Our School News Term 2 Week 7 2018

Week 9 - Term 2Mon 25 Jun Year 3 Rocks Walking Tour

K-2 NSHS Winter Tour 1:45pm-2:45pmTue 26 Jun Years 5&6 Debating Training 8:15am

Choir students @ RehearsalLLW@S Parents Meeting 3pm-4pm

Wed 27 Jun Year 5 Dancesport

Thur 28 Jun Sydney North Dance Festival rehearsal & 5pm performance

Fri 29 Jun PSSA v Narrabeen NorthNetball @ NBISC & Boondah Res Soccer @ Narrabeen North PSRugby League @ Narrabeen Res 4AFL @ Narrabeen Res 6

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!Parents: For the safety of our children please refrain from using the driveway.All students should now be in full winter uniform.All permission notes are available on our website under the ‘Notes’ tab.Athletics Carnival notes & payment due by Friday Jun 22.Working Bee this Saturday 1pm-4pm

K-6 Elanora Etiquette for next week is: Waiting for others to finish their conversation before speaking and remembering to say, “Excuse me”, before you begin.

Notes for your DiarySydney North Dance Festival: Jun 30Year 4 West Head Excursion: Jul 2

Week 8 - Term 2Mon 18 Jun WABIAD (Write A Book In A Day) training

session 12pm-2:55pmTue 19 Jun Years 5&6 Debating Training 8:15am

3-6 Catholic Mass for Catholic Scripture Students

Wed 20 Jun Year 5 DancesportK-2 Book Reading - “A Tangled Tale of Tagliatelle” by author Yves SteningOrange Fruito/Vego DayDrama Club Improv’ Night 7pm in hall

Thur 21 Jun PCS Art Show Opening 5:30pm @ Warriewood Square

Fri 22 Jun Years 5-6 WABIAD (Write A Book In A Day) Competition Day 8am-4:30pmSydney North Cross CountryPSSA - Off-Site Training Session

EHPS Making Maths Meaningful

Parent Information Night 2: Making

Friends with Fractions

Tuesday Jun 26 from 6pm to 7pm Please RSVP to elanorahts-p.school@det.

nsw.edu or phone the office on 9913 7283.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGEDear Parents and Friends,

As we head into the second half of the term, we hope all families were able to enjoy some quality time together over the long weekend. The weather was certainly conducive to indoor activities, so perhaps you took the opportunity to get out some board games or catch a family movie together. Psychologists report that parents often feel that they need to do extravagant activities with their children or buy them the latest toys to build relationships, but what most children want more than anything is just time spent together – it is more valuable than anything else. Most importantly, the time we devote now into building relationships, serves us well when our children are adolescents – so consider how you can build now for future strength.

Thank you P&CA huge thank you to our wonderful hardworking P&C for providing the new Welcome Sign & National Anthem Banner for the school. They look fantastic!

Multicultural Speaking FinalsLast week we held the finals of the Multicultural Speaking Competition, with two students from Stage 2 and Stage 3 being selected to progress to the next level of the competition. We were so impressed with the courage and outstanding level of public speaking displayed by all students in the competition and would like to congratulate Lazar R and Ella F from Stage

3 and Sylvie M and Jessica K from Stage 2 on their selection to the next round. Our thanks to ex-student, James Smith, for his adjudication and to Mrs Connery for her organisation of this event.

Focus on WellbeingWe have certainly had a theme of ‘wellbeing’ over the past fortnight. We have hosted the Life Education van in the school, with all classes attending a session with Healthy Harold. This program integrates with our focus on positive wellbeing for students and supports student learning in drug education, making healthy choices and promoting positive eating habits. I would like to thank Ms Virginia St Heaps for her coordination of the program this year.

Students have also been engaging in the Make Your Own Healthy Lunch challenge over the past fortnight, with students and staff showing off their lunches with pride. Let’s hope the trend continues!

Last week we welcomed several parents along to our Life Skills Family Sessions, which provided an opportunity for parents to join in on the fun of the Life Skills program with their children. We hope that some of the mindfulness techniques learnt at school can be replicated at home to promote wellbeing for all families in the school.

And finally, in keeping with our wellbeing theme, last week we had a ‘meeting free’ week to promote a healthy work-life balance for our hard-working teachers. We hope that they were able to re-charge their batteries over the long weekend to help them finish the second half of the term strongly.

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Students on ShowOur debating teams represented the school at the next round of the Premier’s Debating Challenge this week with our senior team narrowly missing a win against Curl Curl North PS and our junior team debating Cromer, being defeated by a small margin. It is excellent to see our students growing in their ability to debate effectively against other schools – well done students and coaches!

This weekend our strings and band students will be performing at the Northern Beaches Instrumental Festival and the Wahroonga Music Festival respectively. We wish all ensembles the very best for their performances and thank their conductors and parents for their support of these programs.

Update on School PlanOur 3 strategic directions of Leading, Teaching and Learning are well underway, with several initiatives throughout the school supporting growth in these areas.

Leading: Our leadership team have been engaging in an instructional leadership course with the expertise of our specialist consultant, Jann Farmer-Hailey. We aim to strengthen the team’s skills in data analysis to determine effective ways to monitor student growth in learning, in line with the new literacy and numeracy progressions released by the department throughout this year. We are also looking at leading teacher development through collaborative practices.

Teaching: Our focus for professional learning in 2018 has been the What Works Best document, developed by the Department’s Centre for Educational Statistics and Evaluation (CESE). This document looks at which teaching practices are most effective in improving our student growth data. Each of the 7 elements are being explored through spirals of inquiry and reflective practice in grade teams, with grade achievements then shared broadly across our staff. This collaborative process has been enabled by the introduction of Sportspro lessons each week. We thank the community for their support of this program, which not only provides expert skill development for our students, but also facilitates vital collaboration time for our staff each week.

Learning: Following from our professional learning, teachers have been

experimenting with ways to make learning visible for their students, with learning intentions, success criteria and goal setting being implemented in classrooms across the school. Students are learning how to reflect on their learning in meaningful ways through reflection journals, ‘exit slips’ and self-assessing their work against criteria. Here are some examples from Year 5…

Looking forward to seeing you at the working bee this Saturday,

Leesa Martin Principal

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Our jobs list includes:

• Construction of garden beds in collaboration with Peter Rutherford of Kimbriki Eco-Garden and Class 5R – Miss Charlotte Reddan needs some assistance to get this project underway, so all classes can enjoy the benefits of growing and eating vegetables, herbs and flowers. What a great project!

• cleaning up and changing the costume room with the music storeroom – co-ordinated by Mr Jack Tier

• water pressure cleaning

• ongoing bushland maintenance

• grounds rubbish and uniform cleanup – thanks children!

• bring shovels, gloves and a wheelbarrow if possible.

• library books to be sorted

IF RAINING IT WILL STILL BE ON - PLEASE MEET IN THE LIBRARY.

The Social Sub-Committee started their detailed planning of Term 3’s Trivia Night with a meeting at the racquet bar recently. The Trivia night will be in the school hall on the August 11 with some hot food provided, bring along a plate if you want nibbles with your drinks. I’ve been told a number of parents weren’t aware it is coming up, if you are reading this can you please tell your friends or just check to see if they get the newsletter. It is next term but we know how quickly that will come around so get organising to make a table of ten.

The night is a good opportunity to catch up with people and contacts you or your children know through the school. The P&C would naturally like to raise some money to go towards the next round of outdoor equipment. Please have a think and see if there is something you could donate for raffles or prizes. All things big and small are appreciated. There are no other fundraising events this year so we look forward to your help with this event. Let Ro know your suggestions on her email roeybraz@hotmail.com or alternatively at elanorahtspandc@gmail.com

The P&C has funded the Welcome Sign over the entrance walkway and the Anthem Banner in the hall.

A huge thank you to Steve Ralston for designing the sign and banner and Wattle Signs & Print for producing and installing the signs.

I’m sure you’ll all agree that the banner across the entrance way is very welcoming and now both verses of our anthem can be sung with gusto!!

Elanora Heights Public School P&Cwelcomes all parents & friends

to our major social event for 2018!

Saturday August 117pm for 7:30pm start

In the school hallPizza dinner provided | BYO nibbles & drinks

TICKETS ON SALE NOW$30 each

or $250 for a table of 10www.trybooking.com/WEOV

Trivia night

Bring your smarts & get ready

for a fun night of trivia, games & socialising.

Come as you are or dress as your favourite smartie colour. Prizes for best dressed!

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Elanora Heights Public School Making Mathematics Meaningful (triple M!) session 2:

MAKING FRIENDS WITH FRACTIONS

Tuesday June 26, 2018 School Library

6.00 – 7.00pm

Fractions are everywhere so let’s have fun with them! The aim of this session is to outline the important knowledge, skills and understanding addressed in relation to the concept of fractions. Information, activities and ideas for reinforcement at home will be covered through demonstration, handouts, and hopefully some audience participation! We want this session to be both valuable and fun.

We hope to see you there! Laurinda Lomas Deputy Principal and self-confessed maths enthusiast! Elanora Heights Public School Making Mathematics Meaningful (triple M!) session 2:

MAKING FRIENDS WITH FRACTIONS

Tuesday June 26, 2018 School Library

6.00 – 7.00pm

Fractions are everywhere so let’s have fun with them! The aim of this session is to outline the important knowledge, skills and understanding addressed in relation to the concept of fractions. Information, activities and ideas for reinforcement at home will be covered through demonstration, handouts, and hopefully some audience participation! We want this session to be both valuable and fun.

We hope to see you there! Laurinda Lomas Deputy Principal and self-confessed maths enthusiast!

WHO: The Elanora P.S. Drama Group & YOUWHEN: 7pm on Wednesday 20 June 2018

WHERE: The E.H.P.S. Hall

“A WONDERFUL NIGHT OF ABSOLUTE FUN!”ROWAN ATKINSON, COMEDIAN

“AWE INSPIRING”THE MANLY DAILY

“UNFORGETTABLE”MRS MARTIN, E.H.P.S. PRINCIPAL

“FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY, I URGE YOU TO SEE ELANORA

HEIGHT’ IMPROV’ NIGHT.”MR BROOKS, E.H.P.S. GENERAL ASSISTANT

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... AUTHOR VISITS ELANORA HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL to read Dinner Detectives “A Tangled Tale of Tagliatelle”

By Yves Stening & Nigel Buchanan

On Wednesday June 20, author Yves Stening will be reading his new book ‘A Tangled Tale Of Tagliatelle’ to students in Years K-2.

We are very excited to have author Yves Stening visit our school to read his new book ‘A Tangled Tale Of Tagliatelle’ which takes children on a magical journey to discover the origins of pasta. Here’s what some of the critics have said....

“It is a simple, interesting and humorous history lesson, as well as a story about three friends enjoying a meal”

Children’s Book Council Australia

“The book sneakily introduces culinary facts history, th well known and obscure, to young readers Books+PublishingORDERING BOOKSAll Elanora Heights students receive a 10% Discount

PURCHASE ONLINE: https://www.dinnerdetectives.com.au/buy-books/Use Promo Code: ELANORAHEIGHTS for 10% discount.

Make sure you include your child’s name and class in the “shipping” details and select ‘no shipping’.

PAY BY CASH Please enter details below and return this sheet to school with your payment by Tuesday June 19.

ALL books purchased (on-line & by cash) will be signed by Yves and brought to school on the day of the visit.

Child’s Name __________________________________ Class ____________

Title No. of Books Discounted Price TotalA Tangled Tale of Tagliatelle $22.95A Fearsome Beast and a Dumpling Feast $22.95 TOTAL

You can read more about the books here: https://www.dinnerdetectives.com.au

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SENIOR GIRLS & BOYS DANCE GROUPIn Weeks 9 and 10 our Senior Girls and Boys Dance Groups will be performing three shows at Glenstreet Theatre, Belrose for the annual Sydney North Dance Festival.

Both groups have been working hard all year to prepare their dances and their performance dates and times are as follows:

Week 9Dress rehearsal Thursday June 28 @ 9:30am Evening show 1 Thursday 28 June 5:00pm Evening show 2 Saturday 30 June 7:30pm

Week 10Matinee Friday 6 July 11:30am Tickets are available on the SGlen Street Theatre website: https://glenstreet.com.au/book

Best of luck to both groups!

Miss Charlotte Reddan & Mr Jack Tier Dance Coordinators

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ORANGE FRUITO-VEGO – WEDNESDAY 20TH JUNEPlease send orange fruits or vegetables next Wednesday.Each term we highlight the nutritional value of one or two particular colours, and the importance of eating a wide range of fresh foods. The national health guidelines for primary school children recommend eating 5 servings of vegetable per day and 2

serves of fruit. Try sending vegetables as well as fruit. Crunchy carrot sticks always get munched happily. Although Fruito-Vego is usually meant to be only RAW fresh food, cooked sweet potato or pumpkin are welcome on Wednesday to increase the range of vegetable foods. And of course, oranges and mandarins are fresh at the moment, or how about paw-paw, rock melon, fuji fruit, even tomatoes seem to be turning orange.

Make My Own Lunch Home ChallengeWell done to all those parents supporting their children in making their own lunches and morning teas. The last two Wednesdays have been Show Off Your Lunch days and we have been thrilled to see so many students proudly showing off lunches they made themselves. Nearly all lunches include a carbohydrate and a protein, but an extra hurrah for those children including several

vegetables. As you can see in the photos, our principal has also been an enthusiastic adopter of the Year 6 salad jar. Completed challenge cards are to be returned by Friday 22nd June so we can arrange mini-merits and fruit kebabs.

LiveLifeWell@School Parent meeting – Tuesday 26th June, 3.00pm in Stellar roomAre you interested in helping our children develop lifelong healthy lifestyle habits? Got some ideas? Please come along to the LLW@S parent meeting. We have a wonderful small but dynamic team of parents who have this year organised Eat a Rainbow for K-2 in Term 1, and Make My Own Lunch for 3-6 in Term 2. New faces are needed to join this very effective parent group and keep the momentum.

Over the years our LLW@S parent group has played a valuable role in raising nutritional awareness through a range of initiatives and with constructive input into the food provided at the canteen and school events. Promoting daily exercise is another main thrust of LLW@S, as well as reducing screen time. Please let me know through the office email if you would like to come to the meeting on Tues 26th June, or even if you can’t come this time, but are interested.

Jenny Cullen

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... PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE We are halfway there! The PRC closes 30th August, so please encourage your child to keep reading. If you would like a list of books your child has borrowed from the library this year, please contact us.

Congratulations to the following students who have recently completed their PRC. Well done to you all!

K-2 Luke A Kurt S Aliza S Jack A Angus S Imogen M Zara D

3-4 Julia R Sammi S Ella S Eitan S Sylvie M

5-6 Taylor M Abbey B Louisa E Rusty-Jay E Lachlan F

The PRC website is https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc

Logon with the User ID and password your child uses at school.

Joanne Argent and Anne-Marie MorrisonTeacher Librarians

MUSIC NEWSCongratulations to the Clarinet Ensemble and the Junior Dance Group on their successful audition for the PCS Music Festival.

They will join the Year 3 Choir and the recorders and senior vocalists on Monday August 6.

A note regarding ticket sales for that event has gone out this week and needs to be returned to the front office as soon as possible so you are not disappointed.

Parents of the Opera House Choir members are reminded to book your tickets to the Australis concert on Tuesday June 19. They are to be purchased directly from the Opera House and sell out very fast. Make sure you do so on that day to avoid disappointment.

On Tuesday June 26 Opera House Choir members will be attending a combined rehearsal in the city. We will be departing school at 7:40am in full school uniform. Please ensure that the permission note and payment are delivered to the front office by Monday June 18. We also remind you that there will also be two extra rehearsals on Thursday June 28 at 8am and Friday July 6 at 8am, as these will be the last rehearsals before the concert. I will be handing out the Festival T-Shirts then.

Jenny Power

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... Zone Cross CountryCongratulations to all of our amazing competitors!

On Friday June 1 students travelled to Rat Park to participate in the Zone Cross Country event. Nine schools in our zone competed on the day with 54 students in each race.

Elanora Heights students were excellent representatives for our school with every participant striving to do their best and achieving results they should be proud of. Overall our school finished in 7th place in the event. Our 8/9 girls ran a fantastic race, winning the overall race as a team. Many of our students finished in the top twenty places in their individual races, with two students qualifying for the Regional Cross Country in June.

The heavy rain and cold didn’t deter our competitors and it was a pleasure to witness their enthusiastic and supportive attitudes, as well as their great level of sportsmanship throughout the day.

We would like to extend a very special thanks to the parents who marshalled a station at the event - the day could not go ahead without you. Also a big thank you to other parents and family members who were able to attend and cheer on the runners.

A special mention to these students who finished in the top 10:

10 Years – Anja F (7th)10 years – Max D (10th)8/9 Years – Zahli S (4th)

Good luck at the regional carnival Zahli and Max.

Miss Levido

UNIFORM SHOP NEWSThe Uniform Shop now carries girls cotton navy tights in ladies size small as well as sizes 4-6,7-9 and 10-12 years. Long grey socks for boys are also now available as well as all sizes of the new Winter shirts for boys and girls.

ON SALE are selected styles of the boys long Winter pant (from old supplier) in sizes 14 and 16 only, down to $10 and all girl’s sport skorts now only $10.

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PSSA Training Times Training is cancelled if it is raining

SPORT DAY & TIME LOCATION

Boys Rugby League Thursdays 3pm – 4pm Top Oval

Junior Girls Netball Fridays 8am – 8.45am Netball Courts

Senior Girls Netball Tuesdays 8am – 8.45am Netball Courts

Boys Soccer Fridays 8am – 8.45am Top Oval

Girls Soccer Wednesdays 3pm – 4pm Top Oval

Mixed AFL Wednesdays 3pm – 4pm Top Oval

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Contact ehps.uniforms@gmail.com

Open on Monday & Thursday from 8:15am to 10:15am

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

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

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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Yasi Violin - Strings Beans

Archer Cello - Mezzo Strings

Julia Euphonium - Training Band

Harper Flute - Intermediate Band

Cooper Percussion - Senior Band

Sophie Violin - Strings Beans

Lucas Bass Guitar - Training Band

Scarlett Trumpet - Intermediate Band

Oliver Euphonium - Senior Band

Percussion Training Band

Clarinets Senior Band

Trumpets Training Band

Percussion Intermediate Band

MUSICIANS & SECTIONS OF THE FORTNIGHT

Band Dates For Your DiarySat Jun 16 Pittwater Instrumental Festival - Senior Strings

Session 1: 12pm -1:30pm (please arrive at 11:30am)Sun Jun 17 All bands to perform at Wahroonga Music Festival

Training Band arrive at 7:20am, move to warm-up room 3 at 7:30am and perform at 8am

Intermediate Band arrive at 10:320am, move to warm-up room 3 at 10:45am and perform at 11:15am

Senior Band arrive at 1:55pm, move to warm-up room 3 at 2:05pm and perform at 2:35pm

Sat Jun 23 Pittwater Instrumental Festival – String Beans & Mezzo Strings Session 3: 1:30pm-3pm (please arrive at 1pm)

Sun Jun 24 3:30-5pm Please arrive at 3:10pm for warm-up.

All bands to perform at Balgowlah Heights Public School for Harbourside Music Festival. More details below

FULL BAND UNIFORM for this event please.

Tue Jun 26 9am Tickets go on sale for Senior Band Performance at Sydney Town Hall in Sept. See more details in newsletter below.

Mon Jul 23 Band & Strings Workshop Day 9am-3pm at school all students are expected to attend

Sun Aug 26 All Bands to perform starting at 9am at Narrabeen Sports High Car Boot Sale - more time info to come

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

Sun Nov 18 Navy Band/EHPS Bands Workshop & Fundraising Concert at Pittwater RSL 12pm-5pm