No. 11 Principal: Mrs. Monique Corcoran Assistant Principal: Mrs. Sally Herbert

Fax: 9782 2656 Tel: 9782 2999 E-mail: cranbourne.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.cranbournesouth.vic.edu.au Wednesday, 9th August 2017

Cranbourne South PRIMARY SCHOOL

Community Spirit ; Partnerships to Success

A Message From The Principal Class

Dear Parents/Guardians, As we enter Week 4, the wintry weather is still with us, however Spring is just around the corner. Bring it on!

Artistic Flair Celebrations The school is a hive of activity at present with classes enthusiastically preparing for the Annual School concert at the Frankston Arts Centre. Children can be seen happily singing and dancing and preparing to make their ‘Books come Alive’ in readiness for their performances on Thursday, 31 August 2017. This year is a celebration of Artistic Flair with both Performing Arts and Visual Arts coming together for your enjoyment. In addition to the Concert, there will be an Art exhibition in the foyer of the Arts Centre on concert night. All students will proudly display a favourite art piece creation. The exhibition and concert is a wonderful opportunity for our students to demonstrate the values of Positivity, Persistence, Pride and Passion. I am sure that our families are looking forward to this event as much as the staff and students. Tickets are now online at the Frankston Arts Centre and selling quickly - so get in early to secure your seats. Empowerment Project Last week saw the end of the Senior School Empowerment project for this term. Friday afternoons have a buzz of activity, enthusiasm and fun as staff, students and parents engaged in a variety of activities ranging from cooking,

knitting, painting and scootering just to name a few. It has been a delight to take enrolment tours during this time as our new families are very impressed to witness such an amazing program. A huge thank you to all involved in making this project a big success. Stay tuned for Term 4! Step Up to School Finally, we are at the exciting time of the year when we busy with prospective families wishing to explore CSPS as their

school in 2018. We will be commencing our ‘Step up to School’ program for our 2018 Foundation students on Thursday 10, August 2017, with a Mini Sports day led by our Year 6 school leaders. If you know of any families with students commencing Foundation in 2018 please let me know about our fabulous school and refer them to the ‘Step up to School’ dates on our website.

Highlights. I told the students it is my birthday tomorrow and one made me a quick birthday card putting dots on the frets it meant they could find the chords. Everyone was happy! After the class one of the students come back to the room asked me to play the song we had been learning, then proceeded to tell me it sounded just like the original! Such cute kids. Was a fun day. Steve uLearn

Are you collecting Earn and Learn stickers for CSPS? Every little bit counts. Note: Earn and

earn runs from Wednesday, 26 July to Tuesday, 19 September or while stock lasts.

We are requiring support from all families adhering to the timelines for both payments for excursions and in school activities, and providing official permission via signed forms. We are in the process of tightening procedures, so please note due dates and expectations, as late payment or requests will not be accepted, which will result in disappointment. Please chat with the office and/or Principal class for further clarification and support.

The random selection for the 2017 Parent Opinion Survey, was sent out via email Friday, 3 August . Parents could you please ensure this survey is com-pleted by Sunday, 27 August. We thank you for your co-operation.

Important

Dates

Thursday, 10 August Mini Sports Day - Step up to School

Transition day #1 Tuesday, 22 August Year 5 & 6 Hoop Time Wednesday, 23 August Father’s Day stall Friday, 25 August Free Dress & Subway Special lunch Fundraising for Daffodil Day Students and staff are encouraged to

wear a splash of yellow and bring a gold coin donation for the Cancer Council. We will be also be selling Daffodil Day merchandise from Monday, 21 - Friday, 25August.

Thursday, 31 August School Concert 2.30pm finish

*** Term 3 Curriculum Day is now Friday, 1 September (not Monday, 31 July ); day after school concert.

Term 4 Sunday, 15 October Bunnings BBQ; fundraiser

Plovers season We are so very fortunate to share the CSPS grounds with a number of

wildlife including wallabies, ducks, rabbits and of course plovers. It is coming into mating season and thus the protection of potential nests and eggs. Can we please encourage our children the importance to live in harmony with all our wildlife and to not be involved in teasing or antagonizing animals.

School Concert and Art Show Roll up, roll up! Frankston Arts Centre will be holding our annual school concert BOOKS ALIVE, Thursday evening Thursday,31 August. An exciting new addition to the evening will be a celebration of the Artistic Flair Program with an exhibition of students’ artworks showcased in the Frankston Arts Centre foyer. Tickets are on sale now, so don’t miss out this whole school extravaganza…

TICKETS SELLING FAST...

Are you in school uniform? CSPS is a proud school in so many ways and this is definitely depicted in the manner in

which students stand proudly representing their school values. This is also demonstrated by the way we wear our uniform. It is important that we stand together in wearing the approved school uniform items, which relates also to appropriate jewellery. Staff have been asked to bring to the attention of the Principal class any student who is out of uniform. The school uniform policy is currently being discussed at the Policy Sub Committee; your feedback is most welcome.

Congratulations to the following children who have demonstrated our four values; Positivity, Persistence, Pride and Passion.

Class Week 2 Week 3

Fa Crystal Ainge Alek Carroll

Fb Hayley Kennedy Jett Ellis

1a Margaret Brockie Marlee Ringersma

1b Nakeeta Dodd Charlie Long

2a Nathan Petersen Elijah Shaw

2b Emily Martin Lilly McCubbin

3a Callum Smith Leila Murfitt

3b ZoeVarapodio Ryder Morrison

4a Seamus Smith Hayden Smith

4b Lucas Neck Chelsea Eaton

4c Charlotte Harvey Matilda Rhodes

5a Jake Boon Emerald Wood

5b Bella Cook Christian Siraveni

6a Cole Murfitt Breeah Varapodio

6b Trinity Spours-Koller Kaylah Varapodio

LL Class Trophies House Points

Artistic Flair 2a Red - 220

Physical Vibe 1a Blue - 160

Cultural Fusion 2b Green - 120

Digi Tech N/A Yellow - 80

LL JS Awards LL SS Awards

Artistic Flair

Ayden Neil 1a Aaron Winter 5a

Physical Vibe

Ella Bryant Fb Shardae Boon 4b

Cultural Fusion

Ethan Cook 3b Narisara Baxter 6b

Digi Tech

Campbell Hoctor 1b Luke Johnson 6b

Overall Student of the Week Congratulations

Seamus Smith 4a Week 2 Alex Carroll Fa Week 3

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Children's Day

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Children's Day is the largest

national day to celebrate our

children. The day is celebrated

across Australia each year on 4

August. The day provides an

opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander families to celebrate

the strengths and culture of their

children and for all Australians to

show their support for Aboriginal

children.

Tyrone from 1a proudly represented

his culture through sharing with the

students examples of Aboriginal life,

including traditional painting with

rocks.

Junior School Council (JSC) Presentation at School Council Two members of the Junior School Council team Maddy Shaw and Connor Brunsdon attended the CSPS School Council Meeting on Wednesday, 2 August to present the semester 1 fundraising activities for 2017. The JSC members are elected by their peers to represent their classes. These students work hard to ensure that the free dress day events are a success and that the students are aware of what the funds are

being raised for. Both students spoke very well and presented a PowerPoint with the results of these events. This presentation will also be displayed in the foyer of the school via the new television purchased through fundraising funds. CSPS is a proud supporter of many charities and are contributing to the betterment of the world we live in.

Last Friday on Friday, 4 August, the Senior

School had their Empowerment Project Showcase. It was

fantastic to see so many families visiting and checking out all the

amazing activities happening around the school and listening to students discuss their experiences. Students have been involved in:

cooking, cross fit, cartooning, knitting, painting, meditating, making dream catches, building lego, filming and experimenting with science. Students

have been extremely engaged in their projects and have been learning a variety of new skills. Students were presented with ribbons displaying our school values of Positivity, Persistence, Pride and Passion, for demonstrating these

attributes and skills throughout the Project. A big thank you to Delish Elementary and Ulearn music; members of our school community, for getting involved and

supporting our school during this time. We look forward to running the Empowerment Project again in Term 4 and once again encourage members of our school community to get involved.

Congratulations to Grace Minty in 4C who won the Master Chef competition for the Senior Empowerment on Friday, 4 August. What a wonderful moment for both Grace and future chefs everywhere.

¡Hola amigos! The Hub” is our new learning space and it is doing wonders for our Spanish program. All year levels have been challenging themselves with the Spanish numbers using Apps, web

sites and games and some students will get to a 1000 by the end of Term 3!. For the next few weeks, Foundation students are learning about families; students from Year 1 to 4 are learning how to talk about their favourite things in Spanish and how to describe houses, while learning about how other people live around the world. Year 5 and 6 students are investigating weather around the world, focusing on Spanish speaking countries and how to describe the weather in Spanish, among many more things. Please, encourage your child to spot Spanish words, images and food in the community and share what you find with us! (please send to natalial@cranbournesouth.vic.edu.au). Hasta la vista!

Pictured to the right: Year 5 students brainstorming questions and ideas about the weather and one of our puzzles describing favourite things.

Free dress day on Friday, 28 July which raised $316.00 for Diabetes

Australia. We thank all CSPS families for their support.

A big thank you to Caitlyn from 4C and some of our JSC members for

speaking to classes about Type 1 Diabetes and raising awareness.

The Vikings Tee Ball team is a mixed team of years four, five and six who formed to play Tee Ball in our knockout competition against other schools in our area. We came together and decided that we would like to try our best and see how far we could go. So we trained three times a week. We gave up lunch times with our friends, we trained in the rain and mud, we pushed ourselves hard; beyond our expectations. We built skills and strategy we never knew we had in us. We made it through our first round and went on to the second round of divisional champs. We came up against teams that were made up

of all grade sixers (really big grade sixers!!!). They hit hard but we fielded with discipline and stayed cool. We hit hard too; even though most of our players were half the size of their players....really!!!! We had practised batting, fielding and our game strategy. We stuck with our game plan. We won… by only one run. Now we are in the divisional competition. This is such a great achievement for a team from our small community school. Other schools have a much larger talent pool to draw from. Our Vikings built their talent from the pool they had. We learned as we went along and we got better day by day. Come August 16, our Vikings will stand on the mound at Mornington Pirates Baseball Club and we will play against the best in our division. They will be older and bigger than us. The Vikings deserve their place there. Win or lose, your children (our Cranbourne South family) have given it a go. It doesn't matter how we perform on the 16th; we have already exceeded our own expectations of our performance. We are undeniably proudly Cranbourne South ‘kids’. Thanks so much to our school who has believed in us and supported our training and to our community who have followed us, cheered and comforted us. Tee Ball is not everything. But sport teaches us valuable life lessons. Our Vikings have grit about them. Come cheer the Vikings on at Wilson's Road Baseball Reserve in Mornington on the August 16. You will be proud that you did.

Week 2, Term 3, Senior school students all participated in the house spelling competition. The grand final was hard fought; it featured words such as vacuum, conscientious and camouflage. Congratulations to all of the children who made the finals. They demonstrated our values of passion, pride, persistence and positivity as

they spelled out every word!. The winners of each year level were:

Year 4: Breana Robertson and Tamika Carey

Year 5: Zara Ogier and Christian Siraveni

Year 6: Max Brunsdon and Joshua Muus Zara, Christian, Max and Joshua will be representing our school at the Vicspell August zone finals. Go Cranbourne South!

Waste and Recycling Community Information night Waste and Recycling community information night: Ever wondered what happens to your rubbish, recycling and hard waste in Casey? What goes on once the truck has collected your bin? Come along to this free and fun session to understand how recycling works, where your green waste goes, what happens to rubbish and what parts of your hard waste are recycled. Prizes and giveaways on the night. Monday 28

th August

Council Chambers, City of Casey Civic Centre, Magid Drive, Narre Warren. 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm (with optional question time afterwards). Free to attend.

Are you moving? As we move further into 2018 planning, we very much would like to know if you are NOT re-joining the CSPS family. Can you please notify the

office ASAP of your intentions for 2018, so we are aware and can plan accordingly.