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Issue 13, 10th May 2019

At EHPS we value: Friendliness, Honesty, Inclusiveness, Respect, and Persistence

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CALENDAR May Sat 11 ................ Sayembara Lisan - Indonesian Speaking

Competition Tue 14 ............... Prep RACV Street Scene incursion Tue 14 ............... 2T & 2PB Mont De Lancey excursion Wed 15 ............. 2D & 2LD Mont De Lancey excursion Tue 14-Thu 16 .. NAPLAN (Yrs 3 & 5) Thu 16 .............. Prep Community Walk Fri 17 ................ Walk Safely to School Day Fri 17 ................ Prep Firefighter incursion Sun19-Sat 25 .... Education Week 2019 Wed 22 ............. EHPS Student-free Day Thu 23 .............. District Cross Country Fri 24 ................ Prep Firefighter incursion Tue 28 ............... The Ridiculous Rhyme Show visit Tue 28 ............... NEVR Youth Concert 2019 ‘Destination’

7.30pm

Students do not attend school on public holidays or student-free days.

Whole School Assembly Every Monday at 2.40pm in the Stadium. All welcome.

School Banking - every Tuesday.

School Tours for 2019 or 2020 entry - Thursday & Friday at 9.30am.

Bookings essential.

Enrolment Enrol now for entry in 2020. Prep 2020 enrolment to

be submitted by Friday 31st May.

2019 Term Dates Term 1: 29 January* to 5 April Term 2: 23 April to 28 June Term 3: 15 July to 20 September Term 4: 7 October to 20 December * 29 January is a state wide student free day. EHPS student-free days: 30 January, 22 May, and 2 August

COMPASS PARENT PORTAL https://essexheightsps-vic.compass.education

Essex Heights Primary School

22-30 Essex Road

Mount Waverley VIC 3149

Telephone: (03) 9807 4944

Fax: (03) 9888 2249

essex.heights.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

www.essexheightsps.vic.edu.au

Principal: Mr George Perini Office Hours: 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday

during school terms.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dear parents and friends of our Essex Heights community,

Year 6 Camp - Forest Lodge Farm

On Wednesday I joined the Year 6 students at Forest Lodge Farm in South Gippsland for their three day camp. By going on Wednesday I was able to see both Year 6 groups. All the students were very happy and having a great time. The program allows for the children to have a thorough orientation of the camp site before they begin their rotation through many exciting group activities, i.e. the Flying Fox, The Giant Swing, Archery, the rope course, canoeing and bush cooking. The activity groups are also responsible for preparation and cleaning up duties before and after meals.

The facilities at Forest Lodge Farm are excellent, and the children are eating well, having fun and working together well in teams and also as a Year 6 group. I really enjoyed the opportunity to spend some time with the children outside of school, and it was so pleasing to see their bright smiling faces throughout the day.

Many thanks to Felicity O’Flynn for organising the camp, and to the rest of the staff, Moira Lennon, Anita Dix, Ben Wooster, Matthew Appleby, Chris Cavill and Ina Kuehlich, for their participation, leadership and support. Special thanks must go to Janet McGinn for volunteering her whole week to join in with both camp groups.

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Information sent home:

Year/Group Notice/Activity

Year 6 ....................................... Year 7 2020 Information & Application Form Whole school (each family) ...... Election Day Cake Stall Kits

This week’s information on Compass:

Year/Group Compass News Feed

Year 1 ........................ Term 2 Newsletter Mother’s Day Stall Homework Update

Year 2 ........................ Toothbrushes tomorrow and excursion notice on Compass

Years 3 & 5 ................ NAPLAN Week Tips NAPLAN Week

Year 6 ........................ Campers minutes away Forest Lodge Return

Whole School ............ Secondhand Uniform Stall - Friday 10th May Mother’s Day Stall - Friday 10th May Essex Heights PS Mother’s Day Breakfast tomorrow! BASC

Compass Events:

Year/Group Notice/Activity & Due Date

Year 1 ........................ Bugs, Bugs, Bugs Exhibition & Imax 3D Movie - 30th May

Year 2 ........................ Mont De Lancey Excursion - 10th May

Selected Students ...... Mulgrave District Cross Country - 19th May

Assembly: Monday 13th May

At Assembly on Monday: MangaHigh medal presentation ArtSEL/Visual Arts - poster competition presentation School Banking winners Student of the Week & Baik Sekali awards

Note: Items listed above are correct at time of publication, but may be subject to change.

Assembly starts at 2.40pm in the Stadium (note new venue). All welcome.

May

11th ...... Michelle C 12th ...... Kirk A 14th ...... Ethan L Michael M 15th ...... Giorgio G 17th ...... Dante M Aidan O Maxim K

School Photos

School photo orders of individual students and siblings were distributed to students this week.

School group photos (eg Captains, Marimba, etc) will be on display from next week, and ordering instructions will be provided when the photos are ready to view.

If you have any issues with your order, please contact The School Photographer on (02) 9674 9824.

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Year 5 Camp - Sovereign Hill

This week our Year 5 students were on camp at Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. On Tuesday I visited and spent the day with them. All the children were really enjoying themselves and learning so much about life on the goldfields. They were happy, engaged and interested in every activity. The different groups rotated around many activities, including visiting the Red Hill Mine, gold smelting, and candle making. The most popular activity though was the panning for gold. The children and the staff were intent on finding their first fortune. It was amazing to see how well some did and they became very proficient at panning.

On Monday night the children experienced the new sound and light show which explains how gold is created through nuclear fusion, the impact of the gold rush on the indigenous population at the time, and the events of the Eureka Stockade. The children really enjoyed this audio visual presentation. This camp really immerses the children into the 1850s, and as a result, they become more engaged in their history curriculum.

Many thanks to Emma Ung for organising the camp, and to the rest of the staff, Maria Capsalis, Kathy Halliday, Jenny Austin, Marita Steward, Aubrey Hudson and Jenny Sellick, for their participation, leadership and support. Special thanks also to Georgia Albertella, a teacher in training, who volunteered to attend for the three days.

Principal’s Report continued

Mother’s Day Breakfast & Stall

It was great to attend the Mother’s Day Breakfast yesterday. This was an opportunity for the school to say thanks to the Mums, Grandmothers and special friends for helping the school and the children on a regular basis. The Hall was full of Mums and very excited ‘hungry’ children, all ready to join into the celebration of Mother’s Day. The buffet breakfast had a wide range of food options and was really well presented. The atmosphere in the hall was filled with chatter and fun. This special event gave families a chance to mingle and enjoy a relaxed morning together. The raffle/door prize was also a great success, and four Mums received lovely prizes. A big thanks to James Douglas and the team of fathers who prepared the breakfast and did a great job of presenting, organising and cleaning up. Special thanks to the PFA for coordinating the event and the prizes.

Thanks again to our wonderful PFA who also planned and organised today’s Mother’s Day Stall. The children loved being able to shop for their Mum and they took great care over their gift selection.

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Photos: Kristi Lloyd & George Perini

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NAPLAN

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) involves students in Years 3 and 5 from all states and territories in Australia. NAPLAN testing will take place next week on Tuesday 15th May, Wednesday 16th May and Thursday 17th May.

Students’ will be assessed on their skills in reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and numeracy. These national test results provide information on how your child is progressing and performing in the key areas of literacy and numeracy and help to support improvements in teaching to benefit your child.

It is very timely to remember that NAPLAN is an assessment of children at one point in time. It is important but not the only assessment of the children’s learning. The teachers conduct multiple assessments throughout the year and can give you detailed information about how your child is progressing.

Parents can support their children to be ready to participate in these assessment tasks by making a smooth, calm start to each day. Simple tasks such as ensuring that your child has breakfast before coming to school and that children arrive to school on time can make a big difference. Two correct answers can be the difference between medium growth and high growth, so a good start to the day and plenty of sleep throughout the week can be enough to help your child achieve their best.

Principal’s Report continued

We wish all the Mums, grandmothers and special friends a wonderful and ‘relaxing’ day on Sunday. I hope you all get spoilt!!!!!

George Perini Principal

Playground Supervision

I would like to remind all parents that the yard is not supervised by staff before 8.45am. This means that children should not be dropped off at school before 8.30am. If you need to leave the children before that time, they should be booked into the Before School Care program, and you can make that booking by ringing 9807 2615. Likewise, the yard after school is supervised until 3.45pm. We strongly discourage you to leave chil-dren alone to play in the school grounds or on the Council fitness station after 3.45pm. Therefore, if you will be later than that, your children should be booked into our excellent After School Care program.

Sayembara Lisan

Tomorrow (Saturday 11th May) some of our Indonesian students will participate in the Sayembara Lisan - Indonesian Speaking Competition at Huntingtower School. For some weeks now, the children have been very busy practicing, and we wish them all well in the competition. Good Luck to everyone!!

School Tours & 2020 Enrolment

Every Thursday and Friday I am conducting school tours for prospective families to join us in 2020. If you have children who will be starting Prep at Essex Heights in 2020, please ensure an enrolment form is lodged at the Office by the end of May. This will enable us to begin planning for next year, and ensure your child can fully participate in our school transition program.

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Year 6 2019 to Year 7 2020 Application

Information for parents/carers of Year 6 students, including the Application Form for Year 7 2020 placement, was sent home with all Year 6 students this week. The Application Form is to be completed for all Year 6 students, and returned to your classroom teacher no later than Friday 17th May.

If your home address is incorrect on the Application Form, please see Jo in the Office to update your home address and to reissue the Application Form with the correct address.

Education Week 2019

Education Week 2019 will be celebrated from the 19th to 25th May. It is all about celebrating careers and pathways. Essex Heights invites parents and special visitors to join in the festivities during the week. Please continue to check Compass, Contact newsletter, and touch base with your classroom teacher for more information!

We are looking forward to a fun week at Essex Heights!

MangaHigh Medal Presentation

I have an incredible number of MangaHigh medals in my possession. They will be presented at Assembly on Monday 13th May to students who received 150+ points in this mathematics competition.

Kelvin Tang

Earn & Learn

We are excited to be taking part in the 2019 Woolworths Earn & Learn program. For every $10 you spend at Woolworths (excluding the purchase of tobacco, liquor and gift cards), you will receive a sticker. Our school earns points for the stickers collected. The more points we earn, the more we can redeem from a choice of over 7,000 educational resources including Mathematics and English resources, art and crafts materials, and much, much more! We are grateful for your support and look forward to a successful program.

Collect your stickers, and stick them onto a sticker sheet or put into the boxes in our Office reception.

Sticker sheets are available at Woolworths stores, from our Office reception, or you can download - CLICK HERE or type http://www.woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn into your web browser.

Stickers and sticker sheets (complete or not) are to be put into the boxes in our Office reception by 25th June.

If you have any questions, please ask at School or visit the Woolworths website - www.woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn.

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Subject Official Sitting Dates Participation Price

Science 27th to 31st May $10.00

English 29th July to 2nd August $10.00

Mathematics 5th to 9th August $10.00

EHPS has previously partnered with UNSW Global to offer its annual ICAS Assessments for Years 3 to 6. With the introduction of Reach Assessments in 2019, we have identified that these assessments will provide us with the most comprehensive view of student learning, and will therefore replace ICAS in our assessment strategy. Please be assured that the impact of this change will be minimal, and we will continue to receive the same benefits from Reach Assessments that we did from ICAS.

In previous years ICAS have been paper assessments, however the Reach Assessments will be entirely online.

The dates for the online Reach Assessments will be:

Students are not able to sit the tests outside of the official sitting dates.

Information, including the permission form, has been published on Compass. The permission form along with payment must be received by the student’s teacher no later than next Monday, 13th May.

Alexandra O’Connor Reach Coordinator

Compassion

Here at our school we want to put our empathy into action. This is called showing compassion. When we’re able to understand how someone else is feeling and do something to show we understand, we are showing that person compassion. Listening, saying kind words, and helping are three ways to show compassion. Take a moment now to think about how you can show compassion to someone today. Then find a way to do it during the day.

Nikki Olsen

ArtSEL

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It’s that time of year again. Dust off your Bunsen burners and put on your thinking caps.

Science Talent Search 2019

Divisions for EHPS students: Lower Primary - Prep (Foundation) to Year 2 Middle Primary - Years 3 & 4 Upper Primary - Years 5 & 6

The Sections students can compete in are: Experimental Research Creative Writing Working Models Inventions Games Computer Games Posters - Scientific Wallcharts Science Photography Video Productions

Entry fees: Individual - $8 per entry (inc GST) Group (max 2 students) - $15 (inc GST) Class Project - $30 per entry (inc GST)

If you are interested in participating, you must see Marita Steward (56S, Banksia 6) no later than Friday 24th May to collect an Expression of Interest letter. Please note that payment must also be received by Marita by Friday 24th May.

For more information about the competition, and the category topics in each Section, refer to the STS 2019 Handbook - please CLICK HERE, or type http://www.sciencevictoria.com.au/sts/ into your web browser.

Marita Steward (56S) STS Coordinator

This year’s Science Talent Search theme is “Destination Moon: more missions, more science”. This fantastic theme gives great scope for creative and critical thinking.

Throughout Australia, the States and Territories provide primary and secondary school students the opportunity to enter a science focussed competition. The Science Teachers Association of Victoria (STAV) coordinates this state wide competition.

The multiple categories aim to stimulate students in the following ways:

Encourage independent self-motivated project work amongst students of science;

Provide opportunities to communicate their achievements to a wider audience;

Provide opportunities for recognition of effort and achievement in a scientific enterprise;

Promote involvement in processes of science and its communication;

Display primary and post primary student’s work to the public.

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Prep PMP

Thank you so much to the parents that have signed up for PMP (Perceptual Motor Program). Please make sure you look at the dates as they are not every Thursday; there are four sessions this term. We look forward to seeing you there, and enjoying the sessions with the children.

Melanie and Shona PMP Coordinators

Year 1 Bugs, Bugs, Bugs Exhibition & IMAX 3D Movie

As part of our Integrated Unit ‘Schoolyard Safari’, Year 1 students will visit the Melbourne Museum Bug Lab Exhibition and the IMAX 3D theatre to view Flight of the Butterflies on Thursday 6th June. The children will investigate the basic structure and function of invertebrates, their habitats, life cycles and adaptations. In the Bugs, Bugs, Bugs! hands-on program, students examine the external features of real

insects, spiders and other arthropods, using a hand lens to sort and classify them scientifically and learn about classification. Students will also learn how Museum scientists look after the insect collection. Students will engage with science inquiry skills and become ‘scientists’ when they observe specimens to make predictions about what is a bug, what is an insect, and how is a spider different to an insect.

In Flight of the Butterflies 3D Movie at IMAX, students will experience the remarkable Monarch butterfly migration in 3D and learn about the determined scientist who spent 40 years trying to discover exactly where the butterflies mysteriously disappeared when they flew south for winter. The children will enjoy the beautiful and colourful world of butterflies while unlocking the secrets of the greatest migration on earth.

Information has been published on Compass; consent and payment is due by Thursday 30th May.

Year 2 Mont De Lancey Excursion

This term, our focus is on 'The Past and the Present'. Our excursion to Mont De Lancey Historic Homestead will provide the students with an experience of school life in the past. 2T and 2PB will be attending on Tuesday 14th May, and 2D and 2LD will be attending on Wednesday 15th May.

Information has been published on Compass; consent and payment is due by today, Friday 10th May.

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Year 5 Camp to Sovereign Hill

The Year 5s had a wonderful trip to the Goldfields at Sovereign Hill. We were lucky to have lovely weather for the first few days of our activities.

The students enthusiastically participated in role-play, gold mine tours, panning for gold, saw how gold is made pure, old fashioned bowling, candle making and more.

We watched a 3D movie of the Big Bang Theory and how gold was first formed on Earth. It was very interesting to see the Indigenous relationship to the land that became Ballarat and the goldfields. After that we watched the Sound and Light Show of the Eureka Rebellion. It was very realistic, loud and colourful and depicted the times of the 1850’s clearly. The students learnt a lot about the impact of the Gold Rush on the colony, immigration, and relationships between different migration groups as well as the impact upon the indigenous local people.

The teachers were very impressed with the values, behaviour and friendly and inclusive nature shown by the Essex Heights students. They are to be congratulated for being such an engaged and terrific cohort to take away on a camp.

Year 5 Teachers

Photos: Jenny Austin

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Music

We have nine students who have been selected to participate in the Destination NEVR Youth Concert at Hamer Hall on Tuesday 28th May.

Tickets are now on sale from artscentremelbourne.com.au.

Winter School Music Program

As part of an ongoing commitment to inclusivity and accessibility, the Cuskelly College of Music is now offering high quality training and performance opportunities with expert musician-educators in the Winter School Music Program, to be held in Tenterfield, NSW, 8th to 12th July. If you have participated in the Summer School you know that you are going to love the Winter School!!!

The Winter School Music Program is a one-week, non-assessed course open to children from 8 years up and to all adults interested in Music and the Arts. Participants will attend daily classes with world-class international and local teachers, and can choose from a wide range of programs, including; children’s choir, music theatre, jazz theory, music games, Pete’s megaband, song writing, string ensemble, jazz choir and instrumental performance. Tertiary students and adults also have the option of attending specialised classes in methods of teaching and cultural materials for the early childhood, primary and secondary classroom. All participants will attend daily musicianship classes relevant to their ability.

Registrations are now open for the Winter School Music Program – please CLICK HERE, or type https://winter.cuskellycollegeofmusic.com/register/ into your web browser.

For more information on the Winter School Music Program and our team, please CLICK HERE, or type https://cuskellycollegeofmusic.com/winter-school/ into your web browser.

For one week, the historic town of Tenterfield will be transformed into a music and arts festival, featuring concerts every evening and lots of community events during the week as part of the Beat of the Bush Festival. Check out the Concerts Poster, and the website for more details (CLICK HERE)!

There’s a course for everyone, and with plenty of tourist attractions around the Tenterfield region it’s a great chance for the whole family to escape to the country for a taste of winter!

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We are working on the Mathematics Garden together with the help of Mr Perini, Mrs Austin, and Ina. On the aerial photo (right) is an approximate location for the Mathematics Garden. The area circled in blue is where the Meditation Garden is going to be, and the area circled in red is where the Mathematics Garden is going to be.

We would like suggestions on what mathematical activities we should put in it. Please place any suggestions in the Mathematics Garden Box in the Office.

Thank you. Yours sincerely

Hong Jin, Maggie, Lucia, Ron, Jaslene & Kylin The Mathematics Garden Team

Mathematics Garden

Munch & Crunch Canteen

Canteen Roster

Monday 13th May - 11.15am to 1.45pm .................. Angela Barwick

Wednesday 15th May - 9.00am to 1.45pm ............... Samantha Skuja & Liyong Lu

Friday 17th May - 9.00am to 1.45pm ........................ James Douglas

Please remember to sign the Visitor’s Register in the Office before coming to the Canteen.

If you are unable to do your rostered duty, or you have any queries, please contact Maria as soon as possible on 0409 934 573.

Maria Vlahos Canteen Manager

Before & After School Care

After Care Activities

Monday .......... Cooking: Pizza Tuesday .......... Party Magic workshop Wednesday .... Soccer with Luke & Mat Thursday ........ Popsicle stick construction Friday ............. Blow up boxes

Paul Davis, Coordinator

Can families please bring their accounts up to date. Thank you to those families that make a concerted effort to pay their accounts on time, your efforts are appreciated.

Please note, if families do not use the program for two months, Centrelink will withdraw your Child Care Subsidy (CCS). I am able to reinstate your CCS. However, you will need to contact me prior to your child re-attending the program. Once I have reinstated your CCS, you will need to go to your myGov account and confirm that you are your child’s legal guardian.

Next Friday at Before School Care, we will be having a Pancake Breakfast. I hope this makes the cold mornings enjoyable and you are warmed up with some tasty pancakes.

This week at After School Care, we have celebrated Mother’s Day. We made tasty cookies and amazing cards for our Mums. Katie did a fun activity with play doh.

Over the next couple of weeks, we have Party Magic coming out to run magic workshops. Watch this space for details. Numbers will be limited for this event. Please let me know if you want to do the workshop so we can get an idea of numbers.

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Parents & Friends News

Thank you to all those who have returned their Fun Run money. An announcement will be made soon in relation to how much we have raised.

Entertainment Membership

Order the NEW 2019-2020 Entertainment Membership - CLICK HERE.

A big THANK YOU goes to several volunteers this week:

Mother’s Day Breakfast: James Douglas and his team in organising the Mother’s Day Breakfast. It was a most enjoyable event and all mothers appreciated the attention given to them! James, the coordinator of the Mother’s Day breakfast, extends a huge and public “thank you” to: Aaron Mott, Chris Nolan, Oudom Chiit, Doug Corben, Darren O’Shaughnessy, Mike Kalyvis, Franz Stocker, Andy Pelletier, Mark Mattrow, Antony Giumurra (who gets the overtime award), Elmer Rentoy, Isha Nikhare, André Bonfrer, Peter Trace and George Perini, as well as at least one other Dad whose name I didn’t get in the rush that was the 8am to 9am shift. You made a marvellous breakfast possible and made a lot of Mums and children happy. I’d also like to thank Steph Trace, Fiona Nicholson Stocker, and Samantha Skuja-Yarnold, who helped with the extensive clean-up process, Kristi Lloyd for coming early and taking so many photos that families will treasure, Gael for sending those special memories to families, and Jo for helping publicise the event.

Secondhand Uniforms: Jen Hill once again co-ordinated a successful stall.

Mother’s Day Stall: Heather Pham and Nicole Allison organised a wonderful Mother’s Day Stall for children to purchase a special gift for their mothers and grandmothers.

Election Day BBQ & Cake Stall

Please look out for the Cake Stall Kits that are coming home for families to contribute to our Election Day Cake Stall on Saturday 18th May. Some trusted recipes will be provided via Compass. Please register your support to help on either the BBQ or Cake Stall - CLICK HERE.

School Banking

Please feel free to join the Banking Team in School any Tuesday morning after drop off … or simply drop in to see what the team does.

The PFA wishes all Mother’s a Happy Mother’s Day.

See you around the school, Fiona Nicholson Stocker

(Mum of Allison 3F)

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Dance Classes

Lunchtime Dance for Years 1 to 6

Lunchtime Dance classes will run on Tuesdays in Term 2 for students in Years 1 to 6. Lessons will commence next Tuesday, 14th May, and conclude on Tuesday 25th June.

Children will be involved in dance warm ups, dance creation activities and learn a choreographed dance. In the last session students will perform their routine for family and friends giving them a sense of achievement. A notice will be sent home a week before this performance.

The lessons run for 30 minutes, take place in the Hall, and are taught by Georgia Lombard from Creative Dance and Drama.

The cost is $40 per child for six lessons.

If you would like your child to participate please obtain a registration form from the school office or visit creativedanceanddrama.com and request a form via the contact page.

After School Dance

There are no vacancies for After School Dance in Term 2. Georgia Lombard

Creative Dance and Drama

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