Newsletter Term 3 Week 10 - Croydon Hills Primary School

CHPS
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September 20th, 2012 – Term 3 Week 10 Croydon Hills Primary School
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Calendar
September
Friday 21 st Canteen Footy Day Lunch
Friday 21 st Term 3 ends – 2.30 Finish
Friday 21 st Parent Survey Due
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/chps2012
Saturday 22 nd Community Sausage –Kilsyth
HELPERS REQUIRED
(see fair news)
October
Monday 8 th Term 4 Starts
Thursday 11 th Chocolate Money due back
Thursday 11 th Division Athletics
Thursday 11 th Junior Dance Program begins
Friday 19 th 2013 Yr 6 polo orders to be in.
Friday 19 th Junior Hoop Time Reg. Final
Monday 22 nd Senior All Stars Hooptime
Girls & Boys
Wednesday 24 th Melb Aquarium EL Excursion
Tuesday 30 th Snr School MCG Excursion
November
Tuesday 6 th Melbourne Cup Day
Wednesday 7 th Melbourne Cup Day Lunch
Friday 23 rd School Disco
Acting Principal’s News
YEAR FOUR CAMP
Last week our Year four students had a wonderful
time at Camp Manyung. Our sincere thanks to the
staff and parents who attended the camp and
provided the students with such a wonderful
experience.

IPAD ONE TO ONE PROGRAM
On Wednesday 17th of October the Senior School teachers will be holding an iPad information and
feedback night for parents of students in senior classes. The night will be starting at 7:00 pm in the Senior
School.
We ask that you bring along your child’s iPad to allow you to participate in the session. We will be sharing
some of the work that Senior School students have created over the year as well as asking for parents to
give us feedback in relation to the one 2 one iPad program. We will be also providing more information on
security and safety on the iPad. If there is anything you would like us to address on the night could you
please contact your child’s classroom teacher before the ipad information night.
SEXTING
'Sexting' means sending sexually explicit photos or videos electronically (eg by mobile phone, app, chat,
social networking or email). With modern technology this can be done instantly, but it can have serious and
lasting consequences.
For people under 18, sexting is illegal. It is a criminal offence to take, possess, or transmit a naked
image of a person under the age of 18 years. It doesn’t matter if your child took their own photo and
willingly sent or published it. You cannot ‘give someone permission’ to break the law. Penalties for these
offences are very serious and can result in your child being placed on the sex offender’s register.
It is important that you regularly talk to your child about their experiences with communications technology.
Make sure that you continually reinforce that your child should come to you if they have any problems, if
they see something that they know is wrong or anything that upsets them.
KOREA TRIP
Reports from our students in Korea are that they are having a wonderful time. Students participated in a
homestay on the weekend and they had a great time. They also had a wonderful time at Everland, shown in
the photo below.
SLAPFACE
We have had several cases of Slapface reported in the school. There is an article about this condition later
in the newsletter.
Carol Wyatt
Acting Principal
Telephone: 9725 1206

Sports News
Well what a great term we have had again with so many sporting events happening. Once again,
congratulations to all the children who participated in the District Athletics and the success of the
Boys Netball Team. Thanks to Lucy McDaid who has had some stickers printed for the back of
their medals.
Next Term, we swing straight into the Maroondah Division Athletics on the first week of term, 11 th
October at Ringwood. For all those children who qualified for this, we wish you the best of luck.
The Interschool Sports teams who won their District Summer Competition will start to play the
finals for the Maroondah Division. Thank you again to all the parents for helping out with the
sports, whether it be scoring, coaching, umpiring or just being there to support the team.
We have also had huge Hooptime Teams competing with some of them progressing through to the
next stage in October. Mrs Karanzoulis, Mr Somers and Mr Den Elzen have put many hours of
work into getting these teams organised and fitted out with uniforms. It is great that so many
children get the opportunity to participate in a big event.
Tennis Clinic
Thank you to the Saliba family for coming along and conducting a fantastic Tennis clinic in the
stadium. They have worked with some of the Early Learning, Juniors and Middle school to teach
them some of the skills required to play the game. Next term they will also complete the Middle
School classes who have missed out.
Sports Uniforms
There are still many children with outstanding sports uniforms dating back to the Cross Country in
May as well as Interschool Sport tops, tops handed out for the Athletics Sports and competition
singlets. We are very fortunate to have the 2 different uniforms, but at the moment we are finding
that the students are just forgetting to bring them back or claiming they have, but it has not been
checked back in. Could I please ask all parents to also have a search, as these uniform are
expensive to replace. The borrowing system is based on numbers on the tags or in the case of
Soccer and Football Jumpers, numbers on the back. When these items are returned, they are
marked off and placed immediately back into their allocated boxes.
Noreen McMenaman
Sport / PE
Telephone: 9725 1206

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Music News
Celebrating the benefits of music education in
Australian schools
“Music Count Us In” is Australia’s biggest school initiative. With support from The Australian Government, it has run
since 2007 and is all about celebrating the value of music education to students’ development, whoever they are,
wherever they are. It involves more than 600,000 students, teachers - and often parents – from schools all over
Australia who sign up to learn, rehearse, then perform the same song, on the same day, at the same time.
Music: Count Us In is for all schools - primary and secondary, State and independent, nationwide. It doesn’t cost
anything for schools to participate and all the support materials, including song charts and arrangements and
classroom activity kits are freely available and downloadable.
Here is the “Music Count Us In” website for you to have a look at over the holidays. You will find the song “Different
People” in there as well as the previous songs and other information. Keep your eye on the countdown to our big day
on Thursday the 1 st of November when we all sing the same song at the same time all around Australia.
www.musiccountusin.org.au
What’s the performance date for this year?
Thursday, 1st November 2012, 11.30 a.m.
What are the benefits of learning music?
Decades of research shows that learning music can help students’ self-confidence, self-discipline, team work, it can
help to re-engage in school those students who might have lost interest, can improve school attendance and can
even help students make healthy life choices. PLUS there are strong links between music learning and academic skills
in literacy and numeracy. Research shows that music is UNIQUE in its flow-on benefits to students who learn it.
Here is a free, fun “app” for the holidays – “VidRhythm” – enjoy making your own crazy music videos!!
Don’t forget to join the “Specialists” Wiki and go onto performing arts/music
To all the CHPS music students and families, I hope you have a really lovely holiday. It has been a very busy term with
lots of performances and activities and you all deserve a nice relaxing holiday. See you first week back for choir,
ukulele band, rock band, and instrumental lessons. I’m looking forward to another great term of music activities and
performances culminating in our Christmas Concert on Wednesday the 12 th December at 7 p.m.
Kathryn Lane

Telephone: 9725 1206

Helping kids make smart choices
Decision-making like anything requires practice.
Some children want to have a say about everything that involves them. They have no problem letting parents
know what they want and how life should be. Other children will avoid making decisions and will happily sit
back and follow the lead of others in anything from fashion to food eaten at dinner.
Most parents these days are keen to involve children in family decision-making processes. It is smart
management to get children’s input as they are more likely to stick to decisions when they have had a say.
It is challenging for parents to know when to make decisions for children and when to stand back and allow
them to decide. Decision-making in families is broken into three areas:
Parents Decide: these are decisions where there is no negotiation. e.g. going to school, bedtime (at certain
ages), mealtimes.
Work things out together: these are areas where you and your child negotiate outcomes. e.g. when to come
home from an outing, TV programs.
Kids Choose: give your children full authority within reason in some areas. e.g. choose the sport they play,
school activities, clothing
Each of these areas will vary according to parental values, the age of children and even individual
temperament. Some kids want a full say in everything and need to learn that not everything goes their way.
Others don’t want to make a decision for fear of making a poor choice. Both can be exasperating for parents.
Regular family meetings or get togethers provide terrific forums for parents and children to work things out
together. Outcomes are best negotiated in formal settings that ensure sufficient consideration is given.
Reward responsibility with greater freedom to choose
As children grow and show the ability to make sensible decisions allow them more authority over their lives.
Increasing independence involves greater freedom to choose, which demonstrates trust and faith in their
ability to make good decisions. But greater freedom to choose needs to be accompanied by an increase in
responsibility and also a willingness for them to experience the consequences of their decisions. Grounding a
child for being late home or removing rights to use a computer for a day if they overuse it maybe the best way
to remind kids that they have made poor choices! These consequences need to be seen as learning
opportunities not as punishments.
All decisions that children make have a consequence – whether positive or negative. A child can use the
following three questions to help him or herself assess consequences of a decision they may make. This is a
particularly useful guide as kids move into adolescence:
Is this behaviour safe for me?
Is this behaviour fair to others?
Is this behaviour smart and in my long-term best interests?
Children often can’t see the long-term consequences of their decisions so it’s useful to give them information
to help them make smart choices.
Also some children leap before they look. They need to be reminded to slow down and consider some of the
possible consequences of their actions.
Telephone: 9725 1206

WE VALUE YOUR INPUT
It is that time of the year where we ask parents
& guardians to complete our own online
survey. This is our own initiative where we
endeavor to obtain feedback from parents on
various aspects of our school and its program.
It is important to us that we understand what
parents think so we continually improve. It will
take 10 – 15 minutes and is anonymous. We
look forward to reading your feedback. We
encourage as many responses as possible.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/chps2012
Staff Profile:
Name: Rachelle Robertson
What is your role at CHPS?:
School Council President
What is one of your hobbies:
Basketball
If you could change one thing about the world what would it be?
Poverty
If you could visit one place where would you visit?
Vegas!
What is the funniest or most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you?
Can’t pick any one thing – too many!
What is your greatest achievement so far?
My children
Canteen News
Please note a new pricelist effective July 2012 has been distributed.
Telephone: 9725 1206
Uniform Shop
Hours Mon 8.45 - 10.00am Thurs 2.30 - 4.00 pm
Last day for ordering prep uniforms for 2013
will be 6 th November.
FOOTY DAY – Friday 21 st September (pre-ordered)
Order forms have been distributed for Footy Day. No other lunch orders are available on the day.
FRESH MILK
We are now supplying Oak Flavoured Milk (300ml) in Chocolate and Strawberry for $1.50.
WHAT’S NEW?
Gooey Toffee Apple Paddlepop - $1.60
Animal Cookies – 0.10c
DELETED ITEM
Cheesters, Gingerbread Babies and Number Cookies are no longer available.
MID WEEK SPECIALS
Tuesday only - Nachos with cheese, salsa and sour cream - $3.50
Wednesday only - Wedges with sour cream or tomato sauce - $3.50
ROSTER
Friday 21st September – FOOTY DAY – Joanne Duo, Carolyn Sharpe, Rachelle McNamara.
TERM.4.
Monday 8th October – CLOSED
Tuesday 9th October – Lee Smart, Holly Unwin.
Wednesday 10th October – Justine Wratten, Kylie Van Roosmalen.
Thursday 11th October – Jessica Bell, Jo Aldridge.
Friday 12th October – Danni Bennett, Sonia Newlands, Helen Thompson, Nicole Murphy.
JEFFERIES
Family Supermarket
Don’t forget to get the
back of your Jefferies
receipts signed then put
them into box at office.
The school get 2% of
sales.
Great Fundraiser!

School Banking
Hours Mon 8.45 - 10.00am Thurs 2.30 - 4.00 pm
Students & Parents
Please be advised that due to the overwhelming
response to the School Banking Rewards, some of
the rewards are now OUT OF STOCK for the
remainder of this School year.
If your child has 10 tokens or more, we suggest you send them into school on banking day Friday with the
coupon of his/her choice.
Sun protection starts ........ NOW!
It’s September already, so Victoria’s UV
levels are on the
rise, so it’s time to dust off the sun
protection gear and Slip,
Slop, Slap, Seek, Slide whenever you are
outside.
Don’t wait until term four ...
CHPS is a SunSmart school.
Wear your school HAT now!
FOOTY DAY LUNCH – 21 ST September
Don’t forget to wear your footy clothes on the
last day of school. A gold donation is
appreciated.
There will be face painting for $1 and hair
spraying $1 in your footy colours.
We will be in the courtyard from 8.30 and also
at recess.
Telephone: 9725 1206
Don’t
forget
to
name
them!
VACATION CARE
Forms are now available at
office.
PLEASE NOTE
SCHOOL FINISHES 2.30 ON
FRIDAY 21 ST SEPTEMBER
Do you know we still want
your old mobile phones?
The school gets $5 per
phone. Collect a bag from
the office.

Telephone: 9725 1206

FACT SHEET from Royal Children’s Hospital
Slapped cheek or Fifth syndrome
‘Slapped cheek” os a viral infection caused by a virus called parvivirus B19. It is also called ‘fifth disease’ or erytherma
infectiosum.
Slapped cheek usually affects children between the ages of 4 and 10 but can happen at any age, even in adulthood.
Most inflections do not have any symptoms. Six out of ten people in the population have had the virus by the time
they are adults. It is not life threatening and complications are rare.
Signs and symptoms
� Symptoms can take between 4 to 14 days to appear after getting the virus.
� The symptons are usually so mild that many people don’t even know they have had the virus.
� The first symptoms can include fever, headache, stomach upsets, aches and pains. This is the time when the virus
can be spread to others, mainly through saliva.
� A bright red rash appears on the cheeks 3 to 7 days after getting the virus. The cheeks look like they have been
slapped, hence the name.
� Your child may also have a different rash on the chest, back, arms and legs. The infection looks like a pink lace
pattern on the skin. The rash can come and go for several weeks, especially if the skin is exposed to sunlight or
after exercise.
Causes
Slapped cheek is caused by a virus called the human parvovirus B19. This is different from the parvovirus that is seen
in cats and dogs.
How is it spread?
Slapped cheek is spread by touching or breathing in the coughed or sneezed fluid drops from an infected person.
Treatment
Most children do not need any treatment except for resting and allowing the body to fight the infection. Fever may be
controlled with paracetamol. Antibiotics will not work because slapped cheek is caused by a virus.
At Home Care
Once you can see the rash on the face, children cannot spread the infection to others. Children can keep going to
school or daycare.
Telephone: 9725 1206

CROYDON HILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL
FAMILY FUN FAIR 2013 SATURDAY 23rd MARCH
The 2013 School Fair preparations are well underway for what promises to be a great event.
The School Fair is the school’s main annual fundraiser, injecting $20,000+ directly back into the school
for purchasing new classroom resources and materials and to continually improve the buildings and
grounds.
Next Year we have New and Exciting stalls including:
Skate Park with Instructors and all equipment provided.
Hurricane & cyclone thrill rides, Huge Surf Slide,
Pirate Ship, Mega fun Castle &Chair ‘o’ Plane
Pony Rides, Animal Petting Zoo, Sand Art Picture Decorating, Plaster Painting,
Badge/Key Ring making, Balloon Animals, Market Stalls
A Haunted House, New Community Stalls next year we have new and exciting stalls including:
These extra activities don’t come free so to ensure we can secure them for the day we need to raise
money to cover the cost of them first!! There will be several fundraisers and fundraising events coming
up over the next 4 months. For this:
WE NEED YOUR HELP
Our first fundraiser is on Saturday 22 nd September, where we are holding a community sausage
sizzle at Woolworths Canterbury Gardens, Kilsyth.
We are seeking any volunteers to help out on this day please!!
If you could spare some of your Saturday to assist our fundraising efforts then please
contact:
Kylie Van Roosmalen or Liz Doyle
0419 883 720 0402 418 814
The Good Yarra Hills Safety House Committee represents Croydon Hills Primary School, Yarra
Road Primary School and Good Shepherd Primary School. We manage in excess of 100
houses in our area and run Yellow Days for our schools. The Committee comprises volunteer
parents from these three local schools.
I have been a member of the Committee for the last 8 years and now, due to our youngest
daughter finishing primary school at the end of the year, wish to resign in order to pursue other
interests. In order for Croydon Hills Primary to be part of this fabulous program, volunteers for
the Committee are desperately needed. I have loved being part of this program and have
shared some great times with the people I have met on the Committee. Several of our
members have friends with children at these three schools and find it a good way of keeping in
touch while doing something worthwhile. If you have friends at Yarra Road Primary or Good
Shepherd ring them as all three schools will placing similar ads for new Committee members.
It hasn’t been a huge commitment. We meet every second month at a coffee shop or our
houses. We have all had small children with us and this hasn’t posed a problem.
Please give me a ring if you think being part of this wonderful program interests you.
Unfortunately if we can’t get some new volunteers, then Croydon Hills Primary School will no
longer be a part of this program.
Christine Humphrys
9723 0242
Telephone: 9725 1206

Yarra Valley Railway
Has Something for All Ages this October
6th & 7th - The Healesville Heritage Festival
We are set to turn back the clock in Healesville with a two
day display of all things heritage including steam traction
engines vintage cars, black smiths and much more….
26th & 27th - Ghost Train
The Ghost Train is back! Prepare to be terrified!
Trips start at 8 pm on Friday and 7 pm on Saturday.
Children under 12 at parental discretion.
For more info Facebook YVR Ghost Train.
Bookings Essential.
27th - The Little Train of Spooks
For families with children primary school age or younger.
This event features games, activities and prizes for the best
costumes, it is sure to be spooktacular!
Trips will be running from 11am on Saturday.
Bookings Essential.
For more information on any or all of these events go to
www.yvr.com.au
Telephone: 9725 1206
TAKE HOME A BIG BROTHER OR BIG
SISTER
Give your children the wonderful opportunity to
have an international big brother or big sister by
hosting one of our exceptional international
students arriving in Australia in February 2013 for
their 3, 5 or 10 month programs. Our
international students from France, Germany,
Italy, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
Finland, Japan, Colombia, Canada and the
U.S.A. will live as a local, attend a local
secondary school, arrive with their own spending
money and comprehensive insurance cover – all
arranged by Southern Cross Cultural Exchange.
Visit us at www.scce.com.au, email
scceaust@scce.com.au or call us toll free on
1800 500 501, request a selection of international
student profiles to check out, and capture the
spirit of family and friendship!
Thanks and kind regards,
Robert Lindsay
Inbound Program Manager
SOUTHERN CROSS CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Tel: +61 (0)3 9775 4711
Fax: +61 (0)3 9775 4971
Toll Free: 1800 500 501
Post: Locked Bag 1200, Mt Eliza , Victoria , 3930
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Treasure Island
Wednesday 26 September @ 10.30am & 2pm
A magical theatrical experience for the
whole family.
Pirates, buried treasure, sword fights, treasure
maps, muskets! Join 12 year old Jim Hawkins on
his hunt for buried treasure. But watch out, there
are double-crossing pirates all around, led by the
notorious Long John Silver. Will Jim make if
from his home in a small seaside village to the
mysterious Treasure Island?
A magical coming-of-age story, and the original
classic pirate tale, Treasure Island explores
themes of adventure and escapism, role models
and overcoming fears.
"All of our students loved it and many said it was
the best play they'd ever seen. Thank you for
bringing this to us as it was such a valuable
experience for our kids." - Robyn Corbett,
Principle, Aloomba State School.
"Isabel absolutely loved this play and was
enthralled throughout. All the children were
completely hooked. There was plenty of
excitement the skeletons popping out of
cupboards, pirate songs and treasure". - Parent
of a 10 year old audience member.
Show Duration: 50 minutes - no interval
Suitability: Families (Dads will love it), children
aged 8 years and older.
A Queensland Theatre Company and Matrix
Theatre Co-Production
Cast:
Thomas Larkin
Joss McWilliam
Written By: Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted for the stage by: Helen Howard and
Michael Futcher
Director: Michael Futcher
Designer: John McIntosh

Triathlon Kids, with the support of Triathlon
Victoria, will be running their Triathlon School
Holiday Clinic at Syndal South Primary School,
Mt Waverley on Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday
3rd October 2012.
Included in the $60
� Two mornings (9-12) of coaching by TK
experienced Junior coaches.
� Triathlon Skills taught in a fun filled
game style.
� Two different programs for these age
groups approx 7-9 and 10-13.
� Last hour Duathlon (run/ride/run) with
finishing certificate.
� 2XU bag, Triathlon Victoria hat and
water bottle.
� Giveaways including a major prize of a
forty bike (valued $325) from our
Sponsors.
� Triathlon Victoria junior membership (
valued at $60)
� Alternative wet weather Triathlon
Program in the Gym.
More information and to Register
www.triathlonkids.com.au
Limited Spaces!!
Sue Sharples
Triathlon Victoria
Triathlon-three times the fun!
Telephone: 9725 1206

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