Chewton Primary School

Newsletter 23rd November 2023

Chewton Primary School is situated on Djaara Country.

We acknowledge the Dja Dja Wurrung people, the custodians and caretakers of the land. We thank them for the care they have taken and continue to take of Country: the rivers, mountains, trees and animals. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

We follow Bunjil's teaching: Care for self, care for others, care for Country.

We commit to Be Brave and Make Change.

We will be a voice for generations.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday 28th November 2024 Prep Transition 2 - 9am - 11:30am

Friday 1st December Grade 6 collect and set up Xmas Tree

Secret Santa info goes home

Tuesday 5th December 2024 Prep Transition 3 - 9am - 12:30pm

Friday 8th December Cook up with Serena

Monday 11th December Secret Santa presents due at school

Tuesday 12th December Whole school step-up day

2024 Prep Transition 4 - 9am - 2:30pm

Thursday 14th December Year 6 Graduation/

Whole school picnic 5:15- 7:30pm

Welcome to Country Uncle Rick

Secret Santa 7pm

Friday 15th December Whole School Pool day 1-3:30pm

Sushi Lunch

Monday 18th December Year 6 Big Day Out

Tuesday 19th December Xmas Carols at the Post Office 10am

Yabbying grade 3-6 11:30am

Wednesday 20th December Last day of school - 1:30pm finish

Jobs for parents & carers

Hi folks we are asking families to contribute some time and energy to improve our grounds now that the building works have been completed. See Serena on Friday mornings for more info

Make fronts for the wooden compost bays

Weeding: our garden beds need looking after around the school

Watering garden: summer roster volunteers needed

From the Office

2024 Prep Transition dates

We are looking forward to meeting next year's Preps later this term on the following dates:

Tues 28th November: 9:00am - 11:30am Bring fruit snack and healthy morning tea

Tues 5th December: 9:00am - 12:30pm Bring fruit snack and healthy morning tea

Tues 12th December: 9:00am - 2:30pm Bring lunch to have a picnic with our big buddy

Sushi Lunch Days

Our last sushi lunch day is the 15th of December. Don't forget to mark this date on your calendar. It is also in the Compass calendar.

Dont forget to order by 5pm on the Thursday before. https://schoollunchonline.com.au/

Use of school outside school times

We are very sad to let you know that there was some damage to our sheds last weekend, which has been reported to the police. Please make sure that if your child wants to use the playground outside school times that a parent or grandparent is with them at all times.

Kimochis focus

For the remainder of the term we are focusing on the Keys to Communication: How to get someone's attention, using talking voice, face and body, using kind words and redoing hurtful moments.

This time of year is such a busy one for all our families. We have so much to do in the lead up to Christmas, our children are tired and it can be easy to be grumpy with each other, or just to let things go.

At school we are focusing on good communicaiton skills. Feel free to use these at home. If you would like a printed copy let us know and we will be happy to provide this

2019_5Keys to Communication.pdf

2020_Keys-7-Illustrated.pdf

What's happening in P-2

We were so excited to welcome our new 2024 preps for their first Transition session this week. A big thanks to all our amazing P-1-2 students who were such great helpers! Next week we will meet our big buddies and do a buddy activity together. Welcome to Nina, Bonnie, Toshi, Ennis, Helen, Atticus and Jack!

What's happening in 3-4-5?

Life Education Van: Being Safe online

Life Ed1.pdf

Life Ed.pdf

What's happening in 5-6?

Thanks to Heather for organising a visit to CSC for Grade 6 students to try out some instruments on offer at CSC! We had a fantastic time!

School Athletics Day

Thanks to Miki for organising a fantastic Athletics Day.

Students participated in Hurdels, Shotput, Long Jump, Relays, Longest Throw and Hula hoops. congratulations to yarram yarram House (yellow), who won the day! Well done to all our students whoall participated with great team spirit!

A note of thanks to share with you

Thank you for the magnificent 150th celebrations that you and your whole team organised. As a past student, I really enjoyed the enthusiasm of the present students, and felt that Chewton PS can confidently look forward to another 150 years of support from its community.

The thought that went into the displays that were set up was appreciated - I have rarely seen such a comprehensive collection of school photos going back almost to the beginnings of photography itself. The school rolls were equally amazing, and I think we all enjoyed finding the records of ourselves when we were enrolled, all inscribed in the beautiful copperplate handwriting that was the standard of the day. The work that the students had put into their displays speaks well of their presentation skills and the pride that they had taken in sharing their knowledge was obvious - big pats on the back all round!

It was good to see that things have changed a great deal from the days when I attended the school (1956-1962) and even more from when my mother Edna (Scoles) Preece attended the school (1929-1938). It’s now a beautiful space for 21st century learning, but allowing the heritage of the sturdy old building to remain.

Please pass on my heart-felt thanks to your roaming photographer (John, I think) who took one of the best photos I’ve ever seen of my sister Alison, my mother Edna and me (Linda) in front of the Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Association honour board. He did an amazing job of capturing former (not old!) students and taking down their details in a coherent fashion.

I look forward to visiting again and keeping that connection strong. With many, many thanks,

Linda (nee Preece) Stanford

Secret Santa

Each year we give a present to another person at school. All staff and students take part. On 1st December names are selected randomly by our Secret Santa maestros Eloise and Kahu.

Your child will come home with the name of the person they are buying a present for. Our limit is $10. During December we also make sure we go out of our way to do kind things for our Secret Santa, without giving away our identity! Presents come to school by Monday 11th December and are given out at our end of year picnic on Thursday 14th December!

Parent Gardening Group

Friday mornings from 8:30am-9am

Come and enjoy this with Serena.

Fantastic to see so many parents at our gardening group.

Come and have a coffee and enjoy the spring weather together!

Consumer Deposit Scheme

Drop your containers at Chewton Servo and

Support your school!

Our donation partner ID is: C2000008837

Give them this number when you drop off your containers, or tell them it is for Chewton Primary!

You can support Chewton Primary School by nominating us as the recipient of your donated containers, so that we get 10c for every container!

Please sort your containers as much as possible: plastic bottles, aluminium, glass, liquid paper (Primas etc). Do not crush the cans. Containers should be empty but lids on are fine.

The containers are located behind the Servo, so look out for signs.

Make sure you let them know your containers are for Chewton Primary School!