Our School News Term 2 Week 3 2019

Please visit our website at elanorahts-p.school.nsw.gov.au

Weekly Reminders!All permission notes are available on our website under the ‘Notes’ tabStewart House Donation Envelopes sent home this week and need to be returned by May 24.Year 2 Powerhouse Museum Excursion: Notes going home Mon May 20

K-6 Elanora Etiquette for next week is: Putting your hand up when you would like to speak and waiting till the teacher is finished speaking before beginning.

Dates for Your Diary!Election BBQ: May 18Pittwater Zone Cross Country: Jun 5Year 2 Powerhouse Museum Excursion: Jun 6Class Parents Meeting: Jun 6 9am

Week 4 - Term 2Mon 20 May Life Education van - all week

NAPLAN Year 3PCS Music Festival RehearsalState Rugby Union Knockout

Tue 21 May NAPLAN Year 5 K-6 Assembly 12pm

Wed 22 May Sportspro Year 3 Excursion to Aust MuseumYear 5 Dancesport

Thur 23 May Combined Zones Rugby Union TrialsSportspro

Fri 24 May Buddy Morning TeaPSSA v NewportNetball @ Boondah ReserveSoccer @ Narrabeen North PSRugby League @ Narrabeen Res 3AFL @ Narrabeen Res 6

Week 5 - Term 2Mon 27 May Life Education van - all week

Tue 28 MayWed 29 May Sportpro

Year 5 DancesportThur 30 May Sportspro

K-2 Eat a RainbowFri 31 May K-2 Eat a Rainbow

PSSA v Wheeler HeightsNetball @ Boondah ReserveSoccer @ Boondah ReserveRugby League @ Narrabeen Res 3AFL @ Narrabeen Res 6

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear Parents, Grandparents and Friends,

We hope you all spent some time celebrating or remembering your wonderful mothers last Sunday – a mother’s love lasts forever and is something to be cherished. Perhaps you were the recipient of a lovely gift from our Mothers’ Day Stall which was held last

Friday. We know you will join us in thanking the very special group of mothers led by Allison Salmon who coordinated this exciting shopping experience for our students!

Art of LeadershipAs part of our strategic planning for leadership development, 4 of our executive staff recently attended the second 3 day Art of Leadership seminar in the city (the first 3 days were completed during the holidays in January). This outstanding program involves the development of leadership skills to improve performance and team management, ultimately leading to improved student outcomes.

Strategies developed within the course will be utilised to ensure a strong collaborative process is fostered in all areas of decision making.

MMOLLast week all students who completed the 2 week Make Your Own Lunch Challenge were awarded a delicious fruit kebab made by a very special community member, Janine Ralston. Over 100 students were successful in completing the challenge – an amazing result from our 3 - 6 students and an indication of the program’s significance and strength. Well done to the Live Life Well @ School Committee!

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NAPLANWe are currently half way through our NAPLAN online assessments for Years 3 and 5 students. This has been a challenging transition for our staff and students and we would like to acknowledge Dave Waters, Clare Hagon, Janayah Heazlewood, Greg Mawson, Robert Lawrenson and Laurinda Lomas for their efforts in ensuring our school was ready for this change in test delivery. We are hopeful that the new testing process will provide a more detailed representation of student performance.

Sydney North Dance Festival – Audition SuccessWe are very proud to announce that our Year 3/4, Senior Girls and Senior Boys Dance Groups have all successfully auditioned for the Sydney North Dance Festival. This is an acknowledgment of the outstanding work being done in the performing arts space at our school, being one of only a couple of schools to have 3 items accepted. Congratulations to Jack Tier, Charlotte Reddan and Leigh Evans-Bullock who choreographed these dances – excellent work!

Year 1 Strings Program Following significant research supporting the correlation between learning the violin and the strengthening of academic skills in literacy and numeracy, we have commenced a Year 1 Strings Program at Elanora Heights PS. All students in Year 1 will now have weekly violin lessons with our resident strings conductor, Mark Stevens. Students will learn basic violin skills and develop the ability to read music. We look forward to showcasing the work achieved by our Year 1 students later in the year.

Uniform OptionsAs the warmer weather seems to be continuing, we have extended the wearing of the summer uniform until the June long weekend. After this date (June 10) we would like to see all students in winter uniform. Please note, following discussion at the P & C meeting on Wednesday, all students are welcome to wear the grey long pants through the winter months should they choose to do so.

Visual Arts CampWe have had three students successful in their application for the 2019 Arts Alive - Visual Arts Camp. Evie V, Lucinda T and Ella F will be attending the program at the Avalon Recreation Centre on Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 July. Congratulations girls!

Newly combined Band takes the stage!Our newly formed Senior Band played at both the Stage 2 & Stage 3 Assemblies last Monday, impressing the audience

with not only their level of performance, but also how quickly they have restructured themselves. A fabulous effort from Conductor Rachel and her students! We would also like to thank Rachel for all her work in the instrument storeroom this week – an enormous voluntary effort. Thank you Rachel.

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Training Band also had their very first performance on Friday 10 May at the K-2 Assembly and delighted the audience with their excellent performance. It was hard to believe they have only had their instruments for a short time. Congratulations to Conductor Solly and his students! It is never too late to join our wonderful band program so please contact the office if you are interested.

Year 6 CampYear 6 have just returned from an incredible 3 day adventure, travelling to the historic Mogo Colonial Village on the south coast, visiting the Planetarium and Science Centre at Wollongong University and Minnamurra Rainforest on the way. While at the venue, the students experienced what life was like in the 1850s during the gold rush, including gold panning, making damper, learning some Aboriginal language and bushdancing.They finished with a walk around Mogo Zoo on the way home.

I would like to congratulate the students on their exemplary behaviour over the 3 days – at each venue they were commended on the respectful manner in which they interacted with venue staff and facilities. Well done Year 6 – you made the experience incredibly enjoyable for myself, Jono Rosconi, Charlotte Reddan and Hayley Doran. My thanks to our dedicated staff for accompanying the students; we are very grateful for your time and energy.

Have a great weekend and don’t forget to get your sausage sandwich when you come to vote.

Until next time.....

Leesa Martin Principal

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...NAPLAN ONLINE 2019 Online NAPLAN testing began on Tuesday May 14 and will continue till Friday May 24.The dates for the remaining tests are in the table below. Laurinda LomasNAPLAN Coordinator

WEEK 3 Term 2 Monday May 13 Tuesday May 14 Wednesday May 15 Thursday May 16 Friday May 17

Preparation Day No tests permitted

Day 1 testing YEAR 3 WRITING YEAR 5 WRITING Catch up tests permitted all week

Day 2 testing YEAR 3 READING YEAR 5 READING

Day 3 testing YEAR 3 CONVENTIONS OF LANGUAGE

Day 4 testing YEAR 5 CONVENTIONS OF LANGUAGE (Y3 writing catch ups complete)

WEEK 4 Term 2 Monday May 20 Tuesday May 21 Wednesday May 22 Thursday May 23 Friday May 24

Day 5 testing YEAR 3 NUMERACY Catch up tests permitted all week

Day 6 testing YEAR 5 NUMERACY

Day 7 testing

Day 8 testing

Day 9 testing

Did you know Harold is on his way? We are so looking forward to welcoming Harold and the Life Education van to Elanora Heights PS.He will be visiting from Monday 20th May to Thursday 30th May.Life Education’s goal is to help empower children to make safer and healthier choices through education. Below is a brief outline of the programs available to the children.

Life Education CoordinatorVirginia St Heaps

My Body Matters Kindergarten - Healthy food choices, importance of physical activity, safety

Ready, Steady, Go Stage 1 (Yr 1) - Body workings, safe use and storage of medicines, peer pressure andcoping strategies, safety, decision making.

Safety Rules Stage 1 (Yr 2) - Problem solving, personal safety, seeking help, how to care for

others and behaviours that maintain friendships.

All Systems Go Stage 2 (Yr 3) Function of body systems, peer pressure, second hand smoking, andsafety with medicines.

Mind Your Medicine Stage 2 (Yr 4) - Safe and unsafe situations, medicines and consequence of misuse,peer influence and friendship, positive communication

Think Twice Stage 3 (Yr 5) – Tackles the topic of drinking alcohol. The effects on body systems, myths, facts and laws relating to alcohol.

Decisions NEW!

Stage 3 (Yr 6) – This module offers choice of content on legal drugs or legal andillegal drugs. Students explore the decision-making process and improve decision-making skills by looking at choices, consequences, responsibility, facts andinfluences.

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. We had a fantastic turnout last Wednesday at this term’s first P&C Meeting. Each sub committee is running very efficiently and, if nothing else, the meetings are a chance to come together to give the broader community an opportunity to hear in summary what’s topical. If you have a particular interest or question send an email, we can direct this to the relevant sub-committee member for discussion.

It’s great to be with a group of people so committed to improving our children’s educational experiences but there is a shortage of volunteers to help the current social committee. So please email elanorahtspandc@gmail.com to let them know what you can help with for our social event in Term 3. It’ll be here before we know it.

Thank you to Allison and all the helpers and wrappers for Mothers’ Day. It was absolutely priceless see-ing the joy and concentration on the children’s faces as they went ‘shopping’ for their special ladies.

For the diary, we are holding the Term 2 working bee next month on Saturday June 15. I’ve mentioned before that our grounds maintenance allocation is the same as any other school. The size and demands of our location are not taken into account so Andy needs a hand. The P&C plans to do one working bee each term because there is bound to be at least one a year that is rained out. If you can only make one in the year we can share it around. Make this term’s your one to attend.

The working bee runs from 1pm to 4pm. Children are welcome, and each will receive a mini merit for their efforts. We are so lucky our school has such a beautiful bush setting but this does mean a lot of maintenance is involved, so please come out and have a fun afternoon with other members of our school community.

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE What a fantastic effort by these students who have recently completed the PRC.

K-2 Archer L Makayla P Ruby R Maddie M

3-4 Archie M Lachlan S

5-6 Ella F Beau K Imogen W

Many others are on the way – enjoy your reading!Details are online at: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html or please contact the school.

Joanne Argent and Anne-Marie Morrison Teacher-Librarians & PRC Coordinators

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AND THE AWARD GOES T0...Bronze March awards are given to the students at the K-2 & 3-6 Lines on Mondays. The Silver awards are given out at the Stage assemblies and the Gold and Diamond Awards will be given out at the K-6 Assembly.

BRONZE AWARDSRYKER A

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When your child hands in their 20 mini merits, please make sure thatthe mini merit on top has your child’s

first name and surname on it as it makes it very difficultwhen we have many children with the same first name and not one of the

20 mini merits has a surname on it.There may be occasions when we may not be able to work out who the child is

and won’t be able to issue the bronze award till your child comes looking for theirs.

Children Enrolling at EHPS in 2020 (Please return slip to Office)

My child/ren will be enrolling at Elanora Heights Public School in 2020.

Child’s Name ________________________________________________________________________

Parent’s Name/s_______________________________________________________________________

Child’s DOB _________________________________________________________________________

Sibling (if enrolled at EHPS)______________________________Class _______DOB:_____________

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GOLD AWARDSSIENNA E JESSICA K HEATH M IMOGEN W

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Well done to our hundred happy chefs!These students all completed the Home Challenge for Make My Own Lunch, making their own school lunches and morning teas for a fortnight. Last week they each received a fruit kebab and their mini-merits. Another extra thank you to Janine Ralston for preparing the delicious kebabs.

Orange Fruito-Vego was enjoyed across the school as you can see here in 1SG.

EAT A EDIBLE ART FOR K-2Thursday May 30 and Friday May 31The LLW@S parent group is organising Eat a Rainbow – creating edible art – on Thursday May 30 and Friday May 31. Each child will participate in a discussion about the importance of eating a wide range of fruits and vegetables, create a picture with cut fruit and veg on a paper plate … and then eat it!

On Tuesday May 28 and Wednesday May 29, we will ask your child to bring one or more whole fruits or vegetables suitable to cut up for art and eating. Variety is the key to interesting creations, so think about more unusual shapes or colours. We will be encouraging children to taste something new. You might like to inspire your child by searching for “fruit and vegetable creations” on the internet.

These events are only possible with volunteers! Could you help?Could you …• cut up some fruit / veg at home on Wednesday night, to be returned on Thurs morning

• come to school on Thurs May 30 or Fri May 31 (9am-12:45pm) to cut up fruit & veg and prepare “rainbow” platters, or assist children with designing their edible art. Even helping for the session before recess or after recess would be greatly appreciated.

It’s easy, fun, worthwhile - and your child will love to see you!

Please contact Janine Ralston at EHPSLLW@gmail.com or 0404 053 140 if you are able to help.

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.. ELECTION SAUSAGE SIZZLE We are running an Election BBQ on May 18 to sign up to volunteer please follow this linkhttps://signup.com/go/DkviVwWMany thanks to those of you who have already signed up, there are still a couple of spots left to fill.

CAKE STALLAll baked goods can be dropped at the canteen before 3:30pm on Friday or to the stall from 7:30am Saturday morning.

BUSKINGIf your child would like to get involved in busking there are still slots available to register. Follow the link https://signup.com/login/entry/1157015175434024059

Band Dates For Your DiarySat May 18 Election Day BBQ @ EHPS

Thu Jun 13 Training Band Northern Beaches Instrumental Festival Pittwater High 5pm - 6:20pm

Fri Jun 14 Senior Band Northern Beaches Instrumental Festival Pittwater High 5pm - 6:20pm

Sat Jun 22 All Strings groups Northern Beaches Instrumental Festival Pittwater High String Beans 10am - 11:30amMezzo 3:15pm - 4:45pmSenior Strings 5pm - 6:30pm

Sun Jul 21 & Mon Jul 22

All Bands & String Groups Term 3 Winter Workshop - EHPS further details coming shortly

Musicians of the Week (Week 1 & 2)String Beans Rocky C Taj G

Training Band Charli W Tom M

Senior Band Josh A Alice W

WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARNThis term our school will be collecting the Woolworths Earn and Learn stickers which will be used to boost school curriculum based resources.

Please bring your stickers, preferably stuck on the sticker sheet or a piece of paper to school and put them in the Woolworths Earn and Learn box in the front office.

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Uniform ShopUniform Shop Coordinator Sue Garrity

Contact ehps.uniforms@gmail.com

Open on Monday & Thursday from 8:15am to 10:15am

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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You can contact our canteen supervisor Ingrid at ehpscanteen2101@gmail.com or 0416 258 626To order school lunches online go to www.munchmonitor.com

Use log in – username: elanora and password: munch2101 | To Volunteer Ph 9913 2721

CANTEEN NEWS

IMPORTANT REMINDER - Children attending PSSA Sport CANNOT order lunch on a Friday. They can order recess items but must bring their own packed lunch. Any lunch orders will be cancelled and they will be required to choose another item from the recess menu.

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PSSA Training Times Training is cancelled if it is raining

PSSA SPORT WHO WHERE WHEN

Junior Boys Rugby League Jono Rosconi Top Oval Thursday Afternoons 3pm - 4pm

Senior Boys Rugby League Jono Rosconi Top Oval Thursday Afternoons 3pm - 4pm

Junior Girls Netball Mel Rahme Netball Courts Friday Mornings 8am – 8.45am

Senior Girls Netball Dani Levido Netball Courts Thursday Afternoons 3pm - 4pm

Junior Boys Soccer Tracey van Niekerk Top Oval Friday Mornings 8am – 8.45am

Senior Boys Soccer Tracey van Niekerk Top Oval Friday Mornings 8am – 8.45am

Junior Girls Soccer Charlotte Reddan Top Oval Friday Mornings 8am – 8.45am

Senior Girls Soccer Charlotte Reddan Top Oval Friday Mornings 8am – 8.45am

Junior Mixed AFL David Waters Top Oval Wednesday Mornings 8am – 8.45am

Senior Mixed AFL David Waters Top Oval Wednesday Mornings 8am – 8.45am

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Dental information for parents and carers

Eat WellOffer healthy

snacks like

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sticks, fresh

fruit & plain yoghurt.

Drink WellMake tap water your family’sdrink.

Play WellA well �tted mouthguardcan reduce the risk of

injury.

Stay WellChildren should

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dental checks.

Did you know

Not brushing teeth daily, and sugary food and drinks, cause tooth decay.

Children with tooth decay can have trouble eating, sleeping, talking

and focusing in class.

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Clean WellBrush teeth

afterbreakfast and before bed.

Help children brush until they are

8 years old.