What's Happening at CHPS

PE News

Region Netball Finals:

The girls are through to State Finals!!! 🏆 What a fantastic effort team, we are super proud of your all!

Our boys team placed 3rd🥉, we are also proud of your valiant effort boys!

3-6 House Athletics Carnival:

Wow! What a magical day we had last Friday for the 3-6 House Athletics Carnival. Sunny skies, smiling faces and a sea of red, blue, green and yellow! It was so impressive to see all students participating in the various different track and field events and giving it their best. A massive thank you to parent/grandparent volunteers, year 11 Mount Lilydale Mercy College students and CHPS staff who all helped make the event run smoothly!

Results will be published in next weeks newsletter after we celebrate at our special sports assembly tomorrow:

Top 3 over all winners for each event
Age group champions
House champion

Work will also begin on District Squad selection based on House Carnival results, PE lessons and Friday Sport sessions.

High Jump trials will be held in week 5 with information communicated to students.

District Athletics is on Thursday 4th September (week 7). Students will be notified if they are in the squad and a compass event will go out for consent and payment.

Our school has been nominated to assist with Girls Long Jump at District and we will require 3 parent volunteers. When we finalise the squad, please email laura.yorke@education.vic.gov.au if you’re able to assist.

Basketball Uniforms:

If we have any basketball families in the community that can reach out to their local club for any uniform donations to our school, we would love to hear from you laura.yorke@education.vic.gov.au

PE Lessons – Injuries & illness:

We would just like to remind families that if your child is unwell or has injured themselves and are not able to participate in their PE lesson that week, can parents please email their PE teacher so we can keep a record of this. We would also like to help guide students with what activities they can still participate in. If we don’t receive an email, we will presume students are fit to participate.

Laura Yorke & Jarod Butcher - PE

Library News

BOOK WEEK NEXT WEEK

On Monday we would love all students to come to school dressed up as their favourite book character OR dressed in something that goes with this year's theme “Book An Adventure”. We highly encourage families to be sustainable (both on the environment and budgets) and reuse/repurpose outfits. There is no cost to come dressed up and we look forward to seeing students and staff dressed up. Parades will start around the school at 9.05am. Please see posters around the school or Compass for details of other fun activities.

Scholastic Book Club Orders

Scholastic Book Club Orders have been delivered to the school and will be distributed to students over the next couple of days.

Jess & Sue - Library

Science & Sustainability

This week was Science Week, so how have you Scienced this week?

There are still plenty of activities to do this weekend around Croydon. Just a couple that caught my eye.

Get ready to dig in and get creative at Tiny Tenants: Buildings for Bugs at Central Ringwood Community Centre

A fun, hands-on event where science meets sustainability! Join us in the beautiful garden space for a day of insect hotel building using recycled and natural materials.

When - Sun. 17 Aug

Time - 11:00am - 12:30pm (AEST)

Topic - Environment and Nature

Cost - Free

Other - Wheelchair Access

Buzz into science and a sweet day of discovery, at The Basin Community House

21 Liverpool Road, The Basin VIC 3154, Australia

Bees are not just cute and fuzzy – they’re super important to life on Earth! At this event, you'll become a bee expert and have loads of fun with your friends and family. You’ll go home with sweet memories… and maybe even a pot of honey!

Meet a Beekeeper:
Honey Tasting Station:
Pollination Challenge:
Build a Bee Hotel:
Craft Corner:
Bee Science Station:

When - Sat. 16 Aug

Time - 10:00am - 1:00pm (AEST)

Topics - Environment and Nature. Indigenous Knowledge

Cost - Free

Other - Wheelchair Access

Also, for the budding Scientist who loves some of the things we have in the Science room, consider the Mad About Science online shop.

https://www.sciencefirst.com.au/

Performing Arts

An exciting week for Performing Arts this week. Our Musical Excellence Choir competed on Monday at Monash Youth Music Festival. The Choir demonstrated what musical excellence means at Croydon Hills, sang beautifully and came in second place.

We also had Wakakirri this week. A dance Eisteddfod all about storytelling. Our story this year is all about real life Australian Antarctic Explorers who persevered through harsh weather, had to solve problems that came up along the way, and made the fastest trip across Antarctica unaided.

Lastly we announced our Most Valuable Performer Awards for our extracurricular clubs for Semester 1. Congratulations

Grace (3LP) - Musical Excellence Choir

Elijah (6EP) - Rockband

Jasmine (5WS) - Dance Club

Chelsea (6RT) - Pop Choir’

Smile Squad

Dear families,

The Smile Squad team from EACH have commenced dental checks at the school.

Smile Squad is the Victorian Government free school dental program.

This means all students can get a free dental check-up, preventive services, and treatment at school.

How to access free dental care

We need your consent before we can provide services. Consent is usually provided by a parent or guardian.

OR use the below QR code:

Please complete and submit the consent form, this will be sent directly to EACH.

Paper copies of the consent form are available. Please contact the school office if you would like to request one.

The electronic consent form can be translated into more than 100 languages, and the paper form is available in 13 languages.

Do I need to attend my child’s appointment?

No, you do not need to attend your child’s appointment. You can attend if you would like to, and you can take your child to the community dental clinic if you prefer.

EACH Smile Squad look forward to seeing you soon.