28 Apr 2021
ANZAC DAY CEREMONY
Thank you to Mrs Bickham for her tireless efforts in organising last week’s K – 2 and 3 – 6 ANZAC Day ceremonies.
Both services paid a fitting tribute to our current and ex - servicemen who have defended our freedom in various conflicts across the world for over 100 years.
Thank you to our flower bearers who played a vital role during the ceremony.
Special thanks to Private Rachel Paterson and Private Zoe Armstrong who are currently serving in the Royal Australian Army, for leading our flower bearers in our 3 – 6 ceremony.
CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL
Yesterday we held our annual CPS Cross Country Carnival. The day was a huge success and it was fantastic to see all our students competing, displaying great sportsmanship and striving to achieve their personal best.
It was also great to see so many parents cheering our students on as well.
Congratulations to the following 3 – 6 students who will represent our school at the Parramatta / Merrylands Zone Carnival on Tuesday, May 25 at Don Moore Reserve, North Rocks. They will receive their placegetter ribbons at this week’s 3 -6 assembly on Thursday afternoon. Permission notes for the Zone carnival will be handed out at a later date.
8 / 9 Yrs Boys – Daymon (3F), Evan (3/4S), Olivor (4B), Nimal (3P)
8 /9 Yrs Girls – Julia (4A), Peyton (3L), Kayla (4O), Jolin (3/4S)
10 Yrs Boys – Joshua (4B), Cooper (4A), Sean (4A), Elias (4M)
10 Yrs Girls – Justine (5R), Samantha (5N), Samanthi (4M), Shiori (3/4S)
11Yrs Boys – David (6B), Marcus (5N), James (6YM), Leo (6B)
11 Yrs Girls – Erica (5R), Lillian (5M), Clarisse (5R), Kianna (6YM)
12 / 13 Boys – Asher (6F), Lachlan (6F), Christian (6YM), Dennis (6YM)
12 / 13 Girls – Ellie (6F), Levi (6F), Esther (6YM), Hannah (5/6NB)
The overall placings for the 3 - 6 carnival were, 1st – Ruse, 2nd – Mobbs,
3rd – Marsden, 4th – Simpson.
Thanks to Mr Boyd & the primary team for their organisation of the 3 – 6 carnival.
Well done to the following K – 2 students who finished in the top three placings for their grade.
K Boys - 1st Flynn (KC), 2nd David (KT), 3rd Linhao (KT)
K Girls - 1st Teara (KS), 2nd Hannah (KT),
Yr 1 Boys – 1st Phillip (1W), 2nd Jeremy (1J), 3rd Liam (1M)
Yr 1 Girls – 1st Sofia (1M), 2nd Alexis (1W), 3rd Yobel (1W)
Yr 2 Boys – 1st Alexander (2M), 2nd Jaxon (2S), 3rd Kaiden (2E)
Yr 2 Girls – 1st Sofia (2P), Esmeralda (2C), Alex l (2M)
Thanks to Miss Pires & the infants team for their organisation of the K - 2 carnival.
SHHHHHHHHHHH – ‘MUM’S THE WORD’
Our P&C will be holding a Mother’s Day Stall on Friday 7 May.
As always, a great range of gifts for Mums, Grandmas and/or carers will be available for purchase ranging in price from $1 to $15.
We will accept cash or cash vouchers. Cash vouchers are available to purchase through QKR for your children to spend at the stall. We have also arranged some gift packs for pre-order through QKR.
The children will be escorted to the stall by their teacher. Please send a carry bag with your child (limited amount of gift bags will be available for purchase). K-2 students will go in the morning session and 3-6 will go after lunch.
If you can help out with the Mother’s Day Stall, please contact, Emily Wong at cpspcfundraising@gmail.com or sign up through the SignUp link below: https://signup.com/login/entry/1106992651194198060
KINDERGARTEN 2020 - OPEN MORNING
We will be holding an Open Day for 2022 Kindergarten families on Thursday, June 17 commencing at 9:45am. The morning will consist of a ‘Welcome to Carlingford Public School’ address in the hall, a tour of the school, a visit to the Kindergarten rooms and will conclude with morning tea.
We look forward to meeting our new students and their families.
Please inform any potential 2022 Kindergarten families of our Open Day and our wonderful school.
NAPLAN
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a point in time assessment of literacy and numeracy skills. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in the annual NAPLAN tests in writing, reading, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.
All assessments (apart from Yr 3 Writing) will be completed online. The NAPLAN timetable is given below.
Tuesday, 11 May – Writing
Wednesday, 12 May – Reading
Monday, 17 May – Language conventions
Tuesday, 18 May - Numeracy
Parents receive two reports showing their child’s achievements in NAPLAN; the individual student report (ISR) and additional student report (ASR). The ISR and ASR should always be interpreted with care. Teachers will have the best insight into a child’s educational progress.
Reports are usually dispatched to schools towards the end of Term 3. We then distribute the reports to parents.
CHECK IN ASSESSMENT
In 2020, the Department of Education launched the opt-in ‘Check-in Assessment’ to supplement existing school practices used to identify how students are performing in literacy and numeracy and to help teachers tailor teaching to meet student needs.
The response from participating schools as to the diagnostic value of the online assessments was overwhelmingly positive, particularly how data from the assessments was made available to teachers within 48 hours.
As a result, the Check-in Assessment (Reading and Numeracy) will return in 2021 for all schools.
In weeks two and three of Term 2, (26 April – 7 May), Years 4 and 6 will participate in the Check-in Assessment.
In Term 4, Check in Assessment will be available for grades 3 – 6.
AUSTRALIAN EARLY DEVELOPMENT CENSUS (AEDC)
Along with most schools around Australia, our school will be taking part in the fifth Australian Early Development Census, also known as the AEDC. It’s a national census that records how children are developing as they begin their first year of full-time school.
The idea behind the census is that it builds a national picture of the development and needs of young children in Australia.
An important aspect of the AEDC is that the results are reported for groups of children, rather than individual children – so information about your children will remain anonymous. Results are organised on three regional levels: community state/territory and national.
The census is important because it helps teachers get a better idea of children’s needs in the classroom, and helps our community get the services, resources and support they need.
This means that there is no information reported about an individual child. As the AEDC is a group measure, individual child assessments are not available to parents/carers.
Kindergarten students will participate in the AEDC Census during May and June.
NEW ‘OUT of SCHOOL HOURS’ HUB
Our new OSHC hub is close to completion. The hub will be able to cater for up to 97 students. The existing lease is currently being adjusted, which will see the new hall removed from the lease and replaced with the OSHC hub. OSHC will still have access to the undercroft, office, kitchen and storage areas within the new building.
SPORTS COURTS
Our sport courts have been delayed due to engineers wanting to review original drainage plans. We are hopeful work will commence within coming weeks.
METRO RENEWAL PROJECT – PLAY EQUIPMENT UPGRADE
A representative from the Department of Education has visited the school in regards to our play equipment upgrade. A meeting will take place in the next few weeks involving DoE Assets, school exec and P&C reps.
SAFETY UPGRADE PROJECT
I have made funds available to the DoE to commence work on our automated vehicular gate (top car park) and relocating the entry gate to the pre-school.
Neil Hinton,
Principal.
