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Term 1, Week 3 – 13 February 2019

Erina Heights Public School, Phone: (02) 4367 7608 2 Serpentine Road Erina Heights 2260 Relieving Principal: Vanessa Gordon www.erinahts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au [email protected]

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A big welcome Hello to all the wonderful Erina Heights community. My name is Chris Waters and I’m

extremely excited to have joined the strong team at Erina Heights PS in 2019. It is a great

privilege to teach your children and be a part of this wonderful school. Firstly, I would like

to thank everyone I have met so far for giving me such a warm welcome. In 2019, I am

fortunate to teach S1W and lead the Stage 1 classes as Assistant Principal. Although it is

only early days in Term 1, I can already see great things coming from Stage 1 in 2019. A

little about myself as a teacher… I completed a Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) at the

University of Newcastle and last year I also finished a Master of Education degree at the

same university. Recently, I taught at Copacabana PS and cherished every moment there.

A little about myself in general… I grew up on the Central Coast at Wamberal and of course

developed a passion for surfing. I also love sport and had a go at most sports growing up,

but I stuck with AFL. I play a few instruments and love to bring them into the classroom

whenever I can. In 2015 I married my beautiful wife Renee and we bought our first house

the year after in Copacabana. I am a proud father of a beautiful little girl, Milani, who has

just turned 2. So, if you see me around school, come and say hi. I am looking forward to

getting to know all the children and community at Erina Heights PS and many great

experiences in the years to come.

http://www.erinahts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

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Wednesday 13 February 2019 Term 1 Week 3

A newsletter for the Erina Heights Public School

Community.

Principal’s Report

Parent Meet the Teacher

Just a reminder that the meet the teacher

sessions are on tonight. Please see the

organisational information below.

I look forward to meeting you all.

P&C meeting 19 February

Just a gentle reminder that our first P&C meeting

for 2019 will be Tuesday 19 February 7pm in the

school staffroom. I look forward to meeting and

working with our P&C. The school currently had

people come forward as possible candidates for

vacant positions of President and Treasurer. If

you are interested, please contact the school.

Please consider coming and participating in the

school P&C, I hope to see you there. I have an

initial consultation of the school oval upgrade on

the agenda to take the community ideas and

wish list. Please come along if you wish to

engage in this opportunity

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Contribution Fees

2019 Contribution at $40.00 per student or a

maximum of $100.00 for a family of three

(3) children or more. This money is tax

deductible and is used to purchase much needed

stationery and curriculum resources for each

class to utilise on a daily basis. Contributions can

be paid by cash, cheques can be made out to

Erina Heights Public School, credit card, Parent

On-Line Payment and EFTPOS.

The contribution fee assists in purchasing

resources and materials that are utilised in

classrooms every day to enhance curriculum

deliver. The school thanks you for your

contribution.

Kiss & Drop Area – Name Tags

For those families and students accessing the

‘Kiss & Drop’ area, an important reminder. If

you would like a name plate, for your vehicle,

please call into the front office to request one.

Having your family’s name displayed on your

dashboard, or front windscreen, assists with the

flow of traffic and the smooth and safe exiting of

students at the end of the school day. I thank all

parents for their continued support in regards to

this very important matter.

Coming Events

Term 1 – Week 4

Tues 19/2 - P & C Meeting

Thurs 21/2 - Debating workshop

Term 1 – Week 5

Fri 1/3 - Clean up School’s Day

Attached to this Newsletter

Interrelate Information

Swimming Carnival Results

This Week’s Reminders



Community.

Education guidelines, for all requests for therapy

at school.

Key points in regard to external providers:

Access to the school by externally funded

service providers is at the Principal’s

discretion

The external service needs to align with the

student’s personalised learning plan

Provision during school hours cannot

interfere with the operation of the school

Three key steps for principals in managing

requests from externally funded services to

deliver services at the school:

1. Requests for the delivery of an externally

funded service are considered against the

needs and interests of the student or

group of students who are the intended

service recipients, other students in the

school and the operational requirements of

the school.

2. If agreed, providers need to meet all legal

and policy requirements and enter into an

agreement with the school.

3. Service provider staff undergo an

induction at the school prior to

commencing services.

The school has been approached by external

providers over the last week and just request

and would like to remind parents to contact the

school and provide details of the therapy first

prior to being contacted by the external

providers. This is currently working well for some

students and wish to continue working in

partnership with all.

General Permission to Publish

‘General Permission to Publish’ note has

been sent home today. Each year we ask

parents to provide permission for their child’s

participation in school programs that may

include walking excursions, media coverage,

internet usage and the publication of school

activities on the school website or in the

school newsletter.

Whilst this clearly is an individual family’s

prerogative, having permission to participate in

such programs provides much support to the

educational and extra-curricular opportunities

we offer our students. Please return these

important notes to your child’s class teacher.

Special Religious Education and Special

Education in Ethics

Scripture (SRE) and Ethics (SEE) classes will

again be offered at our school during 2018. It is

anticipated that lessons will begin on Tuesday

27 February. SRE/SEE lessons will run from

1.45 pm - 2.15 pm for Infants students and

2.15pm - 2.45pm for Primary students.

Parents/caregivers in NSW public schools have

the right to have their children receive

instruction in their preferred religious

persuasion, where authorised teachers of that

persuasion are available. A special religious

education program is available at Erina Heights

PS and is run by authorised volunteers of

approved religious persuasions.

Our school has a very dedicated team of

Scripture and Ethics volunteers joining us at

EHPS this year and are very lucky to have their

continued time and support. Our records indicate

that some families have not provided their

religious persuasion upon enrolment. Please

contact the front office, or send a note into Mrs

Tibbutt, in order to nominate the special

religious education program you wish your child

to attend, or indicate that you wish to withdraw

your child from special religious education.

Parental permission for students attending

non-Scripture or Ethics must be received in

writing each year. Please note, once Scripture

and Ethics classes have been established it is

very disruptive to change their composition on a

week-by-week basis. If you wish to request a

change of classes during the year a review may

take place at the beginning of Semester 2.

Technology Subscription 2019

The Technology Subscription is now due for

2019. This year, the Technology Subscription

has been set at $20 per student and is used to

purchase an annual subscription to Mathletics

(K-6).

The students will also have access to Reading

Eggs (K-2) and Reading Eggspress (3-6),

however, this will be paid for by the school to

help reduce the costs to our families.

External Providers through NDIS

If you are accessing NDIS support or therapists

and wish to have them provide in class support

the Learning Support Team has developed a new

process, in line with the NSW Department of



Community.

Meet the Teacher - Wednesday 13 February

The aim of the Parent Information Session is

two-fold:

1. First half hour is combined Stage information

and

2. Second half is individual class information

Kind regards

Vanessa Gordon

Relieving Principal

Our school grounds

It has been a hype of activity at our school this

week beautifying our grounds. Below are a few

photos.



Community.

Kindergarten 3:30pm Stage 1 4:30pm Stage 2

5:30pm Stage 3 6:30pm

Please note S2/3T parents can meet Mrs Thaler

in her room from 6:00pm – 6:30pm

Each meet the teacher session will start with a

stage meeting and then move into classes.

• Kindergarten starts in Miss Chappell’s room

• Stage 1 Mr Waters’ room

• Stage 2 Miss Baldock’s room

• Stage 3 Mrs Stahl’s room.

We look forward to seeing you all there

Swimming Carnival Update

A huge THANK YOU to all the staff and parent

helpers at last week’s swimming carnival. The

day was a huge success because of your time,

effort and dedication. Special thanks to Adam

Montgomery for taking time out and organising

the start of our races for yet another swimming

carnival.

Congratulations to all the students who

competed in events. You should all be very proud

of your individual efforts on the day. I loved the

Sports House war cries, this year, especially

when the students sang them all at the same

time! You nearly blew the roof off Mingara.

Thanks also to all the family members who were

able to attend as spectators.

Permission notes for the Tuggerah Lakes Zone

Swimming Championships will be sent home

next week for those students who placed -

1st, 2ndand 3rd in their age final of 50m

Freestyle.

1st and 2nd in 200m Individual Medley

(Open) and 100m Freestyle (Jnr and Snr)

1st and 2nd best times across heats in

breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly

Jnr and Senior relay teams – based on

fastest times in heats and finals of 50m

freestyle

Tuggerah Lakes Zone Swimming Championships

will be held on Tuesday 5th March at Mingara

Aquatic Centre

Sydney North Swimming Championships will be

held on Thursday 29th March at Sydney Olympic

Park Aquatic Centre

Angela Thaler



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