Newsletter T3 Wk3

NEW FENCE
Our fence is one week old and so far, new processes seem to be working well. A sign has been placed on each gate to remind community members about times when the gates will be closed. Please note, the Duff Parade entrance is now the only entry to the school during school hours. The Pioneer Road gate will be open in the morning until 9.30am where upon it will be closed. This gate will reopen at 2.30pm and again be closed at about 3.20pm.

CHORAL FESTIVAL
This week our school will perform in the Choral Festival at Anita’s Theatre in Thirroul. Both our Junior and Senior Choir will be performing at this prestigious Music Festival. Our date for performing is Wednesday 12th August. Tickets for the concert are available through the school. Order forms have been sent home. I hope to see you at Anita’s Theatre on Wednesday night!

GIRLS SOCCER SUCCESS
Congratulations to our Girls Soccer team again who now progress to Round 4 in the State knockout with another hard fought 1 – 0 win over Mt Kembla Public School. Well done Mr Privett and to all of the girls in the team.

BROKERS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Last Monday, 65 children from Corrimal East Public School competed at the Brokers District Athletics meet at Kerryn McCann Athletics Field in Wollongong. We came second overall and had many children who won their event or took a place. Ribbons will be presented this week when time permits. Mikayla H was the 11yrs Girl Champion. Well done and congratulations to all competitors. The Area Carnival will be on 17th September at Canberra.
Mr Privett, Mr Vorobieff and Mr Balango

GOLF LESSONS
There have been a number of families who expressed an interest in their child participating in Golf lessons. These lessons started last Friday in our school grounds after school. Simon Bergner is the golf coach and he is a golf coach who is based at Russell Vale Golf Course. There are limited spaces available for anybody who would like their child to be coached in the popular sport of Golf.
If you are interested contact our front office or meet with Simon yourself on Friday here at school.

TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Last week our staff professional development theme was in the area of Reading. As Literacy and Numeracy are focal targets for our school there will be a continual up-skilling and development during Term 3.

TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
Mini Movies
Our project for the Illawarra South East Region Mini Movies Festival began last week, with a group of Stage 3 student’s story boarding “Corrimal East News”. This project is due for completion in Week 8 and will be shown to the whole school at the end of term. It will be the first of more student video productions at our school.
Software for Home
Often I’m asked by parents about the software we use at school and if any of it could be used at home. A couple of very good software titles, ideal for school projects are:
Comic Life (Mac OS X & Windows) - http://plasq.com/comiclife
Art Rage (Mac OS X & Windows) - http://www.artrage.com
Headphones at School
Students are encouraged to bring a small set of headphones to school for use with the computers. Often there are tasks, such as making podcasts in Garage Band or recording in Kid Pix, where these are very useful.
Mr Burke