01 Newsletter Term 2 Week 6 Week 23

CLAIRGATE CHRONICLE
Colorado Drive, St Clair NSW 2759
P: 9670 1408 F: 9670 1409
E: clairgate.p-school@det.nsw.edu.au
Term 2, Week 6
Term 2 – Dates to Remember
Thursday
June 2nd
Friday
June 3rd
Monday
June 6th
Tuesday
June 7th
Wed, Thurs,
Friday
June 8-10
Monday
June 13th
Tuesday
June 14th
Thursday
June 16th
 School Assembly 2pm Years 3-6
3CG presenting
Snow Cone Day at lunch $1
 State Soccer Knockout – Boys
Mark Leece Oval – game starts at
9:30am
 Winter PSSA Sport
 State Soccer Knockout – Girls
Glenbrook – game starts at 10:00am
 State Knockout Netball Gala Day
Debating Competition – Claremont
Meadows
 Stage 3 Camp
 P&C Pie Drive Orders due on
Thursday
 NO PSSA Sport/Gym on Friday
 Queen’s Birthday holiday
 Book Club Orders Due
 K-2 Assembly – 1/2W presenting
A note from the Principal
Welcome to the Clairgate Chronicle for Week 6,
Term 2, 2016
Clairgate Shines at the District Cross Country Carnival
– we came 2nd – a brilliant effort!
Congratulations to all our District Cross Country
competitors last Thursday. The day was a very
successful day for all children with everyone running
at top speed! Mr Blanch, Ms Paulic and Mrs Roberts
said they were so proud of our students who all tried
their very best and had their amazing Clairgate
manners evident – well done! This year we have an
outstanding 7 competitors going to the Regional
Carnival at Eastern Creek – good luck to them. Huge
thanks to Mr Blanch, Ms Paulic and Mrs Roberts.
Care, Excellence, Innovation, Opportunity
in a positive, dynamic environment
Wednesday, 1st June 2016
Civic Reception for our School Captains
Last Wednesday evening I had the pleasure of
attending the Mayoral Civic Reception to celebrate
School Leaders in the Penrith area. Both our School
Captains – Abby Hona and Billy Kulmar received
Leadership Certificates from the Penrith Mayor –
Councillor Karen McKeown. This was a prestigious
event with both public and private schools
represented. Well done to both our captains and their
families.
Disco Dancers
Last Wednesday we also held a fantastic Disco to raise
money for the Year 6 Farewell. Congratulations to all
our students who came and danced the entire time –
you were all so well behaved. Congratulations to
Mrs Thurling – our DJ extraordinaire – and of course
to all the teachers who helped make this such a great
afternoon/evening. Thanks to our P&C volunteers who
helped as well.
Debating Success
Our amazing debaters shone at their first debate on
Tuesday. Congratulations to Taleeya Ilagan,
Sarah Selfe, Jemma Benson, Billy Kulmar and
Jodie Borg for their excellent effort in this debate. The
topic was “That primary school children should learn
an Asian language at school.” Our team was the
negative side so they had to argue against this topic.
The difficult thing about this debate was that the
children had to plan everything themselves. They
received the topic one hour before the debate and
were not able to look up any information on the
internet – they had to plan, prepare and practise their
arguments all in one hour – without any teacher input.
What a difficult job – well done to all! Congratulations
also to their amazing debating coach, Mrs Thurling,
who has spent hours working with the debating team,
encouraging them and teaching them excellent
strategies for this type of debate.
Pyjamas Everywhere!
How warm were we today! Thanks to everyone who
participated in our Pyjama Mufti Day today – we
raised over $400 to help those with Cystic Fibrosiswell done to all and a special thank you to
Kirstyn Laws for her help with this fundraiser.
Newsletter Day
We hope you like our new look Newsletter. From this
issue onwards the Newsletter will be distributed on
Wednesdays.
News from the Office
Dear Parents and Carers,
The office is about to embark on some significant IT
changes over the next several months. The first of
these changes will commence on June 14th. You
would have received a hot pink note home earlier in
the week regarding the new payment method POP
(Parents Online Payment) which is now available for
use. It is very similar to lots of online banking sites
and we would like to encourage you to give it a try, if
you have any questions or problems please contact
the office for assistance.
The next of these major changes will be Clairgate
transitioning to the new NSW public schools’ finance
system and a new bank account on 5 September
2016.
To ensure a smooth transition, there will be changes
to the way we accept parent or carer payments.
We will be unable to accept any EFTPOS, cash, cheque
or online POP payments from Saturday, 27th August
until Monday, 5th September, 2016. Please ensure
that you have made any outstanding payments prior
to this date. We will send out details of any
outstanding invoice amounts prior to these dates.
From Tuesday 6th September payments will be
accepted as before.
From Week 8 this term you may notice that Cheryl
and I will be missing from the office on Thursdays and
Fridays for approximately 10 weeks, while we attend
training for the new system. In our absence the office
will be run by Jenny Doughty and Rebecca Day. Thank
you for your patience and understanding as we
transition to our new finance system. If you have any
questions, please contact myself or Mrs Lawrow.
Regards,
Gail Makaruk
School Administrative Manager
Thanks everyone, hope you have a great fortnight.
LOST & FOUND
Regards,
CASIO WATCH
Mrs Michelle Lawrow
Principal
Clairgate – just great!
FOUND IN SCHOOL HALL
LAST TERM
Sport Report
District Cross Country Carnival
This year’s St Marys District Cross Country Carnival
was held on Thursday, 26th May at Penrith
International Regatta Centre. A squad of 61 students
represented Clairgate with pride and determination.
Ms Paulic, Mrs Roberts and Mr Blanch were very
proud of every competitor’s behaviour and team
spirit throughout the carnival. Congratulations to the
following students who will represent St Marys
District team at the Sydney-West Regional carnival
on Wednesday 15th June: Jada Taylor, Jodie Borg,
Holly Fitzpatrick, Nick Haber, Bryson Demanuele and
Phoenix Harris. Well done and good luck!
PSSA Sport
DUE TO STAGE 3 CAMP, THERE WILL BE NO PSSA
SPORT or GYMNASTICS ON FRIDAY 10th JUNE!!!
Community Information
CALENDAR – TERM 2
Wk
6
Month
Mon
Tue
30
Wed
Thu
31
School Mufti Day
“Pyjamas”
Donations to
Cystic Fibrosis
May/
June
Fri
1
2
3-6 Assembly 2pm
3CG presenting
3
PSSA Sport
Snow Cone Day
At lunch time $1
Boys Soccer
Knockout 9:30
at Mark Leece
7
6
June
State Knockout
Girls Soccer
9am at Glenbrook
8
7
State Knockout
Netball Gala Day
13
Holiday
Long weekend
20
June
14
15
Book Club Orders
Due
21
9
Stage 3 Camp
Students return
today
ICAS Competition
Writing
June
9
8
Stage 3 Camp
P&C Pie Drive
Orders due today
16
K-2
Assembly 2pm
1/2W presenting
22
Stage 3 Camp
17
PSSA Sport
23
Stewart House
Clothing bags
Due today.
10
10
NO PSSA SPORT OR
GYM TODAY
24
PSSA Sport
P&C Pie Orders
Delivery Day
27
28
29
30
K-6
Merit Assembly
2pm
June/
July
1
Last day of Term
PSSA Sport
CALENDAR – TERM 2
Wk
1
Month
July
Mon
Tue
Wed
18
Staff Development
Day
All Students
Resume school today
25
26
2
19
Thu
20
Fri
21
3-6 Assembly
2pm
5/6G presenting
27
28
3
1
4
Education Week
Westfields
performance
2
3
ICAS Competition
English
8
August
29
PSSA Sport
July
August
22
PSSA Sport
4
Education Week
Rooty Hill Concert
9
10
5
PSSA Sport
11
12
PSSA Sport
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The Moon’s A Balloon
17 & 18 June
The Moon’s a Balloon is a moving and eloquent story that explores childhood
play, invention, friendship and connection in a highly visual performance that is
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The Little Prince
1 & 2 July
For more than 70 years this timeless story has brought joy to adults and
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Snugglepot & Cuddlepie
5 – 7 July
CDP’s Snugglepot and Cuddlepie production is adapted from a series of books
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Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest School Holiday Workshops
Kids 11 – 14 July & Family 15 July
Kids, come along to our Art Making Workshops in the July School Holidays and
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