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8th December 2014
Principal’s Comment
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!
After enjoying a wonderful show last Tuesday we would like to thank all those who took part in the production: Thank you to all the staff members who helped with the production, organising the students and working back stage. A big thank you to all the students who took part, not only as actors, but as singers, musicians, artists, tech crew and those working back stage to make the performance what it was! We had lovely feedback from audience members who said how well you performed, and how enjoyable they felt the show was. So congratulations! A special thank you to the following people who helped in many ways: producing our magnificent props and stage
setting, creating such colourful costumes, packing and unpacking, transporting, ticketing, mopping up tears, and just about a hundred other things: Sarah Roe, Karen Gabel, Kim Knaub, Karla Coad, Karina Bruce, Michelle
Burgess, Tim Button, Kim Colonnelli, Nicole Farr, Sheela Feeney, Frank Karabelas, Jen Kenworthy, Tom Knaub, Chris Lyons, Kristin McFarlane, Christine Matthews, Elissa Merritt, Rebecca Mitchell, Sophie Mitchell, Peta Murray, Ling Ling Norman, Joel Parsons, Simmone Regan, Nicole Roe, Stacey Rowe, Melissa Smith, Sandi Spaulding, Melissa Storey, Melanie Such, Great Ryrie Primary School & Taralla Kindergarten. We appreciate your support. You did a tremendous job and the production wouldn't have happened were it not for your hard work and commitment! Thank you to everyone who came and watched the show, and helped make it such a success; we hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did!
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR THURSDAY 18TH
AND
FRIDAY 19TH
DECEMBER
OUR FINAL ASSEMBLY WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 17
TH DECEMBER AT 3PM and we will learn
the names of our new school captains for 2015, then all students will go to the oval to say a formal goodbye to our Grade Six students. Students will also be receiving their Semester 2 reports on this day and be introduced to their new teacher and learning spaces. A special program will be run on Thursday 18
th Dec and Friday 19
th
Dec (in the last week of term). This is to enable to enable teachers to
complete the final stages of packing to move out of the spaces they have occupied this year and into the new ones, including our new building which will be ready in Term One 2015.
Halliday Removals will arrive early in the New Year to relocate everything for us.
Please note: the school will be open on the 18th and 19
th
Dec and provision will be made for your child if they choose to attend.
DISMISSAL ON FRIDAY 19TH
DECEMBER WILL BE 1.30PM
Families are reminded that they will need to contact the OSHCare 4 Kids Head Office to cancel their booking if their child usually attends OSHC before or after school on Thursdays or Fridays.
CLASSES FOR NEXT YEAR
On Wednesday 18th
December, all students from Foundation to Year 5 will visit their new teachers for 2015. This event can sometimes be a little foreboding and the following advice is offered:
The children only care about friends. They are extremely nervous and insecure about the change. They do not usually want to leave their teacher and may jump into your car and declare in floods of tears that they have no friends in the new class, or that the new teacher is terrifying. Every child has had a friendship list and teachers have worked very hard to ensure that everyone has a friend. Please help your child to find friends and reassure him or her about the teacher.
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Parents come in three broad categories. The first and overwhelmingly largest group help their children to adjust to the change, get to know the other children in the grades and encourage them to think logically about the challenges of the next year. The second group care specifically about getting the perceived best teacher. When they speak to me, they indicate that friends are not important, the class size is of no consequence and that their child must be in a certain class. This is not a good practice, because every child needs a variety of teachers – young, old, male, female, culturally diverse. The third group want their children not to suffer any disappointment. The children in these families are aware of their parents’ influence and try to get them to organise the classes to fit around their friendship groups. This sounds okay, except that the teachers work really hard at separating students who interfere with the learning of others. The teachers have worked tirelessly to achieve balanced academic classes, to take into account friendship lists, and to ensure that students with special needs are placed in supportive environments both physically and educationally. They have had long discussions with each other to get their loved 2014 students into the 2015 classes that they perceive are best for each child. The Principal has reviewed all the lists, reviewed all the notes about educational issues, reviewed letters from previous years about student incompatibility, chatted to parents, endeavoured to move any “at risk” children into positions which might positively change their lives. So – it is a very big task to please everyone and mostly we do a brilliant job. However, in keeping with the ‘team’ atmosphere we like to encourage here (parents and teacher working together for the students); we are happy to listen to any concerns you might have.
MUSIC AT EASTWOOD
Battle of the Bands Last weekend some of our students took part in the Battle of the Bands presented by WONNIES SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS. Schools from the Eastern suburbs, including ours, competed in various musical performances. The following students represented our school in the band section: Sam Coniglio (voclas), Roderick Norman (drums), Nick Pedritti (guitar), Will Suidgeest (guitar), Ruby Harrison (keyboard), Oliver Dark (Bass guitar), Matthew Schmidli (keyboard). Their talented performance earned them 5th place as a band and Sam shone in the vocals winning third place! Well done boys; we are certainly very proud of all of you.
EASTWOOD SUMMER CONCERT
Last Wednesday evening we held the second Eastwood Summer Concert at which the audience was treated to a talented performance by our students on many different musical instruments. What a many talented group this was! Students who had been learning for multiple years played alongside those that had just begun lessons. They all performed beautifully, showing lots of confidence and pride in their achievements. The following students took part, and I would like to congratulate them on a great performance:
Matthew Schmidli, Lucy Kenworthy, Abby Curtin, Xavier Edward, Archie Bailey, Will Storey, Cooper McNamara, Frank Eekhof, Alina Zhang, Sarah Sheehy, John Zhou, Kynan Curtain, Cody Kefford, Jarvis Clark, Will
Suidgeest, Isabel Kenworthy, Sharelle Norman, Ruby Harrison, Roderick Norman, Jack Aston, Charlie Aston, Pipo Chen, Oliver Dark, Chelsea Jeffery, Amelia Suidgeest, Sam Coniglio. Thank you to Mihoko Sato and Nathan McKinnon from Wonnies who have taught our students this year. Eastwood Primary School looks forward to extending this program next year and working together with Wonnies to develop a successful Performing Arts program in 2015.
Rukshana Verzijl Principal
Calendar
December
9th
School Council EOY Meeting 7- 9 pm
9th
Yr 5 EOY Picnic – Ringwood Lake
10th
Curiosity Expo Yr 5 & 6 – Senior Corridor 5 -6.30pm
11th
Valedictory FINAL meeting – 7.30pm Staffroom
11th
Deaf Families Picnic & Graduation RSC 6 – 7.30pm
12th
Deaf Facility EOY Outing – Bowling
15th
Middle School to RS College to see ‘Wizard of Oz’
15th
All Christmas Raffle tickets need to be returned
15th
VALEDICTORY CELEBRATION 5PM
17TH
Yr 6 Outing
17th
FINAL ASSEMBLY 3PM THEN ONTO THE
OVAL TO SAY A FORMAL FAREWELL TO
OUR YEAR 6 STUDENTS
19th
END OF TERM YEAR
1.30PM DISMISSAL
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Contacts
CCC (Communication & Community Connections) Rebecca Curtain C/o 9870 6103 Education/Policy Adrian Infanti C/o9870 6103 Environment Alex White C/-o9870 6103 Futures/SC President Robert Dark C/-o9720 4997 Health & Wellbeing Nadine Harrison C/o9870 6103 EP&F Sarah Roe C/o9870 6103 Chaplain Marg Kittelty C/-o9870 6103
SCHOOL BANKING EVERY TUESDAY
with
RINGWOOD EAST BENDIGO BANK
SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP
8.45-9.30am Weekly
Weekly
Sick Bay 12
th Dec – Kim Colonnelli
Sick Bay 17th Dec – Julie Ouchirenko
Cup Cakes 16th Dec - Julie Ouchirenko
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The Greatest Show on Earth
Congratulations to all the children at Eastwood Primary School for giving us such an entertaining school production. Thanks to everyone who was involved. The night was truly wonderful.
Election BBQ
Thank you to the many many wonderful helpers we had running the BBQ on Election Day, especially after a very busy Production week. We could not function without your continued support.
EP&F - Annual General Meeting.
Wednesday the 10th of December 2014 at 7:30pm in the Staffroom (Ray Symons Centre). If you are interested in being part of the EP&F in 2015 please come to our final meeting of the year.
Christmas Raffle
Last one for the year. We have 3 lovely hampers to be won. Tickets are $1.00 each and will be drawn on the 17th of December. Tickets will be sent home this week. Thanks, EP&F Committee.
Open Wednesday & Friday
Icy poles & popcorn
Wed 10th – Darren & Julie
Fri 12th – Julie & Emma
Wed 17th – Stacey & Melissa
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School Lunches on Wednesdays
Don’t forget you can order a lovely lunch every Wednesday from Miss Peppercorn, just jump online
and place your order. http://www.misspeppercorn.com.au/lunches/
Waving a farewell from Fiona
(Auslan teacher)!
Thank you for the privilege to have taught and worked with and you all this year! It’s wonderful to see many of you signing and wanting to communicate in Auslan! I will miss you all next year, I’m going to be involved with additional studies. However, I will be involved in Auslan classes and activities in the local community. If you want private tutoring, help with Auslan or have any questions, you are welcome to contact me at these details below: Fiona Crisp email: [email protected] or sms: 0414435976 Auslan is a great way to break communication barriers. I encourage you to continue to use this beautiful language…maybe even see me around in the Deaf community someday!
Have a great summer and good luck to you all!
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Students of the week
21ST
November
Charlie Aston Foundation M Oliver Mees Foundation M Ruby Cottrell Foundation C Fabian Mueller Junior E Tha Tha Hniarum Junior S JessicaLaurenceson MiddleTS Mark Soupronovich Middle TS Cung Cung Van Lian Middle MB Hine Mamea-Tytsma Middle KA Archie Bailey Middle KA
28th
November
Sophie Rozinszky Junior M Amelia Di Leonardo Junior E Lucy Kenworthy Junior E Douglas Laughton Middle KA Chelsea Fairbank Middle KA Aashere Manoj Middle MB Sarah Sheehy Senior CP Sahaf Ali Senior CP Chendoah Smith Senior P
Living Fundraisers Growing Kits
Still available
Please see pages 7 & 8 of this Epsilon
for order forms
Children need to move for an hour or more a day What can help children make friends, increase confidence and self-esteem, improves academic performance, improve fitness, coordination and muscle strength, build strong bones and even provide a longer healthier life? If it came in a bottle everyone would buy it, but the good news is it’s free for everyone. It’s physical activity, of course. It gives students so much ‘Brain Power’ that studies have even shown that increasing physical activity during school time can
increase student outcomes! Physical and sport education is an important part of the school curriculum and schools are required to meet time requirements each week. However, it’s important for families to know that children need more physical activity than what they receive at school each day. Australia’s physical activity recommendations for 5- 12 years olds states that children need “at least one hour (and up to several hours) of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day.
Healthy Snack Ideas for the Summer Holidays!
Omelettes with grated vegetables and low-fat cheese make a great lunch, they’re high in protein, vitamins and minerals
Baked beans are a fantastic quick and easy snack, high in pro-
tein, they can be served with wholemeal rolls or combined with leftover meat, hard-boiled egg or crunchy vegetables
Adding fruits such as pineapple and apricots to salads and
coleslaws is great to add flavour and encourage kids to eat them
Frozen blueberries and strawberries are great to add to low-fat
ice cream, yoghurts and in shakes. They could be an alterna-tive to sugary syrup toppings.
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Community News
B e f o r e a n d A f t e r S c h o o l C a r e
WHAT’S ON AT OSHC?
This week at OSHC we are having a
party week! We’ll be enjoying some
fantastic activities including party
games, making a birthday cake and
create a painting using watercolour
paint.
Next week our theme will be ‘Bugs and
Insects’ which will involve everything
creepy crawly
Pre-Christmas Program
A friendly reminder to families, that we
are running a pre-Christmas program on
22nd, 23rd and 24th of December. This
includes activities such as: a build,
design and construct day, baking day
and Christmas games marathon.
If you could let our Head Office know
by 15th December to secure your
booking.
January Holiday program out now!
Our January holiday program is now
available it will be running from the 5th
to the 28th of January
Throughout the holidays we will be
going on an excursion to Luna Park
and have plenty of in-house activities
including: Mega Water fight day,
Sensory Madness and an Edible Art day!
Book now so you don’t miss out.
ENROLMENT AND BOOKINGS
We always welcome new faces to
Before and After Care!
Enrolments can be completed online,
or you can pick up a hard copy at the
OSHCare room. Should you need any
assistance with the online process, feel
free to come and see us and we’ll be
happy to help out.
CONTACTS
Eastwood OSHC: 0427197520
Bookings and Cancellations:
OSHCare 4 KIDS: 97586744
Have a great week!
Belinda Kirby
Program Leader
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Dear Parents, Teachers, Friends
& Family
It is with much pleasure that Eastwood Primary School have joined forces with Matthew Fitzgerald, Samantha Bishop and the Team at Real Estate 1st Ringwood East.
As part of our sponsorship, we have agreed to promote Real Estate 1st to all parents, teachers, family or friends who may be selling their home or investment property. Should you select them as your Agent, they will in return donate $800.00 CASH to the School for each sale they make when you tell them you were referred from Eastwood Primary School. Should you appoint them to manage your investment property $100.00 CASH will be donated to the School. For all of your property needs, please phone Matthew or Samantha on 1300 665 895 or email the team at [email protected]
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Check out what's happening on Myke's Wildfire Website or
Bushcreatures facebook
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Living Fundraisers – Growing Kits – Still available
The Eastwood PS Fundraising Committee had a stall at the recent Twilight market, selling these fantastic Fruit,
Flower, Herb & Vegetable growing kits to help raise for Eastwood. We still have some stock left over that we
would love to sell before the end of the year.
At $6 each they would make a perfect little Xmas present for Family, Friends, Teachers & Kris Kringles. Please fill
out the order sheet on the next page and send to school with the cash in a clearly marked envelope with your
child’s name and room number, then we can get the products to you IMMEDIATELY.
Thank you for your support
EP & F – Fundraising Committee
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