Eurongilly PS: Family, Friends and Fun!

■ 2019 ■ Term 1 ■ Weeks 4, 5 and 6 ■ Rel Principal: Anthony Leary

■ Phone: (02) 6924 5227 Educating, Enriching and Empowering Students

■ Fax: (02) 6924 5224 Eurongilly Public School

■ Email: eurongilly-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Eurongilly Road

■ Website: www.eurongilly-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Eurongilly NSW 2663

Eurongilly Public School ■ Rel Principal: Anthony Leary Educating, Enriching and Empowering Students

■ Phone: (02) 6924 5227

■ Fax: (02) 6924 5224 Eurongilly Public School

■ Email: eurongilly-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Eurongilly Road

■ Website: www.eurongilly-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Eurongilly NSW 2663

■ 2019 ■ Term 1 ■ Weeks 4, 5 and 6 ■ Newsletter

Archer is a ‘Star of the Week’ for a great

home learning paragraph about the

Daintree Rainforest

Calendar Term 1, Week 7

Tuesday 12 March Cricket Clinic

Wednesday 13 March Riverina Swimming Carnival

Wednesday 13 March Jesse’s Birthday

Thursday 14 March Small Schools Principal’s

Meeting

Friday 15 March Northern Riverina AFL (Mr

Leary convener)

Term 1, Week 8

Tuesday 19 March Cricket Clinic

Tuesday 19 March CZPSSA Soccer Trials

Thursday 21 March Riverina AFL Trials

Thursday 21 March Harmony Day

Term 1, Week 9

Tuesday 26 March Cricket Clinic

Friday 29 March Baldry Shield

Term 1, Week 10

Tuesday 2 April Cricket Clinic

Wednesday 3 April CZPSSA Rugby League Trials

Term 1, Week 11

Friday 12 April End of Term Assembly

Friday 12 April EPS ANZAC Service

Thursday 25 April ANZAC DAY

Term 2, Week 1

Monday 29 April SDD Staff return for Term 2

Tuesday 30 April Students return for Term 2

Thursday 2 May Ellouise’s Birthday

Term 2, Week 2

Thursday 9 May Bongongo Cross Country

Term 2, Week 3

Tuesday 14 May NAPLAN (Years 3 & 5)

Wednesday 15 May NAPLAN (Years 3 & 5)

Thursday 16 May NAPLAN (Years 3 & 5)

Friday 17 May Small School’s Athletics Nangus

Term 2, Week 4

Tuesday 21 May Mortimer Shield (Stage 3)

Wednesday 22 May PSC@JHS (Stage 3)

Thursday 23 May Liam’s Birthday

Feature Photo

Family fun on Friday at EPS – absent; Rasmus and Elsa

In this issue... A message from Mr Leary… .................................................. 3

Cootamundra Zone Swimming Carnival .................... 4

Around the Classrooms ..................................................... 4

P&C News ........................................................................................ 6

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A message from Mr Leary…

We have reached the halfway stage of the term and

everyone has been extremely busy over the past three

weeks. The students have been engaged in meaningful,

stimulating and challenging learning activities that both

support and extend their individual needs. Every day we

ensure each student’s needs are met through

adjustments to the curriculum and the learning

environment. We make a concerted effort to ensure that

each student’s learning is a priority and that they feel

valued and safe at school.

This week we have had contractors pruning the large

pine trees in the playground. These works were

scheduled as a result of the mandatory tree audit carried

out last year. A significant amount of dead wood was

removed and they are now a safe and shady playground

feature. Next week we will have more pruning carried

out on the peppercorn trees along the front fence. This

will tidy up the front of the school and make it more

visible from the road.

Our PE and sport sessions have been focused on

preparations for the upcoming Baldry Shield to be held

at Wallendbeen on Friday 29 March. Whilst not a

competitive carnival, students will be given

opportunities to participate in a variety of athletics

based activities as well as the traditional march past. Our

entries for this event have been submitted and a note

will come home next week.

The Life Education Van and

Harold the giraffe will visit us

on Friday 22 March. Notes

have been sent home outlining

the lessons to be covered by

each of the classes. These

lessons directly support the

content presented in our PD/Health lessons throughout

the year.

Next Thursday I will attend the inaugural Gundagai

Small School’s Principal network meeting in Tumut. This

will become a regular event, allowing Principals time to

collaborate and share ideas to further enhance the

quality education delivered in small schools. One of the

main focuses will be assessment and tracking of student

learning data to enable teachers to develop explicit and

personalize learning programs for each student. The

meeting will be coordinated by our Director Mr Russell

Graham and involve schools from Tumut, Gundagai and

Junee areas.

Last Friday a number of students attended the

Cootamundra Zone swimming carnival in Cootamundra.

The competition on the day was of a high standard with

the judges and officials being very strict on techniques.

This led to a number of disqualifications on the day in

the form strokes. Our students had a great day with a

number of them placing in events. Our relay team

qualified to attend the Riverina carnival next

Wednesday 13 May in Albury. Ellouise, Callum, Lydia

and Jesse are our 4 fastest freestyle swimmers and they

will do our school proud. However, Jesse’s participation

is in doubt due to an arm fracture sustained during a

weekend activity. If he is unable to swim, Rasmus will

join the team.

Over the past fortnight, our students have had intensive

swimming instruction with Noel and Edna. Our program

concluded today and the students have increased their

swimming abilities and water safety skills. Almost 95%

of our students reached their freestyle benchmarks. We

are very fortunate to have instructors that are extremely

patient and very supportive of each student.

Stanley swimming his 50 metre benchmark swim on

Day 9 of our swimming program

Alby demonstrating an excellent back float

technique

Our students recently submitted entries in the Broadway

Museum colouring competition. Five of our students

paled either 1st or 2nd in their different categories. Gift

vouchers from Junee Newsagency (1st = $30 and 2nd =

$15) were on offer for the students. Congratulations to

the following students who have won prizes: Mahli (1st),

Scarlett (2nd), Elsa (1st), Lydia (1st) and Rasmus (2nd).

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Next Tuesday we commence our Sporting Schools

cricket program. This activity will focus on developing

specific fundamental movement skills that are utilised,

not only in cricket, but in a variety of sports our students

participate in. The program will run for four weeks and

all students will receive some free equipment when it

concludes.

Junee High School are running special interest groups

where students can select a variety of different activities

to participate in, outside the ‘regular’ curriculum. One of

these is to work with students in Ngumba-Dal and other

‘feeder’ primary schools. JHS students will join us in

Weeks 7, 9 and 11 to work with students and support

them during our learning activities. We look forward to

welcoming them to EPS on Wednesday.

At EPS, we are proud of our high attendance rate. But

what if my child has to be away from school? On

occasion, your child may need to be absent from school.

Justified reasons for student absences may include:

•being sick, or having an infectious disease

•having an unavoidable medical appointment

•being required to attend a recognised religious holiday

•exceptional or urgent family circumstance (e.g.

attending a funeral)

Following an absence

from school parents

must ensure that within

7 days you provide the

school with a verbal or

written explanation for

the absence. This can

be done using the

absence notes sent

home with the last

newsletter or by using

the Skoolbag App.

Cootamundra Zone Swimming Carnival

EPS students achieved some excellent results at the

zone carnival last week. Well done everyone!

EPS Zone Swimming Results

Student Event/Result

Alby 50m Freestyle 4th (final)

Jesse

50m Freestyle 3rd (final)

50m Breaststroke 3rd (final)

50m Backstroke 3rd (final)

Rasmus

50m Freestyle 4th (heat)

50m Breaststroke 4th (final)

50m Butterfly 3rd (final)

Callum 50m Freestyle 3rd (heat)

Alby, Jesse,

Rasmus, Samuel

Junior Relay 4th (final)

Lily 50m Freestyle 3rd (heat)

Elsa 50m Freestyle 4th (final)

Harriet Brabin 50m Freestyle 2nd (heat)

50m Backstroke 1st (heat)

Lily, Elsa,

Harriet, Lydia Junior Relay 4th (final)

Jesse, Lydia,

Callum, Ellouise Earl McGee Relay 2nd (final)

Ellouise 50m Breaststroke 4th (heat)

50m Backstroke 4th (final)

Results only recorded for students who placed in heats

and finals

Don’t forget to download

our Skoolbag App!

Our Skoolbag App is available at no cost via your

Apple or Android App Store.

Keep up with what’s happening at school by

downloading this fantastic communication tool!

Around the Classrooms

The students have been engaged and highly productive

in class, around the school and in the community. Here

is a summary of what has been happening in Miss

Breen’s and Mr Leary’s classrooms.

It has been a busy first 6 weeks in the K-2 classroom and

students have settled well into class routines and

expectations.

In Literacy, Kindergarten have begun their phonics and

sight word program, which has allowed them to begin

reading books during guided reading. Later this term,

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they will be able to use their knowledge of sight words

and sounds to begin writing sentences.

Year 1 and Year 2 have continued with their sight words

and spelling programs. Recounts are our main focus this

term during writing

where we are beginning

to self-edit our work.

In Numeracy, we have

covered topics about

numbers and have been

busy counting, reading,

writing, making and

ordering numbers.

Kindergarten have begun

to learn about length and

Year 1 and 2 are

practising their addition

strategies.

In Geography, Kindergarten are looking at special places

and how we care for them. Year 1 and 2 are covering the

topic of natural, man-made and managed sites and how

we use and care for these places. In Science, students

are learning about sound and sound waves.

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This term we are focusing on

specific reading and writing skills

in a unit that integrates science themes, specifically

world biomes. Students are concentrating on

summarising key facts and ideas as well as writing

specific sentence types. They are incorporating noun

groups, technical vocabulary, more complex

punctuation and effective proofreading and editing. We

have been using Google Classroom to complete and

submit learning tasks online. The students are enjoying

experimenting with ICT to present their learning across

a variety of different applications.

Sienna’s ‘Rainforest’ introduction

In Mathematics there has been a concerted efforts by all

students to consolidate number facts. The students

were challenged to reflect upon themselves and identify

different personal traits, such as their age and shoe size,

through the use of different number strategies. We have

been representing data on column graphs and will move

onto line and sector graphs next week. Our artworks

have focused on animals from different habitats around

the world. All students are looking forward to creating

their ‘biome dioramas’ in the coming weeks.

Grace and Ellouise used a variety of strategies to

help others to “Figure Me Out”

Thanks the Cheryl for organizing the lilies for our

latest rock garden near our new shed. Miss Breen

was busy mulching it today. It will add another

splash of colour to our beautiful school playground

Friday fun in the playground at EPS

Elsa’s beautiful beach

artwork

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P&C News

Eco Soap Fundraiser

Just a quick reminder that our soaps should arrive soon

and will be sent home hopefully next week. If you

would like an extra box of soaps to sell please see

Nichole in the office on Wednesday, Thursday or

Friday.

Thank you – Dianne

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