At Enngonia PS, we acknowledge and pay our respects to elders past, present and future and extend that respect to all Aboriginal people

we live and work with, for they hold the hopes and dreams for the future of our country.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Lots of exciting things are happening at Enngonia Public School over the next few weeks, so be sure to read the ‘what’s happening’ section of the newsletter. For the past 5 weeks we have been very fortunate to have Bella and Emily, our OT students from Southern Cross University working with us. Both ladies have worked very hard and have assisted our students and teachers to work towards improving teaching and learning. They have also initiated recess activities and have organised breakfast club every morning. We will miss them very much when they leave at the end of next week. Thank you, Bella and Emily for all you have done for us! During weeks 8 and 9 we will have some visiting teachers. These teachers will be organising lots of fun, curriculum linked Christmas learning activities for all of our students. If you see them, please give them a warm welcome. Our air conditioning installation is nearing completion and work is about to begin on our NBN cabling. We are very lucky and can’t wait for these upgrades to be finalised. Have a great fortnight everyone! Paula Buttenshaw Principal

What’s happening?

NOVEMBER

WEEK 7 Thursday 26th November -

Jandra/Bourke excursion

Friday 27th November – Science Show (FREE to EPS students)

DECEMBER

WEEK 9 Thursday & Friday 10th &11th December

– Cricket workshop (FREE)

WEEK 10 LAST WEEK of SCHOOL Tuesday 15th December - Presentation

Day (Details to follow)

Wednesday 16th December – Last Day for students AND party day!

REMEMBER: Our breakfast program runs every morning from 8.30am. We have a great variety of breakfast cereals and toast toppings available and it is all FREE, thanks to FOODBANK!

ENNGONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

‘RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, LEARNERS’

Friday 20th November 2020 | Term 4 ISSUE # 3

Positive

behaviour

focuses for

weeks 7&8.

Hello!

I am Enngonia Public School’s new POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR for LEARNING mascot. I am

here to help the students learn to grow and play together, BUT I need a name. Can you think of

the perfect name for me?

STUDENT of the WEEK

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR for LEARNING

Respectful

Responsible

Learners

A respectful

student welcomes new

staff and students by

showing them their best behaviour.

A responsible student helps new staff and

students settle in by explaining our

rules to them.

A learner learns by

teaching others.

Address: Belalie Street, Enngonia 2840 Phone: 6874 7550 Texts/SMS: 0437 968 146

Principal: Ms Paula Buttenshaw Administration Manager: Ms Kahla Baker

Teachers: Mrs Heather Stone, Mrs Linda Oldfield, Mrs Sally Muenster, Mrs Sam Anderson & Ms Marny Blom

SLSOs: Mrs Rachel Cross AEOs: Ms Tiana Shillingsworth, Mrs Trisha Smith

GA: Mr Ashley Wood

Respect ful Respons ible Learners

Our STUDENT of the FORTNIGHT is:

Maleasha

Maleasha has had a FABULOUS fortnight of

learning! She has come to school and worked hard

every day. Maleasha tries her best and is doing all

she can to improve her results. She is very kind and

thinks of others before herself. Maleasha is polite

and courteous at all times. She is the perfect

example of a respectful, responsible learner!

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OUR NEW PBL MASCOTS Wow. Our PBL mascot has been almost a year in the making but she and her baby are finally here!

You might remember that earlier in the year we held a student competition to draw our mascot, and

the lucky winner was Jimmy. Jimmy’s design was sent off to a professional graphic designer who,

in consultation with Jimmy, turned the drawing into a reproducible design. You can still see Jimmy’s

initials on the tail of our mumma.

Now for the fun part! We need a name for our mother mascot and we need your help. We are holding

a competition to name the mother kangaroo and this competition is open to ALL residents of

Enngonia. The winner will receive gift vouchers to Home Hardware and IGA to the total value of

$100.00.

How to enter

To enter, you can:

fill in the form attached to this newsletter and send it to school with your child

grab an entry form from the Oasis, fill it in and pop it in the box provided

comment on the school’s Face Book page under the post relating to our mascot

You can enter as many times as you like! Entries close Monday, the 7th of December at 9am.

The winning entry will be chosen by our students.

A second competition to name the ‘joey’ will be held for students of EPS only and the winning student

entry will receive a very special prize. (Students can also enter the above competition too.)

So, don’t delay. Get you entries in!

VARIATIONS TO THE NORMAL SCHOOL DAY Next Thursday and Friday we have special events happening.

Jandra/Bourke Excursion

On Thursday, 26th November, we are headed to Bourke where we will ride on the Jandra and have

lunch at the Bowling Club. Because of this, recess and lunch will be at different times to a normal

day. You will not need to pack any food on this day as we will be providing both recess and lunch.

If you have not paid or returned your note for this excursion please do so as soon as possible.

Science Day

On Friday, 27th of November there will be a free Science Show at our school. Wanaaring Public

School will be joining us for this event and will be providing a special lunch for us all. Please note

that both recess and lunch will be at different times to a normal day. Recess will be at

approximately 10.30am and lunch will be at approximately 12.30pm. You will need to provide

recess on this day but not lunch.

Enngonia K-6 News

Enngonia K-6 News

Wonderful Writing

The sugar gliders have been

writing up a storm this

fortnight. We have written

about the books we’ve read,

what we did on mid-term

break and even used pictures

to help with our creativity.

Have a read and see what

you think!

Edan Dusty

Leon

Willow

Kindergarten Transition

Kindergarten 2020 transition has started! The

Sugar Gliders have been amazing role models to

Jazarli, Barney and Sadler who are starting

Kinder next year. We listened to a story and

made a beautiful artwork to match. We also got

in the kitchen to cook some delicious honey

joys!

Busy Bees

It might be term 4 but we are still

working up a storm. Check out this

amazing multiplication array work and

hanging out with the Bilbies

Enngonia Preschool News

NAIDOC WEEK

Over the past week, we have celebrated NAIDOC Week in

preschool. This usually takes places halfway through the year,

but was postponed because of COVID-19. We continued our

daily Acknowledgement, paying our respects to the Muruwari,

Kunja and Budjiti people on whose land we play and learn. The

children are able to identify some Muruwari people (Tiana, Evie)

and Kunja people (Trish).

We looked at the whole video of ‘I am Australian’ and discovered

an Aboriginal version of this song. The children kept asking if

they could watch this version, sung in the Yawuru language from

Broome, Western Australia. They try to sing along with the

words.

We watched an online version of our favourite story How the

Birds got their Colours and the children read the story with Miss

Marny. We also watched the story about the greedy frog Tidalick.

The preschoolers worked together to hang up the Aboriginal and

Torres strait Islander Hall of Fame pictures around the school.

We talked about these great role models, such as Adam Goodes,

and listened to songs by Christine Anu.

On Wednesday we welcomed the first all-Indigenous NSW fire

crew to our room with all school children. Some preschoolers

were brave enough to ask questions. In the middle session we

participated in a range of Doing Things Together Day activities

together with the older kids.

Preparing for kindergarten

We have started transition sessions for children who will attend

kindergarten at our school next year. Barney, Jazarli and Sadler

have participated in activities in kindergarten and the Sugar Gliders

have cooked with us in the preschool room. The children did an

amazing job, showing that they are getting ready for more

structured learning!

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Respect ful Respons ible

Learners

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Learners

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