William Street, East Maitland 2323 Phone: 4933 7524 Fax: 4934 5012 Email: maitlande-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Respect, Responsibility, Learning, Co-operation and Participation

20 March 201 9 No. 4 (Week 8 Term 1)

Educating Communities

Harmony Day/Week

We will be celebrating Harmony Day tomorrow and it could not be more timely. We are proud that our schools embrace diversity, tolerance and acceptance of all.

‘Harmony Week is about inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background, united by a set of core Australian values.’ (https://www.harmony.gov.au/about/)

Please have your children wear something orange. No gold coin donation is required, as this is not a fundraising event. School Community Charter This year, the NSW Department of Education has introduced a School Community Charter for all members of NSW Public School communities. It has been developed in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders. The School Community Charter outlines the responsibilities of parents, carers, educators and school staff in NSW public schools to ensure our learning environments are collaborative, supportive and cohesive. More information can be accessed at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/school-community-charter . Please expect to see some related signs and posters going up around the school shortly. The best education happens when students, parents and schools work together and the key messages of the charter are:

Afternoon Pick-up Whilst I understand that afternoon pick-up will always be challenging, I thank those of you very much who are being mindful of previous requests regards safety and procedures. If you are still unsure of expectations, please refer to Skoolbag Ap or the previous two newsletters.

Collaborative

Respectful Communication

We work in partnership to pro-mote student learning.

We treat each other with fairness and respect.

We communicate in a positive and constructive manner.

Shade Cloth I understand that there have been some enquires made of the P&C regards concerns for the safety of the shade cloth over our assembly area and playground. Whilst I do concede that it is more dirty than we would like, that this is the result of environmental factors taking their toll on a light coloured cloth that has been in place for many years. Please be advised that we have, last year, taken advice on concerns that the discolouration that can be seen is as a result of mould. We have been assured that mould or fungus/spores are not present in the shade cloth. Teacher Professional Learning Last week during our professional learning time we were visited by an expert trainer who shared some great insights in to how to get the best from our software associated with the use of classroom SMARTBoards. This week we are having a week off from formal professional learning. Teachers have attended three sessions this term that have stretched beyond the mandatory hour, so I am encouraging them to take this time for themselves. They work extremely hard and have certainly earned it! Pets at School

Whilst we all love our pets dearly and it is a wonderful idea to walk your dog when you are walking to or from school, please refrain from bringing your dog on to school premises. This is to ensure the comfort and safety of all community members. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Changed your details over the holidays??? Just a reminder that if you have had a change in personal details such as address or contact numbers; work, mobile or home, please ensure that you notify our office ASAP. Please note that any change of address details will require proof of address. (Documents such as a rates notice or home-related bills, such as telephone, gas or electricity, including name and address). Kim Dudgeon

Year 3 and 5 Parents – NAPLAN 2019 NEWS 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. Between 13 May and 24 May, 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

Instead of Michael Grose

Three tips for helping children deal with frightening world events.

by Michael Hawton | Mar 14, 2019 | Children, Early Years Educators, Parents

As events of violence and terrorism are apparently being more regularly reported, an increasing number of

children are being affected by exposure to these frightening stories. Many parents are wondering what

they can do to protect their children from the effects of vicarious anxiety provoked by these media re-

ports.

We need to recognise that we (parents) have the fully-adult, psychological minds and that we are able to

plan, reason and organise our thoughts better than children who do not yet have fully developed minds;

they won’t have this mature mind until they reach their early twenties. Our children’s minds then, are more

prone to get distressed when they are exposed to frightening events compared to adults – particularly

where they see images of people who are upset, scared and crying.

If part of our job as parents is to protect our children’s well-being then we need to shield them from heav-

ily publicised world events that might cause them fear and worry. As children hear more and more about

distressing things, repetitive ‘hearing’ or ‘viewing’ can accumulate stress in their minds. Anxiety can build in

other words.

So, my first tip is, once you’ve seen or heard a frightening world event, don’t keep watching it over and

over. Turn the TV off or turn the radio to another station. Try to minimize your children’s exposure to the

news of these events. Be especially aware that images seen on television (or video footage on online media

platforms) have a particularly powerful effect on children, especially very young children. If you do need

news updates, then maybe read about it privately online.

Try to minimize your children’s exposure to the news of these events.

If they say they are worried about what they have seen my second tip is try and hear their feelings before

moving on to another topic. You can listen to them by simply acknowledging what you believe they might be

experiencing. Through this acknowledgement, you’re giving them congruent emotional feedback, which is an

essential element of helping children grow their emotional intelligence. Remember your acknowledgment of

how they are feeling is not your agreement about how they are seeing things. Just tune-in to what they are

saying and where you can, make statements about what you observe – ‘So, seeing those people made you

feel pretty worried that it could happen here’ or ‘If I saw something like that I think I would be upset too’.

Help your children get things in proportion

Third tip. Help your children get things in proportion. In Australia and New Zealand we live in very safe so-

cieties. Without being Pollyanna about it, children need to be reminded that the news – particularly over-

seas news – represents only a tiny small slice of what is going on in the world. For better or worse, the news

tends to focus on the destructive, frightening and violent events which makes the news, well, news! As

adults, we know that it’s not a balanced picture of the world. Let your children know that where you live has

been and will continue to be a generally safe place and that there are structures in place to keep everyone

that way. Explain that the news event they may have seen is not happening everywhere. If it is something

that happened overseas, explain that it is not happening in our country, our city or our neighbourhood.

Michael Hawton is founder of Parentshop, providing education and resources for parents and industry pro-

fessionals working with children. He has authored two books on child behaviour management: Talk Less Lis-

ten More and Engaging Adolescents. You can find more information, including his books and self-paced

online parenting courses at https://www.parentshop.com.au/parent-courses/

Monday 6S, 3J, 1M, KF, 3/4C

Tuesday 4/5R, 6R, 1S, KD, 2L

Wednesday 4SG, 5DC, 1D, KV

Thursday 5/6N, 5R, KP, 2G

Friday 3S, MC, 2O

Library Borrowing Days 2019

Cross Country Our School Cross Country will be held on Wednesday, 27 March. All children will participate in the event which

is held on school grounds. All parents and carers are welcome to watch their children participate in their event. The

times are as follows.

If you are a parent of a Year 2 student, please be mindful to ensure that both you and your child know if they will be running the 1km or 2km course. If your child places in the top four of their age group they will then have qualified to attend Zone Cross Country at Tocal on Tuesday, 2 April 2019.

Time Classes/Age Distance

9:20 am 12/13 Girls and boys 3Km

9:50 11 Girls and boys 3km

10:20 Year 1 and 2* (completed as class groups) *Turning 7 this year.

1km

10:40 Kinder 1km

Lunch

12:10 10 Girls and boys 2km

12:50 8/9 Girls and Boys (Year 2 children turning 8 this year will run the 2km course)

2km

Presentation of ribbons at Whole School Assembly On Friday

Our annual Book Fair is next Friday, 29 March! Students will receive a brochure next week in

library lessons as well as a note explaining how the Book Fair works.

Star Struck is back for 2019! Star Struck is a performing arts extravaganza presented by the Hunter area of the NSW Department of Education. Congratulations to the following group of girls, who auditioned and were accepted into East Maitland Public School’s 2019 Star Struck team. Makayla Morris (6S), Lauren Kime (6R), Zarah Williams (6R), Jasmine Locock (5/6N), Tullie Robertson (6S), Kadence Carr (5/6N), Mia Stothard (5/6N), Heidi Stimson (4/5R), Millicent Milford-Chilvers (4SG), Sienna Starkey (4/5R), Sophie Boyson (5DC), Madison Fahndrich (4/5R), Isabella Olson (4/5R), Kisharna Taylor (3/4C), Alivia Watson (4/5R) and Lara Woodlard (3/4C). A big thank you to all of the girls who auditioned! Miss Dixon and Miss Porter are looking forward to sharing this wonderful opportunity with you and

representing East Maitland Public School.

Well done!

Thank you to all those people who supported our Entertainment Book fundraiser in 2018. We raised over $700 last year! New memberships are launching on 4th April 2019 and you can support us this year by pre-ordering your NEW 2019|20 Entertainment Book NOW! We have so many new and exciting offers in the Maitland area such as Coquun, The Rutherford Hotel, The Family Hotel, Rashays, Hong Kong Chef, The Orange Tree Cafe, Lillies and Limes, City Beach, Virgin Australia, Seed, Genesis Fitness and so much more! Pre-order and receive bonus offers you can use straight away as well as a $20 Woolworths Gift Card and $50 Cellar Masters Gift Card! Memberships are available all over Australia and New Zealand in digital and hard copy format - so please support us and share this link: https://www.entbook.com.au/354u57

Maitland Junior FC

Does your girl who is turning 11 or 12 years wish to play football?

We have 12 girls with a coach waiting for you to join them.

Contact Evelyn on 0432 945 237 to secure your spot.

P&C NEWS It is never too late to come along to a meeting and check out what we are all about. Meet & greet some of the wonderful members. If you wish to join the P&C and to have a say in fundraising goals for our children’s school, then please come along to one of our meetings. The P&C meet once per month We try and switch our days and meeting times to include a few night meetings in order to accommodate working parents and carers.

AGM will be held on Wednesday 27th

March @

6pm in the School Staff Room.

Many positions are available or just

come along to see what we are all about.

We are looking for volunteers please!

Our Uniform Shop is solely run by volunteers. All funds made go straight into the P&C to be spent back in our school. No one is paid, everyone is there donating their precious time to help our school. We are ALWAYS on the lookout for some volunteers to help. A shift only takes approx. 40mins and you are rostered on with an experienced person. Please keep in mind that without our wonderful volunteers we are unable to keep the uniform shop open.

If you are free and could donate some valuable time to help,

please contact us at eastmaitlandpublicschool-

pandc@gmail.com or leave your contact details at the office

and we will contact you. You can volunteer as many or as few

times as you like.

ONLINE UNIFORM SHOP IS HERE! Please log in using Flexi schools – your same login used for canteen.

Orders will be packed and distributed during the Tuesday pm and Friday am Uniform Shop Volunteer shifts.

Opening times: Tuesday 2.15-2.45pm + Friday 8:30-

9am. Cash only – no EFTPOS

Term 1 Uniform Shop Roster

Week Tues Friday

8 19/03 Suze & Kylee 22/03 Tara & LJ

9 26/03 Kim & Bente 29/03 Kim & Jennifer

10 02/04 Suze & Sandra 05/04 Tara & Jennifer DON’T FORGET TO PAY YOUR $1 MEM-BERSHIP FEE & SIGN UP TO BE A PART

OF OUR SCHOOL P & C COMMUNITY.

DON’T FORGET MORNING DAYS HAVE CHANGED

FOR UNIFORM SHOP Friday 8.30 – 9am

CANTEEN NEEDS HELP!!!

If you are free and could donate some valuable time to help, please contact Jacki Cassidy at

eastmaitlandpublicschoolpandc@gmail.com or leave your contact details at the office and we will contact you. You

Canteen Roster

Week commencing Monday, 25 March 2019

25/03 Georgia Fletcher

Nikki Ross

26/03 Rachel Hegarty-Taylor

Help Needed

27/03 Shelly Sinkovic Jordan Croker

28/03 Glennis Holwell Margaret Mossner

29/03 Bente Talsbeth-Palmer

Lara-Jane Cash Sarah Campbell

Week commencing Monday, 1 April 2019

1/04 Jessica Matheson

Kelly Saunders Jennifer Brown

2/04 Megan Streeter Megan Fuller

3/04 Suze Hamilton Sara Kasteel

4/04 Fiona Daley Amber Larkman

5/04 Lara Chapman Denyse Potts Renae Renehan

If you are unable to come on your day please phone or msg Jacki -

school 4933 7524 or mobile 0419143528.

Election this coming weekend can only mean one thing...BBQ! We are looking for some lovely volunteers to help out for some sausage cooking/prepping/selling shifts (hour at a time) this Saturday at EMPS. All monies raised will be going towards a fabulous new addition to the school for the kids, coming soon. As usual we are in dire need of help, anytime that you can donate would be of great value, we even supply the fancy aprons now #matchymatchy. Please comment below a time that suits you. Thank you!

3J

Nixon Perrin Mia Nelson Jessica Bukkuntod Udan Iddagoda Hew-age Roxy Carruthers Hudson Gurr

3S

Sieanna Whyte-Southcombe Benjamin Johansen Amelia Cummings Lillybeth Crass Isabella Gibson Sienna Bramley-McCauley

3/4C

Janny Chu Ruby Fuller Jett Labry

4SG

Chase Koop-Folkes Madison Gibson Blake Irvine Anaia Moore Kaden Adams Inura Dekumpitiya Noah Philip Chase Koop-Folkes

4/5R

Madison Fahndrich Gracie Bryson Alycia Renehan Alivia Watson Sienna Starkey Riley Bodman

5DC

Jenny Ngo Elizabeth Lawler Chase Bouquet Liam Leckie Isobella Elliott Jarvis Blackmore

5R

Hamish Nimmo Cooper Ebrill Holly Proctor Ben Bukkuntod Daniel Fletcher Kara McInnes

5/6N

6R

Jasmine Conibear Logan Duering Amarli Flynn Brock Newall Royce Mc Donald Briana Radford Annalyse Stubbington Armani Mitchell Curtis Moretti

6S

MCC

B

Stephen Goode Trent Beattie

MCC

R

Xena Young Indi Redgrove

MCC

Y

Jackson Hutchison Syd Dyall David Turnbull

KD

Pixie Draper Imaree Alcantara Eli Harrison Sid Perrin

KF

Taylan Polyak Israel Clarke Ruby Costelloe Cedar Rogers

KV

Leala Bijou-Moylan Cooper Ross Inara Dekumpitiya Charles Marjoribanks

KP

Oakie Stammer Kaydence Cummings Bella Sharma Izaac Howarth

1D

Kevin Gosley Kobie Bodman Toby Livingstone Maggie Hodges

1M

Isabella Day Brett Beckett Billy Moore Archer Mears

1S

Claire Jefferson Laura Russell Jenarillia Mackey Vincent Lerougetel

2G

Bentley Taylor Laila Kone Matthew Moore William Mennie Lulan Probert Oliver Swan

2L

Mia Johansen Maggie Carey-Poole Jet Midson Zoe Allwood Rose Martin Macy Adams

2O

James Moylan Pippa Benson Zavier Abbiss Liam Hodder Ryan Culver Faith Clarke

Events / Reminders

27/03 School Cross Country

29/03 Book Fair

29/03 Grandparents Day

2/04 Zone Cross Country

8/04—11/04 Year 6 Canberra Excursion

12/04 Easter Hat Parade

12/04 Last Day of Term 1

30/04 First Day of Term 2

14/05 Athletics Carnival

.

If your child has lost a

ring please see office

staff for further

information