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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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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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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by juliannam
Building the Education Revolution
Commonwealth funded
Primary School in the 21st Century (PS21)
National School Pride (NSP)
Hi Everyone,
A big thank you to the kind parent who brought in all the pots for Currambena to use. Many of them have already come to good use and are lined up in the top play area storing our temporary veggie garden. Thank you also to the gardening team who worked so hard last Friday (in the heat) moving all the compost bins. There is a little bit more work to do in the veggie garden to move the last of the plants so if you would like to lend a hand let me know – we’ll probably finish the job next week at some point.
Otherwise there is not much to report at his stage – the results of the tender will not be known for several weeks.
CASP will now be providing care in the school holidays for both the first AND second week so please see the notice board for more details.
See you around
Jess (jkimber01@bigpond.com or 0411220111)
Posted September 24th, 2009
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Hello Currambena!
What a dust storm!!! When I arrived home last night just on sunset there was a lovely glow of red blanketing EVERYTHING in my house. It was quite a daunting sight for someone who hates housework!!!
REMINDERS
Bush Dance
social this Friday starting at 5.30pm. The band will kick off at 7pm. Please bring food to share, enough for your family and two extras.
Canteen. If you put your name down for canteen then have to cancel please find a replacement. On Monday come 10.30am I was suddenly in the roll of canteen Mum!!!! Funny that and I don’t have any kids at the school. It is an expectation and many kids arrive at school on Monday with money only.
You must ring security and advise them of your time period if you come into the school in the weekend and de-activate the alarm system. The number is stuck on the office window.
GRANT SUBMISSION
If I haven’t already mentioned it, you will be happy to know that our submission for a solar grant has been accepted. This will mean that we will have a bank of solar panels installed on the roof and so help to reduce our electricity costs.
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 24th, 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,
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
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by juliannam
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
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by juliannam
