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10 December 201910 December 2019
Principal’s ReportWhat a wonderful year we have enjoyed at Cambridge GardensPublic School in 2019. It is always amazing how quickly a yearcan seem to pass but when you look back on the fantasticachievements of our students and our staff it is just incredible.I would like to as always to acknowledge the outstandingcommitment and diligence of our staff who work in so manydifferent ways to provide opportunities both in and out of theirclassrooms to engage and interest our students. This is whatmakes our school such a vibrant and exciting place and reallykeeps our focus on being innovative, excellent, connected tothe educational community as a well as a fun learningenvironment!
A big congratulations to our 2020 P&C Executive! We are sofortunate to have such a committed and friendly P&C Executivewho are very connected and supportive of our school and itscommunity. So much of their work and participation in ourplanning and decision making goes unseen and I thankeveryone for their work. A big yee ha to Natalie Kitchin,continuing on her role as President! A big welcome to theexecutive to Jacqui Pickett who will be taking on the Treasurerrole and our new Vice Presidents Jo Auld and Kelly Wilkinson.The position of Secretary is vacant at this stage and we will belooking to fill this position at our first P&C meeting in February.I strongly urge you to consider helping out and putting yourselfforward for this role.
What an amazing Teddy Bears Picnic did we enjoy to welcomeour Kindergartens for 2020. It was a lovely day and great tobe able to mingle and chat with the students and their parents.It was exciting to see the various special friends that our newstudents brought along and we enjoyed picking out a few ofthese for their different attributes like most cuddly and mostfluffy. Our Kindergarten numbers for 2020 are 74 enrolments atthis stage which is perfect for four lovely classes.
I would like to re-enforce with our parents the need to monitorand support our children with safe and appropriate use of
the internet. Last week we invited Constable Jack, the PoliceYouth Liaison Officer out to work with our Stage 3 studentson cyber-safety. Many of our students continue to be utilisinginappropriate social media platforms and don’t display the levelof understanding or maturity to make wise decisions aroundtheir participation in online conversations. I have spoken toour students today and reminded them of the need to callout their friends or peers who are utilising these platformsinappropriately but also to reinforce the need to not be part ofthese conversations. It is not acceptable to be in a group chatand not take responsibility for what is being said. It is essentialthat we teach our children to exit any group conversation theyfeel is inappropriate and also to report these to their supportnetwork be that their parents or their teachers. I also reiteratedto our students the need to block people or friends who aremean in their conversations online. We are also aware that anumber of our students have been passing on messages onbehalf of other students when they have been blocked. This ishighly unacceptable. As a school we have high expectations ofour students to being kind and respectful to each other but itseems that our students sometimes see social media platformsas exempt from this. Please monitor and be proactive with yourchildren with this. Thanks for your help on this matter.
A big thank you to our teachers who completed their CPRupdate after school in the past couple of weeks. It is greatto know that all our staff members are trained in CPR andanaphylaxis on the off chance they we may encounter a seriousissue. A big thank you to the tremendous Mr Kristof who isa qualified instructor and able to provide this training to ourstaff members. We are so fortunate to have him as part of ourteaching team!
An interesting aside on the use of devices was the difference itmade to our students sleeping habits when we put all devicesaway at 8pm on camp on the second night. Our studentshappily went to sleep at earlier hours, slept solidly throughoutthe night and had to be woken up in the morning. There is somuch research around the effect of screen time on our sleeppatterns and for us it was amazing to observe the difference.We as adults need to learn from the research and our ownobservations and help our children combat the effects around
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constant notifications, blue light and devices throughout thenight.
What an uplifting day we all had showing our gratitude tothose who have helped and supported us in 2019. Our annualThanksgiving celebration is a wonderful opportunity to showour appreciation to each other for all the work we do. A bigthank you to Mrs Wright and Miss Barbagallo for their workin organising such a beautiful assembly although the assemblyitem may have needed a little bit more practise. Mrs Antonelliwas very confident on the microphone and Mr Attard equallyskilled on the guitar. A big thank you to our students whoshared their gratitude with their teachers and staff members. Iwas very touched by the beautiful letters I received. Thank youto everyone!
You will have noticed a great deal of maintenance happeningaround the school. We have had some air conditionersreplaced, new interactive whiteboards, roofing replacementsand now the work has commenced on the refurbishment ofthe area between the demountables as well as the area nearMrs Smith’s room to transform these in to great areas for ourstudents. It will be exciting to see the finished work after theholidays.
Our celebration of our PLPs for our Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander students was a very enjoyable afternoon for ourAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and our staff.It was fantastic to see the achievements of our students andto see how proudly they presented this to our parents. Weenjoyed a self- choreographed dance by some of our studentswhich was excellent and we really did enjoy a lovely afternoontea. A big thank you to Ms Bates, Ms Harding and Mrs McCoyfor all the effort they put in to create such a successful event!
Finally a WOW, WOW, WOW! to our Year 5 students whopresented their leadership speeches for our consideration onThursday morning. I was blown away by the thoughts, theauthenticity and the humour that our potential leaders sharedwith us. Above all of that congratulations to all the studentsfor the confidence and assurance they showed throughout thisactivity.
Finally can I just wish every student, family and staff member awonderful Christmas and an excellent holiday. It is so importantto spend quality time with our families and our children andI encourage to enjoy this time over the coming weeks. Ourchildren grow up so fast!
Thanks again for all your support and enthusiasm over this year!
Adam WynnPrincipal
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ATTENDANCEIn a recent newsletter, Mr Wynn wrote about the importanceof students attending school every day possible and attendingon time. “Be in line by ten past nine” is a great way to havestudents quickly settled into class routines, and takingadvantage of the learning that happens at the beginning of eachday.
The target for school attendance in New South Wales is now90%. That means if you have more than 5 days off in a term,you have missed that target. Of course, if a student is ill, it isimportant that they remain home, but we want to see themback at school as soon as possible.
This year, by the end of November, 352 students, including 44Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students, achieved the targetof 90%. It was particularly great to see that 217 students havean attendance rate over 95%, with some students not havinga day off at all this year. Great work to those students, andthank you to their parents for ensuring that school is a priorityfor them.
Mrs Alison PatrickAssistant Principal
Talent Show 2019The time has come for the TALENT SHOW!!!! This Wednesday,11th December, the Talent Show will be held in the school hall.The Talent Show will begin at 9.30am. We have 60 fantasticacts to observe and the program has been placed around theschool for students to check. I look forward to sharing all thetalented acts with the community.
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A very excited,
Felicity NelsonOrganiser
Chess Tournament Newsletter PieceThe 2019 Cambridge Gardens Public School ChessTournament was held on Thursday last week in the hall. Therewere 24 competitors with students ranging from Year 1 to Year6. The tournament was a round robin format for 5 rounds untilthe students with the most points played each other in thegrand final. After the 5 rounds three students, Stuart Brown(Year 6), Kaizer Aguirre (Year 5) and Vedh Sudesh (Year 4)all remained undefeated with five wins from five matches sothey entered a three-way playoff in the grand final. A massivecongratulations goes to Stuart who won both of his matchesin the grand final playoff to remain undefeated in the chesstournament for the second year in a row, and was awardedthe winner’s trophy. Vedh finished second and Kaizer finishedthird, but more importantly all students who participated in thecompetition had lots of fun.
James KristofOrganiser
CELEBRATING YEAR 6!Just some friendly reminder information about the wonderfulthings that are going to be happening for Year 6 students andtheir parents as the year draws to a close.
We look forward to sharing these momentous occasions withour wonderful Year 6 students:
Tuesday 17th December, 2019
Year 6 Farewell and Graduation to be held and PenrithPaceway
5.30pm – 8.40pm (approx.): Farewell8.40pm – 9.30pm (approx.): Graduation
Wednesday 18th December, 2019
9.20am - Year 6 Final Assembly: Students will receive theYear 6 Yearbook and will view the Year 6 DVD as well asshowcase some of the dances they have learnt over the schoolyear. Parents and friends are welcome to attend.
Morning Tea: Immediately after the assembly, Year 6 and theirfamilies are invited to remain in the hall for a light morning teaas we wish Year 6 all the best for High School.
3.05pm – Arch: Grades 4 and 5 will be asked to form an archas we say goodbye to Year 6 for the final time.
Felicity NelsonOrganiser
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SRC ReportOver this year the SRC have been doing a lot of fundraisers forthe school. We have done the Mama Lana’s Easter Egg Drive,Wear What You Wish Day for the Make-a-Wish Foundation,Mama Lana’s Christmas Food and Gift Drive and we will beholding a ring toss stall at the Christmas Picnic to raise moneyfor the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital.
We have also done the school leadership induction day and theCranebrook High School Leadership Day where we learnt allthe qualities you need to be a leader. We have had a lot onthis year. We have had the handball competition and we hadKindergarten verse each other, Year 1 vs Year 2, Year 3 vs Year4 and Year 5 vs Year 6.
This term we are fundraising for the Port Macquarie KoalaHospital. Because of the fires, hundreds of koalas have diedand are now endangered and in need of our help.
We have had so much fun doing all these amazing things forour school and committee. We can’t wait to help do all theseamazing thing next year!
Written by Dustin Clark, Olivia Sharkey and Mia Docherty
A Note from Miss Vella…
It has been an absolute pleasure working alongside ourfabulous SRC this year. The drive and passion shown by thiswonderful group of students has seen a number of schooland community initiatives supported and tremendous fundsraised. This has been a huge achievement for our SRC havingsupported the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Mama Lana’sCommunity Foundation through the Easter and Christmas Food& Gift Drives and the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital (at ourupcoming Christmas Picnic) as well as raising funds for newhandball courts in our playground.
The power of student voice is incredibly influential and to seethe success of our SRC this year is truly warming.Congratulations to all for a very successful year!
Alanna VellaOrganiser
Stage 3 Excursion to Bathurst and DubboIn week 6 the Stage 3 students packed their bags and travelledto Bathurst and Dubbo for four action packed days full oflearning and fun. The excursion provided us with manymemories that we will look back on with a smile. It was anextraordinary experience and the students were excellentambassadors of our school. Finally, a big thanks to all of theteachers who gave up their time to come along.
Mr David SheavesExcursion Coordinator
Ryder Ashby’s Stage 3 Excursion Recount
On Monday 18th of November Stage 3 met up to go on a veryexciting camp and said their last goodbye to their parents forfour days. Stage 3 went to Dubbo zoo, Wellington caves andHill End.
The first thing we did was go to Dubbo zoo. We went for a long2 hour walk behind the scenes of the zoo. Stage 3 saw reallycool animals but it’s really sad to hear that half of the animals wesaw are going extinct. After we went behind the scenes Stage3 ate breakfast then all of Stage 3 Cambridge Gardens went onbuses driving around the zoo.
After Dubbo zoo, we went to Wellington caves. When we wentin the cave it became colder. The tour guide told us that allthe walls were made out of limestone. They found a kangaroobone and they believe it was about as tall as a student on topof a regular size human. After that we went to this place in thecave called the Thunder Dome, so whenever you were to patyour chest really hard like King Kong it would sound like thunderechoing loudly through the cave.
Later that day we went to Hill End mine shaft as we went inwe had to put on a helmet. When we went in it also got colderlike Wellington cave. The tour guide showed us the differenttools they used to find gold nuggets. We went 80m into themine. Stage 3 then had to go up a 30m ladder it was a verytight space but very fun experience. As it was getting dark weheaded home all of Stage 3 got ready to listen to some colonialmusic it was supposed to be a camp fire but due to the firesevery where there was a fire ban.
Overall this has been my favourite camp so far and I’llremember this camp in high school.
Stage 3 Camp recount by Claire Williams
On Monday 18th of November students from stage 3 cameto school all packed up to say goodbye to their parent beforethe students got on the bus for their long trip ahead of them.While the students were on their trip they did an adventurewalk at Dubbo Zoo, went gold panning at Hill End and drove toBathurst Goldfields.
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On Tuesday the 19th of November all Stage 3 students wentbehind the scenes on an adventure walk. The zoo keeperswalked the students around the zoo in 3 different groups. 4 ofthe main animals I saw were the ring tailed lemurs, the blackrhinos, the giraffes and the hippos all of them were so cute myfavourite part was when we saw the mum and baby lemur inthe cleaning cage… it was so cute!
On Wednesday the 20th of November we went to Hill End togold pan. When we got to the lake we were gold panning andthe gold panners showed us what to do. The first step was getdirt in the pan and then put the dirt into the water then youwould tip some dirt out until a little bit of dirt is left. After that thegold panners will put your gold in a jar and you could keep, itwas so cool!
On Thursday the 21st of November we stayed at BathurstGoldfields for the whole day. After we ate breakfast we went tosee colonial people who taught us about what they did duringthe gold rush. We made damper, mud bricks and played tuga war and toss the rings and then at the end 99.9% of peoplefound gold.
Camp was so fun I wish I could go again next year.
My Time at School During the Stage 3 Excursionby Dustin Clark
On Monday 18th of November the kids going on camp startedtheir journey but I didn’t go I stayed at school counting snail trailmoney, doing art and partaking in challenges.
On Monday all the Year 6 kids that stayed back from camp wewere counting snail trail money and it came to a total of over$2400 dollars.
On Tuesday we used a hot glue gun and made wooden starsfor a kindy class, then we stuck sticks to a paddle pop stick inthe shape of a tree. We also did the Weetbix challenge wereyou have to eat a piece of Weetbix without any liquid within aminute. The aim is to stick your tongue out at the end as it madeyour mouth really dry. Alearah beat all the boys.
On Wednesday we did art again in the morning. In the middlesession we had more challenges. One of the challenges wereto see who could fit the most the most chips in their mouth.Felicity got like 39 and Brandyn got at least 40, then we gotMinties and we had to tear the rapper to make it as long aspossible… we got to eat them afterwards.
On Thursday we did art for Nurture and in the middle sessionwe did a challenge where we had three sticks and fivemarshmallows and had to make the tallest tower. Kyran won!We then all went and sat at the same table and did the chubbybunny challenge. I had a lot in my mouth but I lost count of howmany, I ended up eating the marshmallows it was yum.
That’s about it for what I did I had a lot of fun at school whilstcamp was on.
Camp by Maea Laudenbach
On Monday morning, the 18th of November, students fromStage 3, woke up early and packed their bags ready to go onschool camp. On the first day, Stage 3 went to Mount PiperPower Station, we went to Dubbo Zoo and did a behind thescenes tour, and then we did activities at Bathurst goldfields onthe last day.
On the first day of camp, we went to Mount Piper PowerStation. It took around 2 hours to get to Mount Piper PowerStation. Stage 3 had lunch for a break from the long trip, andthen we set off inside Mount Piper Power Station to watcha short film on how electricity works. After the video, we gotour hairnets, hardhats, and glasses for safety. Stage 3 got towalk around the bottom floor of the building and look at all ofthe information. The instructor/tour guide told us to keep ourhairnets, hardhats, and glasses on while we explore. Stage 3got to go outside and look at all of the buildings that help makeelectricity. Our tour guide/ instructor told Stage 3 heaps of funfacts and information about electricity and Mount Piper PowerStation. Then stage 3 got back on the bus ready to go to wherewe were staying for the night.
On Tuesday morning the 19th of November, Stage 3 woke upat around 5:00-5:30am, so we could pack their bags readyto go to Dubbo Zoo. We hopped on the bus, ready to go toDubbo Zoo. It only took 10 minutes from our accommodationto Dubbo Zoo. When we got to Dubbo Zoo, we met ourtour guides that were showing us all of the animals behindthe scenes. Stage 3 were walking around for 2 hours,(7:00-9:00am). Stage 3 saw animals they’ve never seen before.We also learnt some cool facts about the animals!! After thebehind the scenes tour, stage 3 had some delicious breakfast.We got toast and juice for breakfast. Stage 3 really enjoyed thefood they prepared for us. When we all finished eating, Stage3 took turns buying from the giftshop at Dubbo Zoo. In the giftshop were so many cool things! After the gift shop, stage 3went back onto the buses to do a tour around the front of thezoo together. We saw meerkats, tigers, elephants, black rhinos,and spider monkeys. My favourite were the meerkats becausethey were so cute. Stage 3 learnt so many fun facts about theanimals! We were all so amazed. After the zoo, we went back towhere we were staying the night. We had meat pies and chipsfor dinner. Then we all went into our rooms/cabins to go to bed.
The next morning, on the last day, stage 3 packed their bagsready to load onto the buses. We put them onto the bussesand walked over to the other side of Mount Panorama forsome activities. At first, we split into 2 groups. We walked overone of our tour guides. We then walked over to his housewhere we met his wife. They were really nice. They did a miniquiz and I got most of the answers right. Then, we got towalk through their house and it was actually really small. Wedid some activities and I did the mudbricks first. Making themudbricks is harder than it looks. After we made the mudbrickswe played games. There was the tug-of-war that I couldn’t do,sadly. There also was were you had to roll a heavy ball to a treestump and whoever rolled it the closest was the winner. And wealso had to throw a horse shoe onto a ring. All of the activitieswere heaps of fun, well, the ones I could do. After that, we gotto make DAMPER!!!!!! That was my favourite part of the day. We
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got the dough, then put it on a stick, put it in the fire and waittill it was a golden brown. We then took it off the stick and outgolden syrup in the damper and it tasted SO GOOOOOOOD!! IfI had to eat it every day, I wouldn’t complain. When we finishedmaking damper, we did more activities around the place. Wedid gold panning, I found 4 specks of gold that is worth $2. Ialso found a cool rock that you could see through but it was agold colour as well. So, I decided to put it in my little jar. Wewere all very tired at the end of the day.
After gold panning, we got on the bus to go home. It was along trip, but I slept through most of it. We did a few stops sothat we could get food and go to the bathroom. We arrived atschool at about 5:30. Stage 3 were really exhausted and readyto go home to bed! I know I wanted to. We had so much fun oncamp, and I will never forget how much fun I had!!
Save the date for your diaries!Monday 16th December – Presentation Assembly 2019 –9.30am
Our school will be hosting our Presentation Assembly on thisdate commencing at 9.30am. It will be held on the top COLAand all parents and community members are invited to sharethis special morning with us. There will be special guests andsome performances on the day from the Ensemble DanceGroup, Kindergarten Dance Group and Choir. Our RecorderBand will also be performing. We look forward to seeing thecommunity coming together for this fantastic school event.
Wednesday 18th December – Final Assembly for Year 6 –9.30am
December 18th will be the last day at Cambridge Gardens forour year 6 students for 2019 as they will formally complete theirprimary school journey. At 9.30am there will be an assemblyheld where students and their families will watch a videocommemorating the students’ achievements over the past 7years. Year 6 students will be presented with their yearbook.The assembly will be held in the school hall. We invite all parentsand families of our Year 6 students to come along and join inthis celebration.
Wednesday 18th December – Farewell Arch – 3.00pm
Our students from Years 4 to 6 will line up forming an archfor our year 6 students to make their official final exit through.This is a Cambridge Gardens’ tradition which signifies thecompletion of primary school and to wish the students goodluck on their transition to high school.
As we move closer to these events, we will keep you posted onany news or important messages.
Simon BaleClassroom Teacher
Adam WynnPrincipal
Have You Met…..?Our wonderful Office Staff…. Mrs Karen McCoy, Mrs MelissaGaldes and Mrs Trudy Gray.
These lovely people run our school! They do so many jobsfrom answering questions, looking after sick kids, organisingthe school finances, helping parents and Staff…..
Without them we wouldn’t be able to operate our fabulousschool. A huge thank you to these amazing hard workers.
Newsletter Piece for Return and EarnThis week Cambridge Gardens Public School adopted oursecond orangutan from the Orangutan Project. We haveadopted ‘Happi’ who is a three year old orangutan who wasorphaned in the Borneo jungles due to deforestation. We wereable to adopt Happi because we had fundraised enough moneyfrom our Return and Earn recycling scheme at school. This yearwe have fundraised $258.10, as we have recycled 2581 cans,bottles and containers.
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Currently we have adopted Popi and Happi and we are hopingnext year to continue adopting them and raise enough moneythrough the Return and Earn scheme to adopt a thirdorangutan. Congratulations to all of the students, teachers andmembers of the community who are recycling their cans,bottles and containers at school and contributing to thisfantastic cause!
James KristofOrganiser
RoboticsThroughout the year a few of our students from Stage 3 havehad the opportunity to take part in our Robotics program.The program provided challenging and highly engaging learningopportunities utilising LEGO Mindstorm EV3 robots. TheRobotics program allowed students to work cooperatively withtheir peers, problem-solve, innovate, create and investigatewith technologies.
The students programmed their robots to undergo a seriesof instructions to complete real world tasks, such as movingthrough mazes and avoiding obstacles. With the addition of thenew 3D printer, the students were also asked to replicate a fewmissing parts along the way which was very challenging.
Overall the robotics program was a great success and we arelooking forward to more challenges in 2020.
David SheavesOrganiser
Library News
Book Club
Book Club should be arriving sometime this week and will bedispatched to the classes ASAP. If you have any problems withyour order please inform the office or myself so I can follow thisup before the end of the year.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
All children who completed the PRC at home will be awardedtheir certificate at the Principal’s Assembly on Friday. All Kinder,Year 1 and Year 2 students who participated in the PRC atschool will be presented with their certificate from their teacherin class. Congratulations to all students for their reading effortsthroughout the challenge.
Library Stocktake
The yearly stocktake of all library resources will occur duringweek 9. If your child has any library resources at home pleasereturn them this week. It is really important that all Year 6students locate and hand in all library books before they leavefor high school to avoid a replacement fee.
Rose AntonelliSchool Librarian
Schools SpectacularThe recorded version of Schools Spectacular was aired onChannel 7 on Saturday evening. If you were fortunate enough toattend the live show or viewed the recording you can appreciatethe mammoth commitment of all involved to create such anentertaining performance.
I would like to sincerely thank all the students and their parentsfor their dedication towards the early days and late nights to aidin the successful rehearsals and running of the show.
Thank you Choir and Dance group.
Choir
Rachel Attias, AmbitionAnalea Belle, SerenityThomas Clarke, HumourKeira Clogher, AmbitionEmma Dredge, SuccessMielle Gadiane, HonourGeorgia Kitchin, StrengthJakayla Laurente, SuccessSabrina Nayar, AmbitionRehoboth Negasi, AmbitionJessica Pearce, HonourBianca Verwey, Success
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Dance
Olivia Towns: AmbitionVictoria Regas: SuccessMadilyn Wilkinson: HumourGrace Sayle: KnowledgeDounya Ghanem: AmbitionAmelia Cordozo: SuccessEmily Vella: AmbitionTaylor Proud: AmbitionJuliet Di Girolamo: HumourPorschea Renata: HonourMatilda Worobiej: AmbitionCoco Worobiej: Humour
Rose AntonelliChoir Coordinator
Recycling Success!In March this year, Cambridge Gardens School was fortunateenough to win a major prize in the Colgate Community GardenChallenge. In this recycling program, students, staff and theirfamilies had collected old toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes,dental floss containers and associated packaging. Everythingwe collected was sent away to Terracycle to be recycled.
Our prize included two personalized garden benches, threegarden beds and some garden signs, all made from recycledmaterials. We also won $500 to spend on our garden suppliesat Bunnings.
The garden benches proudly display our school’s name, as wellas some beautiful artwork by Porschea Renata.
Classes Knowledge, Motivation and Vision attended aceremony and ribbon cutting to celebrate our prize. Alsopresent were representatives from Terracycle, Colgate Australiaand Chemist Warehouse. After the ribbon cutting, children fromthe three classes were chosen to plant out a range ofvegetables in our brand new gardens. Teachers and visitors allhelped.
At the moment we are collecting bread tags for anotherrecycling competition with Terracycle – wish us luck!
Well done Cambridge Gardens!
Julie CheethamOrganiser
New Recycling Program – Bread Tags!Cambridge Gardens Public School is joining another excitingrecycling program! We will be collecting plastic bread tags.These will be sent back to Terracycle to be cleaned, melted andthen remoulded into new recycled products.
This is our second recycling program with Terracycle – we alsocollected old toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, floss containersand their packaging. Earlier this year we won the beautifulgarden seats and gardens beside Wisdom room for ourrecycling efforts. These items are made of recycled plastic.
Bread tags can be placed in the labelled box outside Loyaltyclassroom each Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Julie CheethamOrganiser
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P & C NewsHere is what’s been happening with the P&C.
Family Portraits
We would like to thank everyone that participated in our FamilyPortraits Fundraiser. With your support we raised over $600.We would like to also thank Yvonne from Laura JeanPhotography that took the photos for our fundraiser you did afabulous job.
Christmas Raffle
Christmas Raffle Tickets went out over a week ago.They are$1 each or 6 for $5. We would like to thank everyone that haskindly donated prizes to our raffle this year.
All tickets MUST be handed in back to the office or to theChristmas Raffle table by close of the Christmas Picnic thisThursday at 8pm. No tickets will be accepted on Fridaymorning before the bell.
Attached is the prize list for this year. The P&C would like tothank everyone for supporting our Christmas Raffle for 2019.
Annual General Meeting
On the 26th November the P&C held our AGM. Every placewas filled except for one. If anyone is interested in becomingthe P&C Secretary please come to our next meeting which willbe held 25th February 2020 to discuss this position. You mustbe a member of the P&C to hold an exec position. Membershipcosts $2.00.
School Banking
This Wednesday the 11th December 2019 will be the last weekfor School Banking. All prizes that are ordered last week andthis week may not be handed out till next year. We would liketo thank all the Banking Volunteers who have processed thebanking this year your efforts are appreciated. So Thank You.
Finally I would like to thank everyone who has supported andhelped out the P&C this year. Your efforts have been reallyappreciated. Without your support we could not raise moneyfor the students so Thank You. I would also like to Thank all thestaff that have help us throughout the year as well.
Contacting the P&C:
Via Phone- Contact the school office and leave a message withone of our office staff on 4730 1201
Or Via [email protected]
On behalf of the P&C we would like to wish everyone A Safeand Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.
Natalie KitchinP&C President
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Calendar Events
2019
10.12.2019 CARES – Stage 3 Students
11.12.2013 Talent Show – 9:30am
11.12.2019 Last Day for School Banking for 2019
12.12.2019 Christmas Picnic – 5-8pm
13.12.2019 Principal’s Assembly
16.12.2019 Presentation Day
17.12.2019 Year 6 Farewell – 5:30 to 9pm
18.12.2019 Year 6 Final Assembly 9:30am & Farewell Arch3pm
18.12.2019 Last Day of Term for Students
19.12.2019 Staff Development Day
20.12.2019 Staff Development Day
28.01.2020 Staff Development Day
29.01.2020 Students return to school – Years 1-6
29.01.2020 Kindergarten Best Start Assessments Start
30.01.2020 Kindergarten Best Start Assessments continue
31.01.2020 Kindergarten Best Start Assessments continue
3.02.2020 Kindergarten Best Start Assessments continue
4.02.2020 Kindergarten Students Start – staggered timesto be given
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Managing Notifications
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Groups with arrows next tothem indicate that there aresub-groups which you can
join.
HomeView the latest feed item and school menu.
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FeedView all feed items for every
group you belong to.
ManageManage push notifications,
your default subscription andgroups.
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http://www.schoolzine.com.au/szapp
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