The Engadine Public School

WARATAH WHISPERS OUR SCHOOL VISION

Engadine Public School promotes an inclusive environment that fosters confident, innovative, successful

learners with high moral values. Excellent academic, creative physical and social programs empower each

student to become an active, resilient and informed citizen in our rapidly changing world.”

SCHOOL DIARY

Feb

20 P & C Meeting and AGM

22 MEET the Teacher Kindergarten Classes

23 Swimming Carnival 8 years and over

24 Uniform Shop Open 8.30am

25 Working Bee (8am—4pm)

28 Pancake Day

Mar

2 Welcome to School Disco

9 Hot Dog Day—Canteen

18 Open Air Cinema

20 P & C Meeting

23 School Photos

Our focus on friendships these first weeks has been on approaching and joining in, and our Key

Value of inclusion. The evidence of children allowing others to join in or show them how to play

games, our senior students supporting buddies, whether their own or supporting new students who

seek help, is a real pleasure to witness, and certainly makes days at our school more exciting.

We thank all our students for their friendships which they build, in their class groups, across their

year level or their stage group and across the school. It is wonderful

when families come to the front counter and tell us that they can tell the

students who come from our school because of their friendliness and

acceptance of others in community. What a great tribute to families and

the wonderful programs that the teachers of the school promote, and

most importantly—a great testament to our students! It’s cool to be

kind. Kind kids are cool kids!

The Engadine Public School

WARATAH WHISPERS 1A Waratah Rd Engadine NSW 2233 Phone: 9520 8559 Fax: 9548 1186

Term 1 Week 5— 20 February 2017 Email: engadine-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Friendships Hendrika Green, Principal

Assemblies

Held FORTNIGHTLY On Even Weeks, Yr 3-6 Odd Weeks, K—2 Friday at 2:30pm Two whole school assemblies per term. Next Assembly: 24 Feb Yr 1-2

“Story and Surprise” - Fabulous new opportunity !

P & C - REMINDERS First meeting Monday 20 February 2017, 7:30 pm in staff room. This meeting includes

the AGM. Come along and be part of the group which is so supportive of our school. All

welcome.

School WORKING BEE— Saturday 25 February 2017. All helpful hands welcome.

School News continued

ICAS COMPETITIONS

Social Skills

International Principals Visit—From the Netherlands

SCHOOL NEWS

In Week Five this term (February 21), we will have 16 Principals from the Dutch

Education system visiting our school, meeting with our executive staff and then

visiting classrooms. It is a part of the LEAP (Leading Educators Around the

Planet). You may recall our visitor from Canada last year, who spent two weeks

with us. It will be a wonderful experience for our school and we know our Dutch

visitors will be warmly welcomed, by both students and staff alike.

Throughout the school year, teachers focus on developing skills to building positive relationships among

peers— some children learn these through experience and others need to be taught these skills specifically

in order to apply them. The focus of our teaching points will last for blocks of two weeks, and will be

placed in the newsletter. For the first few weeks of school, however, we will be focussing on the

development of friendships

Approaching and Joining In

Don’t just sit and wait — go ahead and join in!

Parents, we ask that you too go through these skills with your children, and discuss the dos and don’ts.

Perhaps you can ask them if they have tried some of the strategies and what the result was. Children learn

best when they are supported from both school and home with a consistent message. Your assistance is

greatly appreciated.

Dos

Look for people who seem friendly and who are

by themselves or in small groups

Stand near them and wait for a good moment

(Eg: a pause in the game or conversation)

Smile, look in their eyes and say hello. Use their

name if you know it.

Make a positive comment about the game (Eg:

“This is a great game.”) or the topic of their

conversation.

If the individual or group response is good, just

start doing what they are

doing, or talk about what they

are talking about.

Don’ts

Don’t approach large groups as they are

usually harder to join in with.

Don’t barge straight in.

Don’t wait around too long.

Don’t have a sad or sour look on your face.

Don’t look down on the ground.

Don’t say bad things about the game.

Don’t try to take over the game or the

conversation.

Don’t interrupt if someone else is talking.

Don’t try to change the game or the topic of

conversation.

Key Value

Congratulations Keira S—Futsal Achievements

SCHOOL NEWS

Keira is achieving in sports, out side of

school, with her football skills. She has

currently just finished her second season of

Futsal (indoor soccer) with the newly

crowned for the 10x club champions, Inner

West Magic. She has also been selected in

the 11/12 sap squad with Sydney University

(outdoor). She trains 3-4 nights a week to

achieve her dreams. Well done Keira!

Inclusion (Community Key of Success)

The opportunity to have real friends occurs through participation in

family, school, neighbourhoods, and other places where people

gather. Real friendships are genuine caring relationships where

people share common interests, love and respect each other, and

want to spend time together.

Contrary to the idea that these kinds of friendships can only happen

naturally, our experience is that discovering and building real

friendships often requires intentional or deliberate action. Therefore

we value inclusion and award this key of success for those who show

respect and understanding of others and include them in their games

and activities.

Friendships are central to this vision of inclusion. The power of

friendship for belonging can not be overestimated. We know that

friends and relationships with others are vital for self– esteem,

participation, social support and the development of citizenship.

Sometimes being a good friend requires children to negotiate

changes to a game or a plan so all children can be included.

Sometimes being a good friend to others requires encouragement to

try new things. Sometimes it just requires time—a generous gift to

allow someone else the opportunity to show what they can do. In a

world which is so rushed, time can be so valuable to many.

An important thing for children to remember is that “If you want to

have good friends, you need to be a good friend”.

In society we value being part of groups—school is a great place for children to practise skills which include others and develop

their social understanding that we are all individuals, worthy of respect and dignity— worthy of inclusion.

We enjoy and value students showing this important value at our school!

Interrelate Programs Coming Up For Parents of Stage 2 and 3 Students.

SCHOOL NEWS

Positive Parnerships

SCHOOL NEWS

SCHOOL NEWS

Banking (through the Commonwealth Bank) resumed on Thursday 9th

February. New Bankers are welcome.!

This year the theme is “Future Savers”. Prizes for Term 1 are a Cyber

Handball or Colour change markers. Once 10

tokens are collected, they can be exchanged for a

prize. Unused tokens from last year can be redeemed. Further info on the

program can be found at Www.commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

If you have any questions, please either email us at epsbanking@gmail.com or speak to Kelly Bilek, Jess

Evers or Michael Tarman.

The uniform shop now has an email address set up for enquiries. The email inbox will be checked once a week. Enquiries can be sent to epsuniformshop@hotmail.com. Personal Facebook messages will no longer be replied to. An updated uniform price list can be found on the school website, and from the front office. Engadine Public School Uniform shop will be accepting credit card payments from Term 1 2017!!! Any enquiries can be made to epsuniformshop@hotmail.com Winter Uniform Orders : In order to ensure winter warmth is available in a timely manner, orders need to be placed in March—forewarning, as this can also be costly for some families

THE UNIFORM SHOP WILL BE OPEN THIS FRIDAY FROM 8.30am

Payments to the Office

The school is now accepting all online payments for school items and other payments at the office as normal.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we moved to the new system.

P & C Items are required to be paid separately from school items, as the accounts and responsibility lie with different accounts

and different account holders.

School Banking News

Uniform Shop Update

Employment Opportunity

Classroom Requirements 2017

SCHOOL NEWS

A list of classroom requirements for 2017 was sent out during the last weeks of school. To help parents and

students to get organised, please find outlined below a list of classroom requirements for each stage.

Please ensure all items are clearly marked with your child’s name and class.

Stage 1

Year 1 & 2 2017

1 school hat

Rain coat - this must be in your

child's bag every day

Drink bottle

Wet Wipes

Box of Tissues

Earphones (small for iPad/

computers)

Paper towel

Antibacterial/soap in pump

dispenser

Library Bag

1 packet of thin whiteboard

markers

2 A4 display folders (plastic

sleeves

included)

Stage 2

Year 3 & 4 2017

Personal novel

2 x Blue pens

Scissors

USB 8G

1 x 4 pkt Highlighters

Sharpener with container

30cm ruler with mm

1 x 4 pkt whiteboard markers

Headphones

Eraser

1 plastic document wallet with

button or Velcro

1 A4 Homework book

6 x HB pencils

Coloured pencils/ textas

1 box tissues

2 x glue sticks

Wet wipes

Stage 3

Year 5 & 6 2017

Personal novel

4 x Blue pens

4 x Red pens

Scissors

USB 8G

1 x 4 pkt Highlighters

Sharpener with container

30cm ruler with mm

1 x 4 pkt whiteboard markers

Headphones/Chromebook

Eraser

1 plastic document wallet with

button or Velcro

Protractor

4 x HB pencils

Coloured pencils/ textas

1 box tissues

2 x glue sticks

Wet wipes

1/6 E

1 school hat

1 packet of Wet Wipes

2 boxes of Tissues

Headphones

Paper towel

K/2D

1 school hat

1 packet of Wet Wipes

2 boxes of Tissues

Headphones

Paper towel

K/6 CL

1 school hat

3 packets of unscented Wet Wipes

3 boxes of Tissues

3 A4 plastic document envelopes

for school notes, homework, and

work folder.

3/6 S

1 box of tissues

1 packet of Wet wipes

Paper towels

Headphones (each child will need

headphones to be used when

accessing online computer games)

Pencil Case medium size

Good quality HB pencils

White Eraser

2 blue pens (for year 5 and 6)

Coloured pencils and/or twistable

crayons – again a quality brand

for reliability (No Textas please)

P & C NEWS

EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING AT SCHOOL!!

School Canteen News

Lots of exciting things are happening at school during first term! Please take a moment to read

through the dates to remember at the front of the newsletter and mark them in your diary!

WELCOME BBQ AND DISCO—THURSDAY 2nd MARCH

Please join us in welcoming our new and old students and families to Engadine

Public School by coming to our annual Welcome BBQ and Disco.

Disco start times: - Kindergarten, Year 1, and 2: 4.30pm—5.45pm

Year 3, 4, 5, and 6: - 6.00pm—7.15pm

Money can be paid on the day from 4.10pm.

Cost is $7.00 per student (includes disco entry, a packet of chips, and a bottle of water )

Glow bands will be sold by Year 6 students

Sausage Sizzle from 5.00pm at $3 each, Drinks $2.00 each THE CANTEEN WILL NOT BE OPEN

WORKING BEE

We are holding our first Working Bee of the year on Saturday 25th February

Time: 8.00am to approximately 4.00pm – any time you can spare on the day

would be greatly appreciated.

Your P & C committee will be providing morning tea and snacks throughout the

day, but please ensure you bring water and any other food you may want

throughout the day.

Please bring your gardening tools, gloves, rakes, and any other equipment you

may find useful!

PANCAKE DAY—TUESDAY 28th FEBRUARY

The P & C committee will be selling pancakes to the students at recess on

Tuesday 28th February. Cost is 2 pancakes for $2.00.

We will be selling GLUTEN FREE pancakes on the day as well.

Your choice of toppings: - honey, lemon and sugar, maple syrup or

nothing at all—the choice is yours!!

The canteen is open every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday every week..

A new menu item and updated price list is in this newsletter!!

If any parents or grandparents can spare some time to help out in the canteen please let the staff at

the office know and they will pass the message on—we are always happy to welcome any help!

REMINDER—HOT DOG DAY IS THURSDAY 9TH MARCH—GET YOUR ORDERS IN TO THE CANTEEN!!

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