Term 4 Week 9 13 t h December 2018

Caddies Creek Public School Chronicle

Dear Parents,

What a fabulous evening last night’s Year Six Farewell was! The kids, most importantly,

had a great time, and there were so many parents there – and a great number of them hit

the dance floor, which was wonderful to see! More staff than I have ever seen at a farewell

attended, which is testament to the high opinion they have of Year Six. Thanks to Miss

Nicholls and the Year Six teachers for all their hard work in making it such a memorable

night.

Speaking of farewells, it makes me both sad and happy to let you know a couple of our

teachers will be leaving us in 2019. Miss Nasso has picked up a permanent classroom

teacher job at William Dean Public School, and likewise Mrs Glanville at Glenhaven

Public School. While we are so happy for both of them we will be sad to see such great

teachers and wonderful people leave Caddies Creek!

Student reports will be distributed next Tuesday. As I have said before, with my own

children’s reports my eyes fall initially on the indicators of effort, rather than

performance. If I know they are trying hard in all they do, then I am satisfied. As a general

rule, we allow Years 3-6 students (and Yr 2 students at the discretion of their teacher) a

quick look at their reports before being sealed in the envelopes. Firstly, it is interesting

to see the reactions of students to their own effort and performance, and secondly in years

gone by we have seen a swathe of discarded envelopes after school from students who

were too “overly curious” about what was inside. So while it is addressed to the parents,

we do allow many a quick peek. My sincere thanks to Mrs Sarkozi for the coordination

of these reports. And of course she would say it’s a team effort but she is very much the

captain of this particular team activity. Getting over a thousand reports out is no mean

feat as you can imagine and she has done a brilliant job.

And so we come to the final Chronicle of the year. And what a year it has been! So many

memories, so little time! Included at the end of this Chronicle is a draft Term One

calendar for 2019 (very draft!) as a rough guide to the beginning of next year. A reminder

that students 1-6 return Wednesday, 30th January.

I would like to thank the community for their constant support, all the wonderful staff

members for their positivity and flexibility, and mostly the amazing, the incredible, the

phenomenal Caddies Creek kids for making 2018 a fabulous year! If you have any time

off, I wish you a restful break. Have a Merry Christmas and a fantastic 2019.

David Beggs –Principal

News from the Principal

Upcoming Events

17/12 – Years K-2

Movie Incursion

18/12 – Years 3-5

Movie Excursion

18/12 – Year 6 Bowling

Excursion

19/12 – Last day of

term for students

School Details

Currawong Street,

Glenwood 2768

Ph: 8814 5916

Fax: 8814 5918

School Hours 9 – 3

Jigsaw OOSH

Ph: 9762 5757

Website

www.caddiescrk-

p.schools.nsw.edu.au

School Email

caddiescrk-p.school@

det.nsw.edu.au

School App

Caddies Creek Public

School

2019 Equipment Requirements Kindergarten Requirements

2 x solid wind up glue sticks

Paint shirt (preferably one that paint

won’t soak through)

Box of tissues (1 box per term)

Antibacterial soap in a pump pack

Year 1 Requirements

1 x small sized pencil case

2 x HB lead pencils (per term)

3 x solid wind up glue sticks

Small scissors (blunt end)

Rubber

Pencil Sharpener (with barrel to

collect shavings)

Library bag

Box of tissues

Hand soap or hand sanitizer (in a

pump pack)

Year 2 Requirements

1 x regular sized pencil case (no

large pencil cases)

6 x HB lead pencils

Coloured pencils or wind up crayons

3 x solid wind up glue sticks

30cm wooden or plastic ruler (not

bendable)

Sharpener with a compartment for

shavings

White eraser

Small scissors (blunt end)

Library bag

Paint shirt (just an old shirt at home

to protect uniforms from paint)

A4 lined exercise book for

homework

3 x A4 plastic wallets (homework,

home reading and maths)

Antibacterial soap in a pump pack

Box of tissues

Ear buds/headphones for

computer/iPads

Year 3 Requirements

1 x regular sized pencil case

Supply of lead pencils (not Pacer)

Coloured pencils or wind up crayons

Glue stick

Small Scissors (blunt end)

2 x erasers

Pencil sharpener (preferably

enclosed)

Library bag

A4 lined exercise book for

homework

2 x A4 plastic envelope folder

Box of tissues (1 box per term)

Antibacterial soap in a pump pack

Ear buds/headphones

2GB USB stick

Dictionary (primary)

2 x baby wipes

Year 4 Requirements

1 x medium sized pencil case

Textas

Gel pens

NO liquid paper please

2GB USB stick

Dictionary (Primary)

HB Pencils (not pacers) – No 2B

Pencils

Blue pen

Coloured pencils or wind up crayons

Wind up glue sticks

2 x baby wipes

Eraser

Sharpener (preferably enclosed)

30cm ruler (not flexible or metal)

Scissors

A4 size homework book – covered

with name + class

2 boxes of tissues

Headphones (students preferred

style)

Library bag

2 x A4 Plastic Envelope Folder

Hand soap in a pump pack

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Assembly Times

Friday assemblies K-2 12.30pm 3-4 11.50am 5-6 2.10pm This week will include Principal Distinction badges, as there was no assembly last week.

This Week’s Quote

“If you have told a child a thousand times and they still don’t understand, then it’s not the child who’s the slow learner.”

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Year 5 Requirements

Comprehensive dictionary (eg Collins or Oxford)

HB Pencils

Blue and red pens (biros not felt tips or gel pens)

Coloured pencils or wind up crayons

Wind up Glue sticks

Eraser and sharpener

30cm ruler – not flexible

Scissors

Earbud style earphones

2 x boxes tissues

Antibacterial hand soap (pump pack)

Optional

Geometry set for maths

Small stapler

Calculator

Textas

Gel pens

NO liquid paper or correction tape please

Year 6 Requirements

1 x regular sized pencil case

Supply of HB lead pencils (not pacers)

Coloured pencils

Glue stick

Small scissors (blunt end)

2 x Erasers

Pencil sharpener (preferably enclosed)

30cm wooden or plastic ruler (not flexible)

A4 lined exercise book for homework

Artline black texta/sharpie 2mm thickness

Box of tissues (1 per term)

Antibacterial soap in a pump pack

Dictionary (Primary)

Supply of blue and red pens

Optional

Geometry set for maths

Small stapler

Calculator

Textas

Gel pens

Sticky tape

Highlighters

Wind up crayons

P&C News

School Banking – Don’t forget we are still banking on the last day of term – next Wednesday 19th December! Thanks to

everyone who has been involved with our banking program again this year! It has been great to see so many Caddies children

depositing their money each week. The program wouldn’t be possible without our wonderful team of banking volunteers

who do a fantastic job as tellers each Wednesday morning so a huge thank you to all of them. A reminder that School

Banking will commence the first week back in Term 1, from 8.30 – 9.00am on Wednesday 30th January 2019, outside the

library.

Volunteers for 2019 - As the school year is coming to a close, we will be very sad to say goodbye to some of our wonderful

volunteers as their kids venture off to start the next chapter in high school. If you have thought about wanting to get involved,

then we would love to hear from you. All you need to do is email us at ccps_pandcfundraising@yahoo.com and we will put

you on our mailing list and when we require volunteers, we will email everyone on our list and call for volunteers. You

aren’t committed to anything, you can reply to volunteer if and when it works for you. The types of events we have run in

the past where we require volunteers are: school discos (once or twice a year), selling mother’s and father’s day tickets,

second hand uniform pools, trivia night, twilight market etc however next year’s fundraising activities have not been set yet

but we will advise in the new school year. So please consider joining our wonderfully supportive volunteering community,

we’d love to hear from you!

Reading Cinemas Movie Vouchers – Don’t forget to keep all of your movie stubs from Reading Cinemas at Rouse Hill

Town Centre over the holidays and bring them in next year to put in the popcorn box in the office. These can be converted

by the P&C to free movie tickets that we will use as prizes in fundraising events next year.

Thank you – The P&C would like to thank everyone in the school community for their ongoing support with the many

fundraising activities we have held this year.

We would like to thank Mr Beggs, Mrs Sarkozi, Mr Ison, Mrs Kelly and all of the teaching and office staff for their help

and support throughout the year. To our wonderful volunteers, thank you for always offering to help out with all events that

have been planned, without your help we would not be able to raise money for the school. Your continued support enables

us to help the school in purchasing items and sponsoring programs that will benefit the students and the school as a whole.

We wish you and your family a very safe and happy holiday and look forward to an exciting 2019!

Merry Christmas!

P&C Executive Committee

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