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Ridley Street, EDGEWORTH NSW 2285 Phone: 4958 1180 Email: [email protected]
Edgeworth Heights Public School
NEWSLETTER Term 3 Week 3 2019
Dear Parents, Carers and Friends of Edgeworth Heights Public School
Education Week At Edgeworth Heights Public School every week is education week for us. Parents are welcome to visit and work in our classrooms. Please see your child’s classroom teacher if this is something you are interested in. This week we have our Year 5’s visiting Canberra and the snow. The pictures being sent through look like they are a having a wonderful time. Mrs Coleman reports it is a little cooler than up here. Our school canteen is in full swing. A huge thank you to the parents and grandparents that helped setup our new canteen and who continue to volunteer each week. Feedback from the volunteers will inform our PBL lesson on expectations at the canteen. Congratulations to all our students who represented Edgeworth Heights PS at the zone Athletics Carnival on Tuesday. Thank you to Miss Gadowsky and Mr Fleming for supervising and working at the carnival. We have heard that some students have broken records there will be more information in our next newsletter. Year 5 and 6 students went to a practice session at the high school for the upcoming CAPA High School performance on the 20th August. Thank you Miss Miranda Hyland for supporting this community of school initiative. This week we have had our bell system upgraded to better regulate the volume and direction of our speakers. Please thank any community members for their understanding while we adjusted our system. Sport in Schools has been a very successful program introduced at our school. The engagement and participation of the students has been wonderful. Please return any notes or money to the office for your child’s participation this program.
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) These students have had their Salties drawn from the tub at a morning assembly. They had achieved a Salty for showing expected behaviours at school in lining up at assembly or walking around the school safely.
Congratulations to Lachlan P, Bella M, Lilly W, Ella S, Zahlia P, Katie C, Bella L, Aislynn O, Jasey C, Sienna K, Lily 2E, Ami T, Hannah 5L, Toby D, Kirra P, Tyson W, Selina K, Riley B, Nathan B.
Principal’s Report What’s On
Please check for updates!
Voluntary Contributions
$40 1st child $30 2nd child
6-9/8 Yr5 Canberra Excursion
Final payment overdue
Sport in School Gymnastics K-6 $20
27/8 K-2 Excursion Possum Magic $20
15/8 Author Visit - Matt Stanton $2.50
19/8 Book Week Parade
28/8 Kinder 2020 Expo
30/8 Fathers Day Breakfast
2/9—6/9 NAIDOC Week
12/9 SRC Crazy Hair Day
18/9 ART SHOWCASE
TERM 4
11/12 Presentation Day
16/12 Year 6 Farewell
PLEASE CLOSE THE SCHOOL GATES
NO PARKING IN SCHOOL GROUNDS
School times: 8.30 am - 2.55 pm
Classes commence at 9.00 am
Department of Education
Security Hotline
1300 880 021
WE ARE NOW TAKING IN ZONE ENROLMENTS FOR
KINDERGARTEN 2020. KINDER EXPO 28 AUGUST 5-7 PM.
Ridley Street, EDGEWORTH NSW 2285 Phone: 4958 1180 Email: [email protected]
This fortnights artwork display
in the foyer is from KA.
Please feel welcome to come
to the office for a look.
EXCITING NEWS!!!!! Students have been working towards filling the PBL tub with Salties and reaching the blue line. We are so close that I have booked a special whole school event that will happen on Tuesday 13th August to congratulate the students for their efforts in meeting the school expectations of lining up at assemblies and walking around the school. Students who shine! Noah and Aaron caring for the environment. Make the most of all the awesome moments Kathryn Duncan
ZONE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Tuesday 6th August was the Zone Athletics Carnival held at the Hunter Sports Centre. Our school team consisted of students from years 2-6. Overall our results were very pleasing with a number of students making it through to the Regional Carnival and some of them breaking records. Congratulations to all competitors on the manner in which they conducted themselves on the day displaying great sportsmanship and congratulations to all those competitors who advance to the Regional Carnival.
Ridley Street, EDGEWORTH NSW 2285 Phone: 4958 1180 Email: [email protected]
Attention Actors, Gamers and Musicians! Introducing Reyn Williams from 5C who loves drama, music and coding games. He only recently started coding games but has already finished two! WOW! That's awesome news!!! What's even more unbelievable is that Reyn was asked to join the advanced drama class in his first term. He is even going to Sydney to perform in a play! So how did you get into coding and what is the benefit of learning how to do it? “I was inspired to learn how to code by Miss Radford during library lessons,” replied Reyn. He LOVES coding because he is able to use his imagination and develop problem solving skills. “I learn lots from coding and everyone should do it because it helps us be creative!” says Reyn. Reported by Ella H 6H and Nick B 6H
Welcoming Mr Dyball Mr Dyball is a new teacher in our school who is now teaching 6L every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We asked him what he likes about our school and he replied with, “EHPS is a very welcoming place where learners are always engaged.” We know you will DEFINITELY enjoy teaching here Mr Dyball! “When I’m not at school I love listening to all kinds of music and going to the beach,” Mr Dyball explained, “but only when the weather is warm.” He has a two year old son called Dante who he likes to play with on weekends. We are very lucky and privileged to have Mr Dyball teaching at EHPS! Reported by Bella and Angel from 6L
Attention All Dinosaur Lovers! This is William H who is an expert on dinosaurs and loves learning about them. He knows many dinosaur names and can describe what they look like. At school he enjoys reading about dinosaurs and drawing them. William loves dinosaurs so much that he even has a SUPER COOL blue and green dinosaur Fitbit. It sounds like William might be a paleontologist when he is older. How cool would that be! Reported by Ella H 6H and Nick B 6H
Voluntary Contributions Future focused learning and technology will be a major focus at our school. You may have already seen some changes in the school library. Every year schools rely on and appreciate parent’s voluntary contributions. This year our contribution funds will go towards updating our technology resources. Family $70.00 or $40.00 per student.
BOARD GAMES If anyone has any old board games that they do not require anymore and are still in reasonable condition the school would happily accept them. Mrs Johnson is collecting some games for one of the social groups she runs and would greatly appreciate any donations. Some examples include Guess Who, Jenga, Blocks, LEGO, Twister, Snakes and Ladders and Connect 4. Obviously we would be grateful for any donation these are just suggestions of what would be great for the students. Please see Mrs Johnson if you have something you are willing to donate. Thank you.
Ridley Street, EDGEWORTH NSW 2285 Phone: 4958 1180 Email: [email protected]
PSSA Netball Report - Friday 26th July Edgeworth Heights vs Glendale East PS (Juniors) In the first quarter Lexi had amazing sportsmanship. In the second quarter an outstanding player is Keeara for not giving up. In the 3rd quarter, Mia is the outstanding player and the score is 4-2 EHPS way. The final score was 7-3 our way. Go juniors! Written by Hannah S & Zahlia P
Edgeworth Heights vs Glendale East PS (Seniors) The game was very close. EHPS was losing 6-4 in the beginning. The other team was very tall! At half time we were losing 12-8. The girls made a great come back and tied 16-16. Trash Free Tuesday Well done to all the families who took part in Trash Free Tuesday last week! It was great to see so many kids so proud of reducing their waste! We will be continuing Trash Free Tuesday all term.
EHPS War on Waste Students at EHPS are learning to be waste warriors by reducing the amount of waste we send to landfill in our regular bins. We have been collecting fruit and vegetable scraps in fruit buckets and using them to make compost for our gardens instead of putting them in the bin. When fruit and vegetable scraps go with the rest of our waste in our bins they end up in landfill and produce methane which is a greenhouse gas. This week we are learning to recycle our drink containers. We are collecting plastic bottles, aluminium cans and cardboard drink cartons to take to the Return & Earn vending machine at Edgeworth. The money we receive from our recycling will go into our Green Team so that we can purchase things for our gardens and our war on waste. This is a really easy thing for you to do at home too! You get 10c back for every eligible drink container you recycle in the vending machine. Find out more information at: https://returnandearn.org.au/
Ridley Street, EDGEWORTH NSW 2285 Phone: 4958 1180 Email: [email protected]
End of Term for 2R
2R decided to spend most of the last day of Term 2 playing Monopoly. We had a fantastic time organising
groups and bringing in the game. We ended up with 8 Monopoly games and we only needed 5.
We had 5 Monopoly games in one room with no arguments. At the end of the day, 2R realised that although
they had been playing a game, they had been reading and adding numbers together all day! Sneaky Ms.
Randall. We look forward to having another Monopoly afternoon soon.
KM were lucky enough to get a visit from Zala the reading dog. Some students read their reading books to Zara and her friend Mrs Adams. All of KM enjoyed talking to Zala and giving her a pat!
Ridley Street, EDGEWORTH NSW 2285 Phone: 4958 1180 Email: [email protected]
Hi Everyone,
Welcome to Term 3, we have lots of great P&C things planned!
New Canteen News
Our new canteen is up and running! We are very grateful to have a brand new facility to operate our
school canteen from.
Thank you to students and families for your patience through the canteen transition.
And an extra big THANK YOU to our reliable volunteers who gave up hours upon hours of their own
time to help plan, pack, move, unpack and rearrange. Without the commitment of these people, our
new canteen would not be what it is today.
We want you on our P&C! We currently have Canteen related, and Executive Team vacancies within our P&C. If you are interested in learning more
about these positions, please come along to our next meeting on Tuesday 13th
August 2019 from 6pm in the school
library. Membership is cheap as chips at $1, and we are super friendly. We look forward to welcoming you J
Fundraising news Thompson Pie Drive Order forms for our Thompson Bakery Pie Drive went home at the end of Term 2.
For added convenience, orders can be placed online via QuickCliq www.quickcliq.com.au. Paper order forms and cash
payments will still be accepted via the office.
Orders and payment are due on Friday 9
th August 2019, and will be ready to collect from EHPS Hall on
Wednesday 21st
August 2019.
Entertainment Books are still available Entertainments books or digital membership are $65 each and our school receives 20% from each order. Your support
really helps. Order the 2019/2020 book using the link below
https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/346a27
Book Week BBQ The P&C will again host a BBQ fundraiser for Book Week on Monday 19
th August 2019.
Grab a bargain lunch deal exclusive to orders placed via QuickCliq www.quickcliq.com.au............
Sausage sandwich and your choice of drink for $3.50…. Bargain!
We will still accept orders via order forms at the cost of $2 per sausage sandwich and $2 per drink. Keep an eye out for
order forms coming home soon.
If you are able to help out at this event, please contact Rebecca Kiley or leave your name at the office.
McDonalds Family Fun Night Our next Macca’s night is Wednesday 21
st August between 6pm-7pm. Take the night off and come down with the family
for dinner. A percentage of all orders within this time period goes straight back to supporting our school.
Canteen Operation and Roster Our canteen is open for lunch and recess on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. As you can imagine at this time of the
year, our focus is on creating a canteen volunteer roster for the term that maintains 100% opening. If however we are
unable to achieve this and must close for a day you will receive advice via SkoolBag and Facebook the day before.
If you have never done canteen before but would like to please complete a volunteer form available from the office or
send a text to the canteen phone. The number for this is 0434 186 774.
We are currently looking to fill vacancies in the Term 3 roster. If you are not on our volunteer list please collect a
volunteer form from the school office or canteen or text name and email address to the canteen phone, 0434 186 774. If
you are able to volunteer on a Monday or Tuesday please also let us know so that we can consider opening on these
days.
Ridley Street, EDGEWORTH NSW 2285 Phone: 4958 1180 Email: [email protected]
Week 3 Wednesday 07/08
No further volunteers needed
Thursday 08/08
No further volunteers needed
Friday 09/08
2 volunteers needed
Week 4 Wednesday 14/08
No further volunteers needed
Thursday 15/08
No further volunteers needed
Friday 16/08
No further volunteers needed
Week 5 Wednesday 21/08
No further volunteers needed
Thursday 22/08
No further volunteers needed
Friday 23/08
No further volunteers needed
Eat Fresh and Win Promotion This promotion will begin on Wednesday 7
th August 2019 and run until Friday 20
th
September 2019. Purchase a fresh fruit or vegetable item from the canteen in this
period to receive a promotional sticker. Collect 2 stickers to win an instant prize!
Year 2 enjoying
Gymnastics
