Creswick Primary School—Catering for the needs of students in the pursuit of excellence

CALENDAR

Friday 19th May Division Cross Country

Monday 22nd May Parents’ Club Meeting 9am Staffroom

29th May to 31st May Gr 5/6 Camp

31st May to 2nd June Gr 3/4 Camp Thursday 8th June Book Fair 3.30pm - 4.00pm Friday 9th June Book Fair 8.20am - 8.45am & 3.30pm - 4.00pm

Wednesday 14th June Special Lunch Day

School Council 6.30pm

Friday 23rd June Last Day of Canteen for Term 2

Friday 30th June Last Day of Term 2

Monday 17th July First Day of Term 3

NOTICES Junit Unit Seesaw

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER No. 5 Term 2 18th May 2017

Phone: 03 5345 2044 Fax: 03 5345 8031

Email: creswick.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

www.creswickps.vic.edu.au

Assembly 3.00pm

Grade 5/6W Charlie For the excellent topic sentences in his persuasive text. Well done!

Grade 5/6H Alyza For producing a well written reflection on ANZAC Day.

Grade 4/5C Amber For showing her Personal Best during our preparation for NAPLAN.

Grade 3/4H Harrison For his focused and positive attitude towards spelling activities with noticeable improvements

Grade 3/4B Zahlia For doing her Personal Best and showing Resilience throughout NAPLAN this week. Well done Zahlia

Grade 2D Indi For a terrific effort when working on her “I can add numbers to 1000” challenge in Maths. Well done Indi.

Grade 1/2W Mykhan For doing his Personal Best in Big Write this week. Well done Mykhan!

Foundation/1R Madison For her sounding out of unknown words while reading. Well done!

Foundation K Madison For consistently displaying her Personal Best in all classroom work. Great job sounding out initial sounds in your Cold Write about the seasons.

Art Nyah for completing a fantastic Line Monster .

Alyza for creating her own unique patterns dur ing Ar t.

From the Principal’s Desk

Mother’s Day

Thank you to the many parents, grandparents, aunties and friends who came to the school last Friday afternoon to join in to the ‘Mother’s Afternoon Tea.’

There were approximately 100 guests for the ‘Tea’ and then another thirty plus parents arrived in time to watch the assembly.

For the students it is very special to have Mum or significant adult visit the school. This was evident when the whole school sung – ‘Super Mum, You’re Wonderful.’

Catherine King Visit

This week we were fortunate to have a visit from Catherine King MP – Federal Member for Ballarat. Ms King was able to visit the classrooms and see some of the great work that was being done by the students. This included curriculum such as: Big Write, Numeracy, ICT skills, and Specialist areas. The extensive extra-curricular activities such as Sporting Schools Program, Clubs, Leadership Program and Gardening Club were also showcased.

Head Lice Removal Training

Yes we are talking about those creepy little creatures that can find their way into hair and are very hard to get rid of! The mere thought of them makes most people want to scratch their head.

Clean hair, oily hair, short hair, long hair, blonde or brunette – the creepy little critters like all types! And apparently this is the season when they are most active.

The school has decided to take a very proactive approach to help parents eradicate them and is hosting a training session for parents.

Tuesday 6th June at 2.30 – 3.30pm in the School Library - Debra Watts (her business is Peek-a-pooh head lice removal) will assist parents to detect, identify, treat, remove and prevent head lice.

We encourage parents to make the most of this opportunity to help prevent and/or treat head lice.

## We will be training a number of staff to enable them to carry out ‘head checks’ once per term in the future. This task was once the role of Shire Councils but they no longer fulfil this role. However we see this as another way that the school can support parents to manage this issue.

Head Lice Removal Training

Tuesday 6th June, 2.30.pm - 3.30pm in the School Library

On Tuesday 6th June at 2.30 – 3.30pm in the School Library - Debra Watts (her business is Peek-a-pooh head lice removal) will be running a session to assist parents to detect, identify, treat, remove and prevent head lice. If you would like to attend this session,

please complete this form and return it to school before Tuesday 30th May.

We encourage parents to make the most of this opportunity to help prevent and/or treat head lice.

Yes! I would like to participate in the Head Lice Removal Training with Debra Watts

Name: Ph:

Trivia quiz

Junior Prep - Gr 2 How many seconds are there in 5 minutes?

Senior Gr 3 - Gr 6 How many days from today (Thursday 18th May) is Queenscliff camp?

Daylesford Secondary College

Transition Day Friday 26th May

Grade 5 and 6 students are invited to attend

Daylesford Secondary College for the entire

day to try out a range of different subjects and experience secondary

school for a day.

Please call Daylesford Secondary College on 5348 2367 for more

information.

Extra-Curricular

Sporting Schools

This week, the Sporting Schools Program started again and the students are learning AFL. Most of the children may never actually play AFL football but the lessons are about developing ball skills, team work and fitness. These skills are key elements to all team sports. Nate W and Nate M from 4/5C got some time to work on their handball skills.

Grades 3,4,5,6 Camp – Cottage By The Sea

The children in the Senior Unit are getting excited as their camp draws near. The students have been talking of getting their clothing list ready and testing to see if it fits in their bags. The camp has been particularly well supported with over 110 attending. Grade 5/6 – Monday 29th May to Wednesday 31st May Grade 3/4 – Wednesday 31st May to Friday 2nd June ## If you require another clothing list or other information, please contact the school. ## Please make sure you have all forms and money in by the due date to allow the school to complete the bookings for the camp and many activities. Key date: 19th May, 2017 – All notes to be at the school and the full $175 paid

Walk Safely To School Day – Friday 19th May, 2017

Tomorrow, Friday is ‘Walk Safely to School Day.’ If you are able to support your child/children to walk to school or at least some of the distance to school then please get involved as this day is about promoting healthy activity. The school counts all of the children who walk, ride, roller their way to school and sends this information into the campaign directors. ## At this stage Friday could be wet, if this is the case – please drop your child off as normal to ensure they stay dry and warm.

Parents’ Club Meeting

Monday 22nd May

9am in the Staffroom

Introducing a Grade 6 Student 2017

Joe Appleton

Responsibilities: School Captain

Family: Mum Meghan, Dad Pete, brothers Tom and Ben

Education: Girrabanya Kinder, Creswick Pre School, Creswick Primary School

Favourite

Colour: Orange Number: 5 T.V Show: K.C Undercover

Food: Sushi and fish Drink: Ginger beer Book: The Land of Stories

Film: Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children and Ghost Busters Music Group: Pentatonix Holiday Destination: California

Interests

Interests: Singing, dancing and acting

Soccer Team: CHELSEA!

Most Exciting Time of My Life: Being told I was Michael Banks in the Mary Poppins Musical

People Admired the Most: Catherine Pettie & Hugh Jackman

Advice to New Preps: Be the best person you can possibly be

Goal for 2017: Survive Grade 6

Introducing a Grade 6 Student 2017

Kadin Long

Responsibilities: School Vice Captain

Family: Mum, Dad and Jackson

Education: Girrabanya Kinder

Favourite

Colour: Green Number: 5 T.V Show: Big Bank Theory

Food: Veggie soup Drink: Dr Pepper Book: Weirdo’s

Film: John Carter Music Group: ACDC Holiday Destination: Apollo Bay

Interests

Interests: Footy

A.F.L Team: Collingwood

Most Exciting Time of My Life: 2010 Footy Grand Final

People Admired the Most: Mr Trainor because he taught me Taekwondo

Advice to New Preps: Study hard and listen to your teacher

Goal for 2017: To do well on my tests

Future Career: Doctor