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CANTERBURY
Primary School
Molesworth Street Canterbury 3126 Telephone 9836 4537 or 9830 1963
Vol: 22
No: 35
www.canterburyps.vic.edu.au
DIARY DATES
NOVEMBER
Thurs 6th Sat
8th Mon 10th Wed 12th Mon 17th Tues 18th Mon
24th -
Wed
26th -
Thurs 27th Sun 30th -
Family Science Night 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Creativity Centre Footsteps Incursion
Year 1 & 2 Working Bee
Foundation Footsteps Incursion
Art Show Committee meeting - 7.30pm Hall
Foundation Footsteps Incursion
Foundation Excursion - Royal Botanic
Gardens 9.00am - 1.00pm
Parent Information Evening with Robyn
Treyvaud “The Likes & Selfies Generation”
SRI Christmas Services
Foundation - Year 2 @ 9.15am
Year 3 - Year 6 @ 9.45am
Year 2 Sleepover
Christmas Craft Market
10.00am - 1.00pm
DECEMBER
Thurs 4th - Orchestra Soiree - 6.30pm
- Foundation 2015 Parent Information
Evening
Fri
5th - Junior School Sports Morning
Whole School Book Swap
Mon 8th - Fri 19th - Foundation - Year 2
Intensive Swim Program
Tues 9th - 12th - Year 5 Camp
Tues 9th - State Wide Orientation day
(all new students)
Thurs 11th - Year 6 Graduation Disco 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Fri
12th - Year 1 & 2 Incursion - Georgia Manning
Mon 15th - Celebration on the Green
Wed 17th - House Swimming Carnival Year 3-6
Carey Sports Complex
Thurs 18th - Year 6 Graduation @ 6.30pm
Fri
19th - Last day Term 4 - 1.30pm finish
SICK BAY LINEN ROSTER
Friday 7th November - Kate Legge
NOTICES SENT HOME
Foundation - ‘Our Secret
Garden’ Excursion
Facsimile 9888 5685 Date: November 6th 2014
From The Principal…
2015 Staffing We are in the process of determining staffing and developing teaching teams for next year. Due to teachers taking family leave next year, there will be a number of new teachers at the school. Canterbury Primary is a highly sought after school and we always attract a large number of teachers applying for positions. It has a strong reputation for being a positive, energetic, innovative work environment where teachers work hard across all aspects of the school and engage with each other in teams to make the school and learning the best it can be. Staff placements will be finalised in the next couple of weeks. School Council Membership 2015 Next year we will have a number of parent vacancies on Council as these rotate every two years. Please give some thought to this and feel free to call me if you would like to know more about what this involves. The commitment for all councillors is to attend nine Council meetings per year and to be involved in at least one subcommittee which usually meets nine times per year. Council meetings are currently held twice a term on Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm – usually finishing by 10pm with an extra meeting and dinner in early December. Please consider supporting your child’s time at Canterbury Primary School in this way – no experience is necessary and I would love to hear from you. If you are interested or would like to know more please contact me via email or phone at the school. David Wells - Principal
wells.david.d@edumail.vic.gov.au
E NOTICES
None this week
Year 6 Graduation & Disco
C.P.S. Book Swap
Bring along good condition books that you no
longer read and exchange them for a token
with your class teacher. Use your tokens to
purchase other pre-loved books.
Date: Friday 5th December
Time: Lunch time and after school
Where: Gym
Just Arrived!
Our new swim caps.
Only $5 each.
Available from the office.
Thank you to the wonderful
parents who brought in food for
staff last Friday in recognition of
World Teachers Day. There are
still a number of plates and
containers to be collected from
the kitchen.
In response to feedback from the communication survey, the Community Engagement Committee and
Technology and Communication PLT have introduced tiqbiz. This allows us to communicate more
effectively and will replace email as the main way of communicating with parents from the start of
2015. tiqbiz can be downloaded onto your smartphone via the App Store or onto your computer via
this link: www.tiqbiz.com so that you can register and log in. It is really easy to use and you will be
notified whenever new information has been added.
From the Community Engagement Committee
Don’t Forget!
This Saturday 8th November
Year 1 & 2 Working Bee
Our Last Working Bee for this year!!
(All parents, if you missed a previous working
bee, please join us!!)
This Working Bee is for all parents of
Year 1 & 2 students.
(Also for parents who missed previous working bees)
We will start at 8.30am and finish at 12.30pm
followed by a BBQ.
Gardens – weeding & rejuvenating garden beds
Grounds – spreading safety mulch, cleaning drains
Painting – railings, seats, playground equipment
Construction – repairs & maintenance.
David Bell
Convener, Buildings & Grounds Committee
Ph. 9830 0022 (Mob. 0429 176 892)
COMMUNITY CORNER
Foundation - Pizza in the Park, 4pm - Wednesday 3rd
December
Foundation - Parents Xmas Party @Auburn Bowls
Club, 7.30pm - Friday 28th November
Year 1 - Parent Dinner @ Bangkok Terrace, 7.30pm Thursday 13th November
Year 1 - Parent Xmas Drinks @ home of Susan
Koppelman, 7.30pm - Saturday 29th November
Year 2 - Parent Xmas Drinks @ home of Susan
Angley, 8pm - Saturday 6th December
Year 2 - Xmas Picnic in the Park @ Highfield Park,
3.45pm - Monday 8th December
Year 3 - Parents Xmas Party @Camberwell Bowling
Club, 6.30pm - Saturday 15th November
Year 4 - Parents Xmas Drinks @ home of Fran Amling,
8.00pm - Friday 12th December
Year 4 - Picnic in the Park @ Canterbury Gardens,
4pm - Friday 28th November
Year 5 - End of Year Function @ Bounce, Blackburn,
4pm - Sunday 23rd November
Year 5 - Parent Xmas Drinks @ home of Laine Yates,
7.30pm - Saturday 13th December
Year 6 - Parents Xmas Party @ home of Megan
Bortolussi - Friday 21st November
Father/Son Camp - Year 2 & 3 @ YMCA Mt Evelyn
Recreation Camp - 22nd & 23rd November
Balwyn
Primary
School’s
student art
collective
showcasing
BPS’s visual
arts program
student
art
show
2014
EXHiBiTiON
SiLENT
AUCTiON
MUSiC
FO O D
DRiNKS
GOLD COiN
D O N AT i O N
All Welcome
Thursday
20 Nov
5:00-8:00 pm
Balwyn Road
BALWYN
“Emotion Man” Grade 1/2 C collaborative
03 9836 7121
www.balwynps.vic.edu.au
La Plume Wine
& Cheese Tasting
Friday 21 November 7.30pm-10pm
Enjoy a relaxed evening of wine and cheese tasting
featuring a selection of French wines from
La Plume matched with regional french cheeses
Music provided by Lindsay Field
(John Farnham Band)
BYO picnic
Tickets $16 per person
via CGSC school website ‘event’ trybooking link
For more information contact
Angela Cartledge 0423 024 996
angelacartledge@gmail.com
An adult only event
This event is generously hosted La Plume Wines
A percentage of any wine sales at this event will be donated to the CGSC Parents’ Association