Eglinton Public School

Principal: Vicki O’Rourke Phone: 02 6337 1205 Fax: 02 6337 1394 Email: eglinton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.eglinton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 2 Week 1 3rd May 2018

From the Principal Welcome back to Term 2!

We hope you have all had a happy and safe holiday. It was wonderful to commence Term 2 with a whole school Assembly. Mr Graeme Carter joined us representing the Eglinton War Memorial Hall Committee to present prizes to our Year 6 students for their essay writing on the story of the ANZACs. Congratulations to Jasmine on her first place; Jacob on second place and Olivia third place. Each student was presented with a book voucher from Books Plus. We thank the Eglinton War Memorial Hall Committee for their continued encouragement of our Year 6 students’ writing on the topic of ANZAC each year.

ANZAC Day Once again, our school was very proud of the students who came to march with us for ANZAC Day. The children looked fantastic in their uniforms and represented Eglinton Public School so well. Thank you to our many parents who supported the children during the march during the school holidays.

Newsletter changes Today we are making significant changes to our communication. Weekly newsletters for parents will be uploaded on to the School Stream application and our school website. Limited paper copies of the newsletter will be available from the front office for collection. If you have any problems accessing this information or downloading the application please contact the school and we will provide any assistance needed.

We are also publishing our first Stage Snippets for Term 2. The purpose of this publication is to present our parents with all of our Stages’ information for the term in one package. We have also included a Term 2 calendar of events to provide parents with an overview of key dates in advance. Please understand that we will attempt to hold true to these dates provided, but sometimes issues arise beyond our control and we may need to make changes. We have been listening to our parent feedback and we hope to be able to streamline our communications over time. Later this term the School Website Service will change up to new format. In preparation for this we are updating our logo to a digitalised format. We are also looking to consolidate a brand/look to take us into our 150

th year. So, you may see some experimenting

over the next few weeks. We will appreciate your ongoing and constructive feedback to ensure we are on the right track.

Child Protection In coming weeks’ students across our school will participate in Child protection lessons. Classes will commence Week 4 this term and continue one session per week for 4 weeks. We have sent home the general permissions for this program last term and will ensure that we cross-check before the program commences to ensure that only children with signed permissions take part. There is a fact sheet attached to this newsletter as well providing parents with more information about the lessons. If you have any concerns about the content of the program please feel free to contact me to discuss.

An Important Message Eglinton Public School prides itself on having an open-door policy for our parents and the community, and we don’t want to have any changes or restrictions to this current practice.

We are noticing an increase in parents in the playground of a morning. During this time teachers are on duty and are responsible for the supervision of our students or preparation of lessons for the day.

We are asking that each morning a quick drop off of students by parents would be greatly appreciated.

Vicki O'Rourke

DATE NAME

7/5/18 3:15-4pm Linda

14/5/18 3:15-4pm Danielle

21/5/18 3:15-4pm Tess

28/5/18 3:15-4pm Nicki

04/6/18 3:15-4pm Volunteer needed/Emma

Dates to Remember

Week 1 Term 2

Friday May 4th Sydney Writers Festival 5:30am to 6:30pm Infants Assembly (K-2) - 1:15

Week 2 Term 2

Monday May 7th WRPSSA Tennis Albury Country Fair Meeting - 5:30 in Staffroom Canteen Meeting - 5:45 in Staffroom Tuesday May 8th Band meeting - 5:30 in Staffroom P&C Meeting - 7:00 in Staffroom Wednesday May 9th SEU Playball 10:30 - 11:15 Thursday May 10th Mothers’ Day Gift Stall 10:00 Aboriginal Education Meeting 3:45 in Staffroom Friday May 11th Primary Assembly (3-6) - 1:15

Week 3 Term 2

Tuesday May 15th NAPLAN EOOSH Meeting 6:00pm in Hall Wednesday May 16th NAPLAN SEU Playball 10:30 - 11:15 AFL After-School Program Thursday May 17th NAPLAN Friday May 18th Walk Safely to School Day Infants Assembly (K-2) - 1:15 Book Club Orders Due

Week 4 Term 2

Tuesday May 22nd CWA Public Speaking Competition Wednesday May 23rd Child Protection Lessons Australian Maths Olympiad PSSA Girls Netball Orange SEU Playball 10:30 - 11:15 AFL After-School Program Thursday May 24th Child Protection Lessons Friday May 25th Child Protection Lessons School Cross Country NO ASSEMBLY TODAY Band Fun Night 3:30-7:30

NAME DATE

Amanda & Help Needed

Friday 04/05/18

Help Needed Monday 07/05/18

Vanessa Tuesday 08/05/18

HELP & Michelle 11am

Wednesday 09/05/18

Vicki and Jordan Thursday 10/05/18

Amanda and help Friday 11/05/18

Canteen Roster

Clothing Pool Roster

Garden Club

EVERY FRIDAY AT 2nd Half LUNCH

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME ALONG AND HELP THE KIDS GROW SOME

PRODUCE PLEASE EMAIL epsgardenclub@gmail.com

Healthy Bites

I would like to say a huge thank you to all the volunteers that helped on Grandparents Day. We had over 400 sandwiches made with time left to have a quick cuppa. It wouldn’t have happened without you all so THANK YOU!

Our Term 1 Volunteer Winner is Vanessa. Thank you.

There have been a couple of price changes please check the new menu before ordering. Thank you, Amanda Lewis 0429 951 665

Clothing Pool

I hope everyone enjoyed the break and are ready for another busy Term 2.

If you ordered a Polar Fleece Jumper last term they have come in and can be collected from Monday onwards please. If you put in your order late, I will try and still have one for you…. It seems a lot of orders have come in late this year? So I will be putting in another order …. So if you missed out and you want one please have your paid order in by 14

th May. No more

orders after this date.

Reminder: Please put names on all items of clothing.

Winter uniform: If you purchase royal blue garments in town – no stripes or logos. We hope you will continue to support the school shop.

Girls – Royal blue on the bottom – we sell bootlegs, microfibre pants or trackies. If feeling the cold – we have long sleeve white polos. Royal blue accessories – scarves, beanies, small gloves, jackets, polar fleece jumpers (must order now), school jumper. If wearing tunic – navy tights.

Boys – Royal blue on the bottom – microfibre pants or trackies. Our officical grey gaberdine trousers can be everyday too if you prefer. If feeling the cold – we have long sleeve sky polos. Royal blue accessories – scarves, beanies, small gloves, jackets, polar fleece jumpers (must order now), school jumper. Thank you to all donations and to the WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS.

Lunch

Order

Cross Country Week 4

Our annual Cross Country Event will be held Friday 25th May. Cross Country is for Years 3-6, commencing at 12.45pm. Children in Year 2 who are turning 8 this year are eligible to compete; these children will be heading across the road with Years 3-6.

Distance: - 8, 9, 10 years, boys and girls run 2000 metres.

- 11, 12, 13 years, boys and girls run 3000 metres.

We will have a presentation assembly in the hall at 2:30pm.

Parent volunteers are warmly welcome and greatly appreciated, if you are able to assist on the day please leave your name and contact details with the front office. Cheryl Cluff Cross Country Organiser

Aboriginal Education

Committee Meeting

The Aboriginal Education Committee will be meeting on Thursday 10th May at 3:45pm in the staffroom. Interested community members are more than welcome to attend. Our plan is to discuss how we can best meet the needs of our Indigenous students. The meeting will take no more than one hour.

P&C Update

Wow, it’s Term 2!

Can you believe how quickly Term 1 of 2018 flew by?! Then the holidays seemed to pass even faster. And now we’re back into Term 2. Hopefully your families had a good break over the April holidays and are back to school feeling refreshed and revitalised. Thanks for Grandparents Day The P&C would like to thank all of the lovely volunteers (there were over 25 of you!) who helped out on Grandparents Day. We had people making mountains of sandwiches, setting up the gorgeous eating areas and being the road crew for the EPS bands. All good fun and it created a warm and welcoming day at our great school! Didn’t the Grandparents love it?! Thanks again. And especially to Amanda Lewis in the canteen for her mammoth coordination of 350+ lunches. Upcoming Meetings: Here is the next round of P&C meetings - remember everyone is welcome and you won’t be given a job unless you ask for one! Canteen Meeting Monday, 7th of May 5:45pm in the EPS Staff Room Band Meeting Tuesday, 8th of May 6:00pm in the EPS Staff Room P&C General Meeting Tuesday, 8th of May 7pm in the EPS Staff Room *PLEASE NOTE THE AGM WILL AGAIN BE POSTPONED to the June meeting because of ongoing complications in completing the P&C financial audit. EOOSH Meeting Tuesday, 15th of May 6pm in the EPS Hall