Happy holidays everyone! Thanks to everyone who volunteered this term. See you on 3rd October!

From the Office...

AFL/Netball Carnival payments

For those who paid for the AFL/Netball Carnival, the payment has been added to your account and can be used towards any future excursions etc.

CFA Emergency Expo Western Reserve Saturday 8 October

Our local CFA have asked grade 5-6 students to design badges for their Expo stand and would love some of our 5-6 students to volunteer on the day to answer questions to promote fire safety in our community. 12:20pm

If you are able to support your child to be part of this, please contact Bernadette or Scott.

An information session for volunteers and parents will be held at the school on Thursday 6 October at 3:45pm.

FIRE SAFETY

Please make sure you have our school emergency mobile in your contact list.

Our evacuation and relocation plans have changed this year. WE WILL NO LONGER EVACUATE TO VICTORY PARK

In the event of an Extreme Fire Danger Day we will relocate to Castlemaine Primary School (cnr Urquhart and Mostyn St Castlemaine)

In the event of an evacuation, we will evacuate to Castlemaine Primary School (cnr Urquhart and Mostyn St Castlemaine) PARENTS ARE NOT TO COLLECT STUDENTS UNTIL ADVISED IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. You will receive a text from our emergency phone advising what we are doing.

In the event we are advised by Emergency Services to shelter in place, we will do this in the Multipurpose room which has emergency power back up, water, toilets, a sprinkler system and satellite communication. PARENTS ARE NOT TO COLLECT STUDENTS UNTIL ADVISED IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

FAMILY SAFETY PLAN

Do you have a safety plan in place at home? Please plan what you will do in an emergency event and make sure everyone in your family knows what to do.

The Chewton CFA Brigade and local Red Cross volunteers are working with Claire Collie, from Safer Together, to raise awareness in the community around risk reduction and preparedness. With a changing climate, and the ever-present potential for fires, floods and storms, it is vital that there is a space for people to connect with others to plan towards community-based risk reduction and enhanced resilience. We are seeking other community members with an interest in this area, and a keenness to engage in conversations around disaster risk and resilience. Please get in touch with Claire if you would like to be involved, or seek more information (Claire.collie@cfa.vic.gov.au ; 0427 227 868)

What 's happening in 3-4?

As part of our learning in Numeracy at Chewton we have a rich and authentic task each term. A rich and authentic task is a question or wondering where students apply what they have learnt to an engaging and purposeful real-world problem. This term students investigated what it would be like to be a town planner and an architect when designing their dream town and house.

After learning about basic maps and their features students created their own town using a grid reference map. Students explored the wondering of what a town planner would need to consider when designing a place its residents could access services and live a healthy lifestyle in their town.

Students then went on to investigate the use of floor plans when designing a house or building. Grade 3/4’s designed their own floor plan for their dream house by drawing on their learning of multiplication facts to help them find the area of different rooms and total floor space.

In grade 3 and 4, students learn about how to identify the features of three-dimensional shapes and create 3D shapes from nets. Students explored the question of how to create a 3D model of a room from their dream house. After constructing their room, they found the volume of their model they had created.

It has been great to see grade 3/4 students apply their mathematical knowledge to solve a wondering!

What 's happening in 5-6?

Mount Alexander Chess Challenge

Congratulations to all our 5-6 students who participated in the Chess tournament this week in Castlemaine. The chess tournament was terrific, Chewton PS should be really proud of the kids who went along. The room was absolutely packed, kids from Bendigo, Ballarat and all around. Well done everyone and thanks to Kez, Lorenzo and Jonathon for supervising and supporting on the day!

Boomerang Ranch Camp

The Year 2 students had a fabulous time on camp. The wet weather did not deter them from enjoying all the experiences that were on offer.

Boomerang Camp by Quincy

Grade two camp

We went to boomerang ranch camp in Daylesford.

We went last week on Thursday and Friday.

We went horse riding. My horse was Miss piggy.

We went to build cubbies in the bush.

We made damper for lunch. We went on a night work and we found frogs.

Schools that went were: Taradale, Redesdale- Mia Mia, Langley and Chewton.

Boomerang Ranch by Teyo

Last Week all the grade two kids from Chewton school went to Boomerang Ranch.

Two days and one night. Taradale and Redesdale-Mia Mia and

Langley and Chewton. My horse's name was Jewel. I liked the pancakes for breakfast. All the Chewton grade two were in Room seven.

We cooked damper at Boomerang Ranch.

Boomerang Ranch by Orlo

Grade Two Camp Daylesford

I slept over for one night. The other schools that came are Taradale, Redesdale - Mia Mia, Langley and Chewton. I rode a horse and it’s name was Shadow. I had fun on the night walk. We saw two frogs and a cat followed us. The food was good.

Boomerang camp! by Miro

Boomerang camp was really fun!.

We went horse riding!. We made damper! We had a treasure hunt!

Grade 2 Boomerang Ranch camp by Patrick

We went horse riding. It was fun. There was a games room. In the games room there was a ping pong table. We stayed in room

7. My horse's name was Buddy. He was funny. My dad walked my horse. The camp

was fun I wish I could go again because I like it's very fun. My high light is horses riding. The camp was very fun. I like

the ping pong. At camp there was a cat it was very cute. We played hockey it was very fun. We did a treasure hunt. We had pancakes for breakfast. It was delicious. We built cubbies and there was a night walk but I did not go. We made damper for lunch. It was delicious. I had the best time at camp. The schools were Taradale, Redesdale Mia Mia, Langley and Chewton.

Here is a video of the Resonance String Orchestra playing for the 5-6 students who created art works inspired by the music.

Footy Colours Day

Some pics from Footy Colours day. Thanks to all our House Captains and grade 5-6 helpers for making it a great day. Thanks to Caroline, Sam and Marli for the hotdogs!!

Lunchtime performance!

Thanks Edie, Ginger, Freda, Athena, Emlia, Aiden, Millie, Tahi and Busby for a fantastic lunchtime performance! The audience loved every minute!

The thylacine by Oscar

The ancient thylacine roared

over the ancient land

under the cabbage palm, a den, a thylacine den

two pups, one week old barely opened their eyes

feeding on their mothers milk a brown bandicoot searching for food in the moonlight

The soft moon beams shine on the quokkas fur

under the cabbage palm tree

in my front yard

sugar gliders glide through the moonlight beams stroking the dingos back like a peaceful river flowing down a snowy mountain range

a roar shatters the peace

a thylacine under a ghost gum the generation has started

again