Newsletter

Term 2 Week 10

2 July, 2009

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Monday, 6 July Aboriginal Performances

Thursday, 9 July Community Club Meeting

Reports go home

Friday, 10 July Last day Term 2

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

STUDENTS RETURN to school on Tuesday 28 July, 2009

NO SCHOOL on Monday 27 July - teachers only at school

Dear Parents & Caregivers,

FANTASTIC RESULTS SELCTIVE HIGH SCHOOL TESTS

Yesterday the school received notification of the students who were offered places at Selective High Schools in 2010. Amazingly there were 35 places offered to students at Carlton Public School with 5 more students placed on the reserve list. Students, parents, teachers and the school should be very proud of this overall result. Many primary schools in the state get zero students into selective high schools with most getting only one or two students. Again congratulations to all students who were successful in gaining entry to a selective high school. Congratulations to the following students:

Damian Berberu Marc Betbeder- Matibet Kelly Cai Serena Cai Dennison Cao Dennis Chen Florence Cheng Michael Dadson Shirley Gu

Nader Haidar Katelyn Harper Nick Jiang

Ryan Kwok Anna Lee Calphen Li

Mabel Li Sarah Li Shane Li

Brian Liang Sherrie Liu Victor Liu

Andrew Lu Adrian Novak Anna Pietruszka

Gavin Poon Carrie Tan Liz Tang

Jonathon Wang Henry Wong Lianne Wong

Vivian Wong Darren Wu Hao Wu

Wincentia Wu Nellie Zhang

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Our Years 3 to 6 sports carnival will be held on Tuesday 4 August. Please send money and notes back to school by next Wednesday 8 July.

TERM 3 SPORT

Vacancies still exist for stage 2 and 3 mini tennis, basketball and swimming. If your child is interested please fill in the appropriate forms and return them to the office as soon as possible.

PARENT MEETING – FAMILIES IN CULTURAL TRANSITION

We are offering parents from different cultural backgrounds the opportunity to participate in a “Families in Cultural Transition” information session to be held on Wednesday 8 July from 9 to 10:30am, in the school hall.

The program will be facilitated by our school counsellors Mr Nash Davis and Ms Julie Jenkins and cover topics such as:-

Parenting and life skills
Establishing healthy relationships
Communicating with children
Understanding the needs of your child
Service available.

You can contact Mr Davis on 9587 3717, if you have any questions.

MATHS ON THE NET – PROBLEM SOLVING

Nader, Marc & Amit from 5/6F participated in the latest Maths on the Net problem which involved using the Chance and Data strategy. This is what the boys had to do: “We had to find out how many times 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 were rolled in sets of 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 and 5000 rolls. We also had to find out how increasing or decreasing the number affects the outcome. We came first out of a possible 300 schools. With our solution which involved using graphs, tables and analysing data, we were selected as the best solution out of a possible 300 schools. We were awarded with the first place gold medal”. Well done boys!

MRS SADLEIR IS RETIRING

On Friday 10 July, Mrs Gail Sadleir will be taking long service leave which will precede her retirement from teaching. I am sure you will all join with us in wishing Mrs Sadleir all the best for the future. Mrs Sadleir has been both the Assistant Principal, Deputy Principal and has relieved as Principal on numerous occasions.

She has had numerous projects that she has implemented at the school that will leave a lasting legacy such as the frog pond, computer lab and playground equipment shade structure. Mrs Sadleir has also implemented programs such as Success for Boys, Taekwondo and the drumming group. Her achievements were recognised earlier this term with a meritorious award from Sydney Region. Mrs Sadleir will be missed by students, parents and staff. The students are preparing something special for Mrs Sadleir, but keep it a secret!!

The P&C and Community Club have organised gifts on behalf of parents.

Homework help online

Parents and carers can access age-appropriate material to help with your child’s homework assignments at the Teaching and Learning Exchange:

www.tale.edu.au/tale/live/index.jsp Information ranges from ages 4-9 which includes pages to help you follow your child’s early learning and to help you talk with teachers about your child’s progress to Beyond School, which includes links to TAFE, university and other further learning opportunities such as apprenticeships and traineeships. The content of each age group area is organised into these sections:

· What they learn

· Helping your child learn

· About stages of learning

From the navigation bar you can also access links to educational organisations and news.

The site also includes a Jargon Buster, a selection of translated documents and links to DET parent newsletters such as the Click! technology guide and School Parent’s magazine.

SRC VIDEO CONFERENCE

Last week the Year 5 and 6 SRC students participated in a video conference with the SRC of Malabar Public school. The students were able to share ideas and find out how each school organised their meetings and fundraising. All the children enjoyed the experience. The video conference facility allows us to connect with other schools in a meaningful way and learn from each other.

Community Notice

♥ATTN: LADIES♥
♥ Wednesday morning Women’s Multisport Competition. New Season commencing Wednesday 29th July. ♥ Come and play Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball and Soccer (different sport each week). ♥ More players and teams needed for this fun social competition? Join a team or get some friends together and make a team (6-10 players). ♥ Creche is available

♥ Call Rachel Vlamis at The Salvation Army Rockdale Sports Centre 9599 0257 or check out http://www.salvos.com/rockdale/women's_multisport.htm

Holiday fun for children

BUNNINGS Rockdale has a range of fun and creative activities for students on the weekend and during the holidays. For information contact Bunnings direct Ph: 9503-8000 Email: rockdale@bunnings.com.au

Our Excursion to Botany Bay National Park

On Thursday the 11^th of June 2009, Year 3 went on an Excursion to Botany Bay National Park to study Captain James Cook. We travelled to Kurnell by bus.

When we arrived we had to sit on the grass. We were sorted into groups and had one of the tour guides called Pat.

The first activity was going down the hill near where Captain Cook landed. Pat showed us a monument built where Captain Cook landed in April 28^th; 1770.The next monument we saw was about a botanist who was on board Captain Cook’s ship. His name was ‘Joseph Banks’. He drew many of the plants that Captain Cook had found and told him to draw. Joseph Banks named a plant and called it the ‘Banksia’. Then we saw a grave of a person who died because he was sick and had very bad asthma.

After that, we performed a play. There were four marines, Captain Cook, Joseph Banks, Isaac, Sydney Parkinson and the sailors. In the play I was a sailor.

Next we went to the museum and we saw a replica of the Endeavour. There were many different parts of the ship. We went to the next room and saw a black cannon. Pat also showed us some pictures.

Following that we went on a bushwalk. We saw trees that had squiggles on the bark from a moth, holes in trees from grubs and honey from bees in trees. We nibbled some sarsaparilla and wattle leaves. We had a whistle and we pushed and turned it to make bird sounds so birds might come and whistle back.

After this we went back to where we started and we had lunch.

Finally we could play with our friends. We had fun playing tips. Then we boarded the bus and returned to school. The day was very tiring but it was a fun.

By Yolanda Zhang 3A

Starting Kindergarten

Watch a video about Kindergarten orientation and starting school at www.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/ezine/yr2009/issue03/watch/index.php

Websites to help teenagers with study and career planning

Read an article about how to help your teenager make career decisions at: