Dear Parents & Friends

Education Week is here!

Today we celebrated with the Official Riverina Launch of Education Week at Edward Public School. Our school captains Nicholas O’Connor and Georgie McCalman, who again, represented us well welcomed Mr Collin Parker – Regional Director, Ms Vicki Kempton – School Education Director, Principals, DEC representatives and special guests as a week of celebration of ―Creating the Future‖ was heralded.

The importance of reading can never be over rated. Enjoying

reading and loving books is encouraged and celebrated on every level, and in every place in our learning community. Fun and

exciting reading events like Mrs Laker’s Reading Photo Competition always reminds us of its significance in everyday life. From the time we get up in the morning til bedtime- we read. The photos were judged today by Ms Kempton and after much deliberation she was pleased to announce this year’s winners are Noah and Tom Bradley and Riley Seymour. Thank you Mrs Laker for your organisation of this event.

Later today, at an Education Week Award Ceremony at Deniliquin High School, several very hard working and dedicated members of our Edward Public School Community will be receiving awards. Congratulations to Felicity Michael, Wendy Palmer, Kim O’Neill, Christina Mildren and Will Shaw. We certainly appreciate the goodwill and prosperity you bring to our great school.

Tomorrow our Year 5 and 6 students will be participating in the Leo Barry Cup at Memorial Park, while our 3 -6 students will be visiting the Deniliquin High School to watch the matinee rehearsal of their Variety Night performance. With our own Production preparation well under way, it will be with keen eyes that our students watch their more senior counterparts on the stage. A busy and enjoyable day to look forward to.

Friday will be a special day for Edward as the announcement of our PBL- Positive Behaviour For Learning - Values will be made at an Education Week Assembly with a surprise guest. Special ―Value‖ awards will be presented, also, awards for the University Tests will be given. Our Home School Liaison Officer, Mrs Marshall will be presenting certificates for excellent attendance. Please come

along and share in the fun.

I had many visitors to my office this week from 1/2GD: Jayde, Sam and Annie had outstanding reading achievements to share in their home reading records, and Jayh, Jake, Malaki, Sam, Marandarr, Josh and Jamahl were very pleased with their writing. Mr Howell was very keen to show off his class’ art work, while 3/4HB have been busily working on finding the position of objects in mathematics. 2/3JE used their knowledge of place value to create

highest and lowest two, three and four digit numbers. Our seniors are researching the Olympics while KDB and K/1GJ are coming along in leaps and bounds with the L3 program for literacy. There are so many engaging learning experiences happening in our vibrant classrooms. Did you know that we have been at school for 100 days so far in 2012? Mrs Jacobs’ class celebrated with a party in a maths kind of way. Find out more inside this newsletter.

Our Creative Catchment Kids have been working on the process of book publishing. Taylah King, Laura Werner, Lourens Geldenhuys and Bianca Semple, are in the final stages of their project book. Their interesting text and colourful illustrations are commendable and their book will be a welcome addition to our school Library. Well done team.

Two students- Sean Geary and Jacob Edwards will be off to Moulamein PS on Thursday and Friday for a sleep over and to enjoy the wonderful Aspire Me Visual Arts Workshops. This is a creative opportunity of wondrous proportions which these two very privileged students will remember for a long time. The creations at this event certainly are quality works of art. Sean and Jacob definitely have a lot to look forward to.

Remember to keep the Coles vouchers coming in, and have a great Education Week!

Best wishes

Joy Soper Principal

Dates for the Calendar

Week 3 Education Week

31st July

Riverina Education Week Launch at EPS Photo Competition Winner an-nounced

1st Aug Canteen Closed Leo Barry Cup Yr 4/5/6 to DHS Performance

2nd Aug Visual Arts Camp in Moulamein

3rd Aug Visual Arts Camp in Moulamein

Week 4

10th Aug District Athletics at RAMS Oval

Week 7

31st Aug Riverina Regional Athletics

Week 9

12th Sept Production

13th Sept Production

Phone: 5881-2612 Fax: 5881-5090 Email: edward-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.edward-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Week 3 Term 3 - 31st July 2012

Excellence, Opportunity and Success

Canteen Closed Tomorrow

The canteen will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday 1st August 2012. Students will need to bring all food and drink

requirements from home.

K/1GJ - 100 Days of School Celebration

This week some exciting activities are happening in K/1GJ. We celebrated 100 days of school attendance with a

MATHS party on Monday. As part of our MATHS counting program we have been bundling groups of ten. Using a

calendar we counted how many days in the school year so

far. The celebrations were marked with a special class party for Education Week.

Books for Babes and Blokes

After doing a stocktake of all the books, we found a huge number still not yet returned and lots that are just missing! Please have a good look around your house and classroom to see if you can find any books and return them. Borrowing will resume again this week (Week 3). Books for Babes-Wednesday morning. Books for Blokes-Friday morning.

Book Week - ‘Champions Read’

Book Week is being celebrated in Week 6 and Edward School

will be conducting the following activities:

Monday 20th August—Book Fair Wish List Day

Tuesday 21st August—Art Day

Wednesday 22nd August—Book Fair Buying Day

The Deniliquin Newsagency have supplied over 1000 books

to choose from and have been a wonderful supporter of Edward School.

EWE Awards

Congratulations to the following students who received Edward Writing Excellence awards at last week’s assembly.

Most Improved - Alicia Smith, Monique Heron, Sophie East, Phoebe O’Neill, Taylor Wilkinson, Alex Maher, Riley Parsons-

Cooper, Lachlan Saville, Ben Leetham.

Best - Eliza Bermingham, Annie Harvey, Brock Redden, Jack Michael, Ella Harvey, Lachlan Dunn, Nicholas O’Connor,

Georgina Mildren, Taylah King.

Education Week Special Assembly

As part of Education Week celebrations all parents and carers are invited to attend a special Education Week special

assembly this Friday 3rd August at 9.00am. The name of the 3 values that were chosen as a result of the recent survey

will be announced.

Canteen Roster

Wed 1st Aug CANTEEN CLOSED

Thurs 2nd Aug Sarah Graham, Jan Petersen Fri 3rd Aug Jan Petersen, Gwen Busbh

Mon 6th Aug Jan Petersen, John Ellul

Tues 7th Aug Jan Petersen Wed 8th Aug Michelle Crossley

Edward Awards

Bonnie Everett KDB Bronze 3 Kade Redden KDB Bronze 1 Tahlia Heron KDB Bronze 1 Jackson Muldoon-Leetham KDB Bronze 2 Dustin Lawson KDB Bronze 3 Shelbe Bish Year 1 Bronze 1 Tyron Ross-Gardam Year 1 Silver 2 Isaac Suckling Year 1 Silver 4 Annie Harvey Yeaer 1 Silver 4 Matilda Glowrey Year 1 Silver 4 Eliza Bermingham Year 1 Silver 4 Louis Behsmann Year 2 Silver 4 Darcy McManus Year 2 Silver 2 Chloe Blenkiron Year 3 Bronze 2 Brandon Curtis Year 3 Bronze 1 Kimberley Cartwright Year 3 Bronze 1 Gabby Clarke Year 3 Bronze 2 Ella Harvey Year 3 Bronze 2 Lachlan Saville Year 4 Silver 1 Georgina Mildren Year 4 Silver 4 Blake Heron Year 5 Bronze 1 Maddie Irwin Year 5 Silver 3 Nicholas O’Connor Year 6 Gold 1 Chloe Rutter Year 6 Gold 2

KINDERGARTEN 2013

ENROLMENTS NOW BEING TAKEN

Please contact our very friendly staff at the school office: Barb, Susi and Jayne.

Deniliquin Youth Council - Open

Day/Information Evening

Deniliquin Youth Council is holding an Open Day/

Information Evening at the Deniliquin Men’s Club prior

to the next Muso night on Friday 3rd August commenc-

ing at 7.00pm - 8.00pm. The aim is to raise its profile

and at the same time hear and listen hear and listen to

ideas of the local youth in addition to providing an oppor-

tunity to better understand what the Deniliquin Youth

Council does. For those attending there will be a guest

speaker, nibbles, and a lucky door prize provided. This

event is free and all are welcome.

Netball Coaching Clinics presented by

Susan Pratley NSW Swifts captain and Australian

Diamonds player

Wednesday August 15 Deniliquin Sports Stadium

Cost: $25 per player LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE

Hosted by Deniliquin Netball Association

Forms available from Deniliquin Heritage Fabric

SESSION TIMES SCHOOL YEAR

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Years 3 to 6

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Years 7 & 8

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Years 9 - 12

P & C Major Raffle

Each family will receive a book of 10 raffle tickets for the Major Raffle this week. Tickets are $2 each and there are over $1000 worth of prizes to be won- thanks to Harvey Nor-man, Deniliquin.

1st prize is a Sony-S 16GB Tablet with Sony S blue tooth keyboard and carry case Valued at $700, 2nd Prize is a Teac dual 7‖ portable DVD players- Valued at $230 3rd Prize is an I helicopter- controllable by I phone/ IPod/ IPod- Valued at $130.

Drawn Friday 26th October at the P & C Games Night

All tickets due back to school office SOLD or UNSOLD by Friday 28th September(last day Term 3)

We will also have a prize for the family who sells the most tickets- so once you have sold your tickets, return them to the office and get another book to sell.

P & C is also looking for people to help sell raffle tickets on a Saturday morning at IGA. If you can help please let Felicity know 0488054356. Thanks for your support!!

Help us celebrate our win in the

2012 Business Excellence Awards

This Sunday 5th August from 10.30-2.30

Relax with a coffee while

the kids meet Petey Pie

Live music

Free face painting

Balloons

Open 9am – 3pm Sunday

Open 7 days a week