Find us at 70 Ian St Eleebana Principal: Josie Bailey

www. http://www.eleebana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Ph. 49468927 Fax. 49428437

Email: Eleebana-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Monday Nov 16th, 2015

The Next 7 Days……

Lunch with the Stars

Last week our wonderful Mrs Forbes accompanied 6

of our students to ‘Lunch with the Stars’ held at

Wallsend library. Our students had a fantastic day

mixing with authors and illustrators who delivered the

inspiring messages- ‘never give up on your dreams and

if you want something and work towards it, it will

come’. All of our students received a signed copy of

the new edition of Thunderwith and had great fun

joining in with the illustration activities. Many thanks

to Mrs Forbes for organising such a fabulous ‘once in a

lifetime’ opportunity.

Remembrance Day

Last Thursday the 11th

our students observed

one minute's silence at

11am to remember those

who died or suffered for

Australia's cause in all

wars and armed conflicts.

I was very proud our

students reflections,

pride and empathy shown

on this special occasion.

Congratulations also to Lachlan and Zac for their

moving marching drill.

Tue

17th

Wed

18th

AECG @ 5:45 Warners Bay PS

Thu

19th

School Disco Training Band Info Evening in 3G @ 5:30

Fri

20th

Sat

21th

Sun

22nd Mon

23rd

Solo Night

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Selective High School Placement

Application Dates & Procedures.

Applications for placement in Year 7 in selective

high schools in 2017 are now open and close on 16

November 2015. Application information can be

downloaded from the High Performing Students Unit

website at: www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shsplacement Parents without internet access are welcome to

P&C Meeting

Tonight @ 6:30-8:30pm

School Disco This Thursday

K-2 is at 5:15 - 6:30 Yrs 3-6 is at 6:45 - 8:30

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Kind regards

Josie Bailey (principal)

Library News

Congratulations to Lucia Finch and Tara Kajendren 2B,

who have both taken responsibility for their own

learning, finishing their 2016 Premier’s Reading

Challenge in record time. Well done.

A big thank you to Asha Trisley, Alannah O’Brien,

Chelsea Crouch, Teia Bradbury, Lily Patterson and

Isabella Micevski who made Lunch with the Stars such

a great experience. The girls engaged with our author,

Jess Black, asking intelligent probing questions and

entered into the illustration activity with relish. I was

so proud to take a great group of dedicated students

to such a worthwhile event.

Our last BookClub for the year will close this Friday,

20th November at 9am.

Those who read - succeed

Robyn Forbes

Lunch with the Stars Lunch with the Stars was a great experience which I

would recommend to the other students from

Eleebana Primary School. The authors were really

funny and they are definitely great role models for

us young students. The food was really good, which

was great because I was starving.

One activity that was a lot of fun was when

different students from the schools had to draw

out a noun, a verb and an adverb and put them

together to illustrate, some of them were A tree vomiting sadly or A tower dancing excitedly. Then,

we would have to draw them, the illustrators drew

their version at the same time and they were

definitely better than all of mine by far.

Altogether, it was a great experience and the next

group who get the opportunity will learn a lot and

have a blast!

Asha Trisley 6H

Lunch with the Stars On Tuesday, Alana, Asha, Lily, Teia, Isabella, Mrs

Forbes and I, went to Lunch with the Stars at

Wallsend District Library where we had lunch with

fantastic authors and illustrators. On our table we

had Jess Black. Jess Black wrote the Bindi Books,

the RSPCA Books, a unicorn series and lots more.

This was a huge opportunity for us. We also met

Libby Hathorn and that was absolutely amazing! Our

table also received a Highly Commended Award for

the effort we put in to our table decorations.

Chelsea Crouch 6H

Newcastle Permanent Maths Competition

Congratulations to all of our students who

participated in the recent NPBS Maths Competition.

A special mention for Alexander Carey who has

been invited to the 2016 Maths Camp at Myuna Bay.

We had some excellent results!

Year 5 Alexander Carey High Distinction

Mohammad Medlej Distinction

Seon Burke Distinction

Cameron Legge Distinction

Tayden Nicholas Distinction

Seth Lever Distinction

Laura Tilley Distinction

Cassandra Bell Distinction

Ned Collins Distinction

Elliot Salt Distinction

Zachary Cutler Distinction

Noah Crawford Distinction

Spencer Evans Distinction

Term 4 Calendar

Nov 16 P&C 6:30

Nov 18 AECG @ 5:45 Warners Bay PS

Nov 19 School Disco

Nov 23 Solo night

Dec 2 Matilda Excursion

Dec 4 WBHS Year 7 Orientation

Dec 9 Hunter PSSA Awards

Dec 9 Presentation Day at WBHS

Dec 14 Year 6 Farewell @ Belmont 16fts

Dec 14 Band Meeting 6pm

Dec 15 Years 1 & 2 Movies

Dec 16 Last Day of School for students

Dec 16 Kinder at Megamania

Dec 16 3-6 Pool Day

Dec 17 Staff Development day

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Expectation of the Week

Giving Positive Feedback

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Erin Pritchard Distinction

Domenic Cooksey Distinction

Reese Hagan Distinction

Brooke Hides Distinction

Chloe Davis Distinction

Tahlia·Rose Dee Distinction

Jake Freedman Distinction

Asha Kajendren Distinction

Eliza Morgan Distinction

Jack Sills Merit

Madeline Clifton Merit

Samantha Crooks Merit

Elliot Humphrey Merit

Isabella Jacobs Merit

Samantha Adams Merit

Ivana Aniceto Merit

Lachlan Brown Merit

Taryck Rich Merit

Jayden Busch Merit

Nicholas Degrauw Merit

Shelby Lloyd Merit

Rowan Young Merit

Liam Deal Merit

Lily Ferguson Merit

Lachlan Haggerty Merit

Georgia Lehman Merit

Rubin Arthur-Kelly Merit

Ayden Burnell Merit

Kyle Chislett Merit

Kaleb Bender Merit

Shany Eidels Merit

Adrian Kocunik Merit

Austyn Lewis Merit

Rosie Adams Merit

Sarah Corless Merit

Fletcher Elliott Merit

Sylvie Lubinski Merit

Lacey Menzies Merit Issara Corcoran Merit

Sophia Riccitiello Merit

Kyra Rose Merit

Liam Beazley Merit

Ethan Cooper Merit

Victoria Elsworthy Merit

Amalie Macchia Merit

Year 6

Andrew Tilley High Distinction

Samuel Haren High Distinction

Jack Doughty High Distinction

Darcy Lloyd High Distinction

Ethan Wilson Distinction

Matthew Diederichs Distinction

Jacob Hill Distinction

Elizabeth Patterson Distinction

Amelia Gellatly Distinction

Jack Ellis Distinction

Joshua Pajtl Distinction

Allanah Box Distinction

Zoe Fennell Distinction

Izaac Smith Distinction

Violet Turner Distinction

Teia Bradbury Distinction

Leonidas Gee Distinction

Olivia Isenhood Distinction

Chloe Hoy Distinction

Tiahn Langham Distinction

Madeleine Nikic Distinction

Scarlett O'Grady Distinction

Nicholas Sugg Distinction

Alana O'Brien Distinction

Lola Suciu-Gleeson Distinction

Luke Theodoridis Distinction

Larissa Mullard Distinction

Jaida Price Distinction

Zachary Lang Distinction

Race Cotton Distinction

Rhys Harvey Distinction

Emerson Smith Distinction

Zackary Bray Distinction

Chloe Asquith Merit

Archie Finn Merit

Tom Bradshaw Merit

Coopah Hyslop Merit

Bethany Loughlin Merit

Benjamin Hodgson Merit

Taliah Stephenson Merit

Ethan Paterson Merit

Madelyn Weale Merit

Jenaya Broad Merit

Ryan James Merit

Rhys Bilton Merit

Chelsea Crouch Merit

Aidan McDonald Merit

Isabella Micevski Merit

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Nicholas Rye Merit

Jasmine Wilson Merit

Asha Trisley Merit

Maddison Barbour Merit

Aidan Lyall Merit

James Hodgson Merit

Campbell Bryson Merit

OOSH News

There has been a lot happening down here at OOSH.

We have expanded our vegetable garden to include

another boat. We are attempting to grow cucumbers,

capsicum and beans in this one. We are all extremely

proud of how this project is going. We are especially

grateful to all the children for treating this area with

such respect and allowing the plants time to establish

and grow.

We would like to welcome Tanya Klein to our OOSH

staff team. Tanya will be taking on our book keeping

and in centre administration role. Tanya will be

working in the centre on Wednesday, Thursday and

Friday mornings and Wednesday and Friday

afternoons; if you have any questions regarding your

account, payments or receipts you can come discuss

them with her during these times.

Please look out for your re-enrolment packages which

are available now. Current PERMANENT families will

have 2 weeks to return their new enrolment forms

with their registration. All outstanding fees must also

be paid before enrolment will be accepted. During this

two week period families will be able to re-accept

their permanent days from 2015 and enrol siblings for

these same days. There may be some flexibility to

swap or change days depending on availability – this is

not guaranteed. If you have a change in

circumstances and no longer require your spots please

let Kate or Amelia know as soon as possible.

Date for your diary - The next committee meeting will

be held on Tuesday 8th December at 6:30pm in the

OOSH room. Our OOSH service is operated by a

group of dedicated volunteer parents of the children

that attend the service. If you wish to have a voice in

the way our OOSH service is run you are invited to

come along to any committee meeting.

For enquiries or further information about the OOSH

please phone Kate or Amelia on 49428186 or visit us

between 7-9am or 2:30-3pm (please avoid after

3:00pm as this is our busiest time of the day and our

priority is taking care of the children)

Canteen Roster

This Week (16/11/15-20/11/15)

Mon - Kristina Bircsak, Belinda Carrington, Leah

Morgan

Tues - Narelle Hyslop

Wed - Rae Rye, Jo Thompson

Thurs - Angela Sills, Jo Hall

Fri – Nat Skelly, Fiona Roberts

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‘Get Hooked’

The "Get Hooked it's fun to fish" program is

wrapping up the end of year free fishing workshops

for 2015. This year over 1,000 NSW primary school

students attended a free fishing workshop and put

the theory they learnt in class during the year into

practice. 39 workshops were held all over the state

from Brunswick Heads to Bermagui and out to

Dubbo and Mulwala, some great fish were caught.

Check out a short video of the program in action on

the DPI Facebook page.

Registrations for 2016 are now open. Get Hooked is

free and open to all primary schools in NSW. It is

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schools that would be interested in joining this

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