11 Sep 2019
WORLD KOREAN PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION
Last week Olivia in 3L participated in the World Korean Public Speaking Competition in Japan. Olivia did an amazing job, taking out the ‘Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism Award’. Well done Olivia – a fantastic effort.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL POSITION
Today applications closed for our vacant Assistant Principal position. The position was created at the end of last year when Mrs Edgley was appointed as Deputy Principal, leaving an unfilled AP position.
Thank you to our panel consisting of Mrs Castelletti (CPS rep), Allanah Cassidy (DP – Nth Rocks PS), Trudy Mendis (parent rep), Priyana Malhotra (EAL/D parent rep) and myself as convenor.
The panel will meet for shortlisting on Tuesday 17 September, with interviews taking place on Friday 20 September or Monday 23 September. Thank you to Mrs Elliott who has done such a great job as relieving AP throughout 2019.
HILLS DANCE SPECTACULAR
Good luck to the CPS dance groups who will be competing at the Hills Dance Spectacular Eisteddfod this Sunday 15 September. The Junior dancers need to meet Miss Kelly at Pacific Hills Christian School, Dural at 7.15am, the Intermediates at 9.30am and the Seniors at 12.00pm. Good Luck to all our wonderful dancers.
BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL CARE
Our school is seeking feedback regarding Before & After School Care needs for 2020. We are hoping that all K – Year 5 families can find 5 minutes to complete this short survey. If we have an accurate idea of the demand for B/A school care, we can make sure that all children requiring placement will be offered a position. Thank you for assisting the school in understanding more about your family’s child care needs. The survey can be accessed through the following link,
https://forms.gle/J2CEpdMbpjKuJnZn9
The survey is open until the end of Term 3 and can also be found on Sentral and Class Dojo. Thank you for your support.
P&C TRIVIA NIGHT
Our P&C will be holding a Trivia Night on Saturday 21 September in the school hall, commencing at 7pm. Tables of 8 are being formed at $20 per ticket. BYO food, drinks and nibblies with fancy dress being optional. The teachers are keen to defend their title after winning. Tickets can be purchased with Qkr. For more information email CPSFUNDRAISING@GMAIL.COM or call 0419742259
2019 ICAS COMPETITION
ICAS competitions have commenced with Science and Writing already completed.
This year all papers are online assessments . There will be some school iPads/laptops available for students who don’t have one. To ensure an engaging and beneficial experience for all students, please arrange for your child’s iPad to be fully charged on the sitting date.
The remaining sitting dates are as follows:
English – Monday 16 September
Mathematics – Thursday 19 September
All participating students are to assemble under the COLA by 8am. This should leave sufficient time to complete the assessments before the school day starts.
SWIM SCHOOL
Swim School commenced last week and will run for ten days until Friday, 13 September. The program will be held at Waves Aquatic Centre at Baulkham Hills. Students will depart school at 1:00pm and return by 3:15pm. The students will be instructed by qualified swimming instructors. The aim of the course is to give every child the opportunity to learn to swim. Instruction in water safety is also taught as part of the course. Thank you to Miss Tran and Mrs Bowey for their organisation and accompanying the students to and from the sessions.
CARLO CHICKS
The votes are in and our Carlo Chicks have been named.
The winning names are - Albert, Henny, Dixie, Chickira, Nugget, Becky and Moonlight! A big thank you to all the students and families who suggested names for our feathered friends. Over $200 was raised which we will use to purchase their medication, food and other additions to Cluckingham Palace.
CARLO STAR SEARCH
This year Carlo Star Search 2019 will be held throughout Terms 3 and 4. We will be holding auditions starting from Week 2, Term 4. The schedule of auditions will be released in Term 3, Week 10.
Expression of interest forms will be available today from classroom teachers. Please return them to Miss Borg in 2J by Friday 20 September (Term 3, Week 9). No entries will be accepted after this date.
All finalists will be announced after the audition process on Sentral by classroom teachers. Due to time constraints, if you are unable to make it to your nominated audition date, no make-up days will be offered. Any music required for your performance and details of any props or equipment needed must be provided to Miss Borg with your expression of interest form. Only ONE form is required per group/performance.
The final will be on Tuesday 26 November (Week 7)
3-6 @ 9:40am
K-2 @ 12:20pm.
We look forward to seeing the many talents CPS has to offer!
COSFEST – SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Our ‘Community of School’s’ will be holding its annual red carpet COSFEST short film festival on Wednesday, 20 November at Cumberland High School. Individual, small groups or entire classes are eligible to enter in the K – 2 or 3 – 6 section.
All films should be submitted in a digital format on a USB. Films need to be between 1 – 2 minutes in length. The compulsory element for the films this year is ‘voice’ which must be evident in some form.
Films need to be submitted by Friday 27 September to Mr Bhandarkar or Mrs Foo.
Interested students should see their teacher, Mr Bhandarkar or Mrs Foo for further details.
PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM
This week we further develop the range of strategies we can use in challenging situations. This session focuses on step 3 of the model, Proceed. In order to learn from situations and move forward children need to go beyond thinking of strategies and action them. Children recognise despite the use of a range of strategies, sometimes they cannot change the situation. At these times, it is important to accept the situation and move forward with a positive outlook.
Encourage your child to follow through with strategies they have discussed and planned to use. It is important to then help them evaluate if this has worked or if they need to try a different strategy. Overviews of each Peer Support lesson will be shared in the newsletter each week.
TELL THEM FROM ME – PARENT SURVEY
This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement.
Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements. The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, ipads, tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey will be conducted between 26 August and 25 October, though participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated.
Information about the survey is available at : http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/
The link to the survey is https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/carlo19
2020 KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS
Currently we have only 50 Kindergarten students enrolled for 2020. For the last three years we have commenced the year with 120 Kindergarten students spread across six classes. If you have a child (or know of any families) who will be commencing Kindergarten at CPS in 2020, could you please call into the office and complete the enrolment process. It’s critical that we know accurate student numbers as soon as possible as this impacts on how many teachers and classrooms we will be needed. With current Kindergarten enrolment numbers, we would only form two classes in 2020 as opposed to the six classes we have had since 2017.
Kindergarten transition is planned to take place earlier in Term 4, which is earlier than our normal transition schedule.
Neil Hinton, Principal