Hello Everyone,
CONCERT IN THE PARK
How chic is that! And, it was fabulous, gorgeous and wonderfully entertaining.
Thank-you to all our amazing performers
A big big thank-you to all our teachers, student teachers and assistants who put in many hours of passion, energy and a teeny bit of frustration to produce our lovely concert.
A very special thanks to the ‘Behind the Scenes Crew’ (or to the side see photo) who sweated, laboured,did mini acrobatics to string ropes, lift and move generators,jumped hoops with music management, packed utes and vans, drank beer……..
As to the stuck bus not sure what the final outcome of that was?
COST FOR THE CONCERT was $10.00 per family. Our big kids were running around on the evening collecting the money but if you were unable to pay we would love you to drop it into the office.
YEAR SIX KIDS GOODBYE…..A farewell café Wednesday 16th December for our year six kids and possible spillover into the evening for those long party creatures. The Currambena community has such a multitudes of social events that we practically had to draw straws to get our date locked in!!!!!
REMINDER
Any families who have not paid their enrolment fee please be reminded only this locks you in for a place next year. Also if Sue has given you papers to fill please get them back to the office
The ‘Taj bathroom’ is working on being finished soooon. Before Xmas I hope!
Love Julianna
Posted November 19th, 2009
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by juliannam
Building the Education Revolution
Commonwealth funded
Primary School in the 21st Century (PS21)
National School Pride (NSP)
Hi Everyone,
Things are still moving along behind the scenes even though there is no construction underway yet.
Our architects expect to finish the revised drawings ready for re-tendering by the end of this week and I’ll get them on the notice board as soon as possible. Once the re-tendering process is underway the architects will be working on all the revised documentation for council approval which includes amendments to some of the consultants’ reports.
Have a great week.
Jess (jkimber01@bigpond.com or 0411220111)
Posted November 19th, 2009
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NEWS FROM HOLLAND
Hey everyone!
Finally some news from Holland! Things are going well over here! When Luuk and I were back in Holland we graduated from our University! I had such an awesome time at Currambena and Australia that is was very hard for me to describe it back home to my family and friends. But thanks to the amazing photo album you gave to me it made it less difficult. At the moment I’m working in a gym where I control the fitness area. It’s a fun job, but of course not as much fun as teaching at Currambena! I’m really missing it. I heard things are going well over there, which makes me happy. I hope everyone is still participating in sport very well. In February I will make a new trip! This time I will be traveling to Canada! Here the Olympic Winter Games will be held. I will only be there for 2 weeks, because I can’t be away too long from my job! Next year I hope to start a new University or will travel more! We will see how it goes! I hope everyone is ok and would love to hear some back!
Cheers,
Willem!
Posted November 19th, 2009
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by juliannam
Hello Currambena!
CONCERT Friday Friday 13th November. Location – Tambourine Bay (see attached map). 5.30pm full assembly of all cast members from every class. 6.00pm SHARP - silence will be called and the show will begin! Please bring picnic dinner, a rug or two and possibly some camping lights.
SOCIAL
Next Wednesday 18th November we have the farewell breakfast for all our year six kids. We will be firing up the BBQ ready to start around 7.30am. Everyone, please join us to farewell and celebrate the beginning of a new journey for our big kids. Cost per breakfast $4.00
THANK-YOU
To all those who helped out with information morning. This was our last open morning for this year and our next one will be same time on Wednesday 3rd March 2010
RENOVATIONS
The bathroom …… staff are now in deep consultation about colour. When the white smoke comes up you will know a decision has been reached. Meanwhile it is white….
PARKING
Please please do not park across our driveway. We need this access free so vehicles can come into the school.
RESIDENCY STATUS
A newly added requirement for our census which is linked to our funding is the residency status of every student. I have put a template on the back of the newsletter. If you have not already done so, I would really appreciate if you could fill it in and return it to the office.
COMMUNITY CAMP
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th December.
At the most gorgeous Jervis Bay in Bristol Point camping ground. There are toilets and showers but you need to bring everything else. Everyone is most welcome though we do need to know numbers.
Please speak to Wendy or Julianna
With love,
Julianna
Posted November 12th, 2009
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by juliannam
Hello Currambena!
CONCERT Friday 13 th November. 5.30pm full assembly of all cast members from every class. 6.00pm SHARP silence will be called and the show will begin! Please bring a picnic dinner, a rug or two and possibly some camping lights. Location – Tambourine Bay (see attached map).
Boxes of BEAUTIFUL 2010 CALENDARS are here in the office. It would be really helpful if a couple of parents could set up under the blue umbrella and start selling them. A single calendar is $18.00, two or more are $15.00 each.
RENOVATIONS
Our bathroom is coming along beautifully. We had a couple of anxious days putting various innovative barricades up across the door way to keep out inquisitive feet!!! I was in a quandary as to whether I should warn the kids or not. Warning them that stepping on the floor tiles before they are dry will move them out of position could possibly be an irresistible temptation to prove me wrong or oops…… she was right!!@$
THANK-YOU
If you have not been up to our library recently please pop in. Kerrie and her helpers are doing a wonderful job with beautiful mural paintings on the walls around the verandah and lots of enticing books on display. Thank-you, thank-you all you creative library people.
RESIDENCY STATUS
A newly added requirement for our census which is linked to our funding is the residency status of every student. I have put a template on the back of the newsletter which I would really appreciate if you could fill it in and return it to the office
REMINDER
All fees for school and CASP are due Thursday 12 th November. If you are being challenged by this deadline please speak to me now.
With love,
Julianna
Posted November 5th, 2009
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by juliannam
Building the Education Revolution
Commonwealth funded
Primary School in the 21st Century (PS21)
National School Pride (NSP)
Hi Everyone,
We have spoken with the architects and they have proposed some design modifications to the new classroom. The biggest changes are a simplification of the roof line, a change to the internal ceiling structure and an overall reduction in the building size. These changes should make us some significant cost savings which will begin to bring us closer to our budget. In addition there are changes to the materials that will be used and some of the detailed finishes. Once the changes have been drawn up we will pin the sketches on the notice board.
We will be meeting with Lane Cove Council tomorrow to discuss the changes and find out how long it might take to have them approved through council. But at this stage the architects are anticipating starting on site next year. This is a delay of about 4 months – it will take completion to mid way through next year.
Jess (jkimber01@bigpond.com or 0411220111)
Posted November 5th, 2009
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by juliannam
Hello Currambena!
Our love and support goes out to Mikee , Martin and Marcus who are all in the Philippines for Mikee’s Dad and Marcus’s Grandad’s funeral.
Great news – our 2010 calenders have arrived! they are $18 or $30 for 2. We have boxes of them in the office, so get in quick so you don’t miss out.
Our tradies have continued to be very busy with the staff bathroom renovation. The tiles are being laid today so it is all starting to come together and is going to be gorgeous!
THANK-YOU..
- to Tony for working on all our IT changes and desktop maintenance.
- to Helen who is preparing our DA for the solar panels and skylights.
Canteen.
Thank-you so much to Helen who was able to take on canteen last Monday at very short notice. The roster is up on the notice board and I have also put it in the newsletter so please have a look and consider whether you can fill in any of the blanks. For your information we have a full set of canteen guidelines written up in the office if you are wondering what to do, order, cook etc. Please just ask and I can give you a copy.
Reminder
All Casp invoices are being posted out today. All fees for school and CASP are due Thursday 12 th November
With love,
Julianna
Posted October 28th, 2009
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by juliannam
Hello Currambena!
Hope everyone had a lovely break. Lots of things were happening here at the school. Upgrades were being done around our IT and phones, trekking around various tile and bathroom showrooms to purchase new bathroom accessories, conversing with the tradespeople stripping out and renovating the staff bathroom, emergency tree surgery for falling gum branches and in between all this I did have some time at home which I spent buried in my garden making and planting out new vegie beds. The only challenge in all this lovely activity was come Monday Coordination day I was feeling a wee bit puffed!
But as usual the beginning of the term started in full swing. The phones were not working, tradespeople needed answers, emails were not sending,numerous phone calls to telstra, the staff fridge gurgled and whinged all through staff meeting then died, both phone lines were diverted to my mobile, more instant decisions needed with the bathroom renovation and then I left my mobile at home Wednesday…………. So today my first call is to apologise if your calls were not answered but at last we are back on track and all technology is up and running again. Hope it is all Cool Running for next week.
THANK-YOU
To Amba for coordinating our holiday care and to all those who helped with the supervision
To Amba again for being up at an unnecessary hour to open up for the tradespeople every morning
To all the energetic people who were here on Sunday getting our gorgeous Currambena all ship shape for Monday
Canteen. The roster will be up on the notice board for canteen. Please fill in the blanks if you can. I will be putting the roster in the newsletter each week so everyone is aware of whose on canteen the following Monday or not.
Phew, what a week!
With love,
Julianna
Posted October 22nd, 2009
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by juliannam
Building the Education Revolution
Commonwealth funded
Primary School in the 21st Century (PS21)
National School Pride (NSP)
Hi Everyone,
Welcome back – I hope you all had a lovely break and that you’re ready for the countdown to Christmas.
You may be wondering why the building project has not begun by now as we had anticipated. Unfortunately we are estimating a delay of between 4-8 weeks at this stage.
During the break we received tender results from 5 construction companies. These came in at significantly more than we had anticipated and have available in our budget. There are several reasons for this and one significant factor is that there are so many other school building works being undertaken in the state at the moment. There is an over-demand for builders and therefore the prices available are not very competitive. We are also facing the very common step of having to work through the project in detail with builders to make sure we are getting the best value for money and to see where easy cost-savings can be made.
We have met with our architects to discuss a way forward and our intention is to negotiate with the 2 construction companies that provided the lowest tender results. In addition we will also need to make some adjustments to the design of the building which may then require an additional application to Lane Cove Council for an amendment to the currently approved development application. Our guiding principle in making amendments will be that the building should be completed for the amount budgeted. This process needs to be done thoroughly and will take some time to work through.
We are still confident that at the end of the project we will have a beautiful new classroom to move into early next year.
The NSP grant money however is on track and the bathroom renovation in the main building is well under way. We anticipate it will take another couple of weeks to finsh.
Jess (jkimber01@bigpond.com or 0411220111)
Posted October 22nd, 2009
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by juliannam
Hello Currambena!
Whew! End of term has come, I am really looking forward to less driving.
Thank-you to all the helpers at the Bush Dance. The local grapevine was telling me people had a great night.
Thank-you Sue for offering to collect our library book from Stanton Library.
Thank-you to the tree house builders. It is a great success and is a constant hive of activity with the kids. I have a birds eye view of all the various comings and goings from my office window so must remember to bring my camera.
Little things are happening around the school getting ready for the construction of our new building. The garden has been relocated, the green room is being completely cleared out and timber is currently being salvaged from the top playground and reused on the tree house.We are finding all sorts of nooks and crannies for temporary storage.
With love,
Julianna
Posted October 1st, 2009
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