The Chronicle

We commenced Founder’s Day last Friday with a church service which made us reflect on our good fortune at being part of the Coogee Prep history. As a small School we benefit from knowing each other at a level unlike any other School and we use Founder’s Day to reflect on our happy life here.

Thank you so much to the P&F for funding our Founder’s Day excursion on Friday. The Lion King was enjoyed by teachers and staff alike (even Bob attended) as was the Sausage Sizzle lunch afterwards. Thanks also to Phuong and Ahn Lam (Calvin in Year 1) who provided the buns free of charge, courtesy of Baker’s Delight.

This Friday we participate in Fiver for a Farmer and the boys may wear mufti to help us promote this worthy cause.  Mr Sarkies in his new role as Head of the SRC, is driving all such events from now on and there are some great posters up in the School.

Spanish lessons are now in their second week and the boys are really enjoying coming to grips with a new language. Miss Katerine tries to speak only Spanish in the class, forcing the boys to really listen and progress. Ole!

The boys are all attending the Australian Museum Science Week this Thursday as part of our on-going focus on STEM activities. This allows them to enjoy some hands-on and fun scientific experiences. All boys are to wear greys this Thursday.

This week is the last week of Saturday Sport for the Winter season. Thank you to the teachers for their weekly coaching and Saturday sessions and to you the parents for driving all over Sydney. The boys have been competitive with some fantastic results and it is in the effort we learn. This is our final week of Primary sports training on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons until further notice.  

The Interschools’ Chess Competition also finishes this week and thanks to Ms Gershon for coordinating the games (a very tricky and often frustrating task) and to the parents who assisted with transport. The boys have played superbly and with much enthusiasm and I for one am glad we are a chess obsessed school! Chess lessons continue this Term on a Friday but do not run in Term 4.

We had a big parcel of sports’ equipment arrive yesterday and it will go out to the playground each day as soon as we pump up all the balls. A huge thanks to the P&F for funding this purchase and to Joshua Prazan for contributing his hard-earned recycling cash.

Preparations are underway for the Country Tour 2019 which the Years 5 & 6 boys attend in September. Steph Doble is coordinating the tour merchandise consisting of a bag, hat and hoodie for each boy. A sausage sizzle, pizza night and huge wine raffle will help offset some of the costs of the merchandise and the P&F will be funding the rest of the merchandise costs.

I think the above demonstrates how important the P&F is in the life of the School. Emma, Elizabeth and Natasha  do so much work behind the scenes to ensure the wheels keep moving, as do all of the parents who volunteer and support each cause.

Each dollar you contribute goes to very good use and we thank you!

Kind regards

John Dicks
Principal

The countdown is on with just 4 weeks until our Peter Pan Production on Tuesday 3rd September!

·       Costumes - all boys K-6 need a class dance costume (Year 6 are backstage helpers). This information has been attached to the Chronicle each week.

·       Main characters and Select Dance group - These boys will need 2 costumes; their main character or select dance group costume and their class dance costume. Please see the attachment below for details. You would have also received an email from Mrs Black or Ms Bown with further details.

·       Whole School Rehearsal at Scots on Tuesday 27th August (week 6) for all boys K-6 - This will be a dress rehearsal for Main Characters and boys in the Select Dance Group. All other boys K-6 will be in school uniform. Further details and the permission note will be sent out soon.

·       Our Peter Pan Production will be at Scots on Tuesday 3rd September at 6:30. Further details to come.

SQUAD  Athletics Training Tuesday  13/8, 20/8, 27/8, 3/9

Mandarin Lessons (optional) Monday afternoons from 3-4pm

Grandparent's Day  Friday August 16 @ 9.00am

Year 6 Assembly Monday August 19 & @ 8.30am

Book Week Parade Thursday August 22 @ 8.30am

Father's Day Breakfast  Tuesday August 27 @ 7.30am

Father's Day Stall - Wednesday August 28

South Harbour Athletics (SQUAD only) Saturday August 24

IPSHA Athletics (SQUAD only) Monday August 26

QUAD Athletics (SQUAD only) Friday September 6

School Concert: Peter Pan  Tuesday September 3rd 

Kindergarten Assembly Monday September 9

Year 5 & 6 Country Tour Tuesday September 10 - Friday September 13

School Photos Tuesday September 17

P&F Annual Fundraiser Saturday September 21

Last day Term 3 Friday September 27

First Day Term 4 Tuesday October 15

Speech Morning  Friday  December 6

1st    Nimmo

2nd   McKeown

3rd    Storey

A big thank to the P&F and all of the parents  (and Josh Prazan who raised $100 of his own  money)  as we have purchased the following for lunchtime play for all classes.

Multi hoop pack 

A huge bucket of tennis balls 

10 soccer balls

8 Rugby balls

10 skipping ropes

A dodgeball set

250 cones for demarcation and goals

A set of 40 sports sash for team colour coding

5 mesh carry bags to lug it all back and forth from the park.

We also have a set of 25 scoopy catchers and balls

Fun times ahead!

Kindergarten     Harvey Rumble

Year 1                  William Steiner

Year 2                 George Andreatta

Riley Thurman in Year 2 received his Bronze Award this week .

Book week will take place in week 5, with the parade on Thursday, 22nd August at 8.30am.

The theme this year is 'Reading is my Secret Power'.

All students will participate in the parade. We encourage and welcome parents  to attend. A reminder that costumes are to be organised at home and students may wear their costumes for the day. We look forward to a fun morning celebrating books!

This campaign began last year, where a young boy named Jack Berne, started the initiative. In 2018 schools all throughout Australia raised over 1.5 million dollars for such a great cause.

Boys are asked to bring in a $5 note or more to support this important campaign. I am looking forward to seeing all the boys and teachers in their farmer outfits. 

Charlie Henry  and Harry Delaney in Year 2 were part of the Clovelly Eagles U8 rugby side that won the Harbord Harlequins Cup at the weekend. The boys were also complimented on their great sportsmanship and good manners. Well done!

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