Principal’s News - Simone Champion

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234 Empire Bay Drive EMPIRE BAY NSW 2257 Phone: 4369 1796 Email: empirebay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Tuesday 13th August—16th

August

Stage 3 to Canberra

Friday 16th August

K-2 Athletics Carnival

Tuesday 20th August

P&C Meeting 1.30pm

Wednesday 21st August

Interrelate Talks—Evening

More info to come

Wednesday 28th August

Father’s day Stall in COLA area

Thursday 29th August

Public Speaking Showcase in the

Library —selected students

Friday 30th August

Father’s Day Breakfast 7.30—

8.30am

Kindergarten to Laycock Street

Theatre

Tuesday 10th September

3-6 Performance at BWSC—Woy

Woy

Thursday 12th September

Year 1 Excursion to Rumbalara

Monday 16th September—

Friday 27th September

Year 2 Swim School

Tuesday 17th September

P&C Meeting 7pm

Dear Parents and Carers,

I’d like to start by saying thank you to Susan Archer and Julie Bruce for their organisation of the

Grandparents Day held on Monday, 5th August during Education Week. Thank you to all staff and helpers

who made the day very special for all the wonderful grandparents who visited us on the day. We had

grandparents from all over the world come visit their grandchildren at school and it was so enjoyable

visiting classrooms and seeing the high engagement level between students and their grandparents.

Performance

A reminder that our school performance is on Tuesday, 10th September and will be held at our partner

high school Woy Woy Campus. With the matinee and evening performance, we can now cater for over

1000 tickets while previously in three performances we could only cater for 600. This means we can

offer over 400 more tickets to our families! As this is the first year in moving it to the high school, we

understand it will mean some changes to organisation and we will appreciate your support and

flexibility in how this will run.

Canberra

Our Year 5 and 6 students are currently in Canberra this week. All reports from the teachers is that are

having a great time. Today was a snow visit and the weather was very chilly! I headed down for the day

on Wednesday and was very impressed by their behaviour at the War Memorial and Parliament House.

Yarning Circle

Our Yarning Circle has been completed and the garden surrounding it looks fantastic. We are now

awaiting signage for our garden as well as a plaque to recognize our school patron, Mr. Geoff Melville.

Thank you P&C for all your hard work. Teachers and students are now able to use this area but we ask

that children stay out of this space outside of class time at this stage to keep it special for Yarning time.

Central Coast Appreciation Awards

Congratulations to our P&C who have been nominated for an Award at the Central Coast Appreciation

Awards for 2019. We appreciate the work the P&C does for all the students of our school and we are

very excited about their nomination. You are an integral part of our school and is a pleasure to work

with you all.

Assistant Principal Advertisement

We are currently in the process of advertising for an Assistant Principal to replace the wonderful Mrs

Leslie. Our panel will meet several times throughout the process and is represented by the school,

parents, local community and AECG. We hope that the successful applicant will be able to start at

Empire Bay PS beginning Term 4.

P&C NEWS

TERM 3 WEEK 4 15 August 2019

LIBRARY NEWS—Premier’s Reading Challenge is closing soon!

Congratulations to Sofia O, Leah, Hugh K, Archie, Isabella D, Kristina, Savannah L, Kai S, Sawyer, Bridgette, Hunter, Nate E and

Madilyn M for independently completing the 2019 Premiers Reading Challenge. Students in Yr3-6 have until the end of

August to complete their online log or hand their completed reading record to me for validation. Students in K-2 have had

their reading log completed at school.

Thank you to all those families that helped to make our Book Fair a huge success. The library will receive approx. $2000 in

book stock as commission. A big thank you to Nancy Sparks, our interns and the Year 5 library monitors for helping with the

fair.

Our library has had a huge makeover in the last year and Krystine Brisbin has been working tirelessly on completing the

signage for our walls in an informative a funky way. If you haven’t had a chance to view our new surrounds pop in and have

a look when you are next at school you will be amazed!

Book Week Book Parade and Author Visit

As part of our Book Week activities, we are having a book character parade on Tuesday 27th August, 9.10am-10am in the

school hall. Students are invited to dress as a character from a book that inspires their imagination, informs them or gets

them thinking! Parents welcome.

In addition to our Book Parade we are hosting an Author Visit with Frances Watts. Frances is a very talented Australian

children's author extraordinaire. Having written a number of beautiful picture books and novels such as the Gerander Trilogy

and The Sword Girl Series. The cost of the visit is $2.50 per student and the sessions will be 60 minutes.

Happy reading

Jenny Chippendale

The P&C are happy to have recently assisted with the new signage in our school library. A very big thank you to Michelle

Kennedy Digital Art & Photography for the creative images. Next time you're at school pop in and take a look.

Coming Events:

Tues 20th August : P&C Meeting at 1.30pm in Cooinda, everyone welcome. This is a great place to find out what is

happening in our school and have your say in P&C plans.

Wed 21st August: Interrelate Talks - For parents and students in Years 3 & 4 and Years 5 & 6. Information on the two

evening sessions previously sent home and now available at the office. To attend a session please complete the form and

return with payment to the school by Friday 16th August.

Wed 21st August: Wrapping gifts for upcoming stall - volunteers welcome to assist in Cooinda just after 9am.

Wed 28th August: Fathers Day Stall - from 9am under the cola, all helpers welcome. Students will be able to purchase a gift

of $2, $3 or $5 during their scheduled class times. Additional gifts can be purchased at lunch time. The P&C will also sell gifts

on Thursday morning (depending on availability)

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KH Tyrell M Noah F Ivy C Quin V-D

K/1L Mason H Frieda H Henry B Logan S

KZ Sam T Tahlia S Zac H Ilah K

1C Flynn G Sienna H Ella T Flynn G

1M Lily S Harrrison M Kruz O’S Indiana R

1W Patrick K Zayli B Mackinley G Declan K

2B Sophia N Evie L Zali C Chaise B

2D Luciana T Jake H Max H Roam P

2H Tilly C Chloe S Cooper C Taya S

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3M James L Maddy R

3PB Harry K Kristina O’B

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5M Ambar M Oscar B

6C Tory N Jette G

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Library Harper H 2B Lucy C Kate K Harlow M

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) Focus

Transitioning

I can walk sensibly to where I need to be causing the least amount of interruption to

neighbouring classes.

I can stick to the left to avoid collisions.

I can follow teacher directions.

Please reinforce the above expectation at home with your child

Be Safe Be Responsible Be Respectful

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CANTEEN

Just 7 more to go! Our volunteer roster has just 7 shifts remaining to be filled for Term 3. If you'd like to join us from 9-12 on one of those days please contact our canteen supervisors to put your name down or use our online roster at https://signup.zone/xmTTCADjZ6EdpJebk Without our volunteers we could not provide an affordable and effective canteen service to our school. Thank you very much to all our volunteers for your time.

Community News

TERM 3 WEEK 4 15 August 2019

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New School Banking rewards now available!

Exciting new Term 3 Polar Savers rewards are now available, while stocks last

For every deposit made at school students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for exclusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their regular savings habits. There are two new items released each term so be sure to keep an eye out for them!

School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school receives a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for every 10 deposits processed per student as well as an Annual Contribution which is based on the number of students who made at least one School Banking deposit in the prior year.

Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and remember, School Banking day is every Tuesday.

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