We have two special mascots for this year's PBL - the two cheeky Maitland Museum Magpies you can see in the poster. We're just not sure of their names! To…
Music Is Fun Band 2019
The fabulous 'Music Is Fun Band' visited CYS on Thursday May 23 and along with the Maitland Lutheran School and Ardrossan Area School we enjoyed 80 minutes of non-stop…
Primary Drama Update – Term 2
Mrs Davies has been taking drama lessons with the R-6 classes and this term they have been working with masks. Classes experimented with different types of masks and looked at…
School Choir Update – Term 2
The choir, led by Debbie Schwartz, rehearses in the PAC each Wednesday. The choir is learning songs for the annual 'Festival of Music' at the Adelaide Festival Centre.Performances this year…
Secondary Performing Arts Update – Term 2
Year 6-10 classes have been investigating film. They've shot short scenes using storyboards for guides, created storyboards for scripts, learned how to use different shots to tell a story and…
Junior Band Update – Term 2
The Year 5-7 Instrumental students have begun playing together in preparation for inclusion in the 2019 Balaklava Eisteddfod Junior Band competition. It's a big group with many levels of abilities…
Primary Music Update – Term 2
Primary music has been focused on the 'Music Is Fun Band' performance and learning the songs so we could fully participate in the show. We have also learned how to…
Ag Teachers Conference
Recently Miss Townsend and Mrs LeFeuvre attended the Biennial Agriculture Teachers Association of SA conference which was held on the Eyre Peninsula. Industry visits included Olsen’s Salt Block factory, Glenville…
Ag Block News – Term 2, 2019
Paddock Seeding Big thankyou to Sam Johns for seeding the school paddocks for 2019. Year 7 / 8 Ag The Year 7 and 8 Ag classes welcome their two new…
Primary Cross Country
It was in picture perfect conditions that the 2019 CYS Cross Country event was held for our Reception to Year 7 students on Friday May 17th. The event is…
SRC Training Day
On May 20th, CYS Student Representative Council members got together for a training and planning day. In the morning before recces we did some fun bonding activities as we got…
Year 5 and Reception collaborative Mathematics
Maths can be lots of fun, but it's always more fun when it's a game! That's why on Friday May 24, Miss Daymans Year 5 class and Reception class joined…
Ballywire Farm Visit
Term 1 saw the JP students busy reading ‘Who Sank the Boat?’ by Pamela Allen in English and completing a range of cross-curriculum activities around the story. To finish the…
ELC Nature Play
The children have been waiting in anticipation to access the new Nature Play Area. The development of this area has had the children quite curious and we have enjoyed regular…
Reconciliation Week
National Reconciliation Week is from May 27th to June 3rd. The theme for this year’s NRW is ‘Grounded in Truth, Walk Together with Courage’. I would like to thank all…