FROM THE HEAD OF PRIMARY - Calrossy Anglican School

242 Moore Creek Road
TAMWORTH NSW 2340

Telephone: 5776 5220
Facsimilie: 5776 5279
Email: adminwc@calrossy.nsw.edu.au
Website: www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au

FROM THE HEAD OF PRIMARY

Grandparents’ Day

Grandparents’ Day will be held this Thursday 27 August. This is one of our biggest and
most looked forward to days in our School calendar each year. The timetable for the day
is set out below.

10:00am Arrival and morning tea will be served for grandparents on the verandah of
10:30am the hall.
11:15am Children will arrive at the hall to begin the brief concert and performance
part of the day.
Grandparents are invited to join the children in their classrooms and view
the work they have been doing.

If your child will be leaving with their grandparents following the activities, please let their
teacher know.

Art Showcase

The Art Showcase held on Friday night and Saturday was a wonderful success with
artworks from children across all grades, Design and Technology projects and Science
projects on display. This event certainly brought the creative and innovative talents of the
students of Calrossy Anglican School to the fore. I hope you had a chance to view the
showcase and the amazing work of our students. Congratulations must go to all who had
a hand in organising this event and to the students for their exceptional works.

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6
Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.

Proverbs 3:5-6(NLT)

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P and F

Many thanks to all who were able to attend the Primary P and F Auxiliary meeting last
week. The P and F have very generously donated funds for further playground upgrades
which will occur in the coming holidays. This will enhance an area of the playground that
has been, up until now, either a dust bowl, a mud patch or an area for khaki burr to grow,
and make it a much more usable space for children to enjoy. The P and F will be holding
a Fathers’ Day stall on Wednesday of next week, 2 September. Please see the reminder
further on in the newsletter for details.

HRIS Debating

A huge ‘Well Done’ to our two teams of debaters who travelled to St Phillips Christian
College last Thursday to take part in the HRIS Middle School Debating Day. Despite a
very early start the two teams won both their debates and were wonderful ambassadors
for our school. The children are to be applauded not only for their wonderful achievement
but also for the hours of work they put into preparing for the debates, giving up many
lunchtimes and hours of their own time in doing so. A big ‘Thank You’ to Mrs Robyn
Christmas for her work in assisting the teams and to Mrs Allum and Mrs Christmas for
accompanying the children on the day. A full report can be found further on in this
newsletter.

Da Vinci Decathlon

This Friday we have two teams going to Armidale to take part in the Northern Region
Da Vinci Decathlon. This is a competition developed by Knox Grammar School which
involves the children in ten disciplines: Mathematics and Chess, English, Science, Code
Breaking, Engineering Challenge, Philosophy, Creative Producer, Art and Poetry,
Cartography and General Knowledge. We are allowed a team of Year 5 students and a
team of Year 6 students each with eight members. Once again the children have shown a
desire and commitment to be part of these teams. They have worked hard over the last
few weeks during their own time to hone their skills of group work, creativity and
knowledge. We wish them well for their endeavours on Friday.

Friday Assembly

This Friday’s assembly, 28 August, will be a combined assembly for Infants and Primary
to celebrate Bookweek. The assembly will be held in the COLA, as the Hall is being used
for HSC marking, and begin at 9:00am.

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Important Term Dates

August 24-28 Book week
27 Grandparents’ Day
28 Da Vinci Decathlon
Year 3 Excursion to Dubbo
September 3-4 Last Day of Term
18

Weekly Inspiration

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the
things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. - The Serenity Prayer

Robert Black

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

We congratulate the following students who received awards in assembly last
week :

Kinder Green: Jack Riley, Zoe Sullivan.
Kinder White: Cormac Downes, Molly Klasen.
Year 1 White: Felix Murray, George Pearson, Max Turner.
Year 1 Green: Lilly Russ, Jackson Medlock.
Year 2 White: Kaleb Cook, Shelby Rapley.
Year 2 Green: Ella McWilliam, Toby McIlveen.
Year 3 White: Caitlin Stonestreet, Brodie Hocking, Harry Russ.
Year 3 Green: Isabel Zifodya, Aidan Hawkins, Ebony Sullivan.
Year 3/4 Gold: William Milsom, Layla Dobson.
Year 4 Green: Samuel Holmes, Jonathan Herring, Ella Power.
Year 4 White: Ryan Witherdin, Oliver Varley, Leila Ryan.
Year 5 Green: Lewis Cook, Grace Sweeney, Olivia Leckie, Lachlan Rasumussen.
Year 5 White: Grace Collins, Thomas Mathew, Josh Riggien.
Year 6 Green: Myles Davis, Charlie Sorensen, Harrison Merrick.
Year 6 White: Ned Chaffey, Angus Collins.

Uniform Awards: Melanie Fox, Lara Jones, Brock Wilson, Amber Wright, Bonni Grant.

Values Awards: Grace Riggien, Harry Nichols, Jack McDonald, Annabelle Sadleir,
Lachlan Hutchison-Smith, Emma Benham, Liam Burke, Sabine
Thompson, Tijana Coxhead.

Christian Studies: Albert Smyth, Evy Walsh, William Woods, Matthew Holmes.

Japanese: Noah Chambers, Mali Blinman, Annabel Richards, Liam Hawkins.

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INFANTS ASSEMBLY ROSTER

Week Date Class
7 28 August Library Assembly
8 4 September Year 1 Green
9 11 September Kindergarten Green
10 18 September Year 2 White

PRIMARY ASSEMBLY ROSTER

Week Date Class
7 28 August Library Assembly
8 4 September Year 5 Green
9 11 September Year 4 Green
10 18 September Year 3

ROSE COTTAGE WEARHOUSE

Hours: 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday

Email: rosecottage@calrossy.nsw.edu.au

Telephone: 5776 5194

Fax: 5776 5199

Call into: 9 Raglan Street, Tamworth

Our sale is continuing with further reductions on winter pinafores and summer
dresses

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN

Woolworths are thrilled to invite you to participate in this year’s Woolworths Earn &
Learn program. Find out how to earn educational resources for your school or Early
Learning Centre. Please bring in completed sticker charts or loose stickers to Reception.

PHOTOS

Group photos are available to view and order at Reception or online. Photos available
are Captains, House Captains, SRC, Library Monitors, Year 6 Muck Up and Little
Mermaid Musical Cast.

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SCRIPTURE UNION CRICKET CAMP

The Scripture Union Cricket Camp will be held from Saturday 19 to Tuesday 22
September 2015 in Dubbo. The camp includes skills training; activities and games;
integrated Christianity; character, leadership and teamwork building and fun, food and
friendship. Applications close 5 September.
For all enquiries please contact:
Maria Buster 6769 1654/0428 360 724
Sally Trethewy 0408 824 532
Rachael Gron 0488 701 772

Operation Christmas Child Appeal

Every shoebox gift is an opportunity to touch a child’s heart
with the love of Jesus Christ.” - Franklin Graham, International
President of Samaritan’s Purse

The 2015 Samaritan's Purse, Operation Christmas Child
Appeal is now underway. We thank you so much for your
amazing support last year and hope that once again, you will be
able to be a part of bringing joy and hope to children in some of
the most underprivileged countries in the world. A shoebox filled
with small toys, hygiene items, clothing or school supplies can be a tangible expression of
God's love to those most in need. If your family would like to be involved, children can
collect shoeboxes from Mrs Collins, along with guidelines about what can and cannot be
packed into them. Please read these guidelines very carefully before purchasing items for
your shoebox. All items should be new and removed from their packaging, before being
placed into the shoebox (to avoid large piles of rubbish in the recipients' town or village).
Boxes need to be returned to school before the end of W eek 1, Term 4. If you are able
to include the $9.00 postage and handling fee, per box, in a separate envelope, it would be
very much appreciated.

Thank you and God Bless
Leonie Collins

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HRIS PRIMARY DEBATING COMPETITION

Last Thursday, we sent two teams to participate in the HRIS Debating competition at St
Phillip’s Christian College, Cessnock. All students from Year 5 had never been to a
debating completion before and were very enthusiastic to be part of the competition.
They were well prepared, spoke beautifully and debated so well that both teams won their
respective debates.

A big thankyou to Mrs Robyn Christmas, who worked with our debating teams and
prepared them so well for the competition day.

Pictured Left to Right
Front Row: Kira Stafford, Grace Sweeney, Tahlia Barwick, Joshua Riggien
Back Row: Mrs Robyn Christmas, Liam Burke, William Jarrett, Will Reay,

Lachlan Murray, Benjamin Duddy.

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LIBRARY NEWS

Grandparents’ Day

This year we will be having a ‘Donation Table’ for people to purchase a book to be
donated to the Primary Library. Each book will have a label place in the front to
acknowledge the donation. All donated books will be greatly appreciated.

Book Week

The theme for this year is ‘Books Light Up Our World’. On Friday 28 August we will
be dressing up ‘To Light Up Our World’ – dressing in bright/colourful outfits to celebrate
Book Week. We hope that everyone will join in on this day by dressing up and bring a
gold coin donation. This year our gold coin donations will to ‘Make-A-Wish’ Australia,
an organisation that helps grant the wishes of children battling life threatening medical
conditions.

Mrs Lisa O’Callaghan & Mrs Amy Lobban

INSTALLATION OF FLASHING LIGHTS

Next week (Tuesday 1 September) the NSW Department of Roads and Maritime Services
has advised that it will be installing flashing school zone lights on Moore Creek Road
outside the campus of Calrossy Anglican School. Written correspondence follows:

Installation of flashing lights near Calrossy Anglican School (William Cowper
Campus)

The NSW Government has provided funding for the placement of school zone signs with
flashing lights at all schools by the end of this year to alert motorists of the 40km sp0eed
limit required during school drop off and pick up times.

Installing these flashing lights in schools zones has been shown to improve driver
awareness of the need to travel at a lower speed to ensure the safety of children and others
coming and going from the school area.

Roads and Maritime Services is delivering this safety initiative and plans to install signs
outside the campus of Calrossy Anglican School on Moore Creek Road the week
beginning Tuesday 1 September outside of 40km school zone hours. Work will take up
to two hours to complete, weather permitting.

Lights are installed on pre-existing poles or new poles are put in place if needed.

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Partial lane closures may be in place while work is carried out to ensure safety of road
users and workers. There will be some noise associated with this work, but every effort
will be made to minimise these impacts.

For more information please visit the Centre for Road Safety website at
www.roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/stayingsafe go to the schools section) or call
1800 726 958 or email flashinglights@rms.nsw.gov.au

LOST PROPERTY

There are a number of boys’ dress hats in lost property without names. If you are missing
a hat please see Melanie at Reception.

Father’s Day Stall

Wednesday 2 September from 9:00am

Gifts from $2.00 to $7.00

Please send money in a wallet or sealed envelope
with your child on this day so they can shop at the stall

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SPORT

CIS Cricket

Congratulations to Jessica Davidson who has been selected in the Primary Girls CIS
Cricket team for the third year in a row. Jessica trialed at the Sydney Cricket Ground last
week and will now participate in the NSW PSSA Cricket Carnival in Dubbo in November.
Well done on a fantastic achievement Jessica.

Cricket

A reminder that Cricket permission notes are now due. If your son or daughter played
in Term 1 of this year, notes still need to be completed. Due to the change in the
competition format, Term 4 is now the start of the competition for the U9’s, 10’s and 11’s
and they will finish in Term 1 of 2016 and the U12’s/Opens will have a stand-a-lone
competition in Term 4 only. Permission notes are available from the website. If you
require further information, please email me at tim.ocallaghan@calrossy.nsw.edu.au or call
on 0409 650 856.

Sporting Schools

THERE WILL BE NO SPORTING SCHOOLS THIS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON 27 AUGUST DUE TO GRANDPARENTS’ DAY.

Hockey
Calrossy Division 1 Green defeated Calrossy White
Calrossy Division 2 Green defeated Calrossy White

Netball

Calrossy 11/12’s lost to Westview

Basketball
Calrossy Suns 2 lost to Timbumburi 12
Calrossy Asteroids 22 defeated St Ed’s 2
Calrossy Stars 8 defeated Calrossy Neptunes 0
Calrossy Rockets 20 defeated Calrossy Comets 6
Calrossy Meteors 8 drew with St Ed’s 8

Tim O’Callaghan
Sports Coordinator

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CALROSSY ANGLICAN SCHOOL

ABN: 17 870 616 829 CRICOS: 02316G

Administration

140 Brisbane Street, Tamworth NSW 2340

Phone 5776 5100 Fax 5776 5129

2015 Primary Pizza Order Form
Week 7 Term 3

I _____________________________________ hereby give permission for

Student Name: ___________________ Class: _______ Pizza: ________________

Student Name: ___________________ Class: _______ Pizza: ________________

Student Name: ___________________ Class: _______ Pizza: ________________

The cost of pizza per slice is $2.50 or 2 slices for $5.00
4 September No Pizza for Year 3 (Excursion)

Please return your Pizza Form to Reception at
Calrossy Anglican School – William Cowper Campus
Or email a copy to: adminwc@calrossy.nsw.edu.au

Meatlovers Chicken Hawaiian Cheese

No Form is required for Qkr Payments as options are
selected directly on the App

Qkr can be accessed via Smart Phone App or Portal

ORDERS TO BE IN BY WEDNESDAYS AT 3.00pm

Paid Online via Qkr Cheque Attached Paid with cash
Amount: $ _________
Our preferred Mastercard Visa
payment
Card Number: /
method is Qkr Expiry Date:
access

Via Smart Phone
App

Or Portal

Office Use Only: Cardholder’s Name: ______________________ Signature: ___________________
8131-39300 SNT

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CALROSSY ANGLICAN SCHOOL

ABN: 17 870 616 829 CRICOS: 02316G

Administration

140 Brisbane Street, Tamworth NSW 2340

Phone 5776 5100 Fax 5776 5129

2015 Take It Easy Tuesday Form
Week 8 Term 3

I _____________________________________ hereby give permission for

Student Name: ___________________ Class: _______ Lunch: _______________
Student Name: ___________________ Class: _______ Lunch: _______________
Student Name: ___________________ Class: _______ Lunch: _______________

A cost of $5 per student
Hot Dog, sauce and cheese plus popper/Pie, sauce plus popper

Sausage Roll, sauce plus popper

A cost of $8.50 per student
2 x Hot Dog, sauce and cheese plus popper/2 x Pie, sauce plus popper

2 x Sausage roll, sauce plus popper

Hot Dog Pie Sausage Roll

Please return this Form to Reception at
Calrossy Anglican School – William Cowper Campus
Or email a copy to: adminwc@calrossy.nsw.edu.au

No Form is required for Qkr Payments as options are selected
directly on the App

Qkr can be accessed via Smart Phone App or Portal

ORDERS TO BE IN BY WEDNESDAYS AT 3.00pm

Paid Online via Qkr Cheque Attached Paid with cash

Our preferred Mastercard Visa
payment
Card Number: / Amount: $ _________
method is Qkr Expiry Date:
access

Via Smart Phone
App

Or Portal

Office Use Only: Cardholder’s Name: ______________________ Signature: ___________________
8131-39300 SNT

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PARENT ACTION

Newsletter By Email The Primary Newsletter link is generated from
ACTION information contained in our School Database. All
parents will receive an email containing this link from the
email address they have provided the school.
From time to time important information may also be sent
to parents via this method
If your email address has changed it is important that you
notify the school as soon as possible

Absentee letters An email is now accepted as a note explaining your
ACTION child’s absence. The correct address is:
attendance@calrossy.nsw.edu.au

Photos Group photos are available to view and order at
ACTION Reception or online.
Photos available are Captains, House Captains, SRC,
Library Monitors, Year 6 Muck Up and Little Mermaid
Musical Cast.

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