Our School NewsWeek 10 | Commencing 12th December, 2016

Elanora Heights Public School is a White Ribbon School

Don’t forget to visit our website at elanorahts-pschool.nsw.edu.au

Weekly Reminders!Years 3-5 Movie Day: Dec 141-2 Class Parties: Dec 14 Canteen selling party pie platters see pg 9Year 6 Farewell Dinner: Dec 15Year 6 Farewell Assembly: Dec 16Last Day of Term: Dec 16First Day Back 2017: Jan 30Kindy Best Start Assessments: Jan 30 to Feb 2Un-Named Lost Property Parents, please come and checkNB: that items for this newsletter will NOT be accepted after 10am on the preceding Friday

Week 9 - Term 4Mon 12 Dec Presentation Day 9:30amTue 13 Dec Second Assembly

Wed 14 Dec Years 3-5 Movie DayReports sent Home

Thu 15 Dec Year 6 Farewell Dinner 5:45pmFri 16 Dec Year 6 Farewell Assembly 2pm

LAST DAY OF TERM 4

Week 1 - Term 1 2017Mon 30 Jan 2017 1-6 Students return

Kindy Best Start AssessmentsTue 31 Jan Kindy Best Start AssessmentsWed 1 Feb Kindy Best Start AssessmentsThur 2 Feb Kindy Best Start AssessmentsFri 3 Feb

Found!FOUND: A Silver antique looking ring with a gemstone

Leesa Martin

Principal

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear Parents and Friends,

I can hardly believe that it is already the last week of school – the term has flown by! It has certainly been a busy one filled with many happy memories and fantastic school achievements. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the administration, teaching and executive staff, along with our general assistant and cleaning staff for their invaluable contributions and hard work throughout the year and thank the community for their ongoing support of this great school in so many ways. You are all extraordinary!

K-2 ConcertElves, insects, surfers, Hawaiian dancers, angels, kangaroos and even sheep on a beach! What more could you ask for in our K-2 Concert last week? What a visual feast of happy faces, colourful costumes, beautiful backgrounds and catchy tunes. My sincere thanks and congratulations to our amazingly talented K-2 staff, our incredible ‘roadie’ staff who managed the stage, lighting and sound and our fabulous parents who helped out with costuming. I am so proud of what they achieved. Well done, everyone!

Assistant Principal AppointmentLast week we conducted a merit selection panel to employ a new Assistant Principal to Elanora Heights and I am delighted to announce that Mr Jonathan Rosconi was successful in this process and will commence his new position at the beginning of 2017. Mr Rosconi has made a significant contribution to improving the educational outcomes of our students since coming to Elanora and he will be an excellent addition to the Executive Team in 2017. Congratulations Jono.

Present DonationsI would like to thank the community for their very generous support of the gift drive conducted last week. Wiseberry Real Estate have sent us some pictures of the joy which our school helped to create for many families which we will share with you. What a wonderful way to demonstrate to our students the true meaning of giving at Christmas. Thank you, everyone.

School SafetyAs we break for the school holidays it is timely to remind our local community to keep an eye on our school and report any incidents you witness to the police or school safety and security. Please take a moment to read the attached letter from our Local Area Command regarding holiday safety. I thank you in advance for your diligence in protecting our precious school site.

2017 Commence datesI would like to remind our families that school will resume on January 30 next year for grades 1-6. Kindergarten parents should have received their Best Start interview information by now, please contact the office if yours has not arrived.

Final WeekThere are many planned activities for this week, so please make sure to take notice of important dates and times on the information provided in this newsletter. I would like to thank Mrs Laurinda Lomas for her coordination of our beautiful Presentation Day assembly on Monday – what an outstanding job! We had our “Second Assembly” on Tuesday, led by Mrs Vicki Bosler, will have the Movie day on Wednesday for Years 3-5 and the Year 6 Farewell Dance on Thursday evening, followed by their graduation assembly on Friday. Thank you to the very hard working and exhausted Year 6 team, Mrs Cynthia Pitt, Mr Scott Reid and Miss Charlotte Reddan, who have just returned from accompanying our Year 6 students to camp last week. A wonderful time was had by all and our students were very well behaved during their time away.

It will be with mixed feelings that we farewell our Year 6 students on Friday – sadness that they are leaving us, mixed with excitement for them as they begin the next chapter of their lives. We know that they are leaving Elanora with a solid education behind them which will provide a strong foundation for their future learning. We wish them much happiness and success in their future endeavours at high school. Until Next time,

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I had the pleasure last week of reading these imaginative and well-written poems by

Marcus D and Max M in 3S. Great work boys!

Crock Attack

From the morning I woke up,

I was sitting on the floor

I looked what was around me,

And headed for the door.

Some crocks I could see,

But it cannot be!

There on the bed-

With a socks on their HEADS!

I am racing,

They are chasing-

I can’t look back,

Or they will attack.

They start to roar,

But I lock the door!

I think to myself I did not lose,

I fled to the bed and had a snooze!!!

Marcus D

An Awfully Cow Adventure

Crum, Crum, the pipers hum,

Stole a cow and away did run,

But on the way he hungry got,

He bit that cow upon its bot!

The cow struck back, and sharply bit

Crum on the place he’s known to sit!

Crum dropped the cow and rubbed his rear,

The bite was fierce, Crum shed a tear.

(But to this day he’ll never stray,

Along the street where beef could play!)

Max M

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTMaisy B (5B) has been accepted into the Australian Ballet School’s Interstate Training Program for 2017 and has progressed into Level 2. In her recent Grade 5 Royal Academy of Dance examination she was awarded a Distinction, with a mark of 93/100. Congratulations Maisy!

Three of our students were also selected to represent the Manly Junior Baseball District in their All Star Teams.

Oliver T (5/6R), Millie A (6P) and Tom C (5Z) will compete at the State Titles in April 2017. Well done Oliver, Millie and Tom!

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AND THE AWARD GOES T0...The Diamond and Gold Award will be given out at tomorrow’s assembly. The Silver and Bronze Awards will be given to the students at the K-2 and 3-6 lines sometime this week.

DIAMOND AWARDSALEX K

GOLD AWARDSAMY D ALEX K

SILVER AWARDSNORA A

JASMINE B

AMELIA B

LILI C-J

HOLLIE C-J

DOMINIC D

AMY D

CHARLEE E

CALEB F

ROSIE G

ALEX K

TYGA L

JOSHUA M

BENJAMIN M

RUBY M

STELLA M

MITCHELL T

RILEY V

DECLAN W

ARCHIE W

BRONZE AWARDSJOSHUA A

ASHLEA A

OSCAR B

EVIE B

DANIEL B

EMMA B

ELIZA B

JOSHUA B

OSCAR C

CHARLOTTE C

JAIDA C

BEAU C

SOPHIE C

LILY D

JETT D

BENJAMIN D

AMY D

HARPER E

CHARLEE E

JACK E

SIENNA E

ANJA F

MAXI G

ROSIE G

JAMES H

EVELYN H

TORAH H

ALEX K

TYGA L

JESSICA L

JONATHAN L

JONAH L

JOSHUA M

SCARLET M

FLYNN M

MAE M

EWAN M

WILLIAM M

ARCHIE M

STELLA M

TILLY M

SASCHA M

ADAM P

SUMMER P

CAMERON R

CHARLIE S

LENI S

JADE S

ELLA S

EITAN S

LACHLAN S

THOMAS S

BRADLEY S

CHARLIE S

ZOE S

MITCHELL T

MONIQUE V

DECLAN W

TARA W

TAMARA W

SAMUEL W

SARAYA Y

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... Annual Christmas Gift Appeal..|..MRS BOSLER, MISS KENGIKE & the SRC MEMBERS

An EMAIL from Carly at WISEBERRY REAL ESTATE I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to all the children at Elanora Heights Public School!

What an amazing response we had and the gifts will brighten so many lives at Stewart House, Bear Cottage and Mona Vale Hospital.

I am sending the photo to the Manly Daily today so hopefully we’ll get some editorial for this again this year!

Thank you for all your help with organising this.

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... Annual Christmas Gift Appeal..|..MRS BOSLER, MISS KENGIKE & the SRC MEMBERS

The Annual Wiseberry Real Estate and SRC Christmas Gift Appeal for 2016 was a resounding success thanks to the generosity of the Elanora Heights School Community!

On behalf of the Student Representative Council, we’d like to sincerely thank you all for getting behind this initiative again for the 3rd consecutive year and wholeheartedly supporting our efforts.

We were overwhelmed by the generosity of the school community, as were the representatives from Wiseberry Real Estate. The station wagons and other cars were full to the brim with gifts including the Stewart House van.

We have done something very worthwhile in keeping with the spirit of Christmas - giving and thinking of others less fortunate than ourselves. We’re sure our efforts will bring a great deal of joy to the students of Stewart House, children residing at Bear Cottage and children who will spend Christmas Day at Mona Vale Hospital.

The Student Representative Council did a wonderful job encouraging their peers to bring in gifts and overseeing the collection of gifts in their classrooms.

We’d like to thank all teaching and office staff for supporting this event and for managing to move around the overflowing boxes of gifts in their classrooms and the Admin area without injury!

Christmas Gift Mufti DayOn the day of the Christmas Gift collection, the playground was a sea of Christmassy colours and crazy, colourful hairstyles as the students embraced the theme for this Mufti Day. It was a wonderful culmination to our Christmas Gift Appeal. We’d also like to thank those staff members who joined the students in donning Christmas mufti colours and helping to make it a special, festive day for all.

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The Swimming Carnival for 2017 is being held very early in Term 1 – Thursday February 9.

Once again we are booked into the Warringah Aquatic Centre from 12:30-3:00pm. Entry is open to all students in Years 3-6 as well as students in Year 2, 2017 who turn 8 between January 1 and December 31 2017. Year 2 students must be competitive swimmers to enter and should have already returned an expression of interest note to their class teacher.

Permission notes with request for payment will be sent home on the first day back in 2017. We would appreciate a quick turnaround of these notes so that all organisation can be completed.

Below are details of the day as well as the school records for all events.

When: Thursday February 9, 2017 (Start Time: 12:30pm – End Time: approximately 3:00pm)

Who: Students in Years 3 – 6 (2017) who are able to swim 50 metres without assistance +

Year 2 students in 2017 turning 8yo, who swim competitively

Where: Warringah Aquatic Centre (25m pool), Aquatic Drive, Allambie Heights

Travel: By bus with teacher supervision at 11:30am and returning at approximately 3:30pm

Cost: $15 which includes bus and pool entry. Parents/spectators must pay $3.10 at the pool

Save the Date…

SCHOOL RECORDS for ALL EVENTSBoys 100m Freestyle:Age: Open Time: 1.24.88

Girls 100m FreestyleAge: Open Time: 1.21.46

Boys 200m IMAge: Junior Time: 3.57.24Age: Senior Time: 4.37.00

Girls 200m IMAge: Junior Time: NILAge: Senior Time: 3.33.36

Boys 50m FreestyleAge: 8 Time: 46.28Age: 9 Time: 41.33Age: 10 Time: 38.28Age: 11 Time: 36.28Age: 12&13 Time: 36.72

Girls 50m FreestyleAge: 8 Time: 51.37Age: 9 Time: 46.23Age: 10 Time: 41.71Age: 11 Time: 37.07Age: 12&13 Time: 35.56

Girls 50m BreaststrokeAge: Junior Time: 57.42Age: 11 Time: 52.83Age: 12&13 Time: 49.03

Boys 50m BreaststrokeAge: Junior Time: 53.74Age: 11 Time: 55.27Age: 12&13 Time: 49.57

Boys 50m BackstrokeAge: Junior Time: 46.14Age: 11 Time: 51.36Age: 12&13 Time: 45.30

Girls 50m BackstrokeAge: Junior Time: 49.16Age: 11 Time: 46.25Age: 12&13 Time: 43.43

Boys 50m ButterflyAge: Junior Time: 1.01.56Age: 11 Time: 55.79Age: 12&13 Time: 48.04

Girls 50m ButterflyAge: Junior Time: 47.02Age: 11 Time: 46.36Age: 12&13 Time: 43.98

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..... We wish everyone well over the coming break and hopefully we will all find time in amongst

the ‘busyness’ to spend a little bit more time than usual with those that matter.

This week we farewell our Year 6 students and others who are off to other schools. We should recognise how important Primary school is at this stage of children’s lives. They are finishing off a very significant chapter and there are exciting times to come. Their experiences from Primary School will, in part, influence how they tackle these new adventures. I suppose that’s why I think one of the P&C’s roles is to try hard to provide them rich and diverse experiences that are outside and in addition to the standard State curriculum.

Next year ushers in a new year of Kindy and all the fresh faces that comes with that. We all remember that transition into ‘Big School’ and we look forward to welcoming those children and parents to the school community. Also beginning next year will be two new initiatives under the stewardship of Anna Davis and Mandy Barker, languages and art classes. Numbers are already being filled so if you think your child could benefit make the appropriate enquiries. Our P&C email address is: elanorahtspandc@gmail.com

One of the first and most exciting events on the calendar will be during the second week back, the P&C Meeting, February 8, 2017. Everyone is welcome and at this meeting one of the hot topics will be what to spend money on, which will in turn give us an idea of how much we will need to raise during the school year.

If you haven’t already had a look at the school’s website calendar (http://www.elanorahts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/calendar ) that has already been populated with all of first term’s events please take a moment to do so and we will see (most) of you again then. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

FREEZERS FOR SALEAs the canteen now have new freezers the P&C are selling two of their old freezers. Below are photos of the freezers. If you are interested in purchasing either of these please contact Erku on 0490 337 051.

Frieezer 1 is selling for $500ono anf Freezer 2 for $200ono. The freezers need to be purchased and removed by this Friday.

FREEZER 1 Fisher & Paykel FREEZER 2 Kelvinator

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To order school lunches online go to www.munchmonitor.com Use log in – username: elanora and password: munch2101 | To Volunteer Ph 9913 2721

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This year has brought about a lot of changes at the canteen. We have focused on getting our menu in-line with the Government guidelines, by eliminating ‘red-light’ or banned food items and by increasing the number of ‘green-light’ food items. Our team was so grateful to have received such a positive response from you – our parents and students. You have supported our initiatives such as free fruit tokens, recess boxes and teacher-named sandwiches. With your help, we have also been able to create a fun vibe around the canteen with competitions such as name the canteen, name our chicken and our fruit and veg loyalty cards. As a result, the canteen has made a healthy profit, which will be put back into the school to benefit our children.

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NICOLE L KATHERINE M BARB La G HELP NEEDED MANDY HHELP NEEDED

All of this would not be possible without the multitude of support that our school community provides us. Volunteers are vital to our success and we thank you. Thank you also to our Year 6 volunteers who have worked with enthusiasm and responsibility this year. And of course to our day in, day out backbones of Heights Delights, Erku, Karen and Ingrid. Your work this year has been above and beyond. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a sunny and safe summer break.

Uniform ShopUniform Shop Coordinator Sue Garrity

Contact ehps.uniforms@gmail.com

Open on Monday & Thursday from 8.15am to 9.45am

Purchase in store or by order form available online via the school website

Pay by cash or card (Eftpos, Visa or Mastercard)

Second Hand UniformsSecond Hand Uniform Coordinator Karen Woodley

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PARTY PIE PLATTERSTo help with the class parties, Erku is selling party pie platters for $10.00 each.

Please order before 9am on Wednesday and they need to be paid for in cash.

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Dates for your Diary TERM 4Tue 12th and Wed 13th Dec Yr 5 canteen orientation sessions

Thur 15th Dec Yr 6 Farewell Dinner, 5:45pm

Fri 16th Dec Yr 6 Farewell Assembly 2pm

Fri 16th Dec Last Day of Term 4

Our children shone at the K-2 Christmas concert last week under the guide of their dedicated teachers. Our new stage curtains also enhanced the performance as they framed our children in our school’s royal blue colour. The P&C funded this $10,000 purchase. Also on display was the hall’s new lighting system which was installed earlier in the year.

Dates for your Diary TERM 1 2017Fri 27th Jan Week 1 starts - Teacher development day

Mon 30th Jan Yr 1 - Yr 6 students return

Mon 6th Feb Tea and Tissues - Morning Tea for Kindy parents 9:30am

Wed 8th Feb P&C meeting 7:15pm

Wed 10th Feb P&C Welcome BBQ 5pm

Sat 25th Feb Yr 2 parents get together 7pm

27th Feb to 3rd Mar Parent teacher interviews

Sat 8th Mar P&C meeting 7:15pm

Tue 11th Mar Yr 1 parents get together 7pm

Wed 14th Mar Canteen Red-Light Day

Sat 18th Mar Yr 3 & 4 parents get together 7pm

Thur 23rd Mar Cross Country Carnival

Sat 25th Mar Yr 5 & 6 parents get together

Fri 7th Apr End of Term 1

….that Elanora has new stage curtains bought by the P&C?

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Edan T (KP) – Violin

String Ensemble

TERM 4 Dates for your DiaryMon 12th Dec EHPS Presentation Day – Combined Intermediate/Senior Band

EHPS Presentation Day – String EnsembleMon 12th Dec Music Program Christmas Party – all children involved in Bands,

Guitar Ensemble & String Ensemble – Lunchtime outside hall – more details below

Tue 13th Dec EHPS Music Committee AGM – all welcome – Elanora Squash Courts 7:30pm

Fri 10th Feb Senior Band to play at welcome BBQ 5pm at school

TERM 1 2017 Dates for your DiarySun 29th Jan Band Registration Day -Training Band 1pm-2pm pay fees & collect instruments

Intermediate & Senior Bands 2pm-3pm pay fees & collect instruments

Fri 10th Feb Senior Band to play at welcome BBQ 5pm at school

Sun 26th Feb Senior Band to play at Narrabeen Sports High Car Boot Sale

Thurs 30th Mar Senior Band to play at Pittwater High School in the PM

Sun 28th May Intermediate Band to play at Narrabeen Sports High Car Boot Sale

Sun 18th Jun All bands to perform at Wahroonga Music Festival – compulsory attendance

Sun 25th Jun All bands to perform at the Northern Beaches Music Festival – Pittwater High – compulsory attendance

Sun 27th Aug Training Band to play at Narrabeen Sports High Car Boot Sale

Thurs 17th Sept Intermediate Band to play at Pittwater High School in the PM

Thurs 23rd Nov Training Band to play at Pittwater High School in the PM

RETURNING OF ALL BAND FOLDERSPlease return all Band folders including the Carols folders to the hall tomorrow after Presentation Day Assembly.

These folders and their contents remain the property of the EHPS Music Program. Those students returning in 2017 will be re-issued with another folder and new music next year at registration day.

Many thanks for your assistance.

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