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Community • Achievement • Respect • Excellence

PRINCIPAL’S PEN Dear parents/guardians

Bush Tucker Garden

We cannot thank the amazing Dale Hoy (father of Aliya, Jaxson and Austin) enough for the work he has done in our Bush

Tucker Garden. Dale has worked so hard in his own time to form up the paths and lay the beautiful river stones that our

students have completed in Art this year. Thanks also goes to Miss Bartlett and our gardener, Peter Sillem, for their help with

the project too. The garden looks even better than we’d anticipated! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Congratulations

Big congratulations go to Miss Cara Baker (E1) who has secured a teaching position in Karratha for next year. She is looking

forward to moving to regional Western Australia and taking on a new challenge in her career. Miss Baker has been instrumental

in getting our Wastewise and sustainability projects up and running as well as coordinating our Bush Tucker Garden project.

She will be sorely missed but we wish her all the best in her new school.

Junior Primary Cubby House

Our teachers have been wanting to put in a cubby house for our junior primary students for a long time and, with the help of

some crafty P&C volunteers, we have finally managed to secure one. This will be put into our junior primary play area over the

next few weeks. Thanks to Tim Crouch and Yari Kostecki for their help with pick-up, delivery and installation. The students will

be so impressed – as will the teachers.

Writing Prize

“It has been my dream to write with a published author and soon, I will get to do so!”

Abigail B, one of our Year 5 students, will realise a dream when she gets to meet with a mystery author at the Fremantle

Australian Storyteller’s Festival. A keen writer, Abi had to submit a written entry of 50 words or less about why she should win

this prize, something she said was quite tricky. However, she is very excited that her efforts have paid off.

For all the budding authors in our community, Abi encourages you to keep trying, and not give up.

Congratulations, Abi!

Year 4/5 Parent Survey – Dance

Our School Board are currently trying to ascertain whether there is an appetite for more dance classes in our upper primary.

A very short survey was sent out via Dojo to parents of students in these year levels to gauge interest in having both EduDance

and social dance classes in Years 5 & 6 next year. If you have not yet completed the survey, please do so via the following

link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Dance2021

National School Opinion Survey

Thank you to those families who have already completed a NSOS. If you are yet to do so, please click on the link below, which

will take you to the survey online. Paper copies have also been sent home with students if you would prefer to complete them

in this way. Paper copies can be dropped into the school office.

https://www.schoolsurvey.edu.au/s/CreaneyPrimarySchool/LogIn

Access to this survey will close tomorrow 18 November 2020 at midnight.

Creaney Community Awards

At our final assembly last term we announced our winners for the first of our Creaney Community Awards, an initiative

coordinated by our School Board. Congratulations to Jareen Wyatt and Cara Baker on their awards for contributing to

Aboriginal education and Waste Wise initiatives respectively.

NEWSLETTER

17 November 2020

Term 4 Week 6 2020

www.creaneyps.wa.edu.au An Independent Public School

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Dance2021https://www.schoolsurvey.edu.au/s/CreaneyPrimarySchool/LogIn


If you are interested in nominating someone for one of our Creaney Community Awards, the nomination process is easy and

is available online by clicking on the link below or scanning the QR code, with paper versions also available from the office. The

awards are always open and the School Board will consider the nominations at the last meeting of each term.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/cpscommunityawards

Rachel Monamy

Principal

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

The total amount of voluntary contributions is in accordance with the School Education Regulations 2000. Voluntary

contributions for 2021 are $60.00 per child.

Payment Options

Payment options are available to parents and a receipt will be provided at the end of each term. Payments can be made in

full through the following options;

Booklist and Personal Items List

Direct deposit

Cash/Cheque– Office hours are Monday to Friday 8:00am – 3:30pm

Part payments can be made throughout the year by using the direct deposit, cash or cheque payment options. An invoice will

be forwarded to parents each term for the finalisation of any outstanding payments.

CHARGES

The charges schedule includes:

Specific learning activities which are available to all students, but conditional on a payment being made. (e.g. incursions,

excursions, recreational activities, etc.)

Specific learning activities which are available to selected students, but conditional on a payment being made. (e.g.

school camps. PEAC, Instrumental Music)

Other activities which are available to all students, but conditional on a payment being made. (e.g. the graduation dinner)

The following tables illustrate the estimated ‘maximum’ charges per year level for 2021. Actual charges incurred may be

considerably less.

Kindergarten to Year 6

ANZ Bank BSB: 016-494

Account: 340967445

Reference 01 Surname/First Name

Payment $60:00

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2021 GENERAL CHARGES

Description K PP Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Incursions 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Excursions 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50

Interschool Sports - - 15 15 15 15 30 30

PEAC - - 10 10 10 - 270 300

Instrumental Music - - - - - - 120 120

Interm Swimming - 60 60 60 60 60 60 60

Year 6 Social Dance

Edu-dance

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

40

40

Year 5 Social Dance

EduDance

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

40

40

-

-

Year 6 Dinner Dance - - - - - - - 75

Edu Dance 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Year 6 Farewell Activities - - - - - - - 30

Year 6 Graduation Polo Shirt - - - - - - - 40

Year 6 Camp

(Camp to be confirmed)

- - - - - - - 400

School Photos 30-70 30-70 30-70 30-70 30-70 30-70 30-70 30-70

2021 PERSONAL ITEMS OR BOOKLIST CHARGES

Student personal items are identified by teachers as the essential items for learning across the curriculum.

Year Level Charge

Kindergarten $60.00

Pre-Primary $108.35

Year 1 $119.90

Year 2 $132.10

Year 3 $145.90

Year 4 $152.95

Year 5 $147.35

Year 6 $159.65

This information will assist in calculating your child’s anticipated contributions and charges for 2021.

Rachel Monamy

PRINCIPAL


OUTDOOR CLASSROOM DAY On Thursday 5 November, students from Kindergarten to Year 6 participated in Outdoor Classroom Day. This is a global

movement to make time outdoors part of every child’s day and to understand that spending time outdoors is key to improving

health, wellbeing and happiness for our children.

It was wonderful to see the enjoyment on the children’s faces and served as a timely reminder that play is not only central to

children’s enjoyment of childhood, but teaches critical life skills such as problem-solving, teamwork and creativity.

Mrs McCulloch


SCIENCE WEEK Week 4 was Science Week at Creaney Primary School. The theme for National Science Week 2020 was 'Deep Blue:

Innovations for Our Future Oceans.' To acknowledge this theme, students participated in a whole school S.T.E.M day. S.T.E.M

stands for Science, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics. The children used the technology process to plan, design

and create a 'tool' that could clean the ocean. We set up buckets of water with 'clean' rubbish for students to test their tools.

We had rubbish of all sizes, even tiny pieces of confetti, to represent the micro plastics that are very difficult to remove from

the ocean. The children have been learning a lot about the issue of plastic pollution in the ocean, and how they can make a

difference. The participation and learning across all classrooms was spectacular, and the children had a fantastic day. Thank

you for your support in collecting and donating materials for this project. Congratulations to the following prize winners!

1. Most Creative Name: The Super Scooper Draininator 2000

Jacob W, James D and Violet H from A1

2. Most Creative Design:

Josh H, Warren Y, Kobe C, Ben E and Josh H from E1

3. The Engineer's Award:

Max H and Ben H from 6B

4. Most Functional Invention:

Tilly L and Tara D from 6A

Miss Allen


CODE CRACKERS This week (Week 4) was the first week we invited the Year 1’s to

participate in our school lunch time program called ‘Code

Crackers’. This program is designed to expose students to a

range of different types of technology. Using a play and explore

based approach, we are exposing them to different user-

interfaces, sequencing and problem solving scenarios.

We had so many Year 1’s engage with the program, and as we

know, they took to the technology like a duck to water. The Year

3’s did such a great mentoring job, gently guiding them through

some of the activities and encouraging them to simply play and

have fun. There were plenty of smiles, giggles and amazement

from the Year 1’s as they were able to control and program robots.

We look forward to seeing familiar faces each week and hopefully new ones as the word spreads about ‘Code Crackers’.

The Technology Team.


SWIMMING LESSONS Swimming lessons are provided for free by the Department of Education. Our lessons will be taking place during Weeks 7 & 8

this term and notes have gone out to families for permission for students to take part. Classes will take part at the following

times:

SESSION CLASSES BUS DEPARTS SCHOOL LESSON BUS DEPARTS POOL

ONE E1, B3, 6A 8:50AM 9:10 – 9:50AM 10:05AM

TWO E2, B4, A2 9:35AM 9:55 – 10:35AM 10:45AM

THREE A4, B1, A1 10:25AM 10:45 – 11:25AM 11:35AM

FOUR A3, 6B, B5, B6 11:10AM 11:30 – 12:10PM 12:20PM

Please read the swimming information carefully as it contains important information on what your child needs to bring along

and whether they will have a change to their break times during these weeks. As swimming forms part of our school curriculum,

it is expected that all students will attend.

LOST PROPERTY A Creaney parent has lost her wedding ring, possibly on or around the school grounds last Tuesday 10 November. Please

contact the school office on 9408 2900 if you have found it.


MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

WK 1

October

12 School Development Day

13 Students Commence Kindy Yellow

14 Kindy Blue

15 Kindy Blue

16 Dance Lessons Year 5/6 Kindy Blue

WK 2

19 School Banking in the Conference Room Book Week Kindy Yellow

20 Library by Lamplight Year 1/2/6 Book Week Kindy Yellow

21 Book Week – Dress up day Kindy Yellow

22 Interschool Cross Country Book Week Kindy Blue

23 6A/6B Assembly Dance Lessons Year 5/6 Book Week Kindy Blue

WK 3

26 School Banking in the Conference Room Kindy Yellow West Oz Wildlife Incursion Kindy Yellow

27 Special Photos- Grad/Councillors/Choir/Netball Kindy Yellow

28 Pop in and Play 2021 Kindy. 9-10.30am Kindy Blue

29 Kindy Blue West Oz Wildlife Incursion Kindy Blue

30 COLOUR RUN Dance Lessons Year 5/6 Kindy Blue

WK 4

Nov

2 School Banking in the Conference Room Science Week Kindy Yellow

3 Science Week Kindy Yellow

4 Science Week Kindy Yellow

5 Science Week Kindy Blue

6 E1/E2 Assembly Dance Lessons Year 5/6 Science Week Kindy Blue

WK 5

9 School Banking in the Conference Room NAIDOC Week Kindy Yellow

10 NAIDOC Week Kindy Yellow

11 Remembrance Day NAIDOC Week Kindy Blue

12 NAIDOC Week Kindy Blue

13 Dance Lessons Year 5/6 NAIDOC Week Kindy Blue

WK 6

16 School Banking in the Conference Room Kindy Yellow

17 Kindy Yellow

18 Dental Screening PP/3/4/6 Kindy Yellow

19 Kindy Blue

20 Music Assembly Dance Lessons Year 5/6 Kindy Blue

WK 7

23 School Banking in the Conference Room Parent Info Session for Kindy 2021 – 6-7pm Swimming Lessons Kindy Yellow

24 Swimming Lessons Kindy Yellow

25 Kindy 2021 Orientation Yellow group. 9-10am Swimming Lessons Kindy Blue

26 Swimming Lessons Kindy Blue

27 Dance Lessons Year 5/6 Swimming Lessons Kindy Blue

WK 8

Nov/Dec

30 School Banking in the Conference Room Swimming Lessons Kindy Yellow

1 Swimming Lessons Kindy Yellow

2 Kindy 2021 Orientation Blue group. 9-10am Swimming Lessons Kindy Yellow

3 Swimming Lessons Kindy Blue

4 Dance Lessons Year 5/6 Swimming Lessons Kindy Blue

WK 9


8 Kindy Yellow

9 Year 6 Dinner Dance Kindy Blue

10 Kindy Blue

11 Awards Assembly Volunteer – ‘Thank You’ morning tea PP-Year 5 Reports Home Kindy Blue

WK 10


15 Kindy Yellow

16 Year 6 Graduation Year 6 Reports Home Kindy Yellow

17 Students Last Day Kindy Blue

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