Term 2 Week 11

9 July, 2009                         

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

 

                        Friday 31 July                        100 days of Kindergarten

                        Monday 3 August                  Book Fair arrives

Tuesday 4 August                 English Competition

3-6 Athletics Carnival

                        Wednesday 5 August           OC Test

                        Thursday 6 August                Chocolate drive begins

                        Wednesday 12 August         K-2 Athletics Carnival

             

                                            SCHOOL HOLIDAYS              

                 STUDENTS RETURN to school on 28 July

                 NO SCHOOL on  Monday 27 July - teachers only at school

 

 

Dear Parents & Caregivers,

 

HOLIDAYS   

The staff at Carlton would like to wish all students and their families a happy and relaxing holiday in July.  We are very pleased with the standard of work being achieved by the students and look forward to even better results in the second semester of 2009.  Thank you to all the staff for their hard work in the first part of the year, and a very big thank you to all of the parents who have supported the school in so many different ways.  We expect that the second part of the year will be very busy but also productive for the school community.

 

STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY

On the staff development day, teachers will continue their professional development in the area of developing the comprehension skills of students. This will then be followed by a session on teaching music, with a focus on our term 4 music program called “Musica Viva”.

 

STAFF CHANGES

Next term we welcome back Mrs Julie Nikolakopoulos and Mrs Natalie Palmer. Mrs Nikolakopoulos will be working in the library on Mondays and Wednesdays. Mrs Palmer will be covering ESL Monday to Wednesday.

 

Mrs Aitken will be relieving as Deputy Principal until the end of the term and Mrs Christie, a permanent member of the staff will be taking 4A.  Ms Wood will be relieving Assistant Principal until the end of the year.

 

We also welcome Ms Ally Sands, who will relieve as school counselor, on Wednesdays only, until the end of the year.

 

 

A WORD FROM MRS SADLEIR

After twelve and a half years at Carlton this will be the last item I write for the newsletter.  It is hard to believe that I am retiring.  I certainly have mixed feeling at the moment – excitement and certainly sadness.  I have loved my time at this school and will cherish the very many memories I have.  There have been numerous opportunities for me to work closely with parents and students.  I value the friendships I have made along the way and the support of the parents has been unbelievable.  Your children are remarkable.  They have always been friendly, respectful and wanting to learn.  It has been difficult trying to get them to go home in the afternoons on some days and that says something for the school when the children do not want to go home!  As you are aware, the school offers your children much more than an academic education.  The school looks at your children and endeavours to make them complete as individuals.  I cannot praise the staff at Carlton highly enough.  The work they do is amazing and the results speak for themselves.  Yes we have outstanding students but we also have so many activities for those students who do not stand out in the same ways.  These students can still be successful and excel in so many other areas.

 

I also want to acknowledge the Admin staff for their patience, tolerance, compassion and the many skills they have to master.  The leadership of the school is exceptional.  This school runs like a well oiled clock and that is because of the dedication of the executives.  In particular I would like to thank Mr Patterson and Mrs Tollis for their valued friendship and support and their very talented leadership of the school.  I would also like to thank the P & C and the Community Club who presented me with gifts on behalf of the parents.  The cut glass crystal goblets are beautiful and the Westfield card will be used to buy something special.  Thank you to the Carlton School community – I will hold the memories of this school deep in my heart forever. 

 

Mrs Sadleir

 

PREFECTS TERM 3

Congratulations to the following students on their election as Prefects for term 3. They perform various duties around the school such as; canteen lines, first aid buckets, gate checking, bins to the park, movie duty and flag raising. They will be presented with their badges at the Monday assembly in Week 2 next term.

 

Prefects:  Carrie Tan, Katelyn Harper, Nader Haidar, Tom Singleton, Kelly Cai, Tatiana Vrgleski, Danielle Saadie, Mutiara Rahmah, Stuart Butler, Mason Jacobson, Jenny Wang, Imogen Cunningham, Joseph Hand, Amolika Dhungana

 

OC PLACEMENT TEST

Parents are reminded that the OC placement test will occur on the Wednesday, 5 August, 2009 . Details are sent to your home address. If your child is ill on the day. the DET has procedures so that they are not disadvantaged. Please read the information that was included in the application package. They strongly recommend that any student who is sick on the day does not attend the test centre.

 

BOOK FAIR  WEEK 2 - TERM 3

Our School is holding a BOOK FAIR in Week 2 (next term) in our school library.

This is a great opportunity to buy quality books at reasonable prices. The bookfair will arrive on Monday 3 August and be ready for parents to view on

Monday afternoon from 2.00pm – 5.00pm. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A VIEWING TIME ONLY – NO PURCHASES WILL BE MADE.

 

This year the fair will remain in the library all week and students will be invited to purchase books in their allocated class timetabled slots.

Classes will visit the library with their classroom teachers and students will have the opportunity to purchase a book.  (Parents are also welcome to purchase books with their children during the following times):

 

CLASSES:

TUESDAY

4 AUGUST

WEDNESDAY

5 AUGUST

THURSDAY

6 AUGUST

FRIDAY

7 AUGUST

9.00

2C

6H

3A

1’OG

9.30

2T

4K

3K

1G

10.00

1L

KK

5M

1A

10.30

1K

KH and KR

6KM

2J

11.30

KMC

2F

4C

5/6F

12.00

KF

3T

4A

4G

12.30

KD

KS

5T

3/4W

2.00

1W

4R

6C

2/3M

2.30

1J

5D

5/6S

2A

 

CREDIT CARD purchases will only be available on Tuesday 4 August and Wednesday  5 August.

 

If you have any questions about the Fair please see Ms Phillips (Teacher - Librarian).

 

SCHOOL HOLIDAY TRAVEL IDEAS

What can you buy for a dollar these days? Believe it or not you can take your child on a trip to Coffs Harbour,  Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and many more places in the school holidays for as little as a dollar. CountryLink lists all sorts of vacation ideas and great travel deals for families on its website. www.countrylink.info/promotions#dollar   If you are in Sydney or travelling to Sydney, make use of the Family Fare deal when seeing Sydney by public transport. When at least one fare paying adult travels with their children or grandchildren, the first child travels for a child fare and the other children travel free.

On Family Funday Sunday, $2.50 per person will get you all day travel on CityRail, Sydney Buses, Sydney Ferries and participating private bus companies. It's available every Sunday, when a minimum of one adult and one child related by family travel together.
For more July school holiday ideas go to www.schools.nsw.edu.au/ezine