Have you heard about the Year 6 student leaders initiative to foster a sense of connection and community?

Every Friday morning, 8:30am - 9am you can call by the canteen for a Nespresso coffee and a sweet treat to start your day.

There is even hot chocolate for the children!

At this stage it is cash only but goodies are keenly priced, so scratch up the loose change lying around the house and call by for a warm drink and a smiling hello.

We would love to see you there!

If you would like to support our fantastic students but don’t happen to be at school, donations of coffee and chocolate pods (the cheaper Woolworths Nespresso compatible brand are perfect), tea or sugar would be gratefully appreciated.  We are also looking for a second coffee machine, if you have a superseded model that needs a new home please consider this great work of the students.

Do you love to sew?

Do you enjoy the challenge of creating?

Do you have some spare time to assist with costumes for the musical?

We are fortunate to have secured an extensive wardrobe of costumes for our upcoming musical.

We need some support to tweak, add or adjust what we already have.

Please contact Kerry - Kerry.johnstone@ed.act.edu.au to discuss possibilities!

The musical is at the end of next term so there is plenty of time to do as little or as much as you are able.

In addition to sewing support, if it is time to clean out your sewing stash, big and small donations of fabric, pins, buttons, zips and thread are welcome not only for the musical team but for our lunchtime sewing club. So far we have made some simple soft toys and are venturing into some more complex projects like bags and clothing.

So much fun!

Curious Teachers

You will often hear the saying, ‘lifelong learners’ in the hallways at CPS and this week Ms Hollows, Ms Riebe and Ms J had the joy of being just that!

We travelled to Sydney for a 2 day conference, hosted by the QT Academy at Olympic Park (with the added thrill of being close to a sell out sporting event!).

The Quality Teaching Model is a teacher-driven framework that enables participants to analyse and improve their practice. It is supported by over 25 years of research conducted through Newcastle University and has recently been recognised by the federal government and the Ramsay Institute with funding (a lot of funding - which could be argued speaks volumes).

Inspirational keynote speakers, sharing from beginning and experienced educators, success stories presented by other schools and workshops using the framework, kept us very busy.  We have come away with lots of ideas, much enthusiasm and our heads full of new information.  We will ruminate on what we have learnt and look forward to sharing it with both the teaching staff and CPS community.