DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - 2019

TERM 2

Sunday 2 June

P&C Working Bee from 10am

Monday 10 June

Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

Tuesday 11 June

P&C Meeting, 7pm in Bottle Brush classroom

Friday 14 June

Regional Cross Country Carnival

Saturday 15 June

ErkoWiz - get tickets here

Monday 17 June

First Nations Bedtime Stories Challenge

https://firstnationsbedtimestories.com/erko2019

Thursday 20 June

Koomurri performance and workshops

Tuesday 25 June

Last day to drop Earn & Learn stickers to school office or at Woolies store

TERM 3

Wednesday 31 July

Pre-loved uniform co-op, 7:45-9:15am

Tuesday 17 March, 2020

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Last Day

of

School

Term 2

2019

Friday 5 July

Last day of Term 2

for students

First

Day of

School

Term 3

2019

Monday 22 July

Staff return to school

Tuesday 23 July

K-6 return to school

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - 2020

TERM 1

Tuesday 17 March

Regional Swimming Carnival, Homebush - postponed

Wednesday 18 March

Y5 & 6 informal high school info night - cancelled

Friday 20 March

Harmony Day - Mufti / in class activities

Thursday 2 April

End of term band performance - postponed

Monday 6 to Wednesday 8 April

Stage 3 Dubbo / Bathurst Camp - postponed

Thursday 9 April

Last day of term

Friday 10 April

Good Friday - Public Holiday

TERM 2

Monday 27 April

Staff Development Day

Tuesday 28 April

Students return to school

Tuesday 19 May

School Photo Day

Wednesday 20 May

Leadership excursion, Olympic Park

Monday 8 June

Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

Monday 15 to Friday 26 June

Spotlight Dance Festival

Friday 3 July

Last day of Term 2

Internet Upgrade - Wednesday 18 March

We will have technicians on site tomorrow morning upgrading our internet service and as a result our email may not be operating until later in the day,

please ring the school if you wish to contact us.

COVID19 - As many events, programs and practices are suspended or shut down over this developing emergency,

I wanted to focus on the issues around work for students.

Staff are meeting this afternoon in stages to develop

work to support students in the probable closure of

schools.

Like a lot of schools we are unsure how this will look due to ‘unknowables’ such as the length of any shut down,

the reliability of networks and developing protocols for communication between all stakeholders. We also need to consider learning styles, rates of work and how planned work reflects outcomes from the national

curriculum and what is age appropriate and viable to complete remotely.

Staff will look at online resources, placement of work on

line and ‘hard copy’ resourcing. Suggestions may be made in relation to good practices, such as educational

programs, reading, generally (and widely), journal

keeping for reflection etc., that will support all facets of

our current curriculum.

All of this is intended to supplement the work we do at

school so staff planning and teaching is as close to normal as possible upon everyone’s return. It is important to

remember that remote work materials do not equate to explicit quality teaching.

As you can understand the planning of work for four different stages and 390 + students is complex and

challenging but we will do our best to ensure students have content appropriate work to complete and ideas to occupy their time.

Absences - Can I remind parents that if your child is sick,

it is advisable that they do not come to school. Sniffles, coughs or general feelings of illness, in the current climate, may produce anxiety in others or spread illness

further.

A reminder too, that when we receive updated advice

from relevant authorities, we will pass this on

immediately.

A reminder that we have several students who are

anaphylactic or have severe allergies to nuts or nut

products, please be mindful when packing lunch for your child.

Fist pump! B Haynes Principal

DISTRICT SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Erskineville PS competed at the SSPSSA Swimming carnival on Tuesday 3 March and

convincingly won the event with a team score of 208.

Congratulations to the following students who will go on to represent the school at the Regional

swimming carnival (postponed) — Pola B, Silas D, Angus E, Isabelle G, Coco G, Anika G, Leila H,

Chenzi M, James M, Anais PG, Ava P, Emily R, Leo S, Lily S, Toby S.

Dr Haynes and Mr Chadbond are pleased to announce that Stage 3 students will participate in an exciting collaboration with Kaldor Public Art Projects in RFF during Term 3 of this year.

Please see the letter below from Kaldor Public Art Projects in this newsletter outlining the project and its significance.

BAND NEWS

Hi everyone! Apologies that there was no update in the previous newsletter. I am now safely home and will be in isolation for 14 days. Flute lessons will continue to be covered by the tutor as has been while I've been away. Edward will continue to cover training band. And obviously the school will continue to update us if there are any changes to our program. Please do not send your child to a music lesson/rehearsal if they are unwell in any form. Remember that in these times of uncertainty and stress, music can be a wonderful way to find peace and solace - as well as a chance to have fun and to maintain a sense of normalcy and routine. So encourage your child to continue practicing and improving. Meanwhile - here are some notes from Edward to give some insight as to what could be worked on:

Training Band:

· Revise all of lesson 1 - even if you think it's too easy! Focus on playing the most beautiful sound that you can manage, in the most beautiful way (that means sitting up nice and tall, legs uncrossed) · Focus on lesson 2, especially the last songs on the page/ in the lesson. Number 5 and 6 are good ones to play a lot as they combine many things we have learned so far (many rhythms, many notes!) · If you are feeling confident about playing the material in lessons 1 and 2, go on and look at lesson 3 - for many instruments there is a new note! Practise playing the new note and practise reading what it looks like written on the page.

Intermediate Band:

25 or 6 to 4: · Focus on bars 25 to 35 - steady practice working on notes and rhythms. · Dynamics - section starting at bar 9 (verse) needs to be softer than the beginning (intro) and the section starting at bar 25 (chorus) · Don't forget to mark in the repeat between bar 34 and bar 9

Music Music Music: · Tidy up the middle section (starting at bar 21) · We're going to add our own dynamics in so be extra sure of notes and rests for when we do

Concert Band:

Enter Sandman: · Go over our work on the first 20 bars, keep counting out the syncopated rhythms with 1 AND 2 AND etc. rather than just count 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. · Look ahead to the notes/rhythms at the section starting bar 21 (chorus) - this will be our focus at future rehearsals

Domino: · We need to balance out the band so we can always hear the melody. This means we have to hear the saxes from bar 9, and hear the flutes + clarinets from bar 17. · The chorus (section starting bar 25) is quite tricky for a lot of parts - flutes/trumpets especially go slowly through those rhythms as you have the melody line · If you're feeling confident with the first half of the piece, look ahead to the section starting at bar 47, learn notes and rhythms · Make sure you have the repeats and D.S. al coda marked in your parts

Merit Awards Week 6 Term 1

Martin

Bottle Brush Correa

Jacob Clea

Willa Zac

Hibiscus Banksia

Duncan

Max

Grevillea Viola

Arwah Eve

Gordon Liam

Waratah Wattle

io Harry

Renee Daniel

Blue Gum Boronia

Kai-ahla Stella

Abbie Hugo Chloe Claire

Hakea Lilly Pilly

Mio Flint Lachlan C

Airlie Myles Alannah

Wollemi Eucalypt

Sofia Ava

Roman Emily

Lemon Myrtle Casuarina

Anais Connor

Ettiene Poppy

Melaleuca

Eadie James

Merit Awards Week 7 Term 1

Class of the Week: Wollemi

Bottle Brush Correa

Sam Rylan

Tessa Lizzie

Hibiscus Banksia

Jessica Ali

Bernie Ruby

Grevillea Viola

Clara Emily

Amber Abby-Rose

Waratah Wattle

Artie Harry

Laurence Emily L

Blue Gum Boronia

Lucinda Elliot

Joel Jethro

Hakea Lilly Pilly

Nekisha Telli

Robert Rosie

Wollemi Eucalypt

Aiden

Silas

Lemon Myrtle Casuarina

Freya Isabelle

Ted Niamh

Melaleuca

Nadia Leo

Class of the Week: Correa

Samuel Lulu

‘NO NUT’ SCHOOL

Erskineville School is a NUT free zone

We have students at school with severe allergies to nuts, peanut butter, peanut oil and any products containing even small quantities of nuts such as chocolate treats, health bars and cakes.

We ask you to assist us and show your

community support by not sending foods

containing nuts to school.

We can only keep these children safe with

your help and support.

Better Read Than Dead

When shopping at Better Read Than Dead,

customers can ask for their purchases to be

allocated to the Erskineville Public Club

Read account.

This means that the school will get Club

Read credits to the value of 10% of

purchases recorded.