09 Nov 2022
CONGRATULATIONS MR CHENG
Congratulations to Mr Cheng and his partner on the birth of their second daughter, Georgia, who was born last week. Mr Cheng will be on leave until next week. Mr Cheng’s class is being taught by Mr Miller.
BAND O MANIA
Last Sunday, our school Bands took part in ‘Band o Mania’ at West Pymble Public School.
The event, organised by Key Music Australia, brought bands from a number of schools together, giving our students the opportunity to play as part of a combined band, in front of huge audience.
Thank you to all the parents for their support in this unique event. Special mention to our band co – ordinator, Ruchi for her efforts behind the scenes.
2023 PREFECT SPEECHES
Well done to our Year 5 students who yesterday presented speeches in their quest to become 2023 school prefects. All 37 candidates did a great job convincing the audience to vote for them. Congratulations to the following candidates who delivered outstanding speeches.
5F – Claire, Taghreed, Aaheed, Zahra, Aiza, Aiden, Atalie, Meerab, Annabel, Eric
5N – Areej, Austin, Calliope, Simaveer, Dinula, Tania, Menaal, Sophie
5O – Ashley, Kayla, Elias, Chiara, Samanthi, Catherine, Una
5R – Fatima, Shaarav, Tarini, Evelyn, Nameera, Julia, Maansi, Cooper
5/6P – Quentin, Lucas, Ahsan, Aariya
Currently staff and student votes are being tallied. We hope to announce our 2023 student leaders shortly.
2022 SCHOOL LEADERS - LEADERSHIP DAY
Tomorrow, 10 November, our Prefects will be attending a Leadership Day held at Burnside Public School. School leaders from 20 schools within the Carlingford network, will be participating. Guest speaker for the day will be Kai Sakakibara who was an Olympic BMX rider who was injured in a fall and is no longer able to ride due to a brain injury. His inspirational story is one of bravery and resilience. Students will be involved in leadership and team building activities throughout the day.
KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION
Last Thursday, our 2023 Kindergarten students had their second day of our Kindergarten transition program. The students had a great time participating in some activities and making new friends.
Parents attended a school readiness session, with Ms. Tillett, Mr. Vitnell and Rob Kerle (P&C) presenting information. Parents also had the opportunity to participate in some hands on Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Geography and PDHPE activities.
This Thursday, 10 November, will be our final session. Parents will hear presentations on resilience, and school readiness. Our EAL/D staff will also present along with a representative from Camp Australia.
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Our students will commemorate Remembrance Day this Friday with a minute silence at 11:00am. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, a treaty was signed that brought an end to World War One. Remembrance Day is a day to reflect on the atrocities of war and to honour and pay tribute to all those who have served in the armed forces to defend our country’s freedom.
Carlingford Public School has a long and proud association with the armed forces, with many of our past & present, students, staff and families fighting to defend our great nation. One of our teachers, Frederick Kilpatrick was granted special leave from the Education department in 1898, to fight in the Boer War in South Africa. Frederick was the first New South Welshman to serve in the Boer War.
Similarly, ex pupil Ray Simpson, was awarded the ‘Victoria Cross’ & the ‘Distinguished Conduct Medal’ for bravery during the Vietnam War. Tributes to both these soldiers can be found in our office foyer. “Lest we forget”.
CARLO STAR SEARCH
This year we are welcoming the return of Carlo Star Search, where our students have the opportunity to show off their creative talents in music, dance, drama, comedy, gymnastics, and so much more.
Auditions have already begun and we are proud to say that we have received a high amount of interest from students participate and show off their unique talents. We have seen a number of incredible acts so far with plenty of amazing performances to come. The Grand Final show will be run in Week 10 of Term 4 with parents welcome to join us. More details will come very soon on CLASS DOJO.’ Thanks to Mr Pappas for his organisation.
CARLO BIN BALL WORLD CUP
Sixteen teams are locked in for the Carlo Bin Ball World Cup. Teams that are participating include: South Korea, Australia, Switzerland, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Spain, Malta, Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, UK, Brazil and Belgium.
The game is a mix between dodgeball and bin ball which students need to hit the bin to win the game. The tournament will be held during lunch times. Good luck to all participating teams.
2022 PRESENTATION DAY ASSEMBLIES
Our presentation day assemblies will take place on Friday, 2 December.
A separate assembly will be held for each stage group. They will be held at the following times. Invitations to families of students receiving awards will be emailed this week.
Early Stage 1 – 9:40 – 10:20am
Stage 2 – 10:30 -11:25 am
Stage 1 – 12:10 – 1:00 pm
Stage 3 – 1:10 to 2:10 pm
NATIONAL RECYCLING WEEK
Planet Ark's National Recycling Week is celebrating a quarter century of helping Australians recycle right from 7-13 November by asking Australians to celebrate recycling in a way that is meaningful to them.
Every week is Environment Week at CPS!
Here at Carlingford Public School, we are focused on how important the environment is. Therefore, we have introduced many recycling initiatives to help play our part in protecting the environment.
We have already progressed with soft plastic recycling from our canteen and staff rooms, composting and co-mingle recycling options around the school with limited resources.
Sustainability has been embedded into our learning programs across various KLA’s over many years (eg, students creating persuasive texts in English, the Stage 1 ‘Living Things’ science unit). This has developed interest in the student cohort and engagement with environmental issues, resulting in a strong voluntary lunchtime ‘Garden Club’ program, and our Environmental Team (Years 5 & 6).
Here are some statistics that we are sharing with our students this week during National Recycling Week. We hope that you can make a difference too.
Australia is one of the richest countries in the world and one of the worst countries in terms of waste generation, therefore we should have a leading recycling rate. However, Australia is losing the recycling race, ranking only 13th in the world.
The New South Wales Government banned single-use plastics, commencing 1 November 2022, banning plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates and bowls, expanded polystyrene food service items, plastic cotton bud sticks, and microbeads in cosmetics.
STUDENTS ARRIVING AT SCHOOL BEFORE 9:00am
Parents are reminded that there is no supervision of students at school before 9:00am.
(Camp Australia students excluded). Parents are asked to send their child/ren to school after 9:00am.
On the rare occasion that you need to send your child/ren to school before 9:00am, they are to sit under the COLA until a teacher supervision arrives (9:00am).
2023 PLANNING
Planning has commenced for our 2023 classes and class structure. We are expecting to start the year with approximately 800 students spread across 31 classes. In an effort to get staffing, student placement and resourcing as accurate as possible, it’s critical that we know how many students will be returning to CPS in 2023.
A Google form was emailed to parents this week seeking clarification on returning to school in 2023. The link is: Returning to CPS in 2023 Parent Survey . Would you please complete this short form for each of your children to notify us if:
· Your child/ren will be returning to CPS at the start of Term 1, 2023 – 31 January.
· Your child/ren will be returning to CPS, but late (please provide date)
· Your child/ren will not be returning to CPS. If your child is not returning to CPS we ask you to also email or provide a letter to the office.
Thank you to the 380 families who have completed and submitted the form. At this stage only 15 of our existing students in Years K – 5, will not be returning in 2023. If you have not yet completed the form, please do so as soon as possible.
SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL TEST – 2024 INTAKE
Selective high schools cater for high potential and intellectually gifted students.
They help students learn by:
· grouping them with other gifted students
· using special teaching methods so students can learn concepts in more detail and more quickly
· supporting their wellbeing needs
Most students in selective high schools enjoy learning more when their classmates have similar abilities and interests.
As well as providing for students’ academic development, selective high schools also offer a broad range of classes and extra-curricular activities such as: sports, creative and performing arts, music, and special interest clubs.
Applications for placement in Year 7 in selective high schools in 2024 are now open and close on 16 November 2022. All applications must be submitted online by the due date.
Application information can be downloaded from https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7. The online application link is available now. More information is available here: Information for SHS applicants (pdf)
Parents without internet access or who cannot use a computer can apply at a public library.
PSSA RESULTS
SOCCER - Juniors (Win) 12-0, Seniors (Win) 9-0
NETBALL - Junior Blue & Maroon 4 - 4 all (draw)
Senior Maroon - (Win) 6-5, Senior Blue (loss) 17 - 2
AFL - Juniors (Win) 36-14, Seniors (loss) 50 - 18
LEAGUE TAG - Seniors (Win) 5 - 4
Juniors (Win) 6 - 5
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND CAMP AUSTRALIA SURVEY
We are seeking your feedback on our after school activity providers. This is a school run survey for us to gain some feedback about the need for before and after school care within our school community. There are also some questions for families who are currently using Camp Australia, our current before and after care provider.
Click on the link below to provide some feedback about our after school care options, including Camp Australia, T3 soccer, chess, languages, KICKS, etc … After school activities survey
TELL THEM FROM ME – PARENT SURVEY
Thank you to our families who have completed the ‘Tell Them From Me’ survey. If you have not had a chance to participate, you still have until Friday, 18 November. To access the survey, click on the following link http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/987ck
Neil Hinton
Principal