CHATHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

Find us at: 17-19 Chatham Ave, Taree NSW 2430

Ph: 02 6551 1081 Email: chatham-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES

FRI 2 AUG ZONE ATHLETICS TUES 5 AUG P&C MEETING 3.30PM OLD HALL WED 7 AUG EDUCATION WEEK ASSEMBLY, BOOK FAIR AND BOOK CHARACTER PARADE THUR 8 AUG ABORIGINAL ‘SHAKE A LEG’ PROGRAM COMMENCES

THUR 22 AUG KINDERGARTEN 2020 ORIENTATION & PARENT INFO SESSION 2PM - 3PM FRI 23 AUG NAIDOC CELEBRATIONS THUR 29 AUG KINDERGARTEN 2020 ORIENTATION 2PM - 3PM MON 9 SEP INTENSIVE SWIMMING SCHEME COMMENCES WED 6 NOV STAGE 3 CAMP COMMENCES

OUR SCHOOL CANTEEN IS IN OPERATION ON

MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.

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Issue 10 Week 2 Term 3 Thursday 1 August 2019

STRIVE TO EXCEL

PEER SUPPORT This week, we commenced our Peer Support lessons (as seen pictured below). The whole school will

participate in Peer Support for 30 minutes each week. Two Year 6 Peer leaders facilitate a small group

of 8-10 younger students, who work together through a number of structured activities. Each teacher will

supervise 2 groups in their classroom. We are working on a module called ‘Living Positively’ helping us

explore the concept of optimism. The module runs for 8 sessions. Our first session enabled the children

to get to know each everyone in the group, agreeing on how they will work together and interact cooper-

atively with others. They also be-

gan to think about what it means

to be optimistic. I encourage you

to talk to your children about Peer

Support every week, as it will help

to reinforce the concepts learned

in each session.

Miss Morris

Peer Support Coordinator

See page 3 for more photos.

Alison Clifton

EAfS Instructional Leader/Deputy Principal

EDUCATION WEEK

OUR CELEBRATIONS WILL BE HELD ON:

WEDNESDAY 7 AUGUST 2019

Assembly is at 12pm

(which includes the Book Character Parade)

Book Fair will operate all day

(however closed during the Book Character

Parade).

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PRINCIPAL REPORT

Welcome back to term 3! I would like to extend a

warm Chatham Public School welcome to all of our

new enrolments.

Term 3 is shaping up to be another busy and pro-

ductive term.

UNIFORM

Voting on our proposed school uniform is currently

occurring. All school community members are en-

couraged to have their say. Thank you to Mr Mat-

thew Muller and our parent consultative group for

their work on this project.

STAFFING

Congratulations to Mrs Julie Grieve on her ap-

pointment to an Instructional leader position from

Monday to Wednesday for the remainder of term.

Mrs Melanie Berry will teach K/1G in Mrs Grieve’s

absence.

Mr Ross Loy will be co-ordinating our comprehen-

sive PDHPE program for the remainder of the

year. Mrs Janelle Blick has taken over class re-

sponsibilities for 4/5L.

Ms Heather Woollard will commence maternity

leave in week 5. Mr Matthew Sams will take over

class responsibilities from week 5. During weeks 2

–5 of this term both teachers are team teaching

1/2W.

KINDER 2020

Kindergarten enrolments have been flowing in fast!

Parents of 2020 Kindergarten students are encour-

aged to contact the office as soon as possible to

ensure their child is included in transition sessions.

Mrs Natalie Wells, Mrs Melanie Berry and Mrs Ju-

lie Grieve will be our 2020 Kindergarten teachers.

Have a great week!

This program has been developed by

to support parents and carers to under-

stand how their children learn and work at

school.

Looking forward to seeing many communi-

ty members at these workshops.

WHEN: Wednesday mornings starting

Wednesday 14th August.

TIME: 9.30am - 10.30am

WHERE: Chatham Public School Hall

Matthew Royan

School Principal

AWARDS

SILVER AWARDS 1.7.19

GOLD AWARDS 1.7.19

Pictured below are Elim and Ruby - two of our gold

award recipients.

PEER SUPPORT Continued from the front page.

Pictured below is another of the groups for Peer

Support.

PROUD YEAR 6 STUDENTS

Our Year 6 students were very excited at the arrival

of their Year 6 shirts.

Pictured below are Ryan and Octavia very happy

with the shirts.

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UPCOMING ASSEMBLIES Years 3-6

9.15am K - Year

2.20pm

Week 4 - Monday 12 August 5/6L KW

Unfortunately there are instances where assemblies must change. If this is the case, parents/caregivers will be notified via our facebook page.

Madeline 5/6M Brishaye 5/6M Ryan 5/6L

Tanisha 5/6M Charlea 5/6L Lauren 5/6L

Tyler 4/5L Alena 4H Charlie 2/3C

Jayda 2/3C Allira 2/3C Lucy 1P

Amelia KW Charlea KW

Brodie 5/6M Ruby 2/3C Olivia 2A

Phoenix 1/2W Elim 2/3C

note will go home with students with all the details

of Flexischools.

Our canteen will be sending home very soon a copy

of the updated canteen menu. There are some ad-

ditions which include:

Bottled water : 250ml for 90c

Sushi roll large : $2

Sushi roll small: $1

(Sushi rolls only available on Wednesdays.

Pictured below).

Other items include shepherds pie, nachos, vegie

burger and plain milk with a sipahh straw.

Thank you to all our families and staff for their con-

tinued support in our new healthy canteen.

Mrs McGarrigle

Canteen Manager

KINDERGARTEN FOR 2020

TERM 3

ORIENTATION VISITS AND

PARENT INFORMATION.

WEDNESDAY 7 AUGUST 2019

Preschoolers invited to attend our annual Book

Fair and Book Character Parade.

THURSDAY 22 AUGUST 2019

Kindergarten Orientation + Parent/Carer Infor-

mation session - 2pm to 3pm

THURSDAY 29 AUGUST 2019

Kindergarten Orientation 2pm to 3pm

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P&C NEWS

The next P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday 5

August 2019, in the Old Hall. Everyone is welcome

to attend.

P&C Committee

SCHOOL BANKING

School Banking has commenced for Term 3 with

new prizes to save for. Please hand all bank books

to the school office each Monday morning before

school.

Di Walsh

School Banking Coordinator

CANTEEN NEWS

A reminder of our online canteen ordering system -

Flexischools. It is a very easy-to-use system , prov-

ing very convenient for our parents/caregivers. A