CRAWFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL

Quality education in an innovative and caring environment. Safe Respectful Learners

Phone: 9621 7233, Email: crawford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 2 Week 9, 24 June, 2019

Principal’s Report - Mr Richard Ford

The newsletter is a little late this fortnight due to so many things going on. Firstly a group

of stage 3 students went to the high school for a STEM/Google day. They worked with a

number of students from other schools in the Colebee learning community.

Unfortunately not all the students can attend so these days are for our students to learn

things happening in other schools and bring back to share with their peers.

Well done to our cross country runners who represented

us at the Sydney West Carnival. Mercy, Ethan and Isaac.

On Monday 17th June, the Executive Director Cathy

Brennan, came for a visit. In that time she went around

to a few classes and spoke with some of the students

while they were working. She was very impressed by the

skills and knowledge the students were showcasing, and

the learning taking place.

Our Knockout Football (soccer) team played Caddies

Creek Public School on Monday afternoon. The students

came up against a well drilled team with lots of

experience on the soccer field. They showed great

sportsmanship and enjoyed playing in the rain.

Last Wednesday students from Doonside Technology High School came down on their

‘School on Tour’ performance. The students showed us how talented they are and some

of the things you can be involved at the high school. Thank you to the teacher and

students who gave us such a great show.

Next Week we also have NAIDOC Day 3-6 on Monday and K-2 on Tuesday. On

Wednesday the students from 3-6 in the Liven’ Deadly Program will host a NAIDOC

assembly.

Next week is the last week of term and the students will be returning on

Tuesday 23rd July.

Stage 1 attended Featherdale Wildlife Park and they had a great

time. The students were pretty tired when they got back to school

but were also so excited to talk about the different animals they

saw and interesting facts they learnt.

Our students have been

learning about how things grow

and different foods you can

grow. Kindy did a lesson on how

to know and pick the right

vegetables and the Support Unit

used some of the lettuce for

their cooking. Thank you to Mr

Bailey for all his hard work.

Tomorrow is the athletics carnival, if the rain stays away. The

canteen will be open and the P and C are also running a sausage

Sizzle.

On Thursday is our fairy floss and crazy hair day. All money raised

will go to the year 6 farewell at the end of the year.

GATE TIMES FOR ELECTRONIC

PEDESTRIAN GATE

8:30am - 9:15am

2:55pm - 3:30pm

During these times, the electronic

gate is unlocked for entry and exit

of the school. All that is required is

to push or pull the gate open.

Outside of these times the gate will

be locked. Entry and Exit of the

school will be by pushing the button

located on the gate and waiting

for a response from the school

office.

Unless you require to sign your child

out for an early pass from the front

office, the gate will remain closed

until 2:55pm.

SCHOOL GATES

For the safety of students and staff, the

school gate near the car park is locked

between the hours of 9.15am to 2.55pm.

The back gate (Asche Street) is locked

between the hours of 9.15am to 2.55pm.

The gate will be promptly closed for the

day at 3:15pm.

ENTRY to the school during school hours is

via the main pedestrian gates

located at the pedestrian crossing. The

gate will be shut but not locked.

SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS

The school’s front office is open

Monday - Friday

8:30am - 3:15pm

UNIFORM SHOP

OPENING HOURS 2019

The Uniform Shop will be open

for business every Thursday

morning from

8:30am - 9:30am in the

Crawford Community Cottage.

NO SMOKING

The school premises is a Non Smoking Area

Thank you for your cooperation.

School Banking every Friday

morning before school in the

PLC Room (by the office)

"Step into Stage One!!

How Is it Week 9 already?

Where is this year going?

Stage One students had an amazing time on their excursion to Featherdale

Wildlife Park last Friday. They were all really well behaved and they all learnt

so much about animals and their habitats. They were super lucky to see baby

dingoes sitting out in the sun and they got to pat kangaroos! Ask them about

the Ghost Bat, the pelican, the quokka and even Tasmanian Devils. I am sure

all Stage One students would have slept well on Friday night.

It is great to see so many students demonstrating our school expectations of

being a Safe, Respectful Learner both in the classroom and in the

playground. Keep collecting those critters because critters add up to PBL

Merits and PBL Merits add up to badges.

Have a great fortnight and if you have any queries, please see your child’s

teacher or contact them through SeeSaw!

Keep smiling and keep shining!

Dream Believe Achieve!

Featherdale Wildlife Park

On Friday stage one went to Featherdale Wildlife Park. It was so much fun

and I’m here to tell you a little bit of what we did.

When we got to school we caught the bus and we played the quiet game

we went through the entrance of the park.

We saw lots of birds. We saw so many I could not count them all. After that

we saw the penguins show and we learned that penguins have to eat with

their fish head first.

A few minutes later we saw the koalas. It was so much fun. We stayed there

for five minutes.

We then headed towards the kangaroos. When I was patting the

kangaroos it pooped. We saw some ghost bats. It was so fun. It was so dark

and scary.

After recess we saw the farm it had sheep, hens, turkeys and then we saw

more kangaroos. We went and saw very green turtles and they were

striking their heads

in the log.

After lunch we

saw crocodiles

they were

snapping. Then

we saw dingo’s

there were 5

puppies

And we saw lots

of reptiles they

were creepy.

By Olivia 2N

Thank you to our P & C for the

donation to go towards our Lego that

we will use for many different activities

from keeping students busy during wet

lunch breaks to encouraging creative

play, developing fine motor skills and

using their imagination.

Fun Featherdale Excursion

On Friday we had a very exciting excursion. We were going to Featherdale

Wildlife Zoo Park Woohoo but we had to go to Miss Harrington’s class for a

presentation.

After the presentation she read a story to us. Then the bus came it was very

bumpy on the bus. We played a game on the bus so on each side they have to

be quiet and my side did not win.

Mrs Natt shouted out loud because she saw her car. So the other side had won I

was very sad but that’s alright.

When we got there we went in and saw the green-winged macaws one thing I

learned was that they have to eat fish head first because if it goes tail first it’ll

choke.

When that was finished we saw five koalas in a tree. When that was finished we

saw the wombats there were three wombats.

When it was finished we saw the kangaroos they were hopping like crazy that we

saw the ghost bats it was dark we had recess.

After recess we went to the farm but not all the kids came in the farm. After that

we went to see the Kangaroos again.

When that was finished we had lunch, when that was finished we saw the reptiles

it was cool and also there

were spiders too. After that

we saw the dingos there

were four babies they

were cute.

Then we caught a bus

again and went back to

school and again Mrs Natt

shouted.

By Chanci, 2N

PBL AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who

received their PBL badge during our last assem-

bly for being a safe, respectful learner.

3-6 Students

3F Brock T Green

4M Benjamin T Green

4M Benjamin J Maroon

4M Twyla R Bronze

5/6H Manaro B Bronze

4M Zephaniah F Silver

5/6H Tamara H Silver

5/6H Salina N Gold

Peer Support Every Tuesday in term 2, Stage 3 students have been leading Peer

Support groups with fun and exciting games. Crawford Public

School students have been learning about important skills such as

cooperation, concentration and hand-eye coordination, just to

name a few! Everyone has been having so much fun it will be sad

to see it come to an end in Week 9.

Congratulations Stage 3 students for your magnificent effort and

leadership!

The following photos show Stage 3 students leading Peer Support

with hoola hoop (top), parachute (left) and balloon games (right).

2A’s writing about the Featherdale Wildlife Park Excursion

Featherdale Excursion

On Friday, Stage One went on a really exciting excursion to see animals at Featherdale Wildlife Park.

The first animals we saw were birds. The birds were colourful and exotic. We saw a native bird called

the Gang Gang bird and we saw a bird called a Macaw which was very colourful. Next we saw

Ghosts! But, they were actually Ghost Bats swooping over Bilbies.

My favourite part was when we went to watch the Little Penguins show because the Little Penguins

were swimming so fast. I learned that Little Penguins eat fish head first because the scales on the fish

might get stuck in their poor throats.

My favourite animals were definitely the Quokkas and Dingo Puppies. I liked the Quokkas because

they were so cute and I liked the Dingo Puppies because they looked like pet puppies you could

have at home.

When we came back to school I was exhausted! I was exhausted because of all the walking in the

zoo!

By Saisha

Featherdale Excursion

On Friday, we went to Featherdale. The first thing we saw was the different types of birds and there

were some exotic birds as well. It was so cool. My favourite two animals were the Ghost Bats and the

Fairy Penguins. The penguins are so cute and the Ghost Bats were scary, but I did not get scared bad-

ly. My favourite event was the Pelican show. Their mouths were kind of weird. Then when we finished

watching the Pelicans we saw other birds and then we sat down on the ground. We had to answer

questions while we were waiting for the bus. When the bus came, a big bird crashed into my face. I

had a scratch and Ruben tried to cover it when we got on the bus. We played a game and I was at

the very back of the bus. We had to be so quiet. I was about to laugh so hard, but I didn’t. When we

arrived at school, my side of the bus did not win. When I was at Featherdale I felt super duper good

because I got to see all the animals.

By Thulasizwe

Featherdale Excursion

On Friday, all of Stage One went on the most exciting excursion where you can find lots of animals,

Featherdale! When we arrived we saw some cute little penguins. Penguins eat sardines and they eat

them from the head first. They eat them head first because if they eat them tail first, they might choke

on the scales. Before we saw the penguins we went to see the parrots.The parrots are beautiful and

colourful and they are so, so loud. When we were walking, we also saw a Southern Cassowary. I

thought they were cute but they’re endangered.

One of my favourite animals were the Koalas and the Echidnas. They’re my favourite because the Ko-

ala was cute and the Echidna looked very spikey.

When we left I was miserable because I wanted to see more animals but I was glad that we were

back because I was tired.

By Angela

Term 2 Events

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 9 School Athletics

Carnival

Primary Assembly 2pm

Infant Scripture 2pm

Fairy Floss & Crazy Hair

Day Fundraisers

Sports in Schools

Stage Kindy, Support & 2

PSSA

Week

10

100 Days of

Learning

P & C Meeting,

2pm

School Holidays

School Holidays

Term 3

Week 1

Staff

Development

Day

Students return

today

23rd July 2019

Woolworths Earn and Learn is here. Please put any stickers you receive in the box at the

front office. There is also a box to put stickers in at Plumpton and Quaker Hill Woolworths.

The more stickers we earn the more equipment Crawford will receive. We are aiming to

collect more than we did last year.