Week 9, Term 3

CNPS Fete 2024 - 5 weeks to go!

We need your help on fete day!

The volunteer signup sheet for the CNPS fete is now open with heaps of great spots to fill.

Click on the link: volunteersignup.org/DXRKK (or copy it into your browser)

Pick the stall and time that suits you - it only takes a few seconds to do.

(You can also email cnpsfete@gmail.com if you would prefer not to use the App or if you have any questions)

Donations rant

Thanks so much to everyone who has already donated items. It's wonderful to see these starting to clog up the hallway. Please keep donations coming!

For a quick refresh we need:

• make your own terrarium - jars and vases, mini figurines and decorative rocks and gems

• book stall - reads for all ages in good condition

• lucky number - fill a jar with small goodies

• handcrafted items for kids or adults

• preserves, pickles, sauces

• chocolate bars, blocks and boxes

• 1L bottled drinks – soft drinks, mineral water, sparkling apple, kombucha etc.

Finally, it’s time to start decluttering for the bric-a-brac stall. See the flyer below for ideas.

(A reminder that we've set up tubs in the office hallway for donations.)

A snapshot of the fete

We’ve planned over 40 stalls and activities for this year’s fete – have we gone overboard? Almost definitely. The fun includes live music throughout the day, an amazing savoury food zone and café area, sweet treats like crepes, fairy floss and ice-creams, a market zone with plants, cakes, terrarium and badge making, as well as books and bric-a-brac, plus load of activities including coconut shy, lucky number, virtual reality, Mr Scott’s famous showbags, and a free craft-making area and storytelling corner.

Keep an eye out for…

We’re putting the finishing touches on the poster and flyers to share with friends and family, and will also be sharing the online raffle link very soon. More details to come next week!

Hello from the SRC, 

As we approach the end of term, planning for the remainder of the year is still in full swing. With the upcoming fete in Term 4, the SRC has been busy organising a Downball Tournament for the event. Keep an eye out for more information in next week's newsletter. 

The SRC is also excited to announce that we’ve successfully secured the Quick Response Youth Grant for our Safe Play Spaces Project! This initiative began with senior students collecting and analyzing data from across the school in Term 2 to determine how we can improve our play spaces. Using this data, the school captains prepared a grant application and were successful in obtaining $1,000 to support the project! Stay tuned for more updates on how the funds will be used. 

Neurodiversity Awareness Day 

On Monday we had our first ever Neurodiversity Awareness Day. We had lots of fun and learnt lots. At the end we made a big rainbow.  

“I learned about ADHD, autism and dyslexia and how they can affect your brain.” Bailey Bright - 5/6HG 

“I learned that neurodiversity and neurodivergent are not quite the same thing. Neurodivergent is one person, neurodiversity means the community of neurodivergent people.” Greta Watson-Bonnice - 5/6Sl 

“I learned that lots of people’s brains are different and they’re not different in a bad way.” Freida Beckley - 3/4CN 

“I learned what autism is and what neurodiversity means.” Beatrix Newcombe - 3/4CN 

“I learnt about rainbows.” Matteo Tricarico - Prep E 

“I learnt that people have feelings and it’s good to be kind to people.” Finny Laslett - Prep E 

Hello from the Prep Rooms, 

We are so close to holidays now! This week we celebrated Neurodiversity Awareness Day by reading the book ‘Elma’ with the grade 1/2s and decorating our very own unique elephant. You can have a look at them displayed in the classroom. In literacy we explored the ‘th’ sound and practised reading and writing words with this tricky sound. On Friday we did our second Big Write, writing about what it would be like if we got to go into Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory like Charlie did in our class novel this Term. In Maths, we have been exploring time, learning to read an analogue clock and matching analogue and digital times. We have enjoyed playing SPINGO, a space version of Bingo! For our Big Question, we used a Venn Diagram to draw pictures to show the similarities and differences of how children around the world celebrate their birthdays. 

Next week we have heaps of fun things to finish off Term 3. On Thursday the Prep/1/2’s will participate in the school athletics. We look forward to seeing everyone try their best and represent their house at all the events. Then on Friday for the last day of Term we will celebrate the end of our big question ‘How and why do people celebrate’ with an end of term party! We will also send home the student’s Learning journals on Friday with more student work to look at. 

Have a great weekend,  

Nicole and Lauren 

Does anyone else feel like the end of term must be near? This week has been full of new and exciting opportunities and adventures. We loved going to the see I Wish at the Capitol Theatre in Bendigo last week. It was amazing to see the acrobatics and it also taught us a little about how to cope with big emotions when we have them. Thank you to Nicci for organising such a great day out for us. Next Friday we have another big day to look forward to as we head down to the Theatre Royal for the Castlemaine Premiere of Runt.  

Our Big Question of How and why do people celebrate has seen us learning about Chinese New Year and First Nations celebrations. Next week we will be learning a little about some Thai Festivals such as Song Kran. Some of our teachers and students have been fortunate enough to be in Thailand when the country is celebrating, and it sounds very exciting!  

Thank you for sending in so many boxes for our learning about shapes this week in Maths. We have been building tall towers and thinking about what shapes work best for this. We were creative in building our towers and other objects out of our 3D shapes.  

In Literacy we have been learning about what the word ceremony means and reading some beautiful books from a First Nations perspective, including Ceremony by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing. We have been constructing the four types of sentences in response to this (question, command, exclamation and statement). Most our spelling learning this week has been about the 5 jobs of Silent Final E. Perhaps you could test your children to see how well they remember the 5 rules!  

Thank you to the families who have already returned notes and paid for our excursion to the theatre next week.  

 What a week we've had in 5/6 land! Neurodiversity Day was a beautiful opportunity to celebrate annd learn more about nuerodiversity. The teachers have been so impressed with the maturity, understanding and respect that students demonstrated through our sessions. Keep a look out for the famous neurodiverse people that we have been creating portraits of. In maths this week, students continued to work on strategies for solving fractions, decimal and percentage problems. This culminated with a 'Sunday Funday' task where students used coupons to save some cash when planning an exciting day's worth of activities! During BQT sessions, students have been 'taking action' by researching their own question related to citizenship or contemporary issues. These questions range from delving into environmental issues through to racism and inclusion. We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the Expo, next Friday morning where students will be sharing their learning! Next week will focus heavily on working on producing our work for the BQT expo and tieing up loose ends before the end of Term Three. 

Performing Arts 

Our school supports the work of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and their work supporting remote Communities to write, illustrate and publish books in languages they speak at home. Busking For Change is a multi-literacy and joyful fundraiser incorporating music, song, movement and language. We all have a role to ensure every child has access to books and promote the value of First Languages for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. By participating in Busking For Change we are not only giving our students a positive learning experience, but we are growing their awareness of the richness and diversity of First Languages and that we can all be changemakers. 

The students across the school have been rehearsing for our Busking for Change event,  

At 3pm next Wednesday the 18th of September on the down ball courts, there will be performances from the whole school, the CNPS Choir and the Grade 5/6s. If you are able, please come along to the event on Wednesday afternoon with some ‘change’ to throw in to help make a change to the lives of children living in remote communities.  Alternatively you can make a donation via our fundraising page https://buskingforchange.ilf.org.au/o/castlemaine-north-primary-school  

As well as singing, the Preps have been making and exploring different puppets. The grade 1/2s have been working on their scripted drama. The Grade 3/4s have been finalising and performing their plays. The grade 5/6s have been learning chords on the ukulele.  

Prep E  

Dallas Eddy – for your impressive focus and effort during PMP activities! Well done Dallas!

Hugo Cushing – for the impressive way you demonstrated your understanding of telling digital and analogue time in Maths this week.

Prep N

Gillian Crawshaw – for always demonstrating a love of learning and pursuing your personal best.

Jude Kelly – for the confident way you demonstrated your understanding of telling the time in Maths.

1/2 S

Jarvis Hovey – for the confident way you took on feedback during your Winston’s Adventures presentation.

Grace Johnson-Black – for your impressive use of the four sentence types in your writing.  

1/2 W

Mia Namavar – for the care and creativity you showed when 3D modelling a tree house in Maths.

Oden Radkovic – for the wonder and curiosity you showed when creating questions during our study of celebrations.

3/4 CN

Quinlyn Nicholson – for your dedication and focus during Spelling lessons.

Art Thomas-Lawrance – for the thoughtful way you stacked up everyone’s chairs without being asked.

3/4 H

Chet Chaplin – for helping a classmate complete their ‘breakdown buddies’ task.

Darsh Kumar – for rereading your big write and recognising areas for improvement.  

3/4 L

Samuel Carr – for the consistent use of time and sequencing words in your writing.

Sadie Breen – for taking the time to uplevel and edit your work. Well done.

3/4 PS

Emilia Haylock – for your excellent use of ambitious phrases in your writing.

Codie Ryan – for your outstanding focus and enthusiasm during our learning tasks.

5/6 HG

Adelaide Turner-Bessant – for tuning in to cryptic crossword clues and challenging yourself.

Hazel Berry-Phillips – for being kind and considerate when supporting another student x2!

5/6 J

Charlotte Morrison-Blunck – for being considerate of other learners by sharing your inquiry research with the class.

Jack Turner – for the enthusiasm you showed when celebrating your achievement in Maths.

5/6 R

Peyton Bright – for the way you ask questions and seek help to consolidate your learning.

Thalia Anderson – for the way you displayed courage and resilience during a challenging situation.

5/6 SL

Gulliver Ward – for the way you handled disappointment in a mature way.

Mary Francis – for the dedicated approach you have demonstrated when researching during BQT.

Quinten McClure – for the way you tackled all learning tasks on Thursday with organisation and enthusiasm.

Indonesian

Finny Laslett – for being so focused and determined to get your work done from the beginning to the end of the lesson.

Performing Arts

Max Cevolatti – for the way you turned around a challenging lesson on the ukulele and then found it ‘so satisfying!’ Well done!

Sierra Egan - for the effort you put into your learning your lines for your play. Well done.