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
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
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
in Coordinator
by juliannam
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
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
Hello Currambena!
THANK-YOU
-To our gorgeous Tracy for producing our lovely newsletter each week. We look forward every week to your beautiful photos especially the cover shots.
-To our parents who come in on Monday and do a fabulous canteen.
-To all our wonderful CASP staff who run a very caring fun after school care program. It always amuses me when I hear the various conversations floating into the office. Parents being given a very clear message that they are….too early as the child has not had their bread time, or they have not had enough play time or they want to stay right to the end!
LOOKING FOR… Sisse our Danish student teacher is staying in a studio flat in Bondi and she happened to mention yesterday that they have a cook top but no oven!!!! So my request to the community is … does anyone have a working bench top oven that they are not using and could lend to Sisse till they leave in late January.
NITS
Have you parent groups organised your BIG WASH weekend yet?
Activities coming soon…….
Your Child and High School Monday 14th September from 7pm -9pm. Wendy will be speaking along with various ex-Currambena students.
Information morning next Wednesday 16th September starting at 10am. If you know of anyone who is interested please pass on this date. I am trying to be more efficient with time management and not have individual tours of the school where possible.
Dance social Friday 25thSeptember We have a bush band booked! If it is still cold we will start up Steve’s firepit so either way it should be a hot September night. So a big circle on the calendar please.
REMINDER
The traffic warden is still with us so take care where you are parking and for how long.
With love,
Julianna
Posted September 10th, 2009
in Coordinator
by juliannam
Hello Currambena!
THANK-YOU
- For a great café last Friday the grapevine tells me it was a lovely afternoon with heaps of people and plenty of yummy things to eat.
- To our Buildteam and to all those who attended the evening to discuss the landscaping of the new playground.
- To all our teachers for all the time and care you have put in for each and every half hour parent interview.
2010 Calendar
The first draft has come out and is now in the final refining stages so please be ready to order next year’s fabulous Currambena calendar celebrating 40 Years of Inspired Learning!
NITS
Current livestock numbers are at critical mass in some classrooms and becoming a rather tedious bother for parents.
So the suggestion is that the parents of each class get together, pick an agreed weekend and everyone do the big wash. To get a good hit you will more than likely need to do two weekends in a row.
Activities coming soon…….
Dance social Friday 25th September
We have a bush band booked!
If it is still cold we will start up Steve’s firepit so either way it should be a hot September night.
So a big circle on the calendar please.
REMINDER
The traffic warden seems to be coming each day so take care where you are parking and for how long.
With love,
Julianna
Posted September 3rd, 2009
in Coordinator
by juliannam
Hello Currambena!
Thank-you to all our parents for the improvement with signing in and out, even ringing immediately to tell us if you have forgotten is a great relief. Of course we would love everyone to keep working on this and a forgotten signature to be a rarity.
THANK-YOU
To our organisers, for our beautiful fliers, and everyone who came to our Transition to Kindergarten night.
A special thanks to Fran and to Jo for presenting the evening.
Activities coming soon…….
Café
This Friday 28th August 2pm start
This is always a lovely social gathering so please come.
If you can provide a plate of something yummy that would be much appreciated.
Dance social Friday 25th September
We are hoping to have a bush band and if still cold – Steve’s fire pit burning.
So mark that night in your calendar
Special Thoughts….
Sending our love and support to Jackie, Michael and Katriona our thoughts will be with you all next week.
With love,
Julianna
Posted August 27th, 2009
in Coordinator
by juliannam
Hello Currambena!
This is a very special reminder to our parents about signing in and out. I am referring mainly to Preschool and to Casp. When the sign sheethas not been signed this causes huge stress for our staff. For example if you arrive, pick-up a child and promptly leave and five minutes later a staff member checks for this child, ten minutes is spent looking for the child then alarm sets in. Parents are rung which sometimes can take up to an hour tracking parents and they then tracking the person who they organised to collect the child….. As you can imagine all the staff are involved at this stage and quite often this includes myself and that really sick feeling I get in my stomach is very unpleasant… need I say any more.
Sue has a little more to say in the Preschool page with their concerns and some creative thought for resolution.
THANK-YOU - To the lovely fairy who so neatly folded our beautiful fabric bunting.
Activities coming soon…….
Remember it is next Monday 24th August ….. preparing for Kindergarten presentation by Fran. At 7pm.
Café afternoon
Friday 28thAugust 2pm start. This is always a lovely social gathering so please come. If you can provide a plate of something yummy that would be much appreciated…
Dance social Friday 25th September
We are hoping to have a bush band and if still cold Steve’s fire pit burning.
So mark that night in your calendar
Reminders…
- URGENT! Our waiting list is getting longer so please talk to Sue about the days you want for next year and any siblings that will be starting.
- Fees are due TODAY. If you are not going to meet this deadline please email your payment plan.
- Receipts. If you have paid your fees in cash or by cheque these are sitting under the window on my desk.
- Child Rebates. Preschool parents who have children attending preschool and possible CASP can claim these at Centre Link. If you need the form please talk to me.
With love,
Julianna
Posted August 20th, 2009
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by juliannam
