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

UPCOMING EVENTS Friday 12 Dec Stage 3 Rewards Day Monday 15 Dec Yr 6 Farewell 5pm-7pm Stage 1 Rewards Day Stage 2 Rewards Day Tuesday 16 Dec School Fete & raffle drawn Wednesday 17 Dec Last day for students 2014 Year 6 Fun Day Wednesday 28 Jan First day for students 2015

SCHOOL LEADERS FOR 2015 Our School Leaders for 2015 were announced at yes-terdays Presentation Day Assembly. The very excited students are (back row L to R): Lizzy Saunders (Vice Captain), Kalani Minns, Gypsy-Lee Marshall, Chloe-Marie Campbell, Hollee Denton (prefects) and Zachary Wells (Vice Captain). Front row (L to R): Kasey Muir (captain) and Liam Phillips (captain).

COOPERATION - RESPECT - RESPONSIBILITY - SAFETY PAGE 1

Term 4 Week 10 Issue 20 Friday 12 December 2014

STRIVE TO EXCEL

RETIREMENT On behalf of our schooling commu-nity, we would like to wish Mr McCleary (aka Mr Mac) all the best on his retirement. Mr Mac will be missed by everyone at Chatham Public School, especially the students. His class, 6M, said “We all love his funny jokes and the fairy stories. He is such a great teacher”. Pictured right is Mr Mac with his gift from Chatham Public; a framed Chatham Public School jersey.

WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST MR MAC!!!

HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAYS

Chatham Public School would like to wish all the staff,

students and their families a very Merry Christmas and

happy and safe holidays and we look forward to seeing

you all next year.

Good Luck to our Year 6 students moving on to High School next year.

PRESENTATION 2014 Our Presentation Day Assembly for 2014 was held yesterday. Congratulations to these students who re-ceived the following awards:

COOPERATION - RESPECT - RESPONSIBILITY -

BOOK AWARDS

KT

Liam Budden - Outstanding Achievement in English­ Reading

Kai McKellar - Citizenship Award for always being ready for learning.

K/1W

Elani Mitchell ­ Academic Achievement

Jesse Cook ­ Academic Achievement

1F

(pictured below)

Ryhia Nichols ­ Wonderful attitude towards learning and a great role model. Axle Muddle ­ For outstanding improvement in Read­ing.

1/2A

Madeline Hile­Consistent effort and cooper­ative member of class. Bella Kington­ For excellent improvement in English.

2S

(pictured right)

Eboney Chapman ­ Academic achievement

Jye Cavanagh ­ Improvement in all areas

3G

Jack Baines­ Academic Excellence

Tameca Scott­ citizenship and academic achieve­ment

3/4M

Chloe Hayes ­ Academic Achievement

Brady Cross ­ Eagerness to learn anything and everything.

4F

Ruby Purnell ­ Consistent effort across all all learning areas.

Liam Moran ­ Cooperative, helpful and a positive role model to all students

5M

Kalani Minns­ Academic achievement across all Key Learning Areas.

Gypsy Lee Marshall­ Academic achievement across all Key Learning Areas

5/6A

Stacey Jones­ Excellence in Mathematics

Rhys McCartney­ Academic Achievement

6M

Cooper Armstrong ­ Academic Achievement

Phoebe Cause ­ Academic Achievement

CERTIFICATES

KT Madison Lea Ward - Most improved overall atti­tude, effort and academic results Luke Shevill - always striving for perfection in his work

K/1W

Chloe West - Consistent effort across all areas

Samantha Field - Being a cooperative and responsible class member

1F

(pictured left)

Toby Wilson - Always trying his hardest and maintain­ing a positive attitude towards learning

Sienna Armstrong - Consistent effort and progress in all areas

1/2A

Amelia Hayes for positive attitude to reading and excellent results.

Brishaye Baines for being a cooperative and respect­ful member of class

2S

(pictured below)

Caitlin Sheldon ­ Eagerness to learn

Jason Ross ­ Great improvement in Literacy

3G

Ethan Armstrong­citizenship and academic achieve­ment Amali Hay­citizenship and academic achieve­ment

3/4M

Latoya Clarke ­ Being a cooperative and respectful class member. Jakahn Crisp ­ Improvement in all areas of school.

4F

Jacobi Shaw ­ Academic Achievement

­Emilly Tripp ­ Caring and cooperative class member

5M

Jed Brauer­ Great attitude and work ethic.

Liam Phillips­ Great attitude and application to all areas of school

5/6A

Willow Christiansen­ Citizenship

Sammy­Jo Gill­ Consistent Effort

6M

Blake Murray ­ Consistent hard work

Rachel Noonan ­ Consistent hard work

Aboriginal Achievenment

ES1 - Cobi Garland S1 - Zane Clarke

S2 - Shanequa Clarke S3 - Alyssa Hay

Sportsmanship

(pictured below)

Junior Girl - Elizabeth Saunders

Junior Boy - Ethan Martin

Senior Girl - Kalani Cross, Jordan Moscatt, Charli Muir

Senior Boy - Jarrad Gibson

Citizenship Award

Kalani Cross Joey De Stefano

Bursary

Dannielle Price Hayley Burns

COOPERATION - RESPECT - RESPONSIBILITY - SAFETY PAGE 3

Principal’s Award

Charli Muir

Alan Tickle Award & Dux

William Sawyer (pictured below)

Pictured below is one of the many great performances at

our Presentation Day Assembly.

Award of Excellence & Distinction

To achieve an Award of Excellence students have shown a

consistent commitment to their learning and to following

the rules of our school. To achieve this award they have

received 50 orange awards (10 silver awards) for which

they have been rewarded with 2 gold awards. The follow-

ing students are to be congratulated on receiving their

Award of Excellence: Phoebe Cause, Logan Faunt, Brock

Maurer, Jordan Moscatt, William Sawyer, Cassie Williams,

Cooper Hardes and Cooper Armstrong.

To achieve the Award of Distinction a student must first

have received their Award of Excellence and then contin-

ued to show commendable behaviour to earn another 5

silver awards (a total of 75 orange awards). This year two

students - Kalani Cross and Charli Muir - have been pre-

sented with this award. Congratulation to Kalani and Char-

li.

These students along with their parents are invited to a

special morning tea on Monday 15 December, 2014.

COOPERATION - RESPECT - RESPONSIBILITY - SAFETY PAGE 4

SUPPORTERS IN 2014

Chatham Public School would like to thank the following

businesses for their support and generosity to Chatham Pub-

lic School in 2014.

P&C NEWS

OUR NEXT P&C MEETING AGM IN FEBRUARY

MORE DETAILS TO COME CLOSER TO DATE EVERYONE WELCOME

Chatham Public School would like to thank all mem-bers of our wonderful P&C including Di Walsh , Fay Van Vegchel and Rebecca Muir for their continual hard work for our school. We would also like to thank the volunteers and Mrs Anna Waller for their time and effort given to our school canteen.

AWARDS Over the last couple of weeks, students Ashleigh Bar-lin, Latoya Clarke, Liam Moran, Mitchell Sheldon , Char-li Muir, Cooper Armstrong, Dannielle Price, Joshua McFadden, Karlee Felton, Logan Faunt, Reece Saun-ders, Ruby Purnell, Sarah Lee and Tylah Cuthbert re-ceived Silver Awards at our assemblies. Charli Muir, Cooper Armstrong, Dannielle Price and Ruby Purnell also received a Gold Award.

Congratulations to these students.

LEAGUE TAG GIRLS On Tuesday 2 December, three Chatham girls teams played in a League Tag Gala Day held at the Rec Ground. All teams played with great sportsmanship and enjoyed the day. 'It was an awesome day we all had fun playing against the other schools' - Tina McCarthy 'League Tag was great fun because everyone was getting into the game and having fun. Thanks to Miss Anderson, Mr Murray, Linda and Miss Crook for taking us.' - Jade Fowles

K-2 CONCERT

On Thursday 4 December, 2014, all students from Kindergar-

ten to Year 2 presented their Christmas Concert to an enthu-

siastic audience of parents, grandparents and carers. KT was

the first class to perform with a retelling of ‘Possum Magic’

and then showing off their Hula moves to ‘ Pearly Shell’. Rock

and Roll was the theme of the next item presented by 1/2W

as they danced and sang to ‘Splish, Splash I was taking a

Bath’. K/1W shared the story of ‘The Gruffalo’ acting out

some of the story and ending their performance with the

Gruffalo song. This was followed by 2S who entertained us

with two rap items –’Ain’t That Funky Now’ and ‘Hip Hop,

Can you Rock?’. The final class performance was by 1F who

played ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’ and ‘Jingle Bells’ on the

bells. All the classes then combined to sing a medley of

Christmas songs. All students did a fantastic job but a special

mention goes to Eboney Chapman and Asha McLeod who

were the announcers on the day (pictured below).

HOME READING AWARDS

Well done to Tyler Higgins - KT, for reading 100 books and

Lily Denton - 2S, for her fantastic effort of 200 books for

Home Reading.

PREPARING FOR 2015

We would like to remind all of our students and their families

of a few details for school for next year.

Please ensure your child’s items are clearly labelled.

This includes their school clothes, lunch boxes, drink

bottles etc.

Check your child for headlice. This is an ongoing prob-

lem but if we all practice diligence it will be kept to a

minimum.

There is a ‘Stationery Request List’ that would have

come home with this newsletter.

NOTES HOME WITH THIS NEWSLETTER

Please be aware that you should have received the following

notes with this newsletter today:

Your child’s report.

Stationery Request List for 2015 (Yrs 3-6).

K-2 Rewards Day and Class Party note.

Year 6 Fun Day note.

CHATHAM

NEWSAGENCY