Churchlands Primary School Newsletter

Volume 62 - 01/03/2024

Principal's Message - Kim Fraser

How amazing are our P & C and all the volunteers!

CPS has always had a generous and wonderful sense of community and last Sunday’s Welcome Picnic was proof of this, despite the weather. The kids had a ball! It was a wonderful time for families to share some fun times together and new families to meet the community.  None of this could have happened without the generosity of the P & C team, impressive stuff!

A huge thank you to all the parents/carers who put their hands up as P & C volunteers. It’s the first time in many years that we have filled nearly all the positions so early in the year. We really appreciate your time, be it small or large, it all makes such a great difference to the lives of the CPS students.

We are aware of the ant issue across the school. Ants are extremely difficult to control due to their huge numbers and of course the use of pesticides in school is carefully managed. To try and reduce the issue we have had the school carefully fumigated (out of school hours). We encourage the students to ensure they shut their lunch boxes tightly and not leave open food in their bags.

To comply with CEO mandated instructions, we now have an external automated external defibrillator (AED). This is located outside the disabled toilet near the administration block. It has been registered with St Johns WA Community Frist Responder program. We encourage you to share this information with community in case of immediate need.

Some friendly reminders:

We are a nut aware school. We have several students who are anaphylaxis so we kindly request that you support these students by not sending food with your child that contain nuts.

To ensure our duty of care on school grounds, students are requested to wait out the front of the school if they arrive at school from 8.20. They are supervised by one of the Executive and released to classes at 8.35. If you bring your child to school, they are required to wait with you until the classroom is open. This is not a time for children to play on playgrounds, run around or play ball sports. We greatly appreciate you supporting our whole school focus on expected behaviours around safety.

We encourage parents to make a time through your child’s class Seesaw if you would like to discuss anything about your child. As you can appreciate before and after school are very busy times for teachers and not ideal for lengthy meetings.

Enjoy your long weekend!

 

 

Term 1, Week 4 Merit Certificate Recipients

Term 1, Week 4 Merit Certificate Recipients


ECE Unit 1Heather B, Levi S
Room 1Ayala A, Leo W
Room 3Aubrey A, Aiden Q
Room 4Abby B, Nolan W
Room 5Alastair L, Annie Y
Room 6John S, Aubrey T
Room 7Mathilde P, George S
Room 9William C, Olivia T
Room 11Karsten R, Eleanor S
Room 12Tysen B, Hunter H
Room 13Sophia W, Benji W
Room 14Dylan C, Sahaas P
Room 16Lewis B, Steele D
Room 17Nina B, Liam M
Art AwardAlan A, Zara R, Room 16 - Year 3
French AwardRoom 9 - Year 6


IMPORTANT NAPLAN UPDATE 2024

Parents of students in year 3 & 5, please find these important NAPLAN updates as they require action within the week.

  • The NAPLAN CPS testing timetable has been released, please find it through the link below and note the days available for catchup sessions if required.
  • The CPS practice NAPLAN sessions will occur on Thursday, March 7. The practice test will consist of a selection of learning areas for the year 3 students and writing for the year 5 students but the purpose is to support students to become familiar with the platform, therefore, results will not be recorded or assessable.
  • Please ensure that your child’s iPad is in readiness for the test before Thursday. 
    • up-to-date iOS (iOS 17.3 or above),
    • up-to-date NAP Online browser app (NAP 2024),
    • working headphones,
    • keyboards if desired for year 5 students – there are also plenty of school provided keyboards available.


If there are any further questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher or Luke Johnson in the office.

Find timetable.

Sustainability News

Congratulations to the 2024 Sustainability officers that received their badges at assembly last week. Mrs Osterberg and I look forward to working with you this year. to read more, please click here.

Busy Bee - Sunday - March 10 - 2-4pm

The Resilience Project

To see this week's activity using empathy and to read more, please click here.

Art News

To read about what is happening in the Art Studio and to see this week "Winner's, who are Grinners' raffle winners, please click here.

Take the Science Buddies Engineering Challenge! – Rubber Band Car | Call for recyclables

Our 2024 STEAM Calendar kicks off with the annual Engineering challenge, and this year it is a beauty! The STEAM team will be facilitating students and families to get their creative and problem-solving abilities in full swing as part of the RUBBER BAND CAR challenge.

This year, we would love siblings and families to also participate from home. Following the guidelines and information provided below, families are encouraged to source the allowed materials and get building and testing! Coinciding with the week 9, in-school competitions, we will run our Community Cup division – where family entries will be run and raced against each other in search of the best CPS Rubber Band Car!

Details and regitration on the CPS Website

PE News

To see key dates and information regarding running club and Churchland Primary School Swimming Carnival, please click here

Coder Dojo - Senior Students Semester 1

Thank you to the students who have applied to be part of our Senior (y5-6), semester-one, Coder Dojo classes. Sessions will begin on Wednesday, week 6, 3-4 pm. Students who have been accepted into the program have been notified through Audiri. Please make sure you have downloaded the EV3 Classroom app and the Spike Prime app before session one next week.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Mr Johnson

20th Sculptures by the Sea

With the wonderful Sculptures by the School returning very soon, Mrs Cockerill is encouraging our community to get inspired at the 20th Sculpture by the Sea at Cottesloe Beach – which opens on Friday 1 March. 

Read more.

Year 3 - 6 Swimming Lost and Found

SMS Communications for Student Absences

Parents, this is a reminder to please notify the school before 9.30am if your child is going to be absent by sending an SMS to 0408 905 268.  Please include student name, date and reason for absence.

For any extended periods of absence, please email the principal, Kim Fraser at churchlands.ps@education.wa.edu.au


2024 Term 1 registrations for after school activities - NOW OPEN

CodeCamp - More Information  

Kings Chess Coaching Centre - More Information

Gecko Sports - More Information

Coastal Tennis - More Information 

Redhage Basketball - More Information 

Gecko Sports

Redhage Basketball School Program

Claremont Football Club

Mark Lee Football Coaching