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83A Ivanhoe Street, Eden Hill WA 6054 Ph: 9377 4988 Email: [email protected] Website: www.edenhill.wa.edu.au Assembly Thank you to the students from Room 11, Mrs Chisholm and Mrs Lock for their wonderful Harmony Day assembly last Friday. It was a great start to our Harmony Day celebrations. Thank you also to Miranda Melbin, Room 11 Class Coordinator, for organising morning tea for those who were able to stay behind. Tomorrow’s assembly will be hosted by Room 15. Please note there will be no assembly on Friday, 5th April and 12th April as students will be attending swimming lessons. Harmony Day A HUGE THANK YOU must go out to everyone in our wonderful school community for ensuring that this year’s Harmony Day was such a success. Every year, I don’t think it can get any better and then it does – WOW! I was so impressed with the way that we all celebrated our different backgrounds through music, food, dance, craft, leisure activities and cultural experiences, to name just a few of the activities that happened on Friday. I was so proud of the students who volunteered to run an activity that highlighted their background and grateful to the parents, grandparents and friends who came forward to run activities and serve the amazing variety of delightful foods. Days such as this illustrate, in the best possible way, what an awesome school we have and that everyone plays an important part in making it a great school. Thank you! (Please see page 4 for photos.) Swimming Swimming commences next Monday, 1st April for all students from Pre-Primary - Year 6. Did you know that swimming lessons are provided FREE for your child! The only costs involved are the pool entry and the bus transport. Ensuring your child is safe around water is of utmost importance. Forms and money were due back yesterday and unfortunately students who have not returned forms by next Monday morning and paid, or organised to pay daily, will be unable to attend. Please make sure all items of clothing, (including towels, goggles, etc) have your child’s name on them. Spray on deodorant is not permitted due to safety concerns. If your child needs a deodorant, a roll-on is acceptable. Deputies Luncheon Our Deputies Luncheon was held yesterday for some of our outstanding students. Congratulations to the following students for being chosen by their class teacher/s: Molly Shaw, Ivy Sein, Ebony Higgins, Addison Shaw, Izayah Taylor, E.J. Santos, Alex Rowlands, Daniel Errington, Liam Nduracha, Jack Beutel, Brendan Hayden, Avyce Orme, Desmond Breadsell, Gaurav Kiran and Elena Pryor. Newsletter #4 28th March 2019 OUR CHAMPIONS 15th March Mia Furnell Xanthe Johnston Grace Flowers Addison Shaw Basil Fatiq Brady Leader Michael Watson Cardia Orme Elisa Miller Matthew Bickley Jai Brown Mia Hassett Nathaniel Meldrum Noah Glass Vasco Flavel William Palka Danica Govender Room 10 Autumn Williams 22nd March Faith Green Miesha Sims Hassan Batat Danica Govender Lucas Spence E.J. Santos Leo Campbell Lina Allen Vishnu Belagode Navaneeth Gabriel Johnson Aleigha Brennan Avyce Orme Eliana Lucente Sascha Donlin Liam Mapepa Viasha Brown Michael Makina Izayah Taylor

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Page 1: Newsletter #4 · Our vision: To strive for excellence by working collaboratively and respectfully with our students to build strong, meaningful connections with our community

83A Ivanhoe Street, Eden Hill WA 6054 Ph: 9377 4988 Email: [email protected] Website: www.edenhill.wa.edu.au

Assembly Thank you to the students from Room 11, Mrs Chisholm and

Mrs Lock for their wonderful Harmony Day assembly last Friday. It was a great

start to our Harmony Day celebrations.

Thank you also to Miranda Melbin, Room 11 Class Coordinator, for organising

morning tea for those who were able to stay behind.

Tomorrow’s assembly will be hosted by Room 15. Please note there will be no

assembly on Friday, 5th April and 12th April as students will be attending

swimming lessons.

Harmony Day A HUGE THANK YOU must go out to everyone in our wonderful school

community for ensuring that this year’s Harmony Day was such a success. Every

year, I don’t think it can get any better and then it does – WOW! I was so

impressed with the way that we all celebrated our different backgrounds through

music, food, dance, craft, leisure activities and cultural experiences, to name just a

few of the activities that happened on Friday. I was so proud of the students who

volunteered to run an activity that highlighted their background and grateful to the

parents, grandparents and friends who came forward to run activities and serve the

amazing variety of delightful foods. Days such as this illustrate, in the best

possible way, what an awesome school we have and that everyone plays an

important part in making it a great school. Thank you! (Please see page 4 for

photos.)

Swimming Swimming commences next Monday, 1st April for all students from Pre-Primary -

Year 6. Did you know that swimming lessons are provided FREE for your child!

The only costs involved are the pool entry and the bus transport. Ensuring your

child is safe around water is of utmost importance.

Forms and money were due back yesterday and unfortunately students who have

not returned forms by next Monday morning and paid, or organised to pay daily,

will be unable to attend.

Please make sure all items of clothing, (including towels, goggles, etc) have your

child’s name on them. Spray on deodorant is not permitted due to safety concerns.

If your child needs a deodorant, a roll-on is acceptable.

Deputies Luncheon Our Deputies Luncheon was held yesterday for some of our outstanding students.

Congratulations to the following students for being chosen by their class teacher/s:

Molly Shaw, Ivy Sein, Ebony Higgins, Addison Shaw, Izayah Taylor,

E.J. Santos, Alex Rowlands, Daniel Errington, Liam Nduracha, Jack Beutel,

Brendan Hayden, Avyce Orme, Desmond Breadsell, Gaurav Kiran and

Elena Pryor.

Newsletter #4 28th March 2019

OUR

CHAMPIONS

15th March Mia Furnell

Xanthe Johnston

Grace Flowers

Addison Shaw

Basil Fatiq

Brady Leader

Michael Watson

Cardia Orme

Elisa Miller

Matthew Bickley

Jai Brown

Mia Hassett

Nathaniel Meldrum

Noah Glass

Vasco Flavel

William Palka

Danica Govender

Room 10

Autumn Williams

22nd March Faith Green

Miesha Sims

Hassan Batat

Danica Govender

Lucas Spence

E.J. Santos

Leo Campbell

Lina Allen

Vishnu Belagode Navaneeth

Gabriel Johnson

Aleigha Brennan

Avyce Orme

Eliana Lucente

Sascha Donlin

Liam Mapepa

Viasha Brown

Michael Makina

Izayah Taylor

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Our vision: To strive for excellence by working collaboratively and respectfully with our students to build strong, meaningful connections with our community.

Easter Raffle Fundraiser It’s that special time of year again where the Easter Bunny

will be here before you know it, so we look forward to your

support with our EASTER RAFFLE FUNDRAISER.

We are asking for your help by way of donations of chocolate eggs and bunnies

and any baskets, boxes, soft Easter toys or cellophane to help make up the

hampers. If you could start forwarding your chocolate donations as soon as

possible, it would be greatly appreciated.

Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5, and will be sent home with your child today.

Please clearly mark tickets with your child’s name and class number or your

mobile phone number, so that we can contact you to collect should you be a

winner. Please return together with your payment to the class teacher.

Award Winners Honesty

15th March Abbey Williams

Cooper Davidson

Ruby Ness

Robey Taylor

Elijah Pryor

Esther Sonsee

Benjamin Williams

Oliver Danaher

Ivy Sein

Ebony Higgins

Amethyst Francis

Sophie Machin

Lily Jacques

Madison Fabre

Mirah Sugiartha

Accepting Difference 23rd March

Charlotte Leader

Alessandro Bruno

Griffin Higgins

Luca Pauciulo

Charlie Thomas

Willow Mazandarani

Annie Nguyen

Mia Furnell

Henry Machin

Amethyst Francis

Brooke Andrews

Toby Littlewood

Saleh Batat

Edward George

Sponsorship of our Dance, Band and Choir I would like to thank Andy Huynh, one of our parents, but also the owner of the Ida St Supermarket and Walter’s

Delight for kindly offering to once again sponsor our choir this year. Andy is a fantastic support to our school and

we hope you will in turn, support him by shopping at his stores.

We are still hoping to find other sponsors to help us provide each child in our band and dance group with a t-shirt

with the group's name on it along with other costume items as required. We attempt to provide these at no cost to

their families and as such seek sponsorship from a local business or family. If you are able to assist or know of a

local group or company that may be keen to, please let us know. Please see Mrs Spencer, Mrs Andrews or Mrs Miell

if you are interested or require more information.

Happy Feet Frenzy Festival On Friday, 15th March, students of Eden Hill

PS participated in the Happy Feet Frenzy

Festival. The students thoroughly enjoyed

boarding the Transperth Bus, learning about

sustainable ways to travel and Bike Education

classes. Constable Care also made an

appearance much to the Junior school’s delight.

The most popular event by far, was the

skateboarding demonstration which allowed

the students to learn some new tricks. Thank

you to the Town of Bassendean Your Move

program for helping organise this amazing

afternoon, which was enjoyed by all.

Mrs Freind and Ms Durkin

I would like to thank Mrs Freind and

Ms Durkin for coordinating this amazing day.

It involved a lot of preparation. Everyone had

a most enjoyable afternoon and I was thrilled

when at the end of the day every one of the

visitors came to me and commented on the

fabulous behaviour of our students. In fact, the

people running the skateboarding told me that

our school was “THE BEST” school they had

ever worked with! I am so proud of you all –

well done!

As we have swimming lessons in the last 2 weeks of term, there will be no assembly. Therefore, the tickets will be

drawn by Mrs Wood on Friday 12th April, and baskets will be delivered to the winners in their classroom.

Thanks again for your support & we look forward to seeing those donations coming in very soon.

Much appreciated!

Natalie Gatti - FUNDRAISING CO-ORDINATOR

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Our Motto - Only Our Best Is Good Enough

Bullying This is the next article in our series on Bullying.

Talking with your children about being bullied

Many children who are bullied do not tell a trusted adult as they

think they are dobbing.

‘Dobbing’ is when a person deliberately tries to get attention or

to get someone else into trouble.

‘Asking for help’ is when someone feels the situation is out of

his/her control and he/she is unable to deal with it alone. If

anyone sees someone else in this situation they should also ask

for help.

What are students being taught at school to help them deal

with bullying situations?

All students at our school are being taught that:

When I have a problem I can:

• Try to stand up for myself in a positive way

• Try to talk with the person I am having a problem with

• Walk away and ignore the person completely

• Get help from a teacher or another person I trust

• Ignore the situation and keep playing or working

• Talk to a friend to get some ideas to help me make a decision

or

• Try coming to an agreement with the other person.

You can reinforce these messages by discussing them with your

children at home.

Disco

Year 6 camp fundraiser

Tomorrow, Friday 29th March

Covered Assembly Area

Pre-Primary - Year 3 3.30 - 5.00pm

Years 4 - 6 5.15 - 7.00pm

Entry $4.00

Hot dogs, chips and snacks will be on sale.

Lots of prizes to be won.

Chaplains Chatter Some time ago I heard an interview with Ingrid Betancourt, who was kidnapped and held prisoner for over six years in

the Colombian Jungle. Here is a small excerpt from that interview…

“We have a responsibility for the world we are living in and we are convinced that we are what we are and we cannot

change and guess what, we can change who we are. That’s what I discovered in the

jungle. In the jungle I was confronted with the worst parts of myself… selfishness,

greediness, ego. That’s what I was confronted with in that extreme situation. Before I

thought that we needed to change the laws, and then I thought we needed to change the

leaders and today I am convinced that we need to change ourselves.”

This woman discovered that personal accountability and responsibility are paramount to

making the world a better place to live in. Hopefully none of us have to go through a

similar experience to come to this same conclusion. Hopefully we can learn from other

peoples experience and teach our children this same truth, so that we are able to make

the world a better place. In our school, in our community, city, state, country and in the

wider world, change starts with a single person.

Jenny Palandri

Headphones Found A pair of headphones have been found near the

school. They can be collected from the school

office if you think they may be yours, and you can

verify the make and type.

Sand Pit Toys Needed If you have any unwanted items suitable for sand pit play, such as trucks, sieves, scoops, buckets etc we would greatly

appreciate you donating them to the school for students to play with. Please place items in the crate outside Room 14.

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Year One Room 17

In Science, we are doing a unit of work called Spot the Difference. The students are investigating how materials can physically change due to

different processes, such as heating and cooling.

We are enjoying combining with the Year Ones from Room 16 each

Thursday afternoon.

We have investigated the properties of spaghetti cooked and uncooked.

We made spaghetti pictures with the cooked spaghetti

We made towers with the uncooked spaghetti

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UWA KIDS HOLIDAY PROGRAM Autumn Program: Monday 15 April–Friday 26 April

Our Kids Holiday Programs are fun and exciting multi-sport day camps for children aged 4–12 that are run by an experienced team of enthusiastic and friendly leaders. Check out the new activity schedule!

Lockridge Dental

Therapy Centre Lockridge Dental

Therapy will be opened

from Tuesday 16th April

- Thursday 18th April

from 8.00 am to 4 p.m.

For Emergencies ONLY

for Monday 15th April

please contact Hampton

Dental Therapy Centre

on 9275 1648 and for

Wednesday 24th April

please contact Swan

View DTC on 9294

1072. Public holidays,

weekends and after

hours please phone 1800

098 818 for

Emergencies.

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