Eastern Creek PS Update - Eastern Creek Public School
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Eastern Creek PS Update - Eastern Creek Public School
Eastern Creek PS Update Proud of our past, focused on our future Find us at: 200 Rooty Hill Road South, Eastern Creek 2766 T 9625 8112 F 9832 2412 E easterncrk-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Term 4 Week 2 Tuesday 15 October 2013 Haliana Callaghan Ciara Nadan Jayden O’Brien Jake Rainer Dilan Salman Jasmine Xagoraris Setu Lopeti Noah Oto Hassan Alsharia Tessa Ngaha Contents Page 1 Principal Book Award Page 1 Student Merit Award Page 1 STAR Award Page 2 Michael Grose- Parenting Ideas Page 2 Cutting Circle Page 2 Public Speaking finals Page 2 2015 Selective High School Application Page 2 Girraween High School Information Night Page 2 Student Banking Page 2 Cawarra St Car Park Page 3 Stage 3 Fund Raiser Page 3 Preschool Learning Areas Page 3 Early Childhood Mental Health Issues Page 3 First Child Tax Offset plus flyer Page 3 Kinder Information for 2014 Page 3 Start Smart Page 4 Western Sydney Speech Pathology Page 4 Western Sydney OT Services Page 4 Rooty Hill RSL Baton Twirlers Page 4 Taekwondo Class Page 4 Before and After School providerPage 4 St Anthony’s Early Learning Centre Page 4 School Tennis Lessons Page 4 J&E Piano Lessons Page 4 Georges Pit Stop Page 4 The Music Bus Page 4 Eastern Creek PS Apps Page 5 Monthly Planner- November Art Work Story Writing Mathematics Text Hand Writing Text Story writing Story Writing Hand Writing Hand Writing HSIE HSIE Merit Awards Well done to the fine achievers of this fortnight’s Merit Awards Ryan Moon Joshua Cu Jeidhen Paramio Kirralea Marsh Laylah Brown Rayaansh Narayan Harlem Grant-Cairns Lileanna Godwin Jayden O’Brien Kelvin Naicker Laelann Mafi Mikayla Gosvenor Eamon Thandi Sean Magallanes Jay Brown Athok Akeen Tahlia Leineweber Cayln Strong Kate Glover Nathaniel Guzman Koro Sinapati Olivia Speed Alishbah Asad Jovel Espinosa Mele Mafi Kiana-Lee Strong Yusir Almosewy John Marcos Joel Taylor Hassan Alsharia Malu Ventura-Mendoza Hamish Priestley-Lane Principal Book Awards The last few weeks of term 3 saw some excellent work being completed in class. Well done to the following boys and girls. Israel Ahofono Hand Writing Adhat Akeen Art Work Caleb van den Dries Art Work Emin Bitiktas Hand Writing Chad Jones-Singleton Story Writing Manuel Matini Story Writing Justin Christensen Mathematics Text Paul Cruz Mathematics Text Jezelle Camacho Mathematics Text Mony Almosewy Mathematics Text Jacob Churchill Art Work Justin Canda Art Work STAR Awards-part of our PBL program Yathushan Muraleetharan Michael Williams Jared Zagoraris Adhat Akeen Joshua O’Neill 1 Student Banking Student Banking Day is Wednesday. Mrs Gundy is the new P&C banking officer. Please place your bankbooks in the banking box in the office waiting room as per normal. Cawarra St Car Park A reminder to our parents that the council car park gates are opened at 8.20am and closed at 4.00pm. The car park does not belong to the school. Mrs Louise Galea / Mrs Melissa McGrath Blacktown Council Key Holders Michael Grose-Parenting ideas Michael Grose has written an article called “How to know you are doing a good job?”- the eleven questions Michael proposes makes you think about your role as a parent. He says the questions are not meant to be the be all to end all but perhaps if you are able “to nod your head” more times than not then you are on the right track. It’s a great read. Cutting Circle Thank you to the mums in the Cutting Circle for the extra work completed for the school. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. The Cutting circle starts meets again in term 4, week 4. Should be an exciting term with lots of Xmas things to make and do. New volunteers are appreciated. Stage 3 Fundraising It is calendar time once again and early next term you will have the opportunity to purchase a variety of great products in time for Christmas. Children are working on the artwork in the classrooms and it will be sent home once completed. Public Speaking Finals. Tomorrow out school sends the four representatives to the district public speaking finals held at St Mary’s South Public School. Good luck to: Jezelle Camacho, Mikayla McCann, Natalie Salloum and Clarissa Ayoub. Mrs Gerges You can choose to have a 2014 calendar made with your child’s artwork or a photograph, you may prefer to have a set of photo or art cards (and at less than $2 each they are not only very personal, but a great bargain), the ever popular computer mouse mat is always a great gift idea, or maybe you want something from all the choices. Selective High School Applications-2015 Applications for students seeking selective high school placement in Year 7 in 2015 will be available from 15 October 2013. Most parents are expected to apply online at www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shsplacement. All students in Year 5, seeking placement in a selective high school will be required to sit the Selective High School Placement Test on Thursday 13 March 2014. Parents who wish their child to sit the test will need to apply by Friday 18 November 2013. Selective High Performing Students Unit Again this year you have the added choice of an iPhone cover which can later be updated as often as you like. The promotion material says it is suitable for an iPhone 4/4S/5. The new product available this year is a hardcover, spiral bound 2014 Diary (A5 size). This product (as with the mouse pad) can only be ordered with a child’s artwork. The diary is week to a view, with a month to page at the beginning of each month. Remember, photos must be in landscape position for calendars and iPhone covers but can be in either landscape or portrait position for the greeting cards. Girraween High School Information Night On Tuesday, 29th October 2013 Girraween High School will be holding an Information Night for any Year 5 students and their parents who may be interested in enrolling in 2015. Girraween High School is an academically selective high school where students are offered a place after sitting the Selective High Schools Test. Sarita Venkataya Head Teacher Mathematics Information Night Organiser sarita.venkataya@det.nsw.edu.au 9636 729396367303 The greeting cards have no text inside, so are suitable for a variety of occasions. Again this year photos may be uploaded direct to the website and if you choose this option you need to record the allocated number on your order form. Sample products are available to view at the school office. Please come and have a look at these beautiful products. Payment is due with the order, and a school EFTPOS slip is included in the envelope for your convenience. Costs are as follows: 2 Unfortunately, the Australian Tax Office has now placed a deadline on claiming this offset (and, again, this deadline has not been widely promoted). With so many parents still unaware that they are eligible for this payment, we are attempting to advise as many as possible before the cut-off date. $12 per art calendar $12 per photo calendar $14 per packet of 8 art cards $14 per packet of photo cards $14 per computer mouse mat $15 per iPhone cover $17.00 per Diary There is no limit on the number of items you wish to purchase. Order forms are with your child’s artwork and need to be completed and returned to the school with the artwork or photographs(if you choose not to upload these directly to the website) in the envelope provided, by Monday October 21st. Orders will be sent to the company at the close of business on this day, so to avoid disappointment, please make sure your order is in. We understand that financially it is hard for parents with the continuous costs of raising children (uniform expense, school expense, outside sport activity costs, medical expenses etc.) and if parents are entitled to this money we believe they should receive it. Once again, we would appreciate if you could help up let as many parents as possible know. We have had some outstanding results for parents and would like to spread the word throughout Australia. (Attached is a flyer) If you would like any other information please do not hesitate to call 02 9524 2744 or email childoffset@twelve.com.au. Ms Roseman. Preschool Learning Areas The grant obtained for developing learning areas in the preschool has been expended. Rolling Hills, a play creek bed, improving the stage area, garden beds for planting, sandstone seating for storytelling, native sensory gardens, landscaping and turfing has improved the areas for fun and play for our pre-schoolers. Kindergarten Information for 2014 Sadly only a handful of parents were present for the Information night presented by Mrs Heywood and staff. Further information can be obtained by contacting the school. If you know of families moving into the area please direct them to our school for enrolment information. Mrs Heywood P-2 Assistant Principal Children’s Mental Health Eight members of staff are heading off to the Blacktown for an evening on the issues of Mental Health for early childhood. Anxiety and other areas are an increasing concern not only for parents but for teachers as well. Gathering information and learning more about the issues will only increase the quality of assistance the school can provide for our children. Start Smart Financial Awareness Program Last week our school participated in The Commonwealth Bank StartSmart Workshops at school. These workshops are programmed to each stage level and are engaging as well as educational, featuring characters such as Captain SuperCents, Coach Cash and Gobbles the Wallet Monster. These workshops were enjoyed by our students and positive feedback received from our staff. Some areas the students touched on were: * Australian Currency * Using money in exchange for goods and services * Needs and wants * Earning, saving, spending and budgeting * The social pressures and temptations of Money Miss Creer First Child Tax Offset The government in 2001 introduced the “First Child Tax Offset”. This was one of the first types of baby bonuses introduced, but unlike todays Baby Bonus Schemes it was not given much media exposure and was confusing. As a result many parents have missed out on claiming this entitlement. The offset was introduced to compensate parents for reduced income that followed the arrival of a child born between 1 July 2001 and 30 June 2004. There is information on the ATO website, but like many entitlements it is difficult to understand. 3 J & E Piano Music Centre Some of our children participate in keyboard lessons during the week and are instructed by trained teachers of piano and keyboard. Keyboards are provided for the children to use. If you would like your child to participate please ring Johnny Young on 9651 4892 or 0411 884408. Please note that keyboard lessons are on Tuesday. Advertisements for Providers at ECPS Western Sydney Speech Pathology Western Sydney Speech Pathology is able to offer Speech Pathology Services at Eastern Creek Public School. Celine Pascual will be available at the school every second Friday. Doctor referrals are not necessary. Appointments are essential. To make an appointment or enquire about our services call our office on 9622 1616. Georges Pit Stop- All mechanical repairs and Log Booking Services. Unit 6/4 Wrightland Ave Arndell Park Ph: 983 17867 Western Sydney OT Services At Eastern Creek the services of the Western Sydney Occupational Therapy Service is provided by Erica Moses, Senior Occupational Therapist. If your child or you require some OT please contact Erica on 0416 574 994. The Music Bus If you are interested in your child learning drums, guitar or singing, please contact Kristy Ph: 1300 168 742 Fax: (02) 9527 0631 P.O. Box 2675, Taren Point NSW 2229 Commonwealth School Banking Student Banking continues with Mrs Gundy on Wednesday. www.themusicbus.com.au End of Year Concert Penrith / Blacktown/ Blue Mountains Date: Saturday 23rd November, 2013 VENUE: St Clair Public School Hall Address: Timesweep Dr, St Clair Rooty Hill RSL Baton Twirlers classes. If you would like your child to participate in learning the very special sport program of marching and baton twirling please contact Mrs Kristine Ross on 0414781631. The Rooty Hill RSL Baton Twirlers meet on Monday evenings 5.00pm to 8.00pm and on Saturday afternoon from 1.30pm. Zumba Dance-Breast Cancer Fund Raiser Sunday 20 October School Hall 5-7pm Eastern Creek Apps Our school has an App. Go to the App store and search for Eastern Creek Public School and then you enterusername- community password is easternckps. The app Eastern Creek comes on automatically to your phone. It’s a free App. The App has been in operation for a few weeks and I’ve heard many positive comments- We are still learning how to use it so your comments are most appreciated. Taekwondo Classes David Adlam, from Nepean Wolves Taekwondo instructs Taekwondo classes on Friday afternoon. If you are interested in your children participating in the class pleaseContact David on Tel:47513494 Mobile:0408609464 Email:nwtkd@exemail.com.auWebsite: nwtkd.com.au Before and After School Care Families in our school have one provider available for before and after school care. It is; “St Anthony’s Early Learning Centre” at 46-48 Eskdale St, Minchinbury. The telephone number is 9832 7477. School Tennis lessons Mr Elton Stoney, the school’s tennis coach, is available for lessons both private or group and can be contacted on- 0412 122 976. Currently lessons are on Friday morning. Places are available for two sessions 8.00 and 8.30 at $7 a session. Please contact Elton if you wish your child to participate. Some users of the iphone and androids have had difficulties with the App. The school has been told it is important to have all of the updates loaded onto your phone. The service provider has assured us that the site is now up and running properly. 4 Term 3- Monthly Planner Term 4- Monthly Planner October October 2013 Monday 14 Tues 15 Wed 16 Fri 18 Sun 20 Tues 22 Wed 23 Fri 25 Tues 29 Wed 30 Begin Student AssessmentsStandardised Testing Scripture Transition program to RHHS Public Speaking finals at St Mary’s South PS 2.00- 3.00-Coming to School Mandarin Language for Yr 5/6 Tennis School Assembly Sport Music Bus 5.00pm- 7.00pm -Party in PinkZumba Breast Cancer Fund Raiser in hall Scripture Transition program to RHHS Milo Cricket for Yr 3/ 4 Mandarin Language for Yr 5/6 2.00- 3.00-Coming to School Tennis Calmsley Hill P-2 Excursion Sport Music Bus Scripture Transition program to RHHS 6.30- 8.00-Preschool Information Night 2.00- 3.00-Coming to School Mandarin Language for Yr 5/6 Otis Media Parent Information9.15 in MPR 5