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Ermington Public School Newsletter

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Week 6 Monday 26th August Tuesday 27th August Wed 28th August Thursday 29th August Friday 30th August

Week 7 Monday 2nd Sept Tuesday 3rd Sept Wednesday 4th Sept Thursday 5th Sept Friday 6th Sept

Week 8 Monday 9th Sept Tuesday 10th Sept Wednesday 11th Sept Thursday 12th Sept Friday 13th Sept

Parent Teacher Interviews Year 6 Camp Year 6 Camp Year 6 Camp WINGS Program – Marsden High School Father’s Day Stall 3-6 Assembly – 2:05pm Father’s Day BBQ – 7:30am K-2 Assembly – 11:30am

School Swimming Scheme - Commences C.A.R.E.S – 5G & 4/5T (selected students) School Swimming Scheme School Swimming Scheme C.A.R.E.S – 5M & 4/5T (selected students) P&C Meeting – 7pm – School Library School Swimming Scheme School Swimming Scheme

School Swimming Scheme Battle of the Primary School – Junior Dance @ Marsden High School Hall – evening event School Swimming Scheme Battle of the Primary School - Senior Dance Group @ Marsden High School Hall – evening event School Swimming Scheme School Swimming Scheme School Swimming Scheme Ryde School Spectacular Rehearsal – Choir K-6 Assembly – 2:05pm School Swimming Scheme – Last Day

CURRENT NOTES/PAYMENTS PSSA – Summer Sport

Permission note and payment ($70.00)

Tournament of Minds 2019

Note / payment ($11.50) School Swimming Scheme (Year 2) LIMITED SPOTS LEFT – Please ring office to check if available

Note / Payment ($125.00) C.A.R.E.S (Year 5)

Note / Payment ($15.00)

P&C NOTES Sign up for School Fun Run

This week our focus in and around the school is Be Responsible. By showing this expectation we can to look after our recess and lunch belongings and place them in their designated areas. As many classes have their 10 minute eating time for lunch outside with their buddy class. We would like to express the importance of packing everything away and waiting on the class teacher to dismiss students from the eating area so it is clean and organised ready for an exciting time for lunch in the playground. Teachers have been very happy with students who are looking after their school belongings needed for their class lessons. It is great to see everything clearly labelled as this helps for items to be quickly returned if things are accidentally misplaced. We would like to remind students and families to ensure that all clothing is labelled as the lost property is growing very quickly with many jumpers, jackets and other items. Please be responsible for your clothing including hats, jumpers, lunch boxes and other school property.

Winbourne Street, West Ryde NSW 2114

Email: ermington-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Phone: 02 9874 4109 Fax: 02 9804 7552

Week 6 Term 3 Tuesday 27th August, 2019

Engaged Proud Successful Students - Zone Athletics Carnival Congratulations to all our students who competed at the Zone Athletics Carnival. A number of students have advanced to regional finals. Congratulations to these students. Names of competitors will be released to the community once we have received official confirmation of participation. School Administrative and Support Staff Recognition Week This week we celebrate our outstanding team of School Administrative and Support Staff and their amazing contribution to the school. The school is incredibly grateful to the SAS staff who go above and beyond in the areas of administration, student health, library organisation, class and student support and grounds and building maintenance. If you see one of the SAS staff team members please wish them a wonderful week and congratulate them on their great contribution to Ermington Public School. Defibrillator Training – Tuesday 10th September A defibrillator will be installed at our school before the end of term. I would like to thank our P&C and OOSH Committee for the coordination of the defibrillator. Ermington PS Staff will be attending a training session on Tuesday, September 10th from 3:10pm – 4:30pm and we would like to invite any interested parents to attend this session. This is a wonderful opportunity to develop awareness about cardiac arrest, what is effective CPR, the use and maintenance of the defibrillator, real life examples of the cardiac chain of survival and response to cardiac arrest. Please RSVP to ermington-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au or return the RSVP section of the note that was sent out today. This training is for adults and unfortunately, there will be no child minding available during this session. Wellbeing The NSW Government has released a new range of resources entitled Powerful Conversations. The Powerful Conversations resources create opportunities for teachers, students, and families to have conversations to help prevent and address bullying. There are a number of key themes that can be explored including prevention, action, resilience and staying safe online. The school will be familiarising themselves with the news resource and families are encouraged to use the resource to have conversations with their children. The resource can be found at antibullying.nsw.gov.au. High School Transition for 2020 Many high schools will be providing advice regarding transition programs to high school. The state wide transition event for Year 7 2020 students will be held on Tuesday 3rd December 2019. For information regarding Marsden High School’s Transition Program, please view the information below. Happy Father’s Day Happy Father’s Day to all the father’s, grandfather’s and significant others. Thank you to our P&C who are coordinating the Father’s Day stall and breakfast this week.

Ms Jen Riley Principal

Principal Report

Ethics Scripture Do you have half an hour per week? Ethics classes are available in NSW public primary schools as an option for children who do not attend Special Religious Education (SRE) / Scripture. The NSW government has authorized the charity, Primary Ethics, to create curriculum and deliver these classes. Curriculum is available for children from Years K-6. The Ethics team are currently delivering Ethics scripture to Years 1-6. They are looking for more volunteers to support their teaching of this curriculum. The more volunteers they have, the more classes they can offer. If you would like to volunteer half an hour a week please consider participating in this program. There is a process for volunteers to participate in, including interview, training and commitment each week. For more information, please contact the Ethics Coordinator, Meg Wrixon at megwrixon2015@gmail.com Mandy Ennion Ermington Public School Aerobics Congratulations to Samara, Sara, Eileen, Flora, Sienna, Tayla and Annika who were true stars at the National Aerobics Championships on the Gold Coast. The girls lit the stage with their amazing skills, enthusiasm and poise. Mrs Stevens and Mrs MacKenzie were so proud of not only the way you performed but also your impeccable behaviour. Thank you to all families involved, it will certainly be a memory that will not be forgotten.

Kindergarten KM are performing a dance at this week’s K-2 Assembly at 11.25am in the school hall this Friday. KS will be presenting the assembly. We look forward to seeing some great dancing and hearing super voices on the microphone! Kindergarten have been writing informative texts on many under the sea animals. Ask them some questions about crabs, seahorses, sharks and fish. They can discuss their habitats, foods they eat and even their appearance. They will blow you away with their knowledge! If there are any Kindergarten parents that are able to assist in the uniform shop (no experience required) on the following dates; Wednesday, 16th October, Tuesday, 22nd October or Friday 1st November from 9:00am – 11:00am for 2020 Kindergarten Orientation Days, please let Mrs MacKenzie know ASAP. Thank you to those that have volunteered, it is much appreciated. Stage 1 Welcome to Week 6! Stage 1 teachers cannot wait to listen to the speaking and listening tasks on Australian animals next week. A friendly reminder that speeches will be due by Monday 2nd of September. A closer look at the week:

This week Year 1 and 2 will be focusing on the following:

Year 1 Spelling and Grammar- ‘ew’ as in 'jewel' sound and final blends

Year 2 Spelling and Grammar- ‘or' sound and expanding the sentence

Handwriting - forming the letter 'y' and the number '11'

Year 1 Mathematics - Using effective strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems

Year 2 Mathematics - Using the inverse strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems Stage 2 This week students have been avidly exploring Dreamtime stories and starting to predict and write their own endings. In groups we have thought of many adjectives and synonyms to enhance our writing. In science we have successfully predicted and conducted our experiments on solar energy using black, white and silver cans to absorb water over a period of time. The students have been learning to use and read thermometers accurately and record their findings in degrees Celsius. This would be a great chance to discuss with your child the outcome of the experiment. In maths, Year 3 have been finishing some fantastic fractions lessons. Other classes have enjoyed completing chance experiments which have included constructing chance spinners to predict an outcome and rate certain events from impossible though to certain. Congratulations to those students who have been enthusiastically participating in the challenging Maths Olympiad! We have started some new artworks this week - what a creative group of students we have in Stage 2!

Assistant Principal

Stage News

Stage 3 From Monday to Wednesday, Year 6 have been enjoying their trip to Canberra. They have spent this term learning about the history of government and the role of government in our society. Stage 3 are continuing with Science lessons concerning electricity and renewable energy. PSSA training began last week and the first game is scheduled for this Friday.

Library The student reading records for the PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE close on 30th August. We have lots of picture books to help you finish the challenge, make sure you come into the library and ask for help to find some books to complete your challenge. It's great to see all the names of those who have completed, on the library walls. Well done to those who have finished and logged their books. Thank you to everyone who ordered books in the last scholastic catalogue, there were some fantastic choices available. The new catalogue is out and should be coming home shortly. The catalogue is also available online at the scholastic website. Ordering from scholastic, it will helps us get new resources into the library. With our rewards we've been able to bring in some new Junior Fiction novels, more Minecraft books and some great new series into our Senior Fiction. With a school full of avid readers it is fantastic to be able to bring in new books all the time, they are very popular.

Around the School

Extra-Curricular photos Extra-Curricular photos are now available for purchase. These can be viewed online or in the school office foyer. Photos will be available to view and purchase online ONLY

www.theschoolphotographer.com.au

school code: 19S1094PSB40E

Select the tab - Sports/Miscellaneous Group The photo prices are as follows: $16.00 each, 2 for $30, 3 for $42, 4 or $52 and 5 for $60. Any additional photographs are $10 each. This discount is only available per family order. All orders must be made by Friday, 27th September 2019. ICAS Information All students who have registered to participate in the ICAS competitions received a note home yesterday of dates and times for each subject. Please see below the scheduled timetable for all ICAS competitions. Time: 7.45am – Weeks 7-9 Location: Technology Hub and Library (Meeting under the COLA) Students will be provided with their usernames and passwords on the day of each exam.

Subject Grade / Years Date Venue

Digital Technologies Years 3-6 2nd September Computer Hub

Science Years 3-6 5th September Computer Hub

Writing*

Years 3 and 4 – Offline Year 5 and 6 - Online

9th September Library Computer Hub

Spelling Years 3 and 4 Years 5 and 6

10th September 12th September

Library - To be decided on the day

English Years 3 and 4 Year 5 and 6

16th September 17th September

Library - To be decided on the day

Mathematics Years 3 and 4 Years 5 and 6

18th September 19th September

Library - To be decided on the day

PSSA – Friday 30th August

Sport Next game location

T-Ball Meadowbank Park

Softball Meadowbank Park

Cricket Junior Meadowbank Park

Cricket Senior Meadowbank Park

Volleyball / Newcombe Ball Meadowbank Park

PSSA Summer Training Times are as follows:

Softball – Boys Tuesday 8am

Softball – Girls Friday 8am

T-Ball – All teams Friday 8am

Cricket – Junior Thursday 8am

Cricket – Senior Friday 8am

Newcomb ball / Volleyball Friday 8am

Sport News

Uniform Shop The uniform shop will be open every Tuesday on weeks 1, 2 and 3 of each month and Wednesday, week 1 of the month. Online orders are accepted at all times. Orders forms are also available at the school office. Opening Hours

Tuesday, 3rd September – 8:30am – 9:15am

Wednesday, 4th September – 5:30pm – 6:30pm

Tuesday, 10th September – 8:30am – 9:15am

Tuesday, 17th September – 8:30am – 9:15am

School Fun Run – Have you registered! We are four weeks out from our School Fun-Run! We hope students are working

hard towards their fundraising goals! Currently we have raised $3,782 of our

$20,000 GOAL, so there is a way to go and I hope you’ll keep supporting us! Remember, the money raised will be going towards building a new school playground. Did you know that you can WIN a $20,000 Ultimate Family Experience by setting up your student profile online and raising $1 online? Just head over to schoolfundraising.com.au. Once you’ve created your page there are some great things you can do. You can sign up for online fundraising, pick your target prize and even become a fundraising superstar! I hope you’ll help us recognise the people that make our school what it is! If you’re having any trouble setting up your student profile or fundraising online, please get in touch with the Fun-Run team on 1800 FUN RUN. Thanks for supporting us with your fundraising efforts, we look forward to celebrating with an amazing day!

P&C News

VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED The canteen requires a couple of casual (on call) volunteers. If you can’t volunteer full-time, please consider volunteering occasionally for when our regular volunteers are absent. You would always be with an experienced person and will be surprised to learn that volunteering in the canteen can be a very rewarding experience and your kids love it! Please contact Wendy to be placed on the casual call list 0412 154 004. SYDNEY MARKETS EAT FRESH & WIN CANTEEN CAMPAIGN runs from 5 August to 20 September. Entry forms are available from the canteen. Each purchase of fruit or vegetable from the canteen receives 1 sticker. Collect 2 stickers to receive 1 Fresh for Kids stamper pen and go into the draw to win a major prize. Enter as many times as you like. Major prizes include a $2000 Booktopia Voucher, Strike Bowling Party Vouchers, Tupperware Lunch Packs, also a Nintendo Switch as a bonus prize.

ROSTER Mon 26 Aug Jinny, Rachel Mon 2 Sept Jinny, Rachel Tues 27 Aug Emma, Julia Tues 3 Sept Wendy, Nirmali Wed CLOSED Wed CLOSED Thurs 29 Aug Alison, Cherry, Xiaomin (pm) (5th wk) Thurs 5 Sept Carol, Beth, Xiaomin (pm) Fri 30 Aug Wendy, Kylie, Cecilia (5th wk) Fri 6 Sept Wendy, Cecilia, Patricia

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