CANTERBURY P r i m a r y S c h o o l Molesworth Street Canterbury 3126 Telephone 9836 4537 or 9830 1963 Facsimile 9888 5685 Vol: 24 No: 37 www.canterburyps.vic.edu.au Date: 30th November 2016 Our School s Purpose To create a passionate learning community that inspires, challenges and supports all students to achieve their personal best and make a positive contribution to the world in which they live From the Principal... Christmas Craft Market A huge thank you to coordinators Melinda Richardson and Kate Jackson and the many parents and children who ran stalls and attended last Sunday s Canterbury Craft Market despite the early morning drizzle. The collection of local handicrafts and produce and the many families who strolled and chatted their way around the stalls, created a lovely low key atmosphere that is typical of the community feel of Canterbury. Money raised from the stall holders fees and through the sausage sizzle will be donated to Debra (Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association) Australia. UNSW medal winner Congratulations to Amanda U, Thomas R and Joshua Q who received medals at a special presentation on the weekend held at the Convention Centre. Amanda received two medals for achieving the top results in the state for year 3 students in both the Writing and the Spelling categories. Thomas received a medal for achieving the top result in the state for Digital Technologies in Year 3 and Josh received his medal for achieving the top results in the state in Year 5 Spelling. This is the first time we have had multiple medal winners across a number of categories. David Wells, Principal wells.david.d@edumail.vic.gov.au The CPS Amazing Acorns performances this week: DIARY DATES DEC 2016 Thur 1st - Prep 2017 parents session 6:30 7:30pm gym Thur 1st - yr 2 sleep over at CPS, Leadership Centre Tue 6 Fri 9 year 5 camp Wed 7th - school council meeting 7:30pm Thur 8th Prep 2017 welcome picnic 6-7:30pm Thur 8th year 6 BBQ at CPS 7pm-8PM Thur 8th Farewell to CPS families leaving CPS 6pm Mon 12th Fri 16th Dec: Innovation Centre Theme week Mon 12th Celebration on the Green 5:45pm, start at 6pm Tue 13th Prep excursion to Botanic Gardens 9:15 2pm Wed 14th Innovation excursion to Bounce 9am-12pm Thur 15th yr 6 Graduation ceremony 7pm Fri 16th Morning tea for Neva Rossi Tue 20th Final Assembly 12:30pm in CPS gym Tue 20th 1:30pm last day of term 4 School term dates 2017: Term 1: 30 Jan 31 Mar NOTE: CPS yr 1-yr 6 students start 1 Feb, Preps start Thur 2 Feb (8:50am-12:30pm). Term 2: 18 Apr 30 Jun Term 3: 17 Jul 22 Sep CPS students start 18 July Term 4: 9 Oct 22 Dec 2017 CPS pupil free days are: 30 Jan, 31 Jan, 9 June, 17 July UNIFORM SHOP The Uniform shop will be open as usual on Thursdays 3:15 3:45pm for the rest of term 4. From 2017 the CPS Uniform Shop will be open on Friday mornings 8:45am 9:15am. The uniform shop is closed over the Summer holidays but will be open 9.00 til 11.00 on Tuesday 31 Jan. COMMUNITY CORNER This week the CPS Amazing Acorns will be involved in two special performances. On Friday at 4:30pm, they will perform at Maling Road as part of the Kriskindl celebrations, while on Sunday at 7:30pm they will perform at Carols in Canterbury Gardens. We hope to see you there! Year 5 Year 6 Year 5 Year 3 Year 4 Prep Year 4 Prep : Sat 3rd Dec 7:30pm parents year end party : Sat 3rd Dec 7:30pm parents year end party : Tue 6th Dec 9am parents coffee Dish & Spoon, Highfield Road : Fri 9th Dec 7:30pm parents year end drinks : Fri 9th Dec 8pm parents year end drinks : Sat 10th Dec 8pm parents year end drinks : Wed 14 Dec at 3:30 play at Riversdale Park : Fri 16th Dec 3:30pm play after school Integrity Respect Resilience Responsibility
On Sunday 27 November the CPA hosted the Canterbury Primary School Christmas Market. It was a wonderful morning despite the rather wet weather. This has always been a great way to give back to our community by donating all proceeds to a charity. This year we were proud to support EB Research, which is an organisation with close ties to our Canterbury Community. For more information or to donate to this worthy cause www.debra.org.au Thank you to all the volunteers who helped out yesterday with slushee pouring, face painting, card making and sausage sizzling. Without you, events such as this can not happen. As you have all probably seen, Neva Rossi is retiring at the end of 2016 after 44 years teaching - 26 of there here at CPS. Neva has had a wonderful career and has touched the lives of so many of our children. It s amazing to think that the young preps that were just starting when she started are now turning 32!! The CPA is going to host a special morning tea on December 16 at 10:40. All parents are welcome to attend in the Staff room. Please see link below to assist with catering.. www.volunteersignup.org/ftlel To sign up, just follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few seconds to do. Thank you for volunteering! The CPA is already planning functions for 2017! On Thursday February 2,2017, 5:00-7:30pm, the CPA will host the CPS Twilight Picnic on the Anzac Green. All families are warmly invited to attend. Bring a picnic dinner or purchase from the food truck we will have on site (TBA). Our 2017 Preps will be presented with a keepsake reminding them of their first day at school and our Year 6 students will be presented with their traditional school polos. Please see flyer attached to newsletter for more info.
CPS Christmas Craft Market 2016!
School Holiday Camps for kids aged 7 17 WHEN: 9.30am 3.30pm Game Coding Camps Wednesday 21st December Wednesday 18th January Minecraft Modding Camps (Ages 8-17 years) Monday 19th December Wednesday 25th January 3D Printing & Design Camp Thursday 19th January CIY.Club Full Day Session Monday 23rd January WHAT: CIY.Club are running a range of one day school holiday camps for kids aged 7 17 who have a passion for coding and technology. WHERE: Events are held at: Kew Library Hawthorn Arts Centre Marwal Centre, Balwyn North BOOK NOW: Select your location from the VIC menu at: www.ciy.club/events For more information visit www.ciy.club or contact Michael Hwang via M. 0438 838 875 or E. michaelh@scopeiteducation.com.au In partnership with Code Kingdoms All coders who register for the Minecraft Modding Camp will receive access to the codekingdoms (UK) online code editor. This access is granted through a personal license assigned to our coders and included within the overall CIY camp ticket price. This license is valid for 7 days (7 days commences on day one of the camp). In order to participate, please be aware that all coders attending the CIY Minecraft Modding Camp MUST have an existing personal Minecraft (PC/Mac) account. This is required for coders to see in action what they have learnt/modded from our camp within the Minecraft platform itself. Please ensure that coders are signed up to Minecraft (PC/Mac) prior to registering. Please note: a Minecraft on a mobile device or playstation is NOT a PC or Mac account.
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To Celebrate the Hour of Code Week, we will be having an Open Hour for students to be introduced to Computer Science at the Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre on the 5 th December from 5.15p.m 6.15p.m. in the Cottage Registrations are essential @ http://bit.ly/2fqb4gr ScopeIT Codeword Puzzle A N H K E P T T J E S C Q L T H L T S J D D L A C C H Q O P Find the words: X O G X I I O T N N R M M A A ALGORITHM ART K P L O G L A C V E A I X R N CODE DATA M U F I R D G C H I T N T U B DESIGN DIGITAL B I T L D I A N P C C E P M R INFORMATION LOOP P A L R G A T T E S H C O P Q LEGO MATH L L Y T A B Y H G Y E R O M N PIXEL ROBOTIC C I Y C A M P N M T K A L K D SCIENCE WEBSITE I N F O R M A T I O N F P E J C I T O B O R S L L L T S P C L E X I P L B M A T H I Z Y S S W V Y B E X T K L G W B H T N R W W W G U F K N X W K W U T Q B W U O X Z A X B H Z N A For your chance to win a ticket to CIY (Code-it-yourself) Club or Camp within the Boroondara region only, complete the puzzle and send in to michaelh@scopeiteducation.com.au by the 14 th December 2016. A draw will take place with the winner notified on the 16 th December 2016. Child s Name: Age: School Name: Parent Name: Tel: Email: o I consent for my child, listed above, to be entered into the ScopeIT Puzzle Draw o I would like to receive future communication of upcoming school holiday camps and CIY Club information. Parent Signature: Date: For details of upcoming CIY Club or Camps visit https://ciy.club/events/ searching under VIC. p: 0438 838 875 www.scopeiteducation.com.au