END OF TERM ……FUN GALORE
What fabulous fun our students have experienced over the last week as we celebrate the end of term together.
Our preps have enjoyed a fun-filled visit to The Big Goose and Year 5/6 have tested their navigation skills at their Sailing Day at Chelsea Yacht Club.

          

          

Yesterday the Year 3/4 Circus Day, saw students juggling, plate spinning, balancing, hula-hooping, spinning sticks and diabolos, twirling poi and clowning. So much fun.

     

   
Our Year 6 students visited their 2022 Secondary School, and the rest of the school met their new teacher and classmates.
Next week the fun continues with Lifesaving days, Graduation and Big Day Out for our Year 6 students and our final assembly. Phew!
 
CAROLS NIGHT
The Chelsea PS Annual Christmas Carols evening will look a little different again this year due to current COVID restrictions.
So, in true CPS style our classes have preparing a unique 2021 Carols Presentation for everyone to enjoy! Each class will perform a range of Christmas carols and Year 5 and 6 students will also perform their STOMP dance. The entertainment will be recorded and available for families to enjoy on Wednesday 15^th December.

FINAL STEP-UP DAY
On Tuesday, our students had their final step-up session, when they spent time with their 2022 classmates and teacher. Thank you to all staff, for preparing classes for 2022. A huge amount of thought and time is put into this lengthy process.  
Your child will have received a letter of introduction from their new teacher.

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STAFFING NEWS 2022  
We are delighted to announce our 2022 teaching staffing profile.
Our new faces are Georgia Hamper and Jess Stokley from Rivergum Primary School and Liv Anderiessen (Miss A) who has been working at Chelsea Primary for the last six months.

Principal                       Taylor Irish      
Assistant Principal       Jan Smith
Prep/Foundation         Justine Gallo              Matthew Pepi          Bianca Ippolito
Year 1                           Wendy Stansfield        Maddie Culshaw     Jess Stokley
Year 2                           Christine Hulse          Georgia Hamper
Year 3                           David Hewet
Year 4                           Simon Maddock          Liv Anderiessen  
Year 5                           Tanya Whiteside          Tom Pipella
Year 6                           Sarah Ebbott              Samantha Lawrence
Physical Education       Courtney Mc Donald
Visual Arts                    Vicki Middleton
Korean/STEM               Sarah Park
Performing Arts            Lachlan Rundell

FAREWELL MISS HANDS


Next week we sadly farewell our beautiful Visual Arts teacher-Miss Bella Hands, who with her fiancé John, has secured a teaching position in the Northern Territory.
Bella’s fun and creativity have been enjoyed immensely by both students and staff. (We will also miss your groovy overalls and funky earrings.)
We know that the children at Palumpa School will also be inspired by you. We look forward to seeing you back at Chelsea PS in the not-so-distant future.

FAMILIES MOVING ON, WE WISH YOU WELL
To all families relocating or returning overseas or interstate, we wish you every success. 
Best wishes from the students, teachers, and parents at Chelsea PS. You will always be part of the CPS family.

FINAL ASSEMBLY, FRIDAY 17^TH DECEMBER

Our final assembly for the year will be held on Friday 17th December commencing at 12.15pm.
We will farewell our Year 6 students, staff and other students moving on to new horizons.
Our 2022 Student Leaders will be introduced to the school community.
 
Students will be dismissed at 1pm. at the conclusion of assembly.

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With 2 short weeks left of term, the preps are pumped! Step-up days, excursions and preparation for Christmas Carols have our preps in high spirits. Each day we draw closer to Christmas and the festive season. As we brace ourselves for the holidays, many school activities are based on these events. Students are talking about long days at the beach, camping trips and precious time spent with their families – a time we long to enjoy.

This week, the preps formally met their Year 1 teacher and their official grade next year. It is an anxious and exciting time for many preps and their families. Thankfully, the Year 1 class sizes are very small which will reduce student stress and further support student growth and engagement.

It is hard to believe an entire year has passed – but it has. Within that year, new friends have been formed, academic milestones reached and growth spurts continue to occur. Foundation truly is a transformative year.

The recording of Christmas Carols will be released shortly, so kick back, relax and begin to enjoy this jolly time of year.

Warm regards,

Justine, Bianca and Matthew

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What a fantastic couple of weeks we have had!

On the 25^th of November we had the Year 2 camp prep night where the Year 2’s stayed after school to play games, set their dinner tables, eat a delicious meal and then watch a movie! It was great fun and everyone had a fantastic night- thank you to everyone who helped out.

We have also had two successful days of transition and on the 7^th of December everyone met their new class and new teacher. We completed some ‘get to know you’ activities where the students learnt more about their new classmates as well as their new teacher.

In literacy we have been exploring books written by Indigenous authors and we’ve had a focus on Australia- last week we read Welcome to Country by Joy Murphy Wandin and this week we have been reading Why I Love Australia by Bronwyn Bancroft.

In numeracy we are continuing to have engaging maths lessons where we have been reviewing topics that we have covered earlier in the year.

We have lifesaving next week on the 14^th of December from 11:30am - 1pm. The last day of school is Friday the 17^th where we will have an early finish of 1:30pm.

We can’t believe how quick the end of the year has come- we are so impressed and so proud of how well the junior team has done this year- it certainly has not been the year that most were expecting but the junior team have smashed it and they are all very deserving of a break! Enjoy the last few days of school and we all hope you have happy and safe holidays.

Lots of love the Junior team-

Maddie Culshaw, Wendy Stansfield and Chris Hulse xx

     

     

     

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The circus came to town on Thursday.

The 3/4 kids had a busy day with a visiting circus workshop. The day started with a performance by the visiting crew, which included a fancy display of juggling, acrobatic balancing, plate spinning and hula hoop demonstrations.

Next it was the kids turn to get involved. They made their own juggling balls, using a freezer bag, sand and balloons. After some basic instructions, the air was filled with colour as juggling balls came to life.

After recess, the circus skills ramped up. Acrobatic balancing was introductory and horizontal, despite the pleas of some kids to build human towers. The children were schooled in the importance of a weight bearing posture… shoulders through the arms, and hips through the legs. Trick sticks were popular with lots of spinning and tossing and spinning. The Hula hoops were a favourite among the students, and the perfect opportunity for them to show the teachers how it’s done. The final activity was to make and decorate a hula hoop of their own. A great day was had by all.

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SENIOR SCHOOL NEWS by Keira, Media Leader

Hello community of Chelsea!

We have enjoyed many exciting activities since we last shared news with you.

Last week, we all took buses to the Maru Koala & Animal Park just outside of Phillip Island. Once there, we played mini golf and got introduced to animals like snakes, koalas and dingos while learning a bunch of interesting fun facts along the way. The highlight for many of us was hand feeding and patting kangaroos. They were adorable!

Mr Pipella took the 2022 I Sea, I Care Ambassadors to Sorrento for a morning of dolphin watching and seal swimming. It was an once-in-a-lifetime experience for these student and Mr Pipella was extremely proud of his crew.

Earlier this week, we were fortunate enough to go sailing at Chelsea Yacht Club. It was an unbelievable experience sailing our own yachts, stand up paddle boarding and being driven on the speed boat. Everyone participated and the Yacht Club said we were the best bunch of students they’d had.

In the classroom, Grade 6’s have been working on their Memory Books for graduation while Grade 5’s have been making dioramas of natural disasters. We have also made welcome books and decorated them for the new Preps and their families so they can have a warm welcome to Chelsea Primary School.

Next week, we are looking forward to Life Saving, Graduation, Big Day Out and the final 2022 Assembly.

Thank you Mr Pipella, Mrs Whiteside, Miss Lawrence and Miss Ebbott for making this last term truly awesome!



     

     

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On Friday 29 October we had a prompt about Earthquakes, as it was something we had all experienced not long before. Well done to these two winners:

After crossing the border, we tried to find hope in a new world. We find a hospital and a house block. Same as many buildings around us. As we get more to the edge, we find a 60m wall halting us from exiting or entering without using the border. We hear a loud rumble… “BANG”, “CRASH” Havoc is caused wherever we looked. Everywhere was doom. Cars were beeping, buildings are falling and crumbling into pieces. Until, everything stopped… we check 7 news, “Breaking news, an unexpected nuclear explosion has been put in the ocean near Melbourne. It has held a radiation. We ask you, DO NOT TOUCH.”

Alif – 5W

What exactly happened? I’m Aimi Sfarlea you’re Breaking News Reporter and today, something truly astonishing happened. You may have heard of this from a friend neighbour or family member. Or you might of even felt it yourself like a lot of people. A couple weeks ago Nasa announced that a giant asteroid luckily missed earth. But we weren’t so lucky today as a slightly smaller version came out of nowhere and hit Melbourne right in the core, this made level 3 earthquakes almost everywhere in the area. Make sure to stay alarmed for after-quakes. This is Aimi Sfarlea signing off.

Aimi – 5W

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On Friday 11 November we had a prompt to include these words in our writing as well as a story starter:- Microphone 
- Elephant 
- Parachute 
- Teacher

Well done to these winners:

Once there was a scientist that created this evil potion which made people turn into zombies and nobody can stop this evil virus. One time a teacher turned into an elephant after drinking the same potion, but this time it worked wrong. One day a crossing lady snuck into the scientist’s room because the scientist told her deliberately that if she drinks the potion in his lab she’ll become a billionaire and instead of an elephant she turned into a zombie that loves to eat microphones. Everybody started to turn into zombies one by one. It started to get dark when all of a sudden, a guy in a parachute came down with a torch and showed it to all of the zombies and all the zombies started to melt and the people came back to life.

Kshama and Cooper – 5W

The unexpected elephant.

I vigilantly marched through the office and could see no one, but could hear people shouting in shock and fear. I continued walking along the corridor and saw a teacher running away in the opposite direction of me. I then started hearing loud huge footsteps approaching. I turned to my right and saw a massive elephant, I rubbed my eyes but the elephant was still there. The principal then spoke through the microphone to tell everybody in the building that there is a giant elephant on the loose. I run outside and see people parachuting to catch the giant creature. In the end, I got to go home. Yay!

Liam and Richard – 5W

 

 

 

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Presents from our sister school has arrived! 
They sent us 3D korean palace kits, korean traditions game sets, letters and beautiful bookmarks
6E beautifully made 3D Korean Palace model in Korean class.

     

     

    

     

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Dear parents/guardians and carers,

As part of the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out, all Victorian school students aged 16 years and above are now eligible to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

The Victorian Government aims to vaccinate all final year students by the time they sit their end-of-year exams. Final year students are therefore urged to immediately make an appointment to receive a vaccine by following the instructions under the heading ‘How to book an appointment’ below.
The state vaccination centres have recently had their capacity increased to support Victoria’s drive to administer 1 million doses of the vaccine by 19 September.

We have written to your child to provide them with information about their eligibility for getting a vaccination. Students will be supported in every way possible to be vaccinated before the examinations begin.

Students completing their final year are particularly asked to book an appointment as soon as possible to support the safe conduct of examinations. As their parent/guardian, I encourage you to help them to book and if needed, support them to attend their appointment.

Final year students are asked to consider getting their first vaccine before the GAT on 5 October. In addition, it’s recommended not to get the vaccine on the day of an exam, or the day before an exam - to avoid feeling common but mild side effects such as tiredness, headache, muscle pain, fever and chills and/or joint pain during your exam.

Consent

Students can book their own appointment and consent to vaccination themselves if the health professional assesses them to be a mature minor.

How to book an appointment

To book an appointment, visit coronavirus.vic.gov.au  or contact the Coronavirus hotline by phoning 1800 675 398.
To find a vaccination centre and opening times, visit  coronavirus.vic.gov.au.
From 30 August, people aged 16-39 can get their COVID-19 vaccine at a doctor’s clinic, pharmacy or community health service through the Australian Government Eligibility Checker. You can book your appointment online or by calling the vaccine provider nearest to you.

More information

Translated advice about the vaccines is available on the coronavirus.vic.gov.au.
For more information about eligibility, visit coronavirus.vic.gov.au or use the Australian Government’s COVID-19 vaccine eligibility checker.
For further assistance, contact:

• the Department of Health Coronavirus hotline: 1800 675 398
• the National coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccine helpline: 1800 020 080

Please get in touch with me if you wish to discuss this.

Taylor Irish
Chelsea Primary School

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We have been asked by the Department of Education and Training and the Department of Health to provide this statement to all families/carers.

COVID-19 testing requirements

If your child is identified as an education contact of someone who is a confirmed case of COVID-19, you must ensure your child quarantines until they have completed a PCR test and returned a negative result. A PCR test is the test you have at the main testing sites or local doctors. The PCR test result is usually available within 24 hours and the result will be texted back to your phone. 

You must show evidence of the negative result to the school before your child can return to onsite learning.

Schools are not permitted to allow your child to return until you have shown evidence of a negative test.

If you are not able to show evidence of a negative test, your child cannot attend school for the following length of time depending on their circumstances:

7 days if they are fully vaccinated

• 7 days if they are under 12 years and 2 months old and all members of their household are fully vaccinated
• 14 days if they are over 12 years and 2 months old and not fully vaccinated
• 14 days if they are under 12 years and 2 months old and all members of their household are not fully vaccinated.

Rapid antigen testing

Rapid antigen tests are provided free at all PCR testing centres for school students who are education contacts. If your child is an education contact they will receive a pack of five rapid antigen tests. Instructions are provided and there is also information available about rapid antigen tests at coronavirus.vic.gov.au

Rapid antigen tests should be completed on school days in the morning (one each day) before attending school for the week after receiving a negative PCR test result.

Using rapid antigen tests in the week after a school exposure is very important to keep our school community safe from COVID-19.

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The festive season is almost upon us, and so is Kingston's Tinsel Trail!

Kingston’s Tinsel Trail is a series of activities and events around Kingston, commencing Friday 3 December, coordinated and funded by Kingston City Council for the local community to enjoy.

Featuring pop-up carollers, Santa on a Segway, neon installations and the distribution of ‘Shop Local’ bags filled with kids activities, there will be plenty of opportunities to celebrate the festive season while shopping local for loved ones.

Please click below for more information 
Tinsel Trail - Kingston City Council

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