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CHATHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
Find us at: 17-19 Chatham Ave, Taree NSW 2430
Ph: 02 6551 1081 Fax: 02 6551 2012 Email: [email protected]
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday 16 Dec Yr 6 Graduation & Farewell Dinner Wednesday 18 Dec Mini Fete/Disco/Concert Last Day of Term/Year Wednesday 29 Jan First day of school for 2014
CHRISTMAS FUN DAY On the last day of school, Wednesday 18th December, 2013, we will be having a Christmas Fun Day. Parents/Caregivers are all welcome to join your child/children on the day which will begin at 11am. There will be a concert, sausage sizzle, mini fete, disco and the Christ-mas raffle will be drawn. We will also be farewelling our Year 6 students. A note went home earlier in the week with all the de-tails of the day. The note also included the order form for the $1 Sausage Sizzle. If a parent/caregiver or family member would like a sausage sizzle, please include with your child’s order. We look forward to seeing everyone there.
SCHOOL CAPTAINS FOR 2014 OUR SCHOOL CAPTAINS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED!!
Congratulations to Charli Muir and Jakson Collis who were elected School Captains for 2014. The prefects are Ashlee Smith, Cassie Williams, Kalani Cross, Jordan Moscatt, Jayden Edmonds, Joey DeStefano, Cooper Armstrong and Reece Saunders. (Pictured Below)
Congratulations to Kaleb Corbett (pictured above left)
who was awarded Dux of the school for 2013 at our
Annual Presentation Assembly yesterday. Pictured
above right is William Sawyer who was awarded the
Alan Tickle Award.
SURVEILLANCE & SECURITY
Our school has recently purchased security doors for
our administration office. We also have added extra
surveillance cameras around the school, including the
administration building, to ensure our school is moni-
tored over the Christmas break.
Term 4 Week 10 Issue 18 Friday 13 December 2013 STRIVE TO EXCEL
First Day of school for students for 2014
Wednesday 29th January, 2014.
THE STAFF AT CHATHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL WOULD
LIKE TO WISH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR
FAMILIES A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW
YEAR AND SAFE HOLIDAYS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING YOU ALL NEXT YEAR.
ALL THE BEST TO OUR YEAR 6 STUDENTS WHO ARE
VENTURING OFF TO THE NEXT STAGE IN THEIR LIFE –
HIGH SCHOOL. WE WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST.
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Annual Presentation
Book Awards KP Jessica Field Consistent improvement in all areas
Lylah Allen Positive attitude and consistent effort
KW Fletcher Jobson Excellence in Literacy
Hailea Heard Consistent effort in all learning areas
K/1T Sophie Williams Excellence in Literacy
Alexandria Allomes Fantastic improvement in all areas
1M Aliviah Lewis Excellence in Literacy & Numeracy
Damon Budden Excellence in Numeracy
2S Molly Wilson Consistent effort and positive attitude in class
Jackson Bobsien Consistent effort & improvement in all areas
2/3F Jasmyn Sawyer Excellence in Literacy
Jaxon Lewis Excellence in Numeracy
3H Jayden Budden Academic achievement
Chloe Muir Consistent effort across all KLA’s
4H Kathryn Burton Consistent improvement in behaviour
Hollee Denton Consistent effort across all KLA’s
4/5A Jordan Moscatt Consistent effort in all learning areas
Kalani Cross Academic achievement
5M Stacey Jones Excellence in Mathematics
Jayden Edmonds Excellence across all KLA’s
6Gold Natasha Waller Academic excellence
Logan Peck Academic Excellence
6Gray Andrew Klump Improvement in all areas of school
Gabrielle Armstrong Always applying herself to her school work
Certificates KP Kasey Grange Excellence in Numeracy
Malachai Grant Excellence in Literacy
KW Bonnie Minns Consistent effort in all learning areas
Beau Muir Consistent improvement in Literacy
K/1T Jack Hardy Caring and cooperative class member
Stevie Shevill Excellence in Numeracy
1M Asha McLeod Excellence in Library
Eboney Chapman Excellence in Literacy
2S Tyrese Clarke Excellent improvement
Madison Keys Academic Achievement
2/3F Lataya Ridgeway Being a cooperative and respectful class member
Ela-Rose Allen Consistent effort in all areas of school
3H Kyrus Scott Academic excellence in Mathematics
Daisie Mastrippolito Positive attitude toward school
4H Zachary Wells Academic excellence in Mathematics
Samson Lewis Academic excellence in English
4/5A William Sawyer Academic excellence
Phoebe Cause Cooperative and enthusiastic class member
5M Danielle Price Cooperative and conscientious class member
Logan Faunt For his wonderful manners and excellent behaviour
6 Gold Tyron Campbell Class Citizenship
Jasmine Hardy Class Citizenship
6Gray Joel Reidy Consistent effort in all areas of school
Tori Davies Caring and cooperative class member
Pictured right (top) is the Aboriginal Award winners with Jay Davis and (bottom) is
our Principal Award winners.
Major Awards Aboriginal Awards
Early Stage 1 Axle Muddle
Stage 1 Danneyah Glass
Stage 2 Elizabeth Saunders
Stage 3 Larry Goolagong &
Cassie Williams
Citizenship Award
Ashlea Anderson
Bursary Award
Gennifer Alchin
Tyron Campbell
Alan Tickle Award
William Sawyer (Maths)
Sportsmanship
Junior Girl Jordan Moscatt
Junior Boy Liam Phillips
Senior Girl Charli Muir & Kalani Cross
Senior Boy Kyle Martin
Premier’s Sporting Challenge Medallion Winner
Joey DeStefano
Principal's Award
Zakkai Currie (Fantastic attitude to-
wards school and being a good friend)
Kristy Hay (Outstanding contribution to
CPS in developing and maintaining
strong school and community partner
ships.
Dux Kaleb Corbett
AWARDS
SUCCESSFUL READERS
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this
years Premier’s Reading Challenge. 246,000 students
across NSW completed the Challenge in 2013. 135 stu-
dents from Chatham Public School received their certifi-
cate this week for successfully completing this years
challenge.
The challenge runs from 1st March until 1st Septem-
ber each year. You can view book lists for each chal-
lenge on the Premier’s Reading Challenge website and
also on the app.
BOOK FAIR
Thank you to everyone who supported our Buy One
Get One Free Book Fair and a special thanks to the
students and families who donated their “free” book
to our collection for the Philippines. We will still be
collecting new and as new stationery items until the
end of the term. These will be sent to a school in the
Philippines to support the rebuilding following Ty-
phoon Haiyan.
SUMDOG COMPETITION
Congratulations to the following students who were
our Top Ten competitors in the final Sumdog competi-
tion for the year. They were: Kasey Muir, Gennifer
Alchin, Charli Muir, Chloe-Marie Campbell, Hayley
Cook, Chloe Muir, Cassie Williams, Brittney Cook, Hay-
ley King and Zoey Smith-Minett.
LEAVING STAFF
Chatham Public School has a few staff changes next
year due to retirement and those choosing a new ca-
reer path. We would like to wish Mr & Mrs McKenna
all the best on their retirement and Ms Hardy, Miss
Mills, Miss Horneman and Mr McKenzie well on the
next phase in their teaching careers.
GROUP 5 - GREAT RESULTS
Congratulations to students pictured below who re-cently completed the Quicksmart Program. They have gained great results and showed great improvement through some hard work.
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Silver 2.12.13
Aimee Medcalf Amelia Hayes
Brock Maurer Caitlin Sheldon
Cassie Williams Hannah McLeod
Jakeal Anderson Jesse Doran
Kalani Cross x2 Kurt Fowles
Kyah Kvist Madeline Hile
Natasha Waller Suchanan Sriwongwan
Taylor Veitch William Sawyer
Silver 9.12.13
Ali Allomes Ashlea Anderson
Amali Hay Axle Muddle
Beau Muir Bella Kington
Ben Crossingham Bruce Felton
Ethan Armstrong Harrison Cuthbert
Izzy Ward Joseph Moy
Kayleigh Ridgeway Lily Scerri
Lylah Allen Maddison Bussey
Octavia Bullock Will Edmonds
Gold 2.12.13
Jesse Doran Kalani Cross
Kurt Fowles Taylor Veitch
Gold 9.12.13
Ashlea Anderson
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Don’t forget to listen to 2RE
for what has happened and
what is coming up at our
school.
OUR NEXT P&C MEETING IS OUR AGM
MONDAY 24th February, 2014 7pm in the VC ROOM Kristy Hay - P&C President
BREAKFAST CLUB Thanks to Andy’s Cake Kitchen
for their donation of bread to our
Breakfast Club that is now supplied
each day of the week.
Congratulations to Ashleigh Barlin of Class 3H (pictured
above) who was the winner of the Chatham Newsa-
gency gift basket for this term. The basket was full of
lots of goodies like stationery, games and books.
Just a reminder that Chatham Newsagency has lots of
great Christmas present ideas in store. You could also
go into their draw to win a fantastic barbeque.
PREPARING FOR THE 2014 SCHOOL YEAR
1. Update Personal Details - Please ensure our
school has your child’s updated personal details.
This includes address, phone number and emer-
gency contact information.
2. Labelled clothing - Over the Christmas break, we
ask you please check your child’s school items
such as clothing and lunch boxes and ensure
they have their name on them.
3. Head Lice Check - Please check your child’s hair
for headlice over the break and treat if it is re-
quired.
UNIFORM PRICE LIST
Operating Hours : 9am to 12pm Monday to Friday
Hats Small Cap with Emblem $ 5.00
Large Cap no Emblem $ 5.00
Shirts ( Yellow Polo) $ 16.00
Skirts $ 35.00
Boys Shorts $ 15.00
Sports Shirts (Green Polo ) $ 16.00
Sports Shorts $ 15.00
Hooded Jumper $ 25.00
Zipper Jumper $ 25.00
Sports Jacket Special Order
Sports Pants $ 25.00
LIVE LIFE WELL
Dairy foods are important for strong bones and
teeth.
The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating recommends children eat 2-3 serves of dairy foods, such as milk, cheese or yoghurt each day. Why not try including these high-calcium containing foods:
milk on cereal or a tub of yoghurt at breakfast
cheese on crackers after school
fruit smoothie as a drink
custard and fruit as dessert.
PHONE APP Our School now has our own Skoolbag iPhone and Android App to help us communicate more effectively with our parent/caregiver/student community. We are asking parents/caregivers/students to install our Skoolbag School App. To install it, just search for our school name “Chatham Public School” in either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. THIS IS A FREE APP!!