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

5 November 2012 No. 21 (Week 5 Term 4)

Educating Communities

I apologise from the outset that there is a lot of

‘educational jargon’ in this week’s newsletter, but it is

valuable information about what is happening in our

school.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED Within the next couple of days every student will

receive a note home to update family details on our

system.

This is VERY important as the future funding of East

Maitland will be based on this. Even if you have not

changed any information since you have enrolled it is

important that you return this form as all our records

have to be checked, as our student data administration

system has changed.

The importance of maintaining accurate and current

information, while always necessary, continues to

become increasingly important for school

management and operation. This includes many

categories of information related to staff, students and

parents that is located in various records, files and

databases held at the school and accessed at state

office level periodically.

The student information gathered at enrolment needs

to be updated at regular periods, as it is important for

meeting student health and welfare needs, student

learning and support requirements (particularly at key

transition periods) and in managing emergency

situations.

In particular, data on parental background including

occupation, school education and qualifications,

current address, language background and

Aboriginality, while perhaps not considered necessary

for day to day teaching and administration in a school,

are becoming more widely used to determine funding

for schools.

PLEASE NOTE: Individually identified data is not

transferred to any other agency or government

department, other than what was described on the

enrolment form.

McHappy Day

This Saturday morning (at 11am), I along with some

other members of staff will be briefly working behind

the counter at Greenhills McDonalds to assist with

raising money for the McHappy Day charities. Please

come along and say hello and support this worthy

cause.

DEC Re-structuring

Along with the massive changes taking place

regarding the Local Schools decision making and

accountability processes, the NSW Department of

Education and Communities has redesigned the

support model available to schools. We will work

within ‘Networks’ of about 40 schools, with a

Director and 5 Executive Directors overseeing this

across the state.

Directors will coach, mentor, advise and support

principals to position their leadership, the professional

practice in their schools and the learning and business

systems that operate on the school site that will deliver

greater local decision making and authority to the

local school level under Local Schools, Local

Decisions.

Student Safety

Please observe the drop-off zones for students in

William Street before 9am. There are ample

legal spaces available for a quick drop-off at the front

of the office. Drop-off in the bus zones is causing

confusion for bus drivers and other motorists and has

the potential for a serious accident. Please observe the

rules in the interests of our children's safety.

Join us tomorrow night the 8th of November at 6.30pm

at East Maitland Bowling Club for our second last

meeting of the year. Please forward any agenda items

to

eastmaitlandpublicschoolpandc@gmail.com.

BOARD SHORT DAY Don’t forget as part of Red Day Thursday the students

can wear board shorts for a gold coin donation. Stu-

dents must wear there school shirt and shoes with the

shorts. Money raised from board shorts day will go

towards the Debating team’s recent trip away.

Cook Books

Cook books are still available at the office they would

make a great Christmas present $15 each or 3 for $40.

Christmas Carol

Remember to save the date of 11 December for our

annual Christmas carols. Keep an eye out for your

family invitation in the coming week.

Uniform Shop News

The Uniform Shop is fully stocked!

School Library Bags are now on sale for $10 each.

Come in and check out the new fleecy lined weather

proof Flying Jackets, available for $35 each.

The Uniform Shop has recently introduced 'Boys

Cargo' shorts and 'Unisex Microfiber' sports shorts

(sizes 4 & 6 only at this stage) priced at $15 each or 2

for $25.

Again, thank you to everyone who volunteered their

time to lend a helping hand on the Kindy Orientation

mornings and for those of you who have very kindly

put your name on the roster.

Smencils

A big thank you to all who ordered Smencils in the Year

6 Fundraiser. They will be given to students to take home

on Monday and Tuesday of next week.

STATE DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The E.M.P.S. debating team travelled to beautiful

Stanwell Tops last week for the State Debating

Championships. The team, Lilly Taylor, Fay Highet, Zoe

Linnane and Toby Burgess were excellent ambassadors

for our school, displaying exemplary behaviour during the

three day camp. The group also displayed exceptional

team work and some sophisticated debating, as they

competed against the other regional winners from across

N.S.W. The team were also lucky enough to get the

opportunity to participate in some fun camp activities in

between debates!

What an amazing achievement to go to the State Debating

Finals- well done, team!

Thanks again to the school community for supporting the

debaters through the ‘Can-of- Drink’ day, to Mrs Cassidy

in the canteen for donating the cans on the day and to the

P&C for their financial support. Your help was much

appreciated and provided a very valuable learning

experience for our team.

All the best to Toby Burgess, who is also part of the

Hunter Central Coast Regional Debating Team and will

compete in the Primary Debating Championships at

Collaroy in December.

Year 6 Transition

On Tuesday 13th November year 6 students will be

required to sit a numeracy and literacy test for Maitland

Grossmann High School. The tests will take place in our

school hall from 9.30am - 12.00pm.

Year 6 Gala Day Maitland Grossmann High School

Students who will be attending MGHS next year are invit-

ed to attend a gala day on Friday 23rd November, more

details to follow.

Banner Winners

Alex Gruber & Joshua Magann

School News P&C News

Canteen News Don’t forget Pizza Day on Thursday.

There are no other lunch orders on

this day.

Uniform Shop Roster

ES1-FT Emilee Miles

Jack Berthold ES1-L Cameron Farmer

Olivia Partridge

ES1-R Hayley Anderson

Riley Roberts ES1-S Lilli Farrell

Rudra Vaidya

S1-D Maddisson Williams

Jayden Miles

Molly Williams

S1-H Jack Studdert

Letisha O’Brien

S1-P Kaleah Harrison

Ruby Nunn S1-NJ Ruby Kasteel

Maison Burkey

S1-T Amelia Johnson

Samuel Mulligan S1-W Savannah Orobello

Carl Dodd

S2-B Jackson Owen

Pheobe Walsh

Max Crowe

S2-C Brodie Singleton

Ethan Montgomery

Cameron Pike

S2-H Jasmine Farmer

Lachlan Watson

Jason Roberts

S2-A Kaylee Nicholes

Logan Hill

Joshua Spence

S2-D Henry Edwards

Logan Richardson

Sam Rutherford

S3-M Nicholas Linde

Olivia Robinson

Finlay Heydon

S3-S Alex Barnett

Keely Buck

CJ Hoffman

S3-N

S3-A Jessica Khuu

Nathan Moore

Emily Morgan

S3-B

S3J Tanisha Donney

Liam Barnes

Georgia Stuart

SC-J Angus Thompson

Hayden Smidt

STLA Jackson Owen

LIFESKILLS’

Jack Gunther - S1-T

Finn Schumacher - ES1-S

Samaritans Christmas School food Appeal

EMPS will be taking part in the annual Christmas Food

Appeal, there will be a box in the foyer for donations.

Samaritans will be handing out the food hampers in the

first week of December so donations can be given up

till the last week of November.

8/11 Kerry McFerran Kimberley Taylor

15/11 Kerry McFerran Noelle Green

22/11 Kerry McFerran Kylie Edwards

SICK BAY LINEN ROSTER

Term 4

9/11/12 Kerry Horner

16/11/12 Jenifer Davey

Any problems please call Joy Edwards on

0422 027745.

Canteen Roster

12/11 Georgia Fletcher Robin Williams

13/11 Kylie Smith

14/11 Chrissy Young Vicki Mendyk Sara Kasteel

15/11 Linda Boardman Vanessa Carlson

16/11 Michelle Dickson Petina Bulmer Leanne Moore

Any problems please phone Jacki -

School 4933 7524 or Home 4932 7226

Quality Work Caitlin Oakley - S2-D

Please go over the following information if you have a child/ren who uses buses to get to and from school. It

comes from the Hunter Valley Buses website.

Code of Conduct for School Students on Buses

When completing an application for subsidised travel under the Scheme, parents and guardians acknowledge

that students have been made aware of the Code of Conduct.

The Code of Conduct was developed by Transport NSW in conjunction with the bus industry,

representatives of parent groups and education authorities. It aims to ensure both the safety of students and

the comfort of other passengers by outlining the behaviour required of students when travelling to and from

school.

The Code of Conduct is printed on the School Student Transport Scheme application forms. Parents/

guardians are asked to discuss these simple rules with their children so that they understand the standards of

behaviour required of students.

Depending on the seriousness of the misbehaviour, students may be penalised if they breach the Code of

Conduct. Students may have their bus pass temporarily or permanently suspended and may be required to

make alternative travel arrangements.

Code of Conduct

When travelling between home and school, students must adhere to various regulations regarding passenger

behaviour and the Code of Conduct for travel by bus.

To ensure their safety and the comfort of other passengers students will:

behave safely at all times

respect the needs and comfort of other passengers

behave appropriately at all times (e.g. no use of offensive language, fighting, spitting, placing feet on

seats or throwing things in or from the bus/train/ferry)

Give up seats to all adults and disabled passengers

protect all property and report any vandalism

show their travel pass or ticket when requested

only use the travel pass for its intended purpose

maintain possession of the travel pass at all times

follow instructions about safety

adhere to the law that bans smoking

not eat and drink in prohibited areas

keep arms, legs and other parts of their bodies inside the bus/train/ferry only attract the attention of the driver in case of emergency.

Knights Wheelchair Rugby League team

This Saturday Wheelchair Rugby League comes to

town in a first for the region.

The Newcastle Knights sponsor a Sydney based team

who will take on the South Sydney Rabbitohs at the

Federation Centre at Maitland. The Knights

Wheelchair Rugby League team will be wearing a full

Knights strip, match times etc are as follows:

When: Saturday 10th November

Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Where: Federation Centre Maitland (Basketball

Stadium) 10 Bent Street Maitland

A come and try afternoon for any interested

participants will be conducted after the game with the

view of forming a Newcastle based team in 2013.

Spectators are most welcome to cheer on the Knights

sponsored team!!

Playgroup Wanted - members! or we may be forced to close....did you know

there is a playgroup at Metford? A small group of mums get to-

gether and have a play with the kids, wonderful facilities and nice

company. Wednesdays at 10am at the Metford

Community Hall (where FDC office is), cnr of Lowe and Schanck

sts. school terms.

Bring fruit to share except kiwifruit and no egg products please

(bikkies etc). Visitors get first two visit free then its $4 per

family per visit until we get more members and $39 membership

per year. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Metford-Community-

Playgroup/126061544079418?fref=ts or call Liz on 0405 420 011