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Issue 86 Term 1 – Week 6 Friday 6th March 2020

Engadine Public School 1A Waratah Road Engadine NSW 2233 T 9520 8559 engadine-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Important Dates

Week 6

Friday 6th March: Assembly Year 3-6

Week 7

Friday 13th March: Assembly Year K-2

Week 8

Monday 16th March: P & C AGM 7.30pm in Wednesday 18th March: SCHOOL PHOTO DAY Thursday 19th March: Pizza Day Friday 20th March: Assembly Year 3-6

Week 9

Monday 23rd March: Harmony Day Friday 27th March: Support Unit Sports Day at

Endeavour High Assembly Year K-2

Week 10 – PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS COMMENCE

Friday 3rd April PSSA Summer Sport ends Whole School Assembly

Week 11 – PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS CONTINUE

Tuesday 7th April Mufti Day & Egg Donations P & C Wrapping Night Thursday 9th April Easter Hat Parade Last Day Term 1

Week 1 Term 2

Monday 27th April: Staff return to school Tuesday 28th April: Students return

ANZAC Day Assembly Wednesday 29th April: 5D to Tanken Centre Thursday 30th April: Cross County Carnival Friday 1st May: Winter PSSA starts 3-6 Assembly

PBL FOCUS OF THE FORTNIGHT ‘RESPONSIBLE & RESPECTFUL’

Target Areas: Follow Staff Instructions

Dear parents/carers, Just a quick one from me this week! A huge congratulations to our zone swimmers who did exceptionally well on Tuesday and should be very proud of themselves. Staff report that the students were well behaved and happy. They achieved some personal bests and we have several competitors through to Regional level as well. Mrs Danne will provide a more detailed update later in this bulletin. Thank you to Mrs Danne and Mrs Hall who assisted our students and others at the zone level. It has been a busy week this week, with Interrelate sessions as well as Professional Learning for staff and our Kids Helpline Games and apps workshop. I trust that students, families and staff have all taken away some valuable information and strategies from these great learning opportunities. Finally, as we head into a weekend that celebrates International Women’s Day, I would like to quickly mention an interesting survey that was recently collected by PLAN International Australia. The data found that 91% of girls and young women surveyed expressed a strong desire to become leaders to tackle the biggest challenges of our time. They cited their mothers as their main source of support in their own lives and fierce female leaders as their inspirations. Some of the current leaders our Australian girls draw inspiration from are: Jacinda Ardern, Malala Yousazfai, Greta Thunberg, Emma Watson, Clementine Ford and Ash Barty. How wonderful that our girls are courageous, active and informed! Happy International Women’s Day everyone – enjoy your weekend and let’s celebrate the amazing women in our lives. Keep smiling Sara Swift, Principal

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School Photographs This year we will again be having our school photographs taken by Don Wood Photography. Photos are scheduled for Wednesday 18th March. All students are requested to wear full school uniform and black school shoes on photo day. Please remember we have transitioned to white socks for girls, so please wear these on photo day. There will once again be the opportunity for sibling photos to be taken. Notes and ordering information has been sent home, and is available from the front office. Details of how to order are also at the back of our newsletter. Sound Waves Update Sound Waves, our new, phonemic approach to spelling, is off to a great start across the school. Students are getting used to chanting their sounds, segmenting their words and representing phonemes (the sounds you hear) with graphemes (written representation of the sounds). A parent information session will be held at 9.20am on Monday 9th March in the library. Australian Mathematics Competition

In July this year we will be offering entry into the Australian Mathematics Competition. The AMC is an engaging 30-problem competition that demonstrates the importance and relevance of mathematics in students’ everyday lives; it is open to students in years 3 to 6. Participation is not compulsory, more details will be sent home soon. Pizza Day – Thursday 19th March Canteen made pizzas have been added to our menu! Students can have the opportunity to try out these tasty treats at our Pizza Day on Thursday 19th March. Notes and order forms have been sent home and are available from the front office. Mobile Phones A reminder to all parents that students are not allowed to have mobile phones at school. If your child brings a phone to school they must leave it at the front office and can collect it at the end of the school day. If you need to contact your child at school please phone the office and a message can be passed on.

Notes Sent Home The start of a new year is always a busy time. Thank you for your cooperation with returning permission slips and payments to school. The following payments are now being taken at the office: General school contribution $50.00 Workbooks and other fees Varied Dance Fees $130.00 Choir $60.00 Band (Term 1) $84.00 + Instrument hire Stage 3 Japanese Education Centre $25.00 Support Unit Sports Day $15.00 If you are wanting to discuss any of these payments please contact Donna or Jo at the office and we will be happy to assist. Missing PSSA Shirts It is requested that all year 4-6 parents please check for any School PSSA shirts not yet returned. The shirts were a very generous donation from the Crusaders Football Club to support the school sporting teams. 8 sets of 15 shirts were given so that no matter the season sports teams could proudly represent our school. Over 3 seasons shirts have not been returned leaving us with the sad fact that only 2 sets are now complete. 6 sets now have shirts missing. Please check carefully in bottoms of bags and bottoms of laundry piles for these shirts. The shirts make the students feel they are part of a team and it’s hard to do that with shirts missing. Could all shirts also be washed before they are returned. Important Notice to Parents Our duty of care is to ensure students are picked up from school by parents, family members or adults who are nominated as contacts on our records. If you wish to arrange for an alternate person to pick up your child from school we require a written letter of permission. In the coming weeks we will be sending a form home to all families so they can advise and update the details of their children’s regular pick up procedure (OOSH, bus, pick up by parent etc). If there are any changes to your child’s regular afternoon pick-up procedure please advise the school in writing.

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Environment Team News Engadine Kids Garden Goodies stall will be selling produce from our school vegetable gardens this Monday after school in the top playground. Vegetables such as spinach, brussel sprouts and herbs will be available for a small donation. Please come along and buy some fresh, organic produce grown by our Environmental Team students. All proceeds will be used to fund our Environmental Team projects. In case of wet weather, the stall will be postponed until the following Monday. SRC Supporting Our Armed Forces The Engadine Public School SRC would like to recognise the efforts of our armed forces and create some care packages to send to them. Any donation will be much appreciated. If you could follow the guide it will make package creation more efficient. Kindergarten: Bags of lollies Year One: Peanut Butter, Nutella, Jam, Vegemite (no glass jars please) Year Two: Roll on deodorant or shaving cream (male or female) Year Three: Chips, in particular Twisties Year Four: Biscuits, in particular Iced Vovos or Anzac Biscuits Year Five: Chewing Gum Year Six: Chocolate

Students can also write letters to male or female members of the ADF to express their gratitude for the outstanding job that the armed forces do for our country. Please include a stamped self-addressed envelope if you include a letter.

All donations will be collected from your classroom every morning until Thursday 20th March. Following the collection, the parcels will be packaged by the SRC and sent on the recipients. Thank you to all of our wonderful families at Engadine Public School for supporting such a worthwhile cause.

Zone Swimming Carnival Congratulations to all students who represented Engadine Public School at the zone swimming carnival on Tuesday at Engadine Leisure Centre. The weather held out and our swimmers produced some wonderful results. We have three students who will be representing our school and the Engadine Zone at the Sydney East PSSA Swimming Championships in individual events. Best of luck to Zwi, Ronia and Leo!!! Our Junior Boys relay team made it through to the regional championships placing 2nd in their race. Congratulations Sam, Logan, Eden and Zwi. The Sydney East Regional Championships will be held on Tuesday 17th March 2020. Zwi was the overall Junior Boys age champion and Ronia was 3rd place in the Junior Girls age champion. Well done!!!

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Digital Technologies Survey Over the last few years there has been a dramatic increase in the availability and prevalence of mobile technology, including wearable technology, across all aspects of society, including in schools. Wearable technologies are computerized devices that can be worn on the body. They are most commonly worn as accessories (e.g. watches, fitness tracking bands, bracelets, glasses, etc.) Engadine PS is currently developing a digital device/wearable technology policy and is seeking your feedback regarding children's usage of digital devices. This includes mobile phones, smart watches, fitness trackers etc. Hard copies of our survey were sent home with students this week. Alternatively, if you would prefer to complete this survey online, please follow the link below: https://forms.gle/Rr2RSoD7sMVjK1aTA Harmony Day Celebrations – 23rd March Harmony Day is a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home – from traditional owners of this land to those who have come from many countries around the world. By participating in Harmony Day activities, we can learn and understand how all Australians from diverse backgrounds equally belong to this nation and enrich it. Read more at https://www.harmony.gov.au Engadine Public School invites students and parents to dress in their National costume, to help celebrate our diversity. Parents are invited to school at 9.30am on Monday 23rd March for the Grand Parade of National Costumes. Alternatively, students may dress in Orange. Orange is the colour chosen to represent Harmony Day. Traditionally orange signifies social communication and meaningful conversations. Students will also participate in Harmony Day activities in their classrooms and library lessons during this week. Students participating in the Grand Parade must bring orange clothing to change into at the conclusion of the parade. We look forward to the colour and energy this day will bring and thank you for your support.

Parent Teacher Interviews We will be having our Parent Teacher interviews in week 10 and 11. Interview times can be booked online and will open next week. A note with details will be coming home with all students. Interviews are strictly 10 minutes and spaces are limited. If you require more time with a particular teacher, please arrange a separate meeting by contacting the school Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au

Enter the code 993qv Enter your details

Select the teachers you wish to see

Select the appointment times that suit your family best

When you click FINISH your selected bookings will be emailed to you immediately. If you not receive your email, please check your junk-mail, or enter the event code again and check your email address spelling. Update your details if email address is incorrect.

DO NOT DELETE the email you receive. Keep it somewhere safe. You may need to refer back to it at alater date.

REMEMBER TO ADD YOUR APPOINTMENTS TO

YOUR CALENDAR - reminders will not be sent home.

Bookings must be finalised by 27th March at 4pm

If you need to view, cancel, change or print your bookings:

● Click on the link in the confirmation email you received after you made your bookings

● OR return to www.schoolinterviews.com.au and enter the code and the email address you used when making your bookings.

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P&C News Our AGM will be held on Monday 16th March at 7:30pm In accordance with our constitution, if you want to vote at our AGM or be voted in to a position, you will need to be a financial member of the P&C at or before our February meeting. At our AGM, all positions will be declared `vacant. The positions of secretary and treasurer will need to be filled by new people as the current position holders have fulfilled their 3 year term and in accordance with our constitution, members are permitted to hold a position for no more than 3 years. We would love to see new people get involved and be part of our wonderful P&C. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Amanda Yock (current President) on amandayock@gmail.com

Issue 86 Term 1 - Week 6 Friday 6th March 2020

Issue 86 Term 1 - Week 6 Friday 6th March 2020

Issue 86 Term 1 - Week 6 Friday 6th March 2020

Issue 86 Term 1 - Week 6 Friday 6th March 2020