Newsletter Number 37
15th December 2014
Dear Parents, Students and
Cheltenham Primary School
Friends
of
Our annual Carols Evening on Monday night this
week was well attended. It was lovely to see so
many families enjoy a relaxed evening on our
Synthi-Grass, while our children entertained us
with traditional and modern Christmas songs.
Last week’s Graduation was another major
highlight. Our Year 6 students, teachers, parents
and extended family came together at
Sandringham Secondary College, to mark the
milestone of the end of Primary Schooling for 48
children. An interlude of singing and instrumental
pieces, among speeches by our School Captains;
Meaghan and Matthew, School Council President;
Geoff Geist, myself and Year 6 Teachers; Arthur
Chronopoulos and Sonia Garbon-Uhe, culminated
with the presentation of 11 prestigious Awards to
students for outstanding achievement in various
areas. Congratulations to the recipients, who are
listed in this Orchid.
I would like to wish all our family as Merry
Christmas and hope that you take the opportunity
to enjoy family and friends over the summer
holiday break.
I look forward to another year of support from
parents and the school community which ensures
Cheltenham Primary School continues to deliver
outstanding educational outcomes for all students.
CANTEEN NEWS
The Kitchen Classroom is in need of new aprons.
If there is a parent who is a whiz at sewing and
would love to volunteer their services to make 30
aprons (material will be provided), please email
the school with your contact details to
[email protected]
Jennifer Leason
Canteen Manager
BOOK CLUB
All orders were distributed
to the children last week.
Thank you for your support
throughout the year. Your
purchases have resulted in
just
over
$1000
in
“Scholastic Rewards” going towards resources for
our Library!
As my family will be living overseas for next
year, I will no longer be facilitating book clubs at
CPS.
With best wishes to all for a happy and safe
holiday season.
Judy Davies
Book Club Coordinator
“Educating children to believe in their potential”
Yours sincerely,
Margaret McIntosh
Principal
Are proud sponsors of our YCDI Program
Please support them with your custom
SRC UPDATE
A HUGE thank you to everyone who wore their
casual clothes and donated a gold coin towards
The Daniel Morcombe Foundation, in support of
Rock Out in Red. We raised a huge $440.40
which has been donated to this very worthy cause.
Thank you once again for all of your support for
the SRC’s events throughout the year. We have
been able to helps lots of worthy causes thanks to
the generosity of the CPS community. We look
forward to more fun filled events in 2015!
TERM DATES 2015
Term 1 - 29th January to 27th March
Term 2 - 13th April to 26th June
Term 3 - 13th July to 18th September
Term 4 - 5th October to 18th December
Miss Ellen Hollowood
On behalf of the SRC
2014 PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE
Thank you to the CPS community for your
involvement in the PRC this year. Since the
program began in 2005, nearly two million
students have read an incredible 34 million books.
Placed end to end, that’s enough books to stretch
from Melbourne to Sydney 10 times! An Honour
Roll listing the names of children who met the
2014 Challenge is now available online at
www.education.vic.gov.au/about/prc/Pages/honou
rroll.aspx?Redirect=1 View the Honour Roll and
watch a special video with ABC3 hosts James
Elmer and Tim Matthews created to recognise
their achievements!
Happy reading!
Miranda Brett
PRC Coordinator
Important dates for your diary:
DECEMBER
Friday, 19th
2015
JANUARY
Thursday, 29th
Congratulations to Marli H-H our YCDI winner
for November presented by Mr Peter Cutting.
NEW SHOES
A reminder to parents over the school holidays
when purchasing footwear for school, to please
not support the purchase of fluorescent type shoes.
Whilst our uniform policy is flexible about the
type of shoes worn, as with hair, extreme colours
and styles are not appropriate. We encourage all
our students and their families to take pride in
wearing the Cheltenham Primary School Uniform.
We will be stepping up vigilance and follow up
with warning/infringement notices for breeches.
We appreciate your support in this matter.
LAST DAY TERM 4 –
1.30PM DISMISSAL
Friday, 30th
First Day Term 1 2015
Prep – Half Day
Prep – Half Day
FEBRUARY
Tuesday, 3rd
PTFA 10.30am in Hall
REPORTS
End of Year reports have been distributed and
reports of those children not in attendance have
been posted. Thank you to the teachers who
prepared reports that require many, many hours of
work providing parents with comprehensive
information about student progress.
Special
thanks to my Assistant Principal, Bronwyn
Morgan, who coordinated this complex task,
supported also by our Technician, Haidong Lu.
CAROLS AND STAGING
Our ‘Best Ever’ Carols evening can be attributed
to the generous donation of time and equipment
given by the Gellatly family, Michelle and Linton.
Their business, SCENE CHANGE, has again,
kindly supported us by setting up a very
professional stage and sound system that elevated
the children – physically and in voice, to the huge
crowd of family and friends. Cheltenham Primary
School are happy to recommend Scene Change for
any upcoming events you may be planning at your
work place. Linton can be contacted on 9939
4434.
Confidence is the You Can Do It foundation for
this term. It means knowing that you will be
successful and believing in yourself. It means not
being afraid to make mistakes or to try something
new. It means looking and sounding confident.
These students have won YCDI awards this
week!
GRADUATION THANK YOU’S
To our Year 6 Teachers Arthur Chronopoulos,
Sonia Gabron-Uhe, who together with Helen
Griffiths, prepared the students for a wonderful,
memorable evening.
To the Year 5 parents who put on a beautiful
luncheon for Year 6 students and teachers in the
school hall led by Michele Shepard and Lisa Bell.
We are truly gratefully for this annual tradition, it
looked fabulous and the Year 6 students and
parents appreciated the efforts.
To Lottie Maroney for the hours of work
facilitating the Graduation Awards.
Carly Toister and Steven Hogan for their technical
support.
To Ken Spencer and Helen Griffiths for musical
accompaniment.
Sandringham College for the use of their venue.
THANK YOU LADIES
Over the past few weeks, thousands of dollars in
coin collections from the PTFA’s Election Day
Sausage Sizzle, Second-hand Uniform Sale, and
tonight’s Xmas Carols Raffle, as well as the Grade
5 & 6 Homeless Sleepover and Cupcake Stall,
have been counted, bagged, banked and
distributed to charities. A very special thank you
to our Office ladies Jezz, Robyn and Lottie, who
have graciously managed this in their already busy
Term 4 workload.
Grade
PA
PB
PC
01A
01B
01C
02A
02B
3/4A
3/4C
3/4D
05A
05B
05C
06A
06B
School Sport
Mathletics
Winner
Jack W
Ari M
Toby P
Abby K
Charlotte S
Alanah W
Morgan G
Poppy P
Olivia M
Leon C
Sienna S
5A
Klaas M
Sam A
Jemma J
Brian E
Everyone!
Lulu H, Arya K & Yigit Y
SCHOOL CAPTAIN SPEECH – Meaghan Sheehan & Matthew Nibbs
Meaghan: Good evening, Matthew and I would like to welcome our Principal, Mrs.
McIntosh, our Assistant Principal, Ms. Morgan, our School Council President, Geoff Geist,
distinguished guests, teachers, students, friends and families to Year 6 Graduation.
Matthew: On behalf of Year 6 we would like to say that we have enjoyed all our education
at Cheltenham Primary School. For many of us it has been a seven year experience. We are
very sad to leave. But our time has come to go off to secondary school where even though we
will make new friends and memories, we will always treasure the memories and the special
moments we have had at Cheltenham Primary.
Meaghan: For many of us the highlights of this year have been performing at our production,
‘Good Evening And Welcome To Television And All That Jazz’. We also had an amazing
time at Roses Gap Camp, with the Year 5s. We won’t forget the wonderful moments shared
with our teachers and friends at Cheltenham.
Matthew: Some of the exciting changes we have seen at Cheltenham have included:
 Our BER building
 The introduction of iPads and other technologies like Interactive Whiteboards and
notebooks
 Science classroom
 New playgrounds
 Choice of different languages
 Our chickens!
Meaghan: Next year our school will be 160 years old. We cannot help wondering what the
school would be like if we were to come back in another 7 years when some of us will be 18
or 19. How will CPS continue to grow and change?
Matthew: At this time we would like to thank our amazing teachers from Prep to Year 6 and
our specialist teachers who have always been there for us, and have organized everything for
us. They definitely deserve a round of applause.
We would also like to thank the school for giving us the privilege of being your 2014 School
Captains.
Meaghan: Finally, we’d like to thank you, our parents and families, for supporting us and
being here tonight. Please enjoy yourselves and have an exciting and memorable night in
celebration of the graduate class of 2014. Thank you.
YEAR 6 GRADUATION EVENING
MONDAY, 8TH DECEMBER
Last Monday evening, the Grade 6 students participated in their Graduation
Ceremony, held at the Sandringham College DramaWorks Theatre in
Sandringham. This very special evening provided the opportunity for them to
reflect with family and friends, and share the many milestones and
achievements of their primary years. This year our proud tradition of awards
and certificates honoured the following students:
Meeres Medals Bendigo Bank Cheltenham –
This award is given to two students who
have achieved academic excellence and who have demonstrated an outstanding
commitment to achieving at the highest level in academic performance. This award carries
the title of Dux of the School:
Felicity Barrow and Richard Jiang
The Clark Family Award – This award is given to two students who have achieved a
consistently high level of academic achievement and demonstrated a positive attitude
towards learning. This scholarship is to encourage further study:
Meaghan Sheehan and Samuel Thiedeman
The Cullen Citizenship Award - This award is given to two students who participated
enthusiastically and responsibly in all facets of school life:
Holly Guthrie and Matthew Nibbs
The Carter Family Encouragement Award - This award is given to a student who tries their
best at all times and has shown consistent improvement in their school work:
Mikaela Modra
Vawdrey Scholarship - Awarded to a student who has achieved a high level of excellence in
mathematics and has the ability to successfully pursue mathematics at a higher level:
Donald Li
Cheltenham Rotary YCDI Award – Awarded to the students who has consistently
demonstrated the values of the YCDI Program throughout the year and in all facets of school
life:
Samantha Ellis and Billy Doran
Cheltenham Pharmacy First Value Award - These scholarships are awarded to two students
who have consistently demonstrated to the school community sound knowledge and
understanding of value education and citizenship:
Ella McGlashan and Dale Haycroft
Mitchell Family Performing Arts Award - Has demonstrated a strong commitment to the
Cheltenham primary School Arts Program. This scholarship is provided to encourage further
study in the area of performing Arts:
Ruby De Graves and Zac Duckett
Ray White Real Estate (Cheltenham) Sports Awards - These awards are given to two students
who have achieved a high level of success in the school sporting program, participated
successfully in a range of sports and demonstrated excellent sportsmanship:
Madeline Geist and Jack Roberts
Cheltenham Primary School Visual Art Award – This award is given to a student who has
consistently demonstrated the ability to experiment with ideas, manipulate art elements
and produce art works of an innovative and creative standard:
Emily Poulter
Cheltenham Primary School Reading Award - This award is given to a student who
consistently demonstrated significant interest in literature has sought out opportunities to
read and has fully embraced the potential of the written word in many forms. This student
has established a keen passion for reading throughout their time at Cheltenham Primary
School and has encouraged others to gain an appreciation for literature through obvious
enjoyment:
Charlotte Bryan
At our final assembly on Friday, 19th December, our School Captains, Meaghan
Sheehan and Matthew Nibbs will address the school for the final time. We will
also farewell our outgoing Grade Six students and announce our leadership
Captains for 2015. Early next year, a badge presentation assembly will be held
to present these young leaders with their badges.
The staff at Cheltenham Pharmacy First
wish everyone a safe and happy holiday
season and we look forward to providing
your health needs again in 2015.
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Phone: 9583 2352