Week 7, Term 3

CNPS Fete 2024!

Dress Ups!

What a wonderful Book Week parade we had this year. Now, what to do with all those unwanted costumes and dress-ups? Give them to us for our pop-up Transformation Tent! This year we will have a mega-tent filled with face-painting, kids hair dressing salon and dress ups, finishing up with an Instagram-able Red Carpet walk! Please contact Ciel to organise collection/school drop-off via 0406 604 773.

Start Planting!

CNPS Mum Angelica is Leading the Fete Plant and is asking you to start planting to grow seedlings!  Her recommended plant stall prep for August/September is as follows:

·       Indoor vining plants & succulents: start propagation (water or soil).

·       ⁠Veggie & fruit seedlings: perpetual spinach, capsicum, eggplant, climbing beans, chilli, kale, silver beet. Can start tomato seedlings soon (just watch out for frost), plus parsley, basil, and strawberry.

·   Native plants: if anyone knows how to grow some local natives that would be much appreciated!

For more info contact Angelica via plantstall24@gmail.com or join the WhatsApp group she has created: CNPS Fete Plant Stall 2024

Fete Volunteer Sign-up’s

Soon we will re-share the Fete Volunteer sign-up link and schedule with lots of new volunteer helper spots available to support Leads on stalls, or in the fete catering tent, with set-up & pack-down, general roust-abouting and our pick-up & delivery Ute-Troupe shifts - for Friday 18th and Saturday 19th October. Mark your diaries, and stay tuned.

The 2024 CNPS Fete Raffle

The on-line raffle is shaping up wonderfully thanks to the generous donations of our parent and alumni community and the wider business community. Tickets will go on sale on Saturday 7th September with over $4,500 worth of prizes on offer and tickets starting at just $2! We will draw the winners on Sat 19th Oct at the Fete. Being an on-line raffle we will be able to share the links far and wide, but we will also want to do some pop up hard copy ticket sales in the lead-up to the draw.

If anyone is able to help with managing the hard-copy ticket books and sales please contact Ciel via 0406 604 773.

In Fun We Trust!

2024 Fete Co-Leads, Sarah, Brea & Ciel, and all the other Super-Stars

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Week 9 – CNPS Neurodiversity Awareness Day  

Hello from the Prep Rooms, 

Another busy week as we draw closer to the end of Term 3. It was lovely to see many families at our Student Led Expo on Wednesday. The students proudly shared their work from this term and enjoyed going on tours around the classrooms. 

This week in Literacy the Prep students have learnt the ‘sh’ sound and have practised reading and writing words. On Wednesday students had a go at writing their first Big Write, when they wrote independently about ‘the best birthday of their life.’ It was impressive to see the students write their ideas and include finger spaces, capital letters and full stops. In Maths we have continued to revise our numbers 10 to 20 by ordering, counting, writing and making numbers. After looking at how Easter is celebrated in different countries around the world as part of this Term’s big question, our STEAM Friday Challenge was the ‘Egg Drop’. Working in small groups, students used different materials to protect their egg, and then we dropped the eggs down about 1 metre to see if they survived. Make sure to ask your child/dren if their egg survived the fall. On Friday we also went to a ‘Making Friends with Worry’ session where we learnt about worrying and what strategies we can use to help us when we have worries! 

Next week, in Literacy we will be focussing on words containing the ‘ch’ sound and continuing to use ‘but and ‘because’ in our sentences. In Maths, we will focus on ordinal numbers. A highlight of the week, will be the Prep/1/2 excursion to Bendigo next Friday to see the performance ‘I Wish’. If you haven’t already, please return your permission note and money.  

We hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

Nicole and Lauren 

 I’m sure that you are just as proud of your students as we are. It was wonderful to see their smiling faces and hear their sincere words as they showed you their favourite pieces of work and helped you assess their writing and goals with them. Thank you for visiting the classrooms and sharing in this educational experience; it makes our job even more special. 

So, this week, as you have seen, we worked upon fractions in maths, cutting up cookies and apples and talking about what a fraction is and what makes it fair. In our literacy studies we have been adding commas to our work while continuing to read some of the beautiful book week texts such as, The Bowerbird by Aura Parker.  During Inquiry we have been looking at celebrations in our families and have designed special celebration hats. 

Next week is our excursion to the theatre in Bendigo. If you haven’t returned your forms, please do. 

Best wishes from 

Wendy, Sarah, Sally and Bec 

In Maths, we have started converting improper fractions to mixed numerals by multiplying, and we will transfer this knowledge to division, as well as work with percentages and decimals. 

Have a great weekend! 

Hannah, Jay, Liz, Mr. Higgins, Sam K, and Giovanna 

Grade 5/6 had a fantastic day on Thursday visiting North School Parent & Artist Rob McHaffie’s “We are family” retrospective at the Bendigo Art Gallery. Some of us were lucky to have Rob himself talk to the students about his work and take them on a tour of his exhibition. Curator of the show and also a North School parent, Emma Busowsky guided the students through the exhibition.  

First Nations learning officer, Annie Brigdale engaged the students in the ‘Power of Colour’ exhibition. Learning about the traditional ways of painting compared with the contemporary use of acrylic paint and introduction of vibrant colours. We could have spent a whole day listening to her! 

Thank you to the 5/6 teachers for their expertise in train travel and excursions with 80 students. Also, a big thank you to Kathrin Ward and Steph Wright and her mum Dianne who helped on the day. 

Rumah Adat Indonesian  

This term the grade 5/6 students have been learning about ‘Rumah Adat Indonesia’ or traditional Indonesian housing. Students were given a chance to choose a particular housing style and work in groups to research and build a small model of this. The students have been working hard on their projects and now that they are completed, they are being displayed in a mini exhibition in the Silver Banksia building near the library space. Please feel free to come in and have a look at the student’s work and find out more about the range of housing styles across Indonesia, which reflect this very interesting and diverse culture. There is also lots of new amazing student work from the art room on display in this space too!  

Prep E  

Miles Sherry - for the impressive way you included capital letters, full stops and spelt unknown words in your Big Write this week.

Finny Laslett - for your dedication to practicing writing numbers and reaching your goal of writing 5 correctly.

Prep N

Minka Drofenik - for always bringing a positive and enthusiastic attitude to learning tasks.

Leon Robinson - for always being brave enough to try new challenges.

1/2 S

Ffion Morris - for the confident way you are expanding sentences to make them interesting.

Robbie Baker - for the thoughtful and organised way you are always prepared for your Big Write.

1/2 SB

Albertine Challender - for showing courage and determination when working through challenges.

Theo Duigan - for focusing hard on improving your handwriting after feedback.

1/2 W

Aysha Millard - for your great use of adjectives in your Big Write this week.

Torben Envall - for the care you took with your Big Write.

3/4 CN

Emmett Livingstone - for the impressive way you researched and shared your understanding in BQT.

Ava Menich - for using initiative by doing jobs without being asked.

3/4 H

Evie-Jean Connors - for ensuring the chooks are being properly put away and let out!

Lilah Crossley - for your kindness and consideration in the classroom. Thank you!

3/4 L

Rider McClure, Ren Duckworth, Evie Frazer - for the way you worked through challenges in group work to be respectful & inclusive of other’s ideas.

3/4 PS

Whole Class - for the passion you demonstrated when sharing your learning journey during the student led conferences.

5/6 HG

Maya Forbes - for thinking deeply and making connections when learning about citizenship.

Orlando Favero-Williamson - for demonstrating growth and an increased understanding of how your words impact others.

Jasmine Robinson - for speaking up and supporting your classmates.

Bailey Bright - for sharing your thinking with the class.

5/6 J

Heidi Frederiksen - for taking your time to share and explain your work to your parents at our student-led expo.

Clem Eastwood - for sharing your efficient strategy in Maths with the class.

5/6 R

Luke Collins - for taking on challenges in Maths by completing the fractions extension tasks.

Lucy Harris - for the time and effort you put in to preparing for the student-led expo!

Arlo Alexander-Reynolds - for taking on feedback and making positive changes in the classroom!

5/6 SL

Clementine Stephens - for taking on challenges in Maths by completing the fractions extension tasks.

Arthur Vickers – for the care and support you provide to others.

Indonesian

Ewan Watt - for being an excellent listener in Indonesian. Bagus!