Principal’s Message

Quality Education in a Stimulating Environment

Engadine West Public School

Phone: 9520 8134 * Fax: 9520 5314 * 4 Buckle Avenue, Engadine 2233 Email: engadinew-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: http://www.engadinew-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Principal: Mrs Sue Roach

Issue 10.19 4 April 2019

Dear parents/carers Year 5 Camp Unfortunately our Year 5 camp to Myuna Bay Sport and Recreation Centre was cancelled at the last minute (late last Friday afternoon prior to our departure early Monday morning). We are working with the Department of Sport and Recreation to rebook our camp. Year 5 students and teachers had a fun games and movie day on Monday to ease the no-camp pain. A good time was had by all. Visit https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5981706/myuna-bay-recreation-centre-to-close-after-review-of-eraring-power-stations-ash-dam/?cs=12 for further information on the closing of Myuna Bay.

Playground Safety Please remind your children that large balls are not permitted on the asphalt area (COLA, handball courts or K-2 area) in the morning prior to school. Lots of families are about and we want all students and visitors to our school to be safe. Teachers are reminding students at school as well.

4R and 6M STEM The plan for Year 4 students from Mrs Ryan’s class and Year 6 students from Mr Metliss’ class was to have three great days together whilst Year 5 students went to camp. Not to be derailed by no camp, while Year 5 students played on the back oval on Monday, the Year 4 and 6 students catapulted their way through STEM (science, technology, English and mathematics) activities. They had to collaborate in small groups to build, test and modify a catapult, recording the results of the item they catapulted. So much fun!

Before and After School Care Vacancies The Care Centre currently has a number of vacancies for both morning and afternoon sessions on all days of the week. Parents interested in enrolling their child in the Engadine West PS Before and After School Care program can do so by contacting the Care Centre directly on 9520 9497 or by following the P&C link on the school website. K-2 Assembly Tomorrow Please note the slight time change for tomorrow’s K-2 assembly only. Instead of the usual 12.00pm start time, the assembly will be pushed back 30 minutes to start at 12.30pm. The hall is being used for a combined Sutherland Shire Schools Music Festival choir rehearsal for over 300 students from our school and seven other local shire schools and is being conducted by Mrs Winton. Opportunity Class Placement for Year 5 Students for 2020 The application process for Year 5 opportunity class placement in 2020 is about to begin. Important dates in the application process are as follows: Tuesday 30 April 2019: Online applications open Friday 17 May 2019: Online applications close (parents and carers must apply by the due date) Tuesday 21 May 2019: Principals’ processing site opens Friday 7 June 2019: Principals’ processing site closes Wednesday 31 July 2019: Opportunity Class Placement Test Parents and carers must apply online between Tuesday 30 April and Friday 17 May 2019 at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5 Interested parents and carers must read Information about applying for Year 5 entry to an opportunity class in 2020 available at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5/information-for-applicants

Sue Roach Principal

Principal’s Report cont’d

I take pleasure and pride in regularly observing engaging teaching and learning taking place across the school. Students in 4S and 4D were thinking very creatively in engineering a roadway to transport marbles. They really got on a roll with that task. The students were working in teams and no two teams had the exact same solution. Students in 3/4M and 4T were demonstrating fantastic reading skills through a reciprocal reading activity. Their clarification of vocabulary and discussion regarding themes and open ended questions demonstrated higher order thinking. Most pleasing, I have observed outstanding school citizenship by student’s peer support of students with learning adjustments. I am confident that it is the combination of team effort, quality and care that makes Engadine West Public School’s learning culture so strong. Ross Edwards Deputy Principal

Deputy Principal’s Report

Commemoration of ANZAC Ceremony On Sunday 14 April 2019, the Engadine RSL Sub-Branch will be hosting their annual march through the main street and into the town square of Engadine. The march will be followed by a service in the town square. Engadine West PS will be participating in the march. All students in Kindergarten to Year 6 are welcome to participate. Students are to meet Mrs Weppler in the park at the top of the main street, next to the top chemist, at 1.45pm. Students participating in the march will be required to wear their full summer school uniform. There will be no official school participation on ANZAC Day during the holidays. Students are more than welcome to attend the dawn service at 5.30am on Wednesday 25 April 2019 in the town square. Karen Weppler SRC Coordinator

If your child misses…. That equals…. Which is…. And over 13 years of schooling that’s….

1 day per fortnight 20 days per year 4 weeks per year Nearly 1½ years

1 day per week 40 days per year 8 weeks per year Over 2½ years

2 days per week 80 days per year 16 weeks per year Over 5 years

3 days per week 120 days per year 24 weeks per year Nearly 8 years

He/She is only missing just…. That equals…. Which is…. And over 13 years of

schooling that’s….

10 mins per day 50 mins per week Nearly 1½ weeks per year Nearly ½ year

20 mins per day 1hr 40mins per week Over 2½ weeks per year Nearly 1 year

30 mins per day Half a day per week 4 weeks per year Nearly 1½ years

1 hour per day 1 day per week 8 weeks per year Over 2½ years

Attendance Does Matter

1 or 2 days a week doesn’t seem much but…..

How about 10 minutes late a day? Surely that won’t affect my child?

On Tuesday April 9 2019, our environment leaders will be participating in a worm farm workshop. This workshop will run for approximately one hour during the morning. Our leaders will be involved in re-establishing our worm farm colony and learning how to feed and maintain this colony. Leaders may bring a pair of gardening gloves. It is also advisable for them to wear gardening clothes to school in the morning and bring their uniforms to change into after the workshop. They will also need to wear heavy footwear or gumboots. Janet Evans and Sian Morgan Class teachers

Worm Farm Workshop

Paul Kelly Cup On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of taking two Engadine West PS AFL teams to compete at the Paul Kelly Cup. Both teams were the champions of their pools and made it through to the finals! The boys were beaten by the eventual winners of the day and the girls almost completed a great comeback in their semi-final. I was very proud of all the players as they displayed outstanding sportsmanship, utmost respect for their umpires and opponents and most importantly, had a smile on their faces all day. Thankyou to all parents who came out to support the kids. What an outstanding effort from kids who had never played Aussie Rules football before! Mr Herne

Year 5 Band - Badge Presentation Congratulations to our talented Year 5 band students who will be presented with their badges at the Years 3 to 6 assembly tomorrow, Friday 5 April 2019 (Week 10) at 2.15pm in the hall.

This year we will be holding our special celebration for Easter on Thursday 11 April 2019 from 11.15am until approximately 1.15pm. We invite parents, grandparents and friends to come along and join in the festivities. Students in Kindergarten to Year 2 are asked to make (with the help of mum or dad) an Easter hat for our parade. The hat could be based on the theme Easter or maybe a favourite character from a book or television program that your children like to watch. Easter masks are also a good idea. Be as creative as you like. Students in Years 3 and 4 are asked to make ‘eggs on legs’ for the parade. These are cardboard, decorated egg shaped panels that can be worn on the chest of students to give them the appearance of walking Easter eggs. Students in Years 5 and 6 are asked to make an egg diorama. Students can choose an “eg………” or “ex………” word and turn it into an “egg”. For example-eggsample: Edwards-Eggwards, execution-eggsecution, extreme-eggstreme, explode-eggsplode, exterminate-eggsterminate, excite-eggcite etc. Students are asked to build an egg diorama that portrays the “egg” word as a theme. The “eggsibition” will be on display in the school hall. The parade/eggsibition is not a competition and we encourage all students to participate. Students can come to school dressed in mufti clothes with suitable footwear for parading around the asphalt playground. No thongs or singlet tops are to be worn please. Please remember that we are a nut aware school and refrain from using nuts or nut products in your decorations. Help to keep our school safe for everyone! The students will begin the parade under the COLA at around 12.00pm. Recess will be from 11.15am until 11.45am. Parents and visitors will be able to purchase food and drinks from the canteen. The P&C will be selling raffle tickets and the raffle will be drawn during the parade. We are asking for donations of Easter eggs, baskets or made up baskets containing Easter goodies wrapped in clear cellophane for the raffle. Donations can be left at the school office.

We look forward to seeing you at school for an eggciting day!

Easter Celebrations

Lost Property

There is an array of lost property being held at the front office. If any of these items belong to your child, please call in to claim them.

TERM 1

Week 10

K to Year 2 assembly (change of time for this week only) 12.30pm

Years 3 to 6 assembly (Year 5 band members badge presentation) 2.15pm

Week 11

Wednesday 10 April Uniform shop open 9.15am

Thursday 11 April Easter hat parade 11.15am

Friday 12 April Last round of PSSA girls soccer and boys AFL clinics

Last day of Term 1

TERM 2

Week 1

Monday 29 April School development day (staff only)

Tuesday 30 April Students return to commence Term 2

Wednesday 1 May Year 1 excursion to Elizabeth Farm and Hambledon Cottage 8.00am

Thursday 2 May School cross country carnival at Anzac Oval (Years 3 to 6)

Winter PSSA commences (soccer, netball and league tag)

Year 2 excursion to Elizabeth Farm and Hambledon Cottage 8.00am

Week 9

Monday 24 June Band camp at the Tops, Stanwell Park (depart)

Wednesday 26 June Band camp at the Tops, Stanwell Park (return)

TERM 3

Week 2

Tuesday 30 July School athletics carnival at Sylvania Waters Athletics Track

Week 5

Wednesday 21 August Zone athletics carnival at Sylvania Waters Athletics Track

Week 8

Monday 9 September Year 6 Canberra excursion (depart)

Wednesday 11 September Year 6 Canberra excursion (return)

TERM 4

Week 4

Thursday 7 November Sport and special group photo day (including Year 6 photo)

Friday 3 May Term 2 sport swimming commences

Friday 28 June SSSMF jnr half day rehearsal at Engadine West PS 9.30am

Week 4

Friday 16 August SSSMF jnr whole day rehearsal and matinee performance at Sutherland 8.15am

Monday 19 August SSSMF jnr evening performance a Sutherland Entertainment Centre 6.15pm

Tuesday 9 April Environment leaders participating in worm farm workshop

Sunday 14 April Engadine RSL Sub-Branch ANZAC Day march in Engadine 1.45pm

Friday 5 April SSSMF jnr half day rehearsal at Engadine West PS 9.30am

Wednesday 14 August SSSMF snr whole day rehearsal at Sutherland Entertainment Centre

Thursday 15 August SSSMF snr evening concert at Sutherland Entertainment Centre

Week 10

Wednesday 3 July SSSMF snr half day rehearsal at Engadine West PS 9.30am

Dates for Your Diary

PSSA AFL & Soccer

Payments

Student Statement of Accounts have been emailed to parents/carers. Payments may be made by cash, cheque, eftpos at the school office, via the link on the Statement of Account emailed to you or online via the Engadine West PS website by clicking on the ‘Make a Payment’ tab. Please do not use this portal for P&C payments, use Flexischools for these. Do not hesitate to contact the office if you would like to discuss your account or require assistance. We ask that the Groove Nation payment be made as soon as possible and a permission slip be completed for each student and returned to their class teacher. A copy of this note and permission slip can also be found on the school website under the ‘Notes and Forms’ tab. Whilst the school contribution is voluntary, these funds are utilised to supplement the government funding per student. These contributions are used for additional programs, educational resources and building improvements. If you wish to contribute to the building fund, please indicate this by supplying a name for the tax deductible receipt. In 2018 the contributions supplemented upgrading Stage 3 classrooms, addition classroom

Year Payment Please pay by Amount

Years K to Year 6

Student curriculum programs (including Reading Eggs/Reading Eggspress, Groove Nation, technology levy, Mathseeds (K-2) and Literacy Pro (Years 3-6)

as soon as possible $55

Years K to Year 6 Voluntary school contribution / building fund $50

Year 6 dance group Year 6 dance ensemble Friday 29 March $70

Stage 1 Elizabeth Farm and Hambledon Cottage Wednesday 10 April $33

Band fees Term 1 band fees $125

Junior choir Junior choir Thursday 11 April $25

Boys AFL and girls soccer PSSA at The Ridge

Fixture dates: Friday 22 February to 12 April 2019

Buses depart Engadine West PS at 9.00am Games commence at 9.30am and are completed by 11.00am

How to Make Student Payments

Voluntary Contribution / Building Fund

Expression of Interest - Friday Sport Swimming Term 2 Expressions of interest are invited for the Friday sport swimming program (for Years 3 to 6) at Sutherland Leisure Centre during Term 2. The cost will be $205 for 10 weeks of lessons including bus travel. The program will begin Friday 3 May 2019 and conclude on Friday 5 July 2019. To express interest, please either visit the link below and complete the online registration OR fill in the slip by Thursday 4 April 2019. A copy of the note may be found on the school website under the ‘Notes and Forms’ tab. A confirmation letter will follow for the first 30 registrations, once numbers have been finalised.

http://bit.ly/ewpsswimmingt2

Canteen News

The canteen is closed every Tuesday

Lunch orders must be placed by 9.00am on Flexischools or 9.30am at the canteen

Email: ewps.canteen1@gmail.com

Uniform Shop News

Good Quality Uniform Donations

We accept good quality donations. You may leave them by the uniform shop door or at the front office. Proceeds from sales go to the P&C. School Hats & Sport Socks

A reminder that school hats and sport socks may also be purchased from the canteen. Clare Ritchie Uniform Shop Coordinator

Our next opening time will be:

Week 11

Wednesday 10 April from 9.15-10.15am

EWPS Canteen Week 10 Roster

Friday 5 April

C Vitelli, K Spicer

Week 11 Roster

Monday 8 April

Wednesday 10 April

K Kingston, L Smith

Thursday 11 April

G Padgett

Friday 12 April

K Holmes, P Howe, C Milliken

S Martin, H Archer, C Davies

Orders may be left at the school office or call into the uniform shop on open days.

Find order forms on the school website under the ‘Notes and Forms’ tab or at the school office.

Place orders through Flexischools before 5.00pm Tuesdays for delivery to classrooms on Wednesdays.

Vegetable Week Thankyou for supporting Vegetable Week and The Big Vegie Crunch this week. Students have enjoyed sampling a variety of different coloured fruit and vegetables. Good luck in the special prize draw! Volunteering in the Canteen Would you like to volunteer in the canteen? Please feel free to contact me for more information on 0400 545 570 or ewps.canteen1@gmail.com. Hope to see you in the canteen soon. Belinda Moroney Canteen Coordinator

Monday 1 April to Friday 5 April 2019

Easter Raffle and Barbecue

P&C payments including uniform orders, canteen lunch orders, discos and other P&C fundraising events may be made online via Flexischools NOT via the school website ‘Make a Payment’ tab. This is to be used for school payments only (fees, excursions etc). Thankyou for your assistance in this matter.

School Banking

Thursday 11 April 2019

Please join us at the annual Engadine West PS Easter Hat Parade for a sausage sizzle, cake stall, zooper dooper sale and raffle. It is always a fun day on the school calendar. We require donations of chocolate Easter eggs (no nuts please), baskets or made up baskets containing Easter goodies wrapped in clear cellophane, which may be dropped at the front office. We will also need some volunteers on and before the day. Please see the Signup Zone link below, there are two tabs to the roster. We appreciate the help and support. Sign up by visiting https://signup.zone/pAWPYaGP2fa5ytEfF Please contact us at ewpsfundraising@gmail.com or via the EWPS P&C Fundraising and Events Facebook page if you have any questions. Shelley N (Easter raffle coordinator), Chantal M (BBQ coordinator) and Toni K (Fundraising team)

Raffle tickets will be sold on the day! $2 each or 3 for $5

School banking day is TUESDAY. Each Tuesday, the classroom teacher will collect deposit books for processing and books will be returned to students the following day. If you would like to know more about school banking, please visit: https://www.commbank.com.au/personal/kids/school-banking.html To check your account balance and rewards points please download the app CommBank Youth by Commonwealth Bank of Australia https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/commbank-youth/id1143978387?mt=8 Justine Morando School Banking Coordinator

Flexischools for P&C Payments

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