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Croydon Public School Term 3, Week 8: Monday 10 September 2018

Croydon Public School - Newsletter

CALENDAR

SEPTEMBER 18

11 4D & 4K to Chinese Gardens

12 P&C Meeting

13 Ultimo Directorate Public speaking

Competition

14 P&C Morning Tea

14 Stage 1 Multicultural Day

18 Performing Arts Concert

19 Kindergarten Zoo excursion

25 Stage 3 Musical

26 Stage 3 Musical

28 Talent Quest

OCTOBER 18

17 Year 5 Interrelate

22 Kindergarten Orientation


29 Kindergarten Orientation


CONTACT

Croydon Public School

39 Young Street

CROYDON NSW 2132

Phone: 9747 5457

Fax: 9747 3929

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.croydon-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Twitter: @CroydonPS

PBL BRONZE AWARDS Pranavi Ravishankar (1R) Hannah Robinson (1T),

Mirai Ishiyama (1T), Duy Nguyen (2M), Jonathan Xu

(1R), Oscar Masella (1R), Brandon Ngo (2H), Amy

Tran (3W), Joon Scaife (2H), Steph Ha (2N), Emily

Lee (1C), Oliver Shannon (4P). Danielle Vo (4P),

Patrick Wood (4P), Mia Yan (4P), Matthew Lei (4P),

Alexander Tsirimiagos (4P), Logan Ha (4P), Stella

Jobson (KL), Peter Patsalis (3W), Maximo Leong

(4H), Madison Pirie (6S), Alyssa Giagodi (3W),

Daniel Shen (3W), Andre Hinkley (5D), Amia

Stumpo (1T), Toby Jones (1C), Hana Prodan (KA),

Archie Smith (2N), Abi Hassan (KL), Amy Tran (3W),

Jessica Do (3J), Angelina Chen (4D), Ryan An (4K),

Daniel Shen (KH), Irene Suh (KH), Misha Facey (KH),

Sharyna Somsaen (2A), Leonardo Garcia (5D),

Victor Feng (2A), Gianluca Ocello (3S), Merridy

Bardsley (3P), Teyha Kang (1W)

PBL SILVER AWARDS Isabella Fogarty (2M), Eliette Choi (2H), Sophie Lin

(2H), Lucas Du (2N), Alexander Tsirimiagos (4P),

Charlotte Indge (4H), Samantha Wu (4H), Tiara

Lam (3W), Jools Boskovski (3W), Kaitlyn Ho (2M),

Madelyn Choi (KA), Liam Resenberger (KA),

Carson Ng (3J), Jennifer Lee (1W), Leo Lin (1W),

Balla He (1W)

PBL GOLD AWARDS

Sereni Chen (2N), Charmaine Fung (3W)

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS

Josephine Steele (4P), Allegria Garcia (4H), Isaac

Choi (3W), Sarah Quan (2N)

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

In line with the Department of Education’s Uniform

Policy we will be including long pants for girls as

part of our school uniform. This will provide girls with

an alternative to the winter dress. The dress will

continue to be part of the uniform but now the girls

will have a choice about what they wear

particularly in the winter months. At this week’s

P&C meeting we will be discussing a change to

the polo shirts for all students. If you are interested

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in being part of this discussion please come along

to the meeting on Wednesday 12 September at

7.30pm in the staff room.

In Term 4 Mr Ben Colmer, our new Deputy Principal,

will be starting at Croydon. Ben brings to the

position a wealth of experience across a number

of schools including managing a building project

at his current school. I know he is looking forward

to starting at Croydon and I’m sure the school

community will give him a warm welcome. I would

like to thank Ms Lux Senthil, who took on the

relieving DP role at short notice, for the stellar job

she has done over the last three terms.

Mrs Valerie Antoniadis has been seconded into a

network role as Assistant Principal Learning and

Support over the past few weeks and we have just

learnt that Val has been asked to continue in this

role until the end of the year. This a great

opportunity for Val to extend her knowledge and

skills as well as supporting students across a

number of schools. Ms Maria Karakatsis will be

taking leave from the end of this term before the

birth of her second child. We wish her all the best

and look forward to meeting the new addition to

her family. Mr Mitchell Casey will be working

fulltime on 4K from the beginning of Term 4.

I will be taking leave from the 18 September to

travel to Canada to visit schools in Ontario. Ontario

is now seen as an education “hot spot” so I’m very

interested to learn from my colleagues in Canada.

For the last ten days of the term Ms Senthil will step

into the Relieving Principal position and Mr Colmer

will take on the relieving role for the first four days

of Term 4.

Ms Lucantonio

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING

The Positive Behaviour for Learning focus for this

last week and this week is being a respectful

learner in the toilets and in the ofice. Ask your child

how they will be respectful learners at school this

week.

For more information about Positive Behaviour for

Learning and our award system please see the

school website. On our PBL site you will find a

matrix that you can use at home to reinforce the

school expectations.

http://www.croydonp.schools.nsw.edu.au/ourscho

ol/positivebehaviour-for-learning

KINDERGARTEN 2019 We are currently enrolling students for the 2019

Kindergarten intake. If you live in the local area

and have a child starting school next year, please

visit the office to collect enrolment papers and

enrol your child. If you have a friend or relative with

a child starting school next year, please

encourage them to enrol their child as soon as

possible.

We will be holding our annual Kindergarten

Orientation program from 9.00-11.00am on

Monday 22 October, Monday 29 October and

Monday 5 November.

SPEECH PATHOLOGY PROGRAM

See the end of this newsletter for a handy tip from

our Croydon Public School speech therapist,

Elizabeth Ware. This tip gives you some great ideas

about how to improve your child’s memory, as well

as their descriptive language and their ability to

visualise what the other person is saying in order to

apply it to an item or person, or to win a game.

NOTES Please be aware that some student accounts are

sitting in credit (Fees in Advance). Last week a

letter was sent home via students advising

parents/carers of the amounts in credit. We asked

that for those parents/carers to contact the office

regarding their statements. As yet we have not

heard from anyone so therefore we will be

allocating any credit to outstanding activities (not

including voluntary fees unless advised to do so).

If there are no outstanding fees and you are in

credit please do not pay for any future activities,

however you will need to sign future permission

notes which should then be placed in the fees box

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outside the office. The office staff will advise you of

any credit used to reconcile outstanding

payments. If you have any questions regarding

accounts in credit please contact the office staff

as soon as possible.

PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION This term, students from K-6 have had the

opportunity to develop a speech for the Ultimo

Operational Directorate Primary Schools Public

Speaking Competition. Stage finals have been

held and students were judged on the content of

their speeches, their delivery and ability to give an

impromptu speech.

All speakers displayed terrific confidence in their

presentation skills and developed quality content

in their speeches. Congratulations to our winners,

Madelyn Choi (Kindergarten), Luciana Pontello

(Year 1), Luca Hall (Year 2), Sophia Condren

(Stage 2) and Matilda Banfield (Stage 3) and good

luck to the students who will represent our school

at the local final on 13 September at Campsie

Public School.

Please note, the K-2 public speaking certificates

will be handed out in the Week 8 K-2 assembly,

Tuesday 11 September.

Peggy Cato

TELL THEM FROM ME SURVEY We would like to invite you to participate in the Tell

Them From Me Parent Survey to assist us with our

school planning.

The Tell Them From Me Parent Survey is

anonymous, voluntary, and easy-to-use. It is based

on a comprehensive questionnaire covering

parents’ perceptions of their child’s

experiences at home and at school.

Insights into parent and staff communication,

activities and practices at home, and parent

voice on the school’s support of learning and

behaviour all build an accurate and timely picture

that our school can use for practical

improvements.

If you have more than one child at Croydon Public

School, we recommend that you complete the

survey with only one child in mind. However, if you

feel the school experiences of your children differ,

you are welcome to complete one survey for

each child.

To access the Tell Them From Me Parent Survey,

please visit the following link using password b6t2j

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/b6t2j

This survey window is open from Tuesday 28 August

- Friday 26 October.

SCHOOL MUSICAL – ALADDIN Stay one jump ahead of the crowd and get your

tickets to Stage 3's musical production of Disney's

Aladdin in Week 10. Prepared and performed by

our amazing stage 3 students, including designing

all back stage props, costumes and backdrops.

There are 2 shows, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 25

and 26 of September at 7pm. Parents remember

to check to see which day your children are

performing! Come on down, stop on by, hop a

carpet and fly, to another Arabian night

PERFORMING ARTS CONCERT

There will be a Performing Arts Concert

on Tuesday, 18 September 2018 from 2.00 -

3.00pm, in the Croydon Public School hall. All are

welcome.

CROYDON PS TALENT QUEST Our annual talent quest will be held on Friday 28

September. The performance times are as follows:

9.15am – 11.00am: Years 3-6

11.25am – 12.55pm: Kindergarten-Year 2.

Information and entry forms are available from

Miss Senthil.

LIBRARY NEWS Belinda Murrell and Serena Geddes visited our

school recently and thoroughly entertained us with

great story telling and amazing illustrations.

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We currently have these illustrations on display in

the library and all the books are racing off the

shelf!

Belinda is a bestselling, internationally published

children’s author with a history of writing in her

family that spans over 200 years. Belinda has

written more than 30 books including The Sun

Sword trilogy, 13 books in the popular Lulu Bell

series and her award-winning timeslip novels. Her

latest series is called Pippa’s Island about a group

of best friends who start a secret club, which meets

after school in a tower on top of a

boatshed. https://belindamurrell.com.au/

Serena is an International book illustrator with over

forty titles published in Australia and overseas

ranging from board books to picture books and

junior novels. Her first author illustrated picture

book Rosie and Rasmus is due for release in 2019

published by Simon & Schuster USA and is one of a

series of new titles she is working on.... watch this

space! http://www.serenageddes.com.au/

Next year I'm sure we will see more Lulu Bell's

during our Book Week Parade!

The Premier's Reading Challenge has closed now

and congratulations to those who completed the

challenge. The certificates will be available mid

Term 4.

https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html

Our Innerwest Children's Librarians (Ashfield

Branch) Ms Kathy and Ms Emma are continuing to

join our library lessons when they are available for

the remainder of the term. We have

enjoyed sharing CBCA stories, T-shirt Library bag

and badge making skills so far.

https://cbca.org.au/

https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/explore/librarie

s

Happy Reading!

Ms Neate and Library Staff

CHESS In our very first chess team competition, 3 girls,

Angelina Chen, Mia Yan and Betty Nguyen were

chosen to represent Croydon Public School at the

2018 Girls Chess Team Challenge.

There were 20 different schools from all over

Sydney, with some schools having multiple teams.

The girls knew it would be challenging but

nevertheless faced it with enthusiasm and

perseverence. They met new people who share

the same passion about chess as themselves and

thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Though Croydon

were unsuccessful at proceeding through to the

next round, the 3 girls should be commended for

displaying the school expectations of respect and

resilience.

Great effort Angelina Chen, Mia Yan and Betty

Nguyen!

Miss To

https://belindamurrell.com.au/

http://www.serenageddes.com.au/

https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html

https://cbca.org.au/

https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/explore/libraries

https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/explore/libraries


VOLUNTEERING AT SCHOOL

Teachers greatly appreciate and highly value

parent helpers in the classroom. Parent

volunteering helps aid the smooth running of

various programs in the classrooms. If you are

interested in helping out in your child’s classroom

please contact your child’s teacher.

It is a now a requirement of the Department of

Education that you complete a Declaration for

Volunteers and Non Child Related Contractors

prior to coming to help. These declarations are

available at the front office, toward the end of this

newsletter and on our website. After filling out the

declaration, you will need to submit 100 points of

ID to the office. If you have a current Working With

Children Check for Volunteers you will not need to

fill out a declaration form.

YEAR 6 FUNDRAISING –

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK Once again our Year 6 classes are fundraising for

their end of year gift and graduation by selling The

Entertainment Book. Order forms will be sent out to

all families this week. Please support our Year 6

students by purchasing one as soon as possible,

the earlier you purchase the more time you have

to use it!

If you purchase an Entertainment Book it will be

sent home with your child. When ordering please

order online using the Entertainment Book link:

http://www.entbook.com.au/20147x6

Or, if sending money to school please hand it to

your child's class teacher.

Payments cannot be made through the fees box

or the school's online payment system. Refunds

cannot be given for money paid online through

the school's online payment system.

You may purchase multiple books, books for

different areas and digital memberships.

There is a sample copy of the Entertainment book

in the office if people wish to view before buying.

If you have any questions please see Miss Sutton in

6S.

P&C NEWS On Friday 31 August we held our annual Father’s

Day Stall in the school hall. Thank you to all the

volunteers who came along to help set up and sell

at the stall. A very special THANK YOU to Mark

Palmer for his entertaining spruiking, this was Mark’s

final Father’s Day Stall at CPS, we’ve been very

lucky to have him as our spruiker for many Mother’s

and Father’s Day stalls!! A HUGE THANK YOU to

Andrew Woods for providing the Kit Kat’s for the

cards and to Mark Dixon for supplying many gifts

for the stall. It was great to be able to provide a

selection of fair trade items for the stall too, thank

you to Zoe Monroe for supplying these!

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This coming Friday (14 September) there will be a

P&C morning tea, I encourage you to attend as

Ms Lucantonio will be giving an update on the

upcoming building works. A number of parents

have asked about the building works recently and

wanted to know more, here’s your opportunity to

find out more! There is more information on the

school infrastructure website

(schoolinfrastructure.nsw.gov.au – look up

Croydon Public School) including when the

upcoming information booths are to be held and

where.

The next P&C meeting will be held this Wednesday

12 September; refreshments from 7.00pm with

meeting start at 7.30pm. Our new Deputy Principal

Mr Ben Colmer will be in attendance, so please

come along and make him welcome.

Remember, to keep up to date with P&C news

and events please LIKE our Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/CPSPC/

Mee Ling Munier

CPS P&C President

P&C EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Name Role

Mee Ling Munier President

Jennifer Hastings Vice-president

Jacqui Bouf Vice-president

Rob Scott Secretary

Anna Bradica Treasurer

SUBCOMMITTEE

Jackie Speak Social & Fundraising

Irene Browne Uniform Shop

Lexi Hunter

Jane Ainsworth

Canteen

P&C

SOCIAL AND FUNDRAISING

COMMITTEE NEWS

Fathers Day Stall – Thank you!

Thank you to all the people who helped on the

Father’s Day Stall last Friday. It was a great morning

and we counted just under $4,000.

P&C Morning Tea – Friday 14 September – Building

Project Update

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Our next morning tea will be held in the hall this

Friday after drop-off and we will be getting an

update on the building project. Come along if you

would like to learn more about that is going to

happen at our school.

Save the Date – Croydon Public Market – Sunday

18 November

We are busy organising this years market and

wanted to let you all know the date that we have

locked in. Keep it free!

We are on the lookout for new people to join the

Social & Fundraising Committee, so if you have

some great ideas or keen to just come along and

see what its all about, contact us to find out

location and time of our next meeting.

If you have any questions about any of our events,

or want to join us on the organising committee,

we’d love to have some more members, please

get in touch, you can find us in the playground at

drop off and pick up or send us an email at

[email protected]

UNIFORM SHOP

If you are planning a trip to the uniform shop next

week, you will find a volunteer to help you.

They may be hidden behind a pile of boxes as our

orders have started to arrive from our reliable

suppliers. This means we will be all stocked up for

our busiest time of the year.

We have a lot of second hand stock available too.

If you have a child starting kindergarten next year,

or are in need of more summer uniforms for next

term, and are unsure of sizes, then bring your

child/children in for a fitting. FlexiSchools orders are

then even easier for you to use as you will know

you have the correct size.

More Volunteers PLEASE!!! It would be great to see

you soon. If helping out in the shop is something

you could do, please contact Irene or go and see

her at the shop.

Call Irene for more details or any enquiries.

0403083925

CANTEEN NEWS

DADS ROCK THE CANTEEN: We had a great

response to the pre-Fathers’ Day celebration. A

HUGE thanks to all the Dads and helpers who

sizzled the snags on the BBQ and got all the orders

out by lunch time for lots of happy kids!

UPDATED SERVICE HOURS: ***just a reminder to

all*** Due to the new school time schedule the

Canteen Service Hours have changed slightly, as

below.

RECESS: 11.00AM – 11.25AM

LUNCH: 1.05PM – 1.45PM

CHANGE TO SUSHI ON FRIDAYS: The SUSHI options

for Fridays have changed, so check out the menu

for the new choices. Orders still need to be in by

9.30am each Wednesday. And don’t forget you

can now order from the WHOLE menu on FRIDAYS

too!

***Please note for Friday PSSA students NO hot

food items can be ordered***

NEW SLUSHIE MACHINE: We now have a new

Slushie machine with some great new flavours on

offer. And best of all – IT HAS A 4.5 HEALTH STAR

RATING!! Just in time for the warmer weather ☺


CANTEEN MENU QUERIES: If you have any queries

regarding items on the menu, please come and

see Di in the Canteen. She is only to too happy to

provide the nutritional and content information for

all of the food we offer at the Canteen.

CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS: WE ALWAYS NEED MORE

HELPERS!!! If you think you may be able to help out,

in the Canteen, even if just an hour or two each

term, please call by and chat to Di our wonderful

Canteen Supervisor. Or let Lexi Hunter know by

email: [email protected] All mums, dads,

grandparents, uncles, aunties & carers are

welcome!

And remember to let Di know ASAP of you are

unable to make your shift or need to change days.

mailto:[email protected]


Term 3, 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Date

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Staff Lexi Hunter Su Jones (C) Jane Ainsworth

Development Narelle Spinks (C) Jane Ainsworth HELP NEEDED Jez Durant ©

Day

30/07/2018 31/07/2018 01/08/2018 02/08/2018 03/08/2018

Clarinda Chen (C) Cecilia Chan (C) Frances McLaughlin (C) Lisa Johnson © Lexi Hunter

Masako Boskovski Heather Condren Gregor Stronach Rae Dufty-Jones (C)

9.30-11.30

06/08/2018 07/08/2018 08/08/2018 09/08/2018 10/08/2018

Justine Diggle (C) Jenny Fuentes Queeny Laura Ball Jane Ainsworth

Brian Howle Noris Scandelin (C) HELP NEEDED Lisa Johnson Nash Ates

13/08/2018 14/08/2018 15/08/2018 16/08/2018 17/08/2018

Lee Li Erin Dib (C) Laura Ball Jo Shetty (c) Lexi Hunter

Lina Laganis Ryoko Omachi (C) Queeny Lina Laganis HELP NEEDED

20/08/2018 21/08/2018 22/08/2018 23/08/2018 24/08/2018

Angela Giagodi (C) Younghee Seo Laura Ball? Claire Sives (C) Penny Jones (C)

Joanne Pettit (c) Lina Laganis HELP NEEDED Brian Howle Philippa Durant (C)

27/08/2018 28/08/2018 29/08/2018 30/08/2018 31/08/2018

Naome Reid (C) HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED Jacqui Bouf

HELP NEEDED Jaime Higgins (C) HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

03/09/2018 04/09/2018 05/09/2018 06/09/2018 07/09/2018

Justine Diggle (C) Cecilia Chan (C) Laura Hall Lisa Johnson (C) HELP NEEDED

Pip Keane Lina Laganis Lina Laganis Brian Howle HELP NEEDED

10/09/2018 11/09/2018 12/09/2018 13/09/2018 14/09/2018

Lee Li Erin Dib © Kate Fogarty (C) Marie F HELP NEEDED

Lina Laganis Noris Scandelin (C) HELP NEEDED Lina Laganis HELP NEEDED

17/09/2018 18/09/2018 19/09/2018 20/09/2018 21/09/2018

HELP NEEDED Jenny Fuentes Claire Sives © HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

24/09/2018 25/09/2018 26/09/2018 27/09/2018 28/09/2018

Joanne Pettit (c) HELP NEEDED Laura Hall HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

Liz Comport (C) HELP NEEDED Lina Laganis HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED

0421 156 713

Week 5

Croydon Public School - Term 3, 2018 - Canteen Roster

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

If you can't make your shift please alert Canteen Supervisor Diana Dean ASAP:-

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10


‘Sing’ Outdoor Movie Night fundraiser for the Kurilowicz family

Come join us for a fun Outdoor Movie Night, raising funds to buy a modified car

for the Kurilowicz family.

Saturday 15th September, Croydon Public School, Gates open 4.30, movie starts

6.30. Sausage sizzle, drinks, snacks available for purchase, games & activities

for the kids.

Tickets available from: https://www.trybooking.com/419178

Bring a blanket or beanbag to sit on. Children must be accompanied by an

adult at all times.

More details at:

https://www.gofundme.com/baby-you-car-drive-my-car

https://www.trybooking.com/419178

https://www.gofundme.com/baby-you-car-drive-my-car

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