Our School News Term 2 Week 3 2018

Week 5 - Term 2Mon 28 May

Tue 29 May ICAS Science 7:50amYears 5&6 Debating Training 8:15amPCS Music Festival Choir Rehearsal

Wed 30 May Dancesport Year 5Make My Own Lunch Years 3-6

Thur 31 May Make My Own Lunch Years 3-6K-2 LifeskillsSportspro

Fri 1 Jun Life Skills K-2Sportspro Pittwater Zone Cross CountryNO PSSA this week

Weekly Reminders!Un-Named Lost Property: Parents, please come and checkSchool Banking: on Fridays

Please send bank books in

Please visit our website at elanorahts-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Weekly Reminders!School Photos: May 24 (winter uniform to be worn) ON-LINE ORDERS ONLY PLEASE (Quick link on page 4)Stewart House Donations: Monday is the last day to return the envelopesMake My Own Lunch: May 30 & 31ICAS Science: May 29 7:50am

School Banking: Fridays Please send bank books in

K-6 Elanora Etiquette for next week is: Showing respect to others when walking through doorways or walking along paths by moving to the left.

Week 4 - Term 2Mon 21 May Return Stewart House Envelopes

(Last Day)Tue 22 May Premier’s Debating Challenge 8:15am

Wed 23 May Dancesport Year 5

Thur 24 May SCHOOL PHOTOS (WINTER UNIFORM PLEASE)Please place photo orders ASAP

Fri 25 May SportsproPSSA v Mona ValeNetball @ Boondah ReserveSoccer @ Narrabeen North PSRugby League @ Narrabeen Res 3AFL @ Narrabeen Reserve 6

Recorder Group Performing at the Festival of Instrumental Music: Sunday May 20

Notes for your DiaryLife Education Van visiting: from Jun 4Class Parents Meeting: Jun 7ICAS Writing: Jun 14 7:50amWorking Bee: Jun 16 1pm-4pm

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear Parents and Friends,

I hope all our mothers enjoyed a lovely day with their families last Sunday. Mothers’ Day is a special time to not only thank our mothers for all the love and support they provide us, but also to remember those special mothers who are no longer with us. Thank you to our group of very special mothers who ran a fabulous stall last Friday to help the students select a special gift at the Mothers’ Day ‘Shop’. Your help was very much appreciated.

Year 6 CampLast week our Year 6 students and staff travelled to our nation’s capital to learn more about democracy as part of their Year 6 Canberra excursion. They were extremely fortunate to visit Parliament House on a very active day and received a special welcome from our local federal minister, the Hon. Jason Falinski.

I would like to thank our hard working Year 6 staff, Mr Jono Rosconi, Mrs Laila Connery, Mrs Rebecca New and Mrs Kristy McNab for devoting time away from their own families to accompany our students in their first important steps towards independence, creating lifelong memories along the way.

Online Safety Support Tool for ParentsThe Office of the eSafety Commissioner have introduced a new interactive online tool for parents and carers. This tool has plenty of tips and practical steps along the way so you can help your child explore safely and manage online issues should they arise regarding: social media, screen time, personal information, inappropriate content, cyberbullying and contact with strangers. If you are interested and would like to visit the tool to learn more, please click on the link below:

https://esafety.gov.au/education-resources/iparent?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Parent%20Tour&utm_content=Parent%20Tour+CID_5a2aaba436483a8649baecc0c3be410a&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Take%20the%20tour

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

NAPLANYear 3 and 5 completed their NAPLAN assessments this week, with reports due to parents in August. NAPLAN assessments provide a point in time snapshot of student performance in comparison to national levels in literacy and numeracy and form part of our overall assessment practices to measure student growth. I would like to thank our Year 3 and 5 staff for preparing our students for this process in a calm and supportive manner.

PCS Bus – It’s a Wrap!The Peninsula Community of Schools, or PCS, has been operating for over 10 years and involves 10 primary schools and 3 high schools. Our combined staff work in collaboration, rather than competition, to deliver the best possible education to all students attending public schools in our local area. To promote our community of schools, Forest Coach Lines have designed a bus wrap to get our brand out there in our local

community. Here is what Forest Coach Lines had to say about the new bus:“Forest Coach Lines is excited to be working closely with local public schools and supporting them in achieving a branded bus that encompasses what the Peninsula Community of Schools stands for. We look forward to the continued

strengthening of the excellent relationship going forward.”

Look out for the PCS bus as you travel around the peninsula – it looks terrific! Please see some photos of the bus above, including a shot with all the primary principals.

Our Year 6 student leaders also visited Narrabeen Sports HS in Week 1 for a combined student leaders photo with the other PCS schools. It is wonderful to see our local student leaders all wearing their school uniforms with such pride.

Instructional Leadership trainingThis week our executive team commenced an instructional leadership course with specialist Jann Farmer-Hailey as part of our strategic direction – Growing in Leadership. This course involves analysing stu-dent performance data to determine the impact of our teaching practices and leading grade teams to improve student learning outcomes. Our goal of every student achieving a year’s worth of learning for a year’s worth of schooling is well supported by this initiative.

We also had the pleasure of meeting our new Director, Educational Leadership last week, Andrew Stevenson. Andrew replaces Jason Baldwin who has taken up an appointment on the Central Coast and we warmly welcome him to the Elanora Heights community. Andrew will be working closely with our staff to support us in our educational goals.

Until next time, Leesa Martin Principal

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... SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS - THURSDAY, MAY 24

ON-LINE ORDERS ONLY PLEASE

Orders for packages and sibling photographs can be placed securely online at:

https://www.advancedimage.com.au/keycode/keycodefinder.aspx?keycode=MKE2BFBQR

Portrait and group package orders are due by photography day.

Should you wish to purchase a sibling photograph online, the order must be placed no later than the day before photography day. Sibling photographs will only be taken if an order has been placed.

Should you have any queries concerning school photographs or online ordering, please direct them via email to: enquiries@advancedlife.com.au

Please place your orders as soon as possible

ORDER NOWWWW.ADVANCEDLIFE.COM.AU

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PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE Congratulations to the following students who have recently completed their PRC. Well done to you all!

K-2 Finlay H Archer L Beau M Makayla P Amelia C Urban M Mikki R Remy R Rylie P

3-4 Daniel B Nicholas B Isabelle T Cassidy P Imogen W

5-6 London M Cooper B Lucy H Kate H Isabelle H Melody M Taylah P Thomo R Ella F The PRC website is https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.htmlLogon with the User ID and Password that students use at school.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Joanne Argent and Anne-Marie MorrisonTeacher Librarians

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MAKE YOUR OWN LUNCH - YEARS 3 - 6Wednesday May 30 and Thursday May 31

Thank you SO much to those parents who have volunteered to help with Make My Own Lunch. All students participate in the first part at school and the cost has been included in your school fees. We hope you will encourage your child to also participate in the second part – the follow-up challenge at home. Years 5 and 6 and 3H will participate on Wed May 30 and the rest of Year 3 plus Year 4 on Thursday May 31.

They will not need to bring lunch on the day their class participates.

A note will be sent home on Monday to ask if any children have restricted dietary requirements and whether your child will participate in the home challenge.

At school: Nutrition Lesson and Make My Own Lunch BuffetAll students in Years 3-6 participate in a nutrition lesson followed by preparing their own lunch. Different content will be presented in the lessons for Years 3 / 4 and Years 5 / 6. Years 3-5 will make their own wrap from the wonderful array of appetising fresh, nutritious foods prepared by parents. Year 6 will make a salad in a jar, learning how to prepare salads ahead and layer them to keep them fresh. They will also make a healthy snack.

At home: Follow-up Make My Own Lunch ChallengeStudents who undertake the follow-up challenge make their own lunch and morning tea for as many days as possible in the next fortnight, recording their efforts on an attractive card. Mini-merits and healthy treats are given, but the real rewards are in developing personal responsibility and healthy eating habits. This is an ideal opportunity for home and school to work together to develop these lifelong assets. Please encourage them to participate.

Jenny Cullen

SCHOOL WINTER UNIFORMThe new winter uniform is here – the boys and girls long sleeve shirt with logo and the girls winter culottes. Don’t they look great! Most Kindy students will be wearing the new shirt which comes in their winter uniform pack and the

culottes are a popular choice, particularly with the Primary girls.

The old long-sleeved polo, blouse and skivvy can still be worn. These are being sold at $10 each at the Uniform Shop, however sizes are limited.

A list of all current uniform items are on the P&C / Uniform webpage, as well as order forms and price lists for the Uniform Shop and 2nd Hand uniforms.

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DONATED BOOKSOver the last few months our Library has done a stocktake and culled some books. These books were then donated to Paul O’Keefe (DY RSL pastor) who travelled to Ghana taking the books with him to donate to students in their schools and communities.

It is so lovely to know and see these books bringing new joy to children elsewhere in the world.

Rebecca New

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. The P&C had a fantastic turnout last Wednesday. The mood in the room was extremely positive and enthusiastic and I think everyone left with a sense that we are moving forward in a number of areas to enhance our children’s educational experience.

Each of the sub committees are running very efficiently and if nothing else the meetings are a chance to come together to give the broader community an opportunity to hear in summary what’s topical. If you have a particular interest or questions send an email, we can direct this to the relevant sub-committee member for discussion.

Car Raffle last term was very successful with great individual and class efforts. The winners are:

Mini iPads Principal for a day Movie Money1st - Harry B - 1D 2nd - Ewan M - 2SB 3rd - Zara B - 1R1st - Rhys S - 6C 3rd - Evan D- 6N

We ended up with two 3rd place winners both selling 120 tickets, thought it was only fair to split the movie money between them. 4W win all tickets returned and 6N win for most tickets sold.

Thank you to all our Mothers’ Day stall helpers and wrappers. It was absolutely priceless seeing the joy and concentration on the children’s faces as they went ‘shopping’ for their special ladies. Even the smallest amount of parental assistance is helping make a big difference to our fund raising. We raised over $2000 from the Mothers’ Day Stall.

NEW PLAYGROUNDOur plan to improve the junior and senior playgrounds is now under way, with the first ropes equipment installed.

The next stage, creating a natural playground is being worked on so expect more on that in weeks to come. A Playground Sub-Committee meeting is planned for the May 30 to work on details for the top oval and natural playground on the bottom oval. Please email elanorahtspandc@gmail.com to express your interest in discussing how best to spend what you have raised.

We are holding our Term 2 working bee next month on Saturday June 16.

Parents may not know that our grounds maintenance allocation is the same as any other school. The size and demands of our location are not taken into account so Andy needs a hand.

The P&C plans to do one working bee each term as more than likely one will be rained out. Even if you can only make one in the year we can share it around. Make this term’s your one to attend.

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...WORKING BEEThe working bee runs from 1pm to 4pm. Children are welcome and each will receive a mini merit for their efforts. We are so lucky our school has such a beautiful bush setting but this does mean a lot of maintenance is involved. So please come and have a fun afternoon with other members of our school community. For your diary, save the date and organise a sleepover or babysitter for August 11 for the School P&C Trivia Night. This is the one major event this year so there won’t be the two discos and other smaller fundraising events dotted throughout the year.

Think about a table for the ‘usuals’ or maybe use it as a chance to catch up with some of those parents of children from a few years ago! We often find it hard to get everyone together with our busy schedules so we’re making it easy for you! Watch out for more to follow on this great event.

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MUSIC NEWSOn Monday in Week 2, 13 recorder students attended their first combined rehearsal for their Opera House debut at Sydney Congress Hall in the city.

Our students were some of the 300 or so metropolitan recorder players who will be coming together this Sunday to perform at the Sydney Opera House for the 2018 Festival of Instrumental Music concerts. They will be joined by another 200 students from country areas.

Our students will be required for another rehearsal prior to the concert on Sunday at 12noon. The concert begins at 7pm and I know it will be a very exciting time for both, performers and parents.

On Tuesday May 29 our Year 3 choir will be attending their first combined rehearsal for the PCS Music Festival. The rehearsal will take place at Wheeler Heights Public school and students will be taking a bus to and from the venue. A permission note has been sent home this week.

The PCS Music festival is taking place on August 6 at Pittwater High School. The 1-2 dance group, the recorder ensemble and Year 6 singers will be joining with Narrabeen Lakes and Narrabeen North Public Schools and the Pittwater High string group to perform and the clarinet ensemble will also be performing on that evening. It is a night not to be missed.

3-6 choir continues to work on their repertoire for their upcoming performance in the Festival of Choral Music at the Sydney Opera House. Their first combined rehearsal will be on Tuesday June 26.

All groups are continuing to work on pieces for the Elanora Extravaganza, which we are all looking forward to again this year.

Jenny Power

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The cold weather has finally kicked in and Heights Delights has lots of delicious treats to keep the children warm. Hot chocolate is available before school and at recess and lunch for $1.50. Pumpkin soup is available everyday in both small and large serving sizes. The new Good Food Hero meals are proving very popular and are the perfect way to ensure your child has a warm nutritious lunch. Don’t forget cheese on toast is only $1 and is available at recess only.

We are still looking for new volunteers and especially need people who are available to help on either Thursdays or Fridays. These are the busiest days in the canteen and extra hands are always needed. Please call the canteen if you are able to help.

To volunteer at the canteen contact Ingrid on 9913 272 or Ingrid.taylor@outlook.com or 0416 258 626.

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Contact ehps.uniforms@gmail.com

Open on Monday & Thursday from 8.15am to 9.45am

Purchase in store or by order form available online via the school website

Pay by cash or card (Eftpos, Visa or Mastercard)

Alterations & Repairs by Michelle Sturrock (Dressmaker and parent), great rates on offer to Elanora families. Details are available at the Uniform Shop.

Second Hand UniformsSecond Hand Uniform Coordinator Karen Woodley

Enquiries or Purchase please call 9913 1292 after 9.00am or email thewoodleys@optusnet.com.au

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Sabrina G () Flute - Senior Band

Felix L () Clarinet - Intermediate Band

Stella M (4V) Alto Sax - Training Band

Trumpets Intermediate Band

MUSICIANS & SECTIONS OF THE FORTNIGHT

Band Dates For Your DiaryTue May 22 EHPS Music Program Committee Meeting 7:30pm

Elanora Squash Courts All WelcomeSun May 27 Senior Band to perform 9am at Narrabeen Sports High Car

Boot Sale – attendance compulsorySat Jun 16 or 23 Pittwater Instrumental Festival Strings Weekends at

Pittwater High School Times & Dates TBCSun Jun 17 All bands to perform at Wahroonga Music Festival

Times TBC Attendance is CompulsorySun Jun 24 All bands to perform at Northern Beaches Music Festival at

Pittwater High SchoolTimes to be confirmed – attendance compulsory

Mon Jul 23 Band & Strings Workshop day 9am-3pm at school. All students are expected to attend.

Sun Aug 26 Intermediate Band to perform 9am at Narrabeen Sports High Car Boot Sale – attendance compulsory

Tue Aug 28 Elanora Extravaganza – all Ensembles to perform at Pittwater High School – Matinee & Evening performances – Times to be advised

Tue Sep 18 Senior Band to perform at Sydney Town Hall 6pm

CONGRATULATIONS TO SENIOR BAND

Last term our Senior Band successfully auditioned for the opportunity to perform in one of the Arts Unit’s Music Festival Concert Series held at the Town Hall and Opera House throughout Terms 2 & 3.

There were approximately 300 bands from across NSW Public Schools that auditioned for this opportunity and only 50 were selected and given a spot in one of the 12 concerts.

This is the first time EHPS has had a band involved in these performances and we are very proud of this wonderful achievement.

They will be performing in the “Coorong Concert” at Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday Sept 18.

A big thank you once again to Mike Fronzek who recorded the band and edited the video for us.

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PCS – Seeking Freelance Journalist

The Peninsula Community of Schools (PCS) represents 10 primary schools, from Cromer PS to Avalon PS, and 3 high schools and focuses on delivering quality education K-12. We are seeking your journalistic writing skills to assist in the promotion of the PCS for a double page spread in the Manly Daily’s education week series. The promotional piece showcases the high-quality of public education in the PCS through highlighting 2-3 student events. The education week article will appear in early August. We are looking for a writer who can showcase the many valuable education and professional learning opportunities offered for our students and staff! If you are interested in offering your assistance, please provide a short resume to the Principal at your school.