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CALENDAR

December

18 Last Day term 4. 1.30pm

dismissal

January 2016

27 Book pack pick up Day

8.30am - 4.30pm

28 First day of Term 1

Lost Property Remember to check lost property for any

missing items of clothing. All items need to be

named so they can find their way back to the

rightful owner.

School banking

Any rewards ordered after the 24th of

November will be issued in 2016. Banking will

resume for 2016 in the first full week of term

1. Thank you for all your support this year.

PRC Parent Survey

Help needed.

If your child participated in the

Premiers` Reading Challenge

please logon to the following

link to complete a survey. This

survey is confidential and should take approximately

10 minutes to complete.

https://qau1.au1.qualtrics.com/SE/?

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Vision: To create a community of lifelong learners

Mission: To provide opportunities for every child to learn and flourish

Our Values: Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Learning

Volume 38 Issue 18

17th December, 2015

Sewing Group The 5/6 girls have been working hard on their Christmas trees.

Whilst there isn`t as much sewing in this, stuffing the tree is time

consuming! We look forward to showing you our finished

products.

Prep B ...... Sophie K Prep S……. Blake HB 1/2C .......... Summer T & Luke L 1/2W ......... Taj K 1 /2 U ……..Josh B 3/4A .......... Bohdie J & Charlotte G 3/4K .......... Milly S & Minh 3/4W ......... Emily P & Mia S 5/6G .......... Dylan C 5/6K .......... Riley S & Grace S P/E ............ Harry W & Tessa C


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From the Principal

Staffing 2016

In the last newsletter I announced the new class structure showing teachers and classes for next year. By now you will

know your child’s class and room number. There are quite a few room changes next year as we have an extra class. In

order to accommodate them to be in close proximity to classes in the same level we have made a few adjustments.

Foundation (Prep) will now be housed in the two classrooms that were previously 3/4 classrooms. The two 1s will be on

the left hand side of the central courtyard and the two 2s will be on the right.

The Year 3 and 3/4 will be nearest the play equipment and the Year 4 will go into the BER building in what was the Music

Room this year.

Music will eventually be in a new portable that we are having put on site hopefully sometime in the New Year. Chinese

(Mandarin) will be in the Library. However if the new room is not on site for the start of the year, Music will be in the

Library and Chinese will go from class to class.

Many of you will remember Helen Heller, 5/6 teacher for many years. Helen took some time off this year and has now

decided to retire. I would like to say a big thank you to Helen for her many and varied contributions to the school. Helen

has been at the school for many years as teacher, leading teacher and school councillor at times. She was a natural born

teacher and her strength was the way she developed strong and close relationships with the students. Many of these stu-

dents came back from Secondary School just to say hello. Helen was very well respected by staff, students and parents

alike and will be sadly missed. I am sure you will join me in wishing Helen all the best for the future.

Gabby Luscombe, our Indonesian teacher is also retiring at the end of the year. She was instrumental in implementing

another language to Chirnside and we have all enjoyed learning about another culture. We wish Gabby all the best in her

pursuit of other interests in her retirement.

You will no doubt have noticed that one of our other teachers, Helen Steer is also not in the mix of staff. Helen is taking

some leave next year and so will not be leading the Foundation team next year.

It has been a very busy last few weeks with many successful events. The Carols Night was yet again a wonderful night

and after an ‘iffy’ start we were very lucky with the weather. Several thank yous need to be made - to Sue Martin our Mu-

sic teacher for organising this very popular event. To the Parents and Friends who were a wonderful support in cooking

the sausage sizzle and organising the raffle and to Peter Harris and his crew from Oxley who were marvellous in ensuring

our sound system was functioning tip top and their band great to listen to as an intro to the night ……a huge thank you.

We are very lucky to have their support for our community; the night would not run nearly as smoothly without them.

Our Prep Celebration Day was a highlight for the Foundation students. It was very well organised by Helen Steer and

Renee Barnden.

Thanks also to Renee for organising the Prep 2016 Information Night and the final Prep Transition. I notice that many of

the new Preps already have siblings at the school so are probably already used to the school. Whether it was that that

made a difference I don’t know but certainly when I peeped in on the new Preps in their transition class they were a very

settled bunch. We look forward to welcoming them full time into our Chirnside community next year.

Graduation was of course the highlight for our Year 6 students and organising that was a team effort. Thanks to Martin

King, Joanne Guenther and Lynn Francis and a special thank you to Di Wilson, one of our ex teachers who assisted in

making the DVD for the students.

Many people support our school throughout the year. Our wonderful Parents and Friends committee have been very active

in fundraising and have had a very successful year raising over $17 000 –a big thank you to them for all they do. Also

thank you to the School Councillors who come to the meetings once a month and assist with policy decisions and donate

their time in various ways.

As this is the last newsletter for the year I will take the opportunity to wish you all the Season’s Greetings and hope you all

have a relaxing break. I look forward to welcoming you all back on Thursday 28 January 2016.

Jan Marinakos


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CAROLS NIGHT


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Physical Education

Student Achievements Over the weekend Dakoda.M in 3/4Acompeted in the Underage State Swimming Championships at MSAC. She

competed in the 50m freestyle and clocked a scintillating PB of 32 seconds. This amazing effort placed her 36th

in the State for her age group. Dakoda has other events coming up during the week. We wish her all the best and

can't wait to hear how she went!

CPPS Sports Uniforms Last week a number of students in Grades 5 and 6 received a notice informing them that they were still yet to

return the CPPS Hooptime basketball singlet to me at school. These MUST be returned to me, washed, this

week please.

Fun Run Congratulations and thank-you to everyone who raised money for our school during the 2015 Fun Run. We

raised a total of $1319, minus $219 for all the prizes, means a grand total of $1100 will go towards our school

for equipment and classroom resources. A special mention to the following students for their amazing fund rais-

ing efforts... Samantha. R $160, Harry and Charles. W $110, Tom. D $80, Holly. W, Taliah. B $75, and Tegan.

M $60.

Enjoy the holidays everyone, stay active and protect yourself from the sun by wearing a hat, sunscreen and

drinking plenty of WATER, not fizzy drinks! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Tim Norton

PE Co-ordinator

Chirnside`s Got Talent

The final of Chirnside`s Got Talent was held on Wednesday the 9th of December. The acts were all fantastic

making the judges decisions very difficult. In the Junior Section equal first place : Jemima M and the group of

girls : Zoe P, Amelia L, Alicia W, Sienna T, Jennifer G, Abbey G, Sara L. Winner of the Senior Section : Bella

and Mia. Encouragement Award: Blake F.


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Surfing Excursion

It was an early start to the morning but a delightful one as well. We were going surfing! Our first stop

was Amaz’N’Things. We played mini-golf, after a few missed shots our ball finished up under the fence,

in the gutter! On one hole we had about 20 hits! Maybe a little more practice is needed!

Inside we had a go at the Drop Slide. I was a little freaked out because the bar we had to grab on to felt

slippery. I conquered my fear and I gave it a go. While I was dangling over the slide I was petrified! But I

wanted to do it again.

Back on the bus for a few minutes to Smiths Beach and our surf lesson. We lined up for our wet suits,

collected our surf boards and walked to the beach. When we got there we learnt some safety rules about

rips and how the ocean works. Once we learnt how to do the back arch we were off and in the water.

Then the fun began! I managed to stand up five times. When we were trying to go out it was fun jumping

the waves as they were coming in. We had a few crashes and biffs in the waves. After 2 exhausting hours

we had to carry our surf boards back up the hill to the surf shop.

I want to say thank you to Mrs Martin, Miss Francis, Mrs Attwood, Miss Peterson and Miss Phillips for

encouraging us and being able to provide the fun adventure to us kids. And another thank you to the

weather for giving us a beautiful sunny day.

Amelia 5/6F


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Remember Businesses that support

Chirnside Park PS REBEL PASS

When shopping at Rebel (any store) please remember to ask for the

points to go to Chirnside Park Primary School. For every sale at

Rebel the school gets a percentage towards equipment.

AMART

When shopping at Amart (any store) please remember to ask for the

points to go to Chirnside Park Primary School. For every sale at

Amart the school gets a percentage towards equipment.

BAKERS DELIGHT, CHIRNSIDE PARK AND

MOOROOLBARK

Please remember for every purchase you make at Bakers Delight

Chirnside Park and Mooroolbark the school receives 5% of all sales.

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Prep Celebration Day! Last Friday the Prep students, along with their families, celebration the

milestone that is completing their first year of school. We are so proud of all the learning

and growing they have done this year.

The students sang a beautiful song, presented their ‘Wishes for the World’ that they will

grow up in, and then enjoyed a party afterwards.

Thank you so much to all the parents who brought plates, and particularly those who

were on the organising committee and came to set up and pack up! We appreciate your

time and effort to make the day the great success that it was.

Congratulations Prep students on a terrific year of learning!

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