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LEADERS’ NEWS

News this week has

centred around negotiations between the AEU and the Government for improved conditions

and salary for Education staff. The state-wide vote to strike was endorsed at our site, and Union members are expected to strike on Monday, 1st July. As a result, half of our teachers won’t be at school. Due to OSHC undergoing major change with Dennis’s last day today and Malanie returning from long service leave into the acting Director role on Monday, we have made the decision to remain open and provide a modified programme to students who attend school. Be aware that your child’s teacher may not be at school and students will be supervised and cared for with a different routine than usual. Our Year 2 classes will proceed with their excursion to the Wetlands. This is our last Newsletter for the term, and next term Council have approved a trial of new forms of communication. Newsletter will be published in weeks 3, 6 and 9, and an online digital calendar will be available on our school website, updated weekly with current dates. SkoolBag app will be a major form of communication related to notes, excursions and updates, and Seesaw continues to be the preferred 2-way communication between teachers and families, specifically related to your child and learning plans/curriculum information. Qkr is an easy way to pay money to the school, and Jen has added details as to how to get the app later in this Newsletter. Still lots of options but we are trying to streamline the process so you know where to look for what! Feedback is always welcome. Written Reports will be sent home with your student next Wednesday. Please take time to read and discuss with your child, and ask questions relating to language you may not understand (your child probably does!), areas for growth and successes. I have enjoyed reading all reports and believe teachers have been honest and positive with their feedback, with all information provided useful for you to understand where your child sits academically and socially. Now is a great time to meet with the teacher if you have any questions or concerns.

Enjoy a relaxing holiday from next week. Once again, farewell and thank you to Dennis for his dedication and service to EPS OSHC. Thanks to our Year 3and 4 teachers and parents for a challenging and rewarding camp experience.

Kathy Papps

DATES TO REMEMBER JUNE 28 French Day JULY 3 Reports go home 5 Music is Fun – whole school

Last Day of Term 2 2.10 dismissal Casual clothes day - gold coin donation

22 Term 3 starts AUGUST 1 9 17

Strawberry Fair meeting – 7.00-8.00pm ALL WELCOME Assembly – Rms 21 & 18 host – 2.20pm Family portraits with Shoot SA

Week 9 – THURSDAY, 27th JUNE

INDUSTRIAL ACTION MONDAY – MODIFIED PROGRAMME

Mylor camp fun…..we had a ball! Thanks for everyone for helping.

FUNDRAISING NEWS

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS Last chance.......Please return your book if not needed or pay either on-line or at the cashier‘s office. Entertainment books are $70 and available in book or digital form. Follow this link to order your membership now! http://www.entbook.com.au/161e373

WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN This promotion has now finished but we are still collecting the last lot of stickers if people still have them at home. Please bring them in so they can all be counted. Liza Button

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS – Skoolbag App DON’T MISS OUT ON ANYTHING… A SIMPLE AND GREAT WAY TO BE IN TOUCH! Please remember to select your groups, and enable notifications, some people haven’t been receiving their messages If you haven't got the Skoolbag app then maybe this is your opportunity to download it as it is free from the App store and it helps you to keep in contact with the school and you can also do absences 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

WALKING SCHOOL BUS

Congratulations also to Elise, Paton, Kathy, Olivia, Harper, who have walked to school 10 walks, enjoy your free ice block.

Judy Fitzpatrick

STAFF V’s

STUDENTS

NETBALL

Always a fun activity,

thanks for everyone for

being involved.

FINANCE NEWS 2019

You are invited to go to your App Store to download the free Qkr app on as many devices as you like, as we have now gone LIVE! On the Qkr app, you can securely add up to 5 debit &/or credit cards to pay for: School Fees, Event Levy, individual Excursions/Incursions, Camps, After Hours (AH) Sport fees, Uniform Orders (delivered to student’s room each Wednesday only), Fundraising Events, both OSHC and Vacation Care fees, and other fees as they arise. For your convenience, this gives you another payment option, along with the Payment tab on the school website, and of course, payment at the Cashier by cash, cheque or card each morning.

UNIFORM ORDERS: Please read the information provided for each item under the Uniform section of Qkr.

Each item explains if it is an order in item. Orders can be placed any time, however, orders will be filled and delivered to your student’s classroom only on Wednesdays. We’ll see how this works for a while. We may progress to deliveries happening on other days, but for the time being, WEDNESDAYs are delivery day.

EXCURSIONS / INCURSION payments: It is IMPORTANT to note that Permission Slips still need to be

returned to the Cashier for excursions and incursions. At present, we still need a parent/carer’s signature for a student to be able to attend these events. There is a Qkr instruction flyer attached to this newsletter to help you get started. It’s very easy to use – have fun!

Jen Goodman - Business Manager

NO SCHOOL BANKING IN WEEK 10!

There will be no School Banking in week 10, Term 2. We are not able to hold Dollarmites deposit wallets at school for privacy and security reasons. Please keep your wallet at home and send it in again in Week 1, Term 3 on School Banking day.

Thank you for your understanding.

Katrina and Jo

School Banking Co-ordinators

STRAWBERY FAIR NEWS The date has been set, Sunday 3rd November! Please add this to your calendar.

WHITE ELEPHANT, BOOKS and CLOTHES Preloved household items are now being accepted for our White Elephant Stall. Small working electrical is acceptable. Please no T.V’s, computer monitors or knives. ALSO welcome pre-loved CLOTHES and BOOKS in good condition. Please take items straight to the shed on a Monday or Thursday. Jim will be around to help. No donations to be left in the main building. Large furniture items will be accepted on Saturday 2nd November. SATURDAY MORNING DROP OFF…… We have also organised a date where our Fair shed will be open on a Saturday morning. Please enter via Swift St. First one is in the holidays: Saturday, 20th July – 9.00am – 11.00am RAFFLE / SILENT AUCTION DONATIONS are now needed, if you can help please contact the school.

FAMILY PORTRAITS – will be taken at school on Saturday, 17th August. Please note brochure for more information. $15.00 ONLY for a family portrait, what a great price and the school receives all of this money. What a great fundraiser, and good chance to receive a great family portrait. Please check out their webpage for more information. www.shootssphotography.com Mark this in your diary and please pop into the bookroom to pay and book your time.

SCHOOL SPORT

NETBALL NEWS Year 6 – B2 Well done girls, you all played so well. We lost by 2 goals. Keep up the team work. Absent: Maya

Coaches: Vanitha and Bec SOCCER NEWS Senior Gold vs St Peter's Woodlands Senior Gold were fortunate to play on the amazing playing fields of St Peter's Woodlands on Sat June 15. with a few regulars away we had good support from the other senior team. It was another very even performance from the players with many great examples of team play. St Peter's Woodlands had some fine players and they were up in the early stages of the game but EPS stepped up as the game progressed. Final score was 8-4 to EPS. First goal was by Skilton who was on the end of series of passes from Kyran and Josh A. Josh A then got his first 'Saturday' goal in school soccer fed beautifully by Charlie B. Charlie B then had his turn in a play set up by Oliver McQueen, to Josh A and Charlie followed up a fumble by the keeper. Oliver McQ then had the first of his 2 goals set up by a great pass from Ahura. Josh S then had a fantastic goal following an accurate throw-in by Charlie B to Ben who passed through. Ben then had his goal set up by Albert (Bert) and Josh S. Oliver McQueen had his second goal following a free kick in the box. Finally Luka kicked a very solid goal after a great pass by Charlie B. There were many other great plays and strong defence that are too numerous to list here. Special mention to Charlie W who was superb in goals in the second half, Harry who did a great job in defence and in the midfield and Ash who did a great job forward and in defence. Thanks to John McQ for lines and David for stats! - Scott Polley

EPS STRING ORCHESTRA from Anne Rodda

On Thursday 13th June violin, viola and cello students from Edwardstown and many surrounding primary schools gathered in the theatre at Blackwood High School for a String Orchestra Workshop. We played for the whole morning under the guidance of several Department for Education String Teachers. It was a wonderful morning of playing with other like minded students, learning new skills and information about string playing. One of the Blackwood High School students played a solo on her violin and the morning concluded with a concert for parents and families that was very much enjoyed by all. Anne Rodda - Teacher of Strings

LIBRARY FUN Hogwart’s Mania is coming to a close and we have had lots of fun in the Library. From week 5 onwards we have been making Bowtruckles, Golden Snitches, Marauder’s Maps as well as students participating in the Harry Potter Lego Challenge, with some great pieces being constructed. Our trivia participants were amazing with their knowledge of the Harry Potter Books. Congratulations to The Cursed Children (Lily and Potter People (Amber, Sukie, Millie & Summer) who tied with 47 correct answers out of 50. There is a competition running in the Library, so come in and grab a form and let me know how many items there are relating to Harry Potter. Next Term: We will be celebrating book week as well as having our annual Scholastics Book Fair.

FRENCH DAY…..TOMORROW

LES NOUVELLES FRANÇAISES – FRENCH NEWS

FRENCH DAY Just a reminder that our French Day this year will be held on Friday 28th June (Term 2,

Week 9)

Students are able to dress in French theme on the day.

What to wear?!! French colours, blue, white and red (bleu, blanc, rouge) or a typical French character.

Possibilities include famous monuments, frogs, snails, poodles, baguettes, musketeers, artists, inventors,

Tour de France cyclist, ballet dancers, fashion designers, Nicolas Baudin, the explorer, Asterix or Ratatouille

characters, Tintin, Smurf, the Little Prince, Madeline, T’choupi, Barbapapa, minions, chefs, characters from

French fairy tales first written by Charles Perrault, such as Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in

Boots, Cinderella and Bluebeard. A simple beret or striped t-shirt and scarf can make a French outfit.

Perhaps a Renault car or a bottle of French perfume?

It is always a very colourful day.

French Assembly – you are invited to attend the whole school assembly in the hall from 2.20pm

Merci beaucoup. Madame Lyn Empen

SAPSASA NEWS

In late April early May 2019, I trialed to be a part of the City South district in the South Australian Primary Schools Amateur Sports Association - SAPSASA - State Netball Competition. After going to 8 nail-biting trials they announced the squad. This group consisted of 20 girls from schools all over our district. I was lucky enough to be included in the 20 selected. On the 17th of June we played 2 games to start the 4 days of Netball. Over those four days my team played 9 full games of netball. I played GD, GK and WD. In total we won 6 out of the 9 games. On the last day we played 2 games and won them both. After our last game we had presentations my team came 3rd overall. This was an amazing experience and I would recommend for others to try out for this experience. It has helped me to grow in my netball skills and to meet lots of different girls and develop friendships. Millie Bell

Jensen was selected in the City South Football team that competed at the 2019 SAPSASA

State Football Carnival (Division 1) held at Barratt Reserve, West Beach from June 17th

– Thursday June 20th. Originally he was first reserve but due to injury he was rewarded

with a position in the 22 selected players. This was a massive achievement in itself given

the volume of players who tried out and the strength of the City South team. Throughout

the 4 day tournament Jensen was used as a utility playing forward, back and even in the

mid-field. Overall it was a very successful week for the City South team who won the

championship going through the week undefeated – an incredible 9-0 record!

Congratulations to Jensen and the rest of the boys for a fantastic effort.

The WILD WINTER SPORTS program includes: FOOTBALL, SOCCER, TOUCH FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL

The WILD WINTER Sports program allows your child to experience fun, energetic, safe and highly active multi-sports sessions which will

challenge and improve your child’s motor and co-ordination skills

- The Kelly Sports coaches aim to develop and enhance the wide range of sporting skills of your child including kicking,

catching and throwing whilst also improving strength, flexibility, hand-eye co-ordination, spatial awareness, cooperative

skills and teamwork.

- The program is a fantastic way for your child to develop sporting skills essential for all sports and will inspire children to

give sport a go.

- Our modified sports games provide lots of fun while skills are being developed

KELLY SPORTS IS A SPORTS VOUCHER PROVIDER

Enrol your child into a Kelly Sports program at your school and receive a $100 Sports Voucher discount on your Kelly Sports fees. To enrol

and/or redeem your sports voucher discount, register online at www.kellysports.com.au OR fill out the enrolment form and send it to PO BOX

91 Brighton SA 5048. For further information about your Sports Voucher eligibility please visit www.sportsvouchers.sa.gov.au.

- WHEN –Friday at Edwardstown Primary School

- COMMENCING – 2/8/19

- CONCLUDING – 13/9/19

- TIME – 3.25pm – 4.25pm

- YEAR LEVELS – Reception to Year 2

- COST – $99.00 +GST (Total cost $108.90) OR redeem your sports voucher and pay only $8.90!

- REGISTER – www.kellysports.com.au

- ENQUIRIES – Ian Barnes 0439 063 916 or [email protected]

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