CLYDE FENTON NEWSLETTER

“GROWING AND LEARNING TOGETHER”

To Parents and Carers, Week 2— Term 2

Hello CFS Family

Our 11 week term 1 has been and gone.

Several parents and children commented on

how tired they were at the end of term. It is

something that we need to reflect upon as the

Education Department will be reviewing the

structure of the school year in 2022, and we will

all have some input into that process. Like all

new initiatives, we need to give it a fair go,

and by 2022 we will all have a clear idea on

what is good and not so good with the current

structure.

We had an incident last term in which three

students decided to leave the school grounds

during the school day. This obviously resulted in

a great deal of concern for the staff at the

school. Fortunately the students were located

by the Principal in Lockheed Street, and were

brought back to school safely.

Most schools in the NT do not have lockable

boundary fences; indeed we are schools, not

prisons. It is understood that children must

remain in the school grounds, and I hope this

message is reinforced by families as often as it

is by staff at the school. There are a number of

“safe places” an upset child can go to if they

need some personal space. Leaving the

school without permission from a member of

staff or a parent is never an option.

In instances where a child does leave the

school without permission; whilst the school has

duty of care, we do not have the resources to

launch a full scale search. In such instances,

the Police are called immediately and the

resources of the Police, Fire and Emergency

Services can then be deployed to locate and

return a missing child. The child’s welfare then

becomes a Police matter.

Needless to say, the ramifications of such

extensive and expensive searches are

significant for all parties.

Please talk to your child about the importance

of staying safe and staying in school. All

students are encouraged to identify some

“safe people” within the school and some

“safe places” that they can go to when they

are struggling with an issue.

Our Mother’s Day stall will be running next

Wednesday 8 May. This is a great fundraiser for

the school and a great opportunity for children

to buy their mums and carers something nice

for Mother’s Day. Centrepay students can talk

to their teacher about using money from their

accounts.

A special thanks to all the families who got

involved in the Preschool Trivia night last Friday.

The night was an outstanding success!

Jeff

Due back Friday 3rd MAY

MOTHERS DAY STALL

8th MAY

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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1

RIVERS AFL

Team playing

Town Oval

2

RIVERS AFL

Team playing

Town Oval

3 Assemblies -Unit

Early Years - 8:30am

Primary — 9:30am

RIVERS AFL

Team playing

Town Oval

6

PUBLIC

HOLIDAY

MAY

DAY

7

SSNT -Cricket

& Tennis trials

5pm—7pm

Tuesday - &

Wednesday

8

MOTHERS

DAY STALL

* Water Safety

sessions all

classes

9

LUKE KELLY CUP

Come along

and support at

the Town

Rugby Oval

10 ASSEMBLY

Whole school -8:30am

TENNIS & CRICKET

GALA DAY

DO IT FOR DOLLY DAY

wear BLUE

13

14

NAPLAN

Commences

Years 3 & 5

SSNT -Cricket

& Tennis trials

5pm—7pm

15

SSNT -Cricket

& Tennis trials

5pm—7pm

16

17 Assemblies -Unit

Early Years - 8:30am

Primary — 9:30am

WALK TO SCHOOL

DAY

TENNIS & CRICKET

GALA DAY

Week

2

APR

MAY

Week

3

MAY

Week

4

MAY

CALENDAR

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK 10 & 11 5/6 WADEY

Thomas Rachor

For trying hard with his reading.

—————————————— 5/6 EVERETT

Kian De Juan

For staying settled and focused.

——————————————— 3/4 MACKANDER

Edward Rosas-Blacker

For always showing a positive

attitude to learning ———————————————

3/4 HUTCHINSON

Nikita Lena

For her Narrative Story.

———————————————

3/4 BRAND

Breanna Dunn

For always showing Respect and do-

ing her best.

—————————————— ILU — RANKINE

Kenan McCoombe

For doing his best and never giving up.

———————————————–—

1/2 LAKE

Allyah-Kay Braun

For trying very hard to learn her

Sight words.

——————————————— 1/2 JONES

Brettston Payne

For fantastic work with fractions.

——————————————— TRANSITION—BUDA

Rilee Payne

For doing his best.

5/6 WADEY

La Shani McDonald

For great Leadership and Role model of

CFS values

—————————————— 5/6 EVERETT

Kalisha Huckstadt-Rankine

For always being polite, willing to help

and does all she is asked for and more.

——————————————— 3/4 MACKANDER

Isabelle Richardson

For demonstrating a positive attitude to narrative writing.

——————————————— 3/4 HUTCHINSON

Yamine Fuller

For hard work in Reading.

———————————————

3/4 BRAND

Miranda McKenna

For always showing her CFS values.

———————————————– ILU — RANKINE

Darrius Johns

Always following the CFS way.

———————————————–—

1/2 LAKE

Addyson Payne

For Learning all her Sight words and nev-

er giving up on her learning.

——————————————— 1/2 JONES

Lahkarine -Rose Bonney

For always being helpful in the classroom.

————————————— TRANSITION - BUDA

Aleece Reed

For always doing her best without being

asked and following the CFS way.

ABSENCES

Please notify the school

ASAP if your child will be

late or absent from

school.

IN CASE OF

EMERGENCY

Please ensure to notify the

school of any changes in con-

tact details so we are able to

easily contact you if required.

Whole School Average

Week 10 = 78.80 %

Best Week 10

Attendance

3/4 HUTCHINSON

90.48%

ATTENDANCE

Whole School Average

Week 11 = 73.53 %

Best Week 11

Attendance

3/4 BRAND

85.29%

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Transition Buda

Transition Hockey

ILU Rankine

1/2 Jones

1/2 Lake

3/4 Brand

3/4 Hutchinson

3/4 Mackander

5/6 Everett

5/6 Wadey

Whole School

CFS Attendance Term 1 Week 11

Term average Last week

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Transition Buda

Transition Hockey

ILU Rankine

1/2 Jones

1/2 Lake

3/4 Brand

3/4 Hutchinson

3/4 Mackander

5/6 Everett

5/6 Wadey

Whole School

CFS Attendance Term 1 Week 10

Term average Last week

ATTENDANCE AWARDS—LAST DAY TERM 1

ASSEMBLY

Sunday 7th April saw the Preschool community tend to our grounds. 10 families

volunteered there time and equipment to complete maintenance tasks. This in-

cluded extensive weeding, trenching, moving soil, pruning, lifting and chain

sawing.

The garden is in the best shape it’s been in for years! The main planting bed re-

ceived an overhaul and is now ready for dry season produce crops.

Thank you to all involved. What a wonderful community we have.

PRE SCHOOL - NEWS

Vacancies now available

contact the School Office for an

Enrolment Form

(08) 8975 4082

or

admin.clydesch@ntschools.net

AFTER SCHOOL CARE

Akiema

Addyson

Allyrah

Mikaela

Dean

Jack

Keziah

Silas

Aleece

Brodie

Joe B

Cayden

NEWSLETTERS - will be distributed Fortnightly - Weeks 1, 3, 5 ,7, 9

FAREWELL HONOUR AWARDS

It’s Miss Mars’s final week

here at CFS Pre School.

Miss Marz has been promoted

to Families as First Teachers

(FaFT) and will be working to

improve outcomes for Aboriginal children aged 0-

3. Miss Marz says that she will miss Preschool and

Miss Monica dearly.

Please join us on Friday at 9:30am for a farewell

morning tea at the Preschool.

Mrs Hockey will be replacing Miss Marz as the Pre-

school Teacher.

Ms Tracey-Anne

will be leaving us this week too

as she will be going back home to Mataranka

“It has been an amazing experience and I

am taking away so many wonderful

memories”

SPORTS with Miss Lansdown

Another successful day on the field:

The Under 12’s Rugby League Development Day was a huge success full of fun and excitement. CFS

Storm played against Katherine High School and Katherine South Primary School and finished 2nd. The girls

made some big tackles, smart decisions and good runs. It was impressive to see so many year 3-4’s out

there tackling girls double their size. Our captains La Shani McDonald, Jazmeralda Mota and Ella Perduns

shared their knowledge of the game positively and encouraged their team mates. Kalisha Huckstadt-

Rankine won best on ground for the day by bringing her team mates into the game and bouncing back

after an injury. Thanks to Darren and Jarrod from NRL for helping us to continue to develop our

confidence in skills in NRL.

Congratulations: Sendy Frederick, La Shani McDonald, Akeima Lake, Olivia Donzow, Kalisha Huckstadt-

Rankine, Daina Bostock, Akia-Marie Lake, Tio Hughes, Brianna Limerick, Breanna Hagar-Andrews, Breanne

Payne, Ella Perduns, Leearna Hargar-Andres, Mercii McAdam and Jazmeralda Mota

Kiera Lansdown

DOTT Teacher (Physical Education Teacher) HOUSE POINTS

Jabiru

3088

Brolga

2999

Pelican

2622

Kingfisher

2559

Today we said Good-Bye to Miss Lansdown. She is heading back Home to Mel-

bourne, Victoria. We gave her lots and lots of Hugs...We will miss you forever xxxx

EASTER HAT PARADE

HARMONY DAY ACTIVITIES

ANZAC DAY MARCH & ASSEMBLY

NEW OUTDOOR AREA ILU have had a make -over thanks to Miss Jan!!

Miss Jan spent a lot of her time in the holidays painting the out-

door area of ILU to create a learning and playing space for the

kids.

Check us out!

Miss Jan painting her design Testing out the new racing track

The boys building with lego

ILU Class wish to give a big Thumbs Up and Thank You to John Wil-

liams from NORTHERN PAINTING SERVICES for the donation of Paint