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Ready...set...go!
Ready...set...go! Come and meet
Hello boys!
We are really looking forward to welcoming you to the Christ Church
Mr Wright and
LW Parry Preparatory School next year. Countdown to Christ Church
has been written especially for you – so sit down and get ready for lift
Mrs Durston
off! Ask mum and dad to read it carefully with you as there are lots of We may meet you at our Mini-Launchpad
important details inside. afternoon on 17 July, however, it is also very
Next year you will be a Christ Church boy and you will be wearing important that we have a special meeting
our blue and gold uniform. Make sure your parents call the uniform with you and your parents in Term 2. Ask your
shop on 9442 1716 to book a date in December for your uniform parents to phone Mrs Sandra Conway on
fitting. The staff in our uniform shop are lovely and will provide 9442 1666 as soon as possible to book the
everything you need. best time. Mrs Conway will even reserve a
special parking spot for you on the day.
As well as Mini-Launchpad day on 17 July, I am looking forward
to meeting you and your parents in Term 2. Please ask them to call Morning greeting
Mrs Sandra Conway on 9442 1666 as soon as possible to make an
appointment to meet with me and Mrs Rachael Durston, our Mr Wright enjoys seeing each of you as you
Pre-Primary to Year 2 Teaching and Learning Co-ordinator. arrive at school, therefore every morning, no
matter from which direction you come, be
Your parents will need to complete some information online (an
sure to find Mr Wright and shake his hand
email containing a link will be sent separately). However, they
should return your health and immunisation records, if they have before mum or dad take you to class.
not already done so, in the envelope provided by 5 May 2017.
Each day, I shake the hand of every boy before he goes to class and
I am really looking forward to shaking yours next year!
Kind regards
Your Christ Church day
Arrival 8.10am to 8.25am
Richard Wright Activity time 8.30am to 8.50am
Head of the LW Parry Preparatory School
Period 1 8.50am to 9.45am
Period 2 9.50am to 10.40am
Recess 10.40am to 11.00am
Period 3 11.00am to 11.50am
Period 4 11.55am to 12.45pm
Lunch 12.45pm to 1.30pm
Mindfulness time 1.30pm to 1.35pm
Period 5 1.35pm to 2.15pm
Period 6 2.20pm to 2.45pm
Home time 2.45pm
Pre-Primary orientation
We have arranged a very special time for you
to come and sit in your new classroom before
school starts – ask your parents to put a note in
their diaries - Saturday 27 January at 10.00am.
PRE-PRIMARY
What happens if you Getting to school
cannot come to school? Parking areas in and around Christ Church are limited, however,
If you are absent from school for any reason, as you are a Pre-Primary boy, we will give your parents a permit
you must ask your parents, or whoever is that allows them to park in the school grounds. This is a very
looking after you, to call the Preparatory special privilege. Of course, they have to be very mindful of boys
School Reception on 9442 1666 no later than and staff who are walking around the campus – cars must give
8.25am. If we have not heard from anyone by way to ‘walkers’ at all times and they must drive very slowly – no
9.00am, we will send them a message on their more than 8kph, which is really, really tortoise pace!
mobile phone to find out where you are. Mum and dad must ensure they have
their car out of the Pre-Primary
allocated carpark by 8.30am.
Sport and PE
Rather than doing ‘sport’ you will do Physical
Education, otherwise known as PE, as part
of your timetabled activities. Depending
on the season we will teach you lots of
different sports, including learning how to
swim!
Clubs and activities Houses – not just
four walls and a roof!
We have so many exciting after-school clubs
and activities that there are too many to There are 500 boys in the Prep School, and therefore we divide it
name. A few that we have offered this year are into four special, smaller groups known as Houses – Dale (yellow),
Cooking, Spectacular Science and Art Club. Forrest (green), Giles (blue) or Stirling (red). Each House includes
With such exciting opportunities on offer, boys from Pre-Primary to Year 6. You can earn points
these book out quickly, for your House in many ways and, at the end of the
therefore it is important year, the House with the most points is awarded with
for your parents to a magnificent trophy and the title of Champion House.
keep an eye on the
weekly electronic
newsletter – CCGS
World. The Clubs and
activities on offer will
change each term.
DALE FORREST GILES STIRLING
Fruit break and lunch
Please bring a piece of fruit or vegetable for
Uniform
your daily “fruit break”. We have this each I hope you are excited about wearing the blue
morning and we suggest that your parents and gold uniform – it is smart and distinctively
cut up the fruit or vegetable and put it into ‘Christ Church’. Each time you put on your
a separate container. Please watch what your uniform you are representing Christ Church,
parents pack for lunch and ask them not to add any therefore wear it with pride and reflect the
sugary treats. Lunchtime is at 12.45pm and someone School’s core aim of ‘building good men’.
will always be with you while you eat. Please ensure your You need to be especially spick-and-span on
parents are familiar with our Allergy Aware Policy on our Friday mornings – this is our important formal
website at About us > Governance > Policies. Lunch may Assembly, which starts at 8.35am.
also be ordered from the school canteen. You do not need All your uniform, apart from shoes, may be
to bring money to school because your parents can set up purchased at our uniform shop, which is
an account online. conveniently located near the Preparatory
School. Ask your parents to reserve an
Have you had your jabs? appointment by leaving a message for Ms
If your parents have not already done so earlier in Chrissy Baird on 9442 1716. Ms Baird will
the year, please ensure they complete and sign your return your call as soon as possible. Each
blue Christ Church health form and attach a copy of uniform fitting takes about an hour.
your immunisation record. Doing this
is really important – our Health Centre
insists that boys cannot start at the
School until it is received.
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Name it and claim it
Make sure you ask mum or dad to sew name-
Especially for Parents
tapes or write your name on every piece of
your uniform, including your shoes. It is easy to CCGS World is just for you
drop a sock or shoe as you run around, and if
it isn’t named, it could go walkabout and you CCGS World will be sent to you weekly from Term 4. It is a website
may never see it again – except with all the page which can be found at ccgs.wa.edu.au/ccgs-world. This
other smelly gear in the lost property basket. section of the website is dedicated as a central resource for all
the information you will need – from notices and messages, to
Shoes, sandals and hats calendar dates, news stories, photos, sports fixtures, important
policies, as well as links to the Parent Portal and other key sites.
We like you to remove your shoes when
Content is updated daily, while notices and messages from
climbing because it is safer and better for you.
Principal Mr Alan Jones and Mr Wright are updated weekly. We also
We therefore encourage you to wear shoes
have a Facebook page.
or sandals that are easy to put on and take
off (Velcro fasteners are great). We can help We strongly recommend that you bookmark this page as you will
you, however, we prefer you to do it yourself probably use it a couple of times each week! It is mobile device
whenever possible. The School has a no hat, friendly, which means it is good to read on smartphones and tablets.
no play policy all year round. We will have a
spare hat if necessary, however, in the interest Pre-Primary newsletter
of clean hair, please do not swap hats. It is extremely important to read CCGS World every week. However,
we also send home a weekly Pre-Primary newsletter detailing our
House shirts experiences. We hope to take lots of photographs, as a way of
You will be allocated to one of our four recording your boy’s learning and look forward to sharing them
Houses. You should wear your coloured house with you. A weekly overview will also go home each Friday to keep
shirt on days you have Physical Education (PE) you informed.
and you are expected to wear it for sporting
events. Cash-free campus
Christ Church uses a cashless system, My Student Account (MSA),
Spare clothes
which reduces the need for your son to carry money to school. The
In case of emergencies, please put a spare set system enables you to keep track of your son’s spending at any time
of clothes (not uniform) and underwear, in a and allows you to deposit funds directly into his account either on-
plastic bag in the bottom of your school bag. line or over the telephone. The best time to do this is just before the
start of the school year.
Excursions
We love to visit all sorts of places and always appreciate help,
therefore if you are free, please join us. All details of excursions will
be in our Pre-Primary newsletters and overviews each week.
2017 2018
Dates to diarise
Mini-Launchpad afternoon Pre-Primary Orientation Morning
Monday 17 July, 1.30pm to 3.30pm Saturday 27 January 10.00am to 11.00am
Parents’ Association Information Fair and First day of Term 1 (staggered start days)
morning tea for new Prep and Senior parents Monday 29 January
Friday 17 November, 8.30am to 10.00am
New Parent Welcome Dinner
Christmas Carol Service Thursday 15 February
Wednesday 29 November at 7.30pm
Healthy boys Assemblies
The Health Centre at Christ Church caters for the primary health The Prep School formal Assembly is held most
needs of more than 1650 boys, including 24/7 coverage for more Fridays in the Chapel from 8.30am to 9.30am
than 110 boarders. and Pre-Primary boys are expected to attend.
Chapel will be also be held from 8.30am to
The Centre, staffed by registered nurses, is always busy catering to
8.50am on Monday mornings. Parents are
the demands of the immediate health issues of attending students
invited to attend when it is their son’s special
and boarders. We therefore ask you to work with us to ensure the
Assembly day.
Centre can concentrate on the immediate daily emergencies.
To do this please observe the following fundamental procedures
Importance of reports
that are in the best interests of both your son and the Health
To prepare for your son’s enrolment into the
Centre:
School, we require you to advise of any special
1. If your son is clearly unwell, keep him home for the day or take educational needs your son may have. Should he
him to your family doctor. Please do not send him to the Health have any specialist reports, such as speech, hearing,
Centre to be assessed and managed. occupational therapy or psychometric, please
upload and submit them when you complete your
2. If your son sustains an injury over the weekend take him to the
online information.
emergency department or to your family doctor. Do not send
him to the Health Centre to be assessed and managed. Policies
Other ways in which you can help us and your boy, is to teach All school policies are accessible on the school
him essential life skills such as how to wash his hands properly to website About us > Governance and include
Privacy; Discipline; Allergy; Positive Relationships
reduce cross infection, how to swallow a pill (eg Panadol) and how
and many more.
to put on his school uniform quickly and easily.
Note: a condition of enrolment is the completion and return to the Student personal accident
School of your son’s Health Record and full immunisation history. insurance
If you have not already done this, ensure you return it with your As part of its inclusive fees policy, Christ Church
other documentation by 5 May 2017. provides accident insurance cover for your son,
worldwide, 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.
Special occasions The cover is not restricted to school activities,
however, it will lapse when your son permanently
We are very happy to help your son celebrate special occasions. leaves the School. Please note this policy does not
Please talk with us about the best way to help you (and us) be cover medical expenses. Under current legislation,
involved. In the interests of harmony, if birthday invitations are Medicare and your private health insurer cover
to be handed out at school, then each child must receive one. If medical expenses. The policy also has no impact
hosting a smaller party please mail or email your invitations. on potential public liability, third party vehicle or
negligence claims that might be made on behalf of
your son.
After-school care
If you need your son to stay at school a bit longer after the official
‘home time’ please go to our website Learning > Preparatory
School > After School Care for details.
Holiday planning
Go to CCGS World > All calendar events > Term dates to plan
your holidays for next year and beyond.
PRE-PRIMARY
How can you Hours of attendance - Term 1
Week 1 Monday and Tuesday 8.10am to 12.45pm
help us in (staggered entry)
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8.35am to 2.45pm
Pre-Primary ? Week 2 Onwards 8.25am to 2.45pm
Boys in the Preparatory School may arrive from 8.10am and
should greet Mr Wright with a handshake each morning before
People coming into the classroom. The Pre-Primary program commences
Most people have skills they “hide” that would at 8.25am. However, between 8.10am and 8.30am your son
be fantastic to children. If you (or your family/ prepares for the day and this time can also be used by you to
extended family) are so blessed, let us know share an activity with him in the classroom. Please collect your
and we will invite you to be one of our visitors. son from the Pre-Primary classroom at 2.45pm.
Storytelling; playing a musical instrument;
kite making; cooking (dads who cook are a Late entry
favourite); woodworking; weaving; knitting;
If your son is joining Christ Church after the start of the school
fishing; dancing; sewing and a multitude of other
year, or if he has received a late offer, some of the events and
pursuits would be welcomed.
the RSVP date for return of any requested documentation may
Materials not be relevant. In which case, please return everything as soon
as possible. Meanwhile, we will be working hard to ensure you
We are always in need of materials such as
and your son feel welcome whenever you join the Christ Church
boxes, corks, buttons, fabric etc. Please speak
community.
with us before you bring in large items as we
have limited storage and want to make sure
we can include your contributions into the River
program quickly. We are always in need of dress We regularly visit the Swan River in front of the Chapel as part of
up items too! From time to time we are likely our outdoor education learning program. Spending time engaging
to have specific requests and shall put these to in unstructured play provided by the natural environment, helps
you via our newsletter. build resilience and self-control in each boy as well as developing
his positive risk taking and decison making abilities. It also teaches
respect and care for living things, hones his observation skills
Swimming and PE
and fosters a sense of discovery and fun. The boys quickly come
During Term 1, swimming classes will be to love their time at the river and relish their open-ended play
held during the school day. The lessons are opportunities.
conducted by Kirby Swim in conjunction with
MLC girls. Please ensure you respond to the
Sports Department’s communication to ensure
your son is placed in the correct swimming
level. Swimming lessons will be held in Weeks
6, 7 and 8 with a carnival in Week 9. We also do
land-based Physical Education (PE). Boys should
wear sneakers on the nominated day (see
weekly newsletter). Sometimes we will swim in
the school pool when it is really hot, therefore
in Term 1, please send bathers, an old t-shirt or
rash shirt plus a towel for the whole week (we
will send everything home on Friday).
Getting ready checklist: Important Dates
Term 1
1st online submission: parent and 2017
student information
Mini-Launchpad afternoon
Call Mrs Sandra Conway on 9442 1666 to make your
appointment with Mr Wright and Mrs Durston Monday 17 July, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Term 2 Parents’ Association Information Fair
Interviews with Mr Wright and Mrs Durston and morning tea for new Prep and
Return health and immunisation records in the envelope Senior parents Friday 17 November,
provided by 5 May 2017 8.30am to 10.00am
Term 3
Christmas Carol Service
Call the uniform shop on 9442 1716 (leave a message)
Wednesday 29 November at 7.30pm
to make an appointment to purchase uniform
Term 4
2nd online submission: Upload Semester 2, 2017
2018
Kindergarten report Pre-Primary Orientation Morning
December/January2018: Saturday 27 January
Purchase school uniform 10.00am to 11.00am
Label uniform and personal items
First day of Term 1 (staggered start
Diarise important school dates
days) Monday 29 January
Make arrangements to attend Orientation Morning
New Parent Welcome Dinner
January
Set up My Student Account
Thursday 15 February
Orientation Morning Saturday 27 January (Preparatory School)
Contact details –
keep us posted
You need to be diligent about keeping the
School informed of any changes in your
contact details. This includes your email
address and primary phone numbers. If you
use a mailing address, we also need your
physical residential address. Send your new
details to info@ccgs.wa.edu.au
or call 9442 1555.
Queenslea Drive, Claremont WA 6010 Telephone (08) 9442 1555 info@ccgs.wa.edu.au
PO Box 399, Claremont WA 6910 Facsimile (08) 9442 1690 www.ccgs.wa.edu.au
CRICOS 00433G
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