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The Engadine Public School
WARATAH WHISPERS OUR SCHOOL VISION
Engadine Public School promotes an inclusive environment that fosters confident, innovative, successful
learners with high moral values. Excellent academic, creative physical and social programs empower each
student to become an active, resilient and informed citizen in our rapidly changing world.”
Tel: 0435 087 919
SCHOOL DIARY
Sept
8 Stage 1 Hazelhurst (Group 2)
11 Swim Scheme Begins Years 2 and 3
13 School Celebration (mufti)
14 Toastie Day—Canteen
22 Swim Scheme Ends Years 2 and 3
22 Last Day of Term 3
Oct
9 Term 4 commences
18 Kindy 2018 Transition 1
26 Grandparents Day & Book Fair
Nov
8 Stage 3 Deer Park Camp
What a magnificent weekend we had at Engadine Public School when we celebrated our 85th
birthday!
A big thank you to everyone who helped make the day such a success. There was a lot that went on behind the scenes and leading up to the fete—extra thanks must go to our Fete Organising Committee: *Kelly B *Kendra C *Natalie C *Jess E *Fiona F *Brooke G *Clare G *Cherylyn H *Andrew H *Maja H *Shannon L *Nicole M *Susan P *Sharyn R *Aleta S *Naomi S
*Corinne T *Lisa T *Jo T *Jessica T *Amanda Y *
Also to our VIP’s—Mr Craig Kelly MP—Federal Member for Hughes, Mr Lee Evans MP - State Member for Heathcote, Cr Carmel Pesce—Mayor thank you for your attendance, support, and
taking a turn in the dunk tank!
To our staff, students, and families—thank you and well done!
The Engadine Public School
WARATAH WHISPERS 1A Waratah Rd Engadine NSW 2233 Phone: 9520 8559 Fax: 9548 1186
Term 3 Week 7 28 Aug—4 September Email: [email protected]
Sensational Celebrations! Hendrika Green, Principal
Assemblies Held FORTNIGHTLY On Even Weeks, Yr 3-6 Odd Weeks, K—2 Friday at 2:30pm Two whole school assemblies per term. Next Assemblies: 1 September: K-2 8 September: 3-6
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A very special thanks to the P & C who kindly donated a Dyson vacuum cleaner to our Support Unit to help clean up from those
thrills and spills!
The Friends of Engadine Public School table warmly received a very special visitor on Saturday, Mrs. Anita (Lovering) Arnold is an EPS alumni, who began as an EPS student in 1940! She recalls her teacher was Mrs. Graham and her Principal was Mr. Calendar. She has fond memories of Engadine Public, and is very impressed with how the school has grown and changed over the years. She was delighted by the gorgeous
weather and outstanding Fete.
Our Family Fun Day—What A Great Day!
Great to see EPS Alumni—Mrs Arnold!
Thank You P & C
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Our Family Fun Day—What A Great Day!
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Our Family Fun Day—What A Great Day!
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Our school hall was transformed into a catwalk as we commenced our celebrations with our first school Fashion Parade. Students from Kindergarten through to year six took turns down the runway showing off fashions from local designers, as well as our own Engadine Public School uniform. Many thanks to everyone who helped put this event together—especially to Jess T who was the inspiration and organiser of the event. The
students had a great time dressing up as supermodels!
Fashion Parade Kicks Off our Celebrations!
Wishing all fathers the most Happy Father’s Day!
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On Wednesday our Kindergarten students visited Symbio Wildlife Park as part of their Living Things in
Science unit. Everyone had a great day—and they all came back very happy but tired!
On Wednesday out Stage One students visited Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre. As students rotated between activities, they were given the opportunity to create individual artworks using paints and collage techniques, create a sculpture from clay, and participate in a guided tour of the Dream Machines
exhibit. This complimented objectives being studied in class in both science and history this term.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL
DAD’S! WE HOPE YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY!
Kindergarten at Symbio
Hazelhurst Art Gallery—Group 1
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Engadine Community Markets or ‘ECM’ as we fondly call it, is going from strength to strength. We have had 7 new permanent stall holders join us in the last month, bringing the total to 38 permanent stalls of the 47 we are permitted to have, and stall holders are already booking ahead for Christmas! We have been able to facilitate external group fundraising through use of the BBQ, including Bosco Braves, Engadine High, Yarrawarrah Public School, Heathcote East Public School, and this month Heathcote KU Preschool. I am currently working with Council on planning some themed markets at the end of the year and would love to hear your suggestions, ideas or things that you would like to see at the markets. Simply drop a line to [email protected] titled ‘Market Ideas’. I am extremely grateful l to all those that contribute and facilitate to making our community markets achievable each and every month, from Finance, Logistics, Graphic Design, Advertising, and Facilitating, not to mention those EPS families that run stalls. If you’d like to join or contribute to the market in anyway (big or small), please drop a line to our email address or call on 0435 087 919. Thank you again for showing Engadine what a great school we have!
To commemorate our school’s 85th birthday, Mrs Bourke is proud to announce the publication of the school’s 85th anniversary book ‘Engadine Public School—85 Years On’ - a snapshot of life at EPS in 2017. The vibrant photobook has been compiled from a collection of amazing photographs snapped during the last 2 terms to document this special year in the school’s history. A wonderful keepsake, it includes every child and class as well as the extra activities that make Engadine Public School exceptional.
The book can be ordered through the school office or purchased at the Fete for the cost of $30.
Parents and Carers are reminded that they are not to address children on the playground unless they are their own. This is an important matter pertaining to Child Protection. If a parent has a concern with the actions of a child, other than their own, they are to refer the matter to teachers of the school.
We are now taking enrolments for
Kindergarten 2018!
If you know anyone who will be starting
Kindergarten in 2018 please spread the word and
invite them to pick up an enrolment form from the front office.
We also have information regarding our Kindergarten Orientation days
commencing in October. Please let all your friends and neighbours know
about our wonderful school and encourage them to get their enrolments in as
soon as possible.
Engadine Community Markets
Celebrating 85 Years—Engadine Public School
FAMILY REMINDER
Kindergarten 2018 Enrolments
One of the most important things our children will ever learn is how to read. From their very first day, they have the expectation that when they come to school, they will learn to read. And they do. At school our reading programs use a combination of approaches to help children master this vital skill. Children need to have awareness and knowledge of letter sounds and combinations, and to hear them when spoken and recognise them when written. They need to have a large bank of words that they recognise on sight, and can read automatically. They need to have strategies for figuring out words that they don’t know or haven’t seen before. They need to read fluently and accurately. Children must, however, move beyond these “mechanical” or decoding skills, to develop reading for meaning, or comprehension. This involves, among other things, getting children to think about what they are reading, while they are reading, so that they are gaining information (and hopefully pleasure and insight) from the text. Comprehension is not just a formal response to a written passage. It’s very much about how children process information in all its forms—such as from conversations, television shows, movies, discussions and when problem-solving. It’s something that is ongoing—a process that takes place while the listening or viewing or reading or talking continues. Often, many children don’t actively think about what they see and hear. Information washes over them and they can, too often, be passive in the process. Our society is noisy, flooding the senses with continuous sounds and images. Children don’t necessarily take in the deeper messages and reflect on meaning and how it affects them as a reader or a viewer. So when it comes to reading, many children read the words but don’t relate to the text. Too often, they don’t laugh or cry, get excited or enthralled or have to read on because they’re bursting to know how things turn out! They don’t step into the characters’ shoes or get lost in imagination. Instead, they are reading mechanically—be it quickly and fluently – but they are not changed or informed by the experience of reading. As parents and teachers, we can help our children become discerning viewers and readers by talking to them about what they have seen or read; by asking questions that get them to reflect and relate to the content; by asking them to retell stories to see how much they have understood and retained; and by asking their opinions on favourite characters and story lines. We need to help them realise that reading is all about making meaning from the words on the page, and then going beyond this, to find meaning that relates to them as individuals.
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Reading for Meaning
Nutritional Tip
Parents, please be
advised that all
students who arrive
late for school, or
leave early from
school, without a legitimate reason
will have the length of their
absence recorded as an unjustified
absence. This is in accordance with
Departmental procedures.
Early Leavers/Late Arrivals
All notes that are sent home can also be found on the school website. If you think you did not receive a note or have misplaced one, please see your child’s teacher or look on www.engadine-p.schools.nsw.edu.au. You can also find Canteen menus and Uniform shop orders on our website. A limited amount of notes and forms are also available from the front office. Payments that are made to school are processed and a receipt of the payment will be sent home with your child. PLEASE NOTE— We do try and be prompt with our processing but do not bank everyday. Please allow a few days for cheque and credit card payments to be debited from your account. FAMILIES CAN MAKE PAYMENTS IN ONE ENVELOPE—THERE IS NO NEED TO SEPARATE PAYMENTS HOWEVER WE STILL REQUIRE A PERMISSION SLIP TO BE SIGNED FOR EACH CHILD. It would be appreciated if you could make any payments by the due date required. WE CANNOT PROCESS LATE PAYMENTS UNLESS PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE WITH THE OFFICE. P & C Items are required to be paid separately from school items, as the accounts and responsibility lie with different accounts and different account holders. IF YOU ARE MAKING AN ONLINE PAYMENT PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER TO RETURN ANY PERMISSION SLIPS TO SCHOOL AND PLACE THEM IN THE CLASS SLOTS LOCATED IN THE FRONT OFFICE. If you are paying online— please follow the steps on the Make A Payment tab on our website.
The following payments are now being taken at the office:
Band Term 3 $150 OVERDUE
Deer Park (Years 5 & 6) $325.00 Due by 1st November
STAGE 3 CAMP TO DEER PARK—FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO MAKE PAYMENTS ANYTIME TO PAY
OFF THE $325 FOR CAMP. THE FULL AMOUNT MUST BE PAID BY THE DUE DATE 1/11/2017.
For security and convenience, it is recommended you us our online payment facility to make these
payments. This is so you can easily keep track of payments, there is no money lost in bags, and
you can print or save a receipt immediately to your device.
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A Message From the Office
Payments Now Due
Payment Information
Key Value: - Application (Social Key Of Success)
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Parents, we ask that you go through these skills with your children, and discuss the dos and don’ts. Perhaps you can ask them if
they have tried some of the strategies and what the result was. Children learn best when they are supported from both school and
home with a consistent message. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
Making Decisions In Groups
Application is defined as putting things into action.
In the school environment, we ask that students apply themselves to the tasks that are assigned to them, whether in the
classroom environment, on the playground, or in friendship groups. It means that we have an expectation that each student
applies themselves to the best of their ability, with an aim to achieve their own personal best—at whatever level that may be. We
aim to respect their effort. Some people try very little and achieve great results, but others may try with mammoth effort to achieve
a lesser result—it is the effort we are aiming to acknowledge—and when each one is pushing themselves to their own limits, all
will have a greater opportunity to improve their personal levels of success.
Applying yourself so that you always put forward your best effort, means you show yourself in the best light at all times. It ensures
that you are being valued for what you are able to do.
Applying yourself to building relationships and friendships, means that you try to support others, and that you too seek support
when you need it—not shutting others out of your world. These skills are important life skills for mental and social well-being.
They also help to build personal self esteem. When applying yourself to a group task, others in your group understand that they
can rely on you—it builds a sense of trustworthiness, and a knowledge that you will contribute a fair share to the entire group task.
In turn it builds a sense of value in you as a valuable person to select in group tasks.
As students consistently aim for their personal best, their opportunity to succeed increases and their sense of achievement in
attaining improvement becomes an ongoing motivator. Students who have a high level of personal motivation to succeed tend to
apply themselves better to tasks and so the cycle becomes self perpetuating.
Social Skills
Do’s
Someone in the group makes a suggestion
and gives good reasons.
Ask each person in the group, one by one,
how they feel about the idea.
If there is complete agreement, you have a
decision.
If there isn’t agreement, ask for another idea
and then check how everyone feels about the
new idea.
Keep doing this until you get a decision that
everyone is comfortable with. You may have
to negotiate.
Don’ts
Don’t just ask one or two people how they
feel about an idea. Check with everyone!
Don’t see it as “losing” if your idea isn’t
accepted by other people.
Make sure everyone has
heard the comments, before
making a group decision.
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The Canteen is open Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday every week. If any parents or grandparents can spare some time to help out in the canteen please let the staff at the office know and they will pass the message on—we are always happy to welcome any help! Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers!
SUSHI HAS COME TO OUR CANTEEN!!!!
In conjunction with Kanawaka Japanese Restaurant, Sushi is now
available to order from the school canteen on Wednesdays.
HAM, CHEESE, & TOMATO TOASTIE DAY IS ON THURSDAY 14th SEPTEMBER Please return orders to school by Friday 8th September!!
Our Schools Tree Day seedlings are continuing to grow well. Six classes have already planted their seedlings into our new vegetable gardens!
School Canteen News
Environmental Club
LOST PROPERTY
The lost property box at school is overflowing with various pieces of clothing as well as lunch
boxes and drink bottles etc.
Would all families please have a look in the lost property box and see if they own any of the-
se missing items! The lost property box will be cleared at the end of next week and any un-
claimed items will be donated to the school as spares or to the second hand uniform shop.
P & C NEWS
THANK YOU TO OUR ENGADINE PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THIS FETE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.
Also to the wonderful local businesses who sponsored and donated to our fete.
To the staff and students of Engadine Public School—thank you for your efforts in helping make our Fun Day a great day.
Thank you for your gold coin donations for our Father’s Day Stall this year. The children had a great selection of gifts to choose from and lots of fun picking out their surprises for dad ! We hope all of our dads have a wonderful Father’s Day and enjoy their special treats!
Details will be sent home shortly about our family portraits.
THANK YOU EVERYONE! WHAT A GREAT DAY!
FATHER’S DAY STALL
FAMILY PORTRAITS
The popular and extremely successful Sharks School Holiday clinic returns these School holidays.
To be held on 25th September 2017 at Captain Cook Oval & Summer Time Room, Sharkies Leagues Club—these clinics include plenty of footy fun to keep the most energetic youngster occupied.
The Junior Jaws clinic will be open to those aged 4 to 9, and will again focus on the fundamentals of the sport of Rugby League in a manner that will encourage young players to get involved in the fun of the game.
Super Jaws is an advanced clinic for boys and girls aged 10 years and over that wish to take their Rugby League skills to the next level. The program is ideal for players of Tackle, Touch & Tag and
the focus is on plenty of 1-on-1 coaching and small groups with our professional coaches. Following on from winter season footy, SuperJaws provides the perfect platform for skill development.
As well as a morning filled with footy and fun, participants will receive a Junior Jaws t-shirt, as well as being provided fresh bananas and water courtesy of Kareela Fresh Fruit. The Mini Mermaids cheer clinics will also make a return over the school holiday period. Those aged 3 to 6 will be treated to 60 minutes of dance, including games and a short routine followed by a signing and photo session with the Mermaids. The girls in the 7 to 12 group will enjoy a two-hour dance clinic with members of the Mermaids crew.
Each Mini Mermaid will receive a t-shirt and pom poms for participating in the dance clinic, as well as being provided fresh bananas and water courtesy of Kareela Fresh Fruit.
Each Mini Mermaid will receive a t-shirt and pom poms for participating in the dance clinic, as well as being provided fresh bananas and water courtesy of Kareela Fresh Fruit. For more information contact: Jaws Clinic - [email protected] Mermaids Clinic - [email protected]
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