The Engadine Public School

WARATAH

Dear Parents

Here we are very quickly approaching half way through this

term and we still have plenty of events and activities to come.

We have already had a successful Art Show, COSOTP Mural

Launch and a beginning to our Kinder Transition days this term.

These events have received wide acclaim from the community

and the news of our successful efforts has reached as far as

Sydney Regional Office. The success of these events can be

attributed to the talents of our hard working staff, the wonderful

support from our P&C and community, and of course, the

enthusiasm of our students.

We look forward to an extremely busy five weeks with end of

year reports, moving into our new buildings, finishing off

learning programmes, organising for 2011, as well as preparing

for special events such as, Grandparents’ Day, Book Fair, Stage

3 High School Linkages, Presentation Day and Year 6 Farewell

to name a few.

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The landscaping around our buildings was completed over the

weekend. Unfortunately, yesterday’s storms have washed some

of it away. We hope that this does not impact on the inspection

scheduled for this coming Friday. All being well, we could see a

successful handover of the new buildings take place early next

week. Here’s hoping!

Stage 3 Excursions for 2011

Just a note to parents of Stage 3 students in 2011 to inform you

that there are two major activities organised for Stage 3 next

year. They will be Peer Support Training at Blue Gum Lodge in

Term 1 and an excursion to Canberra in Term 3.

INSIDE

Principal’s Report 1

Awards 2

P&C Patter 3

From the Office 2 Community Notices 5

4

1A Waratah Rd, Engadine NSW 2233 Phone: 9520 8559 / 520 8071 Fax: 9548 1186

Term 4, Week 5 Email: Engadine-p.admin@det.nse.edu.au

Steve Fuller

Relieving Principal

CALENDAR November

9 Yr 6 BBQ

11 Kinder Transition

13 EPS Band playing at

Cooper St Park Fair

15 Book Week commences

17 Book Fair &

Grandparents Day

Yr 5 to Engadine High

18 Kinder Transition

22 Dance performance

23 Variety Club Xmas Party

25 Kinder Concert/Picnic

26 PSSA Semi Finals

December 1 Canteen Promotion Day

3 PSSA Finals

8 Yr 6 Musical

9 Carols 6pm

Reports go home

10 School Picnic—Funarama

13 Engadine Idol 14 Presentation Day Yr 6 Farewell

15 Last day for students

16/17 Staff Development Days

2011 January

31 Yrs 1-6 Resume School

Kinder Best Start

Assessments begin

February

1 Kinder Best Start

Assessments continue

2 Kinders 1st Day

Engadine Public School

supports the Sydney Region White

Ribbon Project.

AWARDS Merit Wade KP

Logan KP

Youseff KG

Tara KG

Caleb 1M

Gabrielle 1M

Tahlia 1/2R

Franklin 1/2R

Bailey 2/3N

Dylan 2/3N

Joel 3/4B

Tim 3/4B

Jordan 3/4B

Cameron 4/5W

Bryan 4/5W

Cooper 5/6D

Clancy 5/6D

Jake 6P

Brodie 6P

Ellis 6P

Heather 6P

James K-6C

Alex 3-6M

Julian K-2D

Matthew 3-6E

Silver Traci 1M

Andrew 4/5W

Andrew 4/5W

Jack K-2D

Beware OF THE

Dragon

Teeth. This means you are

approaching a 40KM School

Zone..

FROM THE OFFICE Kindergarten Transition begins this week.

Times are as follows:

11 November 9.45am to 11.00am

18 November 9.45am to 11.00am

25 November 12.00 noon to 1.20pm

Concert & picnic for the

final transition day.

P&C PATTER

Canteen Roster Term 4, 2010

Week

Starting Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8-Nov Kerin Coldwell Faye Rababi Julie Gander Janice Suters,

Nadine Ellis

15-Nov Michelle Phillips Melissa Shepherd Linda Weber Sharon Reynolds,

Kylie Morrell 22-Nov Lorraine King Jo Tindall Birgit Hardman Kate Giatras 29-Nov Amanda Cogger Helen Ledin Linda Weber Debbie Gibson

6-Dec Kerin Coldwell Faye Rababi Birgit Hardman, Kylie Morrell 13-Dec Tominika Vatuvei Melissa Shepherd Linda Weber Janice Suters,

Shelley Williams,

Debbie Gibson

Band News

This Saturday, 13 November

the Engadine Public School Band

will be playing at the Engadine Lions

Club Festival. The festival will be held

at Cooper Street Park Engadine and our

band will be playing on the main stage

from 3.00 til 3.30pm.

So, please come down and support the

students and our community. Hope to see you all there!

Mr Dickson

Kindergarten Transition

Times are as follows:

11 November 9.45am to 11.00am

18 November 9.45am to 11.00am

25 November 12.00 noon to 1.20pm

Concert & picnic for the final transition day.

Class of 2011 T-Shirts As we are approaching the end of the school year, it is time to start organising the Year 6 T-shirts for 2011. The shirts will be the same as the short sleeve sky blue polo with the school emblem on the front and a full list of Year 6 names and teachers on the back.

Sizes as the same as current shirts available in the uniform shop. Sizes: Children’s 10, 12, 14, 16Y Men’s 14S, 16M, 18L, 20XL

These shirts will be a special order, so there will be NO refunds or returns once finalised. This is also a one-off order, no extras can be purchased at a later date.

Please complete the order form going home this week and attach it to your payment.

No further orders will be received after

10 December, 2010.

Thank you to our Early Stage 1 and Stage 1

classes for their cake donations. There was a

great selection and the whole school once again

enjoyed the generosity of our families. We are

so please to also have something for almost all

our children with donations of dairy and nut

free products as well. Unfortunately we did

miss Mr Bourke. He does enjoy our special

days. We hope you are making a speedy

recovery Mr Bourke.

Our canteen promotion day was also received

well last Wednesday. We will have one more

promotion day before the end of the term

- Dec 1. Shall have more details later.

Something to note in your dairy is our Carol's

Night. So far this will be on Thursday 9th

Dec. It will be a very casual evening where

your family can come and enjoy the festive

spirit. Children will be under the supervision of

their parents. We will be giving out more de-

tails soon. Our next meeting will be 15th Nov. See you

there.

Jo Breese

P&C President

Thank you to everyone who collected

the Coles vouches for our school.

Our students have been counting and

bundling vouchers over the last few

weeks. They have counted

approximately 23, 600 vouchers!

Well done everyone!

Offence Fine Demerit Points

Stop on/near pedestrian crossing $324

2

Stop on/near children’s crossing

$324

2

Disobey No stopping sign

$243 2

Stop on/near bus stop

$243 2

Sop in Bus Zone

$243 2

Double Park

$243 2

Stop on/near marked foot crossing

$324

2

Stop on/across driveway/other access to/from land

$135 2

Stop on path/strip in built up area

$135 2

Rangers have been outside our school booking cars for illegal

parking recently. Please don’t place our students in danger.

Those few minutes you hope to save

could turn out to be very costly for everyone!

School

Zone

Offences

Visual Arts Excels

Engadine Public School Niclole Gizas. Visual Arts Teacher, and the staff and students of EPS have presented their amazing achievements to the community on two separate occasions this last week. The White Ribbon Art Show was an outstanding success, showcasing the creative ability of the students under the guidance of their dynamic teacher, Mrs Gizas. All work was professionally presented and sales and silent auctions were fast and furious. All guests at the ‘White and Black’ event were stunned at the quality of the children’s work, which now has pride of place in many local homes and offices!

As well, Mrs Gizas was the designer and creative coordinator of the magnificent new mural unveiled this week in the Town Park in Engadine. The mural was painted by children from all the schools bordering the National Park (COSOP) including students, Heather and Mel from Engadine Public School. All of the community at EPS are very proud of the efforts of the staff and students.

The outstanding Visual Arts program is one of many quality programs offered at Engadine Public

School, and along with the beautiful facilities (including a new library and brand new or totally

refurbished classrooms for all K-4 students) provide a wonderful opportunity for your childrens’

education. Enrolments are still being taken for all classes in 2011.

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REMINDER

Canteen is closed on Tuesdays

Enviro

Students volunteer their

lunchtime each Monday.

They enjoy gardening

around the school

grounds and

beautifying the garden.

If you would like to join

the Enviro Club see

Ms Ninness.

CLUB