Sept 2 - Clarkefield Primary School

Clarkefield Primary School
Term 3 Issue 25
Newsletter
Tuesday 2nd, September 2014
Term 3 Calendar
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Wednesday 3rd Sept
Basketball with Brad
from 3.30pm-4.30pm
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Many of the jobs our children will be doing in the future haven’t even been
2.00pm-3.30pm
to draw your attention to a new Department of Education and Early
Friday 12th Sept
Childhood Development, (DEECD), campaign – ‘Preparing today’s students for
tomorrow’.
The campaign features advertising and includes a link to updated content on
the Department’s website. While jobs featured in the campaign, such as
underwater infrastructure planner, hover train designer and bio dome
Monday 15th Sept
gardener may sound futuristic, there is a serious message behind them. Jobs
CERES excursion
are changing and many of our children will work in professions that don’t
Tuesday 16th Sept
Western Water
Presentation
2.15pm-3.00pm
Wednesday 17th Sept
Sunningdale Ave Kinder
visit from 9.30am
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dynamic to meet the new and exciting challenges of a fast-changing world.
about how we are preparing children for tomorrow. That is why I would like
9am-3pm
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prepare students for tomorrow’s world. Education needs to be different and
Pre prep program
Closes.
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Today we are teaching differently to the way you were taught in order to
invented yet. As parents, I suspect you are interested in knowing even more
Reading Challenge
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PREPARING TODAY’S STUDENTS FOR TOMORROW
Friday 5th Sept
Victorian Premier’s
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A message from the Principal
exist today. Our school is doing a lot of work to help prepare our students
for this future. We incorporate varied approaches which include inquiry
based learning, open ended problem solving, collaboration across specialist
programs and the use of digital technologies. I encourage you to take a look
at the new information designed with parents and students in mind.
Visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/futureready
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
We will be holding our inaugural Family Movie Night on Friday 12th
Friday 19th Sept
September 2014. It will be held in the senior classroom at 7pm.
Pre Prep Program
The movie will commence at 7.15pm.
9am-11am
The movie we will be showing is RIO. (G)
Friday 19th Sept
Last day of term 3
Pick up at 2.30pm
You will need to bring your own cushions, beanbags, blankets and chairs.
If you do bring chairs you will need to sit at the back to allow everyone to
see. You will also need to bring your own food and drink (dinner or snacks)
as
we
will
not
be
providing
food
or
drinks
on
the
night.
There is strictly no alcohol allowed.
Please ensure your child is supervised the entire night by a parent or
guardian. We would appreciate if children are NOT dropped off and left
Banking day is EVERY
unsupervised.
Tuesday
FATHER’S DAY / SPECIAL PERSON
This Sunday is Father’s Day. Father’s day is a day for people to show their
appreciation for fathers and father figures. Father figures may include
stepfathers, fathers-in-law, guardians (eg. foster parents), and family
friends. The children will be busy this week making their Father’s day
present which they will present to their father / special person on Sunday.
Email: clarkefield.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Newsletter online: www.clarkefieldps.vic.edu.au
1202 Lancefield Rd, Clarkefield Vic 3430 Phone 03 54285121 Fax 03 54285356
Clarkefield Primary School Banking details: BSB: 063‐548 Account: 00800410
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MUSIC TUITION
We have an opportunity to offer professional guitar and keyboard tuition to students starting in Term 4. The
program is run by Music Stars at a cost of $110 per term. Further details can be found in the newsletter.
TIQBIZ - Starting Term 4
At present, our school newsletters, notices and other information can be accessed via our school website,
www.clarkefieldps.vic.edu.au. To help streamline and improve our communication with parents, we shall be
trialling a new school app, in Term 4, for parents called Tiqbiz. Tiqbiz is an easy to use school app designed
to let schools communicate directly to parents on their phones, tablets and computers. The app includes
instant messaging, an events calendar with Google map to show the event location, photos, videos and much
more. The app is compatible with all Apple, Android and Windows devices. By downloading the app, parents
will be able to book appointments with teachers, make payments for excursions, access uniform and canteen
lists, all from the home screen of their mobile device. Parents will need to download the Tiqbiz program for
computers and Tiqbiz app for smartphones at www.tiqbiz.com
I shall provide parents with more details on Tiqbiz over the coming weeks.
Michael
Professional Guitar & Keyboard Tuition
We have an amazing opportunity to offer professional guitar and keyboard tuition to students starting in Term 4. The
program is run by Music Stars – Australia’s leading provider of school music tuition.
Music Stars provides:
- Group guitar and keyboard tuition
- Caters for all grades & music levels
- Weekly 30 minute sessions
- Convenient! Lessons at school!
- Very Affordable! $110 per term
- 70% less then out-of-school lessons
Guitars and keyboards supplied for every student to use during lessons! Registrations Close Soon!
If you would like your child to participate please register using one of the options below. Registrations close at the end
of Term 3. We are unable to accept registrations after this time! Limited places are available so be quick so you don’t
miss out!
Option1: Online Registration (Preferred)
Please register online via www.musicstars.com.au Registration takes 2 minutes and you will receive a confirmation
email confirming your registration.
Option 2: Phone Registration 1300 889 179
If you don’t have access to the internet you can register by calling 1300 889 179.
Our office is open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
More Information
If you require more information or would like to discuss the program in more detail
please contact Music Stars directly using the information below.
Phone: 1300 889 179 Email: info@musicstars.com.au Web: www.musicstars.com.au
Email: clarkefield.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Newsletter online: www.clarkefieldps.vic.edu.au
1202 Lancefield Rd, Clarkefield Vic 3430 Phone 03 54285121 Fax 03 54285356
Clarkefield Primary School Banking details: BSB: 063‐548 Account: 00800410
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On Thursday 28th all students wore a word for the
whole day. The words the students chose were new to
some students and also interesting additions to their
vocabulary.
The students needed to know how to pronounce their
word as well as how to spell it, what it meant and also
synonyms for their chosen word.
The junior room chose words that started with the
letter ‘e’ as that was the vowel they were working on.
There were many amazing
Mitchell the Dinosaur
costumes to mark the end of
from Dinosaur Roar
Book Week. Here are just a
few pictures of the effort
the students went to.
There’s
Audrey was Billy B Brown
Wally!
(Vaughan)
There was a whole lot of Super heroes
in the Junior Room, even Mrs Edwards
came in her Batman costume!
Riley was Specky McGee.
Mackenzie was the ‘Dancing
Queen’
Above: Lillian
as Dracula’s
Bride.
Right: Kasey
as Dorothy
from the
Wizard of Oz
Email: clarkefield.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Newsletter online: www.clarkefieldps.vic.edu.au
1202 Lancefield Rd, Clarkefield Vic 3430 Phone 03 54285121 Fax 03 54285356
Clarkefield Primary School Banking details: BSB: 063‐548 Account: 00800410
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The winner of this year’s Footy tipping was Jack.
Jack won a giant chocolate football. Not only did Jack win
the CPS Footy tipping, he also correctly guessed 9/9 games
on two occasions, Round 3 and Round 22. Noah correctly
guessed 9/9 in Round20. Stella, who won the 2014 Wooden
Spoon, guessed 6/6 in Round 9.
Thanks to all of the students who participated in the 2014
Footy Tipping.
Senior Room News
In the senior grade, students have begun exploring who our heroes are and the qualities they display.
We have finished our exploration of what influences our children’s clothing choices, culminating in students
designing and creating their own accessories using recycled materials. We have been collecting data to
construct displays, including column graphs and tables, with and without the use of digital technologies such
as spreadsheets and Excel.
The senior room students are taking
part in various challenges during
National Science Week and are
participating in the EnviroWeek Foodie
and Green Thumb challenges.
We will be picking some of the
vegetables in the garden, planting more
plants and having a rubbish free week
for our lunches and snacks. More
details will be sent out soon. We were
sent these great t-shirts from
CoolAustralia to get us ready for the
challenges!
OUR SCHOOL VALUES
Respect Co-operation Responsibility Caring Honesty
Email: clarkefield.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Newsletter online: www.clarkefieldps.vic.edu.au
1202 Lancefield Rd, Clarkefield Vic 3430 Phone 03 54285121 Fax 03 54285356
Clarkefield Primary School Banking details: BSB: 063‐548 Account: 00800410
These awards are in recognition of the effort individual students make during the week.
P-2 Aydin for attempting
3-6 Riley for taking
challenging activities and
responsibility for his work
completing each task
and always doing his best.
successfully.
What Happened next? Mitchell wrote about what he did on the weekend in sequence.
Gisborne Thunder Club night Saturday, 13th September 2014 at Gisborne Aquatic Centre 5pm start.
The club is open to ALL swimmers who want to challenge themselves in the pool. All ages and abilities
welcome. 25m races available for beginners. Parents dust off the togs and join the kids.
There are 2 types of swimming Victoria memberships –
Competitive – Races at club nights and against other clubs
Recreational – Compete within the club against your own times
$3 door fee which goes to towards club expenses and swim
The night commences at 5pm in winter and goes to about 7pm. The first night is FREE to new members…... so what have you to lose –
Come and join us Saturday 13th September at 5pm.For further information please email admin@gisbornethunder.org