Our School NewsWeek 7 | Commencing 24th August, 2015

Week 7 - Term 3Mon 24 Aug K - 2 Assembly (Training Band Perform)

Book Week

Tue 25 Aug Zone Athletics CarnivalLast Day for Book Club Orders

Wed 26 Aug K - 6 Book Character Parade @ 9:30amNO PARKING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS P&C Meeting 7:15pm

Thur 27 Aug K - 2 Athletics Carnival - CANCELLED(wll be held on Thurs 3rd Sept)

Fri 28 Aug Author Visit for Book WeekPSSA Trials

Sat 29 Aug School Working Bee 1pm - 4pm

Don’t forget to visit our website at elanorahts-pschool.nsw.edu.au

Weekly Reminders!K-6 Book Character Parade: Wed 26th NO PARKING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS

Zone Athletics Carnival: Tues 25thLast Day for Book Club: Tues 25thK-2 Athletics Carnival: CANCELLED (wll be held on Thurs 3rd Sept)P&C Meeting: Wed 26th 7:15pmSchool Working Bee: Sat 29th 1-4pmUn-Named Lost Property: Parents, please come and checkSchool Banking: Send bank books in on FridaysNB: that items for this newsletter will NOT be accepted after the preceding Thursday

Week 8 - Term 3Mon 31 Aug K - 6 Assembly

Year 1 Mini Beasts Incursion

Tue 1 Sep

Wed 2 Sep Year 3 Botany Bay ExcursionPCS Science Fair

Thur 3 Sep

Fri 4 Sep

Notes Home This WeekWildflower Garden Excursion: Year 1

Found!FOUND: An iPod - to claim it you need to know the password to open the device up. Please see Mrs Chapman

Until next time,

Your Principal, Bill Gillespie

Book WeekThis week is Book Week and we will be celebrating the event with a Book Parade on Wednesday at 9:30 am and an author talk on Friday. The visiting author is Maddie Duncan, a former student of our school. Please come along to the Book Parade on Wednesday. NB: There will be no school parking available on the day.

K – 2 Athletics CarnivalThe K – 2 Athletics Carnival planned for this Thursday, 27th August has been POSTPONED and has been re-scheduled for Thursday, 3rd September. Please let us know if you are able to assist us on the day.

P&C Working BeeCan you help us this Saturday from 1 – 4pm? We are looking at removing some Asparagus Fern and doing some general garden work around the school. Please come along, even if only for an hour and join us. We will be having a well-deserved BBQ at the end of the day.

Move-a-thonHow are the sponsorships going? Remember sponsorship forms along with the money need to be returned by Monday, 7th September. If you have misplaced the form another is available from the front office. The class that raises the most money with be given a Pizza Party.

Teddy Bear’s PicnicWhat a fantastic day! I had the pleasure of spending the entire time with our new 2016

Kindergarten students and took a number of pictures of the children and the activities. The images can be found on our school website. What impressed me the most was our current Kindergarten and Year 5 students who looked after and guided our future students during the day. It was fantastic to see so many students modelling our core values of RESPECT and RESPONSIBILITY.

Peninsula Community of Schools (PCS) Science FairThe annual PCS Science Fair will be held on Wednesday, 2nd September and once again we will be having a number of students representing the school. The theme for the Fair is “The Science of Light”. I would like to thank Miss Powell and Miss Johnson for giving up their time so that we can have such an impressive appearance at the Fair.

P&C MeetingThe next P&C meeting is this Wednesday, 26th August at 7:15pm in the staffroom. I look forward to seeing you there.

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AND THE AWARD GOES T0...The Bronze and Silver awards for K - 2 are handed out to students at the K - 2 assemblies and theBronze and Silver awards for years 3 - 6 are handed out at the 3 - 6 assemblies. All Gold and Diamondawards are handed out at the K - 6 assemblies. Parents are welcome to attend these assemblies, butplease call the office first to confirm that your child will be receiving their award that day.

All assemblies are held on Mondays at 2pm and your child’s name will appear in the newsletter on thesame day they receive their award.

To assist us, when sending in the mini merits/awards from home, please either staple or clip them andmake sure your child’s full name and class is on the top mini merit. Please do not send them in in plasticbags or envelopes.

The cut-off time to hand in your mini merits/awards is THURSDAY morning as the box is emptied after recess.

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PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE UPDATE..|..Joanne ArgentCongratulations to the 150 students who completed the PRC and a big thank you to the families for their support. I hope all participants enjoyed the challenge and are proud of their achievement.

A special congratulations to the ten Year 6 students who completed their seventh PRC, the perfect record, and so have earned a Platinum Certificate.

All students will receive their PRC Certificates later in the year.

The following students made a last minute dash to the finishing line. Congratulations, you did it!

K-2 Sophie C Ava G Scarlett J-D Luella S Kiana B-H Ryan W

3-4 Tarannom A Sofia B Sabrina G Elizabeth T Alice M Rhys S

5-6 Amy S Jenny T Jessica T Jessie C

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The Book Character Parade is for all students K-6 and will be held this Wednesday 26th August at 9.30am. Costumes are to be made at home and students are asked to wear these to school and remain in them for the whole school day, if comfortable. Those who need to change, if their costume is awkward, may do so at the conclusion of the parade, however I ask that parents assist and then take the student’s costume home.

PARENTS ARE WELCOME and the Canteen will be open from 9am offering light refreshments. Coffee, Tea and Hot Chocolate, cheesy toast, banana bread and fruit muffins will be available. After purchasing refreshments please make your way to the middle oval to view the parade. Please be advised there will be NO PARKING on the school grounds during this event.

Remember, characters are to be chosen from a book in our school library, in order that others may be motivated to borrow the books their characters represent. All children will be acknowledged and rewarded for their well represented characters and participation. We will also be looking for the most authentic, colourful, funniest, outrageous and the most effort demonstrated. It is necessary all children wear a label or hold a sign to let others know which character they are representing.

The Author Visit is scheduled for Friday morning, 28th August. Kristin Prescott and Maddie Duncan will be presenting two workshops for students, one at 9:15am -10:00am for Years 5 - 6 and10:10am – 10:55am for years 3 - 4.

We are looking forward to an exciting week.

NB: For those who may still need some help with choices of characters, below are some suggested texts with great characters: (you may choose from both lists)

K - 2The Rainbow Fish The Recess Queen The Long Red ScarfKoala Lou Possum Magic Counting on FrankThe Enormous Crocodile Mr Chicken Goes to Paris Old Tom on HolidayToo Loud Lily Ugly Fish The Man Who Loved BoxesIncy Wincy Spider Hairy MacLary The Little Red HenThe Very Hungry Caterpillar Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car Clifford The Jolly Postman Blinky Bill Geronimo StiltonThe Last Viking Dr Seuss e.g. Cat in the Hat A Monster Wrote me a LetterSnail and Turtle Twin Trouble The Way of the DragonWhere the Wild Things Are Noni the Pony Sebastian lives in a HatThe Lighthouse Keeper’s Cat Pig the Pug EightPeter Rabbit Winnie the Pooh The GruffaloKick With My Left Foot The Water Witcher The Very Itchy BearStellaluna Lucy Goosy Paddington BearBilly the Punk Bella’s Bad Hair Day Shooting StarWind in the Willows Jeremy Silly SquidParachute Honey Bees Closeup The Pirate Who Wouldn’t WashThe Duck and the Darklings Where is the Green Sheep? King PigAussie, Aussie, Aussie Our Granny My Dad’s a WrestlerThe Little Drummer Boy Baby Boomsticks Who Sank the BoatSlinky Malinky Blow Your Nose, Big Bad Wolf! Eat Your Greens, Goldilocks!Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

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LEARN to LEAD.....|.....JAIME M (6S)On Thursday I did Touch Football with Year 5 because I always see them playing Touch Football on the top oval, so I decided to try to make it a full game with a referee and a full field.

At first I thought that no one would show up and said to all my helpers to pack up. Fortunately, they told me to wait and see if anyone was going to come and play. A few people came, enough to play a game and we all played and it was really fun. I had about 15 to 20 people including 3 girls. We had lots of fun and I packed up and they suggested that I should do cricket which was a great idea, which I would never have come up with, and netball for the girls.

Overall I had a pretty great experience since I have never worked with Year 5 before.

LEARN to LEAD.....|.....SAM K (School Captain & 6P)On Wednesday the 19th of August, I organised a L2L session with Year 1 on the middle oval. We all had a lot of fun playing “Corners” and “Midnight”.

I definitely recommend it for all the other members of the L2L Team as it is easy to organise and the 14 Year 1s who participated found all the instructions really simple and easy to follow.

Special thanks to Ben P and Connor S for helping it all run smoothly.

BOOK WEEK.....|.....Continued3 - 6The Witches Boy Versus Beast Billy B BrownHey Jack The Iron Man Zac PowerBrambly Hedge Anne of Green Gables Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryPippi Longstocking The Hobbit TashiJames and the Giant Peach Danny, Champion of the World Treasure IslandA-Z of Convicts The Faraway Tree The Magic School BusGangster Granny The Lion, the Witch & Wardrobe Never Hitch a Ride with a MartianCairo Jim Superfudge The Ghost BoySelby Dodger The Indian in the CupboardHarriet the Spy Toad Rage MidniteStorm Boy BFG Rowan of Rin

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LIVE LIFE WELL @ SCHOOL YELLOW Fruito-Vego

When: Tuesday, 1st September

Start spring with a burst of fresh fruits and vegetables. On Tuesday, 1st September please send yellow fruits or vegetables for fruito-vego e.g. bananas, yellow capsicum, yellow tomatoes, corn, pineapple, grapefruit, honeydew melon, starfruit. Can you find more? Surprise us!

Rainbow fruito-vego is one way to keep children trying new fresh foods. Eating a wide range of fruits and vegetables is important to obtain varied micro-nutrients. Below is some nutritional information about yellow foods from Elanora ex-parent and nutritionist, Martha Leonard.

YELLOW FOODSThe yellow colour in food is an indication of lutein and zeaxanthin content. These two compounds are carotenoids.

Lutein and zeaxanthin are particularly important in eye health. They have shown to protect against macular degeneration, a form of blindness that affects many older people.

Yellow boost smoothie: 1 banana, pineapple slices, honeydew melon, one orange, ice, 1 tablespoon of honey (optional). Put all ingredients in the blender and blend… add a little yogurt or ice cream for extra creaminess.

Martha Leonard – Wholistic Nutritionist, Delicious Nutrition Therapy

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Junior Girls Netball A Narrabeen Lakes Win 14 - 4

Junior Girls Netball B Narrabeen Lakes Loss 3 - 12

Senior Girls Netball A Narrabeen Lakes Win 25 - 5

Senior Girls Netball B Narrabeen Lakes Loss 9 - 15

Junior Girls Soccer Narrabeen Lakes Loss 0 - 1

Senior Girls Soccer Narrabeen Lakes Loss 0 - 2

Junior Boys Soccer Narrabeen Lakes Win 2 - 1

Senior Boys Soccer Narrabeen Lakes Win 2 - 0

Junior Boys Rugby League Narrabeen Lakes Win 30 - 16

Senior Boys Rugby League Narrabeen Lakes Loss 6 - 10

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or Kids Kafe Roster | To volunteer call 9913 2721CANTEEN DONATIONS WELCOMEVolunteering your time at the canteen is not the only way to help out! Ever thought about donating non-perishable items such as tea towels, containers, cleaning products etc? Donating such items (listed below) is just another way to help the canteen minimise costs and to continue to keep food prices as low as possible for our children. All canteen donations are welcome and appreciated; which can be delivered directly to the canteen.

VOLUNTEERINGBelow is the volunteer roster for weeks 7 to 9 of Term 3, 2015 The canteen strongly relies on volunteers to help operate and serve food to our children. To volunteer, please email Iolanda Hazell on Iolanda.hazell@hotmail.com or call the canteen on 9913 2721.

To order school lunches online go to www.munchmonitor.com Use log in – username: elanora and password: munch2101

Term 3 Weeks 6 - 8MON TUE WED THUR FRI

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Tea Towels/Oven Mits Medium/Large Plastic Containers with Lids Garbage Bags

Dish Washing Detergent Buckets Zip Lock Bags

Hand Wash Tissues Large Freezer Bags

Washing Gloves Permanent Markers Cleaning Products

Scrubbing Brushes Other Stationary (Pens, sticky tape, staples, etc) Baking Trays

Sponges Foil/Cling Wrap Lunch Bags

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.. Hurry Up SlowlyThe hares had the early running but the tortoises are ever so slowly bridging the gap. The pace may be a little on the slow side but a trickle is better than nothing at all. A massive thank you to the 107 families who have very generously contributed $10,906 to the P&C Voluntary Contribution fund, you are leading the way for a better resourced education for our children.

So far 28% of families have made a contribution. Surely we can do better than this. There are 273 families who can still make a contribution and at $33 each (65 cents

per week or 10 cents per day, one flat white per MONTH, surely this is doable!) it would get us to the target and make a significant contribution to the resourcing of our school. Remember, any amount is better than nothing at all. Contributions in cash are accepted by placing your donation in a clearly marked envelope with your Surname and class(es) in the P&C letterbox outside Mrs Millar’s office.A copy of the contribution form is on page 10 of this newsletter.

Working BeeAt the last meeting of the P&C it was agreed that the working bee cancelled last term will now take place this Saturday, 29th August from 1pm to 4pm. A thank you sausage sizzle will be provided to all who help on the day.

P&C MeetingThe next meeting of the P&C is this Wednesday, 26th August at 7.15pm in the Staffroom. We look forward to seeing you on the night.

Dates for your diary Monday 24th Aug 2pm

Training Band to perform at assembly – parent help needed with setting up

Monday 31st Aug 2pm

Intermediate Band to perform at assembly – parent help needed with setting up

Monday 7th Sept 2pm

Senior Band to perform at assembly – parent help needed with setting up

Sunday 25th Oct 12pm-5pm

Workshop day/Concert with Royal Australian Navy Band – Pittwater RSL – see details below

Tuesday 10th Nov 9:30am

Blow test day for Year 2 and any other child wishing to join the band in 2016.

Sunday 22nd Nov 2pm

Musicale – end of year concert …all EHPS Ensembles involved

Wed 25th Nov: Matilda the Musical excursionFriday 4th Dec 5pm

EHPS Carols Night – all Ensembles to play – volunteers needed to help with BBQ on the night.

Monday 7th Dec 9:30am

EHPS Presentation Day – Senior Band to perform.

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BOOK CLUBBook Club brochures went home last week. We ask all parents to assist us by ordering and paying on-line although you may send your order in with a cheque. NO CASH ORDERS accepted. Scholastic will process the orders and they will be sent to school to be given to your child.

The direct link for ordering books: www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and the instructions are below:

ORDERS CLOSE ON TOMORROW, 25TH AUGUST

Introducing

LOOP is the NEW Scholastic Book Clubs Linked Online Ordering & Payment platform for Parents.

If you want to pay by credit card for your online Book Club order, our new platform makes it easy! It eliminates the need for paper order forms plus your online order is submitted to the school safe and sound.

Log-in to www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP or download our NEW iPhone and iPad app from the App Store!

For a quick start, just click on ORDER in the top menu or REGISTER first to save your details for next time

Select your school and your child’s class

Add your child’s first name and last initial (so the school knows who the book is for)

Enter the item number from the Book Club brochure

You can order for multiple children at once if they attend the same school

All orders are linked directly to the school for submission to Scholastic. Books will still be delivered to your child’s classroom if you order by the close date

There’s no need to return paper order forms or payment receipt details to your school!

For a quick how-to-order video, log-in to www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and click on HELP in the top menu.

NOW AVAILABLE AS AN APP!

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P&C Voluntary Contribution Form You may contribute any amount you feel is appropriate.

Voluntary contributions can be made by:

Preferred Method Direct Deposit to the Commonwealth Bank Account Number: 00900592 BSB: 062208 Description: “VC” then Child’s Surname, Initial(s), Class(es)

That’s it, nothing else to do, very easy indeed!

Not so Preferred Method By Card: Visa and MasterCard only Card Type: VISA MASTERCARD Card Number:

Expiry: Amount: $...................

Name on Card:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………. I/We authorise the amount above. Signature:……………………………………………………… Child(ren) Surname, Class(es):………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Return this sheet to the letterbox marked “P&C Contribution” outside Mrs Millar’s Office

Least Preferred Method By Cheque: Make your cheque out to: Elanora Heights P&C Association Advise: Child(ren) Surname, Class(es):………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Return this sheet and cheque to the letterbox marked “P&C Contribution” outside Mrs Millar’s Office

If you insist Cash, in a clearly identified envelope with your child’s class(es) and deposited in the P&C Letterbox outside Mrs Millar’s office.

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Uniform Shop Coordinator Sue Garrity

Contact ehps.uniforms@gmail.com

Open on Monday & Thursday from 8.15am to 9.45am

Purchase in store or by order form available online via the school website

Pay by cash or card (Eftpos, Visa or Mastercard)

Alterations & Repairs by Michelle Sturrock (Dressmaker and parent), great rates on offer to Elanora families. Details are available at the Uniform Shop.

Second Hand UniformsSecond Hand Uniform Coordinator Karen Woodley

Enquiries or Purchase please call 9913 1292 after 9.00am or email thewoodleys@optusnet.com.au

Uniform donations are most welcome as Second hand uniforms are in demand!

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12C O N N E C T | Week 7 - Term 3 Products & Services advertised are NOT endorsed by Elanora Heights P.S.

13C O N N E C T | Week 7 - Term 3 Products & Services advertised are NOT endorsed by Elanora Heights P.S.

Jo-Anne Molesworth Baby & KidsAccessories

Hand-made baby wraps, bunny rugs,drawstring bags,baby gift baskets, etc

For more informationplease call:9970 6991

PresentsCreative and Performing Arts

September / October School holidays

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A four day intensive program covering Dance, Drama, Visual Arts,Music, Vocal, Acrobatics / Tumbling and PERFORMANCE.

Students can enrolin individual daysor full program

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Tuesday September 15th

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Before and after workshop care provided at extra cost.

9am - 3pm Daily Friday includes rehearsals and dinnerfor the students with a performance for family and friends Friday evening 6-7pm.

Presented by entertainment industryprofessionals and educators.

14C O N N E C T | Week 7 - Term 3 Products & Services advertised are NOT endorsed by Elanora Heights P.S.

Nippers Registration DaysNorth Curl Curl SLSC: Sunday 13th September 2015 9am – 3pm

www.nthcurlcurlslsc.com.au or office@nccslsc.com.au

Manly Life Saving Club: 6th & 13th September 8:30am - 12:30pm

Phone: 0429 916 380 www.manlylsc.com.au nippers@manlylsc.com

Mona Vale Surf Life Saving Club: Sunday 6th & 13th September 9am - 12pm

http://monavaleslsc.org.au/#/home/4550052266 or Ph 9999 3614.

School Holiday ProgramsCheeky Monkeys PlayhousePh: 9999 0388 | email: info@cheekymonkeysplayhouse.com.au | web: www.cheekymonkeysplayhouse.com.au