10/08/2015
Week 4
CLASS
RATE
CLASS
RATE
CLASS
RATE
CLASS
RATE
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Prep B
92.8
1/2 W
86.5
4 Blue
86.3
6 Blue
91.3
Prep R
91.6
2 Red
95.0
4 Red
81.9
6 Red
83.2
Pre/1 P
96.0
2/3 P
51.9
5 Blue
86.8
1 Blue
95.4
3 Blue
80.0
5 Red
88.0
UNIFORMS
Crescent Lagoon State School has an approved school
uniform and all students are expected to wear their
uniform with pride. Parents and carers are advised that
there are second-hand uniforms available at very
reasonable prices at the Uniform Shop which is open
every Thursday morning from 8:30am. Please ensure
that your child is dressed in their uniform for school. Sadly
many items of clothing also end up in our lost property
basket near the Office so if your child has lost any items
please check the basket. Remember the rule is “No Hat;
No Play”. Our Student Dress code is on our Website
www.creslagoss.eq.edu.au
ATTENDANCE
Congratulations goes to Prep/1 Purple who had the
highest attendance for Week 4 with 96.0%.
As you can observe in the table below our attendance was
down for the week. This has been due to a lot
of students with illnesses. There has been quite
a few cases of flu, vomiting and diarrhoea
going around the school. We know that “Every
Day Counts”, however if your child is showing
BEHAVIOUR
The Behaviour Rule for this week Be a Learner – Be
prepared for learning. Our students are being learners
when they are prepared each morning for the classroom,
when they are following school rules, when they are
participating in all school activities and being problem
solvers
Have a great week,
Mr Berryman
PACE
Darumbal Parent and Community Engagement offer a
range of programs for Indigenous families. In particular
they can help you with understanding your child’s
homework. Contact Jenny Aaskov or Rose Melton on
4922 6180 for more information.
symptoms of these cases please keep
them home and get them the care that
is needed.
2015 Term Dates
Term 1: 27/01 – 02/04
Term 2: 20/04 – 26/06
Term 3: 13/07 – 18/09
Term 4: 06/10 – 11/12
Office Times: 7:45 – 3:45pm
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
5
AUGUST
WEEK
DATE
10
11
12
13
14
15/16
6
AUGUST
17
18
19
20
21
22/23
7
AUGUST
24
25
26
27
9
SEPTEMBER
8
AUGUST/SEPT
28
29/30
31
1
2
3
4
5/6
7
8
9
10
11
VTERM 3
ACTIVITY/EVENT
2pm Parade
Step into Prep Session 3/8
Interschool Sport
Science Week – Science of Light
3.20pm P&C Meeting - RC
2pm Parade
Combined Schools – Strings (Allies)
Combined Schools – Band (Allies)
Step into Prep Session 4/8
Interschool Sport
Chappy Trivia Night - RSHS
Village Festival, Yeppoon
Children’s Book Week “Books Light
Up Our World”
2pm Parade
Step into Prep Session 5/8
Premier’s Reading Challenge closes
Interschool Sport
Daffodil Day
30 – R’ton Cultural Festival
2pm Parade
Step into Prep Session 6/8
Father’s Day Stall – RC
Father’s Day Stall – RC
School Disco (Yr6 fundraiser)
6 – Father’s Day
SEPTEMBER
10
15
16
17
18
Step into Prep Session 7/8
11-17 Life Ed Van @ Cresso
Interschool Sport commences
Parent/Carer – Teacher Interviews this
week (more info to come)
2pm Cresso Croc Parade
Step into Prep Session 8/8
Talk Like a Pirate Day @ Cresso
Interschool Sport
1
OCTOBER
19/20
5
6
7
8
9
10/11
Book Week – Week 7
Book Week is rapidly approaching. The theme this year is
Books Light up Our World. During this week we will be
having a “Dress Up” Day where students are able to dress
as their favourite character from a book. It would be great
if they could bring in the book their character comes from
or borrow it from the Resource Centre.
We are still working on which day is best for our “Dress
Up” during Week 7 but wanted to let you know now so that
students (and staff) can start coming up with some
creative costume ideas.
Reading Knights
We will be launching our “Cresso Reading Knights”
Program during Book Week this year. This is a long-term
incentive program to encourage students to engage in
reading activities on a “nightly” basis both throughout the
school term and over the holidays. All students will
receive a flyer outlining how the program works
2pm Sports Parade
12/13
14
If you've finished your reading, please drop off your
completed reading forms to the Resource Centre ASAP.
TERM 4
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
2pm Parade
Interschool Sport
DATE CLAIMERS:
19 October – Pupil Free Day
30 October – Day for Daniel “Red Day”
2 November – Year 5 Camp
11 November – Remembrance Day
16 November – Year 6 Camp
16 November - P&C Meeting
27 November – Cresso Christmas Carnival
1 December – Sports Parade
8 December – Cresso Croc Parade
RESOURCE CENTRE
Premier’s Reading Challenge
The 2015 Premier's Reading Challenge started 19 May.
Reading closes 28 August.
Miss Lynn & Miss Schneider
HEAD OF CURRICULUM
Life Education Van is coming – Week 9/10
The Life Education Mobile Learning
Centre will be visiting Cresso later
this term. Life Education’s program is
developed with learning outcomes
that link to the Australian Curriculum
for Health & Physical Education.
Students will visit the van in class groupings and topics will
be negotiated with individual teachers. The cost of these
sessions is $6 per student. There will also be a free
information session for parents & carers.
I am meeting with representatives from Life Education this
week and will share more information as it is available.
Maths Online – Student Access
As part of the student levy program, all students at
Crescent Lagoon have access to MathsOnline program.
The program allows students to move at their own pace
through online activities in all areas of mathematics. The
level can be chosen to suit individual students and your
classroom teacher will ensure that your child is placed at
an appropriate starting point.
MathsOnline can be accessed both at school and at home.
If you do not have internet access at home and would like
your child to be able to use the program before or after
school please see your classroom teacher or contact me
through the Resource Centre. Additionally, the Council
Libraries have internet available to use at a low cost.
Each student has their own unique login number (which
should not be shared) to access the program:
For more information about MathsOnline visit the website
http://www.mathsonline.com.au or contact your child’s
teacher if you have any questions.
Everything Quirky
Rep news
Congratulations to Jolianne who was successful at last
week’s athletics trials. She will now be competing at
Capricornia trials next week.
Go’N’Run
There is no Go’N’Run this week as I will be attending a
conference. Mr Jaeger will be replacing me again. Training
will continue each morning until then.
51 things to Do Before You’re 12
Miss Lynn
Head of Curriculum
CONGRATULATIONS!!
The following students were congratulated
for their achievements in class at Parade
CLASS
STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT
Prep Blue
2/3P
Florence
Callum
Jai
Cooper F
Liam
Zya
Aleeyah
Melanie
Abbi-Leigh
Giovanni
Luca
Bastian
Isabella
Mia
Abbi-Leigh
Lucas
Lily
Claire
Hugo
Jacob
Kobey
Pililany
Ella
Roman
Marcus
Annika
Lacey
Nate
Jacob
Sharkiah
Caidence
Lachlan
Zaiden
Shayla
4 Red
Ethan
Kiisharnah
10 Sight words
20 Sight words
20 Sight words
30 Sight words
30 Sight words
40 Sight words
50 Sight words
60 Sight words
10 Sight words
10 Sight words
10 Sight words
10 Sight words
10 Sight words
20 Sight words
20 Sight words
30 Sight words
30 Sight words
30 Sight words
30 Sight words
40 Sight words
Nursery Rhyme Challenge
Red, Blue & Green words
Red, Blue & Green words
Red, Blue & Green words
Magic 100 words
Magic 100 words
300 Sight words
300 Sight words
300 Sight words
300 Sight words
300 Sight words
300 Sight words
300 Sight words
Great improvement with her reading
comprehension
Great improvement with his reading.
Showing great improvement when decoding
and comprehending when she reads.
Showing great improvement when decoding
and comprehending when she reads
Adding expression when he reads to make
meaning.
Adding expression when he reads to make
meaning.
Outstanding commitment to reading novels.
Prep Red
Prep/1
1/2W
Tamieka
Tristan
Zachary
6 Blue
Emma
(Courtesy of Nature Play)
11. Play chasy in the rain
12. Catch a prawn in the river (or at least have fun trying)
13. Make a water slide with builders plastic and a hose
14. Find a cave
15. Make something with things you find
Quirky’s Quotes
“Don’t wait for the perfect moment but take the moment
and make it perfect.”
Louise Quirk
Uniform Shop
The uniform shop will be closed this Thursday 13th
August.
Crescent Lagoon Swim Club
Hello CLSS families! Swim Club is currently taking a
break over Winter, however, our Competitive Club
Swimmers are still in training.
Our pool remains closed while it is being painted. In the
meantime, we’ve been swimming at the South Side pool to
keep up training. The smaller children are gaining so
much more confidence swimming in the big 50 metre pool
(this can be a terrifying experience for the younger children
as they are unable to touch the bottom as the entire depth
of this pool is 2 metres deep).
All the children are improving on their fitness so much now
that they are swimming 50 metres, without the use of
kickboards of flippers, and the older children are improving
on their times and agility throughout the course of the
longer length pool.
Competition time is now here, so, Swim club families, if
your child/children would like to swim at the South Side
pool, please advise Sonn as she will still be coaching the
children.
Swim Club have set a date for registration day as Saturday
22nd August. Please, come and support your school’s Club
and join up! Currently, ages 7 and under are free to join,
and 8 year olds are only half price!!
Any enquiries, please contact Sonn Galvin at Puddle of
Fun 0418 708 426 or email [email protected] or,
send an email to the committee to
[email protected]
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Thank you all,
Swim Club Committee
Date Claimer
School Disco - Year 6 Camp fundraiser
School Disco – “Swing into Spring”,
Friday 4th September
6-7.15pm Prep-Yr3
7.30-9pm Year 4-7
Where: School Hall
!!!Look out for next week’s newsletter entry, pizza and
drink order forms and costs will be listed with order forms!!!
WOOLWORTHS STICKERS
Please don’t forget to collect the stickers if you are
shopping.
Camp Australia
Coordinator Mobile: 0421078743 – Wendy
Before and After School Care
Welcome back to another newsletter update. At Camp Australia OSHC we focus on what experiences we can offer to children that expands
on their skills and interests. Our kids really enjoy exploring the outdoors or just being outside and running around to get warm in this cold
weather. Once inside we have been extending on manipulation skills with play dough and also our creative side with the addition of our self
help collage and craft trolley. Social skills are also a big area that we focus on as a majority of our children this year are all prep – 2.
What have our kids been doing?
The last 2 weeks has seen us expand on some new and exciting areas for our children to enjoy … we have added another new larger red
mat created from recycled plastics … our blue mat in currently a “swimming pool” in the eyes of our younger imaginative children while
our new red mat seems to be the mat for construction. The children keep telling us that they need Miss Wendy to get a green one now so
that they have “grass” to play on inside. Some very energetic and creative minds at work this week. We have also added so new and
exciting dress ups to our home corner which has seen some of the kids looking quite smart and colourful when their parents arrive …
certainly some photographic moments :) We have also been enjoying playing lots of group games which is great for team building and
social as well as fostering friendships amongst the varying age groups. Our children have also been enjoying the story time we have every
Friday afternoon where after afternoon tea we all join Miss Wendy on the mat for a story … our younger kids have really relished this time
we spend together on the mat and love the animation in Miss Wendy’s stories. Miss Sheridan and Miss Kaitlyn have been working with
getting artsy with our children extending on the children’s ideas where ever they can for them and helping them to come up with ideas for
craft experiences while Mr Rion is our sports master and he has been focusing on ball handling skills with our kids who love being
outdoors … some days it will be 5 children verses Mr Rion in a very well balanced game of football or soccer.
What’s coming up
This term we will be working on our next Camp Australia project for the term which will be for the Smith Family Appeal – this Back 2
School Fundraiser assists to provide educational essentials (books and learning support) to disadvantaged kids throughout Australia. This is
a worthwhile foundation and any support we can get will be greatly appreciated. We will be starting some fund-raising raffles shortly so
please get on board to help support this cause.
Important Notices
Parents as the weather is still very cold especially of a late afternoon and early morning it is important that you remember that your child
will need to be kept very warm. Please ensure that they are wearing warm clothes when they come in especially in the mornings as the hall
gets really cold. Warm school jackets or jumpers and long track pants that can be easily removed as the day warms up. This is typically the
season we see children getting sick with colds and flu and we can help eliminate this is if we teach our kids that it is ok to be warm,
washing our hands after we blow our noses and by making sure that they are turning up with shoes and socks already on their feet. We have
had lots of our children away this week because of colds so please be very vigilant with your kids.
Fees and charges
After Care
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
$21.24
$5.53 to $10.62
After Care Casual
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
$22.00
$5.91 to $11.00
Before Care
6:30 AM to 8:45 AM
$14.75
Before Care Casual
6:30 AM to 8:45 AM $17.00
$4.68 to $8.50
Curriculum Day
6:30 AM to 6:00 PM
$3.00 to $22.50 (minimum of 18 bookings)
Vacation Care
6:30 AM to 6:00 PM $55.00
$45.00
$3.56 to 7.38
$8.00 to $27.50
*Notes on Fees and out of pocket:
Almost all Australian residents are eligible for some form of government rebate.
1. The Child Care Benefit (CCB) is income tested and scaled, resulting in a reduction of between 0% and 85% of session fees.
2. The Child Care Rebate (CCR) is not income tested and is available to almost all Australian families. It provides a rebate of 50%
of fees owing after the CCB has been calculated and considered.
So that the CCB and CCR can be automatically applied to your account, you will need to provide your Centrelink Customer
Reference Number/s (CRN/s) during the registration process. These can be obtained from the Family Assistance Office on 13 61 50.