2021 Term 1 Weeks 7, 8, 9 & 10 Principal: Owen Gill

■ 2021 ■ Term 1 ■ Weeks 7, 8, 9 & 10 ■ Principal: Owen Gill

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

■ Fax: (02) 6924 5224 Eurongilly Public School

■ Email: [email protected] Eurongilly Road

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

Eurongilly Public School ■ Principal: Owen Gill Educating, Enriching and Empowering Students

■ Phone: (02) 6924 5227

■ Fax: (02) 6924 5224 Eurongilly Public School

■ Email: [email protected] Eurongilly Road

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

■ 2021 ■ Term 1 ■ Weeks 7, 8, 9 & 10 ■ Newsletter

Calendar

Term 2, Week 1

Monday 19 April Staff Development Day

Tuesday 20 April All students return for Term 2

Term 2, Week 2

Monday 26 April ANZAC Activities

Tuesday 27 April School Leaders at Junee High

School

Scripture resumes

Friday 30 April Cross Country in Bongongo

Term 2, Week 3

Wednesday 5 May P&C Meeting

Thursday 6 May School Photos

Friday 7 May Canteen Day

Term 2, Week 4

Monday 10 May Life Education Van (Online)

Tues 11- Fri 14 May NAPLAN

Term 2, Week 5

Mon 17- Fri 21 May NAPLAN

Friday 21 May Riverina Environmental

Education Centre in Wagga

Feature Photo

Eurongilly Public School cleaning up our community

In this issue... A message from Mr Gill .............................................................. 3

Term 2 is knocking on the door ......................................... 3

Family Conferences ................................................................. 3

Easter celebrations ................................................................... 3

Harmony Day Picnic ................................................................ 3

School Improvement Plan 2021- 2024 ............................ 4

Growing Great Leaders .......................................................... 4

News from K-2 ............................................................................... 5

News from 3-6 ............................................................................... 7

Clean Up Australia Day Photos ............................................... 8

Honour Wall .................................................................................... 9

Community Notices .................................................................. 11

Term 2 Calendar ......................................................................... 13

Eurongilly Public School

Educating, Enriching and Empowering Students

A message from Mr Gill

Term 2 is knocking on the door

As we head towards the end of Term 1 and the start of

our Easter break, I would like to acknowledge the efforts

of our students and staff with many achievements and

success stories highlighting the last several weeks.

I trust the holidays will be restful and just what is needed

ahead of a jammed packed Term 2, full of engaging and

high-quality learning experiences. ANZAC activities,

school photos, NAPLAN, K-6 cross country, Life

Education virtual experience, Riverina Environmental

Education Centre excursion K-6, dance and Aboriginal

cultural experiences are just some of the activities

that will form part of the learning journey in Term 2.

Family Conferences

Our Family Conferences, held throughout Weeks 8 and

9, have once again proved to be hugely successful,

backed by feedback and evaluative processes. We have

had almost 100% participation from our parent body,

with the involvement of dual parents being a particular

highlight. All students now have a personalised learning

goal in literacy and numeracy along with strategies to

achieve these goals. Goals will be continually

tracked, monitored, assessed and refined throughout

the year, with success being shared with students and

parents. We also look forward to hosting student led

family conferences in Term 3, when our students will

guide the conversation alongside parents and their

teacher. Thank you parents for being involved in your

child’s learning journey, it has a strong positive impact!

Easter celebrations

We look forward to hosting families this Thursday 1

April for our end of term assembly and Easter activities.

Students and younger siblings will participate in an

Easter Hat Parade, displaying hats they have created at

home. Following, children will take part

in an Easter Egg hunt around our

playground, whilst tea

and coffee will be

available for

our parents

and guests.

Harmony Day Picnic

Families joined students on Friday 19 March for a picnic

in the school grounds as part of our Harmony Day

celebrations. Students and teachers firstly welcomed

guests by presenting their learning from a week-long

focus on the significance of Harmony Day, including

Miss Dickey leading Year 3-6 through a traditional Maori

game called Te Rakau. Families then spread out a picnic

rug under the large pine trees and enjoyed a delicious

spread, including some culturally inspired cuisine. It was

such a pleasure to have our school community come

together for an experience that was so warm, relaxing

and enjoyable.


School Improvement Plan 2021- 2024

In 2020, the school completed a rigorous situation

analysis, identifying areas to focus on for school

improvement at Eurongilly Public School. Throughout

Term 1, 2021 staff have been busily developing the

new 4 year School Improvement Plan (SiP 2021- 2024).

The framework of the new plan is in its final stages and

will be shared next term. ‘Student growth and

attainment’ (shared with every NSW public school),

‘building teacher capacity’ and ‘looking within to thrive

beyond’ are the titles of our 3 Strategic Directions.

Within each strategic direction, initiatives and activities

to support each initiative have been planned to

achieve our newly set school improvement measures.

We already do many things well within our school and I

look forward to using the new SiP to continually drive

ongoing improvement, which will include some

tweaking and changes to every day practices. Whilst

confident in and excited for the implementation of our

new SiP, I am also relieved the significant work load is

almost complete and my own focus and energy can

move from the planning to the actual doing.

Growing Great Leaders

Separately, to the ongoing School Excellence in Action

process, I have been heavily engaged in the Growing

Great Leaders (GGL) online program in the latter part of

this term. ‘GGL is a leadership development program

based on the Student-Centred Leadership model

developed by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Viviane

Robinson. The program focuses on the development of

the professional skills and capabilities of new

principals, strengthening ability to work effectively in

unique contexts, alongside colleagues and communities,

to improve teaching and learning outcomes.’ With

the initial induction and first 2 modules completed,

I have found the content highly practical to the principal

role and I look forward to implementing and refining my

learnings in support of refining a positive school culture

at Eurongilly.



Will

I am Will

I am 5 years old

I love having birthdays

I need a good sleep

I want lots of presents

I dream of being a

contractor

I fear rattle snakes

I feel weird

I am Will

By Will

The Turtle

The turtle follows us

Slowly creeping

Eating cold watermelon

Myum, myum, myum

By Sophie

Cows

Cows

Black, big

Running, playing, eating

They’re fun to play with

Moo!

By Mahli

The School

I see the old trees

I feel the cold air

I hear the birds singing

I smell the fresh grass

By Ellyna

Ships

Ships

Big, strong

Driving, floating, carrying

Some have steamers, they go through water

Unsinkable

By Arthur

The Playground

I see the tall spider web

I feel the rough ground

I hear the happy magpies

I smell the fresh air

I taste the juicy strawberries

By Mackenzie

News from K-2

K/1/2 spent some of this term reading and writing

poetry. Students explored free verse poems, cinquain

poems, rhyming poems, senses poems and animal

poems. This poetry writing complemented our work on

exploring nouns, verbs and adjectives. Here are some of

our best pieces:

School

School

Fun, happy

Learning, reading, eating,

School is a great place

Class

By Isaac


Tess

I am 6 years old

I love my toys

I need friends

I want healthy, yummy food

I dream of princesses

I fear cattle

I feel happy

I am that

By Tess

Tigers

Can bark, scratch, eat

Have ears, stripes, fur

Are beasts, brave

By Leo

Lions

Can roar, sleep, rest, eat, drink, chase

Have a mane, tail, eyes, mouth, legs

Are hunters, eaters, brave, kings of the jungle

By Fred

The Playground

I see the butterfly in the air

I feel the breeze and fresh air

I hear birds flying in the sky

I smell the smoke from a farm

By Savannah



News from 3-6

What a great term! A big thank you to all students,

parents and families for your hard work this term

whether it be working towards learning goals, offering

support, attending parent/student/teacher conferences

and coming together as a community.

Years 3-6 have been busy working towards the

completion of our Pablo Picasso (Cubism) and Georges

Seurat (Pointillism) artworks which look amazing up on

the wall! Well done everyone! We are in the process of

completing our class reading folder which will house our

Information Report and Narrative writing stories. The

folder will be kept in our class library corner for all to

read.

Although athletics has been rescheduled, we have

continued to work towards running efficiently to create

fluency, throwing with control and fluency and jumping

with control, balance and fluency. Keep up the practice

at home over the holidays even if you practice throwing

with a tennis ball or a frisbee.

Have a wonderful and safe Easter holiday and I will see

you all back in Term 2!

Miss D


Clean Up Australia Day Photos



Eurongilly Public School Term 2 Calendar

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 19 April

Staff Development Day

20 April

All students return

21 April 22 April 23 April

Library

2 26 April

ANZAC Activities

27 April

School Leaders at JHS

Scripture

28 April 29 April

30 April

Cross Country

Library

3 3 May 4 May

Scripture

5 May

Theme Day

6 May

School Photos

P&C Meeting

7 May

Canteen Day

Library

4 10 May

Virtual Life Education

11 May

NAPLAN

Scripture

12 May

NAPLAN

13 May

NAPLAN

14 May

NAPLAN

Library

5 17 May

NAPLAN

18 May

NAPLAN

Scripture

19 May

NAPLAN

20 May

NAPLAN

21 May

NAPLAN

REEC in Wagga

Library

6 24 May 25 May

Scripture

26 May 27 May

28 May

Canteen Day

District Cross Country

Library

7

Reconc

iliation

Week

31 May 1 June

Scripture

2 June 3 June 4 June

Library

8 7 June 8 June

Scripture

9 June 10 June

11 June

Library

9 14 June

Queen’s Birthday

15 June

Scripture

16 June 17 June 18 June

Canteen Day

Library

10 21 June 22 June

Scripture

23 June

End of Term

Assembly

24 June 25 June

Library

2021 Term 1 Weeks 7, 8, 9 & 10 Principal: Owen Gill

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