School newsletter

EDITION #11 29 OCT 2021

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Principal

Interschool Carnival

Diwali

Have sum fun

IMPORTANT DATES

5 Nov

P&C Colour Run

12 Nov

School Development day- students do not attend

17 Nov

School board nominations close

From the Principal

We have had such a positive start to the final term of this school year. The children have come back focused and full of energy. Our biggest challenge so far has been predicting what the weather will be like from day to day. It has fluctuated between cold and wet, warm and sunny and as a result, we are finding that there are many jumpers and other clothing items in lost property. If your child has lost/misplaced any items, please have a look through the lost property (outside our school library – Kaadadjiny Koornt).

2022 School Board positions

There will be two (2) parent/carer School Board position vacancies to fill for the start of 2022 school year. The process for filling parent/carer positions on the School Board is outlined below:

Complete a nomination form (attached to this or hard copies available

in the front office Baldja).

Nomination forms are required to be returned no later than Wednesday

17 November 2021. The form can be emailed directly to the Principal

(george.craig@education.wa.edu.au) or placed in the return box in the

front office (Baldja).

If more nominations are returned than the two (2) positions available,

an election/voting process will be conducted. The process for a

required election/voting process will be outlined in the next school

newsletter – Friday November 19.

If an election/voting process is not required, the successful nominations

will be announced in the next school newsletter – Friday November 19.

If you have any questions about what is involved in being a School Board Member, or about the nomination process, please feel free to contact me at the school.

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

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P&C Colour Run

Your child should have brought home information about this exciting P&C event. Our P&C Colour Run will be

conducted on Friday November 5 after lunch. All the details on times and the course have been sent home. If

you have not received the information, there are some spare letters and information sheets in our front office.

On the day, those children who are attending can come to school in the clothes they will be wearing for the

event (clothes that can get dirty/colourful or white clothes). This will prevent the need for children to get

changed, which is very time consuming and difficult. Clothes and shoes worn for this event must be appropriate

and safe for school. The Kindy children that do not attend that day will have their own special colour run at 3

pm.

If you would like to volunteer to assist with setting up and/or running this event, please contact the P&C via

their email: cavershamvalleypandc@gmail.com

School Development Day Friday 12 November

A reminder to parents and carers that we have a school development day on Friday 12 November and that

students do not attend.

K-5 Students not returning to CVPS in 2022

We are currently in the process of planning classes and staffing for the 2022 school year. If your child is not

returning to Caversham Valley PS in 2022, please advise the school front office in writing as soon as possible.

George Craig

PRINCIPAL

Congratulations to our prize winner-

Hritika Paudel!

Caring for Country- Swan Environmental Art Project

Students from Year 4 at CVPS had the opportunity to participate in an

incursion with Noongar Artist Julianne Ward. As part of this incursion,

students produced artworks which were submitted into the ‘Act Belong

Commit Caring for Country Swan Environment Art Project.’

Congratulations to Hritika Paudel, whose artwork was selected as a

prize winner. Her artwork will be transformed into a banner for display

in the streets of Midland and Gidgegannup and will also be displayed

at the Midland Junction Arts Centre from the 30th October until the 18th

December, along with nine other worthy winners.

Over 600 artworks were received for this competition making Hritika’s

win a very fine achievement. All entries can be viewed in a virtual

exhibition at http://www.midlandjunctionartscentre.com.au/seap-21.

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Interschool Athletics Carnival

After many delays due to bad weather, our interschool athletics carnival was finally held on the 22nd of October

in Week 2. It was the first ever ‘Debarl’ Interschool Athletics carnival. ‘Debarl’ refers to our cluster of local

schools and includes Brabham, Caversham and Caversham Valley Primary Schools.

It was an action-packed day with jumps, throws, long distance, sprints and team games. All of our students

competed in nearly every athletics event, which was an amazing achievement. Furthermore, the behaviour and

sportsmanship of our students was outstanding.

Caversham Valley students were awarded the following championship medallions:

Joshua Yeboah Year 1

Bailee Kidd Year 3

Nathan Koko Year 3

Aria Isaacs-Harding Year 4

Karsten Barrett Year 1

Shakeel Anzir Year 4

Princess Quayson Year 5

Lucas Tasker Year 6

Lucy Thompson Year 1

Alina Sharma Year 2

Hudson Ryder Year 3

Joel Tasker Year 4

Sinan Zulic Year 4

Alpha Simi Year 5

Lola Annall Year 6

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Diwali Celebration

On Thursday 21st October the students in Djaril 1, 3 & 4 celebrated Diwali. Students participated in drawing

Rangoli, sampled traditional Indian foods and made lanterns for Diwali. Diwali is the "Festival of Lights" and is

traditionally celebrated in October or November. This year Diwali falls on the 4th November.

Have Sum Fun

This year CVPS entered 4 teams into the Mathematical Association of Western Australia (MAWA) ‘Have Sum Fun’ competition, focusing on Problem Solving skills. The competition involves an online maths quiz of problems for year-level teams of four students. CVPS entered teams from Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6.

Representing the Year 3s in 2021: Tiya, John, Kevin and Krish

Representing the Year 4s in 2021: Joy, Umar, Dylan and Japjot

Representing the Year 5s in 2021: Smit, Jasia, Cooper and Jeril

Representing the Year 6s in 2021: Emma, Marinanne, Agam and Aditya

The competition consists of three rounds of 10 questions, where teams have one hour to complete each round of questions. There is one round per week in Week 3, 4 and 5. Students are removed from class during this time and work with their team to undertake the questions. Students have access to a calculator. The winner will be the school team that takes the least time to complete all three rounds. We wish all of our teams the very best of luck!

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

Year 7 2022 Orientation Kiara College

Kiara College will be holding orientation days for students enrolled in Year 7 2022. Details can be found in the flyer below. Please note, students are expected to attend all 3 days.

Vacation Swimming Classes

With swimming pools and beaches a part of the Western Australian lifestyle, ensuring your children can swim competently and safely is a must for all families. Enrolments for Vacation Swimming in the summer 2022 holidays are now open. Get in quickly, as enrolments can’t be guaranteed. Check the website for locations and more information. https://www.education.wa.edu.au/vacswim

OSH Club- Collecting Bread Tags for Wheelchairs

OSH club is collecting bread tags which will be recycled to fund wheelchairs, mainly in South Africa. All funds raised by recycling bread tags will be used to supply wheelchairs to those in need.

Please save your bread tags and drop them off to OSH club (undercover area) before school or leave them in the collection

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