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Dates for your DiaryTERM 3

WEEK 2Friday 2 AugustPSSA

WEEK 3Monday 5 August - Friday 9 AugustGoal Setting Three-way Interviews

Tuesday 6 AugustSpelling Bee Finals 11:30am - 1:00pm

Wednesday 7 AugustOpen Day from 12 noon

Wednesday 7 AugustBook Fair 12:30 - 3:30pm in the Library

Thursday 8 AugustAthletics Carnival Years 3 - 6

Friday 8 AugustPSSA

WEEK 4Monday 12 AugustP&C meeting 7:00pm in the Library

Friday 16 AugustPSSA

WEEK 5Friday 23 AugustPSSA

TERM 3 – WEEK 2 – YEAR 2019

MESSAGES FROM MISS BENNETT

WELCOME BACKLast week we welcomed back our staff and students as we began Term 3. It has been a busy year so far and this will continue as we provide our students with a range of engaging learning experiences to support their learning. Currently Year 6 are having a fabulous time exploring Canberra and we will be welcoming them back on Friday night. Thank you to Mr Powter, Ms Sweeney, Mrs Ryan and Mr Bendall for giving up their personal time to ensure this camp happens for our students. I am hearing that they are having a fantastic time exploring our nation’s capital. This is one of the many opportunities we provide to our students to supplement their learning and NESA curriculum requirements. Other happenings are the Stage One gymnastics program which is looking just wonderful! PSSA and our excellent school sport program, extra-curricular activities, and many more.

EDUCATION WEEKWe will be celebrating Education Week next Wednesday with our annual Open Day events. All are welcome to watch every student perform and to celebrate the wonderful success of all of our students. Open Day is a day which about showing our students how much we appreciate their hard work, and celebrating the outstanding work of our staff. Further information is included in this newsletter.

FAREWELLWe are farewelling a much loved and long term member of our staff, Mrs Marilyn Jones. Mrs Jones has served the Emu Plains Public School community for many years and is known by all for her dedication and commitment to excellence in serving our school community. Mrs Jones has served our school as the School Administration Manager and has made the decision to move into the next exciting step in her journey, retirement. I would like to thank Mrs Jones for the many years that she has worked tirelessly to support not only the work of numerous principals, but the work of the whole school. She will be missed by one and all and we wish Mrs Jones all the very best for this next phase. Farewell and good luck.

Miss Jodi BennettPrincipal

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2EMU PLAINS PUBLIC SCHOOL – Newsletter – Term 3 – Week 2 – 2019

SAVE THE DATE: KINDERGARTEN - YEAR 2 SPORTS CARNIVALEmu Plains Public School K-2 Sports Carnival will be held Friday September 27th.

Events will start at 9:15am and finish with a picnic lunch at 1:10pm.

Mrs Alison Koutzas

KINDERGARTEN 100 DAYS OF SCHOOLKindergarten had a wonderful time last Friday celebrating their 100 Days of School. The children had lots of activities involving the theme “100”. They wrote recipes to make their fairy bread, which they thought was extremely delicious. They counted to 100 to decorate the cake with smarties. We had a special visit from some future kindergarten children from Kids Place childcare centre.

We had a lovely picnic in the afternoon with so many parents and carers who joined us. It was nice play a few games or relax on the rugs.

It was a fantastic day to celebrate all of the wonderful things we have learned to do this year so far!

Mrs Sarah Willett-FoyeAssistant Principal

WORD OF THE WEEKWord of the Week continues in Term 3 with words for family and the environment. Students will also combine words taught in Term 2 to make sentences. As part of this program the students and their teachers will be learning by watching video clips of Darug elders, Aunty Jacinta and Uncle Richard as they model the correct way to say the words. Encourage your child to share their learning with you and connect with the local Aboriginal language.

Weeks 1 and 2

Mother – Wiyanga

Father – Biyanga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_bsch5c-g0

Try these:

Warami Wiyanga, Ngani? – Hello Mother, How are you?

Budjaru Mulinawal Biyanga – Good Morning Father

Mrs Germaine Quinn

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGECongratulations to the following students who have completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge:

Ben K. KCFreddy M. KHBraxton S. KW

Alice H. 1JParker T. 1J

Austin F. 2JEllen W. 2JStephanie W. 2S

Kate B. 3FThierry D. 3FOlivia H. 3FJohnny M. 3FLorelei W. 3HAidan W. 3FDeclan W. SK

Gabrielle I. 4M

Patrick L. 5HAmelie P. 5HChloe S. 5DJeremy W. 5DLachlan W. 5D

Amelia D. 6RKaaren H. 6PZiggy M. 6SBoyden W. 6R

Students who complete the challenge receive a Teacher’s Award, their name on a star in the Library window and an official certificate from the Premier of NSW in December. Students who complete the challenge across multiple years receive further awards, a Gold Certificate after completing 4 years, a Platinum Certificate after completing 7 years. Students who complete the challenge every year from Year 3 to Year 9 receive a medal.

There is one month left to finish the challenge. Entries must be submitted online by August 30th 2019. If you are having trouble submitting online, you can fill in a paper form and hand it in to Mrs Koutzas (2J or the office).

Keep reading Emu Plains!Mrs Alison Koutzas

3EMU PLAINS PUBLIC SCHOOL – Newsletter – Term 3 – Week 2 – 2019

ATHLETICS CARNIVALOur school Athletics Carnival will be held next Thursday 8th August, at Glenbrook Oval. This year we will be introducing novelty events into our carnival to improve participation and engagement, while providing maximum opportunities for all students to take part in active play on the day. Students who do not wish to take part in competitive events will have the opportunity to take part in novelty games and sports, while still earning participation points that will go towards their sport house total.

Students will arrive at school at the regular time and will line up under the South COLA on the 9.05am morning bell. Here rolls will be marked, instructions will be given and students will board buses to travel to the carnival. All students will be supervised by the Primary teachers in attendance on the day. As the Athletics Carnival is part of the normal school curriculum, there will be no Primary classes operating at the school on the day of the carnival. Dress for the carnival is full sport uniform including school hat. All personal items should be clearly marked with the student’s name. All students are to bring sufficient food and drink for the day as unfortunately there will be no canteen facilities on the day.

We are looking forward to another wonderful Emu Plains Public School carnival with our students.

Mrs Christy HudsonAssistant Principal

PREMIERS SPORTING CHALLENGEThis year students at Emu Plains will participate in the Premier’s Sporting Challenge. The Premier’s Sporting Challenge is a 10–week program designed to encourage students to track and improve their sporting participation during the program cycle and beyond. Physical activity isn’t just about being fit, it’s about building resilience, improving concentration, and supporting overall health and wellbeing.

Students will log their weekly physical activity via either a wall chart or a log book, dependent on their year level. Students who complete the 10-week challenge will receive a personalised certificate mid Term 4.

Certificates will reflect the daily activity time commitment based on the following award levels:

Award Daily Activity Time

Bronze 30 minutes per day

Silver 45 minutes per day

Gold 60 minutes per day

Diamond 80 minutes per day

Physical activity is logged in 20-minute increments. Activities may include time spent in a broad range of sports during lunchtime, fitness sessions, in school sport programs, class time, before or after school and on weekends.

Mrs Christy HudsonAssistant Principal

PSSAThe winter PSSA competition will continue this term with the exception of week 2 (02/08/19) due to Year 6 camp. We have been hugely impressed with the commitment and sportsmanship shown by all of our PSSA competitors. There is a residual balance of $18 to be paid for the remainder of the winter PSSA season for those students who did not pay the full $72 at the beginning of the season. Notes will be given to all PSSA students next week outlining the balance of payment due.

Mrs Christy HudsonAssistant Principal

GOALBALLCongratulations to our Goalball team who have proceeded to the NSW Goalball School Knockout Shield. This competition will take place on Thursday 29th August, 2019 at Netball Central, Sydney Olympic Park. Students will be accompanied by Mrs Murphy on the day. We wish all participating students the best of luck as they represent our school in this competition. We look forward to hearing how they do on the day.

Mrs Christy HudsonAssistant Principal

4EMU PLAINS PUBLIC SCHOOL – Newsletter – Term 3 – Week 2 – 2019

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING UPDATEOur teachers have been working together looking the numeracy progressions, specifically the work around additive strategies and collaboratively designing tasks to challenge the thinking of our students. Teachers engaged in this work on Staff Development Day and then continued the planning at this week’s Monday afternoon TPL session. I would like to thank our teaching staff for their ongoing dedication towards their own professional learning.

This term we will continue with our Quality Teaching Enquiry sessions which will see our teachers have time to work together to discuss and plan for student learning. We also have two of our teachers, Mrs Fuller and Mrs Eijkman attending some professional learning around numeracy, which will then be shared with our whole staff. We have some wonderful learning opportunities continuing to happen for our staff.

Miss Jodi BennettPrincipal

5EMU PLAINS PUBLIC SCHOOL – Newsletter – Term 3 – Week 3 – 2019

6EMU PLAINS PUBLIC SCHOOL – Newsletter – Term 3 – Week 2 – 2019