remembrance day - essex heights primary school · 2017-11-17 · remembrance day. the children...

EHPS Contact Issue 33 - 17 November 2017 of 12

Issue 33, 17th November 2017

At EHPS we value: Friendliness, Honesty, Inclusiveness, Respect, and Persistence

CALENDAR November Fri 17 ................ School Disco 6pm (P-Yr2) & 7.15pm (Yrs 3-6) Tue 21 .............. Prep 2018 Transition Session 3 11.45am Tue 21 .............. Oxfam Concert 6.30pm Fri 24 ................ Yrs 5&6 Values for Life incursion Tue 28 .............. Prep 2018 Information Evening 7pm

December Tue 5 ................ Prep 2018 Orientation Day Tue 5 ................ PFA Meeting 7.30pm Tue 12 .............. Yr 7 2018 Orientation Day Tue 19 .............. Yr 6 Graduation Lunch 1.30pm Tue 19 .............. Yr 6 Graduation Evening & Disco 6pm Thu 21 .............. Yr 6 Big Day Out Thu 21 .............. Prep Celebration Day Fri 22 ................ Last day Term 4 - 1.30pm dismissal ????? ............... Yrs 1 to 6 starting 2018 Orientation Day

Students do not attend school on public holidays or student-free days.

Whole School Assembly Every Monday at 2.30pm in School Hall. All welcome

School Banking - every Tuesday.

School Hats - every day in Terms 1 & 4.

SCHOOL TOURS for enrolments in 2017 & 2018 only - Fridays at 9.30am

Bookings essential - please call School Office

COMPASS PARENT PORTAL https://essexheightsps-vic.compass.education

2017 Term Dates Term 1: 30 January* to 31 March Term 2: 18 April to 30 June Term 3: 17 July to 22 September Term 4: 9 October to 22 December * 30 January is a state wide student free day. EHPS student free days: 31 January, 29 May and 18 August.

2018 Term Dates Term 1: 29 January* to 29 March Term 2: 16 April to 29 June Term 3: 16 July to 21 September Term 4: 8 October to 21 December * 29 January is a state wide student free day. EHPS student free days: 30 January, plus 2 additional days (dates

to be confirmed)

Essex Heights Primary School 22-30 Essex Road Mount Waverley VIC 3149 Telephone: (03) 9807 4944 Fax: (03) 9888 2249 [email protected] www.essexheightsps.vic.edu.au

Principal: Mr George Perini

Office Hours: 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday during school terms

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dear parents and guardians,

Remembrance Day

Last Friday the school commemorated Remembrance Day. The school stopped at 11am and had a minute silence to remember all of the soldiers that have served to defend our country and to the thousands that sadly never returned.

This week, 1G made beautiful plaques to commemorate Remembrance Day. The children designed their own plaque with a Remembrance Day message, the red poppy symbolising the day and any other special item they chose to add. The class were all very proud of their work and wanted to talk to me about their sign. It was very pleasing to see the work and effort that the children had taken with their plaques. Great work 1G!!!!

Grounds and Facilities update

Thank you to the parents and families that attended the Working Bee last Sunday. The dedicated and energetic group were able to carry out a number of important tasks to improve of grounds, e.g. lavender bushes were planted and 15 cubic metres of mulch were spread to make playgrounds safer. All families were acknowledged at our assembly on Monday and a gold Principal’s Award was sent home. Thank you for being so generous with your time!

You will see that painting the exterior of the Hall and the Music Portables has started. This work will take a few weeks but I hope that this new paint job will revitalise these important school buildings. Over the Christmas holidays, the Hall will also be re-carpeted following some repairs to the floor. Some painting will also occur in the Library to freshen up some walls and the ceiling.

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CALENDAR November Fri 17 ................ School Disco 6pm (P-Yr2) & 7.15pm (Yrs 3-6) Tue 21 .............. Prep 2018 Transition Session 3 11.45am Tue 21 .............. Oxfam Concert 6.30pm Thu 23 .............. Pizza Lunch fundraiser Thu 23 .............. Yr 6 Graduation meeting 7.30pm Fri 24 ................ Yrs 5&6 Values for Life incursion Tue 28 .............. Prep 2018 Information Evening 7pm Wed 29 ............. Lunchtime Dance performance 2pm

December Tue 5 ................ Prep 2018 Orientation Day Tue 5 ................ PFA Meeting 7.30pm Tue 12 .............. Yr 7 2018 Orientation Day Tue 19 .............. Yr 6 Graduation Lunch 1.30pm Tue 19 .............. Yr 6 Graduation Evening & Disco 6pm Thu 21 .............. Prep Celebration Day Thu 21 .............. Yr 6 Big Day Out Fri 22 ................ Last day Term 4 - 1.30pm dismissal

Students do not attend school on public holidays or student-free days.

Whole School Assembly Every Monday at 2.30pm in School Hall. All welcome

School Banking - every Tuesday.

School Hats - every day in Terms 1 & 4.

SCHOOL TOURS for enrolments in 2017 & 2018 only - Fridays at 9.30am

Bookings essential - please call School Office

COMPASS PARENT PORTAL https://essexheightsps-vic.compass.education

2017 Term Dates Term 1: 30 January* to 31 March Term 2: 18 April to 30 June Term 3: 17 July to 22 September Term 4: 9 October to 22 December * 30 January is a state wide student free day. EHPS student free days: 31 January, 29 May and 18 August.

2018 Term Dates Term 1: 29 January* to 29 March Term 2: 16 April to 29 June Term 3: 16 July to 21 September Term 4: 8 October to 21 December * 29 January is a state wide student free day. EHPS student free days: 30 January, plus 2 additional days (dates

to be confirmed)

Essex Heights Primary School 22-30 Essex Road Mount Waverley VIC 3149 Telephone: (03) 9807 4944 Fax: (03) 9888 2249 [email protected] www.essexheightsps.vic.edu.au

Principal: Mr George Perini

Office Hours: 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday during school terms

https://essexheightsps-vic.compass.education/

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Permission Forms and Payment:

Year Activity & Due Date

Year 6 ... Graduation Bear (optional) * - 19 November

Years 5 & 6 .......... Values for Life * - 19 November

Whole School ...... Pizza Lunch (optional) ** - 20 November

* Payment and consent via Compass Pay preferred (where applicable).

** A notice and envelope was supplied to every student; please fill out details on another envelope if you don’t have this one.

Payment can be made at the Office: Cash (correct amount please; no change available) Cheque (payable to ‘Essex Heights Primary School’) Credit card/EFTPOS (Visa or MasterCard).

If paying online, but not using Compass Pay, BPay details are on your family statement.

Outstanding Student Achievement

At Monday’s assembly, we were again able to highlight the amazing talent of our students. Children were recognised for their great results in ICAS English and the Maths Olympiad. Children were also able to share the creative and award winning entries by our Years 5 and 6 students in the Name our Antarctic Icebreaker competition. Finally, the whole assembly watched 4CTs winning entry in the Screen It animation competition. This assembly demonstrated again that our children are so creative, hardworking and talented, that we should be very proud of their achievements.

ArtSEL 2018 - Building Resilience

At Essex Heights, we are very conscious of our responsibility to prepare our children to be confident and self-aware young people as they make their way from our school and move on to secondary school, ready to take their place in an increasingly complex society. Responding to this challenge is a primary reason that we are implementing the ArtSEL program for all students in 2018. We believe that by engaging children in discussion on these topics we are developing their skills and awareness as well as building a common language between us all.

I am often involved in discussions with parents about what they can do to build resilience in their children. I would like to share an article with you by Michael Grose, founder of Parenting Ideas and a leading parenting author. His latest book ‘Spoonfed Generation’ is an excellent book for advice on how to raise independent children.

November

17th ...... Ella S

18th ...... Ryan L

19th ...... Aayush P Isabella H Alex P Tarni M

20th ...... Ghin S Amy L Luke K

21st ...... Emilie S Amber R

22nd ...... Max K

23rd ...... Harry H Olivia T

How independence-building is the pathway to your child’s resilience

Parents and teachers often ask me how to build resilience in kids.

My response is always the same: “Start by building independence and resilience will follow.” Here is how.

Children are hardwired for independence. Sometime around the age of fifteen months, give or take three months, most children will make a strong case for self-sufficiency. They demand to do things their own way. This demand is soon backed by a strong voice – “NOOOO!” – and then more articulate cries of “I can do it!” as their third birthday approaches.

This is the time to harness your child's push for independence and self-sufficiency. Their desire for independence and mastery over their immediate environment will see most children take incredible physical risks in the form of play and exploration of that environment. Concerned parents will naturally minimise risks by moving furniture around, keeping doors closed and hiding sharp implements, to name a few protective measures.

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However, parents cannot eradicate all risks. Kids will fall and hurt themselves ... but they will also get up and go again. In time, they will learn to assess situations, stare down their fears and test themselves out in new situations. Falling down, brushing yourself off and trying again is part of the natural learning experience for most young children. Parents do not have to do much more than assess a situation for real dangers, then stand back and allow their kids to explore their environments, pulling them up only when their play and explorations transgress the rights and peace of others.

So what does this have to do with resilience? Well, everything really. Independence is the pursuit of mastery over one’s self and one’s environment and rarely happens without mishaps and mistakes. It nearly always involves hurt, hardship, frustration and fear. That’s where resilience comes in. Resilience is the art of bouncing forward after experiencing these hurts, hardships, frustrations and fears. Resilience is what comes from seeking out self-sufficiency and independence.

The language of independence The fact that there is a whole genre of language devoted to resilience (mostly cloaked in cliché) is no accident. Terms such as “Get back on the bike/horse when you fall off”, “Come on, brush yourself off and get on with it” or “What doesn’t kill you makes you strong” are built into the pyche of past generations. Many parents today will cringe at these terms, as they appear a little callous and out of touch. Conversely most current parents' relationship with risk and adventure – both required for independence-building – is very tenuous at best, non-existent at worst.

Therein lies the challenge. I have not met a parent, carer or teacher who doesn’t want the children in their care to develop resilience that will last a lifetime. Yet many of those same adults will block the pathway to children’s resilience by over-indulging them, solving their problems and not giving them real responsibility. In doing so they deny kids the sense of mastery that comes from sorting out their own problems, getting themselves out of jams and getting up after a fall.

You can never love your children too much, but you can love them helplessly. That’s what happens when we deny kids the opportunity to become truly independent and self-sufficient. Deny self-sufficiency and you block a child’s resilience. Develop real independence and you open a pathway to resilience that will last a lifetime.

George Perini Principal

ICAS Maths certificates will be presented at assembly on Monday.


As our school’s Parents Victoria representative, I was pleased to be able to attend their annual conference recently and appreciated being able to hear some wonderful speakers and meet other parents and teachers from around the state.

The conference was held over two days and covered a range of topics. Mark McKeon highlighted the importance of kvnowing people on the teams in which we are involved, whether the PFA, School Council, or other groups. The personality style, DISC was illustrated and discussed.

There was a presentation on the pilot Doctors in Secondary Schools program being trialled at present. The concept of Parent Ambassadors through the Schools and Community Hub Australia Partnership was explained and illustrated. Reconciliation Action Plans being implemented in schools throughout Australia relating to our indigenous community was explained. The remodelled Technical School System was also outlined.

The importance of schools and families working together was a major thread. Several areas were explored, from navigating relationships through complaint processes, exploring elements of respective relationships through to the importance of schools engagement with parents. It was stressed that when parents are engaged, students are more like to be motivated, have higher grades, better behavioural and social skills, and continue to higher education.

Please contact me via the PFA at [email protected] if you are interested in receiving further information as I have available numerous handouts on these valuable topics.

Some take home reminders:

“The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.” Stephen Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“When parents are engaged and involved, everyone benefits, and our schools become increasingly rich and positive places to teach, learn and grow.” Parents in Partnership: A Parent Engagement Policy for Ontario Schools, 2010

Fiona Nicholson Stocker

PFA Secretary and Essex Heights P.S. Parents Victoria Rep

PARENTS VICTORIA 2017 CONFERENCE

There has been a recent update to the Compass app for smart phones - please ensure that you have downloaded this update for full functionality.

Please note that each EHPS family has one Compass login. Your User Name remains the same across your time at EHPS, but if you request your password to be reset because you can no longer access Compass you will be provided with a new password; please note that this can only be requested by Adult A on your child’s record. You can continue to use this new password, or you have the opportunity to reset it once to something that is memorable for you.

If you have any queries about using Compass or the recently introduced Compass Pay and Compass Events, please contact Katrina George or Barbara McCann at the Office.

COMPASS


Prep M were lucky enough to have Nicole and Georgia (Olivia’s Mum and little sister) come in last Thursday, 9th November, to share about her experience as a florist, her role as a teacher at a flower school, her visits to various flower farms, and her general love of flowers!!

The children were so excited and bursting with questions and comments, many of them (including myself) not knowing much about flower farms in particular. Nicole shared photos on her iPad, which bought it more to life for all of us. It was wonderful to learn about a type of farm that we don’t hear much about.

Nicole bought along boxes full of beautiful cut carnations and the children created their own arrangement … from the focused expressions, every single one of them put a lot of thought into their arrangement. Then Nicole gave them each a long stemmed carnation as a present.

What a fun, interesting and colourful way to finish a Thursday!! Thank you Nicole and Georgia! Everyone’s homes were a little bit more bright because of you.

Shona Misso Prep M


The Prep students visited Edendale Community Environment Farm in Eltham on Monday. The weather was fabulous, and it was a wonderful day of plants, vegetables and fruit, worms, getting creative with flowers, and lots of livestock - sheep, goats, George the turkey, chickens and Ava the cow. A brilliant day of learning and sunshine!

http://www.edendale.vic.gov.au/Home

http://www.edendale.vic.gov.au/Home


YEAR 6 GRADUATION

Graduation Bears As is tradition at Essex Heights, Year 6 students are given the chance to remember their friends and teachers by purchasing a Graduation Bear. The Bears are $18 each. If you want to order a bear, you will find the details on Compass and you are encouraged to use Compass Pay to place your order and payment; this must be done by THIS SUNDAY, 19th November.

Pizza Lunch To raise funds for the Year 6 Graduation, all EHPS students are invited to participate in a Pizza Lunch fundraiser that will be held next Thursday, 23rd November. The lunch packs will be supplied by Baker’s Delight at Burwood One. A notice and order envelope was provided for each student this week. Thanks to those who have already returned their order envelope and payment; due to the short notice given, orders and payment can be received until Monday morning, 20th November.

The lunch pack is $6.50 and includes a pizza and a drink. Choose from:

Pizza (choose one): Hawaiian, Margherita, BBQ Bonanza or Mediterranean (an ingredient list for each type of pizza is on the back of the notice)

Drink (choose one): Apple (250ml), Apple & Blackcurrant (250ml), Orange (250ml), or Mt Franklin Water (600ml)

If you don’t have the order envelope and notice, write the details on an envelope (student’s name and class, pizza choice and drink choice), and enclose $6.50 and return to the classroom or the Office on Monday morning.

Year 6 Graduation Meeting The next Year 6 Graduation Meeting will be held on Thursday 23rd November at 7.30pm in the Banksia building.

MUSIC

Oxfam Concert

Next Tuesday, 21st November, at 6.30pm, the Essex Heights Guitar Ensemble and Chamber Choir have been invited to perform as part of the 49th Oxfam Festival, to be held at Box Hill Town Hall. This will be a wonderful opportunity for the students to share their talents with the broader community and perform in an amazing venue.

Happy singing & performing, Tanya Dolence


Thank you, Maria Capsalis, Alexandra O’Connor &

the Junior School Council

JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL

We sold Canteen bandannas recently and raised $917.00. Thank you for your support.

On behalf of all the Junior School Council, we say many thanks to our Junior School Councillor, Ruby M from 4CT. She kindly and very generously donated all the proceedings of her market stall, where she made and sold slime, to the school at Glenallen in Glen Waverley and the school in Timor Leste. Ruby has embraced the spirit of the Junior School Councillors who work hard to make a difference to those in need in the local and wider community as well as to the rest of the world. Well done Ruby for caring about others; we are sure the children at the schools mentioned will be very happy with your donation.

SCHOOL BANKING

Congratulations to our School Banking savers!

Congratulations to our School Banking students who have earned 10 or more silver Dollarmites tokens. They are now eligible to redeem these tokens for an exclusive School Banking reward item!

Eligible students can redeem for a reward by bringing their completed rewards card to school, along with their 10 tokens.

You must order your prizes by 5th December to ensure that you receive them before the end of the school year.

Keep up the great work and remember, School Banking day is every Tuesday.

Angela Millan School Banking Coordinator


MUNCH & CRUNCH CANTEEN

Monday, Wednesday and Friday - lunch orders only. No over the counter sales. 2017 menu available in the Office.

Canteen Roster

Please remember to sign the Visitor’s Register in the Office before coming to the Canteen.

Monday 20th November at 11.15am ........... John Pan & Jason Wang

Wednesday 22nd November at 9.30am ....... Angela Millan

Friday 24th November at 10am .................... Amanda Kelsall, Erica Baddeley & Bee Bee The

If you are unable to do your rostered duty, please contact Maria as soon as possible. If you have any queries, please call Maria on 0409 934 573.

Before School Care: 7.00am to 8.45am Monday to Friday After School Care: 3.30pm to 6.00pm Monday to Friday

Vacation/Holiday Care & Student-free (Curriculum) Day: 7.00am to 6.00pm Phone: 9807 2615

BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL CARE

Dear Parents,

On Monday 20th and Thursday 23rd November the program will be filmed for an informational school video. If you do not wish your child to be filmed or their image used, can you please contact me TODAY, 17th November, at [email protected].

This Friday (17th November) After Care will operate out of the Library due to the Disco.

The program will require all accounts paid in full by 13th December 2017. If you need Before or After Care after the 13th December it will need to be paid in advance. Any care paid for and not used will be credited to accounts.

On Thursday 14th December, the program will be having its annual Christmas Party for the children. To assist with catering can you please put your child’s name down if attending. The party’s RSVP sheet will be situated at the sign in/out desk during program hours.

The program will be starting it’s Christmas theme, Next week’s activities are:

Monday .......... Christmas Tree Paper Plates Tuesday .......... Chocolate White Christmas Wednesday .... Cotton Ball Snowman Thursday ........ Christmas Movie: Jingle All The Way Friday ............. Christmas Wreath

Paul Davis Coordinator


PARENTS & FRIENDS NEWS

Have a great week, Andrea F

Secondhand Uniform Stall - THANK YOU!

Thank you to Jen, Mel, Sophie, Nicole and Fiona for another successful Secondhand Uniform Stall raising $471 for the school.

Remember to please keep the donations coming in!! We have new families contacting us regularly and always have high demand at the start of the school year. Donations can be made at any time, simply place your bag of pre-loved items, marked "donations", in one of the lost property boxes or leave at the Office. Please remember to remove your child's name from the items, and please, no "old" logo items or stained or torn items!

School Disco – TONIGHT

Hope everyone has a fantastic time at the DISCO tonight. Thank you Catriona for taking the lead in organising this fun event for the kids.

Upon arrival, you must sign your child in with the supervising adults, and please make absolutely sure we mark off your child’s name before they depart. Our children’s safety is our highest concern.

LUNCHTIME DANCE

The Lunchtime Dancers have been working hard on their routine and are ready to perform for you. Performing for an audience is a special part of the program and very exiting for the dancers. The performance will take place at 2pm on Wednesday 29th November in the Hall.

Please wait outside to allow time for students to rehearse, and we will invite you in just before they are about to start.

Georgia Lombard Creative Dance & Drama


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