Term 2 Week 2

7 May, 2009              

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:                    

                                    Sunday, 10 May        Mothers’ Day

                                    Monday 11 May         Cross Country

                                    12, 13, 14 May          NAPLAN – Year 3 and 5

                                    12 May                       P&C – 7:30pm

** Advanced Notice**      27 May                       Education Week Open Day at Carlton

 

Dear Parents & Caregivers,

 

NEW BUILDING COMPLETED

We are pleased to announce that we are now in possession of our new building, “Block G”. Over the coming days classes will begin to move in. In the next few weeks four demountables will be removed. Parents are invited to view Block G as part of the P&C meeting next week.

 

We would publicly like to thank the builder, TCQ, for their excellent relationship with the staff and children. They made it a very easy project for the school to manage. The building is a credit to their workmanship.

 

NATIONAL ASSSESSMENT PROGRAM

The National Assessment program will be conducted across Australia NEXT WEEK for all students in Years 3 and 5, according to the following timetable.

Tuesday 13 May                    Language

Wednesday 14 May Reading Test

Thursday 15 May                   Mathematics

Friday 16 May is scheduled as a make up day for students who missed the tests on other days.

Please note:  the results of the National Assessment Tests are for the benefit of parents, students and the school, in assessing the strengths and weakness of students. The results are not used to promote or repeat students.

 

AEDI – AUSTRALIAN EARLY DEVELOPMENT INDEX

All kindergarten teachers in Australia are completing a survey about the development of the children in their class.  This will provide a wealth of information to guide future planning. No child is identified but the results are pooled to provide a snapshot of our community. A letter has gone out to all Kinder parents explaining the survey.

 

P&C MEETING

Tuesday,12 May, at 7:30pm in the staffroom we will be holding our next meeting of the Parents and Citizens Association. Come along and learn more about what is happening at school. There will be a tour of the new building, “Block G”, as part of the meeting.

 

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Thank you to all the parents that came for a parent teacher interview. These are very valuable opportunities for parents and teachers to discuss student progress. I would also like to thank teachers for the great deal of time they have given up outside normal work hours to have these interviews.

SCHOOL UNIFORM

At Carlton Public School, we pride ourselves on being a uniform wearing school. All children should wear their uniform everyday. Non-uniform coloured hats, jumpers and track pants are unacceptable. Please ensure that your children wear their school uniform, including the correct shoes.

 

PREFECTS TERM 2

We have a new group of prefects for Term 2. Congratulations to:

Amit Paul Chowdhury, Hanin Najem, Natalie Veleska, Shirley Gu, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Calphen Li, Gavin Poon, Serena Cai, Crezelda Smith, Michael Elias, Braydon Pilot, Lianne Wong Liz Tang and Shane Li. Our prefects help the school a great deal and I know they will be very responsible in completing their duties. Our prefects had a Principal’s morning tea yesterday in the library to welcome them to their role. They will receive their badges at the K-6 assembly in week 4.

 

MOTHERS’ DAY STALL

Congratulations to everyone for such a fabulous effort in bringing in so many gifts to be sold at our Mothers’ Day Stall. The classes that brought the most gifts in were KS, 1K, 4C and 5/6F. The students in each of these classes received a small prize of lollies to thank them.  The winning class was 1L and they received a gift voucher from Hungry Jacks for all students in the class. Thank you also to all the parents who wrapped and sold presents, and to the Community Club for coordinating another successful event. More news next week with how much was raised from the Mothers’ Day Stall. Thank you also to Hao Wu (6C) and Gloria Li (5T) for bringing in a substantial amount of presents each.

 

HOMEWORK FREE WEEK

Due to the National Assessments Stage 2 and 3 students will have a homework free week next week. Kindergarten is starting homework in Term 2 and Stage 1 will have a Homework free week in Week 5.

 

CROSS COUNTRY YRS 3 - 6

Our school’s Annual Cross Country will be held on Monday at Scarborough Park for all students Years 3 to 6. This is a great opportunity for children to join in the fun. Please return the green permission note and money to school by TOMMORROW, Friday 8 May.   Notes went out last week and parents must complete the permission slip for your child to participate in the events and sign the consent form.  Children will be expected to wear school sports uniform, a school hat and sunscreen. 

 

All children should bring their recess, drinks, lunch and a bottle of water.  The canteen will be available at the park at lunch time to provide snack food and drinks.   All parents are invited to attend but must make their own way to the park.  If you wish to take your child home early, please ensure you inform the student’s teacher prior to leaving.

 

Please remember HOUSE COLOURS FOR 2009

BLUE: A, B, C, D, F (not E)           YELLOW: E, G, H, I, J, K + R

RED: L, M, N, O, P, Q                      GREEN: S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

If there are any questions please see either Mr Clark or Mrs Hanley.

 

CANTEEN ON MONDAY 11 MAY, 2009

The normal canteen items will still be available for students in Years K-2 on Monday. Our wonderful canteen staff will be operating two canteens on this day. Thank you Fay and staff for arranging the operation of two canteens.  

 

BOOK CLUB

The last day for Book Club orders and money is Monday 11 May, 2009. Please send correct money and order in an envelope to the school office by 9am on Monday.

 

POGO PULSE -CHANNEL 9  “MORNINGS WITH KERRI-ANNE” VISIT

Our very successful and entertaining Carlton Public School Pogo Pulse Team recently appeared on Channel 9’s “Mornings with Kerri-Anne” during the second week of the school holidays. Fourteen brave and highly skilled Pogo Pulse riders demonstrated their Pogo skills and fitness to the nation.

 

Kerri-Anne Kennerly the TV host even got the bug and joined in by having a jump on a pogo stick. The visit was a great experience to see how technical TV is and how many people work on a real TV set.

 

Special thanks to the parents who kindly gave up their time to drive out to Channel 9 for their child during the school holidays and a very big thank you to Mr Williams for training the students and orgainising .

 

POGO PULSE AWARD CERTIFICATES

Apart from the large amounts of fun we have doing the Pogo Pulse Program there is also hard work to be done. In week 1 and week 5 the Pogo Pulse riders are assessed for continuous jumping fitness. Students can earn the following Continuous Jumping Star levels as well as Bronze, Silver and Gold Challenge certificates for skills achieved.

Star Level Certificates

Level 1A         30 seconds

Level 2A         3minutes

Level 3A         10 minutes

Level 4A         25 minutes

Level 5A         50 minutes plus

Carlton Public School is very proud to announce the very first ever award recipients of the Pogo Pulse Continuous Jumping Star Level Awards to:

Braydon Pilot     L4A

Pawit Laosuksri     L3A

Katelyn Khan    L2A

Hendrix Timoti    L4A

Anthony Skubevski   L3A

Hanin Najem     L2A

Puni Nuku-Ratana  L4A

Joseph Hand         L3A

Sarah Ishak     L2A

Alexis Olsen      L4A

Susan Huang         L3A

H     L2A

Brandon Mazevski  L4A

John Aitoa          L3A

Mariam Ahmad       L3A

Peckett Nicholls  L4A

Nathan Chalak       L3A

 

 

 

 

 

RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYERS BIG WIN

Brad MacKay Shield/Lance Thompson Cup

On Tuesday 5 May, Yr 3-6 students took part in a Rugby League Gala Day run by the St George/Illawarra Rugby League Club. Our two teams played extremely well and both made it into the Grand Finals. The Senior team lost in a very tough game while the Junior boys beat Brighton Le Sands to win the Botany Bay division of the Lance Thompson Cup. They will now play the winner of the Georges River division to decide who wins the Lance Thompson Cup. This team will also play in a demonstration match at Win Jubilee Oval later this season. Congratulations to all the boys; their behaviour was superb and their skills legendary. Also, a huge thankyou to the many parents who came to support the boys on the day. Thank you Mr Clark for organising such a successful event

 

Brad MacKay Shield team members

Hendrix Timoti, Peckett Nicholls, Daniel Hoepper, Nathan Chalak, Jack Wilson,  Cain Homann, John Aitoa, Chris Zahariadis, Dominique Dellow, Sleiman Elmir,   Issa Chokr.

 

Lance Thompson Cup team members

Kanui Wilson, Ibrahim Srour, Mohamed Reslan, Gryffen Cunningham, Zane Cassim, Hussein Ayad, Morgan Leach-Riwai, D’Angelo Hunia-Lewis, Timata Barber, Christian Patolo-Vitale.

 

Robert Stone Memorial Shield

Congratulations to Hendrix Timoti who was chosen to represent Botany Bay for PSSA Rugby League at the Sydney East trials. This team went on to win the Robert Stone Memorial Shield. Hendrix was also chosen for the train-on squad for the Sydney East Representative Rugby League Opens Team. Congratulations once again!