the entrance public school

Oakland Ave The Entrance NSW 2261 T: 02 4332 2422 E: [email protected] W: thentrance-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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• Stage 3 Camp • Rugby League

The Entrance Public School TERM 2 Week 4 2021

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE What an exciting time of term as we begin to get into the normality and regular twist and turns of education. Recently we published our 4 year school plan goals. Ultimately our main goal is to be one of the finest educational institutions in NSW and Australia. High hopes but we feel we have the right mix of staff and educational programs to achieve this. Over the past two years we have seen a significant increase in academic results and a significant decrease in negative behaviours. We continue to strive to be an outstanding school. Below is our Vision Statement for the next 4 years.

‘At the Entrance Public School we value high expectations as a safe,

respectful and engaged community.

We have high aspirations for every student through a sustained focus

on academic growth, wellbeing and social and cultural competency.

Teachers, parents, students and

community work in partnership to maintain a positive environment

where every student is known, valued and cared for.’

COMING EVENTS

TERM 2

Week 4 (NAPLAN Week) Tuesday 11 May • Year 3 and 5 Writing Wednesday 12 May • Year 3 and 5 Reading Friday 14 May • Stage 2 Space Incursion • Whole School Assembly Week 5 (NAPLAN Week) Tuesday 18 May • Year 5 Conventions of

Language Wednesday 19 May • Year 3 Conventions of

Language • Year 5 Numeracy Thursday 20 May • Year 3 Numeracy Friday 21 May • Infants Assembly – 1K • SRC meeting Week 6 Monday 24 May • Athletics Carnival Thursday 27 May • Reconciliation Assembly

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The Entrance Public School 2 T: 02 4332 2422

National Reconciliation Week

National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. Reconciliation must live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Our Reconciliation Week whole school assembly will be held on Thursday 27th May (Week 6) in the hall, starting at 10:00am. Our Cultural Group Dancers and Didge Group will be performing along with our Koori Choir. All parents and carers are most welcome to attend and stay for morning tea and yarn afterwards, in our Cultural Room.

Students will be encouraged to wear red, black and yellow to school on this day, for a gold coin donation. Red, black and yellow cupcakes will also be on sale for all students at first break, for $2.00 each. Our staff bake the cupcakes for this stall and the competition for the best decorated cupcake is fierce! Funds collected from these activities will go towards buying class sets of quality Aboriginal texts for our School Library.

Check In Assessments The past week our Year 4 and Year 6 students have been undertaking ‘Check-In’ Assessments for Numeracy and Reading, graded against their peers in other public schools in NSW. Our initial results are quite promising and we will publish these to the community in the coming weeks. Well done Year 4 and Year 6. Staff Development Day – John Fleming On Thursday 6 May our whole staff undertook Professional Learning with John Fleming, our well renowned Instructional Leader on Explicit Instruction. John has been responsible for improving the learning outcomes of many schools across the country. John has worked locally with Blue Haven Public School. John will be working with our school over the coming years as we endeavour to provide our students with the best opportunities in learning.


NAPLAN In May 2021 the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will be completed by all students in Years 3 and 5. NAPLAN will assess the literacy and numeracy learning of students in all Australian schools. The results of the test will provide important information to schools about what each student can do and will be used to support teaching and learning programs. Parents will receive a report indicating their child’s level of achievement and will be able to compare their child’s performance against the national minimum standard. NAPLAN will be held at school in the weeks commencing 10th May and 17th May. Students will be completing NAPLAN online. The table below shows when each test will be completed during the test window. Week 4 Tuesday 11 May and Wednesday 12 May Year 3 Writing Reading Year 5 Writing Reading

Week 5 Wednesday 19 May and Thursday 20 May Year 3 Conventions of Language Numeracy

Tuesday 18 May and Wednesday 19 May Year 5 Conventions of Language Numeracy

Test sessions will commence from 9:45am each day. It is important that your child is on time to school each day of the testing period. If your child is away from school on one of the test days, please contact the front office on 4332 2422 to advise of the absence. School Branding Survey Please find the following link to our online survey about our current school brand. We are looking at changes to school colours, logos, uniforms and emblems. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

https://forms.gle/eE1ra8T2QAoKUFxbA

Books in Homes Students in Kindergarten, Years 1 and 2 will be part of the Books in Homes program. Mingara have kindly sponsored almost 200 students to receive books as part of this initiative. Over the last 2 weeks students have selected 3 books of their own choice that they will be presented with at an assembly later on in the term. Each book will have the child’s name written inside and will be presented in a book bag. We thank Mingara for their generous donation and look forward to receiving our books.

Sue Densmore -Learning and Support Teacher

Morning Club In Week 5 the school will begin its morning club linked with the Smith Family. Learning Club provides a safe and supportive out-of-school learning environment where students can participate in activities that develop their academic and social skills. Volunteers from the community supported targeted students from K-6. In the future we are looking at opening this initiative up to more students.

https://forms.gle/eE1ra8T2QAoKUFxbA


Mother’s Day High Tea On Friday we held our Mother’s Day High Tea. We had around 100 mother’s attend the event which was catered by the students at Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College, The Entrance Campus. This provided us with an opportunity to thank you for the work you do with your children and the students from The Entrance Campus an opportunity to put their skills into practice. Lockdown There will be a lockdown practice tomorrow (Wednesday). Please do not panic if you hear the alarms going off. Kindergarten Information Evening The Kindergarten information evening was held last week. This was an opportunity to show families around our classrooms and inform them about the programs they can be involved in. We were thrilled with the large number of prospective families who came to visit and see the great work happening at TEPS. School Athletics Carnival This is coming up on Monday Week 6. Students will be practicing in their sports groups over the coming week. School Reports Mid-Year school reports will go out at the end of this term. We look forward to sharing your child’s development with you. Stage 2 Space Incursion Stage 2 will have their Astronomy/Space incursion on Friday.

Dave Stitt Principal Tuggerah Lakes PSSA Cross Country Congratulations to the 57 students from The Entrance PS who represented our school with pride at the District Cross Country. Congratulations to Isla B for placing 6th and Luka S for placing 3rd, both of these students have made it through to Sydney North Cross Country.


DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Attendance Over the last two weeks, I have been pleased to present more than 70 students with a Deputy Principal’s Attendance award at Friday afternoon assemblies. This award recognises those students with 100% attendance at school in Term 1. I congratulate all our students on their attendance and look forward to presenting even more of these awards for students next Term. If your child is absent from school please call the office, send a message on See-saw or a written note to your child’s teacher explaining the absence.

Eid al-Fitr A warm Eid Mubarak to our families celebrating the end of Ramadan this week. Matthew Browning Deputy Principal ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MESSAGES Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten) Kindergarten 2022 Information Night A humongous thank you to our wonderful P and C and all the parents who attended our Information night last Wednesday. We had over 50 families attend the evening and shared our school’s vision for the future. We look forward to having more families in the school in the future. Those families wanting a school tour can contact the front office to have one organised. We would also like to thank the P and C for providing the gift bags to our new families. Stephanie Ainslie Kindergarten AP


CANTEEN’S MESSAGE Hi Everyone, With the cooler weather, just a reminder we have warm ham and cheese rolls for $1.50 and warm milo for $2.00 available in the morning, lunch and recess. We have a canteen Facebook page with information and will be having specials during the colder months, so keep an eye out.

Wednesday 12 May Sue, Jacquie Monday 17 May Sue Thursday 13 May Judith Tuesday 18 May Danielle Friday 14 May Sam Wednesday 19 May Sue, Jacquie Thursday 20 May Judith Friday 21 May Sam Monday 24 May Sue Tuesday 25 May Danielle

Cheers, Emma Brophy Canteen Manager

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