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Issue 28, 7th September 2018

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

CALENDAR September Mon 10 .............. Hampers and Hay for Hope fundraiser Mon 10-Thu 20 . Life Education incursion Tue 11 ............... Prep 2019 Transition Session 1 Wed 12 .............. Hoop Time Senior Basketball Day Wed 12 .............. PFA meeting Thu 13 ............... School Council Mon 17 .............. Prep M&L Science Morning Mon 17 .............. Life Education Parent Information Session Tue 18 ............... Prep B&ZB Science Morning Thu 20 ............... Footy Colours Day Thu 20 ............... Hot Dog Lunch Fri 21 ................. Instrumental Music Cycle 3 payment due Fri 21 ................. Term 3 ends - 2.30pm dismissal

October Mon 8 ................ Term 4 starts Wed 10 .............. Prep 2019 Transition Session 2 Thu 18 ............... School Council Fri 19 ................. Yrs 5 & 6 Values for Life incursion Sun 21 ............... Working Bee ** SAVE THE DATE ** Wed 24 .............. Prep 2019 Transition Session 3 Wed 31 .............. District T20 Blast Cricket Wed 31 .............. Showcase Rehearsal

November Thu 1 ................. Music: Count Us In 12.30pm Fri 2 ................... Showcase Mon 5 ................ Instrumental Music Make-up Lessons start Tue 6 ................. Melbourne Cup public holiday

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

NOTE: NO Assembly on 10th September; Hampers and Hay for Hope fundraiser concert instead - all welcome.

School Banking - every Tuesday.

SCHOOL TOURS Fridays at 9.30am

Bookings essential - please call School Office

ENROLMENTS FOR 2019 are being accepted now.

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, 26 April & 7 September

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 essex.heights.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.essexheightsps.vic.edu.au

Principal: Mr George Perini

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

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… in concert! Raffle for the Hampers will be drawn during the concert.

All funds raised will go to SchoolAid Trust’s Hampers and Hay for Hope drought appeal.

Drought Fundraiser Monday 10th September

Dress up on Monday as a farmer or favourite farm animal - gold coin donation.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dear parents and guardians,

Hampers and Hay for Hope

On Monday 10th September, we will be holding our fundraising event to support the drought effected farmers throughout Australia. The children are encouraged to come dressed in some farm related clothes and then make a gold coin donation to the Hampers and Hay for Hope appeal. The day will conclude with a concert at 2.30pm by ‘The Blazing Saddles’, a “special staff band”, during the usual assembly time. The concert will be held outside the Library facing The Heights.

There is a special raffle being conducted and all families have been sent a book of 10 tickets. The prizes are magnificent hampers of a wide selection of goods. All funds raised will be directed through SchoolAid Trust, a registered not for profit organisation.

A big thank you must go to Steph Trace and a band of parent volunteers that have prepared the hampers and raffle tickets as well as helping in the organisation. The Junior School Council has also been right behind this event and has helped to raise student interest in the day. I am very thankful for our staff that have volunteered to play in the concert, and I am sure that you will all be very impressed with the result.

I hope that if you have the time you can come along to the concert. Feel free to bring a fold up chair or cushion for a more comfortable seat!!! Thank you for really getting behind this initiative which is very meaningful to many members of our school community. I look forward to seeing you all there on Monday.

The weather forecast looks great … bring a picnic blanket or folding chair, and come along to The Heights by 2.30pm to stake your spot, for the world premiere of ...

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Family Statements

Family statements were issued by email to all families with outstanding charges on 6th September. It would be appreciated if payments can be finalised before the end of this term. A particular reminder that Instrumental Music Cycle 2 payments are due immediately and Cycle 3 payments are due by the end of this term; these are not payable on Compass Pay. Payment by BPay (details on your statement) or Compass Pay is preferred. If you need to pay at the Office, payment can be made by credit card/Eftpos (MasterCard or Visa), cash (correct amount; no change held at the Office), or cheque (payable to Essex Heights Primary School).

September

8th ...... Senuri S Keira M

10th ...... Sarah Z

12th ...... Jaxon E

14th ...... Rania K

The Victorian State Schools Spectacular will be held at 1pm and 6.30pm on Saturday 15th September at Hisense Arena. To book tickets, click here.

NAPLAN Results

2018 NAPLAN results for Years 3 and 5 students have been sent home. Please keep your child’s NAPLAN documentation in a safe place for future reference, eg secondary school or scholarship applications.

NO Assembly on Monday

There will not be an Assembly on Monday; please come to support the Hampers and Hay for Hope fundraiser concert instead. All welcome - bring a picnic blanket or folding chair to The Heights by 2.30pm.

Information sent home:

Year/Group Notice/Activity

Whole school (each family) ...... Drought fundraiser: Hamper raffle tickets - return on Monday

Whole school (all students) ...... PFA Hot Dog Lunch

This week’s information on Compass:

Year/Group Compass News

Year 2 ........................ Year 2 Homework

Whole School ............ ‘Blazing Saddles’ outdoor concert. Hampers & Hay for Hope Family statements issued Monday’s Extra Special Assembly

Compass Events:

Year/Group Notice/Activity & Due Date

Whole School ............ Life Education incursion - asap

Selected Students ...... District Hoop Time Senior Basketball Day - 9 September

Our traditional Footy Colours Day will be held on Thursday 20th September. Come to school dressed in your team colours. A parade will be held during the day.

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT continued

Playing Safely in the School Grounds

Student safety is always a priority at our school so I would like to remind all parents that the riding of scooters or bicycles is not permitted in the school grounds. The age of the child riding the scooter is not the main issue, it is the potential of hitting another child that matters. Unfortunately just a little distraction could cause an injury to someone else. Please, if you are waiting for your children with toddlers, keep them under your closest attention so that we do not have a mishap that can cause distress to others. Please, no riding in the school grounds!

Lesson planning and preparation for better student learning

As mentioned last week, for the past 12 months the staff have been working with the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education to embed a consistent way of planning lesson sequences and then establishing the best way to help children learn. This excellent work by staff was recognised in our recent review and is evident in all classes in the school. Each sequence of lessons has a clear learning intention, with success criteria that clearly outline the intended outcomes and how the teacher and students will know if the outcomes have been successfully attained. Children will regularly be given feedback about where they are at and what they will need to do so that they can progress and achieve deeper learning.

Today as part of our student-free day, the staff spent the day continuing their professional development. In the morning the whole staff continued to learn about the best ways to give students constructive feedback about their learning. In the following session, staff shared and learned from each other about the progress that they have made implementing SOLO Taxonomy, which is the method of planning and delivering lesson sequences that result in deep learning for children. This model is consistent with the implementation of the High Impact Teaching Strategies published by the Education Department. In the afternoon teams had the opportunity to plan and prepare resources that will assist in the delivery of well-structured lessons for children.

See you at the concert on Monday!!!

George Perini Principal

For the outstanding donations of non-perishable food items this week that have been made up into hampers to raffle on Monday during the Hampers and Hay for Hope fundraising concert. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. All proceeds from the raffle will be directed to the SchoolAid Trust drought fundraiser.

Well done EHPS community! This is what we achieved ...

Thanks too to the parents who put the hampers together and made up the raffle books

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Parent Opinion Survey 2018 closing extended again

The closing date for the Parent Opinion Survey has been extended again to Sunday 9th September. If you have been randomly

selected, you will have received information and details regarding the process.

Thank you to the many families that have completed the survey. I encourage all remaining families to please complete the online survey by Sunday. It should only take about 15 minutes. Please be assured that your responses are completely confidential and that the survey is conducted anonymously. The survey results will be reported back to our school at the end of September. Survey results will be communicated to parents through the 2018 Annual Report.

“Schools are at their dynamic best when teachers and parents work hand-in-hand together” Michael Grose

A new Insights article is accessible on our school website: Is your child’s brain ready for the online playgrounds?

Our school membership of Parenting Ideas also entitles our community to access webinars free of charge up to a month after the presentation. Current and upcoming webinars are:

Win kids’ cooperation without fears, tears and cauliflower ears was presented by Michael Grose on Tuesday 14th August; available free of charge until 14th September.

Managing video games and the next digital craze - 13th September at 7.30pm; available until 13th October. Developing emotional intelligence in children - 29th October at 7.30pm; available until 29th November.

ArtSEL Nikki Olsen

This week in ArtSEL we have learnt about getting to know others even if they are different from us.

We are all different, and getting to know others who are different from us and accepting and appreciating their differences is showing empathy. Even though we may be different to others, we can still get to know others and make new friends. One way to make new friends is starting a conversation - talking to each other in a respectful way. When you make conversation with someone, it is good to show that person that you are interested in getting to know them -what they think or feel. When we start a conversation, we need to find a topic that you think the person might be interested in. Then really listen to what they are saying and ask questions to keep the conversation going. Another way is by giving a complement – that’s when you say something nice to someone. We can also invite others to join in on a game we are playing.

This week, try to start a conversation with someone you don’t know that well, and ask them to join in on your game.

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

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Hampers and Hay for Hope Fundraiser

WHAT: Fundraiser for drought-stricken farmers, raffles, farm-themed dress up with gold coin donation.

WHEN: Monday 10th September from 2.30pm to 3.30pm (in place of Assembly) WHERE: The Heights WHO: all the EHPS school community, including parents and friends

On Monday (10th September) students are encouraged to come to school dressed in farm-themed clothing; please bring a gold coin donation to participate.

There will be a concert on The Heights, starting at 2.30pm, that will feature our own Essex Heights all stars band (Tanya Dolence, Chris Cavill, Courtnee Johnston and Paul Davis) - The Blazing Saddles. Not to be missed! Parents and friends are most welcome to attend the concert.

During the concert, the raffle for hampers of non-perishable food items will be drawn; raffle tickets were sent home to each family to sell over the weekend. Tickets will also be on sale throughout the day on Monday. Tickets are $2 each OR $5 for 3 tickets. The hampers are made up of non-perishable food items donated by our school community (see page 3).

Donations can also be made online at DROUGHT ‘Hampers and Hay for Hope’ by SchoolAid Trust - click here

About this fundraiser:

With farmers suffering through what many are calling the “worst drought in living memory”, SchoolAid Trust’s ‘Hampers and Hay for Hope’ campaign is an important vehicle that provides a powerful way for our young peo-ple to respond as a collective to the plight of those on the land. In doing this, our students will feel empowered as they respond and feel they can make a difference.

Funds raised will be directed to the purchase of the most needed items and include stock feed and/or hampers filled with non-perishable food supplies, treats, pet food, personal care items, and any messages that we receive from schools to enclose.

All monies raised from the raffle, dress up day, and other donations will be directed towards the Hampers and Hay for Hope fundraiser.

Thank you in anticipation of your generous support for this worthy cause.

Junior School Council

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On Friday 24th August all Year 3 students went to CERES to learn more about our topic of Aboriginal people, the first humans in Australia. First we went to a spot were we could have a

break, meet up with the other Year 3 students and eat our lunch and snack. We met the teachers who taught us about Aboriginal stories. She also let us perform a play and the story was 'Tiddalick the Frog'. Our second lesson was making things out of natural resources that were in the environment such as grass, reeds, leaves and sticks. Thirdly we went for a walk along by the Merri Creek to hear about the Aboriginal fishing traps. We examined a coolamon and a

boomerang. Our final lesson was walking around the gardens to collect Pig Face leaves and Kangaroo Apple. The Aboriginal people used these foods for eating and drinking and only took what they needed from their natural world! Smart!

Everybody had a great time at such a beautiful place on a wonderfully sunny day. We learnt so much about Australia's First People.

Carolyn Wilson, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Chris Cavill and Lisa Burns Year 3 Teachers

Year 3 Excursion: CERES Community Environment Park

Year 4 Taskworks Excursion & Sleepover

The 27th August was an exciting day for all of the Grade 4’s. Why? Because it was the day of the Grade 4 sleepover. We arrived in the late afternoon at 2.45pm at Taskworks! We had a line up of many fun activities over the two days. These included: Stomp-a-Stump, the Cable Maze, Sticks, Build It, Create a Scene, the Puzzle room and Peg Fast. All of these activities were great, but the two favourites were Stomp-a-Stump and Cable Maze. The food was amazing too! Overall this experience was amazing and we would recommend it to anyone.

Nandita and Camryn (4R)

The games at Taskworks were awesome and really fun! The food was scrumptious. Taskworks hospitality was great! The games made us really think

hard because there’s always a task during games! Matthew, Eezen and Jacob (4CB)

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City of Monash Junior Advisory Group

Thank you to Claire Sideras, the Child & Young People Friendly City Project Manager from the City of Monash, for coming to talk to the Year 4’s about the Junior Advisory Group (JAG).

The City of Monash has developed JAG to provide a platform for primary school aged children to express their opinions and contribute to discussions about their communities. Four schools within the City of Monash were selected to participate, with each school providing two student representatives. These representatives will meet with Monash Councillors throughout the remainder of 2018 and 2019 to discuss issues relevant to primary school aged children.

Congratulations to Michael and Jayda in Year 4 for being chosen to represent our school. We look forward to hearing about your experiences.

Click here for more information about JAG.

Alexandra O’Connor Year 4 Teacher

District Athletics

On Monday 3rd September at Bill Sewart Athletics Track, 77 students went off to the District Athletics Carnival. Everyone

tried their best, and 11 students made it through to the Division round. All the student points were combined and our school came 4th out of 6 schools, which is a good achievement for us. We were happy to have nice weather conditions. Congratulations to these following 12 students who qualified for Division: Emma C, Jaslene L, Nicholas T, Tom F, Maxim K, Ariana P, Dimitri P, Luke C, Jimmy O, Simon C, Zainab A and Sienna P. And good luck to all these athletes.

Zainab and Luke Athletics Captains

Our thanks also to the parents who were able to assist on the day - your support is greatly appreciated.

Elisha Cotterell

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Health & PE Coordinator: Elisha Cotterell & Amy Hipwell

Hoop Time Senior Basketball

We also look forward to our four Years 5 and 6 teams representing our school at the District Hoop Time Senior Basketball Day on Wednesday 12th September.

We are still in urgent need of parent drivers, coaches and scorers to assist on this day. Please email Elisha Cotterell ASAP if you can assist - click here. All assistance is greatly appreciated as it helps keep the costs of the sporting program low.

Information is published on Compass. Consent and payment must be completed by 9th September.

Family and friends are welcome to come along and support the teams on the day.

The Link Health & Community Keeping Kids Smiling program was at EHPS this week providing free dental check-ups to students. The Keeping Kids Smiling program aims to identify children in need of dental care and helps teach children how to look after their teeth at home with a toothbrushing lesson. Children were sent home with a show bag, and parents received a letter informing them of the results of the dental check-up.

Free Dental Check-up - Keeping Kids Smiling Program

Health Centre Julie Zuk

Hi Everyone,

With the arrival of Spring and pollen, it becomes that hay fever time of year again.

If your child suffers from this, please assess if they need an antihistamine for symptoms before they come to school, particularly on windy days or during a flare-up of symptoms.

If you need to complete an up to date allergy plan in case it ever needs to be managed at school, please send me a note or ring me between 11.30am and 3pm.

If you, or anyone in your family suffer from hay fever and/or Asthma, please take time to read the information from the Better Health website regarding Thunderstorm Asthma - how to prepare and prevent if you are at risk - click here.

Julie Zuk First Aid Officer

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Life Education

The Life Education mobile learning centre will be at EHPS from Monday 10th September. The learning centre provides a unique learning environment and their trained educators use an innovative teaching and learning approach to engage students.

All students will be visiting the onsite van and studying a curriculum based topic, as follows: Prep .................. Harold’s Friend Ship Year 1 ................ Safety Rules Year 2 ................ Growing Good Friends Year 3 ................ BCyberwise Year 4 ................ Mind Your Medicine Years 5 and 6 .... Relate, Respect and Connect

Information has been published on Compass. Please finalise consent and payment as soon as possible.

For more information, please visit the Life Education website - click here.

PARENT INFORMATION SESSION: Monday 17th September from 2.45pm to 3.15pm. This session will be held in the Life Ed van located next to the Stadium. If parents are interested in attending, please email Natalie Zaibak - click here - as there are limited places.

Music: Count Us In Coordinator: Tanya Dolence

If you haven’t heard yet, this year’s Music Count Us In song has been released. The students have been listening to it, and Years 5 and 6 have created some great actions. The song is called One Song, composed by five school students (no Essex Heights students this year), in collaboration with John Foreman OAM (Program Ambassador) and Justine Clarke (2018 Program Mentor). The performance date for this year falls on Thursday 1st November (the day before Showcase), and will take place in the Hall.

If you don’t know about this event, here is a little info …

The idea came about as a way of promoting music in schools; each year, one song is written and thousands of schools across Australia sing the same song on the same day at the same time as a way of joining students, teachers, parents and friends nationwide to celebrate the importance of music and community.

If you would like to listen to the 2018 song at home, click the ’One Song’ image, or you can also find it by searching for “MCUI One Song” in your web browser.

Happy singing!

Regards, Tanya Dolence

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Berita Bahasa Indonesia Sarah Edwards

Art Room

Paper rolls needed please

The Art Room would be grateful for the donation of paper rolls (no toilet rolls). Please bring them to the Art Room.

Thanks, Jean Elliott

Art work around our School

Have you seen the beautiful display in the Office reception created by the Year 2s? Come and have a look at their interpretation of Claude Monet’s iconic The Water Lily Pond.

Thank you to our Art teacher, Jean Elliott, for displaying and sharing the work of our students around the school.

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‘Strike it Out’ is another great game that can be found on nRich.maths.org - click here - for improving number sense. To begin, draw a number line from 1 to 20. The first player picks two numbers, crosses them out and circles either their sum or their difference. The second player crosses out the circled number and another number that is still left, and again circle the sum or the difference. This continues until someone is unable to move. The winner is the person who stops their opponent from being able to move! This game provides opportunities for students to recall addition and subtraction facts, while encouraging those who are already fluent to conjecture and convince.

Dowker, A. (1992). Computational strategies of professional mathematicians. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 23 (1), 45-55.

Kelvin Tang

Maths

To the person without number sense, arithmetic is a bewildering territory in which any deviation from the known path may rapidly lead to being totally lost. (Dowker, 1992).

Munch & Crunch Canteen

Canteen Roster Monday 10th September - 11.15am to 1.45pm ........ Manami Wong

Wednesday 12th September - 9.30am to 1.45pm .... Catriona Corben, Justine Rizzo & Yang Yang

Friday 14th August - 9.30am to 1.45pm .................... James Douglas

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.

Try the new Good Food Hero meals on our menu

You can select from:

Butter Chicken (gluten free) Beef Korma with Basmati Rice (gluten free) Bolognaise Pasta Bake Beef Mini Rissoles and Potato Gratin Coconut Chicken Thai Curry and Jasmine Rice

Each meal is 220g and cost $4.50 each. For more information - click here. Your feedback would be appreciated.

Maria Vlahos Canteen Manager

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Parents & Friends News

PFA Meeting

Our next PFA meeting will be on Wednesday 12th September at 7.30pm in the Staff Room. All welcome.

The PFA can be contacted via email on ehpspfa@gmail.com Have a great week,

Andrea Fyfe (Mum to Caitlin, 4CB)

Hope the Dads had a great day on Father’s Day, and enjoyed the gifts chosen by the children at our Father’s Day Stall.

Left: Stuart getting the hang of his Father’s Day gift!

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

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