Newsletter Number 13
26th May 2014
Dear Parents, Students and Friends of
Cheltenham Primary School
Cheltenham Primary Welcomes Grandparents
to School
Our Open Day, during Education Week, was
wholeheartedly supported by our families, with
many grandparents able to join us on Tuesday.
Our School Band and Grade 2 children entertained
the large audience of grandparents in the hall,
followed by a homemade ‘Devonshire Tea’ and
savoury scones. This morning tea had been
carefully prepared by our students, in our kitchen
classroom program. All classrooms throughout
the day were full of happy children as their
extended family members visited and assisted
with learning tasks, and joined in with the learning
activities. As the photos show, everyone loved
having their nan or poppy, gran or granddad or
mum and dad visit. Thank you to all for making it
a very special day.
Book Fair
Last week Mrs Rose coordinated our annual Book
Fair to enable all children to view high quality
reading literature and to purchase any on display.
The book fair was extremely well attended by our
school community and whenever I visited the
library, I observed all children keenly completing
their ‘wish lists’ with popular book titles. Mrs
Rose manages a well-resourced library to provide
all children with a wide range of high interest
reading material. Proceeds from the book fair will
be used to purchase new reading material for the
children to read and enjoy in the future. Thank
you to Mrs Rose for organising the Book Fair and
to the school community for supporting it so well.
Lap-a-thon
Later in the week, the school held its annual Lapa-thon, jointly run by the PTFA and the Student
Representative Council. We congratulate all
children
on
their
enthusiastic approach
to the event, as it was
evident on the day
how many were trying
to
challenge
themselves
in
completing a maximum number of laps. In
speaking to the girls and boys afterwards, I was
pleased to hear of their pride in completing the
lap-a-thon, as overall, a significant number of laps
were completed in the set time allowed. Well
done to all for a super effort.
Prep Enrolments for 2015
The school is taking enrolments for 2015. Nearly
all of our families, [with a child currently at
Cheltenham Primary] and who intend enrolling a
sibling next year, have handed in their enrolment
form to the office. For any families who are still
to complete an enrolment form, please contact
Jezz or Robyn at your earliest opportunity, to
complete the enrolment process. We have many
new families booking school tours, with a view to
secure an enrolment place at Cheltenham Primary
School for next year. Our current families have
priority over new families, however, to assist with
forward planning, we need to be aware of student
numbers as soon as possible. Thank you for
attending to this matter if relevant to you.
ICT –Ipad Apps
Miss Toister has prepared a parent reference flyer
as an overview of the apps being utilised for
teaching and learning purposes at the school.
Please find this flyer attached to the newsletter, for
your benefit.
Important dates for your diary:
MAY 2014
Thursday, 29th
Friday, 29th
JUNE 2014
Tuesday, 3rd
Monday, 9th
Sunday, 15th
Tuesday, 17th
Friday, 20th
24th & 25th
Friday, 27th
Junior School Concert
7pm
Junior School Concert
10am
PTFA AGM 7.30pm
Queen’s Birthday Holiday
Working Bee
School Council 7.30pm
PTFA School Disco
Parent Meetings
Last Day Term 2 – 2.30pm
Dismissal
Kind regards
Mrs Cheryl Clark
Acting Principal
TERM DATES FOR 2014
Term 2 - 22nd April to 27th June
Term 3 - 14th July to 19th September
Term 4 - 6th October - 19th December
Issue 4 brochures were distributed last week.
Orders are due back on Wednesday, 30th May.
Issue 3 orders were sent to the classrooms to be
given to the children. Please report any problems
with those orders as soon as possible via the
school office.
Mrs Judy Davies
Book Club Coordinator
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
Mr Marco is renewing many of the planting beds
in the garden. He is looking for any new to near
new carpet offcut pieces to line the base of the
beds. If anyone has any to donate to the school,
please contact Mr Marco via the school’s email or
8585 3200.
Jennifer Leason
Kitchen Classroom
Coordinator
Marco Piscioneri
Garden Specialist
Our
Are proud sponsors of our YCDI Program
Please support them with your custom
Konnective communication app is going well with
many families already receiving updates on events
and special dates. We have approximately 100
families who still need to complete and activate
their account. Please look out for an email from
Konnective which will have further instructions
(check your spam box too).
PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE
Is it too late to register for the PRC? Pick up your
favourite book and start reading today! The 2014
PRC runs from now until 5th September 2014.
PRC Registration Forms are attached at the end of
this newsletter and registration is open until this
Friday, 30th May.
Thank you to teachers; Ms Alana Gadsby and Ms
Holly Smith, for their involvement in the PRC this
year. They will be assisting the 2014 PRC
Champions to share their love of reading
throughout the school community – so stay tuned!
Congratulations to the following students who
have completed the 2014 Premier’s Reading
Challenge; Scarlett Delves PA, Catherina Van
Spaandonk 3/4D and Dylan De Forest 5C – well
done!
Miranda Brett
PRC Coordinator
DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY
On Wednesday,
21st
May
students from
grade three to
six participated
in the Kingston
District Cross
Country
competition at
Mentone Grammar Playing Fields, Keysborough.
Finishing in the top eight and going through to the
division round on Wednesday, 4th June at Cornish
College, Bangholme for the 9/10 year olds
running 2km was Star Waata and Charles Diano.
For the 11 year olds running 3km was Ella
Hamstead, Rex Kilburn and Lachie Bourke. For
the 12/13 year olds running 3km was Lachie
Richards. An honourable mention goes to Sarah
Auslander, Abbi Vernon, Declan McComb, Emily
Poulter and Jack Milner for finishing closely
behind.
Well done to everyone who attended on the day,
particularly students. You encouraged and
supported your teammates to help them achieve
their best. You all had strong starts and finishes in
the races and looked amazing as a team. Thanks to
the parents, teacher and friends for supporting the
team on the day. Every bit of encouragement
helps!
To all the students who ran, we are proud of you
and all your efforts preparing for the day. Good
luck to the students through to the Division
Competition.
Mrs Andi Carlisle
PE Teacher
SRC
We would like to congratulate all of the students
who participated in the Lap-a-thon last Thursday,
22nd May. The event was a great success with
students trying their hardest to complete as many
laps as they could within the 45 minutes. Some
ran, some jogged and some walked but everyone
had a wonderful time! Thank you to everyone
who helped support this PTFA fundraiser for our
school. Students now have until Thursday, 5th
June to collect and return their sponsorship
money and go into a raffle draw – major prize
Scooter and helmet.
Ms Ellen Hollowood
SRC
LIBRARY
Well done and thank you to the whole school for
supporting our Book Fair this year. We managed
to raise $1045.00 to purchase new books for our
Library. A very special thank you goes to Judy
Davies, Miranda Brett and Xena Ward for
assisting at the Book Fair.
We have been lucky to book a day visit next term
with Author and Illustrator, Leigh Hobbs. Leigh
Hobbs is well known for his Old Tom and
Horrible Harriet series. He will be visiting the
whole school on Tuesday, 15th July for an
interactive session to practise literacy skills in
character development and storytelling. The cost
of this incursion is covered by the yearly activities
levy.
“All the words I use in my stories can be found in
the dictionary – it’s just a matter of arranging
them into the right sentences” – Somerset
Maugham.
Mrs Isobel Rose
Library Technician
Getting Along is the You Can Do It foundation for
this term. This means working well with
classmates, solving problems without getting too
angry, and following the rules of the classroom.
These students have won YCDI awards this
week!
Grade
3/4A
3/4B
3/4C
3/4D
05A
05B
05C
06A
06B
Mathletics
Kitchen Classroom
Lower Sports
Upper Sports
Winner
Avelina Hamilton
Ashley Hill
Sam Kilburn
Ned Bodi
Ben Jelleff
Caity Elms
George Renieris
Jack Milner
Lachie Richards
Eduard Gow-Brown
Lily Poulter
Kate Traekornbouree
Marli Hardam-Hill
NUDE FOOD WEDNESDAYS
Don’t forget – “Nude Food Wednesdays” is every
Wednesday where all children will be encouraged
to bring only packaged free foods in re-usable
containers. This rubbish free initiative can
encourage children to try different foods that they
may not usually like to include in their
lunchboxes. This will encourage environmentally
friendly lunches by eliminating all unnecessary
wrapping!
Ms Alana Gadsby
Prep Teacher
Cheltenham Primary School
Parents, Teachers and Friends Association
Nomination for Committee Position 2014/2015
The Committee of the Parents, Teachers and Friends Association (PTFA) of Cheltenham
Primary School assumes office for a period of 12 months.
A Committee member’s term of office includes Terms 3 and 4 of the current school year and
Terms 1 and 2 of the following school year. All positions become vacant at the AGM and if
more than one person nominates for a position it shall be resolved by a vote (as per the
constitution). The outgoing Committee members will participate in a handover with the
newly-elected Committee members (as needed).
Elections will be held at the PTFA AGM on Tuesday 3rd June 2014 for the following
Committee positions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Secretary
Newsletter Officer
Publicity Officer
General Committee Positions
If you would like to stand for election for one of these positions, please indicate your interest
below and return this form to the school office no later than Tuesday, 27th May 2014.
Please enclose $1 with your nomination form for your PTFA membership subscription.
I would like to stand for election for the PTFA Committee position of
______________________________ (please complete from list of positions above).
 I have included my $1 for the PTFA membership subscription.
 I understand that I must attend the PTFA AGM on 4
th
June to participate in the election
process.
Signed: ___________________________________________________________
Name (please print clearly): ___________________________________________
Contact phone number: ______________________________________________
Email: ____________________________________________________________
Eldest child and grade: _______________________________________________
Cheltenham Primary School
Parents, Teachers and Friends Association
Positions and Responsibilities
8. President
 Chairs meetings
 Co-ordinates volunteers
 Liaises with school office and school principal
 Presents at Prep Information Night
 AGM preparation
9. Vice President
 Supports President (including chairing of meetings in Presidents absence)
 Monitors and manages incoming PTFA mail
10. Treasurer
 Prepares and monitors event budgets
 Liaises with Lottie to pay invoices
 Records profits/losses
NB. Banking and record-keeping managed by school office
11. Secretary
 Records and distributes minutes
 Compiles, updates and distributes contact lists
 AGM preparation (with President)
 Prepares agendas for monthly meetings
12. Newsletter Officer
 Writes newsletter updates
 Forwards updates to school office weekly
 Contacts class reps to enrol their support for publicising events
13. Publicity Officer
 Produces flyers
 Produces banners
 Informs Newsletter Officer of anything that needs to be publicised
14. General Committee
 Helps with events and ideas – first port of call for event/fundraiser coordinators
Co-ordinators are needed for each event/fundraiser. (Job sheets are available to assist with
planning events repeated each year)
All members are welcome at meetings, but you do not have to attend meetings in order to be
a member.
G.A.T.E.WAYS has pleasure in inviting
gifted and talented children
from Years 1 – 6 to
‘The Firbank Festival of Workshops’
hosted by Firbank Grammar School, Brighton
Wednesday 25 June and Thursday 26 June 2014
from 9.30 am to 3.15 pm
G.A.T.E.WAYS is an independent, non-funded organisation, established in 1994 to
provide opportunities for highly able and gifted children with special educational
needs. Like-minded students can participate in programs that will challenge them
intellectually and help develop their individual talents.
G.A.T.E.WAYS Festivals offer a large range of workshops running
concurrently over two days with the emphasis on challenge and fun. If you
would like your child to participate in this program please read the
information brochure and enrol directly at www.gateways.edu.au.
Any further queries please see Andrea Kinsey.