Assistant Principal's Page

As always there is a lot going on at CHPS, including our Colour Run this afternoon and Report Writing Day for teachers tomorrow (No Students onsite) and some exciting events coming up like the Carols on the 5th December. Make sure you check Compass regularly for updates.

Attendance

As always, if your child has been marked absent without an explanation, you will receive an SMS by 9.45am. If this has not been responded to, you will now be receiving a phone call from 10.30am onwards enquiring about your child’s absence. 

Signing in

Please note that if your child arrives at 9am, you need to escort them into the reception area and sign them in on the Compass Kiosks. As per the Attendance Policy. children need to be in the classroom ready to learn at 9am. Although we appreciate that sometimes unexpected events occur, please endeavour to ensure that your child arrives by 8.45am allowing them to settle into the school environment before 9am.

Walk in my Shoes – From the Year 4 students – Enjoy!

In Year 4, we have been learning about people living with a disability. The unit is called ‘Walk in My Shoes’ and we have had a lot of fun meeting our parent volunteers. For our project we are making brochures on Canva to show our support and raise awareness about different types of disabilities in our community. By Esther (MBW).

Vicky and her amazing interpreter guided us through what it is like being deaf. This included explaining the levels of hearing impairment. She showed us some Auslan and how to say hello, please and thank-you. Vicky answered a lot of our questions! Thank-you Vicky, we enjoyed it very much. By Edie (MDB).

On the 15th of November, Ben’s mum showed the Middle School a slideshow on how to help disabled people. Ingrid works at Scope, a place where disabled people can go to get services to help them. She asked the Year 4’s a question and if they got it right there was a fidget toy prize! We had a great time with Ingrid. Did you know NDIS means National Disability Insurance Scheme? By John (MAH)

Last Wednesday, Larsen’s Mum came into our classroom to talk about Maple, her therapy dog. Maple is learning to be a therapy dog. She has to wear a yellow bandana until she finishes all of her training. Bianca talked about the school she worked at and what Maple does as a therapy dog, like going into classrooms to work with children or sitting in on Bianca's psychology appointments. Thanks a bunch to Bianca and Maple for the pleasant incursion, we hope to see you again soon! By Isabelle and Chloe (MDT)

We have a number of children at our school with Type 1 Diabetes, or who have siblings with the condition and would like to acknowledge that World Diabetes Day was last week (14/11/23). Click here to learn more.

Until next time, Julie Reid (Assistant Principal – Wellbeing and Inclusion)