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2015 Term 1 March 30-31 Parent Interviews 30 Wrapping night 6.30pm April 1 Parent Interviews 2 Easter Hat Parade and Last

day Term 1 3 Good Friday

Term 2

April 19 (Sunday) ANZAC March (Community Event) 20 Staff Development Day 21 Students return 22 Yrs 3-6 Athletics Carnival 23 ANZAC—Soldiers’

memorabilia display $3 p p 24 ANZAC ceremony 25 ANZAC (Dawn Service) (Community Event)

The Engadine Public School

WARATAH WHISPERS 1A Waratah Rd Engadine NSW 2233 Phone: 9520 8559 Fax: 9548 1186

Term 1, Week 10 - 30 March 2015 Email: [email protected]

Young Leaders Principal : Hendrika Green

ANZAC Ceremony 12.15pm on Friday, 24 April in school grounds Assemblies held

FORTNIGHTLY On Even Weeks, Tuesday at 2:30pm

Canteen closed Monday

and Tuesdays.

On Monday Mrs Dyszel took a band of very excited School Captains, Vice-Captains and prefects to the National Young Leaders Day where they had an excellent day being inspired in leadership.

It was an excellent opportunity for our students to hear from young leaders of Australia, and to see where leadership can take them into the future. Our students showed their leadership, were excellent ambassadors, and a real credit to their families and our school . Well done leaders!

During the last few days of last week, and for the next few days of this week, parents and carers have been (and are) meeting with teachers to discuss the manner in which their children have settled into school this year. This opportunity to speak with teachers regarding progress to date in learning, concerns or specific interests, together with the implementation of new syllabus and its impact on learning outcomes, is an important part of our school community working together to support all our student needs. The expertise and efforts of our teachers in preparing for these individual interviews and the commitment by families to attend is greatly valued and reflects the continued partnership we build as a learning community. Thank you one and all for your support of

this valuable initiative of our dedicated staff.

Congratulations to Kaili who competed at the 2015 State Age Surf Lifesaving Championships. Her Elouera U8 Wade Relay Team finished in 2nd place and received a silver medal in recognition of their achievement. It is great to see our students achieve successes, both at school and in the wider community.

We are proud of you Kaili !

We wish Mr Rick Moriarty and Mrs Hazel Dryburgh all the best for their

long service leave!

Mr Moriarty plans to spend time down south, and to relax and enjoy life as he looks forward towards his retirement. Mr Moriarty has been a part of our school since 1991, and is familiar to many families of the area. I am sure you will join me in wishing him all the very best for his

well deserved rest.

Mrs Dryburgh is also taking a well deserved break from the busy-ness of the school office and will be enjoying her break for a few months. She too is wished all the very best for her well deserved break. We will

miss her smiling face and helpfulness in our Office area!

Congratulations Kaili

Parent Teacher Interviews

Happy Long Service Leave

PLEASE NOTE

Parent Teacher Interviews Easter Celebrations Easter Hat Parade Thursday, 2 April K-6 Athletics Carnival Sylvania Waters Wednesday, 22 April Permission and $9 due by 30 March Debating Team Expression of Interest For Yrs 5 & 6. Permission due by 27 March. Memorabilia Display Note & $3 per person Got Game ROAD SAFETY This innovative website reinforces the road safety messages that children are learning at school. It provides practical strategies to help families learn how to be safer pedestrians and road users. The seven key road safety messages cover pedestrian safety, car passenger safety, bus passenger safety and safety on wheels (bicycles, foot scooters, skateboards and rollerblades). For further details, visit https://www.safetytown.com.au

It is not too late to book for a Sport and

Recreation Kids’ Camp . View a video to

show how exciting this can be

http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/kidscamps/

Notes and Money Due

School News Cont’d

As we head into the school holidays we hope that everyone has a happy and safe holiday break. We hope that children remember to continue to read to make the most of their current levels of achievement and we look forward to hearing about the holiday break upon the return to school in Term 2, which commences for students on Tuesday 21 April, 2015.

Wellbeing can be defined as the condition of being contented, healthy, or successful; and is a welfare matter. Of course we want all students of our school to feel happy to

be here, healthy and successful learners.

Helping students to focus on their wellbeing, are the focus points on our award system where students aim towards improving levels of responsibility for looking after themselves and taking care of others, to make safe choices—ensuring they act in a manner that does not put themselves or others in danger, being sensible in their choices and actions, taking care of the environment in which they live, work and play

and using strategies to build their resilience.

Wellbeing can be related to many aspects of our lives— having a group of friends can help us to have a sense of belonging and can improve our sense of well-being. Having a healthy self esteem and optimistic outlook—where we look for the positives which are occurring in our lives can help us to feel good about our life and ourselves and therefore impact our sense of well-being. Being in a pleasant environment can help to lift our spirits and sense of wellbeing and hence we try to make our school an

appealing place for students to be.

At school our aim is to be increasingly supporting students to develop skills in being able to identify personal goals for success. These need to be both realistic and achievable, so as a child aims towards these goals and succeeds, they increase their

sense of personal wellbeing.

We also support students to build friendship skills and to build their self esteem as we are aware how important these factors can be to having a sense of personal worth and

success.

Continuing to build skills in the students of our school means they can take some important steps towards knowing they too can impact their own sense of wellbeing —

an important skill for life.

From the Office

Happy and Safe Holidays Everyone

Please return underwear and other clothing provided to your child when they have had an “accident”. We have a very limited supply of items to use for this purpose and when these items have not been returned we find we are unable to help the next child with the correct size.

NAPLAN—Save the Date (YEARS 3 and 5 STUDENTS)

Key Value : Well Being (Community Key to Success)

School Holidays Organised?

12 May : Language Conventions and Writing 13 May : Reading 14 May : Numeracy (See our School Notes on Website)

Throughout the school year, teachers focus on developing skills to building positive relationships among peers— some children learn these through experience and others need to be taught these skills specifically in order to apply them. The focus of our teaching points will last for blocks of two weeks, and will be placed in the newsletter

Social Skills Topic 2:

Including Others

Parents, we ask that you too go through these skills with your children, and discuss the dos and don’ts. Perhaps you can ask them if they have tried some of the strategies and what the result was. Children learn best when they are supported from both school and home with a consistent message. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Practise to be a journalist

This website could definitely make practising writing and spelling more interesting for all of us. Make a newspaper

clipping with your own headline and story. Your child may even start imagining themselves as a publisher or

journalist. http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

The crossing on Cambria Avenue is manned from 8.30—9.30am and 2.45—3.45pm by the appointed RTM Crossing Supervisor who will open the Cambrai gate at 3.20pm. Please do not ask for this gate to be opened early If you need to come in earlier, please come through the Office. The other school gates will be opened shortly after the bell at 3.30 by the teacher on duty. Please be patient as the teacher needs to take care of her class and make his/her way to the gate. Please note that the Dernancourt gate will be closed just before the bell in the mornings for safety reasons .

School News - Social Skills

Dos

Remember that if you refuse to allow others

to join your games, you will hurt their

feelings. Feelings are important!

Look around you and see if anyone looks like

they would like to be part of your game. They

may show this by asking if they can play or

by just standing near by themselves.

Smile and say something like “Why don’t you

play too?”, in a friendly voice.

Find ways to make the game or activity adapt

or change to allow another person to play or

take turns to play.

Don’ts

Don’t ignore people who may like to be

included in your game.

Don’t think that your group of friends will be

wrecked if you invite someone else in to join

your games, sometimes.

Now taking advertising for Term 2.

Rates are $60 per term for advertising on the front page of this newsletter. Please contact the office for further details.

Advertising

Crossing Supervisor and Gate Opening Times

Newspaper skills

Engadine Public School will be having a special ceremony to commemorate the 100 years since the ANZACS landed at Gallipoli and fought for the freedom of our land. The Spirit of the Anzacs was strong at that time and lives on today. Our school service will commence at 12:15 pm on Friday 24 April, 2015. We will be looking for floral tributes for this special event. Leading up to this event we will have a memorabilia display and discussion time for the students on April 23. This display is at a cost of $3 per student. This display and opportunity to see real medals, army outfits and equipment is hoped to make the celebrations on Friday more relevant to the children’s understanding.

The school is also invited to take part in the community march on April 19, 2015. This march is to commence at the water tower, and will be led by school leaders. Marchers Assembly Area : John Keenan Park (Water Tanks) Old Princes Highway, Engadine Forming Up Time: 1.55 PM Step Off Time: 2.15 pm

As this is a special occasion commemorating 100 years of the Spirit of the Anzacs, it would be great to have a representative contingent of school students—dressed in school uniform, representing our school. School staff will be available to support the children. Additonally, a Special Centenary of ANZAC Dawn Service will be conducted on Saturday 25th April 2015 commencing at 5.30am at the Engadine Community War Memorial in the Engadine Town Square.

Again, school leaders will be representing the school at this ceremony. It would be lovely for them to have the support of their peers .

Last years leaders felt it was a valuable opportunity to represent our school, and be part of the community celebrations—as a school we were very proud of the manner in which they conducted themselves—they were excellent ambassadors for our school community.

School News (Cont’d)

School News - Cont’d

New Opening Times

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

ONLY — Closed Monday & Tuesday

Have your kids signed on for the Premiers Reading Challenge? Get a head start with Easter

reading time. Booklists are here: What’s your child reading right now?

Find out more: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html

Easter Reading

Canteen will resume for Term 2

on Thursday 23rd April.

Canteen Open Times Canteen News

Canteen Roster - Term 2 2015

Lost Property

Please check the Lost Property Box located outside the toilets in the top playground.

It is overflowing with jumpers, drink bottles and lunchboxes. Any clothing items not collected by the end of this Term, will be donated to the Uniform Shop. Everything else will be thrown out.

Found - Adult glasses. Come to the Office to claim them.

Hats

Please check your child’s hat. As there seems to be a lot of hats going missing.

School News - Cont’d

Opening Hours

8.45am to 9.30am Friday, 24 April (first Friday of Term 2)

Orders can be left at the Office anytime with payment. Cash or cheque only. Cheques to be mae

Second Hand Uniforms WANTED

The Uniform Shop is always happy to accept donations of second hand items in good condition. If you

have any items you wish to donate, please bring them into the Office or direct to the Uniform Shop

when it is next open.

Uniform Shop - UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

As of Term 2, Mrs Code from the Canteen will be overseeing the running of the Uniform Shop. Orders will still be placed in the Office money box and be filled fortnightly.

The Uniform Shop will open Wk 1 & 5 of each Term. Please direct all enquiries to Mrs Cody on Wednesday to Friday from 9.30—11.00am. Please be aware she is also running the Canteen and not all orders/enquiries can be dealt with immediately. Please help us support the transition with our volunteers and Mrs Cody.

Winter Uniform Orders

All Winter orders that were in by due date have now been filled except the microfibre jacket and trackpants which will arrive early Term 2. Orders that were received after the deadline are being filled now but some stock items cannot be guaranteed.

Change-over to Winter Uniform

This year the date for all students to change over to winter uniforms is Monday, 11 May 2015.

Banking News

Uniform Shop News

There will be no school banking on Thursday 2nd April, as Friday is Good Friday.

School Banking will resume on the first week of Term 2. Please bring your deposit books into your class on Thursday. Banking will processed and the deposit books will be returned to classes on Fridays.

School News (Cont’d)

School News (Cont’d) Community News

Heathcote High School

Year 7 2016 Out of Area Applications

Application forms can be collected from

the EPS Office and need to be lodged with

your Expression of Interest forms.

For more information contact Heathcote

High School on 9520 9488

Election Day BBQ

& Cake Stall

A HUGE thank you to all our wonderful families who helped at the BBQ & cake stall last weekend and who made such delicious treats to sell.

Your support makes our school such a great place to learn and work.

Community News (Cont’d)

Community News (Cont’d)

Community News (Cont’d)

Community News (Cont’d)

Community News (Cont’d)

Community News (Cont’d)

Communhity News (Cont’d)

Communhity News (Cont’d)

Community News (Cont’d)