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Term 4 Week 7, Commencing 19th November, 2012

OUR SCHOOL WEEK

TERM 4 Week 7

Monday 19th

Nov K – 2 Assembly Prefects Announced House Leaders Elected

Tuesday 20th

Nov Last Scripture Sessions Helpers Morning Tea P&C Meeting – 7pm

Wednesday 21st

Nov Band Demonstration – 11.15am to 12pm – Years 2 & 3 Interrelate Year 6

Thursday 22nd

Nov Year 5 First Aid Year 6 CPR

Friday 23rd

Nov

LAST PSSA FOR TERM PSSA Softball v Bilgola Plateau @ Newport Oval Cricket v Bilgola Plateau @ Newport Oval Eagle Tag v Bilgola Plateau @ Newport Oval

TERM 4 Week 8

Monday 26th

Nov Year 6 to Milson Island Kindy Excursion to Coastal Environment NO Assembly

Tuesday 27th

Nov Year 6 to Milson Island Wednesday 28

th Nov Year 6 to Milson Island

Thursday 29th

Nov Kindergarten Graduation – 6pm in Hall Friday 30

th Nov Jelly Wobbles Performance – 9.30am in Hall – Whole School

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Principal’s Message

Dear Parents/Caregivers, Eagle Tag Gala Day Last week we had a number of students participating in the regional Eagle Tag Gala Day. While the students were very successful the most pleasing aspect from my point of view was the reports from Mr Rosconi and Mr Waters about how RESPONSIBLE and RESPECTFUL our students were on the day. The students were a credit to their parents and themselves. I would also like to thank Mr Rosconi, Mrs Reeks and Mr Waters for giving up their time to coach the teams. P&C meeting The P&C Annual General Meeting is tomorrow night, Tuesday 20 November, at 7pm in the staffroom. I look forward to seeing you there.

Reminder This Week

Year 5 First Aid & Year 6 CPR – Permission Notes & Payment by Tuesday 20th November please.

Spellathon Congratulations to everyone involved in the Spellathon. Over $8 000 was raised. This money will be directed to support a number of programs throughout the school. I would like to thank Miss Coulson for her superb organisation of this event. Tail gating I would like to remind parents that there is no driveway access in the morning for parents. Morning access is for staff personnel only. Your support is appreciated.

Holiday planning Holiday camps are a great way for kids—7-12 years or 13 and over—to have an adventure and make new friends in a supervised environment. Packages include accommodation, activities and meals. Bookings are now open at camps across NSW. Find out more about the camps by visiting - http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/kidscamps/ Have you seen? Want to see what happened at the Year 6 Fun Day? Are you interested in having your child join the School Band and want to see the opportunities enjoyed by the current Band members? If you answered “yes” to either question then visit our website at http://www.elanorahts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Not only will you find the answers to your questions but you can also find out more about the P&C, our school programs, previous newsletters and upcoming events. Lost or misplaced a note? All notes that have been sent home can be found in the Notes section of our website. Until next time,

Bill Gillespie, Principal

PBEL AWARDS

Please note that the Silver & Bronze Awards are given out at the K-2 & 3-6 Assembly & the Gold & Diamond Awards are given to the students at the K-6 Assembly.

(Parents, if you are sending the 20 mini merits from home, could you please make sure that at least one of the merits has your child’s surname on it. Thank you.)

(Please return slip to Office.)

My children will not be returning to Elanora Heights Public School in 2013.

Name _________________________________________________ Class __________ Name __________________________________________________ Class __________

Reason___________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

Signed_______________________________________________Date_________________

GOLD BRONZE BRONZE BRONZE BRONZE BRONZE William P Taylor F Zaley A Sofia V Asher S

Luke E Taj C Sienna H Tyla C Jensen V

SILVER Evelyn M Christina D Ryan T Lauren M Alexandra H

Blake Q Emma M Chad D Keely M Timothy B Sofia B

Roxie R Daniel K Liam B Morgan P Ethan G Beau M

Flynn N Natalie P

Natayla R

BUSH REGENERATION

In order to give our new plants from planting day the best possible start, it is important that

we protect them from weed encroachment. Elanora Heights Public School P&C Bushcare

group will be doing some bush regeneration and they would love your help. The hours will

be 10am - 2pm on Thursdays the 6th and 13th of December. If you are interested in taking

part on either of these dates, please contact Emily on 0449 172 536.

Kind Regards,

Emily

Congratulations to all students who gained sponsors for our annual Spellathon.

This year approximately $8000 was raised from sponsorship money which will be

used to purchase literacy, numeracy, science and technology resources for our

classrooms.

The classes which raised the most sponsorship money were KC (Miss

Clydesdale) and 3N (Miss Johnson). These classes will be awarded a “pizza

party” later in the term for their excellent fundraising efforts.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this fundraising event.

Brooke Coulson

(Spellathon Organiser)

Dear 3-6 Parents and Caregivers, This year’s Presentation Day will be on the 11th December 2012 at 9:30. If your child is receiving an award at Presentation Day a letter will be sent to you this week. Cynthia Pitt Assistant Principal

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If you are thinking of taking your kids to the

movies soon we just want to let you know that

EHPS END OF YEAR MOVIE DAY for Years 3, 4, &

5 is on again this year on the 13th December. As an end of year celebration Years 3, 4 & 5 will be travelling by bus to Warriewood Cinema to watch the movie “Rise of the Guardians”. This movie is an epic adventure that tells the story of a group of heroes each with extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes beliefs and imagination of children all over the world. Rise of the Guardians is rated PG. Permission Notes will be coming home soon. Cynthia Pitt Assistant Principal

Rehearsals, Stage Band and Senior Ensembles All Senior Band members will continue to rehearse together on Thursday afternoons from 3pm to 4 pm until the end of Term. Stage Band and Senior Ensembles will also continue until the end of term. New Band Students Years 2 and 3 students will attend a special performance by the Senior Band this Wednesday during school time and some students will have the opportunity to try an instrument. Every Year 2 and 3 child will take home a form for completion by interested parents for an assessment that is planned for Monday, 3 December, during school time. If your child did not bring a form home and you wish to be considered for the Beginners program next year please email tim_cowdery@iprimus.com.au with your child’s first name, last name, class and 3 instruments of choice in their preferred order. Senior Band - Warriewood Brook Performance If not already done so, please email me at the email address above if your child is performing this Saturday. Guitar This week we bring Part 2 of 3 part series explaining a little about the guitar program. Teaching Method Jose and Cameron teach using the Berklee Press Guitar Method Book 1 by William Leavitt. This teaches children to read music. In preparation for this they usually spend most of the first year with students ensuring that they are physically capable of playing individual notes with a plectrum. They work initially on making sure that children have technical proficiency. This involves exercises such as learning the Chromatic scale, C Major Scale, and also teach the chord scale in C Major. To keep kids interested while they are becoming proficient at holding the guitar and moving their fingers on the fret board, they work with a few songs that will allow them to apply their scales and chords. Doe a Dear from the sound of music, Minor Swing [A song that uses only one chord shape], Hallelujah [Uses and explains the chord scale in C Major]. At the same time we work on note recognition using a stave on the white board. This is all designed as a preparation for the reading exercises in the Berklee Press Publication. At NNPS, the students who started two years ago are now reading proficiently.

Tim Cowdery Band President

It’s time….2organise! The 2013 School Term Planner from 2organise is available now and costs $19.95. It is a calendar, planner and organiser all in one! The School Term Planner shows all dates and school holidays term by term and provides each family member with a colour coded space to write in their important notes, dates and activities. For each sale, Epilepsy Action Australia will receive $10 which will be used to support and educate children (along with their family, teachers and carers) with epilepsy. To purchase the School Term Planner, please use the link http://www.epilepsy.org.au/merchandise and hit the click here button. Orders must be received by 26th of November 2012 to ensure delivery before Christmas. Please email Helen if you have any questions about this promotion at hroche@epilepsy.org.au

2013 Swimming Carnival

Early next year our swimming carnival will be held

on Tuesday 5th February at the Andrew ‘Boy’ Charlton Swim Centre in Manly.

This carnival is for students in Years 3-6 and any Year 2 students who will be

turning 8 years old in 2013 and are able to swim 50 metres unaided.

For next year’s carnival, time restraints have been placed on the swimming

centre and consequently the allocated time for our swimming carnival has been

reduced to approximately 3 hours (We had been allocated 4 hours in previous

years). The 2013 carnival will be held from 11:40am – 2:45pm.

This reduced time means that our organisation and running of the carnival for

2013 will change.

These changes are as follows…

Students must nominate which events they would like to enter by

completing a nomination form. For students wishing to enter their chosen

events, this form must be returned to their classroom teacher before

Friday 7th December.

Students cannot enter an event on the day of the carnival; however,

students can withdraw from an event on the day of the carnival.

There will be no finals. Place-getters and zone representatives will be

selected using the fastest times from the heats.

The nomination form was sent home to students on Monday of

week 5. If you need another note, spare notes can be found

at the school office or on-line on the school website.

Please ensure that when students are nominating for events,

they must be able to swim (unaided) the distance required

for each event.

To assist us with our planning of the day it would be

appreciated if all students could return the nomination form before Friday 7th

December.

We thank you for your understanding.

David Waters & Jonathan Rosconi

A message from the P&C ...

Our Annual General Meeting is on tomorrow night, Tuesday 20 November, at 7pm in the staffroom. We look forward to seeing many parents there.

PSSA SPRING TRAINING

Junior Boys Softball Fridays 8am – 8.55am Top Oval Senior Boys Cricket Thursdays 8am – 8.55am Top Oval Senior Girls Softball Fridays 8am – 8.55am Top Oval Junior Girls Eagle Tag Wednesdays 3pm - 4pm Top Oval

PSSA RESULTS Elanora Heights v Result

Junior A Boys Softball BYE Junior B Boys Softball BYE Senior A Girls Softball BYE Senior B Girls Softball BYE Senior Boys Cricket BYE Junior Girls A Eagle Tag BYE Junior Girls B Eagle Tag BYE

CANTEEN NEWS

Below is the roster for the next three weeks. We are still in need of helpers on a few days, if you are able to help out, please call on the number below or drop by. It would be much appreciated. Sadly, our much loved treasurer, Yvette, will be finishing up at the end of this year after three years’ service & we will be in need of a new treasurer for our Canteen Committee. Yvette is happy to discuss what is involved with anyone who may be interested. You can contact me on the phone number below or in the canteen to discuss further. We do strongly rely on our wonderful volunteers in order to operate the school’s canteen & couldn’t run without your help. We do appreciate you giving your precious time. Thanks, Wendy.

MUNCH MONITOR - www.munchmonitor.com - username: elanora. Password: munch2101. Wendy Douglass Canteen Co-Coordinator Ph: 9913 2721

TERM 4 WEEK

TERM 4 MONDAY

TERM 4 TUESDAY

TERM 4 WEDNESDAY

TERM 4 THURSDAY

TERM 4 FRIDAY

7. 19/11-23/11 9.30 – 11.30 NICK A

9.30 – 1.30 NEED HELP

KATE M

JENNY F

9.30 – 11.30 LAURA V-S 9.30 – 1.30 KAREN C

9.30 – 11.30 ERICA R

9.30 – 1.30 GILL E

DANNI Q

8. 26/11-30/11 DUANE S RENATE R

KARIN S

SHARON C 9.30 – 11.30 MICHELLE F 9.30 – 1.30 TANYA D

LISA McF

VANESSA L-B

9. 03/12-07/12 9.30 – 11.30 PAUL V-S 9.30 – 1.30

NEED HELP

ANGIE K CANTEEN

FUN DAY!!! HELP

NEEDED

9.30 – 11.30 NEED HELP 9.30 – 1.30 MEGAN M

9.30 – 11.30 NEED HELP 9.30 – 1.30 ANGELA C

NEED HELP

NEED HELP

Uniform Shop

Shop hours: Monday: 8.15 am – 9.45 am Thursday: 8.15 am - 9.45 am We offer ETPOS and CREDIT CARD facilities (Visa/MasterCard)

Suzie Duncan

Uniform Shop Coordinator

2nd Hand Uniforms If you require any second hand clothing please call me after 9 a.m. on 9913 1292 or email me at thewoodleys@optusnet.com.au Karen Woodley

Second Hand Uniform Coordinator

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