Term 1   Week 3

                                                                                                12 February, 2009

 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

 

                                    MEET THE TEACHER EVENINGS

            Wednesday 18 February     Scripture classes begin

Friday     20 February           Buddies Picnic

Meet the Teacher Night

Monday 23 February            Early St 1 from 5pm – 6pm

Monday 23 February            Stage 1 from 6pm – 7pm

Tuesday 24 February           Stage 2 from 5pm - 6pm

Wednesday 25 February     Stage 3 from 5pm – 6pm

Thursday 26 February          Community Club

 

Dear Parents & Caregivers,

 

VICTORIAN BUSHFIRE APPEAL

Today we had a very successful appeal for the terrible fires in Victoria.  There were so many people who lost their lives, their houses and all of their belongings.  Many schools were severely damaged.  We are so lucky here at Carlton with all of the fabulous buildings and teaching and learning resources.  The staff at Carlton would like to thank the parents and students for their generosity.  The money raised will be sent to the Red Cross for distribution and in next week’s newsletter we will announce the class that had the longest gold coin line and the class that raised the most amount of money.

 

STAGE RESOURCES and VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

We will send out notes for stage resources and voluntary contributions.

Stage Resources:

These are the costs for any items like text books, book bags, craft materials, and  Mathletics. Each stage fee is a little different because of items included.  For example:  Kindergarten includes Chicken Raising, Stage 1 includes Dance To Be Fit and Text Books and Stage 3 includes two types of diaries for Year 6 and Magazines for Year 5.

We would ask parents to pay this amount as soon as possible.

Text Box: Costs: Kindergarten $70 Stage 1 $55 Stage 2 $60 Stage 3 $80

Voluntary Contributions:

For a number of years now, parents have asked for Stage costs and Voluntary Contributions Fees to be collected at the one time. If you can manage both fees at once then please send them in together if not we would like to have stage costs as soon as possible and  all voluntary contributions in by the end of term when we will have a lucky draw program with fantastic prizes.

Voluntary Contribution Fees for 2009:

                        The contribution fee this year is the same for the last 3 years

·                    $50 for the first child

·                    $70 for 2 or more children

 

 

PUT ‘ICE’ INTO YOUR MOBILE PHONE

The Ambulance Service is encouraging everyone with a mobile phone to put ‘ICE’ (In Case of Emergency) into their mobile phones. The ambulance service says at accidents most people have a mobile phone but ambulance officers do not know who to call when they look at all the entries in the mobile phone book. There is a nation wide program now to ask everyone to record an emergency contact number under ICE.

 

GENERAL 2008 PERMISSION NOTE

Next week we will send out a general consent note to parents relating to short walking excursions, the media and use of the internet. We ask that all parents have a look at the note and sign and return it to your class teacher as soon as possible.

 

 

MATHLETICS

Mathletics is a very exciting on-line web based mathematics program that the whole school will be using again this year. We will hold an information session for parents on Monday 2 March at 6:00pm.  This is a wonderful new online program that children can challenge themselves against students from all over the world.

In 2008 Carlton School won the WB Kids online competition against other children in Australia.  We aim to keep that tradition going!

 

Success for Boys and Girls - Anti Bullying Program and Taekwondo

The school will continue this successful program that was introduced last year.  Boys and girls in Years 3-6 are welcome to be part of the Taekwondo Anti - Bullying Program.  The program will run for 5 weeks this term beginning on Thursday, March 12, 2009.  This program is held during lunchtime and is well supervised.  The cost this term will be $20.  A note has been sent home with more details.  If your child misses out this term we will have two sessions in Terms 2 and 3. 

 

Drumming

We would like to continue the Arabic drumming group that was introduced into the school last year.  We have a very experienced professional drummer to teach the students but this year we will extend the program and have an experienced group and a beginning group.  This is a very popular activity and teachers have nominated students to be part of the group.  Students will meet during lunch time for their lessons.  We look forward to some more fantastic performances this year.

 

UNIFORMS                          

There has been an overwhelming response to the Uniform shop.  Many items have sold out and the shop is waiting on more supplies.  Just a reminder that the Uniform shop is open on Monday and Friday mornings from 8.30 am until 8.55am.  It is also open on Thursday afternoon from 2.30pm until 2.55pm.  The shop is run by volunteers and they have other commitments after the closing times.  Could you please assist them by using the shop on the days and times noted above?

 

DONATION

We would like to thank Willeen Wymes of Willison Road for her very generous donation of a telescope and hula hoops to the school.  They are in excellent condition and will be used by the school.

 

2009 SPORTS HOUSE CAPTAINS

Congratulations to the following students who were elected sports house captains for this year.

House

Captains

Vice captains

Blue

Dennis Chen

Annalise Alkiviadou

Nathan Chalak

Nadia Fares

Yellow

Damien Ho

Monica Kostadinoski

Kane Kennedy

Lauren Haidar

Red

Braydon Pilot

Alexis Olsen

Brendon Liu

Hanin Najem

Green

Aleksandar Trajkovski

Mikaela Vasilevski

Sid S

hardanand

Ninihi Wilson

 

SCHOOL NURSE

Included in this newsletter is some information for parents regarding the services of the school nurse.  Please read it carefully and keep the contact numbers safe in case you need the services at any time.

 

COMMUNITY CLUB FAMILY PHOTOS

Advanced Photos will again be taking family portraits for members of the school community.  This will occur on Sunday 29 March in the staffroom at school.  A note regarding this with more details will be distributed to you soon.

 

STAFF LIST – TERM 1, 2009                               

Mr Gavin Patterson

Principal

Mrs Gail Sadleir 

Deputy Principal 

Mrs Sharon Tollis

Deputy Principal

 

 

Mrs Alison Milner

1A

Mr David Granger (Asst Principal)

1G

Mrs Julie Kellert

1J

Mrs Athena Kondonis

1K

Miss Kirstie Leedham

1L

Mrs Bonnie O’Grady

1OG

Mrs Toula Kozanitis

1/2T

Mrs Amanda Miller

2A

Mrs Neralie Chappell

2C

Mrs Debbie Johnstone

2 J

Mrs Rebecca Ferguson   

2F

Mrs Jillian Murchie

2/3M

Miss Janice Archer 

3A

Mrs Carol Kohler

3K

Mrs Cathy Thompson

3T

Miss Louise Wood

3/4W

Mrs Liz Aitken (Asst Principal)

4A

Mrs Caterina Colubriale

4C

Mrs Kerry Coomes

4K

Mr Mark Green

4G

Mr John Rees

4R

Mrs Sue McElroy

 5M

Ms Diane Uzunovska

5D

Mrs Bronwyn Tilse

5T

Mrs Sarah Smith

5/6S

Miss Karen Flowers  (Asst Principal)

5/6F

Mrs Jenny King (0.6)

Mrs Margaret Meena (0.4)

6KM

Mr Jeremy Clark

6C

Mrs Glenys Howard

6H

Ms Leigh Rasmussen (Asst Principal    )

KR 

Mrs Carolyn Finch

KF

Miss Vicki Derwent

KD

Miss Fatima Mostapha

KS

Mrs Robyn Hill

KH

Mrs Evangelia Karamihalis

KK

Mrs Linda Mallios (0.6 Mon – Wed) &

Mrs Ann Carson (0.4 Thurs – Fri)

KMC

Ms Annette Phillips

Teacher Librarian

Mrs Renee Afonso (0.4 Mond & Wed)

Library

Mr Nash Davis (0.6) 

Counsellor

Mr barton Williams

Relief Teacher

Mrs Celia Jordan (0.4 Wednesday)

Computer Relief - Liz

Mrs Debra Ross

Reading Recovery  (0.4)

ESL – Kindergarten/Year One  (0.6)

Mrs Julie Cantor

Reading Recovery (0.2)

ESL –   Early Stage One (0.8)

Ms Lynette Beacham

Reading Recovery (0.4)

ESL – Year One (0.6)

Mrs Kimberly Adams (0.2 Monday)

ESL – Stage Two

Ms Loris Quantock  (0.6 Mon – Wed)

ESL – Year One

Mrs Christine Hansard (0.6 Mon - Wed

ESL – Year Two

Ms Carol Kalusek 0.4 (Thurs-Frid)

ESL Year Two

Mrs Celia Jordan  (0.2 Tues)

ESL – Stage Two

Mrs Jenny Brown ( 0.6 Wed – Fri to 06/05/07)

ESL – Stage Three

Mrs Elaine Dettrick (0.8 Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri)

ESL – Stage Two

Mrs Nomiki Bouziotis (0.6 Mon – Wed to  

STLA

Ms Antionette Awad

Arabic

Mrs Zaklina Mihajlova

Macedonian

Miss Tipi Tahapeehi

Maori

Mrs Joanne Liang

Mandarin

Mrs Danni Lamb  (0.6 Tues,Wed, Fri)

Mandarin

Mrs Kimberly Adams (0.8 Tues – Fri))

Indonesian

Miss Lisa McNab  (0.8 Tues – Fri)

Indonesian

 

 

Mrs Barbara Austin

School Admin Manager (SAM)

Mrs Judy Van Bronswijk

School Admin Officer (SAO)

Mrs Win Canbery

School Admin Officer (SAO)

Ms Winnie Yu

School Admin Officer (SAO)

Mrs Jenny Peters (Tues – Fri)

School Admin Officer (SAO)

Mrs Myra Smith  (Monday)

School Admin Officer (SAO)

Mr Wayne Han

General Assistant

Mrs Lyn Partridge

Teachers Aide

Mrs Petra Beard

Teachers Aide

Mrs Marilyn Georgaris

Teachers Aide

Mrs Evanthis Fondas

Teachers Aide

      

Lucy Dancing School - runs Ballet Classes at the Scout Hall Carlton (next to Carlton Public School) every Friday afternoon straight after school and on Saturdays. We aim to provide a quality level of dance tuition to all students, both boys and girls, of all ages and levels. We offer lessons from Beginners to Advanced. All classes are conducted by Miss Lucy C Lu and experienced registered R.A.D and I.S.T.D teachers. Enquiry please contact on 0413 062 888

If you are interested in joining this dance school please complete the form below and we will pass on the details to Miss Lu.

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Name of student ________________ class _____

o   I am happy to have my phone details supplied to the dance school. o   I would like to have some more information regarding these classes.

Signed _________________ (parent/guardian)