Corrimal East Public School

Newsletter

Term 1 Friday 7th February, 2020 Week 2

Upcoming Events Friday 7th February SRC & Sports Captains Induction 9:15am in the hall Tuesday 11th February P&C Meeting @ 6:30pm in Library Friday 21st February Assembly starting at 2:00pm Friday 28th February Clean Up Schools Day Friday 6th March Assembly at 2:00pm Tuesday 10th March P&C Meeting at 6:30pm in Library Friday 20th March Assembly at 2:00pm Monday 23rd March School photos

Week 8 Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews Friday 3rd April Cross Country Carnival Thursday 9th March Easter Hat Parade

It was great welcoming everyone back to school last Tuesday morning

and hearing of all the fun that was had over the break. I hope you all

had a terrific break and are recharged for a fun and ac on‐packed year

ahead.

Our wonderful new Kindergarten students started on Monday. They

have really se led into ‘big school’ life. Thank you to the Kindy families

who were able to make it to our Meet & Greet on Tuesday a ernoon. I

hope you found the session valuable. My sincere thanks to

Mrs Z.Brown, Mrs Lopres , Mrs Bexterman, Mrs Henry and Mrs

Stefanovic for providing our Kindys with such a well‐prepared, fun

introduc on to school. Well done ladies!

Well done everyone on a great start to 2020. As I walk around the

school I see se led classrooms, engaged learners and lots of laughs and

fun!

In an effort to minimise our use of paper, Corrimal East Public School

have made the decision to go paperless with our newsle er. Our school

newsle er can be accessed via the Skoolbag app, the Corrimal East

Public School website and our school Facebook page.

Michelle Munro Kindergarten, Day 1!

Respect

Safety

Excellence

Phone: 4284 4582 Email: corrimale‐p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: h p://www.corrimale‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au Facebook: h ps://www.facebook.com/corrimaleastps/

2020 Swimming Carnival

Our 2020 Swimming Carnival, held last Friday, was a H.U.G.E success! Well done to all compe tors and many

thanks to the parents and carers who came along to help out and cheer on our swimmers. It was wonderful

seeing the fantas c sportsmanship displayed throughout the en re carnival. Another example of what makes

our school a Great School! Well done to Mr Stanley on his organisa on of the carnival this year!

Sports Captains & Vice Captains– 2020

Melinga Captains‐

Samantha Reed Ben Wiri

Vice Captains‐

Anahera Tepania Ashton Bradshaw

Iluka Captains‐

Jayde Carter Lily Hyde

Vice Captains‐

Aiyanna Chavez Jood Alhsomi

Euroka Captains–

Tye McNamara Indie Mutch

Vice Captains‐ Stevie Callahan Michael Aoun

Wirega Captains‐

Liana Marsh Anika Marsh

Vice Captains– Jarryd Gardiner Mikayla Want

Class Student Representa ve Council– 2020

K‐Boomers Ar e Davis

Mia Georgiadis

K‐Dolphins Dylan Kerr

Ruby Hurworth

K/3‐Joeys Hamza Sawan

Ahmad El Hamad

3/5‐Pearls Abadi Aldali

Andrew Player

1‐Opals Ruben Rubena Bowen Lacey

1/2‐Ma ldas Kobe Goldman Hanifah Syafril

2/3‐Kookaburras Ciara Nixon Seth Wilton

2/3‐Redbacks Jack Horrell Louis Whant

3/4‐Thunderbolts Ellie Barron

Ma lda Hurworth

4/5‐Cyclones Declan Conlin Evie Elferkh

3/6‐Wipeout Jake Dunn

Aiden Hicks

5/6‐Steelers Brydie Lawson

William Hurworth

Technology Leader

Keira Atherton

Office Assistant

Bhumisha Kumar

We have Reopened Nature Pod

Due to popular demand and results from our students surveys in 2019, we have reopened Nature Pod this

year. The students are able to build cubby houses, explore the bushland environment and use their

imagina on to create their own adventures.

We Love Nature

Pod

Learn How to Speak Spanish At Corrimal East Public School

Trash Free Tuesday

Corrimal East will be con nuing with Trash Free

Tuesday this year. Every Tuesday we encourage

parents and caregivers to pack all food in

reusable containers with no packaging. Research

shows that nutri ous foods aid brain

development, concentra on and supports

healthy immune systems. Trash Free Tuesday will

also reduce the amount of waste from our school

going to landfill.

Special Religious Educa on Special Religious Educa on (SRC) will begin at our school on Thursday Week 4 (20/2/20)(for those who

a end SRE).

As per NSWDoE procedures, students will stay in their SRE group or non‐SRE from your selec on last year. If

you would like your child to a end SRE (if they were in non‐scripture in 2019), please contact the office in

wri ng for this request. At CEPS, we have Catholic, Protestant (Church of England, Uni ng, Presbyterian,

Bap st etc) and Orthodox as op ons for SRE.

Updates To Our A endance Policy

Our school has updated our a endance procedures and it is now inline with changes made to the

Department of Educa on’s Policies and procedures.

If your child is away from school you MUST call the school to let them know why they are away. If they are

absent from school and there hasn’t been a call made by the parent/carer then the classroom teacher or

office will contact you either on that same day or the following day to ask why your child is away. As soon

as your child returns back to school they MUST bring an absent note with them and hand it into your

child’s class slot in the foyer.

ALL students need to be accounted for each and every day. This is why it is extremely important that

the school is no fied on the day your child is absent from school.

If you have any ques ons, please speak with your child’s class teacher or our friendly office staff.

Entry & Exit from CEPS

Parents are reminded that the small pedestrian gates located on Duff Parade and Pioneer Road are the

only entry and exit points from our school. No one should be using the carpark entry gates nor the bo om

driveway gates. We wish to ensure the safety of our en re school community. Please help us by

adhering to these regula ons.

The Pioneer Rd gate is locked each day by 9:30am. During the day, the Duff Pde gate is the only entry

point. In the a ernoons, the duty teacher will walk all students using Pioneer Rd to the gate and ensure

they safely cross the road. If a child’s pick‐up is running late, a phone call to the office is essen al.

Students are to wait for their pick‐up on the admin veranda with a staff member. We wish to ensure the

safety and welfare of every child at our school!

*DONATIONS OF HAND SANITISER *

The children are being encouraged to wash their hands throughout the day, including before ea ng mes.

We have soap and water facili es both in the classrooms and bathrooms. However we would like to give

the students another op on to use and believe having hand sani ser in the classrooms will allow the

students to quickly clean their hands when needed. All dona ons of hand sani ser can go directly to your

child’s classroom.

2020 Library Days

Each class at CEPS has an alloca on of 1 hour per week in our

lovely school Library with Mrs Taylor.

Please ensure your child/ren has his/her library bag each week

so that they can borrow from the library.

Tuesday: K‐Boomers, K‐Dolphins, 1‐Opals, 3/5‐Pearls, K/3‐Joeys

Wednesday: 4/5‐Cyclones, 1/2‐Ma ldas, 2/3‐Kookaburras,

2/3‐Redbacks, 3/6‐Wipeout

Thursday: 3/4‐Thunderbolts, 5/6‐Steelers

Posi ve Behaviour for Learning

Your son or daughter may have come home and talked about changes in our school reward system. At the

end of 2019 we received feedback from parents, staff and the students about how we could further improve

our Posi ve Behaviour for Learning (PBL) structures. Over the next few pages, we have included snippets of

our revised NSWDoE Student Welfare Policy Implementa on for your reference.

If you have any ques ons about our Welfare policy, please contact your child's class teacher , any of the

Assistant Principals or myself.

All staff will frequently give Eas es both in the classroom and playground. These will be given as stamps on their individual stamp charts or a physical Eas e. Once a child fills his/her Eas e Chart, he/she will receive an Eas e Award.

The stamp charts will be placed in a box within the classroom. Teachers will record the a ainment of awards

on their ‘Go for Gold Chart’. Class Eas e boxes will be taken to each assembly by classes and placed into the

whole school Eas e Box. When full there will be a whole school reward. Bronze, silver and gold cer ficates

will be presented to students during the whole school assembly.

Changes that have been made to our PBL reward structure

Scholas c Book Club Arrangements

The first issue of Book Club has been given out

to students today.

Parents complete all Book Club Orders online.

There is no cash or forms taken at the school

office.

Beside are the instruc ons for the LOOP

pla orm for parents to process their book club

purchases. Ordered books will be returned to

the school and distributed to the students by

the office staff. Any ques ons, please see Mrs

Murphy in the office.

Student Banking

CEPS par cipates in the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program. The School Banking program provides

students with an opportunity to make deposits into their Youthsaver account at school each week. The program

rewards how o en students deposit, not how much they deposit.

If any students would like a starter pack, please come to the school office to collect one.

At CEPS our school banking day is Tuesday. Students place their bank book in the Student banking slot, the office

processes the deposits, and the bank books are returned to the students for the following week.

If you have any ques ons, please see our friendly office staff.

Play mes @ CEPS!!

Our school will again be running Interest Pods for our students to be held at lunch mes. This term the pods

will be;

Monday: Nature & Imagina ve Play Pod and CAPA Group

Tuesday: Soccer

Wednesday: Nature & Imagina ve Play Pod & Soccer Pod

Thursday: Gardening Pod

Friday: Nature & Imagina ve Play Pod , Soccer & Tennis Pod

It is hoped the interest pods will provide the students with not only enjoyment and fun but also some skills

and abili es. Furthermore, students will be working in a ‘team’ atmosphere so social skills and nego a on

will form part of the learning experiences in each pod.

The Fixed Equipment is open on Monday, Tuesday & Thursday at lunch for students to enjoy.

CEPSpace is open for students at recess and lunch me everyday.

The Library is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays at lunch me.

The students at CEPS have lots of op ons to enjoy whilst not in the classrooms.

Take the me to ask your child about their play me today!

P&C News Term 1, Week 2

Welcome to our new CEPS Families. we hope your children have had a great start to Corrimal East PS and we look forward to mee ng you all through out the year.

Upcoming P&C Mee ng!! ‐ Our first P&C Mee ng of the year is next Tuesday, Feb 11th. We hope to see lots of new

faces, please come and join us. It’s fun to be involved and your kids love seeing you involved in their school. N.B Membership fees ($1) are due at this mee ng – Membership forms are available on the night. 2nd Hand Uniform shop – The old Uniform shop will be open from 8.30‐9.00am on Monday 10th February selling donated 2nd hand uniforms. All items are priced according to wear and tear, most available for a gold coin dona on. Items are subject to availability. These days are only possible through dona ons from you the school community. If you have any unused uniform items that you can donate, please hand them into the office at any me. BUNNINGS BBQ – As advised last week, Saturday 22nd February is our Annual Bunnings BBQ. WOW.. what an amazing response to our request for volunteers. THANK YOU! Below is the roster as it stands. As you can see there are s ll a few blanks. Please consider giving us an hour of your me to cover all shi s, par cularly around the lunch rush when we need more people to cover the rush. If you can volunteer, please email Sarah on ceps.fete@gmail.com

Have a great weekend, Jayne Ellis Cindy Napier Sarah Loemker Linda Trebel P&C President P&C Secretary Fundraising Officer Canteen Manager 0419 293 763 0421 221 810 0405 084 632 0438 840 820

ceps.pc.president@gmail.com ceps.pc.secretary@gmail.com ceps.fete@gmail.com ceps.pc.canteen@gmail.com

Canteen Roster Term 1

Monday Wednesday Friday

Week 3 10/2 12/2 Fiona A 14/2 Sarah L

Week 4 17/2 19/2 Tracy 21/2 Sandra

Week 5 24/2 26/2 28/2

If you would like to volunteer in the canteen, please fill in a Volunteer form or send me a msg to ceps.pc.canteen@gmail.com or phone 0438840820. A few points about ordering recess or lunch: If your child requires change, the money will be taped to the front of the paper lunch bag

or if your child has a S ckybeaks reusable lunch bag, the change will be in the zipper sec on.

If your child orders a Frozen Treat for lunch, this does not go out in the lunch bag, it

needs to picked up a er ea ng me at 1.30pm. Due to the hot weather, we are selling frozen Quelch S cks at Recess me.

Selling now at the Canteen are the Stickybeaks Reusable Lunch Bags for $10.00, all colours available.

NEW: Frozen Treat: LEMONADE JUICIES $1.50 made from Fresh Pressed Apples, No Added Sugar.

If you have any queries about anything at the canteen, don’t hesitate to ask, see Linda or Deb

in the mornings from 8.30am, Monday, Wednesday or Friday. Linda Canteen Manager (0438 840820, ceps.pc.canteen@gmail.com

Corrimal East Public School P&C Canteen Eastie’s Eatery

If you have some free time and would like to volunteer in the canteen on Monday, Wednesday or Friday, could you please complete the following details and drop this form into the canteen slot or email me your details ceps.pc.canteen@gmail.com

Name: ________________________________________________________

Email Address: _________________________________________________

Contact Number: _______________________________________________

Day: Please circle Monday Wednesday Friday

Frequency: Please circle Weekly Fortnightly Monthly

‘Your children love to see you helping out at their school’ Thank you. Linda Canteen Manager. (0438840820 – ceps.pc.canteen@gmail.com)

Term 1, Week 2 Assembly Award Recipients

The Learning for Life Scholarship can provide parents with two

payments a year for each child which can be spent on expenses re‐

lated to educa on such as uniforms, school shoes, sta onary,

BYOD, excursions.

(Payments are to be used for school expenses only!)

You may be eligible for the scholarship if your family:

Holds a Pension Concession or Health Care Card andA ends one of our partner schools*Student is enrolled in Kindy to Year 6Demonstrates a commitment to educa on (children a end school regularly)

For more informa on please contact Ellen Text or call 0407 458 250 or email ellen.land@thesmithfamily.com.au

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Audi on Informa on—All applica ons now online!

All applica ons for Year 6 students wishing to audi on for Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts for 2020 must now do so online. If you wish to apply please follow the link below to complete your submission. h ps://www.millenniumschools.net.au/whspa/?id=8213