The Engadine Public School

WARATAH WHISPERS OUR SCHOOL VISION

Engadine Public School promotes an inclusive environment that fosters confident, innovative, successful

learners with high moral values. Excellent academic, creative physical and social programs empower each

student to become an active, resilient and informed citizen in our rapidly changing world.”

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SCHOOL DIARY

Feb

28 Pancake Day

Mar

2 Welcome to School Disco

3 Clean Up Australia Day at school

6 EPS Fete Meeting

9 Hot Dog Day—Canteen

17 ICAS money due

20 P & C Meeting

23 School Photos

Apr

5 Interrelate (Yrs 3-6)

7 Last day of Term 1

26 First day of Term 2 for students

On Tuesday we had 4 executives and 14 Principals from the Netherlands visit our school, to gain an understanding of how we have applied the research of John Hattie in

our everyday classroom activities to increase opportunities for student engagement and improve outcomes. They came to speak with teachers and students around the school, and were impressed with the authenticity of their experience. We presented them with our Project EPIC and our diversity videos, prior to sharing information about the school journey of change in our manner of teaching and engagement of students. Our Dutch visitors were ably led by our school leadership team, had the opportunity to witness lessons in action and to discover students’ understanding of their goals and markers. Huge thanks to the student leadership team, all our students and our fabulous staff for the warm welcome they provided to all our visitors. When leaving the school our international colleagues commented on the value they had gained from the school visit. According to tour leaders, they spoke repeatedly about our school, having enjoyed the company of our student leadership team, and the opportunity to see visible learning in action. A great

opportunity for our school to showcase sound pedagogy, and children to shine.

The Engadine Public School

WARATAH WHISPERS 1A Waratah Rd Engadine NSW 2233 Phone: 9520 8559 Fax: 9548 1186

Term 1 Week 6— 27 February 2017 Email: engadine-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Our International Visitors Hendrika Green, Principal

Assemblies

Held FORTNIGHTLY On Even Weeks, Yr 3-6 Odd Weeks, K—2 Friday at 2:30pm Two whole school assemblies per term. Next Assembly: 3 March, Yrs 3-6

“Story and Surprise” - Fabulous new opportunity !

School News continued

ICAS COMPETITIONS

Social Skills

P & C Reminder

SCHOOL NEWS

School Working Bee—this Saturday 25 February—please bring your wheelbarrows, shovels,

gloves, some spare time and get into our gardens, to help make our school a better place for our

students. There will be some P & C members here from 8 am until approximately 4 pm.

Throughout the school year, teachers focus on developing skills to building positive relationships among

peers— some children learn these through experience and others need to be taught these skills specifically

in order to apply them. The focus of our teaching points will last for blocks of two weeks, and will be

placed in the newsletter. For the first few weeks of school, however, we will be focussing on the

development of friendships

INCLUDING OTHERS

Parents, we ask that you too go through these skills with your children, and discuss the dos and don’ts.

Perhaps you can ask them if they have tried some of the strategies and what the result was. Children learn

best when they are supported from both school and home with a consistent message. Your assistance is

greatly appreciated.

Dos

Remember that if you refuse to allow others to

join your games, you will hurt their feelings.

Feelings are important,

Look around you and see if anyone looks like

they would like to be part of your game. They

may show this by asking if they can play or by

just standing near by themselves.

Smile and say something like “Why don’t you

play too?”, in a friendly voice.

Find ways to make the game or activity adapt

or change to allow another person to play or

take turns to play.

Don’ts

Don’t ignore people who may like to be

included in your game.

Don’t thnk that your group of friends will be

wrecked if you invite someone else to joing in

your games sometimes.

Key Value

Schools’ Clean Up Day - Bring gloves children!

SCHOOL NEWS

On March 3, 2017 Engadine Public School Students will join with

students throughout NSW to make a concerted effort to clean up

around the school yard, and classroom environments. This day is

a tribute to the CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA campaign which has

been running for the past 27 years. In 1989 Ian Kiernan had a

simple idea to make a difference in his own backyard - Sydney

Harbour. He organised a community event with the support of a committee of friends - Clean

Up Sydney Harbour. This simple idea has now become the nation's largest community-based

environmental event, with the first official Clean Up Australia Day on 21 January 1990. The

clean up has now been extended to include both schools and businesses. It’s an amazing testament to the power of

one. You can make a difference!

Citizenship (Community Key of Success)

Citizenship can be defined as membership of a group. It allows

certain privileges and also comes with obligations to follow the rules

of the community or the groups. Citizenship also means the

relationship between the person and the community to which they

belong—not just in following rules and procedures, but also in

following the moral and social code.

Being a good citizen of Engadine Pubic School means more than

basic rights and responsibilities, it involves quality of character,

behaviour and interactions with others in community. We want our

students to be active, informed and responsible citizens .

A good citizen is one who :

Cares about the feelings and rights of others

Shows concern for the safety and well-being of others

Stays informed about issues and voices their opinion /votes

Conserves resources and follows the 3R’s (Reduce, Reuse,

Recycle)

Uses their skills to make a better community

The benefits students may gain from being a good citizen include:

Self-confidence and resilience to deal with everyday

occurrences—like a disagreement with another

Gives them voice in their school community

Enables them to make valuable contributions to the world in which they live

Prepares them for the ups and downs of being an adult in the working world.

Being a good citizen takes an effort which is valued by peers, staff and families alike.

Interrelate Programs Coming Up For Parents of Stage 2 and 3 Students.

SCHOOL NEWS

SCHOOL NEWS

The Uniform shop now has an email address set up for enquiries. The email inbox will be checked once a week. Enquiries can be sent to epsuniformshop@hotmail.com. Personal Facebook messages will no longer be replied to. An updated uniform price list can be found on the school website, and from the front office. Engadine Public School Uniform shop will be accepting credit card payments from Term 1 2017!!! Any enquiries can be made to epsuniformshop@hotmail.com Winter Uniform Orders : In order to ensure winter warmth is available in a timely manner, orders need to be placed in March—forewarning, as this can also be costly for some families

Payments to the Office

The school is now accepting all online payments for school items and other payments at the office as normal.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we moved to the new system.

P & C Items are required to be paid separately from school items, as the accounts and responsibility lie with different accounts

and different account holders. IF YOU ARE MAKING AN ONLINE PAYMENT PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER TO RETURN ANY

PERMISSION SLIPS TO SCHOOL AND PLACE THEM IN THE CLASS SLOTS LOCATED IN THE FRONT OFFICE..

If you are paying online—please delete any previously saved shortcuts and account details for Engadine Public School. Our previous bank details have changed as this account is closed and payments made to this account are not being received. Please follow the steps on the Make

A Payment tab on our website.

It would also be appreciated if you could make any payments by the due date required. We cannot accept late payments .

School Banking News Uniform Shop Update

P & C NEWS

EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING AT SCHOOL!!

Lots of exciting things are happening at school during first term! Please take a moment to read

through the dates to remember at the front of the ewsletter and mark them in your diary!

WELCOME BBQ AND DISCO—THURSDAY 2nd MARCH

Please join us in welcoming our new and old students and families to Engadine

Public School by coming to our annual Welcome BBQ and Disco.

Disco start times: - Kindergarten, Year 1, and 2: 4.30pm—5.45pm

Year 3, 4, 5, and 6: - 6.00pm—7.15pm

Money can be paid on the day from 4.10pm.

Cost is $7.00 per student (includes disco entry, a packet of chips, and a bottle of water )

Glow bands will be sold by Year 6 students

Sausage Sizzle from 5.00pm at $3 each, Drinks $2.00 each THE CANTEEN WILL NOT BE OPEN

PANCAKE DAY—TUESDAY 28th FEBRUARY

The P & C committee will be selling pancakes to the students at recess on

Tuesday 28th February. Cost is 2 pancakes for $2.00.

We will be selling GLUTEN FREE pancakes on the day as well.

Your choice of toppings: - honey, lemon and sugar, maple syrup or nothing at

all—the choice is yours!!

UNFORTUNATELY THE OPEN AIR CINEMA EVENT THAT HAS BEEN PROMOTED IN OUR DATES TO

REMEMBER HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON THE NEWSLETTER IN THE COMING WEEKS FOR INFORMATION ON OUR

EASTER CELEBRATIONS AND FUNDRAISING!!

The canteen is open every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday every week..

If any parents or grandparents can spare some time to help out in the canteen please let the staff at

the office know and they will pass the message on—we are always happy to welcome any help!

REMINDER—HOT DOG DAY IS THURSDAY 9TH MARCH—GET YOUR ORDERS IN TO THE CANTEEN BY

THE END OF THE WEEK!!

School Canteen News

P & C NEWS

SAVE THE DATE—First Fete Meeting 6 MARCH 2017

EPS FETE —EPS has set the date

for its bi-annual Fete - it's

Saturday 26th August!

For those new to the school, this is an activity that takes a mammoth amount of planning, time and co-ordination, and to ensure we get off to a good start we have set the date for our first planning meeting, Monday 6th March at 7.30pm in EPS staff room. We welcome everyone to attend and want to make sure every family (especially new ones) have the opportunity to get involved. We now have over 250 families attending EPS and would like to see everyone helping to make this event a great success! We would be extremely grateful if every family could nominate to do “just one thing’ for the Fete. If you are curious about how you can get involved, the following is an example of the work streams and roles that are required to be managed and coordinated by EPS volunteers: Logistics, entertainment, external stalls, rides, food options, EPS BBQ, class stalls, raffle, sponsorship, marketing, advertisement, graphic design, site layout, first aid, staffing volunteers on the day, pack/clean up and overall Fete Co-ordinator ... to name but a few….. This is a great day for our school and the students and we look forward to making a memorable 2017 fete together! We look forward to seeing you on the 6th March.

. COMMUNITY NEWS

COMMUNITY NEWS