THE CFS WEEKLY “GROWING AND LEARNING TOGETHER”

To Parents and Carers,

Hello CFS Family

Continuing on from my thoughts last week about behavior, we have been talking to our stakeholders and seeking input from everyone and anyone who cares to talk to us. There is a general concern about the attitude of many of our children to working and making an effort.

Teachers have been closely monitoring the amount of work completed in class and students who fail to make sufficient effort are kept in at recess and lunch time.

Recess and Lunch time “catch-up” sessions are managed by Mrs. Rawlings and I. It is an engaging, supportive yet disciplined environment where the children are encouraged to complete the work they should have completed in lesson time.

We are also be working with each child to determine what the blockers are for starting and completing work in class, taking advantage of our combined 50 + years of teaching experience. We appreciate that each child has their own unique challenges and we strive to work with your child to improve their resilience, concentration and persistence.

We will be continuing to increase the rewards for students who we observe to be making a concerted effort in class. Henry Ford once said “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” It is the children who do the right thing

automatically that we will be rewarding and encouraging. It’s one thing to start working when the Principal enters the room, but to get stuck in without being told to is the standard we aspire to, for all our children.

None of my comments are meant to be taken as being derogatory. We have a fabulous cohort of children at this school, and staff surveys have revealed just how overwhelming the sense of pride and belonging is for all staff at CFS. Our staff want to be here and they love working with the children. The current trend of “dogging” work is a minor blip on an otherwise clear radar screen. It is exacerbated by a long school term and the sudden rise in temperature.

Like all of our challenges, we meet it head on, develop appropriate and intelligent responses, and get on with the job.

As always, if you would like to discuss this or any other issue, drop in and see me.

Next week we have parent teacher interviews. I urge you to make the time to come in and discuss your child’s progress with their teachers. These interactions are vital if we are to meet your needs and expectations, and support your child’s learning.

Have a great week.

Jeff Parker Principal

Term 3, Week 9

Due by 21st SEPT - Week 9

Katherine High School Enrolment Forms

Please return to our Front Office

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Parent Teacher Interviews - Week 10

Honour Awards

~ Term 3 — Week 8~

Congratulations on your

10 Merits.

Declan Lurda

Kosta Hodges

Fantasia Draper

Latoya Castine

Shakai

Tirene Dann

Dean Hayes

Jayda Rankine

Nikita Lena

Ben Ellis

Elisha Lansen

Mikaela Hughes X 2

Relisha Hall

Shakayla Mota

Violet Douglas

Amarziah Kuncon

Audrey Felizardo

Jack Donzow

Zayvion Slater

Don’t forget to visit us on our

NEW Webpage

www.cfs.nt.edu.au

You can view our Newsletters in colour

Junior Touch Football

Every Tuesday in Term 4

Under 8’s, Under 10’s, Under 12’s &

Under 15’s

Sign on 25th Sept 18 at Town Oval

4.30pm to 6.30pm

Sports Vouchers welcome

Contact Mel for more info

mwhelan@smartline.com.au

0417 870 490

Calendar — Term 3

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

17 18 19 20

Positive

Rewards

Picnic

for

Primary

Years

21 Unit

Assemblies

8:30-Primary

9:30– Early Years

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Interschool Sport

Golf & Lawn bowls

24 25

Parent

Teacher

Interviews

3:20pm -

6pm

20minute

Sessions

26

Parent

Teacher

Interviews

3:20pm -

6pm

20minute

Sessions

27

Parent

Teacher

Interviews

3:20pm -

6pm

20minute

Sessions

28

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02 03 04 05

07 09 10 11 12

15 16 17 18 19

Whole

School

Assembly

TERM

3

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Week

9

SEPT

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Week

10

SEPT

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Term

4

‘Buy a Day’

with a Staff Member

( Friday afternoons)

Lucas & Joshua with Ms Rankine

Mercii, Daniel and Kash

With Miss Lake

Breanna, Rachel and Mikki

With Mrs Buda

Culture lessons

Assembly Photo’s Presenters Patreace & La Sharni

Awards

Pre School

Whole School Average Mainstream Average

79.0 %

Best Week 8 Attendance

3/4 Gillings = 91.67%

Remember to go to bed early

so you are ready and fresh for school each day.

Best Term 3 Attendance

3/4 Taylor = 91.93%

Attendance School Missed over the years

Rate 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years 4 Years 5 Years 10 Years

100% 0 0 0 0 0 0

90% 4 weeks 8 weeks 12 weeks 16 weeks 6 months 1 year

80% 8 weeks 16 weeks 24 weeks 32 weeks 1 year 2 years

70% 12 weeks 24 weeks 36 weeks 48 weeks 1.5 years 3 years

60% 16 weeks 32 weeks 48 weeks 64 weeks 2 years 4 years

50% 6 months 1 year 1.5 years 2 years 2.5 years 5 years

40% 24 weeks 48 weeks 72 weeks 96 weeks 3 years 6 years

30% 28 weeks 56 weeks 84 weeks 112 weeks 3.5 years 7 years

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Transition Buda

ILU Wallace

1/2 Jones

1/2 Rankine

3/4 Gillings

3/4 Lake

3/4 Taylor

5/6 Dehnert

5/6 Everett

5/6 Rawlings

Whole School

CFS Attendance Term 3 Week 8

Term average Weekly attendance

Congratulations Miss Monique and Monica

Congratulations Miss Kiera

PELICAN 11272 points

KINGFISHER 9903 points

BROLGA 8189 points

JABIRU 8805 points

5/6 Rawlings Dragons—more next week

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Week 10

Tuesday,

Wednesday & Thursday

20 minute Sessions

starting from

3:20pm until 6pm