Week
2 Term 4
29
October, 2009
DATES FOR YOUR
DIARY:
Friday
30
October Selective High
School information session
Tuesday
3 November 10 am Official
Opening of Block G
Thursday 5 November 9:30 am Kindy Orientation
Friday
6 November 11.30am Walkathon
Dear Parents
& Caregivers,
OFFICIAL
OPENING OF BLOCK G AND
The official opening of Block G and the games court will be on November
3, 2009 at 10am. Parents are invited to attend this event. The Federal Member
for Barton, Mr Robert McClelland and Ms Cherie Burton, will represent the State
and Federal Ministers of Education. The Year 2 Choir, Expanding Horizon’s
Choir, Chinese Dance group and the Maori dance group will perform at the
opening.
STUDENTS TAKING HOLIDAYS DURING TERM TIME
All parents who
wish to take their children out of school during term time for 15 days or more must
apply for leave at least 6 weeks before the leave. Many parents only
inform the school the day before they are leaving and this is not acceptable. I must also stress that
it is an application for leave and it must be approved. Students who
will be away for more than 50 days must have their leave approved at Regional
office.
If the leave is over 20 days PROOF OF TRAVEL
arrangements must be supplied.
SELECTIVE
HIGH SCHOOL PACKAGE
Parents wishing
to apply, on behalf of their child, for selective high school entry for Year 7
in 2011 are required to submit an application to the current primary school by 30 November, 2009.
Parents must use
the printed form in the application package as each form has a unique barcode
to identify the applicant.
All applicants are
required to sit the Selective High School Placement Test which will be held on 18 March, 2010.
We will make forms
available to those seeking them as we receive them. Please note, Selective High
Schools are highly competitive and parents should seek advice from their
teachers before completing the application form.
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/k-6assessments/selectiveschools.php
There will be
an information meeting for parents at 8:30am Friday 30 October, in Miss Flower’s
room. All interested parents are urged to attend.
PHOTOGRAPHS
We are still
waiting for the photograph order to arrive at the school; however, parents may
like to order a “whole school” photo. The photo will be on display at the front office and costs
$14.
WALKATHON
Your child has
received their green Walkathon Sponsorship card for our Walkathon on Friday 6 November,
2009 starting at 11.30am. This is one of
our major fundraisers for the year. Come and join in the fun. We ask that all
students and families try to get as many sponsors as possible. This year we have set a target of $10,000 and
if each student in the school was to have $15 worth of sponsorship we would
more than exceed the target.
To encourage children to participate in getting
sponsors we have some great prizes.
Major prize: I Pod
2 nd prize: $100 voucher from Rebel Sport
3 rd prize: $100
voucher from Rebel Sport
4 th prize $100 voucher from Rebel Sport
Class prize: The
child who brings in the most money collected in each class will receive one
type of sports ball.
KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION
Next Thursday
morning we will be welcoming our 2010 Kindy students and their parents to the
school. Our current Kindy students will be performing and our Year 5 will meet
their buddies for the first time. At this time we have over 130 Kindy enrolments.
NOT JUST A BRUSH ART EXHIBITION
Tomorrow night is
the opening of the "Not Just a Brush" Sydney Region Art Exhibition,
6pm at Hazelhurst Gallery, Gymea. Parents and students are very welcome to
attend. We have several entries this year including the 5/6F collage of
gemstones and jewellery. Stages 1, 2 and 3 have all contributed group
works, as well as a K-6 sculpture.
GOLD AWARDS
Congratulations
to the following students who have reached the highest award at our
school:
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EARLY STAGE
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Ellis Pinkerton |
Christine Chen |
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STAGE ONE |
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Gideon Mareko |
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STAGE TWO |
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Liam Wilson |
Renae Haldezos |
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STAGE THREE |
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Vivian Wong |
Remy Blatch-Williams |
Marc Betbeder-Matibet |
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Adriana Bakrdanikoska |
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NATIONAL BANDANA DAY
This Friday 30
October is National Bandana Day. This is an extremely worthwhile cause as it
supports children and their families who are suffering with cancer. Bandanas
will be on sale all this week for the students to purchase for $3. We’d love to
see everyone wearing them on Friday.
WORLD VISION SUPPORT
Some Year 5 girls
have been running a gift stall at lunch time to raise funds for World Vision.
The money will go to support children who have been affected by the earthquakes
in
NIGHT OF THE STARS
On Wednesday 2
December, 2009, we will have another “Carlton Night of the Stars” which
showcases the wonderful talents some of our students have, in extra activities
outside of school hours. Mr Granger, Ms
O’Grady, and a parent representative will begin auditions in the coming weeks.
On the night of the performance we can only have about 20 items. Please start preparing for the audition. A
note will go home soon with more details.
BOOK CLUB
This week all
students were given the latest catalogue and order form from Scholastic Book
Club. If you wish to
order please mark the books required on the order form and write your child’s
name, class, and amount on the form and also on an envelope with the correct
money enclosed. These orders are due at the office before Monday 2 November, 2009.
OPPORTUNITES FOR YEAR 7 (2011) STUDENTS TO ATTEND
SATURDAY SCHOOL of COMMUNITY LANGUAGES
The
Information can
be found at:-
www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/languages/sscl
The enrolment
form must be signed and forwarded by the student’s 2010 High school. Please
enquire at the school your child will be attending in 2010.
Sydney Academy of
Chess will be running a chess tournament at school on 20 November. The tournament
will have a minimum of seven games per player. All participants will play all
rounds and no one is knocked out. The entry cost is $16.50 per student payable
to the chess tutor. There will be trophies, certificates and book prizes on
offer. If your child is interested in participating in this tournament please
complete the form and return it to the office along with payment by Monday 2
November.
SILVER AWARDS
Congratulations
to the following students who have reached the Silver Certificate Award
Level:
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EARLY STAGE ONE |
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Stephanie
Martin |
Nicholas Gamvroulis |
John Papagelis |
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Ian Liu |
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STAGE ONE |
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Victor Chen |
Adam Farhat |
Christian Puntillo |
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Angela Lin |
Daniel Wise |
Filip Trifunovski |
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Gabriel Abdelfattah |
Harmoni Hunia-Lewis |
Ray Chen |
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Peter Graoroski |
Robert Shopov |
Vinay Srikantharam |
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Heba Choker |
Hoa Pham |
Carmen Chan |
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Alice Wu |
Cynthia Li |
Emily Tang |
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Jacinta Deep |
Maria Liem |
Natalie Chang |
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Christopher Gazilas |
Dylan Chan |
Thomas Crook |
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STAGE TWO |
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Joshua Cvetkovski |
Zoe Borg |
Julian Paraha |
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Chris Ristevski |
Jason Trajkovski |
David Guo |
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STAGE THREE |
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Ema Osavkov |
Richard Lazarevski |
Mariam Bassam |
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Larissa Bek |
Emily Cvetkovski |
Sarah Ishak |
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Ehmwee Lwin |
Mohamad Taleb |
Andrew Lu |
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Hannah Szwajcer |
Nathan Chalak |
Hussein Hammoud |
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Johnny Cvetkovski |
Justin Jovanovski |
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