principal`s message - Charnwood

FISH TALES
Newsletter 12
August 7, 2014
Charnwood-Dunlop School acknowledges the Ngunnawal People, the traditional owners
and custodians of this land
Items to Remember
August 7
Girl’s League Tag
Kaleen Playing Fields
August 13
National Zoo and Aquarium
K/1 AW and 1NK
August 15
5/6n Combined Band
Latham Primary
August 21
Girl’s Oz Tag
Northbourne Oval, Braddon
August 29
Whole School Assembly
September 2 and 9
Kindergarten Transition
Rainbow Fish and Sea Urchins
September 4 and 11
Kindergarten Transition
Sea Stars
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
No Hat. No Play starts again
As the days are getting longer and
winter is nearly over it is time to start
wearing our Sun Smart hats again.
Next week all students and staff are
required to wear hats that protect
their face, neck and ears, i.e.
legionnaire, broad brimmed or
bucket hats, whenever they are
outside. Baseball or peak caps and
visors are not considered a suitable
alternative.
Reminders will be given next week to
help ease us all into remembering
our hats. However, from Monday
18th August (Week 5) anyone not
wearing a Sun Smart hat will be
required to stay in the shade.
Racism. It Stops With Me
Charnwood-Dunlop School
Bettington Circuit,
CHARNWOOD ACT
Ph 62057322 Fax 62057321
info@charnwoodps.act.edu.au
Principal: Debbie Martens
Deputy Principal: Nicole Nicholson
Senior Team Leader: Ryan Lindsay
Junior Team Leader: Ian Sylvester
BPIEC Team Leader: Wendy Waring
Field Officer: Will Johnston
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School Board Chair: Angela Staples
Ph 0414735110
P&C President: Anne Rowe
Ph 0407402993
A group of students from our
Introductory English Centre were
invited to sing at a recent public
awareness campaign launched at the
ACT Legislative Assembly.
The campaign called Racism: It Stops
With Me invites us all to think about
what we can do individually and as a
society to counter racism wherever it
happens. At our school we are
currently focusing on the value of
‘Acceptance’ which fits well with the
message of Racism: It Stops With
Me.
The website
www.itstopswithme.humanrights.go
v.au contains resources and
information about racism and ideas
for how each of us can make a
difference in countering racism. Here
are some resources from the
website:
Racism can take many forms, such as
jokes or comments that cause
offence or hurt, sometimes
unintentionally; name calling or
verbal abuse, harassment or
intimidation, or commentary in the
media or online that inflames
hostility towards certain groups.
In Australia racist behaviour can be
directed at members of any racial
group but some people are more
vulnerable to racism and
discrimination, particularly
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples and people from culturally
and linguistically diverse
backgrounds.
What can we do to stop racism?
If you see racist behaviour and it
feels safe to do so – say something.
For example it could be as simple as
saying “Why don’t you just leave
him/her alone?”
If it doesn’t feel safe to say
something then tell someone
responsible like a teacher, bus driver, shop assistant or
the police
Think about how you could support the person who is the
target of abuse by sitting or standing next to them and
checking if they are OK.
Help us to take a stand against racism at CharnwoodDunlop School because Racism Stops with Us!
Principal
Congratulations to the following students who have
earned a wrist band for consistently demonstrating our
REACH attitudes:
Wendy Waring and Rob Matthews were both presented
with badges and certificates by AEU president Glenn
Fowler for 30 years of service. Wow - we applaud you
both!
Parent-Teacher Interviews
Thank you to all families who used the online booking
system and met with teachers during the past fortnight.
We really value this communication opportunity and
highly encourage any of you who were unable to make it
during this period to see your child’s teacher and book a
meeting to discuss semester one progress and goals for
semester two.
Car Parking Issues
RESPECT: Nicole Le, Paige Fairall, Izaak Custodio, Ryu
Nguyen, Tyreece Ryan, Jack Rogan, Tristan Mitchell,
Kianah Waters, Jeremy Sibly, Callum Thomas, Samara
Doherty, Minnie Kunlamat, Casey Ryan, Taylor Harrison,
Madison Power
EXCELLENCE:
ACCEPTANCE: Samara Doherty, Minnie Kunlamat,
COMMITMENT: Josh Andreatta, Caitlin Bucat, Noah
DePlater, Kaiden Donnelly, Lily Drew, Ada Hatcher, Robbie
Jones, Jenna Kamppi, James Logue, Jack O’Donnell, Ben
Parry, Jessica Punds, Rosalia Rakete, Jack Siharath, Emily
Staples, Samara Doherty, Trent McGrath, Paige Howie,
Minnie Kunlamat, Nathan Rourke, Casey Ryan, Jermaine
Pangai, Tyson Cassidy, Jaan Celik, Jessica Charman, Elliot
Cleaves, Ben Doherty, Kody Donnelly, Rhianna Hutchings,
Will Jones, Zeke Kamppi, Jezreel Lopez, Kelsey Merrigan,
Lachlan Morton, Hayden Oliver, Daniel Ruuskanen, Alyssa
Scott, Connor Thompson, Tiasha Ursino, Liana West,
Byron Withers
HONESTY: Samara Doherty, Paige Howie, Casey Ryan
Thank you for upholding our school values and setting a
positive example for your peers!
This fortnight as a school we are focussing on
ACCEPTANCE.
At CDS we believe acceptance is about being willing to
recognise and respect the beliefs and practices of others
and valuing differences.
Now this is COMMITMENT!
Two of our teachers were recognised last week at our
staff meeting for their long term contribution to the ACT
teaching profession.
At the recent P&C meeting concerns were once again
raised in regards to dangerous parking behaviour at 3pm
pick up time. Many families, particularly those with young
children and babies in prams, are finding it challenging to
walk their children safely from class to their car due to the
number of people illegally parking on the kurb and
pathways. We urge you to please be considerate of others
at pick up time and make child safety your number one
concern.
Mobile Phone Policy
Thank you to those of you who provided feedback on the
draft policy that was sent home in week one. We will now
take the policy to the board for endorsement.
CHILL program
Last Friday afternoon we recommenced our CHILL groups.
In term 2 the focus was investigating our own cultural
identities and discussing what it means to be Australian.
This term we are learning about different cultures in
greater detail.
Following on from NAIDOC week the focus will be
Aboriginal culture, specifically looking at family, identity,
land. Students heard stories from the Yarning Strong
series, sampled bush tucker and learnt about family trees
and the classic kinship system.
Fresh Tastes Friday
Our fortnightly special snacks and lunches look like they
are going to be a hit. We have been overwhelmed with
positive responses from students and families keen to buy
these yummy and nutritious foods. Thank you to Elizabeth
Hickey our Student Wellbeing Officer and our Year 6 Food
and Health representatives Corey Watson and Phoebe
Spurr for getting this initiative up and running. Our Mac
and Cheese pasta and jelly and fruit snack brought smiles
to faces on a freezing cold Friday.
against all other teams in the B grade from the Northside,
winning all their games and proceeding to the finals day.
The Southside B grade competition was called off due to
bad weather so we ended up playing the third placed
team from the whole southside. However, thanks to the
boys ability to play as a team and some good effort in
training sessions at lunchtimes, we beat Queanbeyan
Public School convincingly with a final score of 20-0. Tony
Alofipo scored two tries and Prince Gill and Dom Burt
Gardner scored one apiece in the victory.
The whole team displayed excellent sportsmanship and
were a credit to the school. Tony Alofipo was awarded the
man of the match award. The win shows some of the
talent we have here at Charnwood-Dunlop School and is
the first time in several years the Rugby League team has
won a territory wide competition.
Field Officer
Make sure you bring $2.50 next Friday 15th August to
enjoy a yummy lunch if you haven’t pre ordered.
Deputy Principal
Sullivan Shield
Last Thursday the Charnwood-Dunlop boy’s Rugby League
team competed in the final of the Sullivan Plate, part of
the NRL’s annual Sullivan Shield competition.
After participating in a grading day at the start of June and
being placed in the B grade, the boys then competed
P & C Meeting
6.30pm, August 26, 2014
All welcome
School Parliament News
The year 6 students meet every Monday from 12pm – 3pm. On the odd weeks we do a parliament sitting and the
even weeks we visit classes to get ideas and work on bills or organisation of our projects.
In our first parliament sitting this term we passed a number of bills such as:
Term 3 disco to be run by year 6
Junior House Cup
New basketball hoops for juniors
Year 6 fun day
Canteen special lunches
Year 6 yearbook
These bills then moved to the senate. 4 of the bills were passed and two were sent back for amendments. The year
6s are now working on each of these bills as mini projects.
The disco is going to be run as a parliament fundraiser on Friday 12 September.
We have had two canteen lunches, last week we served fruit jelly and at the end of last term we had a yummy Mac &
Cheese pasta. So far we have raised $1100 but we still need to buy the ingredients for the next 4 lunches.
From the Representative for Community - Daniel Ruuskanen
This term we welcome a number of new students and their families to our school:
Preschool Rainbow Fish - Amam Atem
Preschool Sea Stars - Marcella Madden, Aftab Ur Rehman, Ramisa Raffa
KSC – Sarah, Izeyah Ikubu, Abuk William Chol Michael
2LS – Kaelie Hackett, Hollie Kirchner
2PJ - Ali-Seena Karimi
3/4MS – Aminata Jalloh
5/6VS - Emma Clarke
IEC Busy Spiders – Giulia CAVALLARI, Rachele CAVALLARI, Ihnatsi KAZLOU
IEC Tiny Seeds – Tian Lai HUA
We look forward to meeting you and helping you form new friendships!
From the Class Representatives
Naidoc Week—Student Quotes
Will J(5/6SW) – Darren was there playing games with us and teaching us how to use boomerangs and play
digenous games.
In-
Matty W (5/6LD) – Darren brought his high school kids and they were nice and taught us how to play some of their
games.
Rhianna H (5/6SW) – Creating dot paintings of Indigenous ways to say “g’day” with oil pastels was fun to do in class.
Dylan S (5/6VS) – Learning about emu eggs was really fun and to just learn about new things.
Connect to Reading through Apps
You might like to explore different ways of reading with your child. Reading Eggs is a site that is worth exploring. Have
a look at http://readingeggs.com.au/apps/ . Raz Kids is an American site that charges a membership fee, but might be
worth exploring for you family.
Other apps that might be right for your child are:
Endless Alphabet – for young children to explore the alphabet.
Reading For Details helps students practice identifying the 5W's of reading — who, what, where, when, and why. After
reading a short story, the student is asked a reading detail question,
Aesop's Quest, based on Aesop's Fables, is a learning game where the student must remember elements of a story to
complete a level.
Starfall—Learn to Read
The Opposites app helps children learn vocabulary and the corresponding antonyms by challenging them to match up
pairs of opposing words in increasingly difficult levels
Speech with Milo: Sequencing is a sequencing and storytelling game. Slide the three picture cards into correct order
(first, next, and last), then watch the story come to life.
If you find a reading app that would be great for the rest of our school community to know about, please let me know.
Reading Eggs and Eggspress
In the past the school organised, monitored and paid for student memberships in the internet based ABC Reading
Eggs and Eggspress programs. The membership was cancelled due to the small number of students using the program. We are considering purchasing a membership again, but it really does depend on the number of families who
would be willing to commit to regularly using the program to make it economically worthwhile. If your family would
like to join the program and be willing to commit to using it, please complete the slip and return it to the front office.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Interest in Reading Eggs and Eggspress Return Slip
My family would like the school to purchase memberships in Reading Eggs and Eggspress.
I understand we need to have an internet connection at home and that the program can be used on iPads, PC’s and
andriods.
The children in my family who would use the program are:
_____________________________________ ________________________________________
_____________________________________ _________________________________________
Parent Name ______________________________________________________ (please print)
Walking School Bus
The School has had recent interest from a number of families in starting a walking school bus at CDS. Many families
find drop off and pick up times a challenge with work commitments and children attending multiple schools.
The parking congestion is also an ongoing concern that could be alleviated with more students walking to and from
school. Our aim is to set up a fixed walking route around Charnwood and potentially into Dunlop.
If you are interested in the possibility of using or supporting the establishment of a walking school bus please see one
of our friendly P & C representatives.
For further information on the Walking School Bus initiative, please refer to the following website:
http://www.travelsmart.gov.au/schools/schools2.html
What: Science in ACTion
Where: Australian National University – Melville Hall (off University Ave)
When: Sat 16th Aug, 10am – 4pm
Cost? FREE!
Explore 3D printing, aircraft design, fossils, parasites, cutting edge IT and so much more.
Hear from artists, cartoonists, researchers, authors, climate scientists and see some explosive science
shows.
The littlest members of the family will love Shelly the Snail, exciting science shows with curious puppets,
face painting and our free giveaways.
Don’t miss these special Science in ACTion events!
10am - 12pm - meet the AFP detector dogs and talk with their handlers.
1pm – Hear about what it’s like to live in space with astronaut Rick Hieb
12pm and 3pm – Explosive science shows with Science ShowOffs Graham Walker
This is just the start of what's on offer throughout National Science Week - Australia’s largest celebration of science! Visit scienceweek.net.au for details of all our events. Or stay up
to date by following us on facebook.com/ScienceWeekACT or @nswk_ACT on Twitter.
ACTION’s New School Services Network
On Monday 1 September 2014 a significantly enhanced ACTION bus network, including more direct routes,
better connections, increased frequency and improved weekend services, will commence. This will include
a new school services network.
Over the past 12 months ACTION has reviewed all school services and school service patronage. As a result
changes to the school services network have been made to increase network efficiency and reinvest
resources into the morning and afternoon peaks. Some school routes are unchanged and others have been
redesigned or merged. Where patronage levels no longer support a dedicated school route this has been
replaced by regular route services. Approximately 59% of school student boardings are already on regular
route services.
As this new ACTION school services network may affect many students we are providing four weeks’
notice to schools, students and parents to help them prepare.
Information about school bus services and regular routes which service schools is now available on the
ACTION website www.action.act.gov.au and details of any changes affecting your school are listed below.
A dedicated schools information hotline has also been established to handle enquiries.
Thank you in advance and should you have any queries please contact the dedicated schools information hotline on 6205 5033.