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Term 3 Week 6 Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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DATES TO REMEMBER Fri 25 Aug 9:30am Whole School Assembly Thurs 31 7:30am Fathers Day Breakfast Fri 1 Sept Fathers Day Stall Tues 5 Sept Beach Smart Education sessions Fri 8 9:30am Whole School Assembly Mon 11 Expo for parents and community
groups Fri 15 Sep Kinder and K-6B Farm Excursion Fri 22 9:30am Whole School Assembly Colour Fun Run LAST DAY OF TERM 3
Mon 9 Oct Students Return for Term 4
Tues 12 Dec Year 6 Farewell at Diggers
KINDERGARTEN 2018
If you have a child or know of a child that may be starting at The Entrance Public School in 2018, could you please contact the office ASAP for enrolment and Headstart information
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Welcome to Week 6, we certainly have a very busy term already. On Tuesday our student leaders attended the Tuggerah Lakes Learning Community annual Student Leadership Conference at Magenta Club. This was an opportunity for our students to work with students from other schools in the development of leadership skills and knowledge and experience the future of education, including workshops for a range of inspiring presenters. A big thank you to our sponsors, The Entrance Lions Club, MSP Photography, and Ms Dawson and Ms Martinez for their hard work on the executive committee. Congratulations to our amazing athletes who represented The Entrance Public School last Friday with distinction. All our students gave their best efforts and can be proud if their achievements. Thank you to Mrs Ambrose, Mrs Tolman and Mr Littlewood for ensuring our team was well prepared. It was great to see so many parents cheering for all of our students. Each year the Department of Education, along with the Central Coast Council of Parents and Citizens’ Associations, the Central Coast Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, the Central Coast Secondary Principals’ Council and the Central Coast Primary Principals’ Association hold a public ceremony to recognise and thank the many members of our school communities who support us, our students and parents. This year The Entrance Public School would like to recognise and thank Mrs Haslam and Mrs McBride for their outstanding contributions to our school community and their ongoing support. Congratulations to Stage 1 on their outstanding behaviour as school representatives on the Taronga Zoo excursion to Sydney, all of our students had a wonderful time. Thank you to our fantastic staff for all their hard work organising the wonderful educational experience and thank you to our parent helpers. Flu season is here! Influenza is spread from person-to-person through the coughing or sneezing of infected people. Remind your child about these good hygiene practices to minimise the spread of infection:
• Anyone who is sick with influenza symptoms should stay home until their symptoms are gone.
• Cover the nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Throw the tissue in the garbage bin after use.
• Wash hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
• Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.
If you or your child develops influenza-like illness, seek the advice of your family doctor as you would with any other illness. The seasonal influenza vaccine, which protects against the pandemic influenza strain as well as two other influenza strains, is now available free to eligible people. More information about the vaccine is available from the NSW Health Immunisation Unit's vaccination page.
Have a great fortnight.
Mark Rudd Principal
Fathers Day Breakfast Thursday 31
st August at 7:30am under the COLA
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S REPORT How much fun was the BOOK CHARACTER PARADE! A
very big thank you to the wonderful Mrs Evans for her organisation and enthusiasm and of course Mrs Bayfield – always helping us all. I had such a lovely time as a giant TINKERBELL flitting about. Another TEPS first for me was the FAIR! What a brilliant day! Luckily no-one was blown away on the day. Many thanks to Mrs B and all the staff who came to make the Fair such a success. Mrs Bayfield works so very hard for our school to make sure our students have resources and experiences better than any school in the entire country!
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As usual, I have been so lucky to see so many smiling, happy faces in my office and around the school. Kaitlyn and Jade made me pictures and a speech, I visited 6S and 5M to join in their Friday Maths Madness – clever mathematical thinking going on up there!! And I never get tired of wandering around our playground and seeing our students play and say hello.
A focus of ours in the playground is rubbish. We are so very close to the lake and the beach that it takes very little time for our litter to get straight into the waterways, killing our fish and sealife and polluting our beautiful coast. Please encourage your children to do the same when you are out and about – maybe pack a spare bag to pick up rubbish and take it home to place in your bin. Don’t forget to wash your hands and only pick up rubbish you can see is safe. A link to watch : http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4301070.htm
Have a great fortnight everyone! Hope to see you at our Friday assembly. Nicole Heazlewood Deputy Principal
School Banking has arrived at our school with The Greater. Vicki and Aleisha from The Greater will be at school Friday mornings to help open your child's bank account with $5. Any student who wishes to bank money can bring their bank book and money to the office on Friday mornings.
Ms Ally Bayfield Organising Teacher
Our school is participating in the Smart Art Challenge. The challenge, which is being organized by Ability Links NSW, aims to promote the value of inclusion, diversity, social justice and schools as a supportive environment. Why? Nearly one in three Australian households is home to
someone living with a disability – 85% of those disabilities are invisible, such as mental health issues, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, ADD, MS, sight and vision impairments … we all have a role to play in ensuring our communities are welcoming and inclusive – including YOU!!
Swim School
Swim school will be occurring in Term 4. All final payments will be required to be paid at the office by Friday 13
th
October.
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K-6 B NEWS
Over the next few weeks, students will be learning about healthy food. Sending your child to school each day with a nutritious lunch and a healthy range of
snacks, will benefit his/her behaviour, motivation, focus and ability to learn. It will also encourage the development of healthy lifestyle habits, which are important for wellbeing into adulthood. Often parents pack a healthy lunch, but also include a range of sugary or fatty snacks, such as museli or cereal bars, chips and lollies. Children then choose to eat these snacks instead of the healthier lunch option. Please keep pre-packaged snacks to a minimum and consider healthier options such as yoghurt, vegetable sticks, dips, rice crackers, fruit, plain popcorn etc. Look out on our Facebook page over the next few weeks for more ideas for healthy lunch and snack options. ASSEMBLY AWARDS
Congratulations to the following children who received merit awards at our last assembly: Cait for being a kind and caring friend. Paul for being an interested and motivated learner.
HOME READING AWARDS Cait – 75 Nights (Ocean)
Mary Best & Deb Eastment Support Class Team
KINDERGARTEN NEWS
This term we will be letting children go down to “experience” the big playground if they want to. Anyone not wanting to go down will still have our beautiful Kinder area to play in.
Remember NO HAT, NO PLAY and LABEL JUMPERS
please.
The Farm money is due on Friday 1st
September. If you still haven’t paid please get the money in ASAP.
Congratulations to the following students who have received their Home Reading Awards:
Kinder Ainslie- 75 nights: Mikayla, Piper, Hope, Savanna 100 nights: Hunter, Jameel Kinder Quye- 50 nights: Charlotte, Samuel 75 nights: Mariam, Zach, Harmony, Ezra
Kinder Walker- 25 nights: Sahibjot 50 nights: Tayah, Sahibjot, Dannica, Ruby 75 nights: Tayah, Sahibjot Kinder Andrews- 25 nights: Mailee 50 nights: Michelle 100 nights: Rosie, Bailee, Kyarn
A big thumbs up to everyone who received an
award at our mini assembly. Keep up the great work.
Stephanie Ainslie, Nicole Quye, Kurt Walker and Donna Andrews
STAGE 1 NEWS
A big thank you to Mrs Burke for an incredible job organising our Taronga Park Zoo excursion and thank you to all the parent helpers, teachers and support staff who helped make it such a fantastic day. Congratulations for the following children who received a class award at our Stage 1 Assembly.
Our clever home readers are included as well. 2K: Class awards:
Cohen – Wonderful emotive writing about Autism Lilee – Exemplary behaviour on our zoo excursion Value awards:
Joshua – A fantastic effort in the Paper Planes Challenge Cameron – Wonderful participation on our zoo excursion 75 nights: James & Lilee 100 nights: Miah 125 nights: Avneet & A-Litkim 150 nights: Cameron & Saara 175 nights: Gabrielle & Hannah 2P: Class awards:
Lily-Rose – A wonderful attitude towards learning George – Exemplary behaviour at the zoo excursion Value awards:
Destynie – Outstanding effort in the Paper Plane Challenge Aidan - Outstanding effort in the Paper Plane Challenge 175 nights: Stephanie & Gabriel 2L: Class awards:
Miller – Excellent work in writing Pyper - Excellent work in writing Value awards:
Mia A – Always modelling the school values Kingston – Always modelling the school values 75 nights: Ty 100 nights: Miller 1M: Class award:
Parneet – being a dedicated learner Bailey – an improved mindset to learning and growing Value awards:
Noah – an amazing zoo animal project Llewellyn – an outstanding zoo animal project 1K: Class awards:
Tianshu – Displaying perseverance and improvements in reading and writing Molly – Having an excellent attitude towards all learning tasks! Value awards:
Caleb – excellent contributions in class discussions Sierra – always being a collaborative and kind-hearted member of 1K
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75 nights: Shayden 100 nights: Mia & Joe 125 nights: Gennavieve 150 nights: Michael 175 nights: Ziggy H 1B: Class awards:
Tilli – Amazing work in all areas Scarlett – Trying hard in all areas, especially Maths
Value awards:
Jenna - For being a responsible learner who always does her personal best Candy – For always having an amazing attitude towards learning
Regards Stage 1 Team
STAGE 2 NEWS
STEM DAY
What a fantastic day! The enthusiasm, team work and problem solving skills the children displayed were impressive. A big thank you for the effort the Stage 2 teachers put into our STEM Day, planning, resourcing, preparing and delivering the variety of engaging learning activities for our students to experience.
NAPLAN RESULTS
Were released last week, these Literacy and Numeracy assessments were administered to our Year 3 students in May and show an achievement scale for each child. The Year 3 school average, national average a range of achievement for all Year 3 students are represented on these results. Overall these assessments provide a snapshot of your child’s achievements in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions and Numeracy and provide our school with future teaching and learning focus areas. Collectively Year 3 have made very pleasing achievements and we are proud of your efforts. Well done everyone! 3 WAY CONFERENCES
Are an opportunity for you, your child and their teacher to meet and discuss learning achievements and future goals for the remainder of the Semester. These Conferences are scheduled for Week 7 this term and conference request notes have been sent home for you to request a time suitable for you to meet. Please return these notes as soon as possible to ensure you receive your preferred times.
Stage 2 Teachers Mrs Haslam (4N), Ms Ambrose/Ms Brummell (4A), Mrs Bayfield/ Miss Cooper (4B), Mrs Canobie (3C), Mrs Kirk (3K) and Ms Wilson (3W)
STAGE 3 NEWS
This term is absolutely flying!
Congratulations to our superstar, Cameron S! Cameron was the overall winner of the Public Speaking Competition. We also extend our congratulations to Matilda G, Scarlett S and Amien D who, along with Cameron, will receive scholarships from the Lion’s Club. We are so proud
of you all.
Leadership
On Tuesday, our school leaders attended the TLLC Leadership conference at Magenta Shores. Students had a great time listening to keynote speakers and participating in different workshops designed to enhance their skills in leadership. What an awesome experience!
Fruit Break
The morning session is the longest learning session of the day. Stage 3 are encouraged to have a brain break by refuelling with a piece of fruit/veg and water. It’s interesting to see the variety of fruit/veg our kids bring in! From persimmons, custard apples, tangelos, capsicums and beans to the humble pink lady apple.
Let’s Stay Organised!
It is so much easier to stay focused, engaged and on task when you’re organised. This could be as simple as ensuring you have the right tools for school! Pens, pencils, rulers, scissors and glue sticks are a necessity! Please ensure your child is equipped with these tools for learning. It would also be beneficial to equip children with their own headphones/earphones.
Year 6 News
The Year 6 Farewell will be held on the 12th of December. Please start looking for those cute pictures of when our big Year Six kiddies were littlies! Please forward any pictures/videos to [email protected]
Kind regards,
Cherryl Martinez Relieving Assistant Principal - Stage 3
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ENVIRONMENT NEWS Lions Club Sensory Garden Excursion
On Monday 7th August, our awesome TEPS Environment team participated in a walking excursion to the Lions Club Sensory Garden site at North Entrance. We were assisted by the fabulous Lions Club gardeners, and helped in the maintenance of the gardens. We shovelled and wheelbarrowed red mulch to refresh the ‘river beds’ and TEPS garden bed, and we planted lots of native Pigface in the newly established TEPS Garden section. If you haven’t yet visited the Sensory Garden, it’s well worth the wander. It’s a beautiful little spot, and you can check out our very own TEPS garden!! Our Environment Representatives did a wonderful job, and we had lots of comments from the community during our trek up and back, about how great we looked in our special Hi-Vis vests and how well our students conducted themselves at all times. Well done, everyone!! Pallet Garden Project
On Wednesday 16th August, our Environment Team, assisted by KQ, 3K, 3W and 4B, did an amazing job to get our Pallet Garden Project started. Kathy and Nat from Bunnings came to school and worked with our students. Despite the windy weather, our team of gardeners worked hard on clearing the site of debris and rubble, filling the garden beds with soil, and planting and watering lots and lots of young vegetables and herbs. We cleaned up the entire garden section, all the way down to our thriving Bush Tucker Garden. Thank you Bunnings, for donating all the paint, soil and
plants for our garden so far (lots of lettuce, kale and assorted herbs), and thank you to The Men’s Shed for making and
delivering our fabulous new pallet garden beds! Also, we’d like to thank Tom from Tumbi/Mobile Tyres & More for donating and delivering old tyres that we’ll be using
as garden beds for our new pallet garden. We’re really looking forward to seeing our garden area take shape over the rest of the term. There’s lots of work to be done, but our enthusiastic TEPS gardeners are super keen to get it happening!! All students who are interested in helping out and participating are welcome to join us. We’ll be working in the garden on a weekly basis (even week Mondays, odd week Tuesdays), during lunch play time. Schools Tree Day
As part of our participation in Schools Tree Day, we planted a range of native trees and shrubs along the fence line in our Pallet Garden site. Thank you to Planet Ark and Brian Hilton Toyota for your generous donation.
Thank you, Ms Wilson On behalf TEPS Environment Team
ABORIGINAL EDUCATION GulangFest 2017
In Week 4, our Koori Choir, Garawa Pre-Schoolers and some of our K-6 Aboriginal students performed at this year’s GulangFest. It was a great concert and Art Exhibition to celebrate Aboriginal Culture here in the Tuggerah Lakes Learning Community. Our Koori Choir sang beautifully with a number of students representing our School. Thank you to Mrs Canobie and Mrs Hindson for your dedication to the TEPS Koori Choir. The Pre-Schoolers performed ‘G’day, G’day’ by Slim Dusty and they were very brave singing in front of such a huge audience. Our Pre-Schoolers also won an Award for their competition entry into this year’s GulangFest Art Exhibition! Thank you to Erin and Suzie for such terrific work teaching the Pre-schoolers! Our K-6 Aboriginal students played didgeridoos, clap sticks and danced to ‘The Children Came back’ by Briggs. We had a huge number of students performing and it was lovely to see the older students proudly teaching and leading the younger ones. Thank you to Miss Saunders, Mrs Haslam, Mrs George and the lovely parents for all your help on the night! Congratulations also go to Kayley V, Jack M and Eleanor W who received AECG awards and Caleb Phelps was the recipient of the Stan Ralph Memorial Scholarship. We had a deadly time celebrating Aboriginal Culture at GulangFest 2017!
Laura Barsby & Kylie Saunders Aboriginal Education Team
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The LaST News (Learning and Support Teachers) Home Reading
Congratulations to all of our wonderful students who are completing their home reading. Students have been selecting some fantastic book prizes as part of the TEPS Home Reading Program. Lucky book prize winners were Mia and Krystal. Keep up the fantastic efforts.
AWARD LEVEL
AWARD NAME
AWARD GIVEN Years 1-6 Terms 1-4
AWARD GIVEN Kinder Terms 2-4
25 nights Sand Certificate A5 & Pencil
Certificate A5 & Pencil
50 nights Surf Certificate A5 & Ice block
Certificate A5 & Ice block
75 nights Ocean Certificate A5 Certificate A5- lucky draw for book
100 nights
Coral Certificate A5- lucky draw for book
Certificate A4 & Book
125 nights
Pearl Certificate A5 Certificate A4 & Book
150 nights
Double Sand
Certificate A4 & Book
Certificate A4 & Book
175 nights
Double Surf
Certificate A4 & Book
Certificate A4 & Book
200 nights
Double Ocean
Certificate A4 & Book
Certificate A4, Book & Pencil
225 nights
Double Coral
Certificate A4 & Book
Certificate A4, Book & Pencil
250 nights
Double Pearl
Certificate A4, Book & Pencil
275 nights
Sea Caves
Certificate A4, Book & Pencil
300 nights
Golden Treasure
Certificate A4, Book & Pencil
Sue Densmore Learning and Support Teacher CANTEEN NEWS
I would like to thank our fabulous Tuesday worker Sue for making fresh spaghetti bolognaise with lots of sneeky vegetables for the children every week, available on Tuesdays for $4. CANTEEN ROSTER
Thurs 24th
August ½ day Razaan, Judith HELP NEEDED
Fri 25th Kylie, Chloe, Sarah
Mon 28th
Kristie, Kathy, Rita Tues 29
th Sammi, Sue, Elise
Wed 30th Kathy, Mel
Thurs 31st Razaan, Judith
Fri 1st Sept Kylie, Chloe, Sarah
Mon 2nd
Kristie, Kathy, Rita Tues 3
rd Sammi, Sue, Elise
Wed 4th Kathy HELP NEEDED
Cheers, Emma Brophy 4333 5174
P&C NEWS
Would you like to part of the P&C but can't make it to meetings, then you may like to join the P&C mailing list. Minutes from the meetings can be emailed to you, also allowing you access to email your thoughts and ideas back to the P&C. If you are interested please fill in the form below and return to the school office. Name:___________________ Child: __________________ Email address: ____________________________________ Ms Ally Bayfield - on behalf of the P&C
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