic and determined approach

to learning

Bruce Felton - Dedication to learning and upholding school

values

Tyrone - A consistent, committed and positive approach to

all school activities

Lylah Allen - Respect, responsibility and endeavour

5/6L (Ms Long) (pictured below)

Brady Cross - Positive Attitude and Consistent Effort in all

areas of school.

Ela-Rose Allen - Excellent Attitude and Effort in all areas of

school

Abbie Mitchell - Exceptional effort and talent in Creative Art

Chris Jones - Positive school role model and attitude to-

wards school.

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5/6M (Miss Morris)

Damon Budden - Academic Achievement

Nathan Stone - Being a Positive and Respectful learner.

Tameca Scott - Consistent Effort in all areas of school.

Eboney Chapman - Academic Achievement

READING RECOVERY

Declan Gale

INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER AWARDS

Kindergarten (pictured below)

Shriya Chand - Application to learning

Lachlan Hawkins - Application to learning

Ruby Gale - Application to learning

Molly Cook - Application to learning

Jaxon Osgood - Numeracy

Byron Diplock - Numeracy

Henry Bendall - Reading

Emmily Hoskin - Reading

Jiy Wilson - Writing

Caleb Wilson - Writing

Year 1

Lain Heard - Numeracy

Angus Hardy - Numeracy

Vaughn Kvist - Numeracy

Lachlan Deacon - Writing

Percy Buchanan - Writing

Joseph Wright - Writing

Maddi Allen - Application to learning

Vienna Cooper - Application to learning

Elim Kim - Application to learning

Charlene Webber - Application to learning

Year 2

Isabella Hile - Application to learning

Ally Hobourn - Writing

Tanikka Jancek –Writing

Samantha Waller –Writing

Lachlan Henshaw –Writing

Kaitlin Steadman - Numeracy

Indianna Bendall –Numeracy

Tianna Gulliford –Numeracy

Joshua Wisely - Application to learning

Lauryn Coulson - Reading

MAJOR AWARDS

Citizenship Award (pictured below)

Abbie Mitchell

Bursary Award

Tyrese Clarke

Jackson Bobsien

Aboriginal Achievement

ES1 - Chantelle Duncan

S1 - Matilda 2G

S2 - Jacinta Burton-Collins

S3 - Jaxon Lewis

Attendance Award

ES1 - Ruby Gale

S1 - Matilda 2G

S2 - Ryan Box

S3 - Jack Baines

Awards Of Excellence (pictured below)

Brady Cross, Chloe Hayes, Chris Jones, Molly Wilson, Madi-

son Keys, Damon Budden, Candice Moran and Ethan Arm-

strong.

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Sports Encouragement Award

Wes Simon-Anderson & Kashaya Mitchell

Premier’s Sporting Challenge Medal Jackson Bobsien

Sportsmanship Awards (pictured below)

Jnr Girl - Summer Turner

Jnr Boy - Toby Wilson

Snr Girl - Tasharna Mackie & Asha McLeod

Snr Boy - Brady Cross

Principal’s Award (pictured below)

Madison Keys

Dux (pictured below)

Will Edmonds

School Captains for 2018 (pictured below)

Congratulations to Rhianna Campbell (Vice Captain),

Eboney Chapman (Captain), Xavier Bliss (Captain) and

Reuben Martin (Vice Captain) on their election of

school captains for 2018.

Congratulations to Mrs Drake (our School Librarian/

Assistant Principal) who was also acknowledged for her

37 years to teaching. She began teaching in 1980 at

Taree Public School.

Thank you to all who attended and our special guests

Mr Daryl Irvine (Chatham High School Principal),

Teagan Phillips (Chatham High School Captain), Stanley

Tan (Chatham High School Captain), Kirstie Maher (The

Smith Family), Mrs Di Walsh and Mrs Fay VanVegchel

(Chatham Public School P&C).

Thank you also to those organisations who financially

supported our Annual Presentation for 2018:

Bridgey’s Sportspower

Bunnings Warehouse

Eggins Comfort Coaches

Forster Buslines

Lions Club of Manning River

Officeworks, Taree

Quota International

Stacks The Law Firm

Taree Literary Institute

Tinonee Bus Company

P&C NEWS We would like to thank everyone who supported our fundraising efforts for 2017. Congratulations to Kellie who was the winner of the first prize of the Seaworld Resort voucher from our Christmas raffle. Melissa was drawn out to win the sec-ond prize of the Avon basket which was donated by Alison Sheldon. The winner of the book sellers prize was Kailan (class KE), who sold 27 books. The Annual General Meeting of the P&C will be held in early March. The date will be confirmed in the new year. P&C Committee

CANTEEN NEWS The canteen will be open this Friday (being the last day of school) and lunches can be ordered however there will be limited stock. We would like to thank all our volunteers for the assis-tance throughout the year. We wish everyone a happy and safe holiday. Canteen Committee

TUNING IN TO TEENS

Help your teen to understand and regulate their emo-

tions, improve your child’s self-esteem and reduce chal-

lenging behaviours by attending a 6 week program.

WHEN: 1 March to 5 April, 2018

WHERE: Parkside Building, Fotheringham Park,

Victoria St, Taree

TIME: 10am to 12.30pm

Morning Tea is provided.

For more information phone 6551 1800

K-2 CONCERT

On Friday 1 December, 2017, students from Kindergar-

ten to Year 2 performed a wonderful Christmas Concert.

Thank you to our parent helpers Mrs Oxford, Mrs Shel-

don and Mrs Masters. Thank you also to Miss Larissa,

Mrs Patterson and Mrs Mitchell for always being there

to help both staff and students. We hope our families

have a lovely break.

Mrs East

Assistant Principal

Pictured below are (top) all students who performed and

(bottom) Year 1 students during their performance.

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CHATHAM NEWSAGENCY

Taree Literary Institute Taree’s Oldest Lending Library

STACKS LAW FIRM

PROUD SUPPORTERS OF THE CHATHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL 2017 ANNUAL PRESENTATION