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Term 4 Week 8 4th December 2018

Be Learners Be Respectful Be Safe Be Responsible

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Term 4 - 2018

Tue 11 Dec K-2 Christmas Concert @ 9:30am

Tue 11 Dec Presentation Assembly @ 6.30pm

Wed 12 Dec K-2 Christmas Concert @ 12 noon

Thu 13 Dec Yr 6 Graduation & Farewell Dinner

Fri 14 Dec Gold & Silver M/Tea

Mon 17 Dec Party Day

Mon 17 Dec Reports home

Wed 19 Dec End of Term – Guard of Honour for Yr 6

Term 1 - 2019

Tue 29 Jan School opens – School Development Day

Wed 30 Jan Students return Yrs 1-6

Mon 4 Feb Kinders start

Mon 18 Feb Primary Swimming Carnival

Thu 28 Feb Zone Swimming Carnival

While no school can be a totally nut free environment please be considerate of the many

students here who have life threatening allergies.

For more information check out www.anaphylaxis101.com.au or

www.foodallergyaware.com.au

13-17 Emerald Street, Emu Plains NSW 2750

Phone: 4735 1233 or 4735 1256 Fax: 4735 6376

Website:http://www.emuplains-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]

School Security No. 1300 880 021

Emu Plains School Newsletter is available on the school website

Web:http://www.emuplains-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

http://www.anaphylaxis/

mailto:[email protected]

PLAYGROUND SAFETY

I would like to thank our school community for considering the safety of students in the

morning. The number of students arriving before the morning play bell when there is no

teacher supervision, has decreased. Students are to also be congratulated for adhering to the

school expectation of being safe and have done this by sitting down if they happen to arrive

just before the bell. As you are aware, this year we trialled a new area for the morning

playground. This has been a great success and has provided our students with the opportunity

to run and play more freely before school.

I would like to ask for continued support from our parent and carer community by ensuring all

students move to the supervised playground once they have placed their bags at their

classroom in the morning. As a school we are working very hard to provide consistent

expectations for all and in this particular scenario, if students wait with parents in other

unsupervised areas, this makes it difficult for all students to understand what is expected, as

the consistent message gets lost. In addition, it makes it challenging for our staff to deliver

that consistent message to all students. In the interest of safety, we expect all students to move

to the supervised playground before the learning bell. Your support with this is greatly

appreciated.

FAREWELL

It is with mixed emotion that I announce the departure of Mrs Borgen. Mrs Borgen will be

leaving us at the end of the year to embark on the next part of her journey as she moves into

retirement. Mrs Borgen is an absolute asset to the teaching community. Her level of

dedication to the learning and wellbeing of all students is second to none. Mrs Borgen will be

missed greatly by the EPPS community however, I know she leaves with the knowledge that

she is so adored by her students, past and present and by teachers and families who have had

the privilege of working with Mrs Borgen.

P&C

The annual AGM was held on Monday 3rd

December where a new P & C executive was voted

in.

I would like to thank our 2018 P&C executive for their hard work in supporting our school

throughout 2018. Your dedication has been greatly appreciated.

Congratulations to our 2019 P&C Executive

President: Mrs Pullen

Vice Presidents: Ms Watkins & Mrs McKechnie

Secretary: Mrs Wells

Treasurer: Mrs Brown


Phone: 4735 1233 or 4735 1256 Fax: 4735 6376 Website:http://www.emuplains-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]



ROTARY CLUB AWARD

Congratulations to Aurelia Parsley, our recipient for this year’s Rotary Club award. Aurelia

was selected to receive this award in recognition of her continued school service and

leadership, her care for others, dedication to learning and her overall citizenship in and

beyond the school. Congratulations, Aurelia.

13-17 Emerald Street, Emu Plains NSW 2750 Phone: 4735 1233 or 4735 1256 Fax: 4735 6376




SPORT AUSTRALIA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

I am very excited to announce the results of our two wonderful athletes who competed in the

above championships held in Melbourne from Friday 23rd

November to Tuesday 27th

November 2018.

Georgie Z and Emma M both competed in their invidual events and achieved the following

results:

Georgie - Shot Put finished 8th

(8.99m)

Emma - Shot Put finished 5th

(11.29m)

Emma also competed in the combined event and she finished 9th

overall. The event comprised

of:

100m

800m

Long Jump

Shot Put

Emma also competed in the NSW Team Challenge of which they placed 1st.

Well done to both our girls, what an outstanding achievement. We are all very proud of you at

Emu Plains Public School.

Georgie & Emma

Jodi Bennett

Principal

PRESENTATION ASSEMBLY

I am very excited to announce the program for our inaugural Presentation Assembly evening

to be held in the school hall on Tuesday 11th

December commencing at 6:30pm. On the night

the following presentations will be made:

Class Awards for Year 3-6

Commitment to Reading Awards for one student in each grade from Year 1-6

Maths Problem Solving for one student in each grade from Year 1-5

Citizenship Awards for one student in each grade from Year 1-5

Stuart Ayers Medallion

Ken Luzzi Performing Arts Award

Isobel Corin Library Award

Brenda James Front Office Award

Honess All Rounder Award

Rieksen All Rounder Award

Responsibility to Learning Award

Edison Critical Thinking Award

Tony Yates Writing Award

Pythagoras Mathematics Award

Year 6 Citizenship of Emu Plains Public School

Dux of Emu Plains Public School

Announcement of 2019 School Leadership Team

Invitations to award recipients have been mailed home. Students who are receiving awards are

asked to wear full school uniform. We look forward to sharing this evening with you.

MRS C RYAN

Organising Teacher





PBL UPDATE

Congratulations to our Eddie the Emerald Emu Awards winners!

The following students have received an ice block from the canteen for their excellent

behaviour:

Week 6 winners: Alishba KT, Thomas KT, Evielee KS, Aiden KS, Natalia 2D, Jacob 3S,

Layla 3S, Sophie 4B, Blake 4B and Kaylyn 5D.

Week 7 winners: Jeremy KT, Kimberley 1LD, Kade 1LD, Raz 1LD, Tahnee 2B,

Brayden 3S, Sophie 4B, Taj 4M, Matilda 4M and Seth 5D.

Over the last two weeks the students have been learning about the safe, respectful and learner

behaviours in the bus area and passive play area.

You may have seen our expectations posters displayed in these areas.

A community meeting will be held on Friday 7th

December at 2.15pm to inform you

about our updated Wellbeing Policy. Everyone is welcome to attend.

EMU PLAINS SCHOOL CHOIR

The Emu Plains School Junior and Senior Choir will be holding two performances this week.

They have been busily learning their songs, giving up 30 minutes every Wednesday after

school to attend practices.

Their first performance will be at Edinglassie on Wednesday 5th December.

You are all invited to join them at Westfields Penrith Plaza for their second performance on

Friday the 7th December at 12.00pm. They will be singing in the centre of the Plaza on the

ground floor, in front of the double stairwell and the fountain.

We hope to see you all there.

MRS D JELINCIC

Prganising Teacher





FABULOUS STAGE 3 WRITING

Hi my name is Seth, I am 11years old and I am in 5D. I started in Year 1 at Emu Plains Public

School in 2014. I stayed for the entire year before I moved schools. I have attended a few

schools since then but now I’m back.

The things I enjoy about school at Emu Plains Public School are seeing my friends, eating my

salt and vinegar chips at recess and playing dodgeball although I think the rules should be

different. I think that if somebody on the other team catches the ball on the full that the person

who throws the ball shouldn’t be out.

Emu Plains Public School is the best! I will see you later bye.

Seth

ABORIGINAL EDUCATION

Dharug Word of the Week

The local Aboriginal language for our area is Dharug.

Our students have been learning some more words in the past two weeks.

Yes - Yuin No - Biyal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w59_MLPHubM

Thank you - Didjarigura

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GR_PLBVTPA

http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/2454734/using-your-manners-in-dharug

Please use the links to hear Aunty Jacinta teaching these words


Phone: 4735 1233 or 4735 1256 Fax: 4735 6376

Website:http://www.emuplains-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected] School Security No. 1300 880 021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w59_MLPHubM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GR_PLBVTPA

http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/2454734/using-your-manners-in-dharug


LIBRARY NEWS

Social media is like a quick shower, but reading a novel is like taking a long, hot bath.

Ceridwen Dovey.

A huge thank you to Ziggy M (5PH) who has once again raised money for our school

Library by participating in the Book Bonus fundraising program run by Dymock’s

Children’s Charities. This is an annual program where participants seek sponsorship, read-a-

thon style, whilst participating in the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge. With the money

Ziggy raised I was able to purchase 16 new titles to add to our Library. Ziggy was also able to

choose a book for himself. Thanks, Ziggy for your generosity in using your love of books and

reading to bring benefit to others!

Victorian author, Alison Lester, has been awarded the 2018 Melbourne Prize for

Literature. The $60,000 prize is awarded every three years to a Victorian author “whose

body of published work has made an outstanding contribution to Australian literature, as well

as to cultural and intellectual life.” The judges described Lester as a ‘national treasure’ whose

30 year output of books has “provided children in Australia and overseas with books that

delight, educate and inculcate a love of reading.”

As the end of the 2018 school year fast approaches, it is time for ALL LIBRARY BOOKS to

be returned to the Library. Pink Overdue Notices will be coming home this week with

students who still have books to return. Please assist your children to locate and return these

items promptly. Any items that are lost and/or damaged beyond reasonable repair must be

paid for. Please send the pink Overdue Notice with payment to the School Office. Once

payment has been receipted the Overdue Notices are returned to me and I can adjust your

child’s borrowing record. Thank you for your ongoing assistance in helping your children be

responsible Library users.

Happy reading!

Mike Botham

Teacher/Librarian


Phone: 4735 1233 or 4735 1256 Fax: 4735 6376




EPPS P&C 2018

A year in review or what did we do with your

fundraising $$$ This year we have been involved in fundraising events to raise money to be able to give back

to our school. We have donated and pledged in excess of $30,000 to support our kids. We’ve

helped fit out a new computer lab, we organised a commemorative brick garden celebrating

the 50yr anniversary of our beautiful school. We’ve purchased trophies for our chess club and

donated towards sporting equipment for lunch time play. We were even successful in

obtaining a massive $130,000 grant for a multicourt that will literally change the landscape of

our school.

We gave back to our wonderful community through our annual “Welcome Breakfast BBQ”, a

fun low key get together opportunity to catch up with school friends after the Christmas break

or get to know new families in our lovely EPPS community. We ran discos at the end of terms

1 and 2 – a highlight for every student! We even shook things up a bit this year and provided

healthy snacks during the discos and encouraged students to be environmentally friendly and

bring reusable drink bottles to be refilled. We ran two very successful working bees, another

chance to have some fun and give our school grounds some TLC. As part of our last working

bee we gave all the student bathrooms a positive power makeover and painted empowering

messages to brighten every kid’s day. We even went viral with posts of our work being shared

around the world!

We ran Mother's Day and Father’s Day stalls and organised visits and gifts for every student

from VIPs like the Easter Bunny and of course an upcoming Santa visit. We held a truly EPIC

event this year and encouraged families into our schoolgrounds to spend the day browsing

white elephant stalls, trying their luck in sideshow style games, playing golf and even

cuddling baby animals.

All finished with an outdoor cinema under the stars – NO RAIN THIS YEAR! We

reached out to and were overwhelmed by the amazing support and generosity we were shown

from our local business community, helping us achieve a whopping $10,000 profit for our

kids.

We officially entered the cyber world this year and set up a P&C Facebook page to keep our

community up to date with our events. We’ve run the Dollarmites banking program, on

Tuesday mornings, all year long.

We still have one final event planned for this year, our first annual Gingerbread house

decorating night. Another initiative to continue to foster the lovely sense of community we

enjoy here at EPPS.

We have a whole lot of fun and always welcome new ideas for fundraising.

Our sincerest thanks to all our volunteers over the year, all the amazingness of this year would

not have been achieved without each and every one of you. Thank you!

Our first meeting back will be the 11th

February next year and we would love to see you there!

#ParentPrideSquad

Our meetings are on the second Monday of each month, and run from 7:00pm to 8:30pm in

the library. Everyone is welcome to attend. We are always interested in new ideas. You can

keep up to date with everything we are doing on Facebook – like and follow us at Emu Plains

Public School P&C Association or @EPPSPNC

Alicia Pullen

President





Have you downloaded our

SkoolBag App?

The Skoolbag App is one of our main forms of communication with our school community.

In the event of an emergency, this will be our main tool to keep you informed. If you don’t

already use the app, it would be a great idea to download it today.





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