Welcome to Week 9

Assembly: Thank you to all those who attended last week’s assembly.

Congratulations to the following students who received awards for Merit

Certificates: Lily Moresby, Tully Andrzejewski, Charlie Eggins, Annika Swift,

Nya Andrzejewski, Molly Bennett, Taylor Dolan, Archie Denley, Jayden

Glackin, George Sutherland and Jess Hayes. Student of the Week: Kali Swift,

Kaylah Glackin, Sean Palmer, Luna Philip, Jessie Wood and Jack Rollans. Silver

Awards went to Sumira Mahoney.

Harmony Day Activities: Last Friday we celebrated Harmony Day at

our school. All the students and staff dressed for the occasion and the day was a

great success. A big thankyou to those wonderful canteen helpers who made a

variety of tasty and nutritious delights from China, North America and Mexico.

The day concluded with a parade of nations and our whole school assembly.

Congratulations everyone on a fantastic day.

ANZAC Memorial Service- Friday April 11.

The last day of term will be an extremely busy day for our school. At 10:15am

all students and staff will be walking up to the Cenotaph for a special ANZAC

memorial service beginning at 10:30am. We will then return to school for a

morning tea at 11:00am. Students are to be in full school uniform for the day. All

parents and members of the community are invited to attend the service and join

us back at school for a cuppa.

Yr 6 High School Orientation: Tomorrow all Year 6 students will be

travelling to Maclean High School for the first of four transition/orientation days

to be held this year. Students break into groups and participate in workshops such

as science, PDHPE, food technology and timber technology. These days are a

fantastic way for our students to prepare for High School.

Easter Raffle: Please keep those donations of Easter Eggs and treats

coming in for the Year 5/6 fundraising raffle to be drawn on the last day of term.

We are hoping that every family can make a donation of any size so that it really

is a whole-school supported activity and ensures that lots of people win prizes!

Thank you to those families that have already donated Easter Eggs. All students

who donate a prize will go into a ‘lucky draw’ as well.

Chatsworth Island Public School 136 Chatsworth Island Road

CHATSWORTH ISLAND NSW 2469

Phone: 02-66464346

Facsimile: 02-66464160

Email: chatsworth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Greg Speirs–Relieving Principal

26th March Year 6

Transition day

4th April X Country

11th April

ANZAC Memorial

Assembly 10:30am

11:00am Come & Join

us for a cuppa

12-1pm Grandparents

& Parents Construc-

tion of hats

Hat Parade 1:15pm

WEBSITE Chatsworth Island

School Website.

School Newsletters can

be viewed in

colour.

www.chatsworth-

p.schools.nsw.edu.au

DATES TO REMEMBER

Important

News

High School

Orientation

Tomorrow

25th March 2014

Canteen Roster Wed: Tennille & Karen

Fri: Tennille & HELP

NEEDED

P&C Meeting

AGM Thursday 10th April

6:00pm

CANTEEN ORDER FORM PLEASE RETURN ON WEDNESDAY

This Friday we will be serving (1)Creamy Bacon Pasta or (2) Pesto Pasta both

served with Garlic Bread For $4.50

Childs name ............................... Class....................... CHOICE (1) (2)

Childs name ............................... Class....................... CHOICE (1) (2)

Childs name ............................... Class....................... CHOICE (1) (2)

Easter Hat Parade- Friday April 11

After recess on the last day of term all students will be constructing Easter

Hats in their classrooms. Students will be instructed to bring all the

materials they need for their hats to school that morning. Parents and

grandparents are invited to come in between 12 and 1:00pm to assist the

students with the construction of their hats. This will be followed by an

Easter Hat Parade at 1:15pm and the drawing of our Yr 5/6 fundraising

Easter raffle. Please note it would be great if all hats are constructed at

school and not at home the night before. Once again everyone is invited to

come in and assist the children with the hats between 12 and 1:00pm and

stay on for the parade and lunch.

Demountable Classroom:

The Demountable classroom was

removed last week and we have some

big plans for this area of the

playground. The students would like to

see mini golf or a swimming pool in

this corner of the playground however

a much more practical idea would be

an outdoor art and learning area.

(sorry kids). If there is anyone in the

parent community with ideas or experience in this area please see Mr Speirs.

This is something the teachers and students would like to get started on as

soon as possible.

School X Country: Our School Cross Country Carnival will be held

on Friday April 4 in and around the school grounds. More information will

follow in next week’s newsletter.

A huge Thank you to “Kitchen to Table” for their understanding and

support of the Lenard family of Chatsworth Island School.

Principal Position: I was informed last week that Mr Williams will

be remaining on leave next term. This means that I will be staying on as

relieving Principal during this period.

ICAS –International Competitions: Each year we offer

students from Years 3 to 6 who have a particular interest and/or ability in

certain subjects the opportunity to take part in these tests. In 2014 your child

can participate in any or all of the following: Science, English, Mathematics.

Each test entry fee is $8

Greg Speirs

Relieving Principal

Name:

Class:

SUBJECT CLOSING DATE SITTING DATE COST $

Science Friday 28 March Wednesday 4 June $8

English Friday 28 March Tuesday 29 July $8

Maths Friday 28 March Tuesday 12 August $8

TOTAL

COST

Harmony Day

Golf—Junior 5 Hole Classic: Well done to Connor, Koby, Annika, Kali and AJ for

participating in the Iluka Northern Rivers District Golf Association Junior 5 Hole Classic. The Classic

was held at Iluka on Sunday and all children did their best and enjoyed the day.

Canteen: Karen and I were lucky enough to attend the Healthy Kids Expo and training Day 2014 in

Sydney last Tuesday! We were able to sit through lectures on how to bring more volunteers into the

canteen, maintain a healthy profit and any new law changes to canteens, we were able to watch cooking

demonstrations on 'how to green up your menu' and waste less food in the canteen. We also were able to

sample new products from different suppliers. The Healthy Kids Association seemed very impressed

with what we do in our canteen and we learnt that we are bounds ahead of a lot of canteens who still

mainly use packaged products!

Last Friday we celebrated Harmony Day and it was a huge success! Students were able to taste different

foods from around the world , such as pumpkin pie and fresh homemade lemonade from North America

and pork dumplings from China! Thank you to Cait, Karen and Danny for helping on this massive day!

Also a big thank you to Darren and Cait Waalkens who have made and donated a new blackboard

shaped as an apple to help support healthy eating in the canteen as well as tea towels etc that is well

needed in the canteen!

This Friday we will be serving Creamy Bacon Pasta or Pesto Pasta both served with Garlic Bread for

$4.50. Please remember to have orders in by tomorrow!

Thank you, Tennille.

P & C News: As many of you know, the Lenard family suffered the loss of their home and all of

their belongings last week in a terrible house fire. The P&C with assistance from some very generous

local businesses have put together ‘Back to School Packs’ for the children. We would like to thank the

following businesses for their generous donations: Sea Eagle Fashions, Canes Sport & Leisure,

Fandango, Birdscage, The Shoe Boutique, Maclean Newsagency, Toyworld, Country Target and

Priceline.

Please take a good look at the announcement of the Annual General Meeting attached to this weeks

newsletter. If you are interested in taking on a position with the school P&C Association please don’t

hesitate to have a chat with existing committee members, email us at chatsworth_pc@hotmail.com or

call 0432439815. We would love to see some fresh faces and always welcome new ideas.

This year the P&C will not be running a Mothers Day stall. Instead the children are busy making gifts

with Mrs Shannon. We are sure these personalised gifts will be wonderful but please keep in mind there

will be no extra gifts on sale.

P&C ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

The Chatsworth Island School P&C Association Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 10 th

April at 6pm on the school grounds. The current committee would like to invite all interested parents and

community members to come along. At the meeting all positions will be declared vacant and new nomina-

tions will be called for. Please remember that you must be a current financial member of the P&C before

the meeting to be eligible to vote and/or hold a position on the committee. If you have any questions

please do not hesitate to approach any of the current committee or contact us via email at chats-

worth_pc@hotmail.com

Positions to be filled are as follows:

P&C Executive Committee

President – is responsible for the successful functioning of the P&C Association and the at-

tainment of its objectives. It is the Presidents responsibility to Chair meetings, be a signatory on the Asso-

ciation’s bank accounts, be the spokesperson when public statements or actions are needed and ensure

open communication with the Principal and the school community.

Vice President – is responsible for supporting the President and chairing the meeting in their

absence. They are also required to be a signatory on the Association’s accounts.

Secretary - is responsible for carrying out the administrative tasks related to the decisions of

the meetings. The Secretary prepares, in consultation with the President, all meeting agendas and is re-

quired to take notes of the discussions at Association meetings in order to produce a set of Minutes for

subsequent distribution to members. They are also required to be a signatory on the Association’s ac-

counts.

Treasurer - receives and deposits monies, maintains records, draws cheques and presents

accounts. The Treasurer presents a report in the form of an income and expenditure statement together

with a reconciled bank statement for each and every P&C meeting. They are also required to be a

signatory on the Association’s accounts.

If there are more people willing to volunteer on the Executive Committee we are allowed up to six general

members to be elected to the Committee as representatives of the membership.

SubCommittees

Sub-committees have delegated authority and are fully accountable to the P&C Association and are

required to present a report at each Association meeting. Each sub-committees’ books are the

responsibility of the P&C association Treasurer however an elected Bookkeeper assists in the day to day

running of the committee. Having a role on a SubCommittee is a great way to get involved with your P&C

without having to commit to attending general meetings.

Canteen SubCommittee Fundraising SubCommittee

Chairperson Chairperson

Scribe Scribe

Bookkeeper Bookkeeper

Information taken from the NSW P&C Federation Fact Sheets at www.pandc.org.au