saturday 24th november - essex heights primary school€¦ · diwali is a hindu festival of lights...

EHPS Contact Issue 34 - 5 November 2018 of 12

Issue 34, 5th November 2018

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

CALENDAR November Tue 6 ................. Melbourne Cup public holiday Wed 7-Fri 16 ..... P-Yr 3 Swimming Program Mon 12 .............. Secondhand Uniform Stall 3pm Tue 13 ............... Prep 2019 Information Evening 7pm Thu 15 ............... School Council Fri 16 ................. Yr 6 Graduation Fundraiser: Free Dress Day Sat 24 ................ Carnival Mon 26 .............. Yr 2 Royal Botanic Gardens excursion Tue 27 ............... Yr 1 Discovery Dome incursion Fri 30 ................. Yr 6 Graduation Fundraiser: Crazy Hair Day

December Tue 4 ................. Prep 2019 Orientation Day Wed 5 ................ P-Yr 2 House Athletics Carnival 11.30am-

1.30pm Thu 6 ................. School Council Tue 11 ............... Orientation Day for new Yrs 1-6 students Tue 11 ............... Yr 7 2019 Orientation Day Tue 18 ............... Yr 6 Graduation Lunch 1.30pm Tue 18 ............... Yr 6 Graduation Evening & Disco 6pm Fri 21 ................. 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 2.40pm in School Hall. All welcome

School Banking - every Tuesday. (THIS WEEK - Wednesday 7th due to public holiday)

School Hats - every day in Terms 1 & 4.

SCHOOL TOURS Fridays at 9.30am until the end of November. Bookings essential - please call School Office

ENROLMENTS FOR 2019 are being accepted now - submit by end of November 2018.

2018 Term Dates Term 4: 8 October to 21 December

2019 Term Dates Term 1: 29 January* to 5 April Term 2: 16 April to 28 June Term 3: 15 July to 20 September Term 4: 7 October to 20 December * 29 January is a state wide student free day. EHPS student-free days: 30 January, and 2 further dates to be advised

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

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,

Showcase 2018: What an amazing night!!!!

Last Friday night we experienced a truly outstanding Showcase at Robert Blackwood Hall. This marvellous community event is a celebration of the talent of our students and the quality of our classroom and instrumental music programs. The quality of the show and its diversity of performance is a beacon for many other schools. The children’s performances not only impressed our families and staff but also many visitors to the performance.

Thank you to all the parents and friends who attended and supported the children. Having an appreciative audience is a highlight for the children and is the major reason for their enjoyment and enthusiasm to perform. Thanks also to all the teaching and support staff for the weeks of preparation and rehearsal with the children, and for their work in supervision and carrying out key responsibilities last night.

… continued

Saturday 24th November

11am to 4pm

Ride Wristbands for Sale Buy a pre-purchased wristband and

ride all day - five hours of non-stop fun! Early bird price applies until midnight on

Monday 19th November.

No students at school No students at school

Public Holiday

TUESDAY 6th November

Melbourne Cup public holiday

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


Information sent home:

Year/Group Notice/Activity

Whole school (each family) ...... Honey order form (orders in by 9th November)

This week’s information on Compass:

Year/Group Compass News

Prep to Year 3 ........... Swimming Information - Term 4 Swimming arrangements for Prep - Year 3

Year 6 ........................ Kidscapes

Whole School ............ Important Notes for the EHPS Community Remembrance Day EHPS Carnival - Hand Made Stall Jam makers needed

Compass Events:

Year/Group Notice/Activity & Due Date

Year 1 ........................ Discovery Dome - 22 November

November

3rd ...... Kostas D 4th ...... Sienna P Jonas L

5th ...... Bryan X Edward C Natalene H

6th ...... Ming Z

7th ...... Oscar W Andrea L

8th ...... Daniel H

9th ...... Finn C

Leaving EHPS?

As advised in recent newsletters, planning and preparation for the 2019 school year is well underway. If your child is not returning to EHPS in 2019, please advise the school as soon as possible by emailing Mr Perini - click here. Please advise your child’s name and current class, the date of their last day at EHPS (last day of the 2018 school year is Friday 21st December), the reason you’re leaving EHPS, and the school they are enrolled at in 2019.

Next Monday & Tuesday

Monday 5th November is a school day. If your child will be absent from school on this day, ensure you have entered their absence on Compass under the appropriate category.

Tuesday 6th November is the Melbourne Cup public holiday, and therefore the school is closed and students do not attend school on this day.

Students on holidays before end of term or start of new school year

The 2018 school year finishes on Friday 21st December, and the 2019 school year starts on Tuesday 29th January (NOTE: 29th and 30th January are student-free days, so Years 1 to 6 students start on Thursday 31st January; Preps start on Wednesday 6th February).

If your child will finish school before the end of the 2018 school year or will be absent at the start of the 2019 school year (from 29th January), please ensure that you record their absence on Compass.

mailto:[email protected]


Our Music Captains really made us all feel so proud with their musical ability, versatility, enthusiasm and their public speaking skills. Yura, Huey and Natalene have been amazing leaders this year, and we thank them for their dedication and hard work.

A special thanks must go to our amazing group of instrumental music teachers that make our program so sought after and prestigious. Coordinated by Alyssa Kennedy, they are a highly skilled and professional team of musicians and teachers. We are so fortunate to have them teaching our children at Essex Heights. They are the reason we have a high quality program at the school.

Finally, a big thank you must go to Tanya Dolence, our talented classroom Music teacher, for her amazing work in preparation of the many choirs and marimba ensembles throughout the year. Tanya leads the meticulous planning and organisation of Showcase as well as the production on the night. Great work and thanks Tanya!

Well done to all at Essex Heights, a great community event!

Indonesian: Years 5/6 Indonesian Projects Monique and Edolie were very proud of their Indonesian project about why we should learn Indonesian. Well done girls.

Essex Heights Cup 5WO celebrated the running of the Essex Heights Cup!!

I look forward to seeing you around the school.

George Perini Principal

Principal’s Report continued

Diwali is a Hindu festival of lights which is celebrated every autumn in the northern hemisphere, and will be celebrated on Wednesday 7th November in Australia. One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance.” Diwali is observed by Diya (oil lamp) and lighting, home decoration, shopping, fireworks, puja (prayers), gifts, feast and sweets. Diwali is also celebrated in Sikhism, Jainism, Newar Buddhism.

To those families in our community who will be celebrating, happy Diwali.


A celebration of music-making for the whole EHPS community

Friday 2nd November, at 6.30pm

Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University


This week in ArtSEL we are learning to avoid jumping to conclusions.

When you jump to conclusions, you make assumptions about what is going. That means you believe you know what is going on in a situation without really having enough information about it. Sometimes when you jump to conclusions, you assume the worst.

You don’t think clearly about the situation and you may react without having all the facts. First stop, name your feeling and calm down. After you have calmed down, try to get some more information before jumping to conclusion.

ArtSEL homelinks reminder Please remind your children to complete their ArtSEL homelinks weekly (Years 5 and 6) and return their folders for the ArtSEL lesson. Please note Year 3's receive ArtSEL homelinks fortnightly.

If you have any questions, please come and see me.

Nikki Olsen

Sunday 11th November is Remembrance Day. This year, we also acknowledge that it is 100 years since the end of the first world war (1914-1918). The following items will be on sale this week before and after school at the front gates to raise money to support veterans:

Poppies .................................. $2, $5 and $10 Wristbands ............................. $3 Key Tags and Bag Tags ........... $4 Pins/Badges ........................... $20 and $30

Remembrance Day

We look forward to all students participating in the following fundraisers in support of Year 6 Graduation. Please bring a gold coin donation and join in the fun for:

Free Dress Day on Friday 16th November; and

Crazy Hair Day on Friday 30th November.

Year 6 Graduation Fundraisers


A big thank you to all those folk who donate materials to the Art Room. Fiona Stocker recently donated display rails and paper from The Highway Gallery. These will be put up in the Art Room, and the students beautiful art will be on display.

We are now collecting unused stockings and any other bits we could use. Please bring these to the Art Room.

Many thanks, Jean Elliott

Living Eggs in Year 2

As part of the unit on growth and change, Year 2 students had the opportunity to have living eggs delivered to the school two weeks ago in an incubator. They waited very patiently for three days watching the eggs in the incubator and hoping something would happen. The first signs of life started with some of the eggs rocking, and even hearing chirping coming from inside the egg. Finally, the first chick chipped a tiny hole in the egg and the students were able to see its tiny beak inside. The eggs were left overnight and we were excited to be greeted by five fluffy chicks the next morning that hatched overnight! Last Friday was a very exciting day as the students had the privilege of being able to watch the last three eggs hatch live in front of their eyes. It was an amazing experience for them being able to see a tiny, wet chick break free from its egg which we were lucky enough to capture on video.

This experience has given the students a firsthand opportunity to see nature up close while learning valuable information about animals and their development. This was for most students (and teachers) the first time they had ever seen a chick hatch out of an egg and they felt very lucky to be able to be there for that.

Mrs. Hipwell will be taking the female chicks home so we will be able to see their continuing growth and development and even the eggs they will start laying in the upcoming months.

Some quotes directly from the students about their experience with the chickens:

“I learned a lot about chickens when I watched them hatch”

“It was really cool it was my first time watching a chick hatch out of an egg”

“I felt really happy when they were out of the eggs and they were really fluffy and really cute”

“I was happy because we got eggs and got to see them hatch”

Thank you! The Year 2 Team


Mrs O’Connor received this message from Sean Gordon, CEO and Foundation of SchoolAid:

Wow! You guys Rock! Thank you for this message Alexandra.

What a top photo and what an amazing and generous result for this appeal. I will post this one on our Page asap.

We have already raised approx $120,000 with a lot of the funds coming to us via EFT and cheques (so the crowdfunding website at SchoolAid will need updating manually once we close the appeal).

Update coming soon, but first $20,000 has been delivered to the NSW towns of Lake Cargelligo and Naradhan and we have 5 x the money by dollar matching a Rotary Club in Corrimal then using a voucher system in the towns to multiply the impact of every dollar as it moves through local businesses. We even sent messages of hope from students in Mackay that were hand written and received with the emotion you can probably imagine.

We have just decided to extend the appeal for Term 4 as many schools didn’t get to have a crack at this, others want to do a bit extra for Christmas gifts and back to school supplies and because it just hasn’t rained yet! We may even reload the whole effort for 2019 once we see the situation over summer.

Please share my personal congratulations to all in your community on this wonderful outcome! My plan was always 10,000 schools x $100 for a Million dollar result. Your one school has covered 43 in that equation!!

Sean Gordon CEO & Founder SchoolAid - empowering young philanthropists

Hampers and Hay for Hope Drought Fundraiser

Go to the SchoolAid Trust Facebook page for the Hampers and Hay for Hope fundraiser where they have recognised our efforts, including the photo above.

Prep to Year 3 students will start their intensive eight day swimming programme, run by Just Swimming at Aqualink Nunawading, on Wednesday, 7th November.

Please refer to the information provided on Compass regarding this programme and what your child needs to bring each day.

Prep to Year 3 Swimming Programme


School Banking Coordinator: Angela Millan

New School Banking rewards now available!

Exciting new Term 4 rewards with a Super Savers theme are now available, while stocks last!

Slushie Maker Cup Zoom Flying Disk

For every deposit made at school students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for exclusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their regular savings habits.

School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school.

Our school receives a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for every ten deposits processed per student, as well as an Annual Contribution which is based on the number of students who made at least one School Banking deposit in the prior year.

Thanks to the fantastic efforts of our students, we have raised $2,040.50 for our school through the School Banking Contributions Program so far this year.

Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and remember, School Banking day is every Tuesday.

Please note that due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday on Tuesday, School Banking will be on Wednesday 7th November this week.

Angela Millan School Banking Coordinator

Munch & Crunch Canteen

Canteen Roster Monday 5th November - 11.15am to 1.45pm ........... Manami Wong

Wednesday 7th November - 9.30am to 1.45pm ....... Qingfang Yu & Monica Fulton

Friday 9th November - 9.30am to 1.45pm ................ Richelle Mil, Tejaswini Adyanthaya & Nicole Allison

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

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

Maria Vlahos Canteen Manager


Parents & Friends News

The PFA can be contacted via email on [email protected]

Have a great weekend,

Andrea Fyfe (Mum to Caitlin, 4CB)

World Teachers’ Day Lunch

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the World Teachers’ Day Lunch last Friday. With the help of the following people it was a fabulous day: Fiona, Nicole, Sophie, Angela. Also, thanks to all the parents who donated food which made it an even more special lunch.

Secondhand Uniform Stall

Monday 12th November from 3pm to 3.45pm in the Stadium.

Helpers needed from 2.00pm.

Donations for the secondhand uniform stall can be left at the Office or in the lost property boxes at any time—please mark the bag "donations". Donated items should be clean, have names removed, and be in good condition (no "old" logo, stained or torn items)! Thank you.

Ride Tickets

Book your early bird ride tickets at https://www.trybooking.com/YJAW now and SAVE: Early-bird price (until midnight Monday 19th November): $30 Standard price (from Tuesday 20th November, and on the day): $35

Like Essex Heights Carnival on Facebook to keep up to date with the latest information.

Honey Fundraiser

What could be better than REAL honey on toast or as a present for a loved one for Christmas??? This is an opportunity to order fresh, local honey from the Cathedral Ranges, about 100 km North East of Melbourne. Cathedral Valley Honey is a small business located in Taggerty. This honey is being extracted as we speak. The honey is: Non-processed, straight from the bees, NOTHING ADDED Cold extracted AND Comes straight from the bee keeper with all the goodness of PURE honey.

We have run this fundraiser before and it is the BEST HONEY, please ask Essex Heights families or email me (Stef, [email protected]) for questions.

To order, please send the filled in ORDER FORM and money back to school by Friday, 9th November. Delivery will be in early December to your child’s classroom.


https://www.trybooking.com/YJAW

https://www.facebook.com/EssexHeightsCarnival/



Before & After School Care

Activities planned for After Care: Monday .......... Make and decorate your own Melbourne Cup hat Tuesday .......... Public Holiday … NO ASC Wednesday .... Decorate your own jockey silks Thursday ........ Make and decorate your own Oaks Day Cup hat Friday ............. Ponys on a stick

Thank you, Paul Davis

Coordinator

Afterscare Halloween Party

The Aftercare Halloween Party was a great success. We trust the children that attended the Halloween Afterscare Party had a great time. I would like to take a moment to thank all the Before and After School Care staff for all their extra hard work during our Halloween celebrations. I would also like to thank Betty Ciorciari for baking such a magnificent Halloween Cake. It was also fantastic that so many teachers and parents joined in the fun.

New Menu

The new structured menu seems to be a resounding hit with the children. We are following “The Australian Dietary Guidelines.” To ensure the children are provided with the highest quality nutrition that is coupled with a variety of interesting and tasty snacks. We invite families feedback in relation to the new menu.

Community Noticeboard Products & services advertised in Contact are placed on a paid basis and are not necessarily being promoted by Essex Heights Primary School.

saturday 24th november - essex heights primary school€¦ · diwali is a hindu festival of lights...

Documents