SCHOOL NEWSLETTER - Creswick Primary School

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
No. 9 Term 1 29th March 2012
PO Box 67, Creswick
Phone: 03 5345 2044 Fax: 03 5345 8031
creswick.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
www.creswickps.vic.edu.au
Creswick Primary School—Catering for the needs of students in the pursuit of Excellence
CALENDAR
Friday 30th March Crazy Hair Day Gold coin donation and casual dress
Friday 30th March Last Day of term 1.30pm dismissal
Tuesday 24th April School Athletics Day at Llanberris Reserve
Wednesday 25th April ANZAC DAY—No School
Monday 30th April - Wednesday 2nd May Melbourne Discovery School Camp Senior Unit
Every Wednesday School Banking
Assembly
12.50pm
in the
MPB
9.00am
Crazy Hair
Parade
LAST
DAY
OF
TERM
1.30pm
DISMISSAL
Grade 5/6D Lilia Haughie a wonderful effort when journal writing
Grade 5/6W Erin Richards for her enthusiastic approach to all classroom activities. Well Done.
Grade 3/4H Zoe Bartrum for working well above her level in mathematics.
Grade 3/4R Jade Moran a very well prepared homework poster and three minute speech.
Grade 1/2M Isabelle Fishlock for her personal best in narrative writing.
Grade 1/2T Molly Davies for her personal best in writing and illustrating a narrative.
Prep 1 B Ebony Quirk for her wonderful attitude to work and co-operation with others.
Prep 1 E Riley Doherty for putting in a great effort to learn his common words.

From the Principal’s desk……
Mrs Dorothy Taylor has been teaching at Creswick Primary School for nearly 18
years. Her career spans back a lot further than that as she has been teaching for a total
of 30 years. After a break for ‘Family Leave’ during the late 1980s and early 90s she
has taught continuously at CPS since mid-1994. During that time she has fulfilled
many roles including: a two year stint at the Dean Annex, taught grades Prep to Year
4 and also taught the 5/6 students in rotations. No matter what the school activity;
Forestry Fiesta, Open Evenings, School Performances, Camps, Welcome Barbeques,
Carols nights and lots more, Dot would always be there to help out and support.
Mrs Taylor is taking leave from the beginning of Term 2 and with her family is
moving interstate.
On behalf of the entire school community, I would like to congratulate Dot on her
career and thank her for the wonderful contribution she has made to Creswick
Primary School.
Last Day of Term- Friday 30 th March, 2012
School will finish at 1.30pm this Friday and Term 2 will commence on Monday 16 th April.
I’d like to wish everyone an enjoyable holiday break.
New Staff Member
We welcome a new teacher to start in Grade 1/2 at the beginning of Term 2. The teachers name is Stacey Wallace.
Miss Wallace attended planning with the Junior Unit team on Tuesday and has been in the classrooms to
meet the children. Miss Wallace is looking forward to starting at the school and will no doubt be working during
the school holidays to be ready for the start of Term 2.
Crazy Hair Day
This year Crazy Hair Day will again be held to raise awareness of leukaemia and show our support to families
affected by this disease.
The students can come in casual clothes and we are encouraging everyone to wear a wig, colour their hair or
decorate their hair as part of ‘Crazy Hair Day.’ The JSC will hold an assembly at 9.00am in the MPB to showcase
the children’s hair styles and will collect a gold coin donation that will be sent off to the Leukaemia Foundation.
School Cross Country – Monday 26 th March
The weather was perfect and the students all put a great deal of effort into their cross country events. Some of
the highlights included:
The Prep boys starting their race by running around and around the starter. With the help of one of the
school captains as the ‘Hare’ they soon worked out where they had to go.
Molly Davies tripping over at the start of the race and after taking some time to recover she took off after
the others who were all hundreds of metres in front. She did a great job and came in 4 th .
The closely fought contests in both the boys and girls races for the 12 year and over event
The children ran distances from 600 metres for preps through to about 2200 metres for the 11 & 12 year olds.
The students who gained a place in the 10 years and under, 11 years and 12 and over race will have the opportunity
to travel to Clunes on the 4 th of May to participate in the District Cross Country.
The placings are over the page.

Placings
Prep Grade One
Boys Girls Boys Girls
Bailey Green Bella Davies Charlie Williams Peyton McMillan
Khye Erdody Emma Brown Riley Doherty Jacinta McKenzie
Charlie Mereki-Wallace Kaitlyn Lee Kane Hatfield Hayley Clarke
Molly Davies
Grade Two Boys Girls
Jasper Meehan Emma Jowett
Landen Kotara Sophie Longmire
Alex Tippett Isabelle Fishlock
10 Years and under Boys Girls
Ben Cochrane Alana May
James Kronberger Erin Richards
Lachlan McKenzie Alex Davies
Kyle Hawkins Freya Ashley Barlow
11 Years Boys Girls
Kaylab Eggers Maddison Noonan
Charlie Nimmo Paige McKenzie
Josh Zelley Chiquita Ashley Barlow
12 Years and Over Boys Girls
Rowan Meehan Kaylee Hawkins
Nick Cochrane Matilda Doherty
Darcy Joynson Kiara Melbourne
Max Dummelow
Liam Hellings
Grade Two girls getting ready to run their cross country

Senior Unit Camp
30th April –2nd May 2012
Notes have been sent home in relation to Melbourne Discovery Camp 2012.
Information about what to bring, who to give medication to on the day and activities
were all included on these notes.
Money was due Friday March 23rd
Departure time 7.40am Sharp 30th April at Creswick Station Return 5.40pm 2nd May
at Creswick Station
STUDENT ABSENCE NOTIFICATION
Name of Student______________________________
Class____________ Date of Absence_____________
Reason for Absence___________________________
___________________________________________
Signature of Parent____________________________
University NSW International Assessments for Schools
This organisation provides opportunities for students in year 3 to 12 to gain a
measure of their own achievement in an external testing situation. Any student
who takes part receives a certificate and detailed report. These assessments are
available for any interested student in the areas of Maths, English, Spelling,
Writing, Science and Computer Skills. There is a fee payable for each of these
tests.
Anyone interested in participating in any of these tests please complete the form
below and return with payment by Tuesday 17 th April.
If you have any queries please see Aileen Dellar or Katrina Davies.
STUDENT NAME:
COMPUTER SKILLS $7.00
SCIENCE $7.00
ENGLISH $7.00
MATHEMATICS $7.00
SPELLING $10.00
WRITING $15.00
TOTAL
GRADE:
TRIVIA ANSWER SHEET
The answer to this week’s question:
….…………………………….…………
Name: ………………………………..…
Date: …………………………………….
EMA CHEQUES
HAVE
ARRIVED
Please come to the
office to collect them.
CANTEEN NEWS
NO CANTEEN
TOMORROW
Next term roster
Friday 20th April
Sas Kronberger
Monday 23rd April
Kathy Noonan
Friday 27th April
Carmel Masterson
Debbie Bright 11.00
-1.45pm

PARENTS’ CLUB FUNDRAISER
Anderson’s Mill Festival
Sunday 1st of April
Helpers are needed between 10am-3pm. Any amount of time will be appreciated
please call Alma on 0402 573 770 to book in your time.
JSC EASTER
RAFFLE
Will be drawn at
assembly tomorrow.
There are lots of
prizes to be won!
Friday March 30th is JSC Crazy Hair Day
TOMORROW
Students are asked to colour, style or decorate their hair, wear casual dress and bring a
gold coin donation for the
Leukemia Foundation.
Here are some Indonesian greetings.
Can you teach them to people
in your house?
Good Morning - Selamat Pagi
Good Day - Selamat Sore
Good Afternoon - Selamat Siang
Good Night - Selamat Malam
Mrs Warren
Earth Hour 2012
Saturday March 31st, 2012 from 8.30 pm with
your family.
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million
individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off
for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Only a year
later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement
with more than 50 million people across 35 countries/
territories participating.
This Earth Hour we want you to go beyond the hour, so after the
lights go back on think about what else you can do to make a difference.
Together our actions add up.
Earth Hour has done a lot to raise awareness of sustainability
issues. But there’s more to it than switching off lights for one hour
once a year. It’s all about giving people a voice and working together
to create a better future for our planet.
Check the website for more information on activities for children
and how to live a sustainable life.
http://www.earthhour.org/Homepage.aspx
REMINDER that all visitors and helpers at the school are required to sign in and collect a badge at
the office. Everyone requires a Working With Children Check to be allowed to assist within the
school environment.

Trivia quiz
Junior : Who comes to homes and delivers
eggs at Easter time?
Senior : What is the code name of secret
agent James Bond?
HOUSE TOTAL
Drummond 208
Napier 205
Raglan 197
Victoria 202
Grade 3,4,5,6 Camp -
Monday the 30 th April – 2 nd May.
The camp may still be a month away but the excitement
level is growing. The Grades 3 – 6 teachers have been
training the children on how to line up safely at a tram stop
and have been discussing the many fabulous experiences
that will be gained.
Extra Curricula
Active After School
During Term One the school has hosted Athletics Coaching
and Frisbee as the two Active After School sports. Thank
you to the two co-ordinators, Deb Joynson for Frisbee and
Jennie Boyd for Athletics. The co-ordinators help out during
lessons, monitor all students, purchase and prepare the
fruit and snacks each night, make sure all students are accounted
for and lock up after the activity.
Great job Jennie and Deb!
The sports for Term 2 have not been determined as yet. It
could be expected that the next Active After School program
will start in Week Four of next term.
Ride2School
The weather may have been cold and bitter but that didn’t
deter a large number of students participating in the
Ride2School day last Friday. Thank you to the parents who
assisted with the scooting, riding and walking to school.
Name: Charlie Nimmo
Responsibilities JSC Front Bench
Family Mum Julia
Dad Stuart
Sister Emily
Education Millpera Pre School
Panania North Primary
Balliang East Primary
Coimadai Primary
Clunes Primary
Darley Primary
Creswick Primary
Favourite
∙ Colour Orange
∙ Number 2
∙ T.V. Show Good Game SP
∙ Food Sushi
∙ Drink Ginger Beer
∙ Book The Alchemist Series
∙ Film Percy Jackson and the
Lightning Thief
∙ Music Group U2 and Weird Al
Yankovic
∙ Holiday Destination Sydney
∙ AFL Team Collingwood
∙ Interests Sport, Lego, Computer
games and marine biology
Most Admired person
Weird Al Yankovic
Most Exciting Time of My Life
Going down the 11m vertical slide at
A-maze-n-things
Advice to New Preps Don’t worry too
much
Goal for 2012: be the best front bench
JSC I can be.
Future Career Marine Biologist