Swimming Program Our school swimming program finished yesterday and all our students who swam, thoroughly enjoyed their lessons in the pool. Students were grouped according to their swimming ability and the program ran smoothly. Thank you all our students for trying their best and having fun! Thank you also to Miss Carneli for all her hard work organising the program.

Sun Hats Just a reminder that throughout Term 4 it is school uniform policy for every student to wear a Sun Smart hat. They can either be legionnaire style, bucket or brimmed hats in the school colour of navy blue, with or without logo.) No baseball style hats are permitted before, during or after school hours. Students have the school holidays to find, dust off their hats, and to wear them consistently throughout term 4 when involved in outdoor activities.

School Sleep-over

We are fast approaching the end of Term 3 and that also means our school sleep-over is happening next week. This activity will commence at 5.30pm next Thursday, 21st September. If you require your child/ren to stay at school from 3:30pm – 5:30pm you will need to register for After School Care with Camp Australia. This can be done via their website (www.campaustralia.com.au) or you can speak to Mrs Smith or Mrs Friend in the office. Please ensure that your permission forms are completed and returned to the office so we can cater for everyone. If your child/ren are not attending the sleep-over you are still required to return the white permission form.

DATES TO REMEMBER

September:

Monday, 18th African Beat – Music

Incursion.

Wednesday, 20th Division Athletics at

Casey Fields (selected

students only).

Thursday, 21st Annual Sleep Over

(permission forms have

been sent home).

Friday, 22nd Last Day of Term 3

(School dismissed at

1:30pm) .

October:

Monday, 9th First day of term 4.

REMINDERS:

Woolworths Earn & Learn is

finishing next Tuesday. Please

hand in your stickers as soon as

possible so we can order our

items for classroom use.

If you can help with Meal Deals

one or twice a term can you please

let either the office or Keryn Eades

know as soon as possible. If we

don’t get enough helpers for this

valuable service then it may cease

at the end of this term.

Wednesday, 13th September 2017

From the Principal ………

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Thumbs Up

To Miss Carneli for organising our swimming program. Thank you Miss Carneli!

To the Grade 6 students who are working really hard on their Rich Tasks. Well done!

To all our teachers who supported our students during our swimming program. Thank you!

To our students who swam and worked really hard in their lessons!

To Ian Dart for his handyman skills. Thank you Ian!

To Miss Henson for her hard work in organising our school sleep over next week and also organising our staff Professional Development session. Thank you Miss Henson!

To Lawson Friend (previous student) whose team won his Football Grand Final on Sunday. Congratulations Lawson!

To all our students who will be representing our school next week at Division Athletics. All the best guys!

Punctuality and Attendance at School This term we continue to award Mrs Smith’s Attendance Cup and the Mrs Friend’s

Punctuality Cup on a weekly basis at assembly to the grades that record the best

outcomes in these two areas throughout the week.

The following Grades received these awards for this week:

Attendance Cup – 2B

Punctuality Cup – 3P, 4I, 6D and 6E

Well done to those grades and keep up the good work!

MEAL DEAL THIS WEEK IS A MEAT PIE AND A LAMINGTON FOR JUST

$4.00.

FOR A GOLD COIN DONATION COME DRESSED IN YOUR FOOTY

COLOURS!

TENNIS TRAINING Tennis training has re-commenced after school on Wednesdays at 3.45pm at the tennis

courts. We look forward to seeing some new faces as well as the old.

Joy de Jong (59988220)

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AFRICAN BEAT INTERACTIVE DRUMMING INCURSION

Next Monday, 18th September 2017 students will be attending an African Beat

Drumming Incursion. Students will participate in an interactive performance where they will learn basic drumming techniques. Permission forms have already been

sent home. Please return your permission form with a $6 per child charge to the office as soon as possible.

FREE BIKE Mitchell K, who won the bike in our raffle last week has kindly donated his old, but still in very good condition, bike to a lucky winner! The bike is a 50cm Huffy ‘Swarm’ and is suitable for people 109cm and taller. If you want to have a chance, please let the office ladies know and your name will go into the draw. Good luck!

Meal Deal News!

Meal Deal has reached crisis stage! We are desperately needing parent helpers on

a Thursday to help with our Meal Deals for our children.

Can you spare 1 Thursday this term to help us out? Many hands make light work!

Our children love our weekly meal deals & it is also an important fundraiser for our

school.

Please contact Keryn Eades on 0417 341 675 or Cara Massa on 0401 197 666 if

you can help. Alternatively, you can see Mrs Smith or Mrs Friend in the office.

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2017 As you know, our school has been participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn

promotion.

The program will finish shortly and we will need all the stickers back at the office by

Wednesday 20th September. We will then be able to get new educational equipment

for our school. Please send in your Woolworths Earn & Learn Points Sheets and any loose

Earn & Learn Points Stickers you may have. Remember to check your handbag, the car

glove box or they maybe stuck on the fridge. Every little bit helps.

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Coastal Ambassadors’ Leadership Program On Wednesday, 6th September our 4 School Leaders (Kai P, Chantelle S, Aiden N and

Caitlin A) ventured to Phillip Island to present a workshop on ‘Reducing Rubbish at Our School’ as part of the Coastal Ambassadors’ Leadership Program.

Our students were the first to present and they did a mighty job. They created an entertaining and informative i-movie that introduced our environmental action plan and

then they led a hands-on session showing their audience how to make a ‘wheelie bin monster’ using a range of recycled materials. The session was really well received by

the audience and set the tone for a fantastic day! I have been so impressed with the way each of our leaders has taken on responsibility

for our environmental action plan from start to finish. They have always been enthusiastic, highly motivated and reliable in generating ideas and following through

with action. They have given up a lot of their own time over terms 1, 2 & 3 to ensure that the project was completed successfully. We have received a lot of positive

comments from staff about how the amount of rubbish in the yard has been significantly reduced, which has been really encouraging. It is now up to everyone at Cardinia Primary School to do their bit and make sure that we bin our rubbish before

going outside, and in so doing, protect the environment of the many creatures that call our school home.

Well done to Kai, Chantelle, Aiden and Caitlin on representing Cardinia Primary School so magnificently, you should be very proud of your efforts!

Robyn Masters

Science Teacher

LILY NEEDS YOUR HELP! Little Lily Sowerby-Schmdit has an opportunity to use a Therasuit which is used to strengthen

her muscles in her legs. To be include in this trial, Lily needs to raise $10,000. That’s where

you can help. Please have a read of the attached brochure & if you can help, please donate

to help Lily access this vital tool to assist her and her family. Donation forms are also at the

office.

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SCHOOL SLEEPOVER All students will have now received a sleepover Permission Slip. The sleepover will take place

next Thursday night (September 21st) of Term 3. The cost of this activity is $10.00 per child

which includes a sausage sizzle tea, disco, with breakfast and lunch on the Friday.

The following is an outline of the proposed program for the Thursday evening and Friday but

may alter slightly.

PARENTS PLEASE NOTE – Our sleepover will follow the same program as last year. The

Sleepover will strictly start at 5:30pm. If you require your child/ren to stay at school from

3:30pm – 5:30pm you will need to register them with after school care through Camp

Australia. Please see the office for further details.

Thursday

5:30pm Sleepover starts (Students arrive at 5.30 pm to set up beds etc. for

the night ahead. Rolls taken)

6:00pm Dinner (BBQ Tea – Sausage Sizzle)

6:30pm -7:00pm F-2 to disco and 3-6 inside games

7:00pm – 8:00pm F-2 video and 3-6 disco

8:00pm – 9:00pm F-2 bed and 3-6 disco

9:00pm - 10:30pm Video 3- 6

10:30pm All in bed!

Friday

Breakfast

9:30am Aerobics

9:30am 10 minute activity rotations with pancakes for morning tea

Lunch

Whole School Dismissed at 1:30pm for Term Break.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

If you have any queries regarding the sleepover please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s

teacher or Trudie Esler. Students at each grade level will be allocated classrooms for their

sleeping quarters on Thursday evening and boys and girls will be located separately in various

areas of the school. Once these arrangements have been finalised all students will be notified.

A list of items to bring along will be published in future newsletters for your information but

please remember it is only for one night, so luggage should be on a minimum. Students are

requested not to bring any lollies along for either the Thursday evening or Friday.

The sleepover is an activity to celebrate the end of term and a way of familiarising students for

the Whole School Camp that takes place in Term 4. As this is an overnight activity the detailed

permission form must be completed for each child attending and handed in at least a week

prior to this event taking place.

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