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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 1, Week 11 Student of the Week: S3GH

Nakayla is a mature and hardworking student who has settled into the Clarence Town school community easily; making lovely friendships and demonstrating our core school values at all times.

She is always looking for ways to improve academically and enjoys tasks which challenge her critical thinking. Nakayla takes pride in all she does; some examples of this being the way in which she wears her school uniform and her immaculately presented bookwork.

Nakayla has developed a wonderful rapport with teachers and is an excellent role model to both younger students and fellow peers.

We think Nakayla is an extremely deserving recipient of this week’s Student of the Week.

Diary Dates 2017

Tuesday 4th April Cross Country Wednesday 5th April Easter Hat Parade – 2.15pm 6th – 7th April Peer Support Leader Training Friday 7th April Last day of Term 1 Wednesday 26th April Students return Term 2 Thursday 27th April ANZAC service 9.15am 15th -17th May Canberra Excursion

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Student Achievement

Well done S1K who organised and ran a wonderful Cake Stall last Thursday. The students raised $165.95 and this money will be donated to our local Donkey Sanctuary. Great work Heidi Sinclair, Izzy Middleton and Shayne Green who assisted the Year 2 Cake Stall. Congratulations to our Reg Kelly Cricket team who won their first 2 games of the 2017 Competition versus Karuah PS and East Maitland PS. Great work Hayley, Alirah, Nathaniel, Piper, Alyra, Phoebeahn, Seth, Chloe F, Xavier, Aleira, Deynah, Claire and Caleb who represented our school at the 2017 Newcastle Writers festival.

Congratulations to Clarence Town Public School – for the second year in a row we won the Relay For Life School Prize! This year the prize was 2 x drink coolers, which will be wonderful for sporting events. The prizes were donate by Shelton’s Bus Company and presented by Lyn Mosley.

Principal’s News

Welcome to Week 11 and the final week of Term 1 – 4 school days to go! As I mentioned last week the term has flown by in a whirlwind of success and wonderful opportunities for our students. Last week our Reg Kelly Cricket team had their first and second games for the 2017 Competition and they comfortably won both games. The training the boys have done with Mr Kemp is very worthwhile and the 2017 team has gotten off to great start with their wins but also their great teamwork and sportsmanship – well done!

A group of Stage 2 students represented our school at the 2017 Newcastle Writers festival. They travelled to Newcastle Town Hall and library to hear children’s authors and learn how published authors write.

Permission Notes & Payments Due

Early Stage 1 Voluntary Contribution Mathletics $12 Stage 1 Voluntary Contribution Mathletics $12 Stage 2 Voluntary Contribution Mathletics $12 Stage 3 Voluntary Contribution Mathletics $12 Canberra Excursion $350 Year 6 T-Shirt $38

Awards ES1L Ella, Aytron Bates, Angus Dick S1E Teleah Broadbent, Jemima Hicks, Aksel Brand, S1K Jada Garvey-Rae, Lane Jones, Andrew Lewis S2L Jasmine Bagnall, Alira, Luke Redman S2/3C Jemma Kershaw, Blake Cresswell, Oliver Hoffman, Torin McIntosh S3GH Brodi Longbottom, Eboney Preece, Heidi Sinclair, Blake Te-Wake

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Wednesday was also our mufti day with an Easter Egg fine for the annual 2017 P&C Easter Raffle. There were lots of Easter Eggs donated and our P&C friends have bundled them up for our raffle which will be drawn on Wednesday this week at our Easter Hat Parade. Then on Thursday we were treated to a cake stall by S1K who showed their altruistic side by holding a fundraiser to support our local Donkey Sanctuary. A representative from the Donkey Sanctuary will be at school Wednesday afternoon to accept the cheque from the class.

This week the wonderful opportunities continue with a busy week leading up to the Easter Holiday break.

This week: School Cross Country – Tuesday 4 April we will be running

our School Cross Country for 2017. Representatives from this event will go on to the Zone Cross Country early in Term 2.

Easter Hat Parade – Wednesday 5 April from 2:00-3:00pm in our School Hall we will host our annual Easter Hat Parade. Each class will parade and there will be Easter Eggs for all Primary and preschool children. Our annual P&C Easter Raffle will also be drawn.

Swimming for Sport – Stage 2 on Wednesday. NB: The Stage 3 program finished last Friday and Stage 2 will finish Wednesday.

Peer Support Leaders training – Thursday 6 and Friday 7 April our Stage 3 students will undertake Peer Support Leaders training in our school Hall with Mrs Hartigan and Miss Ellis. The Stage 3 students will then run this training across the school in Term 2.

This week Mrs Kelson and I will be out of school Monday and Tuesday to attend a conference in Sydney. Miss Ellis and Mr Lofts will be acting Principal and Assistant Principal during our absence. This Friday is the last day for Term 1 and we wish you a safe and restful holiday and a Happy Easter during the middle weekend. P&C Proposed fundraisers term 1: Entertainment Books – these books will be available again in 2017 both electronically and as a physical book. A flyer was attached to Week 7’s newsletter with further information. Easter Raffle –The raffle is drawn at our annual Easter Hat Parade, on Wednesday 5 April. Erringi Hotel Easter Family Day – please see attached flyer. There have been some technical issues uploading our calendar onto the Skoolbag App and these will hopefully be rectified this week.

Due to the Easter Hat Parade there will be no assembly item this week.

TERM 1 2017 Wednesday 5th April Fran White Megan Speedie Friday 7th April Lisa Ziliotto Sam Booth

Canteen Roster

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IMPORTANT NOTICES - Reminders 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. This week we are reviewing our playground rules focusing on respect and safety. The lessons are undertaken each Thursday within all classrooms and this language is then used across our school to remind students of expectations 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.

Term 2:

Monday 24 April Staff Development Day Tuesday 25th April ANZAC Day Public Holiday (CTPS will participate in the annual Clarence Town ANZAC March and Dawn Service) Wednesday 26th April – K-6 students resume school for Term 2. Have a great week. Louise Blakemore Principal

Dungog & District Community of Schools – News Updates

Ongoing projects: • Middle Years Maths Initiative • Focus on Reading planning for 2018 implementation • Virtual GATS Program – robotics Term 2 • Aboriginal Education evaluation, analysis, review and planning for 2018-2020 • LAST Network

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Clarence Town Public School will continue our proud tradition by joining in the Clarence Town ANZAC March and Dawn Service again in 2017. All students and parents are invited to join our school as we proudly march behind our school banner to show respect to the men and women of the armed forces who have protected us for over 100 years and continue to protect us every day. Student marching with the school will be required to wear their school uniform and our Student Leaders will wear their formal dress uniform. The school will then hold our annual School ANZAC Service on Thursday 27th of April in our school hall from 9:15pm. The student leaders will host the service and each student will lay a red poppy in remembrance of the fallen. Once again parents and carers are invited to join us for our school service. Our Student Leaders will lay a wreath at both services to show our respect. Cross Country Our school Cross Country will be held the Tuesday 4th April. Students must be turning 8 this year to compete. Students will need to wear their sports uniform, hat, sunscreen and have plenty of water. If any parents/carers are able to assist on the day, please contact the school office. Please return permission notes to the school office as soon as possible. Students will not be able to compete if they have not returned the permission note. Peer Support Leader Training Peer Support is a program that provides students with the opportunity to develop the understanding, attributes and skills to realise their potential and contribute positively to society. All Year 5 & 6 students will be involved in two days of training to prepare them to be leaders in this very important school program. This will be held on 6th and 7th April at school. Please return permission notes to the school office as soon as possible. Stage 3 Canberra Excursion This excursion will be held Term 2 Monday 15th May to Wednesday 17th May 2017. If you have not returned the commitment note and a $100.00 deposit, please contact the office. Final cost is $350.00 per student. The remaining balance may be paid in instalments with the final amount due 26th April. Student Emergency Contact Details Thank you to parents that have returned the Student Emergency Contact details form (orange note). If you have not returned the form yet, could you please check all details and make any corrections necessary and return to the school as soon as possible. If the details are correct, please initial the page and return.

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Year 6 Commemorative T-Shirt Year 6 T-shirts have been ordered and should arrive by the end of Term 1. Students are able to wear their Year 6 t-shirts on a Friday instead of their sport shirt. The balance remaining is $38.00 and students will be given their t-shirt once the final payment has been made. Singleton Horse Sports Day This will be held on Friday 26th May. If you would like your child to attend, please collect a permission note from the front office. Return the form and $25 entry fee to the school office by Wednesday 26th April.

Raffle Tickets Please return raffle tickets with money to the school office as soon as possible. The Easter Egg raffle will be drawn on Wednesday 5th April at the Easter Hat Parade.

Thank you We would like to give a big thank you to Boyd Conrick for donating and autographing some copies of his new book for our library. The book is called “At the Beach with Lizze and Luke” and will be available next term. Thank you to Lucas Hawkin and his family for organising this special gift to our school.

Writer's Festival Wednesday 29th March 2017

The students attending the Writer's Festival last Wednesday had a fantastic time. They were Deynah Bruce, Aleira Mansfield, Xavier Hicks, Caleb Shaw, Chloe Flannery, Phoebeahn White, Hayley Speedie, Nathaniel Stericker, Alirah, Seth Smith, Claire Bagnall, Alyra Bannerman, Ebony Shaw and Piper Fitzpatrick. The author George Invanoff was thoroughly entertaining to listen to. He discussed his new book series 'You Choose' as well as the creation of the Flying Doctors books.

George shared that there were three things that began his interest in writing. Firstly at school there was a reading list that had to be covered and read by the end of the year (a bit like our Premier's Reading Challenge). This list gave him exposure to all types of genres and from there he knew science fiction was his favourite. Secondly, in high school he participated in creative writing classes and just loved it. And thirdly, he was a huge Dr Who fan and one day wanted to write an episode or a book for Dr Who, and now he has written a Dr Who book.

After listening and meeting George, we had lunch in Civic Park and then explored Newcastle City Library. Our group especially enjoyed the children's area and were soon relaxing on bean bags reading books and relaxing. It was a fun day and we look forward to going again next year. A huge thank you to our drivers - Mrs Bruce, Mrs Flannery, Mr Smith and Mrs Bagnall.

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Reg Kelly Shield Cricket

Last week Clarence Town played the first two rounds of the Reg Kelly Shield for 2017. On Tuesday we travelled to Seaham to take on Karuah in the first round of the competition. Karuah asked our team to bat first and we got off to a very solid start thanks to some good batting from Gilbert Ainsworth and Isaac Sellers. We were able to maintain strong momentum throughout the remainder of the innings with Zac Braun-Socha retiring for the first time on 24 runs and this helped us to reach a very competitive total of 117. Our bowling innings commenced sensationally from the opening over with our bowlers quickly splitting open the Karuah top order. We managed to take 8 wickets for only 6 runs thanks to some superb bowling from Harrison Jones, Lucas Hawkin, Harry Boyton and Tait Maytom. We were unable to take any more wickets for the rest of the innings with Karuah defending strongly against some more good bowling. Eventually Karuah finished with 31 runs from their 24 overs and we scored an impressive first round win.

On Thursday we travelled to King Edward Park in East Maitland to take on East Maitland in the 2nd round of the competition. Once again East Maitland asked our team to bat first and we started our innings quite slowly. We kept fighting hard with the bat throughout our entire innings with a strong contribution of 29 runs from Lucas Hawkin and some great support from Nathan Andrews and Gilbert Ainsworth to help our side reach a highly competitive total of 103. We made another great start to our bowling innings with our opening bowlers Lucas Hawkin and Harrison Jones both taking 2 early wickets to restrict East Maitland from scoring early runs. Our bowlers continued to perform strongly throughout the remainder of the innings and they were strongly supported by some sensational fielding, highlighted by a superb run out executed by Zac Braun-Socha to finish the innings. In the end East Maitland scored 38 runs and this provided us with our 2nd comprehensive victory in a week. I would like to personally thank all those parents, grandparents and other family members involved in transporting and supporting all our players in last week's games. A special thanks to those wonderful parents who helped out with scoring and photography duties during the 2 games. We now have to wait until term 4 to play our remaining 3 games of this year's competition. Excellent Work Boys!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr Kemp

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2017 Easter Hat Parade Wednesday 5 April

2-3pm School Hall

+ P&C Easter Raffle Draw

NB: Students make Easter Hats at Home

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