Eglinton Public School Newsletter ”Our School …Your Children …Their

Future”

Friday, 16 November 2012 Term 4 – Week 6

Alexander Street Eglinton NSW 2795 T 63371205 F 63371394 eglinton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.eglinton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Diary Dates – TERM 4 Week 6 Friday November 16 11.30 Infants Assembly 12.30pm Senior Assembly Week 7 Monday 19 to Friday 23 Kindergarten Orientation 2.00-3.00pm Tuesday November 20 8.30am Senior Band 3G ‘Rowan of Rin Day’ Wednesday November 21 8.30am Junior Band Schools Spectacular begins Friday November 23 11.30 Infants Assembly 12.30pm Senior Assembly Book Club due and all Library books due Week 8 Monday November 26 Tuesday November 2 7 8.30am Senior Band Wednesday November 28 8.30am Junior Band Friday November 30 11.30 Infants Assembly 12.30pm Senior Assembly December dates: School Concert,12th. Year 6 farewell, 13th. Presentation Day, 17th.

Last day of term 4, Wednesday Dec. 19th .

VIRTUE OF THE WEEK: Unity Unity is a way of seeing that everything exists as one. Unity is knowing that you are connected to everything.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dear Parents Caregivers

We have pleasure in announcing the appointment of Mrs Michelle Taylor as our 19th

classroom teacher. She is an experienced local teacher and is thrilled with her appointment.

Michelle is visiting us tomorrow and will commence with us from the start of next year.

It would seem that ‘gremlins’ played around with our Newsletter last week and page one was

definitely affected. With that in mind some information has been duplicated as they are

important messages.

Thank you to the many parents who are now utilising the Heritage Area as a parent waiting

spot. It is lovely to see parents talking together whilst enjoying the new seating. It does help to

minimise disruption to classes in that afternoon period.

Did you know that if your child is arriving at school late that they are missing out? That early

morning time is very important for friendship making and learning socialisation skills. It is

when students share stories, plan what games they will play for the day etc. If your child is

late they miss all that and more. The Home School Liaison Officer does check partial

absences and will follow this up as a neglect of care if absences are deemed excessive. It has

been indicated that the excuse of sleeping in is not a valid reason for lateness. We ask that all

parents assist with ensuring their children attend regularly and on time each day.

We had heard news from the staff at Red Hill with Year 4 that all is going well and they are

enjoying the excursion immensely. They are expected back this afternoon at 5pm and will no

doubt be tired but excited to let us know all about their trip.

The Kindergarten Teddy Bears picnic was a huge success yesterday with students involved in

a wide range of activities including singing, biscuit decorating, art, sport and cuddling their

special ‘teddies’. The healthy food that was supplied by parents for the picnic was very

quickly devoured and appreciated. Thank you to the Kindergarten teachers and especially Mrs

Craft for her thorough organisation.

A reminder regarding hayfever medication, if your child suffers from hayfever then the

medication can be sent to the office, clearly labelled and stating dosages required. Other than

that we can only offer icepacks, which offers little relief.

Head lice is also another issue, again related to the season, and we would ask that all parents

are vigilant in checking their child’s hair & commencing any treatment quickly & thoroughly.

Mr Peter Harvey, Bathurst School Education Director, dropped by for a visit this morning and

it was an absolute pleasure to walk with him around our wonderful school. All classes were

on task and busily working and every class we popped into was polite and courteous. Well

done, Eglinton!

Relieving Principal

Eglinton PS

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Wednesday 28th November 5.30 pm (Performers) for 6 pm start. Eglinton School Hall Great Musicians Everyone is welcome to come and listen to music from our Senior and Junior Bands

AWARDS – (Week 5 Term 4)

Banner: 2/3M: Amy Gordon. 3G: Georgia Kemp.

4H: Jenessa Eggins.

Gold Awards: KC: Elizzah Hill, Sienna Whalan, Joel

Cicciari. 1G: Grayson Cross 3L: Jessica Kovac, Robert

Jeffries, Travis Barrie. 4H: Bradley Vella, Daniel

Sufong: 4/5T: Jacob Bicanic 6A: Mig Robinson,

Beatrice Humphries.

Class Awards:

KC: Riley Hearne, Charlie Rendell. KM: Jacob White,

Joshua White. 1A: Harry Gordon. 1G: Natalie Halpin,

James Hamilton. 1H: Alex Davies, Blade Soames. 2J:

Thomas Brennan-Newton, Samantha Clarke,

Anthony Cole, Rhiannon Jarrett, Sam Johnson,

Jasmyn Osborne, Brodee Ryan. 2S: Lara Grabham,

Xavier Hamilton, Caitlin Morris, Cooper Traves.

2/3M: Samantha Brown. 3G: Amelia Chapman, Noah

Cowley, Vanessa Grimmond, Connor Lockie, Abbie

Writer. 3L: Danton Barratt, Brooke Foran, Jamaine

Ireland, Patrick O’Neill. 4H Bradyn Barker. 4K:

Elouise Clark, Callum Colwell, Thomas Colwell,

Matthew Gault, Alex Wallace, Joshua Witherspoon.

5C: Zen Clark, Sam Cosgrove, Abbey Kemp, Andrew

Timmer. 5M: Ambrosia Klan. 6A: Matthew Jones.

Canteen News:

If you have forgotten to put your Tupperware order in, there's still time, please bring it in tomorrow. Thank you to all the students who entered our name the canteen competition the winner will be announced in a couple of weeks! I would love to see all our volunteers come to our Christmas dinner and help celebrate a great year. Roster Frid 16/11 Susan Ryan and Janet Bingham Mon 19/11 Linda Hastings Wed 21/11 Lisa Milton Frid 23/11 Kate Allam and Tina Brennan-Newton Mon 26/11 Melissa Hanlon Wed 28/11 Tracey Grabham Thanks Darlene 0408497849

Invitation It is getting close to that time of year when we like to celebrate. All are invited to the Canteen, Clothing Pool and Garden Club Christmas dinner. When: Thursday December 6 Where: Schnitzel Bar Time: 6.30pm It's a great night and a chance to catch up after a year of volunteering! Please RSVP to Darlene by the 5th Dec 0408497849

Library Borrowing Borrowing of Library books ceases this Friday and all borrowed books must be returned by week 7, Friday November 23 for stocktaking. Thank you David Peters.

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Welcome to Bathurst High Campus Evening

Wednesday 21st November 2012

School Hall

Piper Street – 7.00 pm

The Uniform Shop will be open for your convenience.

Book packs, grid books, calculators and other equipment available

for purchase from 6.30 pm.

Payments for fees and deposits for Year 7 camp also taken.

Orientation Day for All Students

Wednesday 5th December 2012

Circular Drive Bathurst High Campus

9.00 am- 2:30pm

Students wear their School Uniform

Lunch Provided

Community Announcements. Bathurst Library Courtyard Christmas Fair. Saturday December 1 at 11am to 3pm. Live music and choir from SACK Music :& the Mitchell Conservatorium.

~ Quality registered care in a rural setting ~ Bookings for Summer Vacation Care need to be booked by Friday 7th December 2012 to receive the discounted rate of $46.50 per day plus extra activity fees listed in program on next page. Positions booked after this date will be charged at $51.70 per day plus extra activity fees. A non-refundable deposit of $20.00 per child/day is required at time of booking to confirm and secure placement. This payment should be cash/cheque or for internet payments a copy of the netbank receipt must be provided to the OOSH Coordinator. Bookings must be in writing on the booking form available from the Coordinator. * Major excursions require a minimum number of 15 children to run. If insufficient numbers parents will be notified the day before and advised of changes. Activities are subject to change two weeks prior to commencement.

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2012 If you have heard “The Boys from The Bush” or “Raw Hide” coming from the school hall, then you know that the Eglinton Dance Group are busy practicing for their section in the 2012 Schools Spectacular. Our section is called “Time in the Country.” The group of 12 children: Emily, Beatie, Brianna, Hannah, Laura, Sophia, Olivia, Sienna, Bethany, Scott, Max and Charlie will be heading down to Sydney next Wednesday, for 2 days of rehearsals then 2 performances a day on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of November. Of course we will also be keen to watch the ABC broadcast of Schools Spectacular in December to see if we can see any Eglinton faces during the performance. We wish them all well and know they will do a great job of representing the school with Mr Hanlon. Thank you to all the families and friends that have helped support this group through fundraising and organizing costumes.

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POSTER COMPETITION

Calling all Ego students…

Have you designed your Eglinton Country Fair poster yet? Your poster should show us what the Country Fair means to you…

*Tip* Keep it bright and colourful!

Prizes include movie tickets and Smiggle vouchers for each stage (Kinder, Years 1&2, Years 3&4, and Years 5&6). Students have until the 30th of November to get your poster in to your teacher or to the front office!

*NB* Extra poster sheets will be sent to classrooms early next week.

MEETING REMINDER

Coming to our meeting is a great way to find out about how the Country Fair happens! Meetings run for approximately 1 hour and we generally have food! It’s also a great way to meet some motivated, active members of the school community!!! We’d love to see you ;-)

Meeting date: Monday November 26th Meeting time: 7pm Meeting place: Teacher’s Staff Room, EPS

If you can’t make the meeting but want to send your suggestions and/or offers in, then email the committee via eglintoncountryfair@gmail.com or drop a note into the school office.

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