THE CFS WEEKLY “GROWING AND LEARNING TOGETHER

To Parent and Carers,

Hello CFS Family

One of our goals for the year is to

raise the attendance rate across the

school. So far, it is not working very

well.

I would like to reiterate the importance of attending school

every day.

In 2017 our net attendance rate was 77.2%. What this

actually means is that across the year, on any given day,

our attendance rate varies from being very high to very

low. These daily figures are averaged out across the whole

year and we arrive at the figure of 77.2%.

For a school of about 220 students, this equates to an

average of 170 children actually at school every day, or

looking at it another way, 50 children not coming to school

every day.

We strive to have all students attending at least 80%,. By

attending only 80% of the time, you are missing 8 weeks a

year which is nearly one term of school, and over five years

this adds up to one entire year of school missed. Can any

child really afford to miss an entire year of school?

Every child should be aiming for 100% attendance.

Poor attendance has a negative flow on effect throughout

the school;

Children don’t learn as quickly as they should

Children don’t catch up as quickly as they should

Children miss out on all of the fun things at school

Children miss out of the opportunities to make friends

Children miss out of the extra art, music, sport and

cultural programs the school runs

Teachers have to spend extra time re-teaching the

work that has been missed

The school loses funding:

Less Teachers

Less Resources

Less Excursions

As the year progresses we will be rolling out new and

exciting attendance initiatives to improve our attendance

across the school. We realize however, that the best plans

in the world will have little impact if the children and

families that make up our school community are not on

board.

If there are issues which prevent your child from attending

at 100%, please let us know. If your child does not like

something about the school, please come and talk to us

about it. You cannot change a system from the outside. You

need to engage if you want to be part of our continuous

improvement journey.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Jeff

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Term 2, Week 3

WEEK 4 Walk to school Day / WEEK 4 Excursion 3/4 & ILU Classes to School of the Air

Mothers Day stall

TODAY — Tuesday 8th and

TOMORROW — Wednesday 9th

Calendar-Term 1

Mon

Tue Wed Thu Fri

7

MAY

DAY

Public

Holiday

8

Mothers

Day

Stall

9 Sports NT Cricket and Tennis Squad Trials after school ———— Meeting 6pm

10

Luke Kelly Cup

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Sports NT Cricket and Tennis Squad Trials after school

11 Whole

School

Assembly

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ISS: Tennis

ISS: Cricket

14

Excursion Pre School 8:45am—

10:30am

Pre School

Visits Tindal.

15

NAPLAN TEST

16 Excursion 1/2 + ILU “School of the Air” NAPLAN TEST

17

NAPLAN TEST

18. ASSEMBLIES

Early Years 8:30am

Primary 9:30am

Walk to School

Day

ISS Gala Day

21 22 23 24 25 Whole

School

Assembly

“ Zeeko”

Performance

ISS: Tennis

ISS: Cricket

TER

M 2

Week

3

April

——-

Week

4

May

——-

Week

5

May

Whole School Average Mainstream Average

74.28% 87.4%

1—2 Jones = 87.08%

Best Week 1 Attendance

Remember to go to bed early

so you are ready and fresh for school each

day.

Transition Buda = 85.09%

Best Term 2 Attendance

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Transition Buda

ILU Mackander

1/2 Jones

1/2 Rankine

3/4 Gillings

3/4 Lake

3/4 Taylor

5/6 Dehnert

5/6 Everett

5/6 Rawlings

Whole School

CFS Attendance Term 2 Week 2

Term average Weekly average

We

are

nearly

halfway

to

our

fundraising

Goal

of

$10,000

thanks to ALL

that have

do-

PELICAN 2956 points

KINGFISHER 2785 points

BROLGA 2485 points

JABIRU 2780 points

~ Week 2~ Congratulations on your

10 Merits.

Rochelle Hill Selena Nieto-Narkle

David Trindle Frankie Lewis

Emersyn Berto-Miller Howie O’Connor

Casey Joy Jack Donzow Diesel Hodges Saphira James Tyshaun Bush

Harley Campbell Audrey Felizardo

Casey Ogilvie

The 5/6 Leadership Camp for 2018 was held at Riyala, it is about 45km south of Darwin. The camp site was unique as it was surrounded by na-ture and beautiful gardens. After we unpacked we went on a lovely na-ture walk to stretch our legs. Then we went onto the fun activities. The activities gave us an opportunity to show leadership and be a part of the team. We learnt a lot about each other and we had a chance to social-ize with people from the other 5/6 classes. The activities also let us communicate and work as a team. The activities included a scavenger hunt to learn more about each oth-er. Desert Survival was the next ac-tivity where we had to select items that would be essential to have if we found ourselves stranded in the de-sert, we also had to make decisions about what we would do. Unfortu-nately most of us would have died because most groups opted to walk to safety instead of waiting to be found. On Tuesday, we woke up bright and early, ready to go to the Charles Darwin University. Where we visit-ed the Sports Science Centre. There we learnt all about sport science, motion and people’s reactions. After sport science we had an hour of some Flip Out fun. Finally we headed safely back to Katherine. Ruby Rosas Christina Hill

5/6 Student Leadership Camp

STEM — Science ,Technology, Engineering, Math's

Up coming Excursions

Week 4 May 16th — Wednesday

1/2 Jones, 1/2 Rankine, ILU

(Katherine School of the Air)

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Week 8 June 14th & 15th -Thurs & Fri

3 / 4 Camp

(Nitmiluk Gorge/Katherine Museum)

&

(Katherine Outback Experience) ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

It’s not too late to join in on the fun at Net Set GO.

Its a fun, social and active pro-gram for girls and boys aged 5-10 years old.

Net Set GO helps kids to build their skills and confidence whilst introducing them to the game of Netball.

The program will run at the Katherine Netball Courts each Thursday from 3:00-4:30pm for the remainder of Term 2.

All registered kids receive a netball, shirt and activity pack.

Cost of the program is $100 or you can utilise your Sports Voucher.

Any questions please contact Kate 0427 553 149 our find us on facebook: Katherine Netset-go

Assembly Week 3

Music Show Performance