5th June 2013

It is wonderful as the Principal to be able to share the great learning happening at our school. On many occasions over the last couple of weeks I have had the pleasure of children sharing examples of their learning with me. There is a great deal of excitement in the children as they are able to talk about new concepts, and great pride in showing a beautiful piece of class work. I have been most impressed by the learning occurring in our Kindergarten classrooms. It is amazing to see our youngest students reading and writing in such a detailed way after 15 weeks of school. Well done Kindergarten students and their teachers. Last Friday our school was represented in the Zone Cross Country Carnival, and I have received impressive feedback that our students are not only great competitors but also outstanding in their behaviour and sportsmanship. Well done to all the students who represented our school. You are champions! Every year we have the pleasure of selecting a student who represents all the qualities and attributes of an outstanding citizen and student within our school community. I am pleased to announce the Ambassador for Public School’s from Edensor Park in 2013 is Joshua To. Joshua has always demonstrated the values expected of students within our school and community. Joshua has the pleasure of attending special leadership training days at Belgenny Farm in Camden with other Ambassadors from across our Region. Well done Joshua, we are very proud of you. I would also like to take this opportunity to remind parents that we are currently accepting Kindergarten enrolments for 2014. If you have a child who turns 5 before the end of July 2014, please visit the office and collect the enrolment forms, as places are now filling. We send our well wishes to Mrs Boyce, who has been recovering from a serious car accident. We look forward to Mrs Boyce returning, when she feels she is ready, as we miss her.

K. de Falco Principal

On Friday 31st May 2013, Miss Hayes

and Mr Kelly took 43 Edensor Park

competitors to Brenan Park for the

Zone Cross Country. Whoa! What a

day!

Mr Kelly was the Edensor Park

official. He got to tell students

where to go. Poor Miss Hayes was

very stressed! This was her first zone

cross country and she wasn’t sure

what to do. Luckily wonderful

parents and lovely Edensor Park

students were there to help her out!

All of our competitors tried their best to

run the course. Students between 8–10

yrs ran 2km and students between 11-13

yrs ran 3km. PHEW! Most parents and

teachers were glad they didn’t have to

run it! But speedy Leon Markovic and

swift Tommy Dujo made the reserves for

their age group. Supersonic Milos Anic

came 8th place and made it into

Regionals. Well done boys!!!

HUGE congratulations to all of our

Zone participants, you made our

school proud! A very BIG thank you to

parents who came down and showed

their support. We appreciate it.

Mrs Curcio’s

Maths Wrap Up

Year 2 have been focusing on Length this term.

They have been investigating non-formal units of

measure. Some children used a connecting cube,

some a paper clip and others a teddy bear counter

to make a ruler.

They worked in pairs to make their rulers and then had to measure

items around the room.

After comparing findings they discovered that the same item was

both 10 paper clips and 15 teddy bears long? Which was rather

confusing...

Discussions soon arose about the importance of

everyone using the same unit of measure!!! :)

K Red Shamel Helo K Blue Serena Audish Dahlia Issa 1M Tommy Pham 1W Lucas Novaretti Dejan Radulovic 2L Chanelle Mimoso Hannah Lewis 2W Fiona Winfield 2/3E Danijela Bobanovic 3R Natalija Bobanovic 4D Esho Samano 4/5H Leon Markovic Gabby Florio 5/6K Evan Athanasiou Joshua Yalda 6M Mel Lim

Wasps Ashlyn Bui, Jylise Ann Redbacks Paris Tran, Nathan Matti Scorpians Isabelle Cavallaro, William Nguyen PSSA Netball (Jnr) Jennifer Marano, Yara Mikha (Snr) Cindy Pham, Tatijana Moric PSSA Soccer (Jnr) Leon Markovic, Anders Yousif (Snr) Antun Lucic, Alex Syromahos (Girls) Jemma Vogiatzis, Ana Loncar K Yellow Eric Alexandroff K Red Sabeerah Atta, Amali Droscher K Blue Cloe Sulamian, Jamie Marano 1W Paris Giorgio, Dominic Silic, Cathrine Naser 1M Dylan Luu, Amanda Esho, Patrick Sadeth 2L Savvio Audish, David Kadri 2W Sapphire Masri, Marley Herbert, Andrew Simamora 2/3E Ashlyn Bui 3R Jesse Toon 4D Esho Samano 4/5H Fadi Butrs 5/6K Antun Lucic 6M Joshua To

K Red Noah Masri, Xara Zaineddine K Blue Amos Mele, Jacob Elias Natalie Qaquish, Domenico Carbone 1M Darcy Morgan, Mathew Marrouki 1W Tye Giorgio, Talia Coletti Dominic Silic, Zander Angeleski 2L Natasha Kapitanivoc, Saavio Audish Chanelle Mimoso, Korn Kasemchainan 2W Elayna Nguyen, Steven Nguyen 2/3E Ashlyn Bui, Danijela Bobanovic Jeremy Jago, Evelyn Thai 3R Hidy Butrs, Joshua Talevski 4D Tia Tran, Anders Yousef 4/5H Rosina Carbone, Jon Vogiatzis Kayla Sae Lam, Alex Syromahos 5/6K Deon D’Albora, Alana Zic Anthony Chau, Cindy Pham 6M Karla Markovic, Mathew Petrovic

Aussie of the month nominees:

Kindergarten: Jennifer Pham, Orlando Yalda (K Red); Dahlia Issa (K Blue); Tristan Ruisi, Aleisha Florio (K Yellow) Grade 1: Hayden Le (1W); Dylan Kusnadi, Alana Heron (1M) Grade 2: Divya Pratap (2L); Joseph Le (2/3L); Andrew Simamora, Allysen Rogers (2W) Grade 3: Jylise Ann (3R); Shiel Singh (2/3E) Grade 4: Gaby Florio, Tommy Dujo (4/5H; Megan Pham (4D) Grade 5: Cathy Ninh (4/5H); Nastasia Novaretti, Deon D’Albora (5/6K) Grade 6: Jakov Kapitanovic (6M); Danijela Dujo (6L); Cindy Huynh (5/6J)

Anthony Stanojevic—K Blue

Rebecca Simon—1W

Tahlia Gardner—2/3E

Megan Duong—4D

Sarah Lewis—4/5H

Ryan Kusnadi—5/6K

We are collecting the Woolworths Earn & Learn stickers again this year! Bring them in and post them in the collection box in the foyer. There are lots of rewards to be gained for our school.

Children who turn five before 31st July 2014 are eligible to start school next year.

If you have a child, or you know of any children in Edensor Park who will be ready to start school next year, please call into the office now for an enrolment form.

We now have a Clothing Donation Bin installed down by the hall. Instead of regular clothing appeals, you will be able to drop off your donations at any time during the year. Bins will be serviced and maintained regularly and donations will be purchased from the school by Statewide Services and then sent to third world countries to aid and assist in the supply of second hand clothing and textiles for those most in need. Proceeds from these bins will be donated to Stewart House.

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SCHOOL TERMS 2013 Term 2 1st May - 28th June Queen’s Birthday Weekend: 10th June Term 3 16th July - 20th September Term 4 8th October - 18th December

2014 Term 1 commences Wednesday 29th January (Yrs 1-6)

Thursday, 30th January (Kindergarten)

June 10th Queen’s Birthday Weekend

17th UNSW Writing Competition

18th UNSW Spelling Competition

12th P&C Meeting

19th Athletics Carnival

24-28 Parent/Teacher Interviews

28th Last Day of Term 2

July 16th Term 2 Commences

July 29th– 2nd August EDUCATION WEEK

October 16th Kinder 2014 Orientation Meeting