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Crystal Creek Public School

Phone: 02 6679 1223 Email: crystalcrk-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.crystalcrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

STAR STUDENT

Sophia was our Star Student winner for Term 2 Week 6. Sophia is always kind and courteous to students and teachers alike and always does her best work in class. Sophia is a very deserving recipient of our Star Student Award.

UNIFORM DRAW WINNER

Matthew Simpson is our winner of the Uniform draw. Thank you to the canteen for supporting the uniform draw.

P & C INFORMATION

The P & C meeting this Thursday 19th June has been cancelled.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

19/06/2019 Book Club orders to office—last day

25/06/2019 Choral Speaking 5/6 and 3/4

26/6/2019 Choral Speaking K and 1/2

26/06/2019 Soccer Gala Day at Burringbar Selected students only

02/07/2019 Stewart House Concert

05/07/2019 Les Peterkin Portraits delivered to Art Gallery

05/07/2019 Last Day of Term 2

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

22/07/2019 MONDAY Staff return to school Pupil Free

23/07/2019 TUESDAY STUDENTS RETURN FOR TERM 3

24/06/2019 Half Day Athletics Carnival- Selected students only

25/7/2019 Whole School Athletics Carnival

OVERDUE NOTES AND PAYMENT

Murwillumbah Performing Arts Note

NOTES AND PAYMENTS DUE

19/06/19 Book Club orders to school

21/06/19 $50.00 Yrs 4-6 Camp KOINONIA - deposit

due

21/06/19 PSSA Soccer Note Due Back

Selected students only

21/06/19 $5, $8 Stewart House Concert tickets

24/06/19 Stewart House Permission note due

FRIENDLY REMINDERS

All Helpers to sign in at the office please.

Late Arrivals and Early Leavers need to present to the office before taking the student out of class or delivering to the

classroom.

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Year 3/4 Class Performance

Sophia Star Student Happy Birthday Joe

WRITE FOR FUN

We have an author amongst us... Congratulations to Konnor from 5/6 who entered the Write4Fun Short Story and Poetry Competition.

Konnor has received an achievement award and his short story will be published in the Write4Fun book—”Just Keep Writing”

The book will be published in October and our school has ordered a copy for the school library in which we can all read and enjoy. Once we receive it, we will have an author read at assembly and Konnor can sign the book for us.

Writing competitions are a wonderful way to assist our students with writing or to extend our children who show a keen interest in writing. If you would like more information about writing competitions or how to encourage your child with writing, please see Miss Purkiss.

ASSEMBLY WEEK 6

CLASS AWARD WINNER

Congratulations to the following students;

Kindergarten Matthew, Lyla and Poppie

1/2 Class— Evelyn, Lalika, Brody and Fern

3/4 Class— Kruz, Addison and Alana

5/6 Class— Emerllie, Jacy, Bree, Tre and Bella

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Stewart House Concert

Biannually, the Tweed Community of Small Schools (TCoSS: Burringbar, Carool, Chillingham, Condong, Crabbes Creek, Crystal Creek, Dungay, Duranbah, Fingal Head, Stokers Siding, Tumbulgum, and Tyalgum) come together to perform a concert where ticket proceeds are donated to the very worthy cause, Stewart House.

Stewart House is a school in Sydney that provides a residential schooling program of up to 12 days duration where educational and experiential learning is embedded within a health and wellbeing framework. Students are selected each year and attend the school in lieu of their regular schooling for an enriching and rewarding experience.

At our Stewart House Concert each of the TCoSS’s perform an individual item, the K-2 students combine for an item and the 3-6 students combine for an item. This year the concert will be held at Tweed Heads Civic Centre on Tuesday 2nd July commencing at 6pm. Students are asked to meet the teachers inside the foyer at 5pm.

Costumes

This year, the students will be doing an around the world theme. The students are therefore asked to wear either of the following items:

black jeans, black tights, black track pants or black shorts

Students are asked not to wear skirts. The school will be providing white t-shirts and any accessories that will be needed.

Bus Behaviour

There have been reports from the bus company that some students are behaving inappropriately on the afternoon bus run. If I could please ask families that have children that catch the bus to remind their child/ren about behaving appropriately and safely while they are travelling.

Guidelines for managing school student behaviour on buses document can be found at: https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/reports-and-publications/guidelines-for-managing-school-student-behaviour-on-buses. This Code of Conduct outlines the responsibilities for students, bus drivers,

operators, school Principals and parents/guardians. I have attached page 5 for your reference as it specifically outlines behaviour expectations for students. It is important we all work together to ensure every student behaves respectfully and travels safely. Thank you for your support.

Choral Speaking

Mrs Oakes has been working very hard to ensure the students are ready to perform at the Murwillumbah Eisteddfod in Choral Speaking next week. Students in 3-6 will be performing next Tuesday and K-2 on Wednesday. Good luck to everyone involved!

Les Peterkin

Students across K-6 have been working extremely hard in creating their artwork for the 23

rd Annual Les Peterkin Portrait Prize for

Children. The theme this year is ‘Myself At My Favourite Place’.

In 2018 the Les Peterkin Portrait Prize received almost 3,000 entries from 34 primary schools in the Tweed/Ballina area. It’s an excellent way for students and schools to display their creativity, receive recognition for achievement in the arts, and participate in an exciting creative arts event. A selection of the best work will be exhibited at the Tweed Regional Gallery from Friday 27 September – Sunday 17 November 2019.

Athletics

Mrs Kane has been working with each class over the past week teaching all students the correct technique required to complete field events. This will ensure students are confident in their ability ready for next term’s Athletics Carnival.

Annual Report

The 2018 Annual Report has been completed and is available electronically on the school website. If you are interested in viewing this and require a hard copy, please see the office staff.

EGGS FOR SALE

Free Range Eggs for sale at the office at $4.00 per dozen.

All proceeds go towards the upkeep of the chickens and our vegetable gardens.

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KINDERGARTEN ARE MOTIVATED THROUGH LITERACY GROUPS!

Three mornings a week, kindergarten undertake Literacy Groups. Students rotate around four stations involving Guided reading with teacher, Word Work, Writing and Reading Eggs. This is a time for kinders to learn, work independently and collaborate with their peers. Building upon their regular routine with new skills or challenges keeps things fresh, but with solid expectations.

Students expanding their vocabularies as they work through the Magic 100 Sight Word Program.

Clayton sharing meaningful ideas through writing. Focusing on using correct sentence structure and simple punctuation.

Guided reading with Mrs Brown. Students focusing on reading with fluency and decoding tricky words in text using learnt strategies.

SOCCER GALA DAY

Notes have come home today with selected students to participate in the PSSA Mixed Soccer Gala Day on the 26th June, to be held at the Murwillumbah Soccer Fields.

Please ensure your note is returned to the office by Friday 21st June.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Notes have been handed out today for the Athletics Carnival to be held at Kingscliff Little Athletics Field (Walter Peat Oval) first week back Term 3. Please fill out and return the permission note and money by the 28th June.

ARE YOU A PARENT OF A CHILD AGED 2 TO 12?

The Parenting and Family Support Centre at the University of Queensland is conducting research into parents’ opinions about parenting and parenting programs. If you have a child between 2 and 12 years, we would love to hear your views on parenting and the services that are available to you as a parent. You will need to complete a short survey. To find out more or to participate please visit :

https://exp.psy.uq.edu.au/parenting

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ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS IN OUR SCHOOL NEWSLETTER FOR $100 A YEAR.

CONTACT THE OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION

YEAR 5 AND 6 GET A GRIP ON TECHNOLOGY

We have learnt amazing things this term while being engaged in our S.T.E.M. journey.

In the first half of the term we did robotics. In the second half of the term we had the opportunity to learn about and experiment with Touch Cast Studio which is a film making app.

The children are currently working in small groups to create a short movie about sustainability at Crystal Creek School.

They have to consider timing, light, sound, scripts, collaboration and content to be successful in their project.

We feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity through the S.T.E.M. share program to experience this amazing technology.

YEAR 6 TEAMWORK DAY

Student comments about the Wollumbin High teamwork day for our Year 6 Students.

All of the staff were so kind and caring, I loved the science we did. I didn’t really have my friends in my group but I loved getting to know the other students and making new friends. I LOVE WOLLUMBIN HIGH! - Bella

I loved to interact with other students from other schools and see what it will be like next year. Bree

I loved the canteen and science. I also got to meet more friends from other schools. –Fraser

The best part was the Science. - Bob

I loved highschool seeing some students from last year was good and Science was really fun. La’tasha and Harry

I loved that we got to go to different classes and learn lots of new and different things. –Ruby and Eva

There was so many fun things on the day that I find it hard to pick one of them. It was a great day. - Tyson