Clifton Creek Primary School

Cross Country

Good luck to Mystique, Nicholas

and Macy who will be competing in

the next level of the Cross Country.

Thanks to Mel for driving them.

World Environment Day

On Wednesday it is World

Environment Day. The theme

World Environment Day is –Think,

Eat and Save. With a focus on

reducing food waste to reduce our

personal footprint on the

environment, it is a timely reminder

to all that the food put in our lunch

box should not be wasted!

In

the

spotlight Well done to all

children for their

brilliant sharing of

scooters and rip sticks. Special

mention to Cooper for sharing his

power glider- a very popular

gadget!

Thanks again to Leanne for your

morning and afternoon ‘tidy ups’.

phone: 5157 9251 mobile: 0427 582 998

1020 Deptford Rd Clifton Creek 3875 email: clifton.creek.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

website : www.cliftoncreekps.vic.edu.au

Issue 16

Monday 3 June, 2013

Calendar– Term 2

JUNE

Mon 3

Science with Hilary

Cross Country District Run

AASC– Table Tennis

Tues 4 Bendy Ed

Personal Development Gr5&6

Tuckshop

Playgroup

EG Shire Library Van

R.E. with Diana & Ma,

Wed 5 Finance SubCommi,ee 7.45am

World Environment Day

AASC at school

Thurs 6 Kitchen Garden program

Friday 7 Friday Fang

Friday Wish

Monday 10 Queens B’day—Public Holiday

Friday 14 Report Wri6ng Day

PUPIL FREE DAY

Monday 24 Parent Interviews

PUPIL FREE DAY

Friday 28 Last Day Term 2

Promotion On Wednesday morning Kat and I

visited the local Kinders and Child

care centres to promote our wonderful

school and the transition program that

will be operating in Term 4. If you

know of any prospective prep students

or families who would like to attend

our weekly playgroup please let us

know. Thankyou to Faith for

continuing to coordinate our playgroup.

We have decided to change our

playgroup morning from Tuesday to

Monday morning to hopefully cater for

more families. This will begin on

Monday 17th June.

Bruthen Visitors Well done to the

Senior School for your brilliant

leadership last week as we welcomed

some year 5-6 Bruthen students. The

students visited Clifton Creek to learn

some drumming rhythms.

Friday Wish On Friday afternoon we

will celebrate Rhys and Chloe’s Friday

Wish of a Movie Day. The children can

sit back and enjoy a G-rated movie with

some popcorn…what a lovely way to

lead into our long weekend.

Kitchen/Garden

Last week we had our first kitchen

session with Michael at the wheel- a

very impressive first session with

delicious soup, pasties, shepherd’s

pie and muffins. I wonder what is on

the menu this week! In the garden

the children spent their time ‘chook

proofing’ our gardens. Our chooks

are now free to roam the grounds-but

not on our gardens!

Hi, during the week in the senior

class we continued with our literacy

circles focusing on vocabulary. We

are focusing on our three times tables

in maths and finished our art project

for the Rotary Art Show.

Have a great week!

Jen

We have been busy with vowels, talking marks, understanding what we read and learning sight words. Maths work last week included place value, time and multiplication. The scooters have been very popular, and work well to promote sharing and turn taking. It is great to see the children settled well into routines, listening when asked, and responsibly doing jobs at the end of each day. Thanks, Kat

Happy BirthdayHappy BirthdayHappy BirthdayHappy Birthday to Mystique who turns 12 on 4th to Mystique who turns 12 on 4th to Mystique who turns 12 on 4th to Mystique who turns 12 on 4th

JuneJuneJuneJune

School Council Finance Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday morning

this week at 7.45am.

RESOURCESMART

Last year, as part of our

Resourcesmart Energy Module

activities, we committed to planting

80 trees to offset our carbon

emission for 2012. The students have

been doing this over the last 3 weeks.

Before choosing plant species,

consideration was given to

appropriateness for bush fires,

playground safety and local ecology.

We have planted Red Box, Ironbark,

3 species of wattle (Golden,

Spreading and Black), Austral Indigo

plus a mix of native flowers. We also

found another wattle variety

(Sunshine) that had self-set.

Class 4-6 have been studying

Climate Change, and asked some

great questions to clarify their

understanding. They also looked at

the school’s latest Energy bills,

clarifying that our energy use, so far

this year, has reduced since last year.

We also did the calculations to show

how we had come to the number of

80 trees to plant.

In the simplest terms, every tonne of

carbon is offset by planting 5 trees

(Greenfleet.org.nz).

However, a small tree planted today

will only sequester / absorb

significant amounts of carbon after a

long period (approx. 20 years) so

benefits are significantly delayed.

You can find the amount of carbon

emissions you produce from your

electricity use, by looking on your

energy bill.

Hilary

AASC—TERM TWO

Pick up children at 4.15pm today at the

Bairnsdale Table Tennis Centre –

This is the final week for our AASC

program this term. Thank you to Nyrie

and Kerry for supervising.

Next term we start week two, 22 July.

More details next term.

Above- BendyEd in action.

Below- One of our Reconciliation Week

activities was to label our hands with

messages of respecting differences–

come and look at our mural.

Rotary Schools Art Show If you are down at Lakes Entrance on

the weekend, have a look at the

children’s art in the Mechanics Hall.

RESOURCESMART Think.Eat.Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your foodprint.

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), estimates that a third of global food production is either wasted or lost. At the same time, 1 in every 7 people in the world go to bed hungry and more than 20,000 children under the age of 5 die daily from hunger.

If food is wasted, it means that all the resources and inputs used in the production of all the food are also lost. For example, it takes about 1,000 litres of water to produce 1 litre of milk and about 16,000 litres goes into a cow’s food to make a hamburger. The resulting greenhouse gas emissions from the cows themselves, and throughout the food supply chain, all end up in vain when we waste food.

In fact, the global food production occupies 25% of all habitable land and is responsible for 70% of fresh water consumption, 80% of deforestation, and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. It is the largest single driver of biodiversity loss and land-use change. Food waste is an enormous drain on natural resources and a contributor to negative environmental impacts.

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