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CSPS Chatterbox Week 6 Term 1 2020

PRINCIPAL'S REPORTPRINCIPAL'S REPORT

AssemblyAssembly

Assembly will go ahead this week but unfortunately parentswill not be able to attend due to the restricted space. Parentsare welcome to attend in Week 8 when the swim scheme hasended and badges for student leadership will be presented forSRC, Library monitors, House leaders and Green team. Welook forward to seeing you then.

Please see the assembly roster below for the class presentingeach fortnight.

Tell Them From Me SurveyTell Them From Me Survey

This term, our school, like many other public schools in thestate, will participate in a Department of Education initiative:the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The surveymeasures factors that are known to affect academicachievement and other student outcomes. The focus of theNSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement andeffective teaching practices.

More information about the survey is available at:http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provideus with valuable and quick feedback on what they think aboutschool life, how engaged they are with school and the differentways that teachers interact with them. More than 6,300 schoolsin Australia and around the world have used Tell Them FromMe to survey 5.4 million students. Capturing the voices of ourstudents will help improve how we do things at our school.

I want to assure you that the survey is confidential. The survey isconducted online and will typically take less than 30 minutes tocomplete. It will be administered during school hours between9 March and 8 May. Participating in the survey is entirelyvoluntary.

A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the surveyis being sent home with students. If you dodo notnot want your childor children to participate, please return the form to school byFridayFriday 66 March.March. Copies of the form and FAQs are availablefrom: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents.A hard copy was also sent home in Week 5.

The consent form and FAQs are available in 23 languages.

ICASICAS

ICAS assessments will not be held at CSPS this year, howeverparents can contact the UNSW Global Head Office on (02)9415 1860 for information and venues to sit ICAS assessments.

Dates for the assessments are as follows;

ICAS Digital TechnologiesICAS Digital Technologies - 24-28 August 2020

ICAS ScienceICAS Science - 17-21 August 2020

ICAS Writing*ICAS Writing* - 17-21 August 2020

ICAS Spelling BeeICAS Spelling Bee - 31 August - 4 September 2020

ICAS EnglishICAS English - 24-28 August 2020

ICAS MathematicsICAS Mathematics - 31 August - 4 September 2020

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Until next time...

Daniela Frasca

PrincipalPrincipal

COMMUNITY NEWSCOMMUNITY NEWS

Swimming CarnivalSwimming Carnival

A great day was had by all at our annual swimming carnival.

The results are as follows:

1st Teape

2nd Ridgwell

3rd Cousins

4th Noake.

Good luck to all the students attending the Zone Swimmingcarnival on Thursday at Bexley Pool.

Swimming champions will be announced at our PresentationDay in December.

Meet the TeacherMeet the Teacher

On Wednesday 19 February we held our Meet the Teacherafternooon. It was a great opportunity for parents to meet theirchild/children's teachers.

A note was sent home the following day for those parents whowere not able to attend.

Best Start Information eveningBest Start Information evening

We are hosting a Best Start information evening for allKindergarten parents on Wednesday 11 March at 5:30pm inKRM’s classroom.

During the session, the Kindergarten teachers will hand outBest Start results, provide information on how you can bestsupport your child’s progress at home and provide some timefor you to trial some of the learning tasks.

Leader's NewsLeader's News

Swim scheme started on Monday this week. Studentsparticipating are learning lots of new skills. They are learningbreaststroke, diving and how to swim 50 metres confidently.

The Zone Swimming Carnival is on Thursday 5 March. Allswimmers will meet Mr Dimo and Mrs Casey at Bexley Pools.Good luck to everyone competing.

Clean up Australia Day was on last Friday 28 February. Welldone to all students who participated in picking up rubbisharound the school.

The Best Start Parent Evening is Wednesday 11 March.

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FEESFEES

An invoice detailing school fees and resources was emailed toyour nominated email address earlier this term.

Don't forget, you can now pay online for amounts owing forstudents via a secure payments page hosted by Westpac.Payments can be made using either Visa or Mastercard.

If you require assistance in making these payments, pleasecontact the office.

POP Payments can be made via the link below;

Note:Note: PleasePlease ensureensure aa signedsigned permissionpermission notenote forfor allall paymentspaymentsis sent in to the School office.is sent in to the School office. No note no participation!No note no participation!

P&C NEWSP&C NEWS

The P&C enjoyed meeting new families (and saying hello toexisting ones) at the Meet the Teacher night. We are gratefulfor the support we received, with 40 new members/volunteersjoining our register. Thank you!

The lucky winner of the $50 Westfield voucher will be drawn at

our next P&C meeting on the 10th March, good luck to all.

The Exec team have been busy planning events for the year andlook forward to sharing more details at the P&C Meeting, hopeto see you there!

CANTEENCANTEEN

Canteen opening times: Monday to Friday 8:30am- 2:10pm.

Lunch orders/online ordering:For your convenience lunch orders can be placed two ways.You can order in person at the canteen by writing a lunch bags(free, available on table outside canteen) and pay at the counter.Alternatively you are able to send orders with payment withyour child to bring to the canteen.

OR

We have an online ordering system, Flexi Schools. You canthen place orders at any time before 9:00am on the day theorder is required for lunch. Any order placed after this time willnot be recorded by the canteen.

Please see the Flexi Schools websitewww.flflexischools.com.au for further information.

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