Building the Education Revolution

BuildTeam Term3 Week 8

Building the Education Revolution

Commonwealth funded

Primary School in the 21st Century (PS21)

National School Pride (NSP)

 Hi Everyone,

The tender documentation is going out today. We should have the results from this process in about 3 weeks and then we will have a clearer picture of when we might be starting on site.

It’s now time to get the school ready for the construction….

I’m sure you’ve all noticed the fabulous tree house in the top playground area – it’s not finished yet! Thank you to Jo and Chris R for all your effort – it is the result of many hours of school meeting discussions with the kids and a lot of hard work. I’m sure it will be a very valuable addition for the kids when part of the playground is fenced off for the building project.

Vegetable Garden Working Bee this Friday 1.15pm – 2.30pm

The vegetable garden will be demolished during the period of construction and we would like to move some of the more established plants into pots. If you would like to help rescue the lemon tree and rosemary bush into pots and to help move the compost bins we are having a small working bee tomorrow.

We also need some large pots to put the plants into so if you have any spare large pots you could lend Currambena please let myself or Sally know.

Cheers

Jessica (0411220111 or jkimber01@bigpond.com)

Posted September 17th, 2009 in Building the Education Revolution by juliannam

Fran & Jo's Class

Aussies Kids Week 8 Term 3

Dear Parents,

We are having a wonderful time going to Tambourine Bay.  Thank you to Valerie for driving down the bags, it made things much easier. We have a few experiments on the go at the moment with Monster Grass heads and beans in bags. David has been leading our science project on Our Environment.

We still plan to go to Coney Island at Luna Park on the Thursday of the last week of term. We will take the ferry from Greenwich and back so we will need help with drivers to and from the ferry.

On Friday we are having ‘talk like a pirate day” so we are making costumes and masks today. We are making a pirate ship tomorrow and today we are making treasure maps and burying treasure.

On Monday we have planed ‘Peace day’ so we will be singing some songs, making biscuits and would like  everyone  to wear a white T shirt.

On Wednesday we are watching an Italian performance. So a busy few weeks!!!

We are working on our plans for next year so we would like to know everyone’s plans for next year, so we can work out numbers and what is best for each child.

Take care

FRAN

Posted September 17th, 2009 in Fran & Jo's Class by franm

Coordinator

Julianna Term 3 Week 8

Hello Currambena!

 THANK YOU   To Eduardo for building our temporary storeroom .  It looks great.

To Steve for hanging a notice board in the photocopy room ;  I can now write up all the phone messages instead of constantly running around looking for teachers!

 To Brian our in-resident Leafbuster who arrives dressed in Psychedelic yellow, blowing up a storm  and half an hour later the school is so pristine clean you wonder if you have the wrong school. Consequently the grounds were  immaculate for our information morning on Wednesday.

To Robyn for lending Sisse  a benchtop oven. What a gorgeous community we have which makes it such a pleasure and a delight for me to work here.

 Information morning Thank-you Wendy, Sue and the kids and parents who were helping.  Also to all the fabulous sweepers. We had a big turn out of 25.

DANCE SOCIAL 25TH SEPTEMBER   Which is next week so start your stretches and limbering up now!

 REMINDER PLEASE   If you come into the school in the weekend and de-activate the alarm system you must ring security and advise them of what period of time you will be in the school. The number is stuck on the office window.

LIBRARY BOOK TO BE COLLECTED. Some-one has accidentally returned a Currambena  book to Stanton Library in North Sydney called “Lets Go Home Little Bear’ by Martin Wardell. If anyone is in this library we would love this book collected and returned to Currambena.

 With love,

   Julianna

Posted September 17th, 2009 in Coordinator by juliannam

Casp

Vacation Care for the October Holidays!!

Hooray!!  It’s been confirmed – we will be having vacation care in the 2nd week of the holidays.  The building work will now take place after these holidays .So…….

Here are the dates :-

Tuesday Oct 6th      Wednesday Oct 7th      Thursday Oct 8th   

Tuesday Oct 13th   Wednesday Oct 14th    Thursday Oct 15th                          

9.00am – 6.00pm  (not 6.30)   Cost :- $45 per day

There will be fruit time at 2.30pm and bread time of course, at 4.00pm. Please sign the sheets on the noticeboard.  I am also looking for a few volunteer parents to help in the mornings from 9 – 1pm.  Please let me know if you can help.

Many thanks

Amba

9418 3681 / 0405 584 198

Posted September 17th, 2009 in Casp by Newsletter

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Posted September 17th, 2009 in Photo of the week by Newsletter

General

Spring Sock Drive Fundraiser!!

Dear Currambena

“Sock It To You”,  the sock drive people have a new Spring catalogue with lots of new items in it. There are gifts, toys, socks and lots more. Do your Christmas shopping now and beat the crowds as well as fundraising  for Currambena. Get orders from your friends and family as well!

Every child will be receiving a catalogue this week. Please have your orders back to me by Friday 2nd October 2009, which is the last day of term. There will be a box on the preschool teachers’ desk to put your orders in. You can pay by credit card, cash or cheque made out to Currambena School. I will send the orders off in the holiday and plan for them to be delivered in the first week of Term 4.

Thanks

Sue

Posted September 17th, 2009 in General by sueg

General

Vegetable Garden….


The vegetable garden can no longer be worked as the new building site will be using the space.  We are developing plans for a wonderful new garden when the building is completed.

The compost bins will continue as this is part of teaching the children about sustainability

We need some HELP!!!!!!!!!

HELP to move compost on Friday 18th from 1.15pm
HELP to bring in any large pots
HELP to supply dry compost material such as garden prunings and grass clippings.

Sally Thompson

Posted September 17th, 2009 in General by Newsletter

Wendy's Class

Wendy’s Class Week 8 Term 3

This term is flying past and every week is very full!

Thank you so much to everyone who helped make the meeting on Monday night such a success. About 30 parents and students came along to hear about making the transition to High School and I especially want to thank our ex-students, Pat, Callum, Annabel, Ewan, Allend, Isobel and Alex who came along to share their experiences and answer questions about their various high schools. They made an impressive group, I thought.

We are delighted to welcome our two Macquarie Uni teaching students, Alyce and Josh, back with us over the next few weeks and they will be coming with us to CSIRO for a Chemistry workshop on Monday 21st September. We will need some drivers, please, who can help take us over to Ryde (Delhi Road) leaving school at 9:30 and returning in time for lunch. Please let me know if you can help.

We have been practising our Peace Songs for International Peace Day next Monday and everyone is asked to wear white t-shirts so we can make an impressive looking human peace sign. We are going to combine this with 350 Day raising awareness of global warming issues. Should be a good day.

Personal Interest Projects are actually due this week so these are getting quite a lot of attention during the day… applications for extensions must be in before Friday!! Some of the projects have already been handed in and they look great. Congratulations to those who completed them early!! Oral presentations will begin next week.

Also next week, we will be writing our play!!

We have a copy of the book “What’s Happening to Me?” in our class at the moment. It is all about puberty and is, of course, promoting some discussion! Please be warned that this will probably continue for a week or so and may provoke some questions at home. I will be reading it with the group and will answer any questions they might have honestly and directly. The book by the same authors “Where did I come from?” will also be in our room.

Next Wednesday we have the Italian performance, Comedia del Arte. This should be great fun. Thank you to Claudia for organising it. Next term there is an option for children to learn Italian again. Some suitable alternatives, including French, will be available for those who choose not to.

Have a great week. 

 Love, Wendy

Posted September 17th, 2009 in Wendy's Class by wendyp

Olivia's Class

Olivia’s Class Week 8 Term 3

Hi Everyone.

So much to talk about this week, I barely know where to begin. Firstly, we farewelled our student teacher Ruby on Tuesday, it was lovely having her in the class and we all enjoyed having another persons energy in the room.

Secondly, a list of thank you’s: thank you to Robert (Ygraine’s father) and Michaela (Bastian’s mother) for the stationary donations this week. Thank you to Mironne (Jacob’s mother) who washed and donated new towels to our classroom. An ongoing thank you to Lisa (Luke’s mother) who does reading with the class every Friday, and Veronica (Kiran’s mother) who does maths activities with the class every Thursday. Also thank you to Ron (Milly’s dad) and Marcus (Bastian’s dad) who helped erect the beginnings of the tree house last Friday.

Next Monday is “Peace Day” and “350 Day”, please wear white t-shirts for our singing and photos.

Next week is our excursion to the Observatory, there are3 more spaces for parents who would like to come and help. Please let me know a.s.a.p. so that we can start to organise ourselves. We are starting to take orders for dinner as we plan to pre-order and then walk up to get food. Please come and find out what your child has ordered so that they can bring the money in before the day so that I can make sure we have everything we need. Please make sure you add an extra few dollars for a drink also. We will be leaving school at 5:30 ish to be ready to go at 6:15 at the observatory and we will be back at 8:15 so please be here to pick up your child then.

Lastly, I will be away this Friday and Michael will be in the class instead. So see you all next Monday. Have a great weekend!

From Olivia

Posted September 17th, 2009 in Olivia's Class by oliviam

Preschool

Preschool Newsletter Week 8 Term 3

Hello Everyone

Thank you to all the people who made the school look so clean and cared for in time for Information Morning on Wednesday. It is really appreciated!

On Monday 21st September it is the International Day of Peace and we plan to mark it by all wearing a white t-shirt, singing peace songs and icing white peace signs onto biscuits. Please bake some biscuits – the recipe is in the newsletter. It is also 350 day – we will be taking a photo to send a message to world leaders about the need to address the climate change issue.

After a discussion last week about teddy bears and soft toys we are having a “Soft Toy day” next Thursday 24th September. Bring your favourite soft toy!

There is a Social next Friday 25th September at 5.30pm. There will be a bush band and a communal dinner, so  please make some food to share. No nuts, kiwi fruit or chocolate, please! More information is on notices around the school.

This week we have been talking about peace, doing some more work on houses and playing alphabet games. In Craft last week the children designed and made a city out of boxes, which was then painted. The city has every conceivable thing needed for a community to live very comfortably – spas, slides,  lots of lifts, buildings, trampolines, swimming pools etc.

Gabriela will be away this Friday 18th September visiting a preschool in Annandale where they have a Spanish program. She will also be away on Monday doing a First Aid Course. Bec will be working in preschool on Monday in Gabriela’s place.

Next week is the second last week of Term 3 so I will be putting up a list of jobs that need to be done in the final week of school. This is the time to catch up on doing your maintenance hours!!

There is a Spring Sock Drive Fundraiser on. Each child should have received a catalogue in their locker. Do your Christmas shopping now!! Orders need to be back to school by the last day of term, Friday 2nd October 2009. Put them in the box on our desk.

Thanks to the following parents-

Jackie and Kiffin for musical instruments and toys;

Susan for the purple satin;

Kath and Keppel for bringing in sushi ingredients and spending time in preschool showing us how to make sushi;

Peter and Xanthe for the new trampoline sandbags;

Jack for the dinosaur tail;

and Janine for the hooks and towels for the children’s bathroom.

Love from

Sue, Chris,  and Gabriela.

Posted September 17th, 2009 in Preschool by sueg