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60 Cameron Street, Bexley NSW 2207 T 9587 3717 - 9587 3162 E carlton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W www.carlton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Carlton Speak 2019 Carlton Public School E-Bulletin

Term 1 - Week 5 Friday 1 March 2019

Dear Parents and Carers Parent Teacher Information Evenings Thank you for taking the time to visit the school this week for the Parent & Teacher Information sessions. The level of participation in most classes was very high and this is a great indicator of the level of support you provide for your children, the teachers and the school overall.

School Resource Costs A note was sent out last week outlining school resource costs. These include Mathletics, Reading Eggs, school contributions etc. Please try to pay these resource costs as soon as possible as the school is committed to several large expenditure items in 2019. These include: • Replacing old & uneconomical air conditioners in Bocks A & B. Approximately $70,000 • Purchasing more i-pads, laptops, desktops - $50000 • Building a large COLA in Area 2- $250,000 • Installing a synthetic games court under and around the new COLA in Area 2. $100,000 • Installing a synthetic games court adjacent to Area 1 & Block D- $14,000 (Supported by the P&C) Please note that all of the above expenditure items are items we need to save for as a school community. We receive operational funding but that does not cover the cost of these projects. We are not in a financial position to address these matters immediately so with the help of the P&C we will start prioritising the projects. Please assist by paying the school resource costs. I am aware that some families are feeling financial pressure. If you need to organise a payment plan please come and discuss the issue with Ms Rasmussen (Deputy Principal). Many thanks for your support. Strategic Directions One of our Strategic Directions for the 2018-2020 School Plan is Transformational Learning. High in priority are “Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication and Collaboration” (4C’s)

In our goal to be a Future Focused School, we will continue to access the expertise of Miranda & Michael Jefferson. (world renowned educational researchers). Miranda has commenced another intensive period of professional learning for a leadership group of staff in the 4C’s. Additionally, she has organised a team of university professors to deliver 4C training to all staff at CPS and the Community of Schools we share our learning. This year the Community of Schools has expanded to include Carlton PS, Hurstville PS, Hurstville South PS, Mortdale PS and Connells Point PS. This is an amazing collection of high quality teachers who are keen to share their skills and resources.

With Miranda’s training, we will deepen the knowledge of all of our staff to prepare the students with the necessary future focused learning skills. This will not be based on one program or activity but many programs including inquiry based learning, project based learning, STEM, robotics etc. To date, the training has been thought provoking, challenging, fun and reflective. As we improve our own learning in the 4C’s we will offer workshops for interested parents to be involved in the learning. These workshops will be offered at the end of Term 2 and early Term 3. Helping Hands Helping Hands have recently been provided with DEC authority to increase Before & After School Care enrolments. We are organising a room in Block A to accommodate the extra children. The room will be upgraded with kitchen facilities to accommodate the needs of the children. The extra room should be operational by the beginning of Term 2. This will assist families that are on waiting lists for afternoon care. Fortnightly Newsletter (Odd Weeks) The weekly newsletter has proven to be a very time consuming product often taking all day to prepare and produce for Ms Morrison (DP). I discussed this concern in our recent P&C meeting and it was agreed that a fortnightly edition would be sent out. This is common practice across schools in our region. However, each week we will still publish student award winners through the school app and website.

Regards Stephen Vrachas Principal

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March 9 2019

P&C News

Second Hand Uniform Shop – Friday 8 Mar The second-hand uniform stall will be on Friday 8 Mar before school. Got any old school uniforms that the kids have outgrown? Please donate them to the school office or give them to us on the day. All proceeds go to the school. Class directories A reminder for all kindergarten parents, your child will have received a note about class directories for parents who wish to connect with other families in their child’s class. If you are interested, please complete you details on the class directory note and put it in the collection box in the school office any time before Friday 1 March (Week 5). Also if any other classes in years 1-6 are interested in forming their own class

directory, you are more than welcome to do so by emailing carltonpandc@gmail.com.

Next P&C meeting – AGM The next meeting will be on Tuesday the 14th of March. This is our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and all executive

positions will be up for re-election.

Contact Us If you have any suggestions or questions, please contact the P&C via email carltonpandc@gmail.com or join our

school community Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/carltonpandc/.

We have 235 members on Facebook now and it’s a great place to stay in touch, be informed and ask

questions of the P&C or fellow parents at our school.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/carltonpandc/

School Banking

The School Banking Coordinator Roster on next Tuesday 5th February are Kelly, Wendy, Yanni and Nathalie.

Please make sure students hand in their yellow deposit books to their class teachers as soon as the bell rings at 9 am.

Also ensure both sides of the slips are filled in (Student name, student number, account number, BSB and amount

deposited)

If you have not opened an account for your child yet, it's not too late. Please go to the nearest Commonwealth Bank

with your child birth certificate and your ID

to open an Account.

If you have any query regarding school

banking please feel free to contact me(

Farhana , Banking Coordinator) directly on

Ph: 0403323639 or meet me at the office on

Tuesday 9:00 am. or

Email: simi_farhana@yahoo.com.au

Reward:

Please remember next Redemption will be

in week 8, on Tuesday 19th March.

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Class Awards-These class awards were presented to students during Stage Assemblies! Congratulations Everyone! Stage One

1 Red- Georgio K, Sri P 2 Purple- Michael Y, Muskan S 1 Orange- Henry A, Karina S

1 Green- William H, Drisna T 1 Yellow- Liam M, Prashi P 1 White- Ayat M, Mahmoud M

2 Yellow- Ola S, Samuel B 2 Red- Hayley V, Jamal M 2 Blue- Yusef T, Solomon K

2 Green- Harmony L, Michelle J 2 White- Ruby B, Hussein G

Stage Two

4 Yellow- Edwmin H, Stephanie L, Simona G, Adley C 3 Orange- Zena E, Rishaan P, Jesse J, Mary C

3 Green- Nathan L, Blythe LK, Hannah S, Aaliyah Y 4 Red- Lillian D, Lucas F, Larissa FM, Charlie Y

3 Blue- Selin C, Nahian M, Samuel H, Charlize D 4 Green-Alan L, Irene C, Jolyn W, Hadi T

3 Red- Aliyah Y, Isaac W, Aaron S 4 White- Ryan Z, Bethany H, Lachlan P, Jacey C

Stage Three

5 Orange- Ujwal Y, Stephanie A, Leila EH, Siwen L 5 Red- Leila SA. Peyton T, Brendan W, Theo M

5 White- Nelly L, Adrian D, Katarina I, Pheonix M 5/6 Blue-William S, Ashwini B, Sophie C, Larry S

5/6 Purple- Lawrence L, Tavia E 6 Green- Nikitha S, Joshua M, Charlee M, Thomas P

6 Yellow- Zainab H, Yara A, Adam R 6 Red- Noah F, Alyssa G, Risheeta TK, Zan O

CPS LIBRARY NEWS

In 2019 we will be encouraging CPS students to participate in the Premier’s Reading Challenge. We will allocate

times during our Library lessons to help students log on and record their PRC books. Congratulations to the 306

amazing CPS readers who completed the 2018 Premier's Reading Challenge last year.

Our School Library is a great supporter of the Premier’s Reading Challenge. The Library has a specialised Premier’s

Reading Challenge location which houses many PRC booklist titles and is constantly being updated. Also students

can use the Library computers during lessons and at lunchtimes to browse PRC lists and books available through

our library system OLIVER and their ORBIT accounts. Students will be provided with further information during

their class Library lessons.

Welcome to the 2019 NSW Premier's Reading Challenge

The PRC aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in

students and enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a

competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read

more widely. The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is available to all NSW

students in Kindergarten to Year 9. The 2019 Challenge kicks off Monday 4

March and closes Friday 30 August.

Useful information for students: PRC Rules:

The Challenge opens on 4 March 2019. You must finish recording your online Student Reading Record by 30

August 2019 (11:59 pm) to successfully complete the Challenge.

You must read the following amount of books to complete the Challenge:

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Challenge Number of books

you must read Minimum number of

PRC books Maximum number of

Personal Choice books PRC booklists you can

read from

K-2 30 25 5 K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-9

3-4 20 15 5 3-4, 5-6, 7-9

5-6 20 15 5 5-6, 7-9

In a series on the PRC booklist, you can read any two books as PRC books. You can read up to five other books

from the same series as Personal Choice books.

If you complete your online Student Reading Record by 30 August 2019, and it is validated by your school, you will be eligible for a PRC certificate.

The certificates you can receive for completing the Challenge are:

Year of completing PRC Award received

First year Challenge completion certificate

Second year Challenge completion certificate

Third year Challenge completion certificate

Fifth year Challenge completion certificate

Sixth year Challenge completion certificate

Fourth year (not consecutive) Gold certificate

Seventh year (not consecutive) Platinum certificate

Every year from Year 3 to Year 9 (inclusive). Therefore only Year 9 students are eligible.

Medal

You can only receive one certificate each year.

All PRC certificates will be awarded in Term 4 2019 with students' names printed.

(Further information about the rules can be found on the PRC website)

PRC Booklists:

You can search for a book on the PRC list online by challenge level, book title, author or category (eg animal fiction,

fantasy, adventure).

Student Log on: Public school students can also log in directly to the PRC website using their Department of

Education username and password. These are the same details a student would access the Student Portal and the

computer network at school. If you are unaware of your username and/or password, please contact your class

teacher and ask for your Student Portal username and/or password. How to log in:

1. On the PRC website homepage (https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html), click on Logon on the

menu to login.

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It will take you to the NSW Department of Education portal login page, You need to enter your username and password here:

Reading record:

To add a book to your Student Reading Record, you must be logged in as yourself. On the home page, go to Student

Reading Records (located on the left hand side).

In the title field, enter just part of the title, eg magic hat, and click on the Search button. If the title has a 'the', 'an' or 'a' at the beginning of the title do not enter it into the search field. If your required book becomes listed as an option, select it:

Now book will become part of your Student Reading Record.

If your book does not appear on the list, you can add the book as a Personal Choice book. Following the same process. If you have any further questions please see Mrs Afonso or Ms Phillips in the Library

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We were thrilled that this week the K Orange won

the Library Gold Trophy for 100% borrowing. .

(Kindergarten classes have held the record for best

library book borrowers for 3 years now).

K Orange are the first class to win the trophy this

year. Congratulations K Orange and Mrs Johnstone

and wonderful Kindy Mums and families for

supporting Library Book borrowing.

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CPS 2019 Swimming Carnival It was a wonderful morning at the carnival the sun was shining so everyone had a fabulous day! There were lots of records

broken and a strong team has been selected for the Zone Carnival. Thanks to all the students, parents and teachers who made

this day great. Thanks to Miss Elmowy and Mrs Philip for these great photos! Thanks also to Mrs Hanley and her team for

planning this fabulous day!

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Carlton Public School Swimming Carnival 2019

Congratulations to all students on an excellent performance at our school swimming carnival held on Tuesday 26th February held at Bexley Aquatic Centre. All race entrants swam their best and everyone had a great day in the novelty events pool and on the splash pad. Thank you also to all the fantastic staff and parents who supported the students on this day. Another huge thank you to the parents and House Captains for their excellent assistance with timekeeping and “runner” duties.

Check out our 10 Super Swimmer Records Broken!!

NEW previous

12/13yrs 50m Freestyle Jason Y 33.24 35.45 2009

Senior 50m Breaststroke Jason Y 44.53 46.80 2009

Jnr 50m Butterfly Payton T 50.52 54.92 2011

Senior 50m Butterfly Jason Y 38.95 39.94 2009

Jnr 50m Backstroke Payton T 52.43 54.35 2008

Sebastian M 54.05

Senior 50m Backstroke Jason Y 39.55 40.04 2008

11yrs 50m Freestyle Samantha S 35.84 39.45 2013

*Samantha now holds the 8,9,10,11yr girl record for this event -WOW!

11yrs 50m Butterfly Samantha S 41.43 45.13 2010

All Age 100m Samantha S 1.19.05 1.19.98 2011

Our school will hold a presentation from our carnival with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbons, along with Age Champion trophies. This will be held at the next school assembly on Monday 11th March from 11:30am under the COLA. Parents are invited to attend, please be seated behind year 6.

It’s a surprise!! The winning house of the carnival will be announced at the assembly. Students in year 3-6 in this

house will be given an ice-block to celebrate their win on Friday 15th March!

Carlton Public School Swimming Carnival Age Champions 2019

BOY AGE TROPHY GIRL

Joshua G 8yr Carlton Public School Swimming Carnival Age Champion 2019 Carolyn Y

Jackson A 9yr Carlton Public School Swimming Carnival Age Champion 2019 Isabella M

Payton T 10yr Carlton Public School Swimming Carnival Age Champion 2019 Bethany H

Daniel M 11yr Carlton Public School Swimming Carnival Age Champion 2019 Samantha S

Joshua H 11yr Carlton Public School Swimming Carnival Age Champion 2019

Jason Y 12yr Carlton Public School Swimming Carnival Age Champion 2019 Evelyn J

28 Students (highlighted yellow on the following page) have made it to represent Carlton at our zone carnival on

Friday 8th March at BEXLEY AQUATIC CENTRE. **Please note whilst some athletes placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd at our

school carnival, their times have not qualified them to progress to zone. The Individual Medley is an invitational

event where our athletes will be notified prior if successful of qualification.

Mrs Hanley has coordinated the zone team and notes together with payment will need to be returned by Wednesday 6TH March. Parents please be advised of own transport for zone students as outlined on the permission note. Spectators will incur a $2.50 pool entry fee. Each zone team member will be provided with a yellow swimming cap which is required to be worn to represent Carlton PS at the zone.

We look forward to another successful day at zone and wish all competitors best of luck.

Mrs Hanley

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CPS Swimming Carnival 2019 Results

Event Boys Girls

Junior Individual Medley 1 Sebastian M 1 nil

4 x 50m 2 Payton T 2

3 Filip A 3

Senior Individual Medley 1 nil 1 Samantha S

4 x 50m 2 2

3 3

8yrs 50m Freestyle 1 Joshua G 1 Carolyn Y

2 Alex C 2

3 Samuel H 3

9yrs 50m Freestyle 1 Jackson A 1 Isabella M

2 Ali D 2 Anabel T

3 Patrick S 3 Maya C

10yrs 50m Freestyle 1 Payton T 1 Bethany H

2 Sebastian M 2 Ashley L

3 Taoko S 3 Aleksa D

11yrs 50m Freestyle 1 Nathan H 1 Samantha S RECORD

2 Manav S 2 Sally H

3 Joshua H 3 Leila SA

12/13yrs 50m Freestyle 1 Jason Y RECORD 1 Evelyn J

2 Aoran T 2 Tiba E D

3 Thomas P 3 Niki A

Jnr 50m Breaststroke 1 Han S 1 Bethany H

2 Max G 2 Ema H

3 Taoko S 3 Carolyn Y

11yrs 50m Breaststroke 1 Daniel M 1 Samantha S

2 Patrick Z 2 Lauren J

3 Sam G 3 Leila S A

Senior 50m Breaststroke 1 Jason Y RECORD 1 Evelyn J

2 Aoran T 2 Niki A

3 Thomas P 3 Aleksia I

Jnr 50m Butterfly 1 Payton T RECORD 1 Bethany H

2 Sebastian M 2 Carolyn Y

3 Taoko S 3 Ema H

11yrs 50m Butterfly 1 Joshua H 1 Samantha S RECORD

2 Manav S 2 nil

3 nil 3 nil

Senior 50m Butterfly 1 Jason Y RECORD 1 Evelyn J

2 Thomas P 2 nil

3 nil 3 nil

Jnr 50m Backstroke 1 Payton T RECORD 1 Charlotte S

2 Sebastian M RECORD 2 Bethany H

3 Han S 3 Ema H

11yrs 50m Backstroke 1 Daniel M 1 Samantha S

2 Joshua H 2 Mandi C

3 Patrick Z 3 Leila SA

Senior 50m Backstroke 1 Jason Y RECORD 1 Niki A

2 Aoran T 2 Evelyn J

3 Thomas P 3 Brooklyn B

All Age 100m 1 Jason Y 1 Samantha S RECORD

Championship 2 Payton T 2 Evelyn J

3 Sebastian M 3 Niki A

RELAY JUNIORS Payton T Isabella M

Sebastian M Anabel T

Taoko S Bethany H

Max G Ashley L

RELAY SENIORS Nathan H Samantha S

Manav S Sally H

Jason Y Evelyn J

Aoran T Tiba E D

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Happy New Year! Chinese New Year celebrations have just finished on

the 19th of February. Part of the new year celebrations include putting

up decorations, eating dumplings, watching fireworks and giving red

envelopes.

Year 5 and 6 students were given an opportunity to make delicious fried

dumplings at the end of last year. They did research on what ingredients

were in a dumpling and how to make them. They wrote a recipe before

the cooking lesson and completed their reflection sheet after the

lesson. Most students enjoyed this cooking experience.

The topic this term for Kindergarten is Me; Stage 1 (Year 1 and 2) My Family; Stage 2 (Year 3 and 4) Family

and Friends and Stage 3 (Year 5 and 6) Family and Occupations. Students across the stages have done their

title pages and below are some examples.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents who support their children in learning

Chinese. Your continuous support is very important, and it does have an impact on your children’s learning.

I am looking forward to meeting you, our new Kindergarten parents, at the Parent Information Morning.

– Ms Yin

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Arabic News Welcome to a new year of teaching languages. The Kindergarten topic is "All about me", the topic for Stages one,

two and three is "Family". Students in all stages are learning the names of members of family, colours, numbers

and adjectives. The focus in Kindergarten is on introducing themselves. Stage one are describing self and family

members. Stage two are describing self and a friend. Stage Three are learning about family members and their

occupations.

In the Arabic class we encourage students to communicate by practising learnt expressions . We read and discuss

books to give students cultural experience. Examples of books are:

"Colours Around Us" "The Small Journalist" "Let's Work" "But Mum Everyone Does This"

"حولنا ألوان ااصغيرة الصحفية" " نعمل هيا" "ذلك يفعل الكل امي يا ولكن" " "

" Dad and the Internet" "Respecting the Elders" "I know my colours" "My Grandma loses the Dream"

" االنترنت و ابي" " الكبير احترام " " ألواني أعرف" "الحلم تفقد جدتي"

Activities include: Reading and discussing stories, singing, using Bus-stop, Donut, Pass the Clap, Bingo, Chinese

Whispers and Educational Games. Also, tracing, copying and writing.

Dear Parents, as teaching children starts from home you are advised to expose children to Arabic by using the

language to communicate and to read and discuss Arabic stories with children . Also to set an example for your

children by letting them see you reading for different purposes. Doing this will improve their language and will give

them self confidence.

Mrs Awad

Doctor: Nejmeh Khalil Habib Kindergarten Year 5

Book launch of: " الحلم تفقد جدتي "

" My Grandma loses the Dream"

Year 3

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PSSA Results! Team Result

Cricket- Yellow Carlton Vs Connells Pt

Seniors Won

Juniors Lost

Cricket- Blue Carlton Vs Carlton Sth

Seniors Lost

Juniors Lost

Girls Softball-

Yellow

Carlton Vs Sans Souci

Seniors Lost

Juniors Lost

Girls Softball-

Blue

Carlton Vs Blakehurst

Seniors Lost

Juniors Lost

Boys Softball Carlton Vs Rockdale

Seniors Win

Juniors Lost

Where are the teams playing next week?

Girls Softball: Bestic Street Playing Fields

Boys Softball: Scarborough Park (Via Pasadena Ave)

Cricket (Yellow) : Scarborough Park (Barton Street)

Cricket (Blue): Carrs Park

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND

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It’s The Term One Fridge Calendar! Term 1 - 2019

Week 5 – Feb Week 6 – March

Mon 25 K-6 Assembly 11.30 in the New COLA area Meet the Teacher- Kindy 5-6pm

Mon 4 K-6 Assembly 11.30 in the New COLA area Kinder Finish at 3pm

Tue 26 3-6 Swimming Carnival- Bexley Pool Meet The Teacher- Years 5 & 6 @ 5pm

Tue 5

Wed 27 Meet The Teacher- Years 1&2 @ 5pm Newsletter published

Wed 6

Thur 28 Meet The Teacher- Years 3&4 @ 5pm Thur 7 Year One Science Excursion Parent Raffle Ticket Working Bee- in the Staffroom @9am

Fri 1 Mar Last Day for Kindy finishing at 2.30pm Stage 3 Assembly 11.50am Newsletter published

Fri 8 Summer PSSA 3 Stage 3 Assembly 11.50am Year 2 Science Excursion Kindergarten Vision Screening Zone Swimming Carnival

Week 7 – March Week 8 – March

Mon 11 K-6 Assembly 11.30 in the New COLA area Young Leaders Day Year 6 High School Forms going home K-2 Assembly

Mon 18 K-6 Assembly 11.30 in the New COLA area K-2 Assembly

Tue 12 P&C Meeting 7pm Tue 19 Sydney East Swimming Carnival

Wed 13 Wed 20

Thur 14 Selective High School Test Sydney Tech Sports Coaching for Year 5

Thur 21

Fri 15 Stage 3 Assembly 11.50am Newsletter published

Fri 22 Stage 3 Assembly 11.50am Sat 23rd March- State Election- CPS is a Polling Booth

Week 9- March Week 10- April

Mon 25 Stage 3- Planetariam incursion K-2 Assembly Whole School Assembly

Mon 1 Whole School Assembly K-2 Assembly

Tue 26 Easter Mufti Day Tue 2

Wed 27 Create South Auditions Wed 3

Thur 28 Sydney Tech Sports Coaching for Year 6 Thur 4

Fri 29 Newsletter published Fri 5 Stage Three Assembly- 11.50am

Week 11- April

Mon 8 Whole School Assembly

Tues 9 School Photos Day 1

Wed 10 School Photos Day 2

Thurs 11 Pedlars Parade 11.30-2pm

Fri 12 Stage Three Assembly- 11.50am Last Day of Term

SAVE THE DATE!

Our Kids Matter Concert is on again this year!

August 29 & August 30 More Details to come as we start planning this wonderful

community event!

Happy Holidays! Easter Sunday 21 April Easter Monday 22 April ANZAC Day- Monday 25 April Children return to school on Monday 29 April

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Look Out The Rangers Are About! Be Safe!

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