CARRAMAR PUBLIC SCHOOL Term 2 Week 4 2019

Learning to Live The Horsley Drive & Denison Street, CARRAMAR NSW 2163

www.carramar-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

The teaching staff at Carramar PS are embracing the latest Department Of Education

strategy “Every student is known, valued and cared for”.

This strategy involves 9 key focus areas to support the initiative. It includes

“Relationships”: teachers will be involved in professional learning around this to deepen

their knowledge and understanding around the importance of teachers being able to

acknowledge and leverage from student strengths, create a sense of belonging and

connect with meaningful relationships with students.

Get well Khaled: It was a pleasure to visit Khaled of 5/6B last week

and see his recovery is well underway. He had to undergo a serious

operation to remove one of his kidneys that didn’t function properly. He

continues with dialysis and now awaits a kidney donor to enable the next

major operation; transplant the donor kidney. Miss Fabian and Mr

Sullivan also visited him and reported that he is in good spirits and

misses his friends. We send our best wishes to him and are thinking of

him.

Walk Safely To School: Miss Holland with the support of the SRC congratulated all

students who walked safely to school last Friday with a token and sticker. It’s a reminder

that all students should think about how they walk to and from school every day.

New Buddy Bench: Thank you to our Parent Group who funded our new buddy bench. It

looks great and we are confident it will help students in the playground with their

socialising.

How does the Buddy Bench work?

If you choose to sit on the Buddy Bench you must say “Yes” to

the first friend who invites you to play or walk and talk.

If you see a friend when you are sitting on the Buddy Bench

invite them to play or walk and talk.

Two friends sitting on the Buddy Bench can turn to each other

and invite each other to play or walk and talk.

Preschool Safety Issue

The Director of the Preschool located at the back of the school has

informed me that some of our students are exiting our back gate and

then walking through the preschool carpark. This is UNSAFE. I ask

all students, even those accompanied by parents to use the walkway

along the side fence; please keep out of the carpark.

NAPLAN

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) was completed by

all students in Years 3 and 5 last week. We again completed the paper test this year and

did not participate in the online version. This has been a school decision to not take on

the online version just yet. Congratulations to our students who attempted the

assessments to the best of their ability in a calm and well prepared manner. Student

results will be sent home sometime in Term 3.

School Uniform.

With the cold weather arriving it is important to ensure your child’s clothing is clearly

labelled with your child’s name and class. Students often remove jumpers and jackets

when the day warms up and if these items are misplaced, returning them to their owner is

impossible if they do not have a name on them.

Canteen Reminder. It is important that parents and students place all orders before

9am, late orders can be taken up until 9:10am. Orders after this time may be

limited/restricted to certain items. This is another reason why arriving at school before

the 9am bell is important.

Too sick for school?

As the cold weather hits, so do the winter bugs. It’s often hard to know

whether to send your child to school or let them stay home to recover,

especially when that means an adult cancelling work. For safety's sake, if

your child seems unwell you should always keep them home from school and

seek medical advice.

Mr Anthony Mazzitelli

Proud Principal

School Hours: 8:55am to 3:00pm

Monday to Friday

9728 3616 or 9724 2553

Office Hours: 8:30am to 3:00pm

TERM 2 – 2019

First Day Tuesday 30 April

Last Day Friday 5 July

SDD Monday 29 April

TERM 3 – 2019

First Day Tuesday 23 July

Last Day Friday 27 September

SDD Monday 22 July

TERM 4 - 2019

First Day Monday 14 October

Last Day Wednesday 18 December

SDD Thursday 19 December

SDD Friday 20 December

TERM 1 – 2020

First Day Wednesday 30 January

Last Day Friday 10 April

SDD Tuesday 29 January

From the Office Thank you to all parents who returned

envelopes for school photo orders. Photo day

is always a busy, and sometimes crazy day,

with changes to routines and office staff

ensuring photo orders are processed

correctly.

It is made much easier when the orders and

money are returned on time and it is a day

when paying by the due date is extremely

important. It is a good opportunity to once

again ask parents to be sure to check their

children’s bags each day, make note of the

due date for payment and return to school

on time. By following these steps we can

ensure activities run smoothly and no child

misses out on the activity or excursion.

Please label your child’s belongings so we are

able to return lost property to the owner

quickly. Items such as hats, jackets, jumpers,

lunch boxes and drink bottles are the usual

lost items.

Julie, Megan, Chris & Robyn

DATES TO REMEMBER TERM 2

12.6.19 First Foot Forward Campus Visit (Stage 3)

12.6.19 19.6.19 26.6.19

1-2-3 Magic Parenting Working

DUE DATES FOR PAYMENT

27.5.19 Zone Cross Country Payment Due