Conflict resolution
Conflict Resolution DVD’s are available via the web or from the school office. These are a valuable tool for any one working with 3 to 6 year olds. The DVD was filmed on site at Currambena.
Julianna… Term 4 Week 5
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
Olivia’s Class Week 5 Term 4
Hi Everyone!
How fantastic was the concert?! The kids keep asking if we can do “play practice”. A huge thank you to all who helped including Danielle who helped with the scenery. Whilst I was busy setting up etc, I forgot to take my camera. If anyone took any pictures, please could you email or bring them in for the class. Also if anyone happened to film the concert I would really love to send a clip to Luuk and Willem in Holland.
Moving on to Mowbray Park… The dates for this overnight camp is Wednesday the 9th December to Friday 11th December. It is just outside of Picton. Parents are most welcome to come but must remember that they are there as parent supervisors for all children and I will ask them to help. So if you are planning to get away with a good book and a glass of red, this is not the opportunity! I will be sending home a information pack with everything you will need to know as well as a huge range of forms including permission forms and working with children forms for the supervising parents to fill out.
Sarah is doing some water safety skills with our class in preparation for summer and also the Mowbray Park camp where we will be canoeing and swimming. She has asked for the the last group (who will be working with her on Monday the 30th November) to bring a spare set of clothes and water-proof shoes to be used in the swimming pool and an extra towel. The children in the last group are Bastian, Milly, Anna, Emma, Charlotte, Kiran and Jacob.
NITS are back, they must be loving the warmer weather. Please could everyone check and wash accordingly.
Lastly, I need to know if there is anyone planning on leaving Currambena at the end of this year so that we can continue to think about who is going to Wendy’s and who is staying with me. Please could you let me know your plans as soon as you can.
That’s all for now folks. Have a good week!
From Olivia.
Wendy’s Class Week 5 Term 4
I have had so many people say to me how much they enjoyed the concert last Friday! It certainly was a great success. The weather was kind, thank goodness, and all the children played their parts and appeared to enjoy themselves thoroughly! I felt extremely proud of all of my group… they wrote the whole play themselves (including the part for me!!) and then practised and practised to get it to the final stage. I was quite delighted at how well it went. I especially want to thank all the BEHIND THE SCENES helpers (those I forgot to thank on the night) who had toiled away to get the backdrop, generator and sound system up and running for us. They all did such a great job and it certainly would not have been such a success without them. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS TO EVERYONE!
NOTES ABOUT CAMP AT JERVIS BAY HAVE GONE HOME THIS WEEK ALREADY. IF YOU HAVEN’T RECEIVED THEM PLEASE ASK YOUR CHILD!
Unfortunately I have made a couple of errors in the typing… of course the camp is 2009 (NOT 2008)and the cost will be $160 instead of $150 as mentioned on one of the pages. Last year we didn’t cover costs so I would like to ask for this amount and will give refunds if there is money over at the end. If you have already sent in a cheque, please just send in the extra $10. I am very sorry about that. Next week we will choose the menu and finalise shopping lists. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WEEKEND REUNION/COMMUNITY CAMP IS FOR FAMILILES AND EX-STUDENTS BUT IS NOT PART OF THE SUPERVISED SCHOOL CAMP. Please let me know if you are thinking of coming down for that. Thanks to the people who came to the meeting after school on Tuesday.
Our student teacher Judith completes her prac with us this week. I was so grateful for her help during our play rehearsals and on the night. She has connected really well with the children and given some great lessons during her weeks at Currambena. We wish her all the very best for her teaching career.
Today we are visiting Synergy, the Lane Cove Youth Centre situated in rooms under the Olympic Pool seating. They will be telling the kids about their program of after school activities which are especially aimed at High School students with time to fill after school. They also run School Holiday programs which can be great fun. Information will come home about it.
As well as all this going on, the children are working very hard on their academic work… finishing the unit on Time in Maths, Exposition in English, completing text book pages in both Maths and Spelling and working on Mini Projects which are Explanation texts. (These are due next week… they are short and have a short time frame.) History of the Beatles in Music, Monet in French, looong class meeting… what a week!
Sorry for the confusion about the date and time of the Social! It is especially for the community to say goodbye to the Year 6 students and also for anybody who wishes to perform… guitarists and piano players… and the adult choir too. See more information elsewhere in this newsletter.
Have a great week. Love, Wendy
from the Build Team….
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)
Preschool Week 5 Term 5
Hello Everyone
The concert was a great success in a beautiful spot with a wonderful atmosphere. Thanks to all the children for ALL those practices, to Chris Rochester, Callum, Julianna and Steve for the microphone system and to all the parents who helped drive children to the morning practice. It was yet another Currambena milestone. You could see how the children learn as you watched the spectrum of performances from preschool up to Wendy’s group. I love how everyone has a part they write for themselves and they all perform according to their own interest and developmental level.
This week we are talking about the menu for the Preschool Afternoon Tea being held next Thursday 26th November from 1.30-2.30pm. Please RSVP on the window above the sign-on sheet so we know how many to cater for. This is an opportunity for the children to thank their families for bringing them to preschool all year. Please support the children in waiting their turn to be served after all our guests have been served.
We have also been following up on the children’s interest in animals this week – Australian and African animals and how to care for the animals of the world. Yesterday we tried to find the answer to Elina’s question – how do mum and dad mice make the baby mice? We have also been reading Leo Lionni books and doing mouse artwork inspired by his book, “Frederick”. We have also painted a mural based on Margaret Preston’s work depicting four land animal environments.
There are beautiful Currambena calendars for sale in the office. These made gorgeous Christmas presents for people last year so hurry and get some for gifts this year. The cost is $18 for one and $30 for two.
We will be having an Orientation Morning for the new families with children coming to preschool next year on Monday 7th December 2009 from 9.30-11.00am. The current preschool children have been decorating invitations to send to the new children and they will be posted today. The children going to Fran’s will visit her classroom at that time as well, so if your child does not attend preschool on a Monday please bring them from 9.30-11.00am on Monday 7th December.
We need the enrolment forms and enrolment fees for all the families with children who will be coming to preschool next year. We have a long waiting list of people anxious to get a place in preschool so we really need this finalised. Thanks!!
Thanks for the people who do our washing, the mystery person who swept round preschool on the weekend so we were greeted with a beautifully clean outside area on Monday morning and to Peter for the paper.
Love from
Sue, Chris and Gabriela.
Aussie Kids…. Week 5 Term 4
Dear Parents,
Wasn’t the concert wonderful, we have a lot of natural actors in our group! Thank you to all the people that went above and beyond to make it happen at the new venue.
Swimming at Greenwich baths has been just perfect with this hot weather. Thank you to all the parents who are driving us and supervising which makes it such a successful event each week.
Please send a hat every day or even send a hat named and we can keep it here so they are on hand when needed. We are persisting with our reminders each day around noon to be putting sunblock on and hats. The plan for next year is to get some shade cloth outside our class so it will be a better space for working and eating lunch.
This week we are looking at blends and vowels; we are learning library skills. In Maths we are investigating area. We continue to read and write daily – come and read some of the wonderful stories on display.
We need to make a very special thank you to David who has been with us for 10 weeks and finishes on Friday. He has really become an important part of our class taking on everything we throw at him with enthusiasm and really getting into our philosophy. We will miss you David. All the very best for your future as a teacher.
Our end of year social is going to be next Thursday the 26th at 6pm. It will be a performance night with an opportunity for all the different talents at the school to perform. It is also and opportunity to farewell our year Six children. Please bring a plate to share.
Take care
Fran, Jo and Sarah and for the last time David.
NEWS FROM WILLEM
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!
Julianna…. Term 4 Week 4
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
