LEADERS’ NEWS

Welcome to 2019 at Edwardstown Primary; a special welcome if you are a new family joining our school community. We have 62 Receptions and 26 new families across our 19 classes, with 491 students. We pride ourselves on being a friendly and inclusive community, and encourage all families to become involved in our school. This may include joining the Governing Council, a committee, Walking School Bus, or helping in the Canteen, Library, classrooms or camps. Communication is the key to a collaborative partnership, and teachers send emails home as a way of regular contact; please understand teachers will not respond to emails after 6pm and before 8am. Newsletters, See Saw and Skoolbag are other ways to hear about school happenings. EPS has been identified as a school demonstrating growth in student results, and this year our focus is on intellectual stretch, developing resilience and persistence, particularly in literacy and numeracy. Our whole school Resilience programme will be further explained on Acquaintance Night on Wednesday, February 13th by classroom teachers, and our partnership Behaviour Coach, Mat Haslett will run a parent workshop. Mat works closely with our school and this week presented to our teachers. It is highly recommended you make time to hear his advice on how best to support your child/ren. He will cover information on screen time, setting boundaries with your children, anxiety and stress factors, rescuing versus accountability and friendship/ bullying issues. Please keep the night free to meet your child’s teacher and set up the year for a positive start. He spoke about the importance of recognising the difference between anxiety (a chronic condition) and being anxious due to a new situation. Children are settling into new classes and you can help by being positive and allowing teachers to work their magic once you leave. The school has a calm, settled feel and it is rewarding to watch new classes get to know each other and develop cohesion across year levels. We have listed the teachers working together in Professional learning teams (PLTs) to ensure all students have consistent learning practices. Feel free to contact me at any time.kathy.papps15@schools.sa.edu.au

Kathy Papps

The new building has landed! Ready for a Term 2 opening

DATES TO REMEMBER FEB 12 Bike Ed 13 15

Acquaintance Night – see details Assembly - 2.20pm Rooms 9 & 13 hosting

18 Governing Council AGM - 7.30pm 21-22 Zoo Snooze – Year 2 Rm 10 Thurs Rm 9 Fri. 28 Zoo Snooze – Year 2 Room 11 28 Principal’s Tour – 9.15am MAR

1 Assembly - 2.20pm Rooms 7 & 14 hosting

8 PUPIL FREE DAY 11 ADELAIDE CUP HOLIDAY

13-15 15

Surf and Sun - Year 6/7 Rooms 13 & 15 Assembly – 2.20pm Rooms 16 & 19 hosting

20-22 Surf and Sun – Year 6/7 Rooms 14 & 16 29 Assembly – 2.20pm Rooms 11 & 15 APRIL

1-12 Interviews – 3 way chats 5 Sports Day 12 LAST DAY OF TERM 1

2.10pm dismissal Casual clothes day – Gold coin donation

CHECK OUT OUR SKOOL BAG APP INFO

Week 1 – THURSDAY, JANUARY 31st

Term Dates 2019 Term 1 – Jan 29 – Apr 12 Term 2 – April 29 – July 5 Term 3 – Jul 22 – Sep 27

Term 4 – Oct 14 – Dec 13

Today’s newsletter will be sent home as a hardcopy – future newsletters will be via email,

on our website and on skoolbag. Please ensure you receive a copy in the future.

2019 – WHO IS WHERE?

CLASS RM NUMBER

TEACHER YEAR LEVEL PLT GROUP

18 Erin Hodges Reception

Reception 19 Kate Stanbury Reception

20 Isabelle Watts Reception

6 Kendall Proud Year 1

Year 1 7 Sheridan Weber Year 1

8 Robyn Collins Year 1

9 Carissa Coleman Year 2

Year 2 10 Elise Davies Year 2

11 Toni Hall/ Megan Colmer Year 2

4 Rachel Bell Year 3

Year 3/4 5 Sam Charlton Year 4

17 Bernie O'Connor-Dawkins Year 3/4

I Centre Sarah Newton Year 3/4

1 Eva Pontikinas/Shane Atkins (Mon – Thurs) (Fri) Year 5 Year 5

2 Helena Lambrinos Year 5

13 Laura Potts Year 6/7

Year 6/7 14 Morgan Scottney-Turbill Year 6/7

15 Martin Richards Year 6/7

16 Jordan Wallis/Vicky Bashford (Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri) (Thursday) Year 6

STAFF CHANGES There are many new faces on the EPS staff this year as some of our longer term teachers have taken extended leave. In our Reception team we welcome Isabelle Watts and Kate Stanbury, who join Erin Hodges: congratulations to Alex and Au Ling Yin who welcomed baby Brooklyn into the world in January. Crissa Coleman has transferred from Lameroo and is teaching Year 2. Sue Boggiano has been replaced by Danni Richmond (JP) and Damien Raidis (3-7) in P.E, and Ben Smedley (JP) and Caitlin Koutsikas (3-7) are covering STEM/Digitech. Caroline Fitzgerald is replacing Joy Groves, and Lucy Standish is working with us Friday afternoons to ensure continuity with our Choir programme. Georgia Gaitanis has taken bereavement leave for 5 weeks; we will no longer be funded to offer Greek lessons.

FACILITIES UPDATE Our new double unit arrived in the holidays, and is now being fitted out ready for Rooms 21 and 22 students to move in as soon as possible. The Department understands our desire to have classes settled soon in the new school year, and all will be operational later in the term. We are still in negotiation with the redevelopment of the surrounding area, and will have an update at our Council AGM at the end of February. Our new mural depicting our kindness tree looks fantastic- thank you to Kirsty Shadiac from Art Venture and our 2018 Year 7 classes for making it happen. Thank you to Dennis and Malanie and all the Vac. Care staff who ran an engaging and busy vacation care programme for up to 100 children each day during the holidays.

(new teachers are bold and photos included)

ACQUAINTANCE NIGHT SCHEDULE Please make sure you book in Wednesday, 13

th February to hear about your child’s learning and class plans for the

year. We will offer supervision in the Yard for our students if required, as adults only in classrooms due to space. The Hall will be used by Mat Haslett for his presentation for Parents only, so we encourage students to be cared for if possible.

All classrooms will be open for parents, and teachers will spend 15-20 minutes explaining class routines and curriculum and leave time for questions and chats between families. If you have more than 1 student at school we ask you to spread your time accordingly, and attend the most appropriate workshop for you.

VOLUNTEERS Criminal History Screening (DCSI) and RAN (Responding to Abuse & Neglect) is required for volunteers in public schools. It depends on your role and your interactions with children. Camps, swimming, coaches and Council members require a clearance, as do any adults other than school parents. Please enquire at the Front Office. All applications are now done online through our Deputy Principal, Vicky Bashford. Parent volunteers in classrooms or on day excursions currently do not require a screening check.

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS – Skoolbag App DON’T MISS OUT ON ANYTHING… A SIMPLE AND GREAT WAY TO BE IN TOUCH! Did you know that you can now do your student absence via Skoolbag? How easy… The Skoolbag App is able to give you instant notifications and is an easy means of accessing our regular newsletters. The App can be downloaded from the App Store (iPhones), Google Store (android) and Windows Store (Win8.1 phones) on your phone, tablet or laptop. When installing, please make sure you allow push notifications because this enables us to get messages to you in the fastest way possible. You can now notify the school of your child’s absence through this app and also advise change of address / phone number. Should you have difficulties accessing the App please talk with our Front Office staff. A school Facebook page for parents is also available. If parents would like to join, please search & find the group: “Edwardstown Primary School Parent Group”.

CHANGE OF EMAIL ADDRESS FORM Name: email address:

PLEASE RETURN TO THE FRONT OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OUR SCHOOL WEB ADDRESS IS: www.edwardps.sa.edu.au Our school newsletters are always available on this website.

PARENT FEEDBACK I WANT TO KNOW…. Your views are important to us! Please send an email to Kathy.Papps15@schools.sa.edu.au to ensure that we understand your views.

MEDICATION

Please be aware that the Education Department has a new Medication Policy regarding administering Medication on site. All medication (including short term antibiotics) administered at EPS needs a Medication Agreement (signed by the doctor), and a Health Support Agreement. These need to be completed before any staff can give medication. Please see Front Office staff re this if your child at any time needs medication.

YEAR BOOK 2018

We now have more 2018 year books available from the Cashier’s office - $25.00. If you missed out last year please be quick so you don’t miss out again.

Times Classes open Matt Haslett Behaviour workshop In the hall

5:00 – 5.30pm Reception

5.30 - 6.15pm

Year R-2

5.30 – 6.00pm Years 3 and 4

6.00 – 6:30pm Years 5, 6 and 7 6.30 – 7.15pm Year 3 - 7

6:30 – 7.00pm Years 1 and 2

PAYMENT OF ALL SCHOOL INVOICES CAN BE PAID VIA OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE

Please ensure you click the relevant button for either SCHOOL (School Fees, Event Levy, excursions, uniform purchases etc) or OSHC (for OSHC fees). Our web site is… http://www.edwardps.sa.edu.au

SCHOOL FEES 2019

The Material & Services fee approved for 2019, is $370-00 per student for the year – no change from last year. The invoice for school fees will be sent home via students within the next 2 weeks. We ask that payment be made at your earliest convenience but certainly before the end of this term (April 12

th).

SET-AND-FORGET PAYMENT PLANS are a great way to stay on top of all the beginning of the school year fees, including camp payments. Please speak with me in the Finance Office or on 8293 2753, to organize a Payment Plan. It takes less than 3 minutes to set up… and then you can forget it. The Payment Plan can extend over a long period of time to alleviate any financial stress. The Event Levy for 2019 (which pays for or subsidises some incursions and excursions throughout the year) remains at $60 and will also be invoiced along with the Materials & Services fees, and sent home via your student’s schoolbag. School Card (Government subsidy for School fees) The eligibility criterion has expanded to the Gross Annual Income Limit of $59,432 for one child. Do you think you may qualify? Do you hold a Health Care Card or a Pensioner Concession Card? If you believe you qualify for the School Card Government subsidy, please either call in to the school Front Office and pick up an application form OR you can apply ONLINE at

https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/education-and-learning/financial-help-scholarships-and-grants/school-card-scheme

Follow the link, click on the blue PLUS SYMBOL at the right hand side of "Applications", scroll down to find Form A: income audit – apply online If you were deemed eligible last year for School Card, please remember that you must complete an application EACH YEAR. Thank you. Jen Goodman, Business Manager

WALKING SCHOOL BUS

Welcome back everybody! Hope you all had a lovely break. Walking school bus routes will resume next week but you may want to make contact with your driver if you need to check details. If anyone would like to join any of our Walking School Bus routes, students or adults, please pop in to the front office and we can let you know what you need to do. Thank you, have fun walking to school!

Judy Fitzpatrick

NEW SCHOOL BANKING REWARDS NOW AVAILABLE! Exciting new Term 1 Polar Savers rewards are now available, while stocks last!

Scented Stackable Highlighters Snowy Origami Set For every deposit made at school students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for exclusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their regular savings habits. There are two new items released each term so be sure to keep an eye out for them! Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and remember, School Banking day is every Thursday.

WAY TO GO – BIKE ED This term our school will be participating in the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructures (DPTI’s) Way2Go Bike Ed program. It is a practical program for students in Years 4-5 delivered by qualified instructions in 70 minute sessions on every Tuesday in Week 3 – 9, Term 1. Room 1 – 8.50 – 10.00am Room 3 and 17 Year 4’s only – 10.00 – 10.40 and 11.00 – 11.40am Room 2 – 11.40 – 12.50pm Room 5 – 1.30 – 2.45pm. What you need to do Make arrangements to bring your child’s bike to school at 8.45am on Tuesday, 12

th February, Week 3, Term 1. Leave

the bike in the fenced area behind Rooms 15/16 in your class’s allocated area.

STRAWBERRY FAIR 2019 A date for your diary… this year our Strawberry Fair will be held on Sunday, 3rd November. Please

note: we are not accepting any donations until later in the year. Thank you.

SUMMER SPORT NEWS PLEASE NOMINATE TO PLAY SCHOOL SPORT The Summer Sport Nomination form has now been sent home to families. Please ensure that you fill in your nomination form and return to the Front Office NOW!. By doing this it gives you the best chance of being in a team and it gives us the best chance of filling as many teams as we can, so that everyone wishing to play can do so. Sports Equipment / Uniform Would all players and coaches return any sporting equipment and/or uniforms to the Front Office immediately.

Narelle Burns– Sport Co-ordinator

2019 MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL TUITION GUITAR AND KEYBOARD Guitar and keyboard tutor, Ruth England will be providing a high standard of tuition at a very economical rate. Check your child’s bag for information. Ruth can be contacted by email at ruthengland6@gmail.com Mobile 0434719015 STRING INSTRUMENTS (VIOLIN, VIOLA AND CELLO) and Ensemble Year 4-7 - tuition will continue in 2019. Anne Rodda has contacted current families. This year there will be an ensemble lesson for existing students and no beginner lessons offered. SENIOR CHOIR AND GROOVERS AND SHAKERS Choir opportunities for students from Year 3 – 7. Caroline Fitzgerald and Laura Miles are offering lunchtime Groovers for Years 3-5 and Lucy Standish is taking Festival Choir. More details will be sent home to interested students.

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS In 2019 our Uniform Shop will be open on Tuesday and Friday mornings. If you aren’t free those mornings, please feel free to pop in and grab an order form. It will be processed and left at the Front Office for collection anytime during school office hours.

Edwardstown Primary School

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Monday 18th February 2019

7.30pm – 8.00pm in the School Library

Agenda: 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Presentation of the Annual Report 3. Election of Governing Councillors At the conclusion of the AGM there will be a brief meeting of 2019 Governing Council to elect office bearers and to communicate the next meeting date.

If you have any questions about Governing Council please contact Kathy Papps at the school.

Please RSVP to the Front Office using the slip below by Friday 8th February, or email Kathy

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GOVERNING COUNCIL NOMINATION FORM 2019

I wish to nominate for the Edwardstown Primary Governing Council and / or Sub-Committee (please specify):

NAME: ___________________________________ SIGNED: ____________________________ Child/ren name(s)___________________________________ Room number(s) _____________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Week MON. TUES. WED. THURS. FRI. SAT. SUN.

1

JAN 28 29

School Starts

30 31 FEB 1

2 3

2

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

3

11 12 Bike Ed Yr 4/5

13 Acquaintance

Night

14

15 Assembly 2.20pm

Rms 13 & 9 hosting

16 17

4

18 Annual General Meeting

19 Bike Ed Yr 4/5

Partnership Staff Mtg at

EPS

20

21

22 23 24

5

25 26

Bike Ed Yr 4/5

27 28 MARCH 1

Assembly 2.20pm Rms 14 & 7

hosting

2 3

6

4 5

Bike Ed Yr 4/5

6 7 8

PUPIL FREE DAY

9 10

7

11

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

12

Bike Ed Yr 4/5

13

14

15 Assembly 2.20pm

Rms 16 & 19 hosting

16 17

8

18

19 Bike Ed Yr 4/5

RAA visit for Yr 6/7

20

21

RAA visit

22 RAA visit

23 24

9

25 26 27 28

29 Assembly 2.20pm

Rms 15 & 11 hosting

30 31

10

APRIL 1 2 3 4 5

Sports Day

6 7

11

8 9 10 11 12 End Term 1

Casual Clothes day - Gold coin

donation Early dismissal

2.10pm

13 14

Year 6/7 Surf & Sun Rms 13 & 15

Year 6/7 Surf & Sun Rms 14 & 16

Year 2 Zoo Snooze Rm 11

Year 2 Zoo Snooze Rm 10 Rm 9

EDWARDSTOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL 2019

Interviews

Interviews

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD 2019

WESTBOURNE PARK COMMUNITY NETBALL CLUB are looking for players for the Winter Season. Please contact www.wpucnc.org for more information

Registration for Tennis Coaching in Term 1 is now open

Tennis Australia’s official kids’ starter program for children aged 5-12 years

Small groups per Coach

Step by step progression to reach

competitive playing level

Very affordable prices

Tuesday or Friday afternoons

at the Kingswood Tennis Club, Norseman Ave.

Westbourne Park

Cost only $80.00 per term

To organise a Trial Lesson or register for Term 1 please

contact

John Gericke, Club Professional Coach 0419 829 624 or

email: jgericke@senet.com.au

BECOME A ST JOHN CADET

Learn first aid, have fun and meet new friends

by becoming a St John cadet or junior with the

Mitcham Colonel Light Gardens Cadet Division.

We meet every Monday night at the Mitcham

Community Centre. Ages 8-17. Phone Eugene for more information on 0419

817 366