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NEWSLETTER

DATES TO REMEMBER

March 2021

8 International Women’s Day

12 Harmony Day “people” to be returned

17 St Patrick’s Day

19 Anti-Bullying Day

22 Harmony Day

25 PBL Rewards Trading Day

26 Epilepsy Awareness Day

30 Autism Awareness Day

30 Year 6 Fundraiser

April 2021

1 PBL Rewards Day

1 Easter Hat Parade

1 Last day of term 1

19 Staff Development Day

20 Students Return to School

PAYMENTS DUE

$40.00 Voluntary School Contribution

$30.00 Education Pack

CongratulationsFlynn F participated in the TLPSSAAFL trials this week. There were 40students trialling from across theCentral Coast. Flynn has beensuccessful in making the CombinedCentral Coast AFL team.Congratulations Flynn, an amazingachievement!

Will D AND Logan T participated inthe TLPSSA Basketball trials onTuesday. They both did amazinglywell on the day, successfullymaking it through the first round ofthe trials. Unfortunately they didnot make it through to the finalteam. We are very proud of bothWill and Logan’s achievements.


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PRINCIPAL REPORT

Award recipients

It is a great way to start the week recognising the wonderful efforts of students across the school.Congratulations to all of our award recipients this week.

Staff afternoon on country

Last Friday afternoon staff engaged in an Aboriginal on Country afternoon at Bateau Bay Beach. Staffwere joined by Rob Waters, Kirsten Booker and Cherie Collins, who all work to support AboriginalEducation across the Central Coast. It was such a wonderful afternoon for staff and their families totake time out, relax, connect and hear significant and meaningful stories.

Visiting classrooms and students showcasing great work

It has been wonderful to visit classrooms on a daily basis and share a book with students. ‘TheWorld Needs More Purple People.’ is one of my favourites and I have shared it with most K-3classes. This book talks about the 5 wonderful traits that make a purple person:

This book shares a great message that it doesn’t actually matter if you’re purple or any othercolour, its what’s on the inside that really matters.

It has been a highlight of each day sharing my love of reading with students and I look forward togetting into more classrooms next week.

1. Ask really great questions2. Laugh a lot3. Use your voice all the time4. Work really hard5. And most importantly ‘JUST BE YOU’



PRINCIPAL REPORTOngoing traffic concerns

We have received a number of complaints from members of the local community regarding thebank up of traffic each afternoon. Cars entering Kiss and Go are lining up around the corner ontoCentral Coast Highway, preventing traffic from turning onto Serpentine Road. It is also causingissues for the buses.

We ask that anyone using Kiss and Go to pick up students in the afternoon refrain from queuingbeyond the designated Kiss and Go lane. We remind parents that our Kiss and Go zone operatesunder the same conditions as no parking zones, which means you may stop to drop off or pick upchildren for a maximum of 2 minutes. Community members will be contacting council to ask thatrandom ranger inspections are carried out to monitor this situation.

Uniform

It is so wonderful to see students wearing their newuniforms with pride. The arrival of the new uniform hascreated a great deal of excitement among students andour community. We have received great feedback and lookforward to the arrival of other uniform items once they areavailable in store.

Just a reminder that Lowes are offering a 20% off sale onthe 11th and 12th of March. Lowes have advised thatrainchecks will be honoured if stock is not available duringthe sale.



DEPUTY PRINCIPAL REPORT

Professional Learning – WritingEarlier this week, all students in Year 1-6completed a common writing task “Change arule or law”.

On Wednesday, teachers participated inConsistent Teacher Judgement sessions wherethey used a K-6 Rubric to mark all students’writing, sharing their knowledge anddeveloping their expertise.

Over the next week, class teachers will analysetheir students’ samples and plan teaching toaddress identified areas for development.

We will repeat this process at the end of Term1 and again early in Term 2 to enable teachersto track and monitor students’ progress.

ZZZ! The miniscule ladybird was frantically hovering around the deep blue pond and spotted aheavenly white, delicate feather. It descended gently onto the feather and relaxed. It was shadesof blood red, pitch black and pearl white.

Will D. 5B

A majestic ladybird landed elegantly on a soft, fragile feather. Her crisp, black wings flutteredcarefully as her pin-like legs touched the soft surface of the feather. Her magnificent shell wasdeep red with pitch black and pearly white marks.

Evie V. 5B

A miniature, maroon ladybird landed on the delicate feather as graceful as a jellyfish glidingthrough the ocean. It had black and white spots on its hard, glossy backside.

Luca 5B

Sick Sentences by 5BDuring 2020 our Teacher Professional Learning program had a strong focus on improving students’sentence structure and vocabulary when writing. The following samples of work would suggest thatwe are definitely on the right track. Well done 5B!

Original Sentence

Students’ ‘Sick Sentences’

The ladybird landed on a feather. It was red and white and black.



DEPUTY PRINCIPAL REPORT

Quality Teaching Rounds

We are pleased to confirm that our school will be participating in an exciting new research projecton teacher professional development. The research is being undertaken by the University ofNewcastle, commencing in Term 1, 2021. Children will be invited to participate in this project if theirteacher is involved. Invitations will be sent out to relevant classes next week.

Participating students will complete some surveys and assessments as part of their usual schoolactivities. All names will be removed and only student numbers will be given to the research teamso that they can link survey and assessment results with NAPLAN and school attendance data.

Structured Play InitiativeOver the past few weeks we have introduced ourStructured Playground Initiative. This program providesalternative activities for those students who find theusual playground challenging. At each break timethere are two organised activities available, usually oneactive and the other more passive. Activities are run bystudent leaders and supervised by teachers andinclude:• Origami making in the Library• Basketball drills on the basketball court• Just Dance in the Hall• Book Club in the Library• Drama Club in the COLA• Lego and Minecraft in the Library• Dance Club in the Hall• Handball in the COLA

Parent Meetings

Thank you to all those parents who attended our “Meet and Greets’ over the past week. It wasfantastic to be able to welcome parents back into the school. Teachers are now offering parents anopportunity for a one on one meeting with them so you can share information about your child. Ifyou have not already made a time to meet with your child’s teacher, please contact them via Dojoor the school email.

Assembly Awards

Merit awards have returned! Each Monday, class teachers present three Merit Awards to studentsfrom their class in recognition of great work or achievements. The recipients of these awards will bepublicised in the newsletter each fortnight.



CLASSROOM NEWS

3/4C3/4C students have settled in nicely totheir new class this term and we have hitthe ground running with our learning. Wehave been reading many short texts aboutcourage and discussing the relationshipsbetween characters in books.We are also undertaking personal passionprojects where students have chosen theirown topic and are researching to solve aproblem or answer a burning question.This week in Maths, we have beenstudying length and have undertaken aninvestigation on how to make a paperaeroplane that can fly long distances. Wehave tested different folds and then nextweek will be flying our planes andmeasuring the distances travelled. 3/4Cstudents have loved this investigation sofar and I look forward to seeing who canmake their plane travel the furthest.

Mrs. Clarke



SWIMMING CARNIVAL NEWSTLPSSA Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to all students who competed in the TLPSSA Swimming Carnival on TuesdayMarch 2. It was an amazing day of competition filled with incredible achievements by theErina Heights Public School students. Everyone performed their personal best anddemonstrated great sportsmanship throughout the day. Well done to those students whowill now go on to represent our school at the Sydney North Carnival.

Congratulations to Aymee E who was named as the 11 year old Girls Age Champion for theTLPSSA Zone Swimming Championship. What an amazing result and we are so proud of youAymee!

TLPSSA Zone Swimming Championship Results:

Aymee E 3rd Senior Girls 200m IM2nd 11 year old Girls 50m Freestyle1st 11 year old Girls 50m Breaststroke2nd 11 year old Girls 50m Backstroke2nd 11 year old Girls 50m Butterfly

Aaliyah C 2nd 8 year old Girls 50m Freestyle

Claire F 1st 8 year old Girls 50m Freestyle

Ivy H 3rd 8 year old Girls 50m Freestyle

Finn E 1st 8 year old Boys 50m Freestyle

Tahlia D-N 3rd 11 year old Girls 50m Freestyle2nd 11 year old Girls 50m Breaststroke

Allira C 2nd 12 year old Girls 50m Butterfly

Snr Girls Relay 2nd PlaceAymee E, Tahlia D-N, Emily B, Allira C

Erina Heights Public School Swimming Records 2021

• Aymee E - 50m freestyle 33.66 (Previous record of 33.92 was held by Jaye B from 1997)• Senior Girls Relay (Aymee E, Tahlia D-N, Olive H, Emily B) - 2.39.88



ERINA HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOLSWIMMING CARNIVAL RESULTS

GIRLS BOYS50m Freestyle

Name Name8yrs 1st Aaliyah C 1st Finn E

2nd Ivy H 2nd Phoenix M2nd Greta H 3rd Rocco H3rd Claire F 4th Dat P

9yrs 1st Mila P 1st Will Y2nd Elsie B 2nd Charlie M3rd Mia K-V 3rd Lucas H4th Jillian H 4th Kane D-N

10yrs 1st Skyla E 1st Jaden C2nd Harper V 2nd Jackson S3rd Kiara C 3rd Zahn C4th Charlize H 4th Tyler M

11yrs 1st Aymee E 1st Taj H2nd Tahlia D-N 2nd Logan T3rd Lily C 3rd Flynn F4th Ella M 4th Lennox L

12 yrs 1st Maleah E 1st Charlie W2nd Emily B 2nd Harvey B3rd Allira C 3rd Oliver E4th Olive H 4th Luca G

All AGE 100metres FreestyleName Name

1st Aymee E 1st Taj H2nd Tahlia D-N 2nd Harvey B3rd Emily B 3rd Charlie M4th Maleah E 4th Jaden C

All Age 200 Individual Medley1st Aymee E 1st Taj H2nd Maleah E 2nd Harvey B3rd Tahlia D-N 3rd Lucas H

4th Ben T

BACKSTROKEName Name

Juniors 1st Skyla E 1st Noah E2nd Kiara C 2nd Will Y3rd Charlize 3rd Lucas S4th Alana B 4th Jaden C

GIRLS BOYS11yrs 1st Aymee E 1st Taj H

2nd Tahlia D-N 2nd Logan T3rd Ella M 3rd Ari B4th Isla L 4th Lennox L

12yrs 1st Emily B 1st Charlie W2nd Asha C 2nd Oliver E3rd Maleah E 3rd William D4th Allira C 4th Harvey B

BREASTSTROKEJuniors 1st Kiara C 1st Noah E

2nd Alexis G 2nd Lucas H3rd Bonnie C 3rd Charlie M4th Skyla E 4th Jude W

11yrs 1st Aymee E 1st Taj H2nd Tahlia D-N 2nd George B3rd Ella M 2nd Ari B4th Lily C 4th Sunny E

Name Name12yrs 1st Maleah E 1st Maddox G

2nd Emily B 2nd Luca G3rd Asha C 3rd Ashton B4th Bella B 4th Harvey B

BUTTERFLYJuniors 1st Alexis G 1st Lucas H

2nd Kiara C 2nd Kane D-N3rd Ruby L 3rd Noah E4th Madeleine A 4th Jaden C

11yrs 1st Amyee E 1st Taj H2nd Tahlia D-N 2nd Lennox L3rd Lara M 3rd Josh H4th Lana W 4th

12yrs 1st Allira C 1st Ashton B2nd Maleah E 2nd Ben T3rd Asha C 3rd4th Emmie C 4th

RELAYSJunior 1st Thorpe 1st O'Neill

2nd O'Neil 2nd Freeman3rd Freeman 3rd Waugh4th Waugh 4th Thorpe

Senior 1st Freeman 1st Freeman2nd Waugh 2nd Waugh3rd O'Neill 3rd Thorpe4th Thorpe 4th O'Neill



PHOTO GALLERY



IMPORTANT SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONCongratulations to this fortnights Merit Award Recipients:

KG Cooper C Oskar W Kari C Parker Z Beau B Mia B

KT James G Simeon R

Lexi W Erin C Aluka A Roman C Jack P Sophia G

1J Amelia W Lily W Zara C Indi V Zach T Will M

1B Leila B Rose I Jude M Cooper L Ava F

2T Mia G Ben R Addi P Max L Elisia W Korbyn M Rocco H Pip Y

2/3L Chelsea H Finn E Lucas H Camilla B Alexandra G

Emelia H Dat P Leo C

3A Jillian H Charlie M

Izak H-H Ivy S Elsie B Ty B

3/4C Finn T Ivy T Neve M Chelsea F Noah E Caitlin S

4K Brody K Kiara C Maia C Abigail T Isla M Eliza D George C

MarliaM

5B Xavier T Lana W Gabby P Aymee E Flynn F Ebony M

5/6R Logan T Luca G Alisha H Indi P Lachlan S Isla A Ashton B

Harley S

6S Joel E Ethan S Olive H Sam R Marcus P Maddox G Bella B Grace D-E

House GroupsPlease see the information below for our House Groups. All students will remain in theircurrent house groups, new students will be allocated their house group based on the tablebelow. Please feel free to send your child dressed in their house colours for sports carnivalsand events.

FREEMAN (A - D)O’NEILL (E - K)THORPE (L - R)WAUGH (S – Z)



IMPORTANT SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONStatements of Account – Online Payment Guide

Erina Heights Public School will be sending student statements of account & paymentreminders directly to parents/caregivers via email using a system called School Bytes. Thesestatements include a link to make secure payment online through the Westpac ParentOnline Payment (POP) system (Visa & Mastercard credit/debit cards accepted).

To make an online payment for your child(ren)'s school contributions, please follow the stepsbelow:

1. You will receive an email from the school's email address ( [email protected]) with the subject 'Student Statement of Account' or 'PaymentReminder'.

2. To make an online credit card payment, click the secure payment button in the email.

3. Once this button is clicked, you will be taken to a webpage onwww.parentpayments.com.au.On this page, you will see a list of all currently outstanding items for your child. By default, all items are selected/ticked for payment.

4. If you wish to change the amount you would like to pay for an item, enter the desiredamount in the number field under the 'Balance Owing' column.

To not pay for a certain item, untick the checkbox in the left-hand column of the table nextto the item you wish to remove.

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.parentpayments.com.au/



IMPORTANT SCHOOL COMMUNICATION

5. Once you have selected what items you wish to pay, enter your name, phone numberand email address under 'Payer Details'. This allows the school to identify whichparent/caregiver is making the payment.

Now, press the 'Next' button to be redirected to a secure Westpac site to finalise youronline payment.

6. Once redirected to Westpac, you will see the following screen. Enter your credit card detailsinto the appropriate text fields on this screen. Once completed, press the 'Proceed toConfirmation' button.

IF YOU REALISE YOU HAVE MADE A MISTAKE IN SELECTING WHAT ITEMS YOU WISH TO PAY ON THE PREVIOUS PAYMENT PORTAL SCREEN, PLEASE CLICK THE 'Cancel Payment' BUTTON.

7. You will then see a payment summary screen where you can confirm your details. Whenready, press the button at the bottom of the page to confirm and make your onlinepayment.

NOTE: To pay for another child in the family, return to the original email you receivedand click the payment button with the other child's name on it.

The payment button/link located within the email remains active for 12 months. This meansthat at any point within this time period you can use this link to see what items are currentlyowing for your family.

For information relating to the security & privacy of this service, please refer to the following webpage: https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/media/all-files/School-Bytes-Student- Privacy-Information.pdf

https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/media/all-files/School-Bytes-Student-Privacy-Information.pdf

https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/media/all-files/School-Bytes-Student-Privacy-Information.pdf



P&C ASSOCIATIONThe EHPS P&C aims to hold a community member in a few executive positions to enable the P&C andthe school community to work together to provide what is best for the school. The P&C's goal is towork collaboratively with the school executive and staff to understand the workings of the school andto provide a platform for the community to communicate with the school.Please find a brief description of the general positions of the EHPS P&C and what they mean. Having aVice President is a real advantage however, it is not a mandatory position.

President Responsible for the running of meetings, generally run on the 4th & 9th Tuesday of each term. Works with the school executive and staff to support the schools needs and the decision-making

processes. Encouraging the community to be involved in the school and to join in at the P&C meetings To work with all other executive members of the P&C and its sub committees To be a signatory on P&C bank accounts (2 signatures required for all transactions) Can collect incoming correspondence Assist in the running of events- ensure 'notice of event' insurance forms are filled in and submitted - ensure that all correspondence from the P&C is approved by the school and the committee - assist with the development of notes or correspondence if needed Vice President Assisting with the running of P&C general meetings if required eg if President is unavailable Working with the President and the school executive/staff Assisting the president or other executive members Possible signatory for bank accounts Can collect incoming correspondenceSecretary Provide Agenda, previous minutes, and take notes for the meeting minutes Forward meeting minutes to school for advertising to the P&C financial members Can collect incoming correspondence Possible signatory for bank accountsTreasurer Deposit money, maintain records, draws cheques etc Provides a report on accounts status Arrange auditsCarnival Co-ordinator Manage meetings to create a carnival committee for upcoming carnival

- set carnival date- arrange carnival stalls etc- roster helpers

Liaise with school executive Report updates to P&C meetingsSocial/fundraising Committee Co-ordinator To co-ordinate a committee of a few community members to come up with ideas for social and

fundraising events- Work within the school calendar for dates of events- Provide information for the insurance forms etc.

For more information, please contact Amy Ferrier or Katherine Wilton or check out https://www.pandc.org.au/faqs.



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