Staffing Update

The Elderslie Express Elderslie Public School 170 Lodges Rd, Elderslie, NSW, 2570

Phone: 46581632

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Term 1 Week 6

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

It was great to see so many families at our

‘Meet The Teacher’ information session last

week. We really value all our parental support

and look forward to our continued partnership

throughout the year.

The Kindergarten classes have settled in

quickly and are already engaged in learning like

experienced ‘big school’ kids. Congratulations to

their teachers Mrs Spratt, Mrs Hodgson, Mrs

Smith, Ms Shearer and Mrs Filipinski whose

outstanding organisation, management and care

has allowed the kindergarten students a happy

and successful transition to Elderslie Public

School.

Congratulations to the students for being great

listeners and trying hard. Thank you also to all

kindergarten parents who have ensured the

children are at school on time, with all their

belongings labelled. Parents have allowed the

children to show independence by a ‘kiss and

drop’ strategy, which ensures a positive and

productive start to the day.

We understand that leaving your child at school

can be worrying at times, especially if you are a

‘new’ parent. I can assure you, they are in very

good and caring hands and that they are smiling

and engaged the minute you leave the grounds!

Kind Regards

Melissa Clarke

Relieving Principal

Last Monday Mr Mark Peters was successful

through an application process in gaining the

position as Relieving Deputy Principal at Oxley

Public School for 2017. I would like to

congratulate Mr Peters, and thank him for his

contribution to the Elderslie Public School

community. As a result, there will be a staffing

restructure.

Mrs Kate Caruana will be replaced on 5/6P by

Mrs Holly Marino. Mrs Sarah Park will continue

to job share on 5/6P with Mrs Marino. During

week 7 Mrs Marino and Mrs Caruana will work

together closely to ensure a very smooth

transition for 5/6P.

I would also like to congratulate Miss Lauren

Campbell who was successful through an

internal application process in attaining the

position of Relieving Assistant Principal for

Stage 3. Miss Campbell is excited about her

new position and looks forward to working with

the stage 3 community.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you

need any further clarification.

Can all parents please return your SeeSaw

permission slips for the use of the SeeSaw app.

This is a great tool to help you share in the

learning of your child.

SeeSaw

The school will be holding a free disco for

every class that has had 100% return of their

classes permission notes on Friday 10th March

during lunch and recess.

Please do not hesitate to see your class

teacher if you have any questions about the

SeeSaw app.

A number of 5/6 students are taking part in a

lunchtime Oz Tag competition.

Oztag is the latest craze in recreational sport

that now has competitions running all over

Australia, and with over 140,000 registered

players. It is a non-tackling game, non contact

game, with similar playing rules to that of

Rugby League. Eight players in each team are

on the field at any one time. Players wear a

Velcro waste band with a patch on each side.

This is a mixed competition.

A big thank you to Mr Chris Lees for his time

each Monday lunch time to referee our games.

We look forward to updating the community

with our teams results as the term progresses.

Congratulations to the 2017 Student

Representative Council, Library Monitors,

House and Vice Captains who were presented

with their badges at last week’s Induction

Assembly.

Leaders Induction Assembly

Oz Tag Challenge

Swimming

West Tigers Jamal Idris visited Elderslie

Public School to speak about the importance

of ‘Respect’ to students in Years 3 to 6.

“Play is the beginning of knowledge.”

-George Dorsey

The Wellbeing team at Elderslie Public School

understand the importance of play and having

our students entertained and engaged during

our lunch and recess breaks. We are creating

some playground equipment for our students to

use during break times and we would love the

support of our community.

We will beholding a school Working Bee on

Sunday 9th April 2017 at 10am. If you are

available to help on the day we would love to

hear from you or if you have any resources and

materials that could be used to create these

structures we would be very grateful.

If you can help in any way please contact the

school office and put your name down. More

information about our working bee will follow in

weeks to come.

Thank you for your support

Ms Haran

Playground Equipment & Working Bee

NRL Visit

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1

Jan

23 24 25 26 27

Staff Development

Day

2 30

1-6 Students

Return Term 1

31 1 2

Kindergarten

Starting

3

3

Feb

6

Swimming

Carnival

7 8

Leadership

Incursion

9 10

4 13 14 15

P & C

16

Assembly

Yr3-6 @ 12:40

K-2 @ 2pm

17

5 20 21

West Tiger

Community

Assembly 10am

22

Meet the Teacher

night

23

Induction

Assembly

24

6

Mar

27 28 1 2

Assembly

K-2

Razorback swimming

carnival

3

Halogen Leader Day

Razorback swimming

carnival

7 6 7

Scripture Starts 8

Elderslie High School

Information night

9

Yr6 Select HS test 10

8 13

Zone Rugby League

Zone Trials

14

Sydney

South West

Swimming

15

P & C

AGM

16

Assembly

Yr3-6 @ 12:40

K-2 @ 2pm

17

9 20 21

Stage 1 Healthy

Lifestyle Day

22

Fun Night

23

Tree Time 24

Elderslie High School

Talent Quest

10 27 28 29

Elderslie High

School Transition

30

Whole School

Assembly

31

Camden Show

Kindergarten

11

Apr

3 4 5 6 7

Easter Hat Parade

Last day of

Term

Term 1 Calendar

OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program

OSHClu Betor: & After School Car

Program Update

Hi Everyone!

At OSHClub, the children's ideas create the program and they have the option to do the activities programmed

or there are always materials for free craft availa ble, and equipment for free play.

As term 12017 comes into f ull swing we have begun to settle into our routine and the children are now settled

in their new classes at school. I would like to take this time to remind our families that we are becoming

increasingly busy and days are being booked out. Once we have become f ull we are not able to take in any

more child ren as we are licensed to hold 45 child ren by the department of education and cannot legally accept

anything over this num ber. So we urge families to book in advance if possible and if an emergency arises

please contact us as soon as possible and we will do our best to accommodate where possible.

With the begin ning of the year comes our annual paperwork, this paperwork is req uired for children with

asth ma, anaphylaxis, additional needs, allergies and also children with current court orders in place. We ask

parents to please be patient with us during this process as it is a legal req uirement and if possible return the

pa perwork as soon as possible.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the families for their patience in the first few weeks of

Term 1as this is a unsettling time for the child ren and families and also a chance for us to get to know the

children and the OSHCl ub families.

We would love to hear our families feedback throughout the term so any feedback will be gratef ully

appreciated.

Tum:>k YOU fuiS Wek:To all of the families who supported us throughout the first half of Term 12017

o encourage the children to develop relationships with each other

Parent Information

OSHC program phone: 0478 081 301

Coordinator: Jess

Assistants: Allana

OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000

All families must be enrolled to attend theprogram. Remember this is Free!! Please create an account

online at www.oshclub.com.au All bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online

account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at theprogram.

Monday Tuesda) Wednesday ThursdaJ Friday

Before

School

Pokemon battles

and Tennis

Face masks

and Silent

ball

Making puppets

and 44 homes

Create your

own find a

word and Hot

potato

Origami and

Bullrush

After

School

Family tree,

Soccer and Mr

Squiggle

Armour

shields,

cricket and

Donkey

Golden child,

Domino

challenge and

Setting up shop

Sushimaking

blind fold

pacman and

OZ tag

, Sushi

kitchen set

up, Soccer

and

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