CHATHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL

STRIVE TO EXCEL

Find us at: 17-19 Chatham Ave, Taree NSW 2430

Ph: 02 6551 1081 Fax: 02 6551 2012 Email: chatham-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Thursday 30th August 2012

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

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Good afternoon,

You may have noticed a number of minor

ground works around the playground

recently. James, our new Groundsman, is

preparing some areas for improvements.

The area between the office and Miss

Tyrie’s room will be cemented and a roof

erected to provide a protected area for

students to have recess and lunch. The

garden near the office will be cemented.

This will provide better access to the

office and classrooms.

Our school is part of the 229 schools on

the Empowering Local Schools Initiative.

We will be implementing new programs

to streamline the administration process-

es of the school.

Thank you to the P&C for organising the

Fathers’ Day Stall. This is not seen as a

major fundraiser, it provides an oppor-

tunity for all of our students to buy an

affordable gift for their dad for this Sun-

day.

The school has received numerous com-

plaints recently about inappropriate lan-

guage being used adjacent to the school

grounds as well as smoking. The school

IMPORTANT DATES

FRIDAY 31ST AUGUST

Bookclub orders due

MONDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER

Intensive Swim Commences

WEDNESDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER

Buderus 7’s (Non-competitive)

THURSDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER

Kinder Orientation

WED 24TH OCT TO FRI 26TH OCT

Yr 6 Camp

has no jurisdiction on these behaviours off

the school site, however I ask that we all use

responsible and appropriate role modelling

behaviours when on or adjacent to the school

site.

Your children will be participating in whole

grade assessments over the next 6 weeks.

This data will be used to help teachers in pre-

paring your child’s end of year report which

will be in a different format this semester. We

have moved onto an electronic format which

is in line with the DEC’s changes in adminis-

trative processes.

Yesterday we called a whole school lock

down. This was in response to a minor inci-

dent occurring in Chatham park. I did not

think it was appropriate for students to be

witnessing the incident and therefore called

the lockdown. We practise lock downs and

evacuations throughout the year so students

know what to do in these circumstances.

It was a very smooth operation and demon-

strates the need to practise these actions

throughout the year.

Mr Marshall Callow

School Principal

Term 3 Week 7 Issue 11

“Children are one third of our population and ALL of our future”

Sibling Photo’s are now available to order online. Go to hydrophotographics.com.au and click on “View

Photos Taken” at the top of the page. Search for Chatham Public School and enter the password

“excel” (lower case). Scroll through the photos and select the photo you wish to order.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Chatham Public School is proud

to announce that our school

community collected 47,070

Woolworths stickers and

57,618 Coles Vouchers. Thank

you to everyone who contribut-

ed.

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SPORTS REPORT

ORIENTATION FOR KINDERS 2013

TISSUES

STAGE 3 REPORT

Buderus 7’s –On Wednesday 5th Sep-

tember, our school will be participat-

ing in the Buderus 7’s. We will have a

non-competitive rugby league team

and a girl’s league tag team participat-

ing on the day. Our Competitive Team

recently participated winning 2 games

of the 4 they played. (pictured are some of the boys with Mr McCleary).

Swimming Scheme - The Intensive Swimming Scheme commences next week .

If your child is participating, please ensure they arrive at school on time and have

their items required to participate.

Regional Athletics - Congratulations to Chloe Hammond who will represent

Chatham Public School and our region at the PSSA Regional Athletics in New-

castle tomorrow.

CATCH IT

Germs spread easily. Always carry tissues and use them to catch your cough or sneeze.

BIN IT

Germs can live for several hours on tis-sues. Dispose of your tissue as soon as possible.

KILL IT

Hands can transfer germs to every sur-face you touch. Clean your hands as soon as you can.

Excursion - The date for the final payment of the Stage 3 excursion is Friday

7th September. If any families have any problems with this final payment date,

please contact Miss Mills as soon as possible.

Homework - Stage 3 students have weekly homework. We ask parents to

please check that their child completes their homework tasks and hand it in to

their class teacher on time.

High School Transition - Yesterday our Year 5/6 students visited Chatham High

School. Some of the Year 8/9 students conducted a literacy session for our stu-

dents in the library.

Peer Support - Peer Support is going really well and will continue until Week 9

of this term.

Assessments - Assessments have now commenced for Stage 3.

Big School for Little Kids

We are now taking enrolments for students for Kindergarten 2013. This is a very exciting time for the

children and for their parents. Orientation visits are a fun and enjoyable time for the children to prepare

to come to big school. We have 4 Orientation Days coming up which we hope will settle some of the ini-

tial nerves for both the children and their parents.

Thursday 6 September 2012 (Term 3 Week 8) - 2.00pm to 3.00pm.

Thursday 25 October 2012 (Term 4 Week 3) - 2.00pm to 3.00pm.

Tuesday 13 November 2012 (Term 4 Week 6) - 1.30pm to 3.00pm.

Thursday 7 December 2012 (Term 4 Week 9) - 2.00pm to 3.00pm.

If you have any questions or require further information please contact the school office.

Mrs Pitt Assistant Principal

We ask that each student

please supply their classroom

with a box of tissues. Due to

the cold and flu season, our

supplies have run very low and

are in need of supplementing.

If each child could please sup-

ply just one box it would be

appreciated.

THANK YOU

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BOOKCLUB

DEBATING

SPARE CLOTHES

SASS STAFF

A big congratulations to our School’s Debating Team

who won our Round Four debate against Aldaville Public

School last Wednesday. Not only was it a difficult topic

to debate but the team were only given an hour to pre-

pare their speeches. Well done Teagan Phillips, Milly

Ryan, Priya Bourke, Mikaylee Towers and Tom Kempe.

Best of luck for your next debate. Thank you to Mr

McKenna for adjudicating our debate.

Mrs Wells Debating Coach

SASS Staff Recognition Week is 3-7 September. This is a very

important week in our school as we recognise our SASS Staff.

We are very fortunate to have a team of SASS Staff who are

so dedicated to helping our school reach it’s full potential.

Thank you to:

School Administrative Manager - Mrs Jodie Ivers

School Administrative Officers –Mrs Olivia Muir, Mrs Monica

Buttsworth, Mrs Kate Morse and Ms Gail Doyle.

Learning Support Officers –Mrs Jennie Bryant, Ms Fiona Buck-

land, Mr Steve Farr, Mrs Neryl Paterson, Mrs Danielle

McLane, Mrs Abbie Fawcett and Mrs Natalie Castles.

Aboriginal Support Officer –Kristy Hay

General Assistants –James Davey-Machin and Leo Travers.

These great people really do make a difference in our school

from their welcoming smiles and countless administrative

tasks to the hard work that they do in our lovely grounds, not

to mention all the children that they help each day.

Thank you SASS Staff from all of the staff, students and com-

munity at Chatham Public School.

Pictured below is our School’s Administrative Staff (from left)

Mrs Ivers, Ms Doyle, Mrs Buttsworth and Mrs Muir. Adam Phillips

Alex Williams

Asha McLeod

Ashlee Smith

Brady Cross

Braithen Smith

Brydi Wilkins

Eli Heard

Ethan Budden

Gabrielle Armstrong

Isobel Holland

Jake Turner

Jayden Budden

Jessica Mitchell

Kaleb Corbett

Karma Boyd

Maddison Littlejohns

Reece Ryan

Zac Sheldon

Gold

Kaleb Corbett

Silver

Bookclub order forms have been sent home

with students. Order forms with payment

need to be returned to the library by tomor-

row.

THANK YOU

AWARDS

Class 4G

enjoying

some

craft time

with par-

ent helper

Mrs Gill.

Please supply your child with a change of school

clothes in their school bag if your child is prone to toi-

leting accidents. This would be of benefit to your child

as it would minimise the disruption to their class time

and would benefit parents/caregivers as they would

not have to come to the school with the spare clothing.

Parents will always be informed of any accidents of this

nature.

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ANDY’S CAKE KITCHEN

We would like to send out a very big thank you to

Andy’s Cake Kitchen for their support of our

Breakfast Club. It is very much appreciated from

the staff and all of our students.

It is a Department of Education requirement that

any absence from school is explained. This can be

done in writing to the class teacher or by phone to

the school office on 6551 1081. If your child is ab-

sent for 2 or more consecutive days and the school

has not been notified, the Department of Education

also require us to contact the parent/caregiver of

the absent student for an explanation.

CHATHAM NEWSAGENCY

OUR NEXT P&C MEETING

MONDAY 24th September

7pm in the VC Room

Kristy Hay P&C President

CANTEEN NEWS

CANTEEN ROSTER

Fri 31 Aug L.Saunders

Mon 3 Sept T.Barnett

Tues 4 Sept D.Payne

Wed 5 Sept M.Martin

Thurs 6 Sept J.Sowter

Fri 7 Sept L.Saunders

Mon 10 Sept M.Masters

Tues 11 Sept T.Doran

Wed 12 Sept S.Steadman

Thurs 13 Sept N.Elliott

Fri 14 Sept L.Saunders

MEAL DEAL - SALAD WRAP & JUICE $4.50

Taree West Public School Fete Sunday 16th Sept 10am to 3pm. Heaps of activities such as jumping castles, petting zoo, reptile shows etc.

The Smith Family –Saver Plus. $500 to assist with educational expenses. Also offering 4 free financial workshops. For more info contact Mark Norris on 6557 8284.

GO4Fun Program - Free fun program for kids to become fitter, healthier and happier. For kids aged 7-13 yrs. At the Mayo Physo Network commencing 9th Oct 3.30pm - 5.30pm each Tuesday & Thursday. Contact Jane Russell on 6551 0055 for enrolment or info.

Taree-Old Bar Surf Club - New Member sign on day. Sun 9th Sept 1pm - 4pm at the Club-house (cnr Ungala and Old Bar Rd). Ages 6 and up. Ph 6553 3396 for details.

Chatham Cundle Junior Cricket Club Rego Days. Tues 4th, Wed 5th, Thurs 6th,Tues 11th, Wed 12th, Thurs 13th of September. At the Ta-ree Rec. Grounds. All Ages welcome.

Taree Athletics Club - Rego Days 3 Sept, 7 Sept, 10 Sept, 14 Sept. Contact Robyn 0407 620 676 or 0419 237 715 for more info.

Taree Touch Association - Rego Day Mon 3rd Sept. 4pm to 6pm at the Taree Rec. Grounds. Competition to commence Mon 10th Sept.

P&C NEWS

Hope you are wearing your school hat and

school jumper (labelled with your name) !!

Thanks to Chatham Newsagency, we will be conducting a

draw within our school for students who wear their

school hat and/or school jumper labelled with their

name. If a teacher catches a student wearing their school

hat and/or school jumper with their name on it, the

teacher may give the student a ticket to go into the draw

for a brand new bike helmet and a gift basket from Chat-

ham Newsagency.

KP has been very fortunate to have had a Final Year of

Study Intern Teacher in their class in Miss Brassey. She

will finish her time with KP at the end of this term. The

students

have thor-

oughly

enjoyed

Miss Bras-

sey being

in their

class.

FINAL YEAR OF INTERN TEACHING

STUDENT ABSENCES

COMMUNITY CALENDAR