Whats Happening: Term 4

 Where has this year gone? The last Term is already upon us. Here at CPS we are looking foward to the fine weather and all of the fun activities that we have this term. Check out what we have coming up and join the fun.

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Meetings will be held this term on Wednesday 24 October and Wednesday 12 December.

SWIMMING LESSONS:
Our junior classes have started their swimming lessons for the term. Grade 3/4 classes swim on Mondays and Prep/1/2 classes have their lessons on a Friday.

WEIRD AND WACKY WALKATHON:
Our weird and wacky walkathon is on Wednesday 24 October. Dress up in your weirdest and wackiest outfits for this school fundraising event. Every child who raises $5 or more in sponsorship is in the draw to win a prize.

FUNDRAISING:
We are holding a fundraising event at the school on local council election day, Saturday 27 October.
Parents are looking to hold a BBQ, Cake stall and Craft stall. If you are able to help out on the day please contact the office. If you would like to help with creating crafts for the stall you are invited to join the CPS Craft Group. They will be meeting again at the Senior Staffroom, Wednesday 24 October at 2pm.

SCHOOL CLOSURES:
Just a reminder that the school is closed on Monday 5 November for Curriculum Day.
Melbourne Cup day is on Tuesday 6 November and is a Public Holiday.

COBURG CUP:
Our annual Coburg Cup Day is on Wednesday 7 November. This is always a fantastic day with fashions on the feild, fun activities and races, and a picnic lunch. This years theme is 'Bright Colours and Patterns'.

WORKING BEE:
We will be running a Working Bee from 10am-1pm on Sunday 18 November, with the focus being on the senior side. Children are welcome to attend with their parents. Any contributions towards morning tea are welcome. If you have any questions please contact the school office.

PREP ORIENTATION DAYS:
We will be welcoming our new preps and their parents on:
Tuesday 13 November, Tuesday 20th November and Tuesday 27 November.

NIGHT MARKET:
The Coburg Night Market runs on Friday nights from November 16 - December 14.
The night market is a fantastic promotional event for our school and the Instrumental Music Programme. The parents run a marquee each week with badge making, craft activities, and balloons. If you are able to help for an evening or more please contact the school office. All help is appreciated.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC NIGHT:
Come and be dazzled by our talented music students at the Instrumental Music Night, Tuesday 4 December.
Due to the huge number of children participating in this programme the children are split into two groups for this event. Children will be sent home with a confirmation letter with the group name and concert time.

GRADE 2 SLEEPOVER:
Our Grade 2 students have their sleepover on Friday 14 December.

FAREWELL TO OUR GRADE 6 STUDENTS:
It is almost time to say farewell to our Grade 6 Students.
Transition day is on Tuesday 11 December.
Grade 6 Graduation will be held on Tuesday 18 December and the 'Big Day Out' on Thursday 20th December.

LAST DAY OF TERM:
Our last day of term is Friday 21 December. School finishes at 1:30pm.
Don't forget to come a little earlier to farewell our grade 6 students as they do their final walk down the stairs.

Bundoora Park Excursion.

Our Grade 1/2 classes had an excursion to Bundoora Park Farm last Friday. They had a wonderful day with alot of fun activities. The children made scones, feed baby goats, petted lots of animals. milked a cow, had pony rides, went on a tractor ride and played in the playground.

Making Scones

Churning Butter

Feeding the chickens

Sneaking a pat with the turkey

Time for Guinea Pig cuddles

Feeding the baby goats

Feeding the sheep

 

Milking the cow

Tractor ride to see kangaroos and emus

 

Eating our scones...yummy!
What a great day.

 

 

Educational games for children.

Children love to play on computers, tablets and smart phones. So for todays post lets look at some websites with educational games for children. I have chosen some that looked to be fun as well as having the benefit of extending childrens learning and engage them.

http://www.starfall.com/

This site has been used in the classroom with Grade Prep/1.
The focus is reading with phonics. It suits Kindergarten, Prep, Grade 1, Special Education and English as a Second Language children.




 http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/

Games and activities in:
Vocabulary, Spelling, Word Games, Music, Typing and much more.




http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Smart_Pages/Get_Smart.htm
 
A comprehensive site with links to many activities. There are things for every primary school age group here. Activities include: Maths, English, Science, Brain Games, Art and Music.

http://www.funbrain.com/
Activities for all primary school aged children with Fun arcade, Math Arcade, Reading games and books to read and more.

If you and your child have come across some great games or apps that you think others would like to try please let us know.

Prep/1 School Concert Stories

CPS Concert: Here / There Project

The Here/There Project was a huge success. The story and characters were all created by the children with assistance from the shows director and professional puppet maker. There was a lot of school community assistance with voices and music for the soundtrack, and help with the puppet making.A gigantic thank you to everyone that helped, and also to everyone for coming to see the childrens hard work come to fruition.
We hope you enjoyed it.

 

  

 

 

  

 



© Coburg Primary School 2012
Thank you to Adriana, Kelly and Adele for the photos.



Creepy Crawlies

We had some fascinated Junior School students the other morning when they got to school and discovered that not only had a big branch broken off a tree, but that is had a huge clump of caterpillars as well.

Here/There Project DVD

The Here/There Project is on this Thursday Night (23rd August).

Please ensure that your children are dressed in the correct coloured tops for their grade.

(Dress requirement for Here/ There – Black pants & Tshirts/shirts as below

Grades P/1S – Red,  P/1K – Purple,  1/2A – White, 1/2B – Orange,

 3/4S – Blue,  3/4P – Yellow,  5/6H – Green, 5/6N – Black, 5/6C – Red)

  Seating arrangements: school students will need to be seated with their class groups for ease of flow of the production. We ask that the students please remain with their class until the show ends and that all families stay until the end of the night so as to avoid disruption and disappointment for the children who have yet to perform.  Raffle tickets will be sold on the night.  We have some terrific hampers and other prizes so please be generous in  purchasing tickets as all money goes towards helping your child’s education.

 Doors open at 6:30pm and the show starts at 7pm.

It is going to be a fantastic night.

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The Here/There Project

DVD

To celebrate the special event which is ‘The Here/There Project’ , we are having the concert professionally filmed.  DVDs are only $10 each and are available by pre-order.

Return slips and money to be placed in an envelope and returned to the class teacher.

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Family Name______________________________

Child’s Name_________________________________ Grade________

I would like to purchase DVDs for The Here/There Project

      ____ DVDs @ 10 Total $_____________

Parent signature:- _____________________________ Date:___________