WALKATHON DAY!

Principal—Mr. Brent Richards Assistant Principal—Mr. Ben McCredden 80—118 Jetty Road, School Council President—Mrs. Stephanie Towse PO Box 276, Clifton Springs, 3222

Email: clifton.springs.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Phone: 5251 3581 Website: www.cliftonspringsps.vic.edu.au Fax: 5251 3405

Newsletter No. 34 Tuesday November 1st, 2016

Our School Vision To develop outstanding citizens and life long learners who believe that effort and persistence leads to success.

Through our core values of Respect, Responsibility, Empathy, Innovation and Excellence we strive to make a

difference in our community and environment.

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Walkathon This Friday

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend the Walkathon this year but on Friday

night and today, I got to hear lots of positive stories about students challenging themselves to set new

personal bests. The children were most excited about was the number of family and friends who were able

to join them for the walkathon. I truly wanted to thank those who were able to come and participate as

this is a great example of our community supporting each other. Well done one and all.

The walkathon is a wonderful event for us as it provides funds that go straight into student focused

projects. Many thanks to the sponsors who supported our students in this fundraising project. Special

thanks go to Mr. Hanson and Ms. Hales who coordinated the Walkathon this year.

Parents & Friends Group Disco

Thank you and well done once again to our enthusiastic Parents & Friends Group on another successful

Halloween disco! There was some amazing costumes and face painting and enthusiastic dancing to DJ

Slavko’s music. Thank you also to the staff who were able to attend.

Professional Learning Communities (PLC) Pilot Program

The outstanding work of our school leaders and staff on this very important pilot study for the Department

was acknowledged to Mr. McCredden and I when we presented the work being done within our school

community last Friday.

It was really pleasing to see our work and growth as a school community being recognised, as we know

how hard our staff work and see their passion, but it is always great to hear it when others also see this.

When we were invited to take on this work, it was something we were excited to do as it fitted in perfectly

with our strategic direction. One thing that has become clear to me about this project, is its focus on

building the leadership and coaching capacity of our leaders, and creating an environment where our staff

can continue to challenge and support each other to continue to improve their practice. In participating in

this work a quote springs to mind:

“If we create a culture where every teacher expects to improve. Not because they are not good enough,

but because every teacher knows that they need to get better, there is no limit to what we can achieve” -

Emeritus Professor Dylan William

This stream of thought also flowed through into our Curriculum Day yesterday. Our staff started the

morning looking at our Staff Opinion Survey which has again shown steady growth with a particular focus

on professional learning and collective efficacy. Our staff truly see themselves as learners and embrace

these learning opportunities, better preparing themselves for each day, which as a school leader, is

heartening to see. Our Curriculum Day continued with a focus on student learning data and interpreting

this to better meet student needs. We also looked at and discussed, how we can make sure our students

are more informed about what they have learnt, what they are ready to learn and how they can get there.

We want our students to be clear about their path and the work they have to do to get there.

In the middle portion of the day our leaders took the staff through some work on our professional learning

community project. Seeking feedback and input to improve this work and ensure all staff feel a part of the

process. The staff finished the day working on assessment and planning tools including proficiency

scales. I wanted to thank the staff for their continued commitment to our students, school and their

professional learning.

Clifton Springs has got Talent

The hype is starting to build about the ‘Clifton Springs has got Talent’ performance showcase with

students working as individuals and groups, to put together the performances they will share with their

classmates, family and friends. Stay tuned for more information and dates regarding the heats and dress

rehearsal coming up this month. With the lack of a Christmas festival this year, we thought we would

extend our “Final talent showcase” to an evening event so more families and friends are able to come

along and enjoy the fun. Our students will once again perform auditions in front of their peer group with

the best of these being selected to perform at the final showcase. As an interim step this year, the

students will perform a full dress rehearsal on an afternoon before the main event. In addition, this year

all students will get to perform items as part of a year level team and those students who qualified for the

final showcase will get to perform in between these acts.

All students who participate will get points for their House and we will see which House has the best

Performing Arts fire power.

Brent Richards

Principal

Assembly presentation this

week by 12B

In 3/4P we are learning how to summarise a story using the beginning middle and end.

We use Showbie to read the story and a graphic organiser to help us write down the important details.

HALLOWEEN DISCO

WALKATHON Our C.S.P.S Walkathon this year was again a huge success. The sausage sizzle was very

popular for lunch and the students enjoyed coming together in the ‘shared’ zone to walk

together.

A huge thank you must go out to all the families who came along and helped or

walked to make the day extra special for all the students, it was a fantastic sight to

see so many of you here. Thank you to Penny and Anna for cooking the sausages

and to the staff for your enthusiastic participation!

The winning House will be announced next week, along with how far we as a school,

walked in total.

Just to finish off can you all please make sure you have your sponsorship forms returned

by this Friday November 4th, with your prizes selected.

Thanks,

Mr. Hanson

DATES TO REMEMBER– PLEASE CHECK FOR UPDATES

CANTEEN Counter sales NOW on

WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY LUNCHTIMES

Changes to the Menu

**Please note there is now An extra $1 cost to have the

French Onion or Hummus dip with the Bento Box.

If you do not SELECT sauce, mayo etc, you WILL NOT receive it

CANTEEN ROSTER

Wed Nov 2nd Over Counter Sales 12: 50- -2pm

Laura Edmonds, Sarah Savage, Heather Nicol.

Fri Nov 4th Over Counter Sales 12: 50- -2pm

Nicole Bignoux, Cindy Rickard, Jacquelyn Ross

Lunch Orders 10am—1pm Kellie Broomhall, Mel Brew, Georgia Labbett

HALLOWEEN DISCO THANK YOU FROM P&FG

Thank you, Thank You, Thank YOU!

Heidi A, Schai A, Cynthia F, Naomi,

Nicole, Adele L, Deana A, Jo and Emma

A, Lillian and Lanalia C, Caroline G, Kerry C, Darryl

N, Millie F and Paul.

On behalf of the school community thank you for

your generosity, friendly smiles and

reliability. These ladies and gentlemen helped

throw a fantastic Halloween disco, I apologise if I

have missed your name!

What a treat last Friday, there were gruesome

monsters and gorgeous ghouls, happy teachers and

laughing parents. Parents and Friends Group enjoy

creating these community events for our families

but we could not do it without the support of all

those volunteers. Well done everyone and

congratulations once again to our happy, well

mannered students, it was our pleasure to have

you as our guests!

Best wishes,

Heather Nicol

President of Parents and Friends Group,

Wednesday 2nd November

*Victorian Maths Challenge Yr 5/6 2:00-3:30pm *Finance Meeting 3pm

Wednesday 16th November

2017 Prep Parent Info session 6pm

Thursday 3rd November

STARLAB Incursion for Yr 3-6 $7.00

Monday 21st November

*Year 6 Blue Light Disco * Prep Transition Session 2: 2:00-3:30pm

Friday 4th November

Walkathon money & prize list due Saturday 3rd December

BUNNINGS Leopold BBQ

Monday 7th -11th November

BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE Book Fair

Tuesday 6th December

2017 Year 7 Transition *Prep Transition Session 3: 9:30-1:00pm *School Council dinner meeting TBC

Wednesday 9th November

Prep Transition Session 1 & Parent Info session: 2:30-3:30pm

Thursday 8th December

CSPS has Talent Evening Showcase & picnic 5-8pm

Friday 11th November

Remembrance Day Monday 12th December

Year 6 Graduation

Tuesday 15th November

*Auditions start for CSPS has Talent Show *School Council Meeting 7pm

Tuesday 13th December

CURRICULUM DAY

STAFF CAR PARK

A reminder to parents that the staff car park is not to be used, to park or drive through, to drop off or collect children from school UNLESS you are collecting them from sick bay or accessing the disabled car park We appreciate your co-operation with this!

NUT/EGG/SEAFOOD ALLERGY ALERT

Please be aware we have children with life

threatening allergies to PEANUTS, TREE NUTS,

SEAFOOD and EGGS at this school.

Children are asked not to bring any foods

containing nuts or sesame seeds to school.

Please encourage all children to wash their hands after eating any peanut/nut products.

WANTED FOR THE ART ROOM

We urgently require large, clean soft

drink bottles for a new project that we

are working on.

Please send some along if you

have any. Thanks.

CYBER SAFETY SESSION At CSPS

All students in Year 3— Year 6 will have a

Cyber Safety Session during school with

Robbie Noggler on

Friday November 18th

PLEASE CHECK THE EVER GROWING PILE OF UNIFORM IN

LOST PROPERTY & MAKE SURE ALL JUMPERS AND HATS ARE NAMED!

On October 25th a group of students from Year 5/6 went out to play T20 Cricket against

other schools. It was a lot fun and despite the hot weather, we all had an amazing day out.

The girls team won one game with a huge score of 202, but sadly the boys lost both their

games. There were lots of laughs and smiles all day long.

All the students that went to cricket would like to thank the parents who came along and sat

through the hot weather to support our teams and also to Mrs Tolley and Mrs Hales for

coaching and helping us all day long!

Rose L. 5/6H

CD’S FOR SCIENCE

Mrs Driscoll is looking for

donations of old CD’s or DVD’s.

If you have any at home that

are no longer needed, please

bring to the office!

ASSEMBLY

Friday November 4th at 3:00pm

OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE

This week at OSHC we will be having

Baby Jockey races, getting creative

and designing our own jockey silks,

cooking cupcakes and exploring

scientific chemical reactions with an

exploding lunch bag experiment.

Our service currently has vacancies at both our Before School & After School Programs for both permanent and casual bookings.

Bookings can be made through the school

office or directly at the program once an

enrolment form for the service has been

completed.

The Clifton Springs PS OSHC Team

PH—Ashton C. PJ—Madelynn S.

PN—Holly V. 12B—Matilda F.

12K—Rhys Y-B 12M—Connor Mc.

12P—Noah Mc. 12R—Tiana D.

34B—Cassie A. 34C—Tayleisha B.

34P—Zach J. 56D—Adam T.

56G—Ashleigh L. 56H—Will H.

You’ve Earned It Award—Lucy F. & Eliza I.

Rubbish Free Award—Emalee T.

HOME MADE TOMATO SAUCE FOR SALE

We still have some home made sauce available to purchase at the office.

Made with school grown tomatoes in a variety of sizes priced from $1.50—$4.00.

Don’t miss out!

Parents of grade 5/6 students are invited to be involved in an exciting opportunity, the Victorian Maths Challenge, to be held at Clifton Springs Primary School on

Wednesday 2nd November, 2016 from 2:00 - 3:30pm. We are looking forward to seeing you at this event.

Students in grades 5 and 6 will be involved in a series of maths challenges. The Maths

Challenges are intended to provide an enrichment opportunity for students supported by

their parents. Taking part in Victorian Maths Challenge is a great opportunity to show your

interest and share the love of learning with your child.

The Victorian Maths Challenge aims to increase confidence and engagement in mathematics

by encouraging families to explore and discuss maths concepts every day. Family participation

in learning is one of the most accurate predictors of a child’s success in school and beyond.

The Victorian Maths Challenge is a partnership between the Mathematical Association of

Victoria (MAV) and the Victorian Department of Education. The activities will assist in

building the Victorian Maths Challenge Community

We encourage you to come and join in the fun at our school as we participate in these

challenges and see what’s possible.

Kerryn Driscoll, Maths/Science Specialist

Getting Professional Help In a small percentage of families, the conflict between brothers and sisters is so severe that

it disrupts daily functioning, or particularly affects kids emotionally or psychologically. In

those cases, it's wise to get help from a mental health professional.

Seek help for sibling conflict if it:

is so severe that it's leading to marital problems

creates a real danger of physical harm to any family member

is damaging to the self-esteem or psychological well-being of any family member

may be related to other significant concerns, such as depression

Amanda Marsh , School Chaplain

SIBLING RIVALRY

BOOK FAIR

BUY ONE - GET ONE (of

same or less value) FREE OR

BUY ONE - DONATE ONE A great time to stock up for Christmas

presents!

Grandparents and all family are very

welcome to attend.

Did you know that if your children read

just 6 books over the holidays, (about 10 minutes a day) then their reading levels

will remain the same.

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