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CATTAI PUBLIC SCHOOL Pelican post Phone: 02 4572 8445 Fax: 02 4572 8760 Email: [email protected] Page 1 Term 2 Week 2 — 9 May 2019 PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Welcome Back Term 2 has started with all systems go. From all accounts many of you were able to get a bit of time off with the public holidays so close together and the students have enjoyed sharing these wonderful family memories with us over the past week since they have returned. Cattai PS at the Hawkesbury Show This year Cattai PS students have been involved in a number of events for this weekend’s Hawkesbury Show. Be sure to check out ‘Splash’, ‘Sticky Beak‘ and ‘Fluffy’ our resident Peking ducks who will be on show as part of the “Poultry ‘R’ Us” Inter-Schools Duck Challenge. Also each class has entered into the painted chook competition where the students had to paint a plywood cut out of a painted chook using themes such as Agricultural, Breed, Humour, Food Resource or Zany colours. STEM Learning Spaces Are Now Complete. Last Wednesday we received our ‘Lab Stools’ for our STEM room. These combined with our other new additions such as flat screen TV, recycled mats, our STEM outdoor learning benches and a range of science resources have made the space look quite impressive to say the least. These purchases were a P&C funded venture and I want to say a big thank you to the P&C and the wider Cattai community for your support with all of our fundraising events. This amazing learning space, that the students use every Wednesday as part of their STEM lessons, wouldn’t be possible without your support. NAPLAN Online NAPLAN online testing will begin next week for Year 3 and Year 5 students. Year 3 students will continue to complete their writing assessment on paper. All other assessments for both Year 3 and Year 5 will be completed on the computer. Last years assessment was a success both in terms of the engaging new online format and students assessment results so we are looking forward to our involvement in NAPLAN online again in 2019. Fencing We have been given an update on the fencing project and all things going to plan it should begin in Week 4 on the 20th May. We are having a 2100mm high black fencing installed around the perimeter of the school site. They are anticipating that the project could take up to 3 weeks, weather permitting. There may be some slight disruptions during drop off and pick up especially when they are building the fencing along the front gate. If I can ask that everyone proceed with patience and caution during this time. Update on School Administration Manager Position I am pleased to welcome Miss Hussey to the Cattai PS family as our substantive School Administration Manager (subject to a 10 day appeal process). Miss Hussey has done an outstanding job as our relieving SAM and we are very excited to have her on a more permanent basis. Take care Robert Hawkes Principal Cattai Public School Email: [email protected] Phone: 4572 8445
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CATTAI PUBLIC SCHOOL
Pelican post
Phone: 02 4572 8445 Fax: 02 4572 8760
Email: [email protected]
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Term 2 Week 2 — 9 May 2019
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Welcome Back
Term 2 has started with all
systems go. From all
accounts many of you
were able to get a bit of
time off with the public
holidays so close together
and the students have
enjoyed sharing these
wonderful family memories with us over the
past week since they have returned.
Cattai PS at the Hawkesbury Show
This year Cattai PS students have been
involved in a number of events for this
weekend’s Hawkesbury Show. Be sure to
check out ‘Splash’, ‘Sticky Beak‘ and ‘Fluffy’
our resident Peking ducks who will be on show
as part of the “Poultry ‘R’ Us” Inter-Schools
Duck Challenge. Also each class has entered
into the painted chook competition where the
students had to paint a plywood cut out of a
painted chook using themes such as
Agricultural, Breed, Humour, Food Resource or
Zany colours.
STEM Learning Spaces Are Now Complete.
Last Wednesday we received our ‘Lab Stools’
for our STEM room. These combined with our
other new additions such as flat screen TV,
recycled mats, our STEM outdoor learning
benches and a range of science resources
have made the space look quite impressive to
say the least. These purchases were a P&C
funded venture and I want to say a big thank
you to the P&C and the wider Cattai
community for your support with all of our
fundraising events. This amazing learning
space, that the students use every
Wednesday as part of their STEM lessons,
wouldn’t be possible without your support.
NAPLAN Online
NAPLAN online testing will begin next week for
Year 3 and Year 5 students. Year 3 students will
continue to complete their writing assessment on
paper. All other assessments for both Year 3 and
Year 5 will be completed on the computer. Last
years assessment was a success both in terms of
the engaging new online format and students
assessment results so we are looking forward to
our involvement in NAPLAN online again in 2019.
Fencing
We have been given an update on the fencing
project and all things going to plan it should
begin in Week 4 on the 20th May. We are having
a 2100mm high black fencing installed around
the perimeter of the school site. They are
anticipating that the project could take up to 3
weeks, weather permitting. There may be some
slight disruptions during drop off and pick up
especially when they are building the fencing
along the front gate. If I can ask that everyone
proceed with patience and caution during this
time.
Update on School Administration Manager Position
I am pleased to welcome Miss Hussey to the
Cattai PS family as our substantive School
Administration Manager (subject to a 10 day
appeal process).
Miss Hussey has done an outstanding job as our
relieving SAM and we are very excited to have
her on a more permanent basis.
Take care
Robert Hawkes
Principal
Cattai Public School
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 4572 8445
Cattai Public School
Term 2 Calendar
Term 2 Calendar
Wk Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
W1
Apr/
May
29 Staff Development
Day (Visible Learning:
Effective Feedback)
30 1 2 P&C Meeting 7:00pm
3 P&C Movie Night
W2
May
6 Mother’s Day Craft
7 8 Photo Day
9 10 Small School Cross
Country Carnival
W3
May
13
14 NAPLAN
15 NAPLAN
16 NAPLAN
17
W4
May
20 21 22 23 24 District Cross Country
P&C Movie Night
W5
May
27 28 29 30 31 Parent Assembly (C1)
W6
Jun
3 4 5 6 P&C Meeting 7:00pm
7
W7
Jun
10 Queens Birthday
11 12 13 14
W8
Jun
17 MMWaC Connecting
On Country
18 19 20 CPS Athletics Carni-
val
21
W9
Jun
24 25 26 27 28 Parent Assembly (C3)
W10
Jul
1 2 3 4 P&C Meeting 7:00pm
5 Last Day of Term 2
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Term 3 Starts: 23rd July
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Cattai Public School
Weekly Events
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
During
Class
Fitness: Fun Run
Training/Skipping
Scripture
Library
(all classes)
School Banking
No Trash Tuesday
Sport: Athletics
Fitness: Fun Run
Training/Skipping
Buddies C1 & C3
At
Lunch
BMX
Board Games Dance Group
BMX Even Weeks
SRC Meetings
Odd Weeks
Board Games
Teachers
‘Cattai Croppers’ Gardening club
“Quote of the Fortnight”
Cattai Public School
Spotlight on Library
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Book Reviews
Students have loved reading so much that many
students have wanted to share the books they
are reading. Each lesson students have an
opportunity to do a mini book review.
This has been great because students:
- share the books they have enjoyed reading.
- have deeper conversations about books during
borrowing time.
- get to hear about a wider range of books and
have more options when looking for something
new to read.
Weekly Borrowing
Students have the opportunity to borrow from the
library each week. All students need to do is bring
in any books they have borrowed previously
along with a fabric bag to help protect the books
in transport to and from school. Cattai PS library
bags can be purchased for $10 each from the
uniform shop.
Students from each class can borrow the
following amount of books:
C3: 4 books
C2: 3 books
C1: 2 books
S.T.A.R.S.
Each week students complete a S.T.A.R.S. lesson.
S.T.A.R.S. stands for Strategies To Achieve Reading
Success. It focuses on explicit teaching of
comprehension strategies and involves reading
passages of text and answering multiple choice
questions based on the text. There is a lot of
discussion around not what the answer is but
more around the strategies and how we arrived
at that answer. Students are then able to apply
that strategy to a range of questions in the future.
This term’s strategies are: Cause and Effect,
Comparing and Contrasting, Making Predictions.
STARS Sample: Making Predictions
Description:
A prediction is a good guess about something that will
happen next or in the future. Strategy:
Use your own knowledge and information from the
text.
Own knowledge Text
Future
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Cattai Public School
P&C Association Newsletter
9th May 2019
PRESIDENT: Yana Dennis-Smither Tel: 0413 323 752
VICE PRESIDENT: Rosanne Milne Tel: 0437 321 321
TREASURER: Lisa Dunn Tel: 0412 250 369
SECRETARY: Kim Smith Tel: 0419 435 022
HOT LUNCH CO-ORD: Rebecca Lehrer Tel: 0430 022 820
UNIFORMS: Linda Hughes Tel: 4575 0626 or 0407 406 493
BOOKCLUB: Anne Atkins Tel: 0432 539 589
DOLLARMITES: Linda Hughes Tel: 4575 0626 or 0407 406 493
PUBLICITY OFFICER: Jen Walden Tel: 4573 6111
GRANTS CO-ORD: Jackie Fiess Tel: 0498 111 844
CATTAI CATCH CO-ORD: Sarah Telfer Tel: 0410 424 170
ELECTION DAY 18th MAY
We are looking for volunteers to man the Egg & Bacon BBQ on the day and a donation of eggs
for the BBQ. Please contact us via the Facebook page if you are able to help. We are also run-
ning a cake stall on the day. Please, if you can, put your baking skills to the test and donate
some yummy treats to sell on the day. Please note: an ingredients list is needed to go with each
plate.
FUN RUN COLLECTION
If you haven’t already, don’t forget to send in the donations you collected for the fun run we
had last term. There will be a prize for the highest sponsorship raised.
MOVIE NIGHT 24th MAY
At South Maroota Hall we are going to be watching INSIDE OUT and have a roast beef roll din-
ner. There will be popcorn, ice-cream and drinks available to purchase on the night.
We hope you can come along and please invite friends and family, we want to fill the hall!!
There will be flyers coming home soon, can you please circulate to neighbours, family members
and friends.
If you would like an email copy to circulate please get in touch with Kim Smith at
BUNNINGS BBQ 2nd JUNE
We will be holding another BBQ on the 2nd of June at Bunnings. Please get in contact with Lisa
Dunn if you are able to help out on the day.
IMPORTANT DATES / REMINDERS
Cake Day Wed 5th June: Families Rostered – King, Lehrer, Locock
Next P&C Meeting: Thursday 6th June 2019 - 7.00pm in the office.
Bingo Night Term 3: Time and date TBC
