What's Happening at CHPS
PE News
Bike Ed
Grade 3 students and teachers have enjoyed participating in the Bike Ed program each Friday, despite some wild weather we have been dealt along the way! It’s been wonderful to see how much confidence students are gaining on their bike as they progress through the course. We have been exploring the surroundings of Yarrunga Reserve and learning about road safety when on a bike. Students will be taken on a celebration ride outside of the school on Friday 13th December. A compass post for parental consent has been sent out. Safety vests will be provided for all students and it is encouraged that students bring their own bike and helmet for this event. We do have bikes for students to borrow if need be, however these are limited.
Hoop Time
Congratulations to the year 5/6 girls All Star team, finishing bronze in State Hooptime competition. Amazing outcome!
Best of luck to the Future Stars Team who are competing this week!
CHPS Annual Soap Box Derby 2024
School Saving Bonus - Uniform Redemption Cut Off
If your child requires any uniform for the first day of school in 2025, please ensure you login to your portal and redeem your 'uniform vouchers' BEFORE December 12. Voucher redemption codes are to be emailed back to Karen Cyster with; your student's Name & amount allocated & items and sizes you'd like to order, by the 13th of December. Unfortunately orders will not be fulfilled in time after this date and your order will be ready for collection mid February.
Library News
We have now commenced stocktake in the library. All books are taken from the shelves, we check under and behind the shelves before the books are individually scanned into the computer and re-shelved. As at Wednesday (yesterday) there are still 151 books out in students’ names, with a value of approximately $1860.00. This is a concern as some of these books are out to students who will not be returning next year. It is important that these books are returned now. Notices were printed out today for all these students’ parents or guardians; next week emails will be sent. Please ask students to have a good look at home and at school for these books. It is surprising the number of books that remain in school bags until the last minute. A book is not considered returned until it comes back to the library. The library door is unlocked from 8.30am at the moment and students can just drop the books in when they arrive at school.
Remember – these books will still be in your child’s name next year if they are not returned. They do not magically disappear over the holidays.
If you find a book at home that has a school stamp or library barcode on it, please return it as some teachers borrow books in their names and these are mistakenly taken home by students. There are other times when the students simply forget to check the book out before they leave the library. These books show up as ‘missing’ after stocktake and there is no way of tracing them.
Jess & Sue - Library
Sick Bay
Hi All. Please be aware that we have had a few cases of Whooping Cough within our school community. Please refer to below sheet for more information.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/whooping-cough
Food For Families
As Christmas approaches, we will be running our annual Food For Families drive again. Boxes are set up in the office foyer for those wishing to donate non perishable good for families in need.
