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ElanoraHeights Public School Newsletter Term 3 Week 1, Commencing 16th July, 2012
43 Elanora Road, Elanora Heights, NSW 2101 Ph: 9913 7283 Fax: 9913 3749
Email: [email protected]
OUR SCHOOL WEEK
TERM 3 Week 1 Monday 16
h Jul Staff Development Day
Tuesday 17h Jul Students Return to School
Wednesday 18th
Jul Sport in Schools K – 6 Thursday 19
thJul ½ Day Choir Rehearsal @ Wheeler Heights
Friday 20th
Jul PSSA Rugby League v Newport @ Newport Oval Soccer v Narrabeen North @ Narrabeen North School Grounds Netball v Narrabeen North @ Nthn Beaches Indoor Sports Centre
TERM 3 Week 2 Monday 23
rdJul Yrs 3-6 Assembly
Tuesday 24h Jul
Edible Art Stewart House Clothing Appeal Bags Due Back
Wednesday 25th
Jul Opportunity Class 2013 Exam Sport in Schools K – 6
Thursday 26th
Jul Year 5 to Warriewood Wetlands
Friday 27th
Jul PSSA Rugby League v Narrabeen North @ Narrabeen Reserve #4 Soccer v Avalon @ Careel Bay Netball v Avalon @ Boondah
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Principal’s Message
Dear Parents/Caregivers, Welcome back I hope that everyone had a thoroughly relaxing break and you are ready for another busy term at Elanora Heights PS. Upcoming events and programs include the implementation of PBEL, Education Week, Sport in School, Teddy Bear‟s Picnic, Green Day, Bush Wahzee Performance and of course the Fathers‟ Day Camp. These are just a few of the activities that are planned to enhance the educational opportunities for our students. Positive Behaviour Engaging Learners (PBEL) parent information night This Wednesday, 18 July, we will be holding a parent information night on our pastoral care system, PBEL. During the evening we will explain the reason why we are adopting the PBEL framework, how the system works and how you can become involved. The meeting starts at 7pm in the school library. For the first four weeks of this term students who have red\yellow assembly cards, blue certificates or banners will be able to bring them to school and exchange them for equivalent awards on our new system. Red card\yellow assembly cards = mini merit (hand in to the class teacher), Blue certificate = Bronze award, Banner = Silver award (hand in to the front office).
NOTES HOME THIS WEEK
Premiers Sporting Challenge Log Books K - 6
“Green Day” – Years 2, 3 & 4
Warriewood Wetlands – Year 5
Narrabeen Rock Platform – Year 6
Stewart House Clothing Collection Bags
Kindergarten Dismissal Times - Kindergarten
Student achievement Congratulations to Jack H of 5Z who qualified for the State NSWPSSA championships at Eastern Creek 20 July. Well done Jack! Meeting with Pittwater Council Last Thursday I and three representatives of the P & C; Justin Wolfe, Yvette Bauder and John Drake, met with members of Pittwater Council, Pittwater Councilors and Departmental representatives to try and resolve issues of access and traffic congestion around the school. Council has resolved to undertake a Safety Study of the area surrounding the school as a first step in trying to find a resolution to our issues. We will be meeting again in October.
At the end of last term there were two accidents in Anana Rd, one of which involved a student at the school. While I understand that some parents to not want to toil with the traffic out the front of the school, that blind corner in Anana Rd is not safe and shouldn‟t be used as a drop off point.
Every Student, Every School The Department of Education and Communities is implementing a new approach for meeting the additional learning and support needs of students with disability in all NSW public schools through its strategy “Every Student, Every School”. A Learning and Support Framework will be developed in all NSW public schools to improve support for students with disability, wherever they enrol. A parent information session will be held on Thursday, 26 July at Regional Office Dee Why, 72 Fisher Road Dee Why. The meeting will be held in main conference room and starts at 6pm and finishes at 8pm.
P&C meeting Just a quick reminder to everyone that the next meeting of the P&C will be held on Tuesday, 31 July at 7 pm in the school staffroom.
Education Week Education Week will be held from Monday, 30 July to Friday 3 August. We are inviting parents and community members to the school on Monday, 30 July at 8:30 am. More information on the activities taking place will be next week‟s newsletter.
Until next time,
Bill Gillespie Principal
Welcome back to Term 3, 2012 and the challenge begins! This afternoon all students K-6 will bring home their Premier’s Sporting Challenge Student Log Books that they will use to record time spent engaged in physical activity and sport for the next ten week period (Weeks 1-10 inclusive). The time accrued in physical activity includes both week days and weekends so the PSC is really quite easy for many of the students at EHPS given their involvement in so many sporting pursuits! Please encourage your child/children to engage in many different forms of physical activity and/or sport during the Challenge and help them record „time‟ in their logs each day. Remember the aim of the Challenge is to get „more students, more active, more often‟. Teachers will be monitoring the challenge using a PSC class wall chart to keep each child „on track‟. This chart will be displayed in all K-6 classrooms. Good luck Elanora students with the K-2 challenge ‘go for gold’ and the Years 3-6 challenge of attaining the highest award - diamond! I‟d love to hear from any child/family participating in some „out there‟ forms of physical activity to share with others in future newsletters eg abseiling, parasailing, scuba diving- or whatever!
Vicki Bosler PSC Facilitator
Learn to Lead (L2L) Report Some of the enthusiastic L2L team finally had the opportunity to run lunchtime sessions last term due to the superb weather. The Year 5 girls group organised a wonderful array of small group activities using lots of exciting colourful equipment from the Sports Storeroom. It seemed like most of the Year 1 students were involved! The culmination of the session was the parachute games. Both the leaders and Year 1 students really enjoyed this active lunchtime as captured in these photos! The Year 2 students were treated to a game of corner soccer and participation rates were also high. Keep posted for future reports from members of the L2L team.
L2L Coordinator, Vicki Bosler
SISA-Sports in Schools Australia SISA (Sports in Schools Australia) is an exciting new sports program that will be operating at our school this term. The Sport in Schools program will begin this week. The program is delivered by Sport in Schools Australia which provides coaches to take the students through a range of skill development which includes:
Physical education and fundamental skill topics such as – balance, coordination, hitting and striking, throwing, catching, cognitive learning;
Fitness and conditioning training including components of fitness such as – strength, power, speed, endurance, flexibility and agility and
Social skill development including cooperative learning and team building initiatives. The cost of this program is covered in your school fees.
Cynthia Pitt Assistant Principal
A message from the P&C ...
WELCOME TO TERM 3 FAMILY CONTRIBUTIONS – We need your help! One of the main roles of the P & C is raising funds so that we can purchase educational equipment for our children. One way we raise money is through Family Contributions. I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to the parents who have donated so far, your support is appreciated. Unfortunately there has only been approximately $1000 banked and we are a long way from our target of $8-$10k. If every family donated $50 we would have close to $20k which would cover our GATS & STELLA Program. At this stage next year and the year after, the GATS & STELLA program will be in jeopardy if we do not raise the necessary funds of the P&C kitty. Please complete the form attached and return to the office ASAP. SAFETY OF OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN - In light of recent events, I would strongly advise that all parents be mindful of the children, conditions, and each other during school times. At last the Council, Education Department, Mr Gillespie, Mrs Bauder, Mr Drake, and myself got to sit down in one room and attempt to rectify the congestion and safety issues of our growing school. Issues raised were evacuation procedures, track upgrading, exits and entries of the school and upgrading required for entering and exiting Elanora Road. It has been decided that there will be a three month safety study conducted and then a meeting to find out what the Council and Education Dept will do regarding the issues raised. Stay Tuned Justin Wolfe P&C President
Wrapping up for now
From Jenny Cullen
As I am taking leave for Terms 3 and 4, I would like to thank you all for the support you have
given to various programs I have been involved with this year, both with individual classes as a
Science teacher and in whole school initiatives. Elanora Heights children are fortunate in so
many ways, and having such involved committed parents makes education a genuine partnership.
I look forward to working with you again in 2013.
Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition – Our accomplished finalists attended
the challenging regional event in the last week of term: Well done Luke S.,Charlie S, Edita G, and
Ella P.
Elanora Heights Education Week 2012
Week 3 Term 3 Starting 30th July 2012
What’s Happening
Monday 30th July Open Morning
8:30a.m Coffee & Muffins
Band Playing
9:00a.m Choir Singing
Dancers Dancing
Library Open
Classroom Visits
10:00a.m School Resumes
Tuesday 31st Peninsular Community of Schools
Concert at Pittwater High School
Thursday 2nd August Green Day “Our School is Habitat”
K- 6 activities around Environmental Education.
EHPS Caring for our Environment
EHPS
DEBATING
Next Monday 23rd July, our two debating teams, the Elanora Persuaders and Elanora Invaders, will be attending Beacon Hill Public school to compete against year 5 and year 6 teams in an exciting debate. We wish them good luck and acknowledge this great opportunity for our students to participate in this challenge. Anne-Marie Morrison Debating Coordinator
LiveLifeWell@School has been a new 2012 initiative that has brought keen parents and staff together to help our children adopt the best habits of nutrition and activity for lifetime health. A particular thank you to the members of the parent team for their great ideas, knowledge and practical help: Kate, Martha, Kendall, Barbara, Selena and Sallie. While our parent and staff team leads, success is totally dependent on how you, the broader parent body, responds. And seeing the inviting daily range of fresh food in fruito/vego and lovingly packed lunches, we are so grateful for your clear support. Vicki
Bosler will now co-ordinate LLW@S and in third term the other key message of “Get Active” will be emphasised. Grounds and environment – Elanora is uniquely fortunate with its ample grassed playing areas and surrounding bushland filled with birds and other wildlife. It is an extraordinary privilege that a Powerful Owl has taken up residence on our grounds. These huge owls are a threatened species and May-September is their breeding season. The males roost and the females find a hollow at this time. Neighbours have heard our owl calling and a reply ringing back, so his mate seems to be nearby.
Sadly, government funds don‟t extend to the work needed to preserve this precious biodiversity in our grounds. Thank you to the parents who have shown interest in our school grounds and wildlife through their comments and offers to help. Emily Munday is a qualified bush regenerator and landscape designer, (and mother of Oscar in kindergarten), and together with Selena Griffiths, has offered to help organise working bees. Please watch for the notice and come and lend a hand.
Results for Waste-free Lunch Challenge – overall waste down by 80% Through the joint efforts of parents, staff, the canteen and our marvellously motivated students, we have slashed the waste going to the tip. Last August an audit showed that our school sent 39 kg to landfill in one day. On the last Wednesday of term, we had a total of only 8 kg for the skip – an 80% reduction! Here‟s the breakdown of Wednesday‟s landfill rubbish: From bins in classrooms, offices and the toilets: 3.5 kg – of which quite a lot was clean paper or cardboard which could have been recycled. From the playground bins: These are the figures for our entry into the Waste-free Lunch Challenge comparing two audits, showing how in just 5 weeks we have halved the landfill waste from recess and lunch.
IN BIN FOR TIP Audit 1 – 14
th May Audit 2 – 20
th June
But should have been composted 6.00 kg 2.46 kg But should have been recycled 0.66 kg 0.26 kg Has to go to tip – plastic and foil 3.24 kg 1.88 kg TOTAL TO TIP 9.9 kg 4.6 kg Correctly binned for compost 15 kg Correctly binned for recycling 2.5 kg
"Total waste put in rubbish bins on Waste Free Lunch Challenge audit - then sorted into categories".
How have we done it? Training students to put rubbish in correct bin – older students have helped younger students learn the system and the above figures Effective composting: in last August‟s 39 kg of landfill waste, 26 kg was food or paper which could have been composted – now each day about 15 kg, or 5 x 20L buckets are collected by our monitors. A large number of students in Years 4, 5 and 6 have now volunteered for this daily responsibility for a number of weeks and they have the satisfaction of a practical job well done. Minimising whole food thrown away – last August we were shocked at the disturbing amount of whole food in the bins. Our regular reminders have reduced this to just a few items, but there are still whole lunches from both home and the canteen thrown away untouched each day, so do check with your child how they feel about the amount and choice of food. Increasing recycling – our container recycling bins are now often overflowing by the collection day Reduced packaging from home – many of you are sending food with little or no packaging that cannot be composted Biodegradable containers from canteen – the containers go to compost and the lids are recycled.
A GREAT JOINT EFFORT WHICH WE SHOULD ALL FEEL PROUD OF! PLEASE CONGRATULATE YOUR CHILDREN.
Many thanks,
Jenny Cullen
Edible Art
Next Tuesday, 24 July, in conjunction with ‘Fruito-Vego’, students in
Years 3-6 will showcase their Edible Art. Years 3 & 4 will design a
piece of artwork using a variety of fresh fruit and/or vegetables in the
days leading up to Tuesday. Then on Tuesday morning, students will
bring a labelled plate from home with their pre-cut pieces of fruit
and/or vegetables.
After Scripture, students will assemble their Edible Art, take photos of
this masterpiece then enjoy eating their design. Years 5 & 6, Stage 3,
students will place their pieces of fruit and/or vegetables on a large map of Australia indicating
which State or Territory they are grown. This promises to be a bright, colourful and enjoyable
event to promote healthy eating.
Vicki Bosler
On behalf of the LLW@School Team.
Stewart House Clothing Appeal 2012 Bags will be coming home today for the Stewart House Clothing Appeal and must to be returned by Tuesday 24 July. Thank you for your support
PSSA SPORT
Please be advised that all children should be collected by parents when they are dismissed
from training (within the school grounds) and NOT wait for collection at the top of the track
where there is no supervision.
Training is cancelled if it is raining
TRAINING DAYS Girls Soccer Tuesday Morning 8 - 8.55am Top Oval
Boys Rugby League Wednesday Afternoon 3 - 4pm (Junior & Senior) Friday Morning 8 - 8.55am (Senior Only)
Top Oval Top Oval
Girls Netball Wednesday Afternoon 3 - 3.45pm (Junior & Senior)
Netball Court
Boys Soccer Thursday Morning 8 - 8.55am Top Oval
CANTEEN NEWS
Below is the roster next Term 3. At present there are many shifts we are in need of helpers, if you can help fill any of these spots, please give me a call. We strongly rely on our volunteers & we could not run & greatly appreciate you giving your precious time. I will be having four weeks off due to foot surgery beginning 27
th July & Cassie will be running the
canteen during that time. Please feel free to contact her with any questions you may have or if there are any problems with your rostered day for this term. Please note that the Butter Chicken on Tuesdays & the Fried Rice on Thursdays will not be available during this period.
There are a few small changes to the menu this term – there has been a price increase for Strawberry Frozen Yoghurt, now selling for $1.50. Cyclones are no longer available, however, we now have Calippo Minis in Raspberry, Pine or Lemon flavours selling for a $1.00 each. Any questions please call me on the number below. Thanks, Wendy MUNCH MONITOR - www.munchmonitor.com - username: elanora. Password: munch2101.
Wendy Douglass Canteen Co-Coordinator Ph: 9913 2721
If you are unable to come on your rostered day, please contact the canteen as soon as possible.
PLEASE SEE CANTEEN ROSTER FOR TERM 3 ON NEXT PAGE
Uniform Shop
Shop hours: Monday: 8.15 am – 9.45 am Thursday: 8.15 am - 9.45 am We offer ETPOS and CREDIT CARD facilities (Visa/Mastercard)
Suzie Duncan Uniform Shop Coordinator
2nd Hand Uniforms If you require any second hand clothing please call me after 9 a.m. on 9913 3189 or email me at [email protected] Jenny Wilson Second Hand Uniform Coordinator
COMMUNITY NEWS
Manly Warringah Basketball POTTER LEAGUE WILL RESTART IN TERM THREE 2012
The competitions are in school years, divisions are mixed year
one/two, mixed year three/four, Tuesdays @ NBISC starting August
7th and year five/six boys plus primary girls on Saturday afternoon
starting August 11th. Saturday afternoon trainings start this Saturday
21st July so come down and train for $7.
Enquiries to: Brad Dalton, Dual Olympian, MWBA Development. Mobile 0405 158 598
COMMUNITY NEWS