NEWSLETTER

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CHERTSEY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Willow Road Springfield 2250 

Phone:  4325 3963                4323 1443   Fax:       4323 6891 E‐mail: chertsey‐p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web site: www.chertsey‐p. schools.nsw.edu.au 

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Father’s Day Celebrated Our staff were pleased to see so many dads, carers and other significant adults of our students at last Friday’s special breakfast. This event has become an important way of celebrating the home/ school relationship. I am indebted to Mr Francis and the staff for their willingness to organise the breakfast and activities. I also appreciate the efforts that our P&C have gone to for once again coordinating the Father’s Day stall which provided gifts for students to purchase. I trust all dads had a great day last Sunday! NAPLAN Results The National Assessment in Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) results for students in Years 3 and 5 will be sent home next Monday 13th September. Parents and carers of students who sat the tests in Reading, Writing and Numeracy in May of this year will receive a set of comprehensive reports that provide an excellent guide to the level of achievement of each student. For Year 5 students the results also provide the level of growth achieved in each curriculum area measured from their Year 3 results. Should parents/carers have any questions about the NAPLAN results I encourage them to contact their child’s class teacher. Sport for Schools .

Help us to get sports gear for our school with Coles and Bi-Lo receipts. Bring in your Coles Supermarket, Coles Online, Bi-Lo and Pick’n Pay receipts and place them in the specially marked box in the office from 2 September - 31 October. For each $10 spent we will earn 1 point. The more receipts we re-ceive the more points we can earn. So grab your receipts, your neighbours, grandparents, uncles and aunts and place them in the big box in the office. At the end of the promotion the points are tallied and we will be able to buy sporting equipment for both our school and Active After School Sport. For more information please visit the website at coles.com.au/sportsforschools

Concert Tickets At the time of writing there were still tickets available for our school concert on the evenings of Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd September. (Tickets for Wednesday’s performance are very limited). With the theme “Our Australia,” it promises to be two nights of great entertainment. I urge anyone who is contemplating purchasing tickets to do so very soon to avoid disap-pointment. Choir Due to an unexpected family matter I was unable to attend our choir’s performance at the Sydney Opera House. Miss Wiseman tells me it was a memorable experience and I congratulate all involved. I know they are looking forward to watching the stage musical, “WICKED” this Wednesday especially after singing several of the songs for their Opera House performance. There is even a Chertsey link with Heath Pounder’s cousin playing a lead role in “WICKED.” Thank You During my absence I was appreciative of the school’s Assistant Principals, Mr Francis, Mrs Auinger and Mrs Vaughan filling the Principal’s role.

John Anderson

Well done to Emersyn of 3/4S for winning our recent Hat Draw. I am sure Emersyn will enjoy the prize of a Slushie from our school canteen. My thanks to Mrs Dyer and the school’s P&C for supporting this initiative.

C H E R T S E Y P U B L I C S C H O O L

KINDERGARTEN 2011

Do you have a child or know of any children who will be starting kindergarten next year? If so please contact the school so that we can place you on our list of families to be sent information regarding our Headstart Program. This information will be sent to families in the coming weeks. Please contact Kris Denning on 4325 3963

CONCERT TICKET SALES

Our school concert “Our Australia” is only 2 weeks away. Tickets are on sale now for both nights—Wednesday 22nd September and Thursday 23rd September. All sales are through the school office and can only be purchase by an adult. Tickets are $4 per ticket or $15 for a family ticket (4 people). Tickets are colour coded Yellow for Wednesday and Blue for Thursday. Gail Palmer

 

 

 

 

  

Wednesday 8/9

‘Wicked’ Excursion –The Capital– matinee session Choir/Recorder Group)

Tuesday 14/9

P & C Meeting 6:30pm

Monday 20/9

GAT Camp (all week)

Tuesday 21/9 Concert Dress Rehearsal -matinee

Wednesday 22/9 School Concert 7pm (Yellow ticket)

Thursday 23/9 School Concert 7pm (Blue ticket)

Friday 24/9 Last Day Term 3

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C H E R T S E Y P U B L I C S C H O O L

Meetings are held

every 2nd Tuesday of

each month 6.30pm.

All parents are

welcome!

School Community Hall for hire. Chertsey Com-munity Cottage for hire.

Phone school Office for details

CHERTSEY SaCCs

School as Community Centres

Phone: 4323 7158 Fax: 4323 7158 Facilitator: Nada Potter

Our canteen is now opened on :

MondayMonday WednesdayWednesday

Thursday and FridayThursday and Friday

STORYBIRD

As mentioned last week classes celebrated National Literacy and Numeracy Week through collaborative story-telling/ story-writing. Each class created a “storybird”, which is a visual online story. Each class has created a storybird that is particularly unique. Chertsey’s students and teachers thoroughly enjoyed participating in this storybird project and we are looking forward continually using this online literature resource. Please access Chertsey students’ storybirds via these attached links: Penny Tillers The Birthday Party http://storybird.com/books/the-birthday-party-14/

KA-Mrs Auinger & Miss Sammut Watch out! Look out! As number 8 might be hiding ready to eat you http://storybird.com/books/watch-out-look-out-as-number-8-might-be-hiding-rea/

Jo Stuckey’s four class storybirds Why are we different? http://storybird.com/books/why-are-we-different/ When I was stuck! http://storybird.com/books/when-i-was-stuck/ The fight with Terry and Spicy http://storybird.com/books/the-fight-with-terry-and-spicy/ The box headed boy http://storybird.com/books/the-box-headed-boy/

1/2H- Lesley Health The Rainy Day http://storybird.com/books/the-rainy-day-7/

Kimberly Murray 3/4C The dig that changed colours http://storybird.com/books/the-dog-that-changed-colours/

Loretta Sewell 1/2S Jack the mouse and his friends http://storybird.com/books/jack-the-mouse-and-his-friends/

Gail Palmer—K/1P-Lenny lions surprise

Http://storybird.com/books/lenny-lions-surprise/

Notes have already been distributed and need to be returned to your child’s teacher by Friday 17 September 2010. There is no cost involved, just a commitment to have fun reading each day. Please see Mrs Auinger for any further information.

HOLIDAY READING IS RAD

Holiday Reading is Rad has proven to be a highly successful strategy for maintaining reading skills of students from Kindergarten to Year 6 in Priority Schools over the long holiday break. In 2009-2010, more than 25,000 students participated. Of these students, 96 % either maintained or improved their reading levels over the summer holidays. The aim of the Holiday Reading is Rad program is to encourage adults to read with children each day of the holidays to prevent summer fall-off in reading skills. Each participating student will receive a reading kit which includes:

reading bag (NEW) 

magazines 

student diary 

stickers 

bookmark 

pencil 

parent pamphlet 

K-7 reading list

reading bag (NEW) 

magazines 

student diary 

stickers 

bookmark 

pencil 

parent pamphlet 

K-7 reading list

HOLIDAY READING IS RAD

Holiday Reading is Rad has proven to be a highly successful strategy for maintaining reading skills of students from Kindergarten to Year 6 in Priority Schools over the long holiday break. In 2009-2010, more than 25,000 students participated. Of these students, 96 % either maintained or improved their reading levels over the summer holidays. The aim of the Holiday Reading is Rad program is to encourage adults to read with children each day of the holidays to prevent summer fall-off in reading skills. Each participating student will receive a reading kit which includes:

P & C News Thank you to everyone who donated to the Father’s Day stall. We hope all the fathers enjoyed there gifts on the weekend. Reminder The next P & C Meeting is next Tuesday 14th of September at 6:30pm. Sarah Tomlinson

C H E R T S E Y P U B L I C S C H O O L

NSWAGTC SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS Wednesday 6 October 2010 9.30am to 3.00pm St Phillips Christian College—Middle School 57 High St. Waratah NSW 2298 ..................................................... NSWAGTC JUNIOR SCIENCE WORKSHOP LEGO ROBOTICS Saturday 30 October 2010 10.00am to 12.00pm Gosford Public School Manns Road Gosford 2250 02 9633 5399 Fax: 02 9633 5799 Email: office@nswagtc.org.au Web: www.nswagtc.org.au

Core Hours: 10.00am to 2.00pm Wed & Fri. BOOKINGS AND PAYMENT ESSENTIAL via registration form on website. Events Co-ordinator Julie Porter-Stephens 0408167249 Weekdays (10.00 –2.00pm

WE WANT YOUR EMAIL As part of our move towards the Digital Education Revolution, Chertsey Primary would like to start sending out our parent news-letter and other important notices by email. While we have some family email ad-dresses from en-rolment forms, we would like to de-velop a compre-hensive list. Any information sent in this format will be sent in a man-ner which does not disclose your email address to anyone else. If you are happy to provide your email address, please send an email to: chertsey-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au with the subject line “Newsletter”

Chertsey Primary School &

CHERTSEY SCHOOLS AS COMMUNITY CENTRES

HEADSTART Is your child coming to school in 2011?

And do you live in Springfield?

CHERTSEY PRIMARY SCHOOL Has the best Transition To School Program on the Central Coast!

Our program is full of fun and learning for Parents & Children. Your child will love coming to school by attending this quality

Transition to School Program. It will give your child a chance to meet friends and teachers in a warm and nurturing environment.

If you would like more information about Headstart Program

please call the school on 4325 3963 or Nada on 43237158

COMMENCING Wednesday 11th August 2010 Time: 11.45 am– 1: 15pm

AT CHERTSEY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Come and explore our great we have started.

You would be what is Come and explore our great community gar-

den that we have started. You would be amazed at what is happen-ing and what you can pick already!

John Martin has done a fabulous job mapping out our garden . It is wonderfully planned and has so much

potential. Already we have so many herbs to give away!

So come and join us and get your hands dirty and have fun!

Wednesday afternoons from 3.15pm-4.15pm. Each family is invited to come along and help in the

garden. Tea/Coffee/ Cordial will be available.

Please call Nada Potter- 43237158 for more details. This project is supported by SaCCs and TIES

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Forms to be returned when necessary Please use these forms if you have changed any family details or if your son/daughter was 

absent during this week 

CHERTSEY PRIMARY SCHOOL

STUDENT INFORMATION UPDATE

    Student Name/s: _____________________________________________ Class:     ___________________          _____________________________________________  Class:    ___________________          _____________________________________________   Class:   ___________________                                  

Change of Address: ______________________________________________________________________  

Change of Telephone Numbers:   (Please state who's number is being changed)  ____________________________________________________________  

Family Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________  

Emergency contacts –full name : __________________________________ Relationship to the student: Contact Phone no._____________________________ Other Changes: _____________________________________________________________________________ Signature ___________________________ Date ______________

ABSENCE NOTIFICATION   Please note that my son/daughter: _____________________________________ Class __________  Was absent on _________________________________________________________________________________  The reason for their absence was:    

  Sickness                                    Doctor’s Appt    Other Appointment                                             Holiday   

 Other: ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________   Signature: ____________________________________  ( Parent/guardian)   

** *Please return this form to the class teacher