Art Class—Our Monsters from ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

Principal—Mr. Brent Richards 80—118 Jetty Road, Assistant Principal—Mr. Ben McCredden PO Box 276, School Council President—Mrs. Stephanie Towse Clifton Springs, 3222

Email: clifton.springs.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Phone: 5251 3581 Website: www.cliftonspringsps.vic.edu.au Fax: 5251 3405

Newsletter No. 14 Tuesday May 17th, 2016

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Welcome to Education Week 2016

Education week is a great time for schools to connect with their communities and celebrate some of the

many wonderful things happening in Education across Victoria. As a school, we have a whole range of

activities packed into this week which started yesterday with:

Monday: May 16th

Kids Matter Day: With Stoofa Steven’s

As you will know, ‘Kids Matter’ is all about promoting positive mental health and wellbeing throughout our

school community. This year we had an inspirational guest speaker, Stoofa, who came to CSPS and

delivered sessions from Prep to Year 6. Stoofa has worked with elite sports people and has a wealth of

knowledge on fitness along with developing a healthy mind and body. The sessions were focused on

‘giving things a go’, the importance of persistence e.g. FAIL = is your first attempt in learning, so if you get

it wrong you dust yourself or learn from it and have another go.

Another important message was around goal setting and not accepting a fixed trajectory in life. What you

put in is what you get back out and with the right attitude and application, you can achieve success.

Setting yourself minimum standards and giving yourself permission to play (get in and have a go). He

further customised our sessions by linking into our school values of Respect, Responsibility, Empathy,

Innovation and Excellence.

The students responded well during these high-energy sessions and the cheers and clapping could be

heard right down the hall.

Whacky Hair Day and parade. Yesterday was whacky hair day and students came to school with all

manner of amazing creations from upside down ice-cream cones, cupcakes, donuts, pointy heads, soft

drinks pouring, spiders crawling and every colour in the rainbow. At recess the students all got to share

the fun and celebrate the hard work by them and their parents, by taking part in the whacky hair day

parade. It was amazing to see so many wonderful hairdos.

Junior Disco. Prep – Year 4 students then took part in a disco at recess and got to shake their groove thing

to the beats supplied by Kellie and Amanda who were our DJ’s for the day.

Teachers vs Year 6’s Bootball

Lunchtime saw a return of Year 6’s versus the staff in an epic battle of skill and courage. Luckily with the

assistance of some Year 5’s, the staff once again finished on top but it was a close thing and the positive

participation and friendly banter were a highlight.

The Book Fair. After School the CSPS Book Fair kicked off thanks to Mrs Elliott who always does an

amazing job of this each year. The Book Fair is open every day this week before and after school until

Friday afternoon. All books purchased in the Book Fair earn commission which the school is then able to

use to purchase books for the Library and the class libraries.

Tuesday May 17th

Inter House Athletics. Years 3 – 6 Students travelled to Landy Field to take part in the Clifton Springs

Primary School Inter House Athletics Sports. The sports were a tremendous success today, with the

students doing an amazing job all day giving their best and encouraging each other as they went. The

relays as always were a highlight with the crowd cheering on the teams. Many thanks for those parents

who were able to join us at Landy Field to lend their support. Well done to Mrs Hales and Mrs Tolley who

did a wonderful job of organising all of the events and the day. Special thanks to the three volunteers

from Bellarine Secondary College and the Deakin Students who assisted in running the events.

Twilight School Tour. Tonight we have a twilight tour from 5:30 – 6:30pm for some prospective 2017 Prep

parents who aren’t able to make it to our daytime sessions. While schools are always at their best with

the children actually in them, it has been good to provide this opportunity to meet with more families.

Wednesday May 17th

On Wednesday we have a group tour from 2 – 3pm for prospective 2017 Prep enrolments.

Thursday May 18th

On Thursday we have our 3rd and final group tour from 9:15 – 10:15am. I welcome more of our

prospective 2017 Prep enrolments and look forward to touring our wonderful school with them.

Open Day. Following the final tour we open up our school to our families and community and invite you to

visit and spend some time in our classes with students and teachers.

Friday May 20th

To complete the week, our Year 3/4 students will be working with the Drysdale Clifton Springs Community

Association and Coast Care for an environment day at the Clifton Springs Jetty. Parents are more than

welcome to come along from 9:30-12pm and share in the learning with the students.

Assembly presentation by

12M

Principal’s report continued..........

NAPLAN Testing

NAPLAN testing has once again been completed for the year and over some months this will be

examined by ACARA (Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority) who will then eventually

return individual reports to the school to be forwarded to parents. I wanted to commend the students for

their efforts in completing the NAPLAN tests and parents for supporting them.

Year 5/6 Lightning Premiership

Last Friday after an initial problem with our bussing, our Year 5/6 students had a great day out as they

played Volley Catch, Netball, Football and Tee Ball across a number of venues. All of the teams had a

good day but our Volley Catch team once again dominated, winning every game and were very convincing

winners in the final. The spirit of competition was great with students from all sides cheering each other

on. Many thanks to the teachers, student and parents who all made the day possible. Well done one

and all!

Until next week I wish everyone a wonderful week and remind all families that maximising attendance is

a critical factor in your child achieving their potential so, remember it’s not OK to be away unless you’re

sick!

Brent Richards

Principal

LIGHTNING PREMIERSHIPS Last Friday the Year 5/6 students participated in the Lightening Premiership competing

against other schools in our district. The students chose to represent Clifton Springs in

Football, Tee Ball, Netball or Volley Catch. It was wonderful to have parents and family

members come along to support and cheer on the teams.

T-BALL

Friday the 13th wasn’t all doom and gloom for the T-Ball team, both the boys team and girls

team gave their all and should be proud of their effort!

The boys were led by their captain Jayree and demonstrated our school values as well as great

sportsmanship. Brodie Gill’s dad coached them on the day which was a massive help, thank you

Ron! The boys drew 2 games and lost 1. The boys should be proud of their team work!

The girls team showed perseverance and great sportsmanship, their team captain, Baillie, led

the girls and did a terrific job. They had 2 loses and experienced a win! Great job girls, you

gave it your best and should be proud of it!

VOLLEY CATCH

Fourteen girls travelled to Drysdale Primary

School to participate in the Volley Catch

Tournament. A wonderful team

environment was created by our girls

through their sense of fun, positive

attitude and exemplary sportsmanship.

They were wonderful ambassadors for our

School and a pleasure to be out with for the

day. It was great to see their training at

school pay off as they won ALL FIVE of

their matches and went through to compete

in the Grand Final. They were WORTHY

VICTORS of the tournament, defeating

Surfside Primary School with a score of 22

points to 6.

VOLLEY CATCH TEAM

12R exploring

3D shapes

KIDS MATTER DAY &

CRAZY HAIR DAY

Session with Stoofa

AT THE DISCO

ASSEMBLY

Friday May 20th at 3pm

OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE

This week at OSHC we will be

painting Autumn leaves, making leaf

rubbings, being creative with Hama

beads and playing games of Twister.

Our service currently has vacancies at both our Before School and After School Programs for both permanent and

casual bookings.

Bookings can be made through the school

office or directly at the program once an

enrolment form for the service has been

completed.

The Clifton Springs PS OSHC Team

NUT/EGG/SEAFOOD ALLERGY ALERT

Please be aware we have children with life

threatening allergies to PEANUTS, TREE

NUTS, SEAFOOD and EGGS at this school.

Children are asked not to bring any foods

containing nuts or sesame seeds to school.

Please encourage all children to wash their hands after eating any peanut/nut products.

DATES TO REMEMBER—PLEASE CHECK FOR UPDATES

PH—Cienna J.

PJ—Mackenzie K.

PN—Levi T.

12B—Lucy F.

12K—Lizzy Mc.

12M—Jessikah M.

12P—Logan T.

12R—Sophie T.

34B—Michaela W.

34C—Kai J.

34P—Josh K.

56D—Jack W.

56G—Ceejay B.

56H—Georgia K.

WANTED FOR THE SCIENCE ROOM

Clean glass jars with lids please.

Wednesday 18th May

* 2017 Prep Tour 2-3pm *Student Voice Meeting 2.45pm

Monday 13th June

Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

Thursday 19th May

*2017 Prep tour 9.15–10.15am *Open Day 11:30am – 3:30pm

Wednesday 15th June

Student Voice Meeting 2.45pm Golf Clinics for Yr 3-6 in PE

Friday 20th

May Yr 3/4 Dell Day Friday 24th June

Last day of Term 2

Tuesday 24th May

SCHOOL PHOTOS from 9am *Policy Committee meeting 6.15pm *School Council meeting 7pm

July 19-28 First Session Swimming Lesson Program

Wednesday 1st June

*District Soccer Competition *Environment Meeting 6pm

Sept 6-15 Second Session Swimming Lesson Program

Thursday 2nd June

After school Gymnastics com-mences

Sept 7th - 9th Year 5/6 Urban camp

Wednesday 8th June

*Finance Meeting 3pm *PFG Meeting 9.15am

Oct 5-7th Yr 3/4 Sunnystones Camp

STUDENTS IN PREP TO YEAR 4

8 Day Swimming Lesson Program

Please return the expression of interest

ASAP so final numbers and costs

can be determined.

Two classes will attend in July and

the rest in September.

SCHOOL PHOTOS Tuesday MAY 24th from 9am

PLEAE READ INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ENVELOPE CAREFULLY

Credit card payments are only available online.

Every child must have their own photo envelope on photo day

whether you have ordered online and paid by credit card or are paying by cash

or cheque. If your child’s envelope is lost, a replacement is available at the office however, online

ordering will not be possible in this case.

Envelopes for FAMILY PHOTOS are available from the office.

No family photo will be taken without the ordering envelope.

Please note : No change is available for photo envelopes on photo day

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR MAY 16th-20th

Open every day this week, before

school until after school Friday.

In the front foyer outside 1/2LC

Congratulations to all the winners

of the $5 Book Fair gift voucher PH—Lacey G. PJ—Reilly P.

PN—Amber R. 12B—Camo B. D.

12K—Tilly C. 12M—Mylee G.

12P—Kayden M. 12R—Jordan V.

34B—Emma R. 34C—Abby P.

34P—Josh K. 56D—Ruby W.

56G—Ash L. 56H—Alannah G.

WALK ON WEDNESDAY FOR MAY Our results weren't great with an overall

42.3%, thanks to a few high class results.

Most classes were well below 50%, maybe

due to the weather.

Our "Golden Sneaker" winners were

1/2K with 41% and 5/6H with 78%.

I t would be great to spread the Golden

Sneakers around so if your grade hasn’t won

the Golden Sneaker yet, don’t forget to

walk or ride at least some of the way next

Walk on Wednesday.

DRYSDALE MARKET FOOD VAN With May being the last market, another

season for our food van has come to an end!

I would like to thank all our fantastic

volunteers for your continued and

unwavering support, your flexibility to

jump in or change shifts when necessary and

for making working on the van, a fun time!

With so many other food stalls available at

the market this season, unfortunately our

profits were down on previous years with our

total season brining in just under $2000.00.

This will go towards purchasing a Defibrilator

for our school or something student related.

Money raised from previous seasons has gone

towards building our new food van and things

like our new school BBQ and the Pipe Castle

project.

Thanks again everyone!

GYMNASTICS FOR 4 WEEKS As part of the Sporting Schools program

we are offering free Gymnastics, running

from Thursday June 2nd for 4 consecutive weeks until Thursday June 23rd. Starts straight after school in the gym and

children are to be collected at 4:45pm

Application forms available at the office.

Places are limited to 24 participants

More from Hilary the dietician

Taste development and preferences are learned and it is a continual process. Commonly

children will need to try a particular food 6-10 times before accepting the taste and "liking"

something. Getting children involved in growing food, shopping for food and cooking can help,

but regular exposure to a variety of foods (including that which they dislike) is key!

Finally our ultimate goal regarding our children and food is for them to reach adulthood

actually preferring healthy food. As such, trying to hide foods (veggies in lasagna for

example), rewarding or bribing children with treat foods, and locking away the treat foods is

actually training our children to desire the worst food options. Try letting your children

know that you added a "dash" of undesired veggie.

Always try to reward behaviour with other things such as a family game, trip to the park,

sleepover, play date, TV show or electronic game, rather than food.

In summary, never force a child to touch or try a food. Try to have at least one family

mealtime per day. Make the changes gradually and always offer familiar foods while

introducing the new. Never trick children into eating foods because trust is crucial in the

process of building healthy eaters. Kellie Hewson, Student Welfare Coordinator

YEAR 3 / 4 Excursion this Friday

CANTEEN ROSTER Friday May 20th 12.30pm-2.00pm

Cindy Rickard, Jo Aspland, Kellie Broomhall

BELL TIMES (different in Term 2)

8:50am (music) Come inside

9:00am—10:40am Learning Block

10:40am—10:50am Eat snack inside

10:50am-11:20am Recess

11:20am—1:00pm Learning Block

1:00pm —1:10pm Eat lunch inside

1:10pm—1:50pm Lunch play

1:50pm—3:30pm Learning session

THEY’RE BACK!

2016-2017 Entertainment Books Just wanted to let you know that the

NEW Entertainment Books/Digital App is

available to purchase again through

‘Clifton Springs Primary School.’ and

$12 per book sold will go

towards our fundraising.

Please feel free to Pre-Purchase your NEW

Book or the digital App straight away on the

payment page link provided https:www.entertainmentbook.com.au/

orderbooks/1131n58

Feel free to browse through the flick book

through this link to see the new book

http://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/

flickbook/geelong

The New 2016-2017 Book is available from

the school office for $60 NOW!

CAMPS, SPORTS & EXCURSION FUND

(CSEF) APPLICATION

If you have recently qualified for a Health

Care Card or Pension Card, you may be

eligible for the CSEF which is worth $125

per child. Please see the office.

Applications can be accepted until June 17.

UNIFORM VOUCHER VALUED AT $57

AVAILABLE ON BEHALF OF

STATE SCHOOLS RELIEF

If you are a parent who is

eligible for & has applied for the Camps

Sports & Excursion Fund (CSEF) and

has a prep student enrolled at school

you also qualify for a uniform pack voucher on

behalf of Star School’s Relief.

The maximum voucher value is $57 and will

provide;

A basic windcheater and tracksuit pants OR

one of, a Bomber Jacket, Rugby Top or Half

Zip top from A Plus Uniforms.

Any parent who fulfills the above criteria and

is interested in receiving a uniform voucher

on behalf of SSR, should contact the school

office by the end of May.

May is Scholastic NATIONAL FAMILY READING MONTH The READ MORE IN MAY challenge

involves students reading more in May!

Read for at least 10mins a day and keep a log

of your daily reading.

From June 1-15, you go to

scholastic.com.au/nfrm

and enter the competition.

Keep your reading log, have it signed by a

parent or teacher because if you’re a winner,

you need to send your log to Scholastic!

Winners announced in July!

NO INTEREST LOAN SCHEME NILS provides individuals and families on

low income to access safe, fair and

affordable loans of between $300 &

$1,200. There are no fees, no interest and no charges and a repayment plan is designed for you. NILS can be used for school expenses

including books, uniforms, camps, laptops

and tablets.

Please call Uniting Care Geelong on

4210 1108 for more information.

Bellarine Community Farmers' Market

This Saturday from 9am-1pm at

Ocean Grove park - now in it's fifth year!

Come along and support the

Bellarine's only farmers'

market, with the best of fresh,

seasonal, local & regional produce!

Food and coffee to go, Buskers, a playground +

dogs on leads welcome.

There's something for the whole family!

DO YOU HAVE THE CLIFTON SPRINGS

PRIMARY SCHOOL APP?

The School App is essential for;

Receiving the school newsletter—a

must to keep abreast of upcoming

events, dates and school news.

Receiving alerts from school camps or

excursions

Receiving reminders for notes to be

returned or events coming up

Notifying the school of children’s

absences.

The App can be downloaded from the

iTunes store

CLIFTON SPRINGS PRIMARY SCHOOL—JUNE/JULY HOLIDAY PROGRAM

Program filling fast so book early to avoid disappointment.

Application forms available from the OSHC program or the school office. PH: 5251 3581 MB: 0417 598 904 80 – 118 Jetty Rd. Clifton Springs Open 6:45am – 6:15p

FEES

Fees are $46.00 per day plus excursions. (CCB will apply)

Fees need to be paid One week prior to commencement of vacation care for the booking to be confirmed.

Cancelations will only be accepted until one week prior to the program commencing.

THERE WILL BE NO REFUND AFTER THIS TIME.

CLOTHING:

Please ensure children are dressed appropriately for the activities. Closed in shoes must be worn to the

program. SUNSMART Hats must be worn for outdoor activities during summer, autumn and spring programs.

Please NO Singlet Strap tops.

Activities: Children can choose what activities they wish to participate in. Outdoor play or sport in the gym will

also be offered during the day. No Personal Electronic devices are allowed at the program.

Excursions: Children must be signed in at the program at least 15mins prior to departure time .Please ensure

children are provided with all items on the “What to bring list” for each excursion. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU

HAVE FILLED OUT A PERMISSION FORM.

Bookings: Make your booking early to ensure a spot for your child/ren. If your child is not enrolled in our pro-

gram please obtain an enrolment form from the centre or the school office.

Absences: If your child is unable to attend a session that they are booked in for, PLEASE ring to inform us of

their absence. Phone 04 1759 8904 – 5251 3581

Monday 27th June Tuesday 28th June Wednesday 29th

June

Thursday 30th June Friday 1st July

Centre Based: First

Day Fun Help make our

program rules Make Play dough Pastel Art Sock Puppets Paper airplane

Competition Dodge Ball Help cook a winter

soup

Centre Based:

Welcome to winter Pom- Pom art Winter wash paintings Warm up skipping

games Poison Ball Spud races Hot Potato afternoon

tea Play Markers Up

Excursion: Inflatable

World Geelong South Depart: 9:30am Return: 1:00pm Cost:$25 Join in the fun and

adventure at Inflata-

ble world. Battle in

the gladiator pit, leap

off the bouncy cliff or

just hang around on

the sticky Velcro fly

wall.

CENTRE BASED: Egyptian

Day Name Hieroglyphs Play Tomb Robber Toilet paper Mummies Make Egyptian neck rings

and head dresses Paper Pyramids Human Pyramids Hotdog mummies

afternoon tea

Centre Based :PYJAMA

DAY Come in your Pyjamas

get cozy and ready for

a pyjamarrific day! Pancake breakfast

(Until 8:30am) Hot chocolates Toast a marshmallow Pass the parcel Teddy Back races Uno Championships DVDs and Popcorn

Monday 4th July Tuesday 5th July Wednesday 6th July Thursday 7th July Friday 8th July

Centre Based:Brazil

Day Create a Brazilian

group Whistle

performance Make a Brazilian

Head dress Soccer Cooking ‘Beijinto de

Coco”(Coconut

Kisses) Make a Shaker

Maraca Chocolate Game

Excursion: Meerkat

Manner Play centre

Ocean Grove Depart: 9:30am Return: 1:00pm Cost: $15:50 Spend a couple of

hours climbing,

sliding & playing with

your friends at this

exciting play centre.

Centre Based:

Olympics Day Olympic tabloid

sports Olympic Art/Crafts Noodle Javelin Mascot Color ins Olympic theme

cooking activities Team Tug a war

Excursion: Oz Ten Pin

bowling Belmont Depart: 9:30am Return: 1pm Cost: $25 Get ready to knock down

some pins with two

exciting games of ten pin

Bowling. Challenge your

friends to see who can

become the lane

champion.

Centre Based:Last Day

Fun Musical Games Hama Beads Mandela Color ins Potato cake & Chip L/O Cost $4.00 (PAY ON

DAY) Movie Afternoon Make a floating ball

blower

All Mechanical Repairs & Servicing - Tuning Pre-purchase Inspections

Batteries - Brakes - Suspensions - Exhausts EFI Service

New Car Servicing - Licensed Roadworthy Tester 51 Murradoc Rd, Drysdale 5253 2505

DRYSDALE REMOVALS

& STORAGE

PACKING SERVICE & CARTONS AVAILABLE

Local and Interstate

Phone Gary 5251 3674

Advertising space available

for $7.70 per week

Give Greig McKinley a call for our current special offers.

BEDWETTING INSTITUTE A DVD based program to cure bedwetting,

with Dr Mark Condon and Physiotherapist,

Margaret O’Donovan. A successful 4 step

program for parents to implement at home.

For a free bedwetting fact sheet, please visit

the information section at;

www.bedwettinginstitute.com.au