137 Main North Road Clare 5453 Phone: 88422 433 Fax: 88422 129

Principal: Mark Vincent Deputy: Kerri-Anne Hooper

May 17th NAPLAN Yr 3 & 5

18th Pupil Free Day

June 11th Queens Birthday Public holiday 12th Pupil Free Day 13th Pupil Free Day

18th Governing Council Meeting 7pm

July 4th Reports Sent Home 6th Last Day of Term Early Dismissal 2:15pm

Term 2 Week 3, 2018 Wednesday 16th May, 2018

In the last two weeks we have welcomed 5 new students to our school – Leah Morris, Hannah Lange, Karmaia Hansen, Ebony Hansen and Keyan Hansen. We hope that all our new students enjoy their time at Clare Primary School continuing their learning journey and their families enjoy being a part of our school community. Pupil Free Day

A Reminder that this Friday 18th

May is a

pupil free day. Staff will be learning to use our

new 3D Printers and the various Robotics

systems we have purchased as a school.

Students will then get the opportunity to use

this technology in their learning programs.

NAPLAN This week our Yr 3 and 5 students are undertaking the NAPLAN tests in Literacy

and Numeracy. We encourage our students to do their best, never give up and

take pride in their achievements but also realise that these tests are just one of

many that they will do across their years of schooling. This year is the last year

that we will do NAPLAN as a paper test with Clare Primary ongoing online in

2019.

Walkathon funds Thank you to everyone who supported the Combined Clare School’s Walkathon

late last term. Our students had a great day walking along the Riesling Trail with

students from all the local kindys and schools and then taking part in a wide

variety of games at the town oval run by students from Clare High School Our

students raised $2819.65 – a fantastic effort!! This money is used to support local

initiatives at the Gleeson Wetlands, Riesling Trail and Sevenhill Playground.

School Fundraising Dinner On Saturday 11th August Clare Primary School’s fundraising committee are holding a Fundraising Dinner at the Clare Racecourse. This is always a great event with a cocktail meal and live band Clearway from Adelaide. It would be wonderful to have as many parents, friends and relatives attend as possible. Tickets are selling at the early bird rate of $40 per head until the end of Term 2 and are available in the Front Office. Put this date in your diary and gather a crowd. The fundraising committee do a wonderful job and have funded the purchase of the team shades, school BBQ, cubbyhouse in the playground, and put money towards our grounds development. Please support this event. Sports Success Congratulations to Cody Harold and Tommy Lucas who have made the State Swim Team. Both boys will be competing in Hobart in the National Championships in July. Congratulations to Esther Head who made the District Softball team and competed in Adelaide at the end of last term. The Mid North District team came second, an amazing effort. Congratulations to the 21 runners who braved the cold conditions in Burra last Friday to compete in the District Cross Country event. A number of students have made the district team to compete in Adelaide later this term. A full report of the day is elsewhere in the newsletter. Lunchtime Clubs This term a number of new clubs have started for students at lunchtimes. These include

Garden Club – Tania Rosenzweig Origami Club – Tania Rosenzweig Puzzle and Games Club – Rohan Higgins BeyBlades – Connor Symons Table Tennis – Mark Vincent

Clubs are part of our focus of building engagement at the school, following areas of interest, giving new opportunities and fun activities for students during lunchtimes. Thanks to the staff who are running clubs this term. DOJO Rewards This term we will continue to use DOJO Points to reward attendance, positive behaviour and work habits. Greg has worked with Care Group Leaders to develop DOJO Rewards. Once a child reaches a certain number of points, they get the following rewards:

50 Points – 15 minutes extra play after lunch on Friday 100 Points – use of the computers in the library for a week or a movie in library with popcorn 150 points – Gym session Friday at lunchtime or a craft activity with Di 200 points – an hour at the skate park or the playground 300 points – Sevenhill Playground 400 points – Subway lunch 500 points – Principal for the Day

Last Friday a large number of our students had an extra 15 minutes play as a reward for receiving 50 points. Stu-dents are all very motivated to achieve these goals. I wonder if anyone will reach the top reward and become Principal for the Day!

Regards Mark Vincent Principal

WEEKS MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

4 21st-25th May

Assembly @ 2:45PM Ms Haren

5 28th—1st June

Assembly @ 2:45PM Choir

6 4th-8th June

Assembly @ 2:45PM Ms Rosenzweig

7 11th-15th June

Queens Birthday

Public Holiday

Pupil Free

Day

Pupil Free

Day

Assembly @ 2:45PM Mrs Bowman/Mrs Charnstrom

CPS Calendar—Next 4 weeks

Week 4 Week 5

Head Monitor

Chelsea

Nicholls

Head Monitor

Esther

Head

Sign Monitor

Athan

Dutschke

Sign Monitor

Kyron

Gray

Sign Monitor

Tia

Hutchings

Sign Monitor

Lachlan

Robson

Reserve Nicole

Suckling

Reserve Jackson

Wilson

CROSSING MONITORS TERM 2

Hi Everyone,

Breakfast club is running again and can be found in the room at the top of the

stairs behind the hall. It runs each day from 8:30am until classes start. Everyone

is welcome if your child/ren are unable to have Breakfast at home. NOTE: We

do ask that you please encourage them to come as soon as they arrive at school

to allow their teacher to begin their day. Cooking stops 9:50am everyday. We

serve toast, spaghetti/baked beans, fruit (when available) and cereal. We would

greatly appreciate donations of fruit, veg or milk thanks!

Also, as a Pastoral Care Worker, I am happy to help in any way to make your

school life a little easier so please come and chat with me or leave a message at the office and I will get back to

you. Part of that role at school is to help out in classes and chat with individual students if they need to. Of course

for any ongoing chats I can only continue to visit your child if you have given permission upon your enrolment

(chaplain box). If you are not sure about this ‘box’ on the enrolment form please have a chat with me or Front Of-

fice Staff for clarification. This is a support role for your child.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THESE STUDENTS FOR WEEKS 3&4:

Marshal H, Rafferty O, Makayla M, Edward E, Taj L, Joel VE, Imogen N, Daniel M

DI’S DOT POINTS

ARE YOU AMAZING AT ART? CLEVER AT KNOT TYING? LOVE DOING YOGA WITH KIDS?

OR HAVE MARSTERED MACRAMEY (OR ANYTHING ELSE INTERESTING…..)

Then Clare Primary School would love you to register your interest in running a small interest group, taking students of

mixed ages to teach them a skill, share knowledge or share that wonderful talent. You even may know someone, a

Grandparent, Aunty or Community Member that may be interested. Please contact Lucy at Front Office on 8842 2433

or via email lucy.stringer562@schools.sa.edu - WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!!

COMMUNITY NEWS

SAPSASA Cross Country The Cross Country Championships for the SAPSASA Mid North District Primary Schools was held at the Burra Golf Club, Friday 11th May, 2018 in very cold and windy conditions. Clare Primary School had 19 entrants across the 10 to 12 year old divisions for girls and boys. We have 8 students who have qualified to represent the Mid North at the State Championships on Thursday, June 7th at Oakbank. They are: 10 yo boys: 1st Cooper Wurfel, 2nd Cody Harrold, 4th Mitchell Quinton 11 yo boys: 2nd Zac Lalic 12 yo girls: 3rd Shiloh Brentson, 6th Esther Head. 12 yo boys: 5th Hayden Cook, 6th Max Heinrich. Congratulations to all participants on their effort throughout the day and best wishes to those place getters. Lyn Aughey

COMMUNITY NEWS