Cringila P U B L I C SCHOOL

35 Sheff ield St CRINGILA NSW 2502 I Ph: 0242741768 I cringila-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

C a r i n g C u l t u r a l C o m m u n i t y NewsletterTerm 2 Week 7 11 th June 2018

CanteenThe canteen refurbishment is now complete and we now have a fantastic new facility with new appliances, cupboards, bench tops, air conditioning, storage and shutters. We would like to re-open the canteen in Week 9, if we have enough volunteers to operate it. Volunteers can assist on a daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis from 9:00am until 11.20am and are required to do the following:• Collect orders• Sort orders and count the money• Heat frozen meals• Stock fridge with drinks• Informofficestaffofwhatneedstobeordered• Put drinks and meals on class trays• Hand out lunches from canteenThere are usually between 40 – 60 orders daily and there is no food preparation or cleaning involved.Please consider this opportunity to meet other members of the school community and to support our school. A note has recently been sent home regarding canteen volunteers. If you require anothernote,orhavequestionsregardingthisrole,pleaseseetheoffice.The canteen will be open from Tuesdays to Fridays. We would like to thank the following parents for volunteering their time: Ms Heidi Fisher, Mrs Randa Ayoub, Mrs Carmen Maarbani, Mrs Amira Elhage, Mrs Nancy Mrowe, Mrs Ulviye Dincel, Mrs Julie Rapovska, Mrs Snezana Pandevski, Mrs Nasrin Bazzi, Mrs Abir Elsayed, Mrs Suada Bajrami, Mrs Linda Bajrami, Mrs Zena Hussein, Mrs Halimi Hadaya, Mrs Linda Darwiche, Mrs Sherri Senol, Mrs Anna Saliu, Mrs Fatima Mawassi and Mrs Rebecca Green.The students, parents and staff appreciate your efforts in providing students with a hot lunch.Meet the Teacher Meetings – 4P and 5TStudents have settled well into their new classes and are highly engaged in their learning. For the families of students of 4P and 5T, we are hosting a ‘Meet the teacher’ session on Wednesday 13th June from 8:30am to 9:00am. These will be held in their classrooms and all parents of 4P and 5T are welcome to attend. A note was sent home last week to the students in 4P and 5T regarding this meeting.AssemblyOurfinalassemblyforTerm2willbeheldonThursday 21st June 2018 at 2:15pm. Classes KB and 6H will be presenting an item. Parents are most welcome to attend and we look forward to recognising and celebrating the successes of our students at this event.

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Coming Events

NO CANTEEN

Wednesday13th June

‘Meet the teacher’parent information session - 4P & 5T

Friday15th June PSSA Gala day

Friday 15th June K - 2 Hockey

Saturday16th June

Underground Hot-spot drillingCommences

Monday18th June

MulticulturalPublic Speaking - Selected students

Friday22nd June Athletics Carnival

Tuesday26th June

Canteenreopening

Assembly TimetableThursday21st June2.15pm

KM & 5/6H

Underground Hotspot updateAt the last Parent Meeting, Mr Scott Mcilwain; Regional Manager from Greencap and Mr Greg Mott; Senior Group Leader, School Infrastructure NSW provided updated information to our community on the underground hotspot.Over the past months, Greencap has monitored the site, gathering data on the surface temperature, the position of the underground hotspot and the air quality surrounding the site. This information has been uploaded onto the website for the community to view.The next phase of the process is to gather further data by installing underground gas wells. This will enable information to be captured on the amount and types of gas within the subsurface. The gas wells will be installed through a drilling process and will begin on Saturday 16th June 2018. While this is happening, you will see truck mounted drill rigs on site.The Department of Education has also employed an independent auditor to oversee the project.If you have any questions regarding the underground hotspot, please see me and I will forward them onto the Department of Education and Greencap to be answered. Athletics CarnivalOur K-6 Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 22nd June 2018 on the oval behind our school. All students will be participating in this event and parents are most welcome to join us. A note with further information regarding this event will be sent home this week. Weekly attendance averageAt Cringila Public School, we aim for our students to average a weekly attendance rate of 93%. Over the past two weeks, we averaged a 91% attendance rate. This is below our goal. Unfortunately, Year 6 had a very poor attendance rate of 88% for the fortnight. Please ensure your child is at school everyday to maximise their learning opportunities. Please also remember to notify the school if your child has been absent from school. This can be done either in person, over the phone, written in a note or via the skoolbag app. Kindergarten 2019We are currently in the process of organising our 2019 Kindergarten transition program. If you know of anyone who has a child that will be starting Kindergarten in 2019, encourage them to come to the school to collect an enrolment pack.

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Parent Online Payment System (POP)As of Friday 15th June, the Parent Online Payment System (POP) will go live for Cringila Public School. This will make it possible for parents to make online payments to the school for amounts owing for students, via a secure payment page hosted by Westpac. Payments can be made using either a Visa or MasterCard credit or debit card, and can be made via computer, tablet or mobile phone. The payment page is accessed from the front page of the school’s website by selecting $ Make a payment. Items that can be paid include; excursions, gala days, camp payments and resource packs. There is also a category called ‘Other’ to cover items.

When you access the $ Make a payment you must enter:• the students name• class • date of birthThese details are entered each time you make a payment as student information is not held within the payment system. This is a secure payment system hosted by Westpac to ensure that your credit/debit card details are captured in a secure manner, these details are not passed back to the school. You have the ability to check and change any details of the payment before the payment is processed. Receipts can be emailed and/or printed. Details of the payments are passed daily to the school where they will be receipted against your child’s account. As a receipt has been issued from the payment page a further receipt will not be issued by the school.For any enquiries regarding the online payment process please contact the School Administration Office.Parents will then have the choice to follow our current procedures of sending money to school in an envelope, or using this system. More detailed information will sent home this week regarding this system. Breakfast ClubThursday morning Breakfast Club is an excellent initiative at our school that ensures every student begins the day with a nutritious meal, which is essential for focus and concentration. Up until now, we have been fortunate enough to work with a local charity, which, due to unforeseen circumstances, can no longer provide food for us. We are still searching for a business who may be able to donate bread, milk, and fruit on a weekly basis or a money donation to enable us to continue this program for our students. If you know any businesses that may be able to assist us, please contact Miss Butcher.

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On Friday we went to the zoo. I saw a snake and a crocodile. By Aiden~~~

In week 4 year 1 year 2 and kindergarten went to the best place - the zoo!!!! We ate our recess. After that I got to hold a saltwater crocodile!! It hit someone in the face with its tail. Then she got a fake snake out then a real one she did not let us hold it because if it goes around your neck you will get hurt. Last but not least we went back to CPS. My favourite was the saltwater crocodile because I got to hold it.By Bella ~~~

In week four kindergarten, Year one and year two went to the zoo we first had recess and then we looked at some animools. My favret animool was the dingo. By Mahdi~~~

On Friday week four we went to the zoo with kindergarten year one and year two. First we went on the bus and ate recess and we met a zookeeper. Second we played a game and we split the kids up. We met some animals they were amazing. Last we fed some animals and we caught a bus. My favourite part of the zoo is meeting a koala because they are so cute. By Finau ~~~

On Friday we went to the zoo because it was our excursion . I saw a koala and kangaroo. We had fun. By Hussein

YearYear 1 stories about their Zoo excursion.

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YearPBL

YearMulticultural Public Speaking Competition

Just a reminder to all parents and students that are our PBL focus for:Week 7 is “Walking through the hallways”. Students are encouraged to walk quietly in the corridors so they avoid accidents and respect the learning of others. Week 8 “Appropriate behaviour in the school hall”. Students are reminded about the correct way to behave during assembly and how they should enter and leave the assembly hall .

Multicultural Public Speaking Competition Finals on Monday the 18th of June

‘Congratulations to the 35 students who tried out for the Cringila School public speaking team. This year Cringila Public School is lucky enough to be hosting the Multicultural Public Speaking Competition Finals on Monday the 18th of June in the school hall. This competition has schools from around the Wollongong area coming to compete. The Cringila team have been working hardinlunchtimestogettheirspeechesreadyandthefinalistsforthecompetitionwillbeannounced week 7. A big congratulations to all students who have been apart of the process, its a shame you can’t all go through.’

YearGala Day Computers

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YearPermaculture Garden & Cooking

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YearRobotics Program

YearPSSA GALA DAY

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Cringila Community Co-opCringila Large Hall has recently been

renovated, including new timber polishedfloorsandfreshlypaintedandisnowavailable

for hire for birthdays, engagements,weddings, christenings, meetings and all

special events. For hire and enquire please call

Gordana Seljanovska Wednesdays

between 9.30am to 12 pm on 42744033

EXCURSIONS, PSSA, EVENTS• MAILBOXES located in foyer – Each class has their own mail-

box. • All payments are to be put in the mailboxes BEFORE 9am. • Money & Permission Slip must be correct in either, an

envelope or a snap lock bag. • Please pay for Excursions, PSSA etc on or before the due

date.• Your childs name and class must be written clearly.• Please send money for more than one student in separate

envelopes.

Skoolbag AppPlease download our school App available

for iPhone and Android phones. To install it, just look for our school name “Cringila Public School” in the App Store or Goog-le Play Store, and install it on your phone. The newsletters will be available on your phone, as will reminders and alerts about

coming events.

Instructions available at the office!

VACANCIES

SOUTHERN SUBURBS MOBILE PRESCHOOLFor children 3—5 years.Is here at the school on Tuesdays & Wednesday 9am—3pm.Please feel free to visit or call Stephanie on 0417 678 667Playgroup Thursdays 9am—12pmPhone Cringila Co-op 42 744 033

Now takingKINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS for

2019Please collect enrolment pack from office.

Underground Hot SpotA link has been created on the Department of Education website with information to keep parents informed of the progress of the underground hot spot.

The Department of Education will continually update this link with new information.

The link is as follows; https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/strategies-and-reports/our-reports-and-reviews/school-environment-reports/cringila-public-school-underground-hotspot