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What’s On Date Activity $ Note 22.05.2019 Crazy Sock Day X 23.05.2019 Y1 and 2 - Excursion “Reptile Park” Payment closed 24.05.2019 Netball Knockout 28.05.2019 Girls Soccer Knockout 30.05.2019 Star Struck Rehearsal – dance and drama X

We have a very brave student at our school – Chet Sutherland. Yesterday some members of the NSW Ambulance Service visited our school assembly to present Chet with an award acknowledging his bravery and emergency response skills related to an incident that occurred last year. Congratulations Chet.

NAPLAN Our Year 3 and 5 students have been working their way through the four assessments. These started last week and will finish on Thursday this week. The students have been managing the tasks well and due to the troubleshooting abilities of our staff, have been able to address any technology based issues without disrupting the schedule too much. Athletics Carnival Congratulations to all those involved in the organisation of the Athletics Carnival on Thursday, especially to Mr Lewis and Jody Pavlou who have worked behind the scenes to organise the day and then coordinated the staff, students and volunteers on the day. This day provides a culmination of the skills learnt in Friday sport during Term 2, whilst also providing opportunities for students to perform at their

Tuesday 21 May 2019

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Charlestown East Public School – Bulletin best to seek possible selection at zone level. These days are always busy and tiring for everyone, and without the great teamwork that we see at CEPS, these days wouldn’t happen.

Maintenance Update 2C, 2F and the library are about to be re-painted and new flooring installed in 2C and 2F. The library will be out of use for 2 days, May 23 – 24. The work will then move to 2C and then to 2F. These classes will be relocated to the library during this time. It is expected that each class will be in the library for about a week each. Stage 2/3 Gardening Day Last Tuesday our Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 students spent some time in our outdoor classroom/vegetable patch learning about various aspects of the garden area. Mrs Burgess and Mrs Turner were very creative in the way that they integrated an environmental theme and the key learning areas of the curriculum with hands on learning. Road Safety The Bula Street entrance to the school is becoming quite busy, especially in the afternoon. There is a bus stop outside the school gate, cars parked across the road, pedestrians crossing and cars travelling on the road. There are a number of parents who are crossing the road from in front or behind buses which is risky due to poor visibility. The NSW Centre for Road Safety has information about all elements of road safety on their website (link below). Road safety forms part of the PDHPE curriculum, but we all need to work together to keep the children safe by sharing the same messages and regularly reminding the students of the safety rules when using our roads. https://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/stayingsafe/index.html Student Achievements and Activities Our Premiers Debating Team debated against Charlestown South PS yesterday about ‘Homework should be banned’. Whilst they received some good feedback on their efforts, they unfortunately lost the debate.

All the best to Aniston and Mason who will be competing in the Regional Cross Country Carnival on Friday May 31.

Thank you to the dedicated parents who were able to find a few hours on Saturday morning to run the barbeque on election day. Early indications suggest a profit of around $700, which is a fantastic effort. Some of these parents then went on to support MS Research by participating in the FUMS Run later that afternoon! We are lucky to have such community minded people in our school community.

https://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/stayingsafe/index.html

Charlestown East Public School – Bulletin Congratulations to Mason in 6L who has recently been selected to be part of the Hunter Surf Lifesaving Development Squad. He was one of the forty children selected from a possible 750 children. Well done Mason!

Have a great week everyone.

Michelle Unterrheiner Principal

Great Aussie Bush Camp Great Aussie Bush Camp was awesome and was one of the best experiences ever. We got to conquer our fears on the giant swing, play with our friends and do so much more. We were all excited before we went on the bus and more excited when we met Katelyn aka ‘Kit Kat’ and Adam. Without them our experience wouldn’t have been as fun. Kit Kat and Adam also told great campfire stories. It was so much fun to see everyone’s encouragement on all activities. Everyone was saying how good it was. The food was good since they had to provide for everyone. Thank you so much. Now we know why it’s called Great Aussie Bush Camp. By Finley, Kehana, Jessica and Savannah 5/6H Activities – a lot of them were fun like the dual flying fox, crate climb, canoeing, high ropes, games night and archery.

The dual flying fox was my favourite because you had to climb this tall shaky tower with a harness on and a flying fox. When you get to the top of the tower an instructor would put the flying fox on the rope and attach your harness to the flying fox and then you had to jump off the tower and off you go! Over the lake!

Food – the food was good. On the first day we got to make our own burgers for lunch. For dinner we had spaghetti and it was good. On the second day for breakfast we had the option of baked beans, eggs, pancakes, cereal and spaghetti, you would automatically get toast if you go hot food. For lunch we made our own sandwiches and for dinner we had sweet and sour chicken on rice. On the last day for breakfast we ate the same things as the second day. For lunch we had hot dogs and lemonade!

Tents – the tents were green military looking tents held up by metal poles. There were 12 beds in them, six on top and six underneath.

We had a really fun time at the Great Aussie Bush Camp. By Benny and William 5/6H

Charlestown East Public School – Bulletin

TREE OF VALUES What an amazing show of our school value participation at last week’s Athletics Carnival! Thank you CEPS community, staff and students for your hard work, commitment and enthusiasm on the day.

We have been discussing the value of participation over the last few weeks and continue to do so this week. Last week we explored how students can use kind words, actions and a smile as ways to initiate participation in play and activities.

This week we are reminding students to consider making new friends. Why not sit with someone new for lunch or try an activity that you do not usually choose. Children often rely on habitual play and patterns of behaviour. We have challenged them to use the skills they have practised over the last few weeks to include some new friends and ideas at school this week.

Participation at school can lead to so many valuable opportunities for growth and development; we hope you can support our program by talking to your children about the value of having-a-go, trying new things and participating in school and community life.

Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Bell and Mrs Bailey Tree of Values Team


Macquarie Cup Netball Round 1 Results Round 2 Results Jnr Milky Way v Charlton Green (loss) Jnr Milky Way v Warners Bay (loss) Jnr Crushers v Eleebana (win) Jnr Crusher v Mt Hutton (win) Snr Curly Wurlys v Warners Bay (win) Snr Curly Wurlys v Eleebana (win) Snr Twisters v Charlton Green (loss) Snr Twisters v Floraville (loss) Knockout Netball Our senior netball team played their first round of Knockout Netball on Thursday May 9, against Charlestown South at the Charlestown Netball Complex. We won the game and will play Biddabah in Round 2. Congratulations on an excellent effort girls and boys and a big thank you to Susan Rees who was able to umpire the game for us. Zone Cross-Country On Tuesday May 7, 32 students represented CEPS at the Zone Cross-Country Carnival at Barton Oval Belmont. 2F – Jacob, Paige 2C – Jordie 3/4B – Josie, Noah, Mason 3L – Kalani, Emily 4N – Rocco, Kane, Thomas, Bridie, West, Rowan, Ned 4/5L – Phoebe, Jake, Aniston 5/6H – Erika, Kehana, Lara 6L – John, Ethan, Evelina, Mason, Jasper, Ruby, Braith, Reese, Polly All of our students ran well and most positioned between 7th and 36th place out of approximately 90 runners. An awesome achievement. WELL DONE! Congratulations to Aniston and Mason who have qualified to represent Zone at Regional level. They will travel to Cessnock Racecourse on Friday May 31. We wish them well on the day. Thank you Maryanne Harris Visual Arts Program –

Education Week Whole School Art Exhibition

Students have been engaged this year in a Visual Arts program. To showcase their skills, we will be holding a visual arts exhibition during Education Week in Term 3.

Please keep safe the wonderful artworks your child is bringing home as they will be asked to choose their best work to display in the Exhibition. More details later


TERM 2

WEEK 3 WEEK 4

K/6A Kyrie Zachary

K/6C Bella Ruby

K/6T Kaydn Angus

KB Lewis, Chloe B Duncan, Carter

KM Mitchell, Ace Orlando, Jai

K/1T Audrey, Benji Jireh, Izac

1H Cohen, Tobias Oliver, Jesse

2C Harper, Poppy Tenley, Lyla

2F India-Rose, Jacob Louie, Pollyanna

3L Matilda, Kalani Kai S, Emily

3/4B Jonah, Claudia Riley, Ivy

4N Jonah, Mia Alliss, Rowan

4/5L Jake, Bobby Olivia, Noah

5/6H Layla, Matt Cooper, Jesse

6L Ethan, Flynn, Ruby, Macey Lucas, Keilee

Library Evelyn, Fox (2C) Nate, Rafael (2C)

TERM 2

WEEK 3 WEEK 4

K/6A Lisa Bonnie

K/6C Oscar Nathan

K/6T William Dylan

KB Chloe A Max

KM Scarlett Stella

K/1T Noah Audrey

1H Imogen Milla

2C Grigorii Rafael

2F Quinn Paige

3L Bridgette Emily

3/4B Jada Rhianna

4N Scott Bridie

4/5L Aniston Bodhi

5/6H Lara Milla

6L Lucas Camron


The Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) is well under way at our school, with tubs of books being put into each classroom.

Stage 2 and Stage 3 students are required to read 20 books altogether – 15 from the PRC List and 5 personal choice.

Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 students are required to experience (read or be read to) at least 25 books from the K-2 list and 5 personal choice.

This is a wonderful programme which promotes the love of reading!

So, to all students, BE IN IT!

Donna Reinhard Librarian

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Mon 20 May Tues 21 May Wed 22 May Thurs 23 May Fri 24 May Leila Finch 8.45am – 2.00pm Victoria Lipscombe 11.30am – 2.00pm

Jenny Roach 8.45am – 2.00pm Lisa Baglee 8.45am – 11.30am

Brooke Reynolds 8.45am – 2.00pm

Leila Finch Andrew Tiller 8.45am – 2.00pm

Leila Finch Jenny Ryan 8.45am – 2.00pm Kim Biddleston 11.30am – 2.00pm

Mon 27 May Tues 28 May Wed 29 May Thurs 30 May Fri 31 May Leila Finch 8.45am – 2.00pm Nicki Morgan 11.30am – 2.00pm

Kim McConnell Samantha Lewin 8.45am – 2.00pm

Kristie Krainz 8.45am – 11.30am Leila Finch

Marley Harris Aleisha Tuckerman 8.45am – 2.00pm

Leila Finch Cath Hetherington 8.45am – 11.30am Jackie Dunn 11.30am – 2.00pm

Mon 3 Jun Tues 4 Jun Wed 5 Jun Thurs 6 Jun Fri 7 Jun Leila Finch 8.45am – 2.00pm Heather Cowling 11.30am – 2.00pm

Leila Finch Julie Lewis 8.45am – 2.00pm Cake Stall 3/4B, K6A, K6T

Emily Baker 8.45am – 2.00pm Beth Curran 11.30am – 2.00pm

Jodie Pavlou Anna DeAngelis 8.45am – 2.00pm

Leila Finch Jadie Reid 8.45am – 2.00pm

REMINDER ….. Tonight, Tuesday May 21

You’re invited to our

FUN NIGHT at

McDonald’s

Charlestown McDonald’s, Pacific Highway

Time: 6.00pm to 7.00pm

McDonald’s will donate 10% of sales during this time period!


Wow, what a fantastic day Thursday was with all the students participating in the Athletics Carnival. It was wonderful to see so many parents and family there to cheer the students on. Also a huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped out on the day. We very much appreciate it. Events like these run so much more smoothly with the extra help. Thank you to everyone who purchased something from our amazing coffee van; a portion of takings will be donated by the van to the school.

We hope all the mums, grandmothers and step mums were spoilt rotten this mother's day. Our students had lots of fun choosing special gifts for their special ladies. Thank you to all the volunteers for making the stall possible and also to those who purchased raffle tickets.

Sick of cooking dinner? Take the night off tonight (Tuesday May 21) between 6-7pm at Charlestown McDonald’s (Pacific Highway). 10% of all sales during this time will be donated to CEPS P&C.

Saturday was a huge success with our election sausage sizzle and cake stall. Thank you to Kristy Morris for organising and all the volunteers who helped on the day.

P&C meetings are held once a month, and sub-committee meetings as needed. Anyone is welcome to attend these meetings at any time. If you have any ideas or would like to join a committee please let us know by emailing [email protected]

Our next meeting is tonight, Tuesday May 21 at 7pm in the staff room.

P&C achieved this fortnight - election sausage sizzle, athletics carnival, mother's day stall & raffle, mini markets P&C looking ahead - P&C meeting, canteen Meal Deal days, McDonald’s fundraising night, organisation of fundraising events. Thank you for all of your continued support.

Rebecca Howard (P&C Committee Member)

We have a busy few weeks ahead in our school’s canteen. Thank you to everyone that ordered a Sports Meal Deal – it was a great success. These events in the canteen don’t happen without the help of our wonderful volunteers. A huge thank you to Katrina and Peter D’Alessandro and to Christine and John Finch for all of your help on this very busy day. Thank you also to all of the people that popped into the canteen on the day to help with counter sales and serving the meal deal.

This week on Wednesday May 22, it is Crazy Sock Day and we are raising money for the Asthma Foundation. The canteen will be donating our recess sales’ takings to the foundation. We are having some special treats for this day – a cup of strawberry milk $1 and a brownie slice 50c. These will be available for counter sales at recess only. Please support this cause.

Thursday May 30, will be our fresh food Thursday and Nachos will be on the menu. A note will go home for this during the week. Leila Finch and the Canteen Committee

mailto:[email protected]


Last Tuesday Years 3-6 had a wonderful day tending to the needs of our school garden and outdoor space. Seedlings were planted, mulch was shovelled, plants were watered, weeds were pulled and the weather was glorious. Students also participated in a range of activities from teepee building, nature art and code breaking! Congratulations to the very small handful of students that managed to crack the code and unlock that very frustrating bike lock.

A huge thank you goes to Mrs Burgess and all the CEPS teachers for supporting our outdoor learning space - I hope that you were all inspired to take your classes back.

Rebecca Howard, Celia Wesson and Emma Whittle, your assistance on the day was appreciated by all. Thanks for getting some dirt under the nails.

We will eagerly await our next crop of broccoli, lettuce, snow peas, spinach and Brussels sprouts! A reminder that our garden is open to students Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday lunchtimes from 1.45pm. If anyone is willing to come and assist during this time, it would be greatly appreciated.

Maree Turner and the P&C Committee


Old CDs wanted … If you have any unwanted CDs, we’d love you to bring them in for upcoming art projects. Please leave them at the office.

Thank you

Doug Voorby Visual Arts Teacher


CALENDAR TERM 2 2019

WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 4 May

20 Debate – C’town Sth

21 McDonald’s Charlestown P&C Fundraiser

22 Crazy Sock Day

23 Yrs 1 and 2 Reptile Park

24 KO Netball

5 May

27

28 Girls Soccer Knockout

29

30 Star Struck Rehearsal Dance and Drama

31

5 June

3 Premier’s Debate 9.00am at CEPS

4 Cake stall 3/4B K/6A K/6T

5 Boys Soccer Knockout

State of Origin Meal Deal

Boccia Comp MC

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6 June

10 Public Holiday

11

12 Star Struck

13 Star Struck

14 Star Struck

7 June

17 18 Matter of Seconds - Water Safety

19 20 21 P&C Ladies Night

8 June

24 Thompson Pie Drive - open

25 26 Netball Gala Day K – 2 Civic Theatre

27 SRE Assembly Train on Gala Day

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9 July

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2 3 Netball Gala Day BU

4 Thompson Pie Drive - collection

5 Last day of Term 2 – School Holidays !


The Woolworths Earn & Learn Program is back! Shop at Woolworths and earn 1 sticker for every $10 spent. This is a great way for our school to gain some valuable resources for our school.

Please remember to stick your stickers on to the sticker sheets provided or you can download them from

https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/content/earn-and-learn-sticker%20sheet.pdf

We have a collection box located in the school office and at Woolworths Charlestown.

Thank you for your support!



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