Chapman Primary School in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Primary School

Chapman Primary School

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6142 2400

Address: 50 Perry Street 2611 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: http://www.chapmanps.act.edu.au/

Likes: 1045

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Primary School

24.01.2022 Do you have an unopened bag of soil, compost or sugar cane mulch? If so, the Gardening Gurus would love to take it off your hands! Thank you

24.01.2022 Kindergarten making essential 'links' with length in maths!

23.01.2022 2020 has been a tough year on many fronts but often it is when faced with challenges that we see our people really shine. The annual ACT Public Education Awar...ds recognise and celebrate our staff who go above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of our students and school communities. Nominations for the ACT Public Education Awards are now open - and its your chance to nominate an inspirational person! Read more at http://ow.ly/1taf50Blz38

22.01.2022 Year 4 had a wonderful time at Birrigai today. Students enjoyed a day of adventures, topped off with a sausage sizzle, cooked by Mrs Simpson and some amazing parent helpers - thank you!

22.01.2022 Year 6 students have been busy creating Soundscapes in Music this week. They are telling great stories through sound!

22.01.2022 This week Year 2 have been measuring capacity using informal units like blocks and formal units (millilitres). They have been making predictions and then seeing how close they were. Which cup do you think would hold the most water?

22.01.2022 Today in Science, year 2 explored momentum and gravity. Using our knowledge of Rube Goldberg, we discussed the importance of ramps and why ramps are important. Our experiment was wondering and predicting what would happen to the car and marble if the ramp got higher.

22.01.2022 The preschoolers were excited to have their Zumba session outside today. They danced to lots of new songs

22.01.2022 Junior classes participated in Australia's Biggest Child Safety Lesson today. You may like to ask your child about this tonight.

21.01.2022 Our Enviro Squad have begun a new project. They are collecting used drink containers from canteen lunch orders for the ACT Container Deposit Scheme. They will receive a 10 cent refund for each container. Money raised will go towards further school sustainability projects.

21.01.2022 In Indonesian, kinder students have been learning colours. Here they are practising naming the colours, while helping hermit crabs find new shells.

21.01.2022 Year 2 students are investigating ways to collect and represent data. Today 2SS visited the teacher's car park to see if white was the most popular colour. We shared our findings and created a column graph to prove it was!

20.01.2022 Well hasn't this year been a little different!? BUT we have an amazing group of volunteers to thank for all their efforts in our wonderful school community. From managing our Afters program to organising sausage sandwiches. From selling uniform items to creating yearbooks and teatowel mementos. Our team have sold raffle tickets and ordered yummy mangoes, have helped out with colour runs and handed out icecreams at the Disco. Let us not forget all the meeting attendees, mi...nute takers, book club organisers and financial record keepers - you have all done a fantastic job this year! We have a hard-working and dedicated volunteer team at Chapman and I want to say thank you to you all. Alison P&C President

20.01.2022 'Preschool families hard at work in the preschool garden'

19.01.2022 The preschoolers sang Happy Birthday to Mrs Dawson today and she got to wear the special hat.

18.01.2022 Kindergarten loved attending the Shell Questacon Science Circus today.

17.01.2022 2SW and 2SS have been busy writing their historical narratives. They are enjoying writing diary entries as school children in the past.

17.01.2022 Congratulations to our lovely Ms Gibbs and Mr Robson - they are now engaged! Woo-hooooooooo!

15.01.2022 Santa took time off from his busy schedule to visit the Frog group today.

15.01.2022 The Turtles are finding out about different life cycles of plants and animals and have planted grass seeds in egg shells. They are hoping the grass will grow and look like hair

15.01.2022 The Turtles were excited to come into preschool this morning and see some silk moths.

14.01.2022 Our year 4 focus in PE is on Indigenous games. This one is called Kutturi, was played all around Australia by kids who used digging sticks, our modern day version uses pool noodles.The aim is to hit your opponents feet. Great fun!

14.01.2022 A Message From The Canteen As recess has been moved tomorrow (Friday) from 10.30-11am, the Canteen will be open and selling a few select items

14.01.2022 The pre-schoolers had a wonderful time discovering Art in Nature when we walked to Cooleman Ridge as part of the inquiry unit What is Art?

13.01.2022 Jumping castle, Slip ‘n Slide, a Colour Run, Sausage Sizzle, family picnic and a Flash Mob! What a day! Thanks to Mrs Herrick for organising such a fun day and to Ms Rainsford for choreographing the dance!

13.01.2022 KINDY UNIFORM ORDERS FOR 2021 Due Friday Week 4 (November, 6th) Please submit your orders so we can deliver your child's uniform promptly. :-)

13.01.2022 Reminder - P&C Meeting tomorrow, Wednesday 9th September, 6:15pm in the Staff Room

13.01.2022 Today is R U OK? Day. Visit ruok.org.au for resources and strategies to help you support others

13.01.2022 How do our Year 6 Students prepare for their role as Peer Support leaders? By developing their teamwork skills! Each group came up with a costume for a movie character using only newspaper and tape.

12.01.2022 And we're off and racing! Happy Cross Country 2020!

11.01.2022 This week the Year 6 band attended their first combined rehearsal of the year. They had a great time performing a small concert with the Arawang Primary band students.

11.01.2022 We surprised Mrs Simpson today with a special Farewell Assembly in her honour!

09.01.2022 Yewwwww! Who doesnt love a disco?!

09.01.2022 6BW creating Soundscape pieces in Music. Theyre telling some fabulous stories through sound!

09.01.2022 Kindergarten rocking their subtraction word problems.

09.01.2022 YEAR 4 EXCURSION REMINDER - students are to meet teachers in classrooms tomorrow morning at 8:10am.

08.01.2022 K-2 had a fantastic first day at the swim school today. Don't forget to help your child have all their swimming gear ready for tomorrow.

08.01.2022 Kindergarten has been working with beat and rhythm in music. We have been enjoying lots of movement activities with ribbons and singing activities with dance.

08.01.2022 6VA were tapping into nature for their Haiku poetry session this morning. Spring has definitely sprung for our budding poets!

08.01.2022 Tomorrow is Green Day! Class teachers are on the look out for Nudie Foodie Award recipients. Don't forget to dress up and bring your gold coin donation to help buy plants for our school.

07.01.2022 The hard work continues at preschool and the gardens are looking fantastic!

07.01.2022 Some Kindergarten Safe Hands!

07.01.2022 End of Term Canteen Special To celebrate the end of Term, the Canteen will be selling home-made Vanilla Cupcakes tomorrow (Friday) for $1 Order yours online or purchase over-the-counter.

07.01.2022 Please note our school phone number is 6142 2400. We are attempting to update this on our Facebook page.Please note our school phone number is 6142 2400. We are attempting to update this on our Facebook page.

06.01.2022 Year 4 have had a wonderful time at The National Arboretum today

06.01.2022 Tomorrow is the Year 6 Market Day! There will be lots of great games and activities to enjoy. Juniors from 9-10am Seniors from 10-11am Stall prices between 20c and $1.50

05.01.2022 Year 4 are enroute back to CPS. We expect to arrive at school at 5:50pm

05.01.2022 Year 1 love Friday Fun! It's the perfect opportunity to strengthen and create friendships through collaborative play

05.01.2022 Our teachers would like to thank our parent community for supplying an amazing lunch last Friday, in celebration of World Teachers’ Day! It was scrumptious!

04.01.2022 Year 6 Market Day was a huge hit! $1000 was raised and lots of fun was had! Well done Year 6

04.01.2022 Students in years 3-6 whod like to participate in a lunch time Scooter Club are invited to bring their scooters and helmets to school on Monday!

04.01.2022 Year 5 Band had a wonderful combined rehearsal with Duffy Primary - what a great sound!

03.01.2022 PE Focus - What we know as ten pin bowling is actually an Indigenous game called KoolChee. Again, we are using modern equipment for a traditional Indigenous game.

02.01.2022 Here are some fun facts from the canteen * Our juice poppers are 100% fruit juice and are 200ml (great for primary age school children) * Our milk drinks are lower in fat which is recommended and... * Our GLEE drinks are 100% carbonated fruit juice (and come in a cool looking can)

02.01.2022 Stay tuned for our very first Facebook Live in about 5 minutes! We will be drawing the lucky winners to our Pre-School raffle!

02.01.2022 Today the Spots and Frogs preschool groups walked over to the Primary School site to purchase a treat from the canteen. This is the first of many kindergarten transition experiences planned for our preschoolers as we move into Term 4. The children also had a chance to play on the junior equipment which was quite a highlight! The Turtles and Stripes will have their canteen visit on Thursday. Thank you to our lovely canteen manager Chantell for helping us provide this experience today.

02.01.2022 The year 3 Gardening Gurus have been working hard in the garden this term and it's looking lovely! A big Thankyou to the P&C for their generous donation. We have spent some of the money on some items we have needed!

02.01.2022 The Education Directorate is working in collaboration with the Office of the eSafety Commissioner and the Australian Federal Police to host a live webinar for f...amilies tonight from 7pm. You can register for the webinar at http://ow.ly/8oZ150Bs28B This webinar is suitable for adults and will provide an overview of: The role and function of the Office of the eSafety Commissioner and the AFP Prevention tips and how to support your child to be a responsible digital citizen How to report inappropriate and harmful content Hard to have conversations and resources to support families Other information about eSafety is available through the Office of the eSafety Commissioners website at https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents