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2021 Term 1, Week 8
Hello CFS Family
Clyde Fenton Primary School is
going through a major change
cycle. I have spoken of our goal of becoming a
Therapeutic School and this has resulted in a major
overhaul of all of our systems and processes. We are
having a good hard look at everything and if it is not
producing the results we want – out it goes!
Several parents have commented on the house point
system and what is happening with house points this
year. Well I’m pleased to be able to tell you that as
of this Friday, house points are back and in a new
and expanded form. Every week there will be inter-
house sporting competitions and we welcome
parents to drop in and watch the action every Friday
morning from 8:15am to 9:00am.
I thank all of you who got back to me with your
thoughts on our new school rules. One of the most
common threads in the feedback was “Why not just
have Rules 1, 2 and 3?” I fully agree with this
sentiment and indeed all rules have their roots in a
foundation rules, but we feel with specific matters
such as mobile phones in school, we need to give
explicit direction.
Some have suggested that we are changing too
much too quickly, but as a school we hold the view
that we didn’t make enough incremental changes
over the past few years and now we need to make
major changes to get back on the right track.
Change is a curious thing. People as a rule don’t like
to change once they have got into a routine and they
have become comfortable. Maslow once said “In any
given moment we have two options: to step forward
into growth or step back into safety.”
We are confidently stepping forward into growth
and we ask our families to stick with us on our
journey as we are seeing some great results already.
Parents have told me many times that the school is
much calmer, that the children seem more
industrious and that everyone seems just a little bit
happier.
But not everything is perfect and we frequently
reflect on our practice, analyse the data, and decide
“That didn’t work, let’s try something different!” If
you have ideas or concerns about things at the
school, it is your duty to bring them to my attention.
One of our new initiatives is the community school
we run each Friday in either Rockhole, Kalano or
Binjari. This is proving to be highly successful in
boosting our attendance and engaging with families.
We are running school in Binjari this Friday and we
look forward to meeting as many parents and family
as we can. Drop by for a cuppa and meet your child’s
teacher and see what we are doing at school. The
little ones are welcome as well.
Interim reports will be issued in week 10 to give you
a snapshot of your child’s progress to date. Please
make an appointment for a parent/teacher interview
if you wish to discuss the interim report with your
child’s teacher or with myself.
Jeff
Clyde Fenton School Newsletter
Wednesday 31st March
School Rep Body Meeting
6.00pm
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The CFS kids have been learning all about soil care and nutrition from the ground up. We are having great fun in the garden and all classes are very enthusiastic and proud of their work.
Students have been planting seeds, moving and preparing soil and mulch
and building shade houses for a Whopper season of vegetables.
All the students and are looking forward to cooking with what they grow.
Dave our Maintenance Officer has also been really busy getting the bore line fixed, so to improve the garden.
Everyone is really enjoying working with EON.
PELICAN 12 points
KINGFISHER 11 points
BROLGA 12 points
JABIRU 19 points
EON Garden
Friday 26th March: League Girls Tackle Day
Future Friday—Binjari
Monday 29th March: Hector the cat Primary school
Thursday 29th March: Hector the cat Day-care, Pre school, Transition
Monday 29th March— School Fluoride Treatment Thursday 1st April:
Wednesday 31st March: School Council meeting
Thursday 1st April: Easter Parade for Early Years
Friday 2nd April: Good Friday (public holiday)
Monday 5th April: Easter Monday (public holi day)
Thursday 8th April: Tennis Carnival and last day of school
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Whole School Average 70 %
Best Term 1
Attendance
5/6 Aitken = 88%
Best Week 6
Attendance
5/6 Aitken = 93%
Top End Oral Health Service Varnish program is coming to Clyde Fenton school
Starts Monday 29th March . The aim of this program is to improve the dental health of all children. If you have not bought your permission form up to the school office, Miss Alice has
plenty of spares.
Fluoride Varnish Program
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In week 7 students from year 4, 5 and 6 had
the opportunity to attend the touch football
carnival. We knew it would be a tough
competition against the other schools but the
students had practiced almost every morning
in PE to learn the rules and how to play.
CFS had two boys teams and two
girls teams. The competitions were
fast paced and tough, but all teams
came away with a few wins and a few
losses. Both CFS girls teams ended up
tied 4th place which was a great effort.
The students had improved so much from
the start of the year when the 5/6s
participated in touch football as part of
interschool sport. We were all ecstatic with
our wins and the effort put in by all students.
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