Cheltenham East Primary School Newsletter

Cheltenham East Primary News and Events

ITALIAN DAY 2022  

All students enjoyed a variety of experiences on our Italian day. There was singing and dancing in the show ‘Dammi Cinque’. Creating and learning about an aspect of Italian culture in classrooms and the day’s highlight ended with a delicious gelato.

 - Signora Mondy

 

 

 

FOUNDATION - Made Italian Flags and carnival masks

GRADE ONE - Made gondola's and learnt about Venice

GRADE TWO - Made Roman Mosaics and enjoyed the show

GRADE THREE AND FOUR - Michelangelo drawings under tables and sketches of Leonardo da Vinci's, Mona Lisa

 

GRADE FIVE - Models of The Leaning Tower of Pisa

GRADE SIX - Full Face Venetian Mask

 

 

Learning through play is always a winning formula. The Spelling Bee allows students to complete 30 spelling words in a fun format where they have to aim for accuracy, to beat the clock and finish ahead of their fellow students right across Australia.

Last week, the year 3-6s took part in the School Round of the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee. Well done to all students that participated in the competition.

The results are now in, and the Class Champion results are listed below.

 

 

Congratulations to:

3/4A - Quincey J.

3/4B – Milla W.

3/4C – Emily H.

3/4D – Will R.

3/4E – Aaron L.

5A – Cameron B.

5B – Thomas R.

5C – Lindsay Y.

6A – Anastasia P.

6B – Freddie M.

 

The overall winner in year 3/4 was Will R., and in years 5/6, Cameron B. Congratulations to these spelling wizzes! 

 

The top 100 ranked entrants from the School Competition Round in each state and territory are invited to participate in the State and Territory Finals Competition Round. We are excited to announce that one of our Year 4 students, Will R., has progressed to this round. We wish Will the best of luck as he competes as a finalist in the next week.

 

CONGRATULATIONS

A big congratulations to this awesome netball team who played at the State Netball Centre today! It was a wonderful challenge for this mixed netball team, making it to the semi finals. A fabulous effort by all. Thank you to Sarah L for coaching the team today and the wonderful parents who were able to attend and take the students in

 

PARENT OPINION SURVEY

The Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behavior, and student engagement. The school selects families at random and issues the survey details via email. The email for this year’s survey was sent to the selected families today. 

Approximately 30 per cent of parents/caregivers/guardians have been selected to participate in this year’s survey. The Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey will be conducted from Monday 15th August to Friday 16th September.

 

The survey will be conducted online, only takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time within the fieldwork period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The online survey will be available in a range of languages other than English. These include: Arabic, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Chin (Hakha), Hindi, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, Punjabi and Greek.

 

The survey gives the school important feedback on areas of concern and also strengths as perceived by the parents. This has included parents asking for the school to have a stronger focus on grounds and maintenance, which has been a focus on the past two years. 

 

Regards,

Joshua Bourke – Leading Teacher

 

2022 SCHOOL CONCERT

 

This year’s school concert will look different to other years in an effort to remain COVID safe.

  • To celebrate the Year 6 students’ final concert, they will work with Mrs Digby to present their own production piece at a school hall performance in Term 4.
  • Year 5s are presenting the Gala Performance of the ‘My Best Self’ program from Dancesport Confidence on Sep 15th at St Louis de Montfort Hall, Aspendale.  The program has focused on Personal and Social Capabilities and Respectful Relationships this term.  (see newspaper article in Ballroom dancing to help students with confidence - Bayside News)
  • Years F-4 will present an end of term celebration in December on the oval with a ‘picnic – style’ outdoor event in warmer weather.

You will appreciate the flexibility we are all working with to ensure many wonderful experiences for our students, whilst managing safe conditions for our whole school community. 

 

Specific dates will be advertised closer to the events.

We look forward to the celebration performances in store for us all!

 

CEPS RECYCLING HUB

 

3/4 'GREEN TEAM' NUDE FOOD 

GREENHOUSE PROJECT

 

Thank you to everyone who has already donated their spare plastic bottles so far, we are well on our way to getting the greenhouse up and running.

 

We still need more bottles, so please continue to bring in your spare 1.25L and 2L bottles and put them in the donation box at the office. 

 

Please make sure to rinse the bottles before bringing them in so there is no spillage.

 

2023 FOUNDATION TRANSITION PROGRAM