PRINCIPAL’S REPORT More raffle tickets have arrived! Please support our school and purchase a ticket for a chance to win a car. RAFFLE - WIN a brand new, white Volkswagen Polo. EDEN Public School is conducting a raffle as a joint fundraising initiative with our partner schools in the SCLC. Tickets are $5 each and will be available at the front office of the school. Students or parents can purchase tickets. Books of 10 tickets are available for families to sell, should they request a book. This is totally optional so we won’t be sending tickets home for all families. Whooping Cough. Keep coughing kids home and see your GP. Whooping cough (also called pertussis) began increasing across NSW towards the end of 2018, especially in children between the ages of 5 and 14 years. NSW Health anticipates that this increase will continue into 2019.

School-aged children who are infected with whooping cough usually experience a troubling cough that can persist for months, but they rarely get severe illness. However they can spread the infection to younger siblings and other more vulnerable people, who are at higher risk of severe disease. Whooping cough can be a life threatening infection in babies. What can you do to prevent whooping cough?

1. Make sure vaccinations are up to date for all family members 2. Be alert for symptoms of whooping cough 3. Keep coughing kids home, to prevent them spreading the infection to others, and see your GP to get them tested for whooping

cough For more information on Whooping Cough and vaccination visit the NSW Health Website (https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/whoopingcough/Pages/default.aspx) Naplan Online – Year 3 and Year 5 Over the next 2 weeks, students in Years 3 and 5 will participate in practice online NAPLAN tests, so as to make them familiar with the online structure. NAPLAN assesses literacy and numeracy – important skills that each child needs to succeed in school and life. The NAPLAN tests are designed to help us make sure students are on track with their literacy and numeracy development. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in NAPLAN tests for reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.

This year our school will participate in NAPLAN Online. Students do not need to be computer experts to take the NAPLAN test online. Making sure students have computer skills is part of our school curriculum, and our teachers will ensure your child is familiar with the online format. To see the types of questions and interactive features of NAPLAN Online, visit the public demonstration site.

If you have any questions about NAPLAN Online, please contact your child’s teacher.

For more info:

• How to support your child during NAPLAN • information for parents and carers • Watch a video that explains NAPLAN Online • Subscribe to ACARA’s monthly parent newsletter, Parent Update

Have a wonderful week and keep smiling, Tanja Vogt Principal

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P&C NEWS! Easter Raffle- All donation of Easter Eggs and Easter themed

product will be gratefully accepted to make up the hamper prizes!

Please leave donations at the School office. Tickets and money are

due back next Thursday 11th April.

General Meeting- This Wednesday 3rd April, 5.30pm in school staff

room.

AGM- Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 1st

May, at 5.30pm in the school staff room. All positions will be declared

vacant. All membership will need to be renewed (unless you joined in

this calendar year). Anyone who wishes to nominate for a position is

welcome to submit via the P&C Facebook page, via email-

edenpublicschool@pandcaffiliate.org.au or letters can be dropped

into the school office.

A general meeting will be held at close of the AGM.

APRIL

Thur 4th Stage 3 Gala Day THE CANTEEN WILL NOT BE OPENED SO PLEASE BRING RECESS AND LUNCH.

Fri 5th Last day for Uni comp entries.

Thur 11th ANZAC Ceremony 11am held at flag pole front of school.

Fri 12th Last day of Term 1

Mathletics Update Week 10

Congratulations to all our students who received their GOLD and Silver Mathletics Certificates at last week’s assembly. Remember, all students can earn a Silver Certificate by getting five Bronze Certificates. Gold Certificates are achieved once a student has earned four Silver Certificates. Students have full 24hr access to Mathletics on the Internet.

GOLD Certificate Awardees T Chippindale and G Doyle. Silver Certificate Awardees B Banks, K Bolton, D Clark, R Conomy, U Francis, B Holman, J Jackson, L Lewis, V Oyrer, R Rosser, L Scott-Harrison, T Chippindale and G Doyle. Simon Taylor

PSSA Softball 2019

We would like to congratulate the following students who will be representing our school in the statewide PSSA Softball knockout this year. Thank you to all players who tried out for your interest and enthusiasm.

Boys Team: Ashton D, Anthony S, Ryan C, Ricky K, Travis H, James B, Brett H, Raymond S, Xavier M, Laurie M, E Keys, Mitchell S and Boady D.

Girls Team: Libby L, Mia S, S Dickson, K Best, Tyler C, Indee S, Brooke C, Ella M, Kodee L, Jayde J, Haylee W and Ellie C

All players are wished the best of luck for their upcoming match. Mr Taylor and Mrs Edwards

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Wednesday raffle roster Wednesday Raffle Week 11

KR Summer Michelin KP Rosalind Falzon 1C Samatha Trewin 1D Janine Geraghty 2B Renne Doyle 2J Danya Dodds 3/4E/ 3/4M Melina Caldwell 3/4K Emma Bolton 3/4D Kezia Krome 5/6E Tasha Best 5/6L Deb Herron 5/6A Janine Geraghty 5/6H Rochelle Sykes K-3D 3-5B 5/6M Jodie Harris

Wednesday Raffle Week 10 KR Kayla Elton KP Lauren Woods 1C Genevieve McGuiness 1D Anthony Peters 2B Lisa Bobbin 2J Deb Herron 3/4E/3/4M Genevieve McGuiness 3/4K Shell Banks 3/4D Cat Mclean 5/6E Cyndi Douglas 5/6L Genevieve McGuiness 5/6A Genevieve McGuiness 5/6H Anna Grubesic K-3D 3-5B 5/6M Emma Bolton

News form EPS Veggie Patch.

The veggie garden has been a busy place this term. Garden Club students have enjoyed digging, watering, harvesting and eating their favourite produce from the patch. Cucumbers, beans, pumpkins, carrots and cherry tomatoes were all popular. In particular were the tamarillos! We were able to harvest over 10kgs, some of which we have sold at Sprout. We have planted a second tree to meet the demand! Cucumbers and lettuce were also donated to the canteen. The construction of the new compost bins is complete, so we are now able to deal with any green waste from the veggie garden. Garden Club is open to all students every Wednesday during lunchtime. There is always plenty to do!

Thanks to Sprout for supporting our garden efforts.

“I love the garden because I feel I’m part of it!” Kodi, Yr 4.

“I love the garden because I have a garden at home, so I respect it.” Isabella Yr 4

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EARLY ACTION FOR SUCCESS Miss Radford KR

KR love hands-on activities when exploring early number concepts.

We have been busily learning how to read, write and represent numbers to 10, as well as exploring concepts such as less than, equal to and more than.

Here you can see us exploring the concepts of less than, equal to and more than using the target number of 10.

The students had to get a handful of counters that they estimated would add up to 10. When they counted their collections they decided which pile they belonged to.

For each handful after that, the students’ handfuls were more calculated based on whether they collected more or less than 10 last time.

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Cross Country Results

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Eden Library News!

Homework Club will recommence on Tuesday 7th May. Homework club is held on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons at the Eden Library from 3pm-4pm is for primary and secondary students. Students are encouraged to bring along their homework or any school projects they are working on and we will have our wonderful volunteer tutors on hand to help. Free of charge but bookings required, please contact the Eden library on 6499 2451 to register.