137 Main North Road Clare 5453 Phone: 88422 433 Fax: 88422 129

Principal: Mark Vincent Deputy: Kerri-Anne Hooper

October

18th Footsteps Dance 26th CPS SPORTS DAY at Clare High School 29th Governing Council Meeting 7pm

November

1st Footsteps Dance 2nd Transition New Receptions for 2019 7th-9th Year 3/4 Camp Arbury Park 8th Footsteps Dance 9th Transition New Receptions for 2019 14-16th Year 5 Camp Illawonga 16th Transition New Receptions for 2019 22nd Footsteps Dance 23rd Transition New Receptions for 2019 29th Footsteps Dance 30th Whole School Transition

December

5th School Concert 7th Clare Community Christmas Pageant 10th Year 6 Graduation

Term 4 Week 1 2018 Wednesday 17th October, 2018

Welcome Back to Term 4. I hope that all families had a safe, enjoyable and relaxing time during the holidays and managed to spend some quality family time together. This term we welcome two new students to our school – Tristan and Domenic, we hope that both boys and their family enjoy being a part of the Clare Primary School community. This term is a short term with only nine weeks but also a busy term with our whole school Sports Day, Footsteps Dance lessons for all students, camps for our Year 3, 4 and 5 Students, transition visits for our Year 6’s to Clare High and for our 2019 Reception Students to our school and finally an ‘End of Year Concert’ in Week 8. Attached to this week’s newsletter is a Term Calendar with many of these events and dates listed. Please keep this handy so you know what is happening at our school this term. HATS AND UNIFORM Term 4 hopefully is going to bring some warmer spring and summer weather, even though it hasn’t started that way this week! This term students are required to wear a sun smart, broad brimmed hat when outside at recess, lunch or for P.E. lessons. These hats must have a brim that covers the face, ears and neck from the sun. Bucket Hats are available for sale in the front office for $9.00. Please make sure your child’s name is written in their hat. Students without hats are required to play on the courts under cover or under verandas around the school. DRESS CODE Our school’s Dress Code requires students to wear navy and Gold. Uniform is for sale in the front office at all times. Governing Council and Staff strongly encourage the wearing of the dress code to build school pride, sense of belonging and being respectful to our school. It also makes it much easier for parents without the arguments and struggles of what to wear to school. Please make sure your child is following our schools dress code each day at school. SPORTS DAY Next Friday is our school Sports Day at Clare High. This is a great day for our students and all parents are invited to attend for all or part of the day. Clare High School very kindly make their fantastic facilities available for the day but request that our families do not park in the following areas Anywhere on and around Elliot Street, including student parking area, Ag. sheds,

bus turn around point and within the school grounds Staff car park parks in front of Resource Centre and disabled parking area, unless they have a

permit Within the Clare Valley Children’s Centre carparks Parking will be available in the Ag paddock in between the Kindy and the Ag sheds – drive down Elliot Street and follow the directions / signs turning left behind the kindy into the Ag Paddock. I would greatly appreciate all families respecting this request from the High School and CVCC. A Program and other information will be sent out by the end of this week. Please make

sure lunch orders are returned by Monday 22nd October.

PARENT SURVEY RESULTS Last term we asked parents to complete an online Parent Opinion Survey. Thank you to the 52 parents who did complete the survey, an increased number of participants from previous years. This feedback is greatly appreciated and used to help with our school improvement. Some really pleasing feedback from this year’s survey includes:

All parents agreed or strongly agreed our students know how they are expected to behave at school All parents agreed or strongly agreed our students are encouraged to have a sense of pride in their

achievements All parents agreed or strongly agreed they felt welcome in our school. 50 out of 51 responders felt there is a broad variety of communications that inform parents about the school. 49 out of 51 responders felt their child’s teachers make learning interesting and enjoyable and also that

teachers are enthusiastic in their teaching – 2 were unsure. 49 out of 51 responders felt comfortable approaching their child’s teacher to talk about their progress.

4 parents responded that they disagreed that the school provides a safe and secure environment. If you have any concerns about this, please make a time to come and see me at the school to discuss this. Our aim is for every child to feel safe a secure and actively engaged with their learning at Clare Primary School. The Parent Opinion Survey data was shared with staff at a staff meeting last night and will be shared with Governing Council at our week 3 meeting and will be used with our planning for 2019.

Thank you again to all the parents who did respond to the survey – your feedback is highly valued! BUSHFIRE SEASON A reminder that Clare Primary School is classified as being in a ‘High Fire Risk Area’ and is closed on days forecast to be ‘Catastrophic’ in the Mid North region. No one can be onsite and OSHC is also closed. No buses or taxi’s run on these days. If a fire was to occur during a school day that is forecast to impact on the township of Clare, our school invacuates into the main stone building, our ‘Bushfire Refuge’. Once we invacuate and lock the doors, we cannot let any child leave until an all clear is given by authorities. Parents cannot collect their children until this all clear is given. This can be long after the normal school day has finished. Within our ‘REFUGE’ we have food and drink and activities to keep the children relaxed and engaged, and processes to keep them safe. Work has been done around our ‘REFUGE’, including the removal of two trees in the front garden, to make this building a safe place in the event of a fire. Attached to the electronic copy of this week’s newsletter is a Parent Bushfire Information document to further explain what schools do in a bushfire situation. If you would like a hard copy please call in to the Front Office and pick one up or if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us. Regards,

Mark Vincent Principal

SEEKING INTEREST FOR

CANTEEN COMMITTEE CPS is wanting to form a Canteen Committee

and are asking parents to register your inter-

est. The committee would only meet once a

term with Jacqui Garrard and Tash Quinton

to discuss canteen matters. Please register

your interest at the Front Office.

SEEKING INTEREST TO FORM A

2019 FUNDRAISING

COMMITTEE

CPS is looking for Parents to register their

interest in being on the Fundraising

Committee in 2019.

Please speak to the Front Office.

WEEKS MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1 15th — 19th October

School

Resumes

Footsteps Assembly @ 2:45pm

Ms Rose Class

2 22nd — 26th October

Sports Day

3 29th Oct — 2nd Nov

Footsteps Assembly @ 2:45pm

Miss Strong’s Class

4 5th — 9th November

Camp for Year 3/4 Camp for Year 3/4

Footsteps

Camp for Year 3/4

Miss Haren’s Class

CPS Calendar—Next 4 weeks

Week 2 Week 3

Head Monitor

Dominyka Millard

Head Monitor

Anna

Edwards

Sign Monitor

Daniella Millard

Sign Monitor

Hamish Eaton

Sign Monitor

Jett

Zuromski

Sign Monitor

Sami Bird

Reserve Eliza

Fels

Reserve Chelsea McDonnell

CROSSING MONITORS TERM 4

DI’S DOT POINTS

Welcome back,

Breakfast Club runs every morning for Clare Primary Students and

as your Pastoral Care Worker I am happy to make your children brekkie each

morning to give them a good start to their day. Breakfast Club can be found

in the room at top of the stairs behind the hall. It runs each day from

8:30am , cooking stops 8:50am to allow for clean up. PLEAES NOTE: We do ask

that you be mindful of teachers beginning their day and ask you to

encourage your child/ren to come as soon as they arrive at school and not go off to play first.

We would greatly appreciate donations of fruit, veg, or marg - Thank you!

Also, with in my role, I am here to listen and assist you with your needs in any way to make your

school life a little easier, please come and chat with me or leave a message at the office and I

will get back to you. Part of that role also is to help out in classes and chat with individual

students if they need to. Of course for any ongoing chats I can only continue to visit your child

if you have given permission upon your enrolment (chaplain box). If you are not sure about this

‘box’ on the enrolment form or you require more info please have a chat with me for

clarification. This is only a support role for your child.

A SPECIAL HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THESE STUDENTS ; Sam T, Levi L,

Holdyn S, Chloe J, Charlotte C, Jackson W, Max H, Kyron G, Alec O,

William G, Xavier S, Hamish E, Nikola L, Emily J

SPORTS DAY

Friday 26th October Clare High School Oval

Students will have the opportunity to order from the CHS Canteen,

order forms must be returned by Monday 22nd October

COMMUNITY NEWS

15th October 2018

Dear Parents/Caregivers Clare Primary School Finance Committee recommends that the 2019 charges for Materials & Services (school fees) be $275 per student, this is the same amount charged since 2015. In line with DECD policy, you are invited to the Governing Council meeting to be held on Monday, 29th October 2018 at 7:00pm, in the Staff Room to address any parent concerns regarding these fees. Governing Council will set the fees at this meeting. Parents are welcome to express their views in writing to the Chairperson (Eve Rogers) if they are unable to attend this meeting. Regards Mark Vincent Principal

Clare Primary School

137 Main North Road

CLARE SA 5453

Ph: 08 88422433

Fax: 08 88422129

dl.0719.info@schools.sa.edu.au

www.clareps.sa.edu.au

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