DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - 2019
TERM 2
Sunday 2 June
P&C Working Bee from 10am
Monday 10 June
Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday
Tuesday 11 June
P&C Meeting, 7pm in Bottle Brush classroom
Friday 14 June
Regional Cross Country Carnival
Saturday 15 June
ErkoWiz - get tickets here
Monday 17 June
First Nations Bedtime Stories Challenge
https://firstnationsbedtimestories.com/erko2019
Thursday 20 June
Koomurri performance and workshops
Tuesday 25 June
Last day to drop Earn & Learn stickers to school office or at Woolies store
Monday 31 August 2020
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Tell Them From Me Survey
Thank you to all families who allowed their child/ren to
participate in this years TTFM survey. This confidential
information will help the staff make informed decisions over
programs and initiatives going forward. Next term we will
survey staff and parents regarding school practices and
processes.
Staff Development Day
This year our Staff Development Days will look a little
different. Many of our plans have had to be changed or
modified based on changing advice regarding COVID-19. We
are still hopeful of having our Twilight sessions but the
sticking point has been changing guidelines around training
for CPR/First Aid. Both of these areas are mandatory training
for staff.
Planning
EPS has been heavily involved with strategic support from the
department, especially in strengthening our protocols,
practices and programs around reading. This will be one
aspect of our new planning cycle along with a new situational
analysis. To this end, myself, Ms Sallway and Ms Celic are
involved in writing our analysis and collecting data. Again,
this is to review and improve our practices where necessary.
Parent Meetings
A reminder that Parent/Teacher interviews will be held in the
last two weeks of this term. As we only have two phone
lines, we will have to use Zoom to be able to reach everyone.
A reminder that current guidelines do not allow for earlier
Parent/Teacher meetings unless there is a behaviour or
welfare concern as identified by the teacher. The log in
details for booking has been emailed to each family. Booking
will open on Friday.
SASS Week
Last week was SASS Week (School Administrative Support
Staff). I want to acknowledge the hard work, dedication and
especially the care all our office staff (and staff in general too)
display each and every day. A great team to work with .
Thank you one and all.
Staffing
Finally, congratulations to Ms.Hopkinson who is now a
substantive Assistant Principal (pending appeal) after a very
competitive process. Well done BHop!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - 2020
TERM 3
Friday 4 September
Booking Open (Parent /Teacher Zoom Meeting)
Tuesday 8 September
P&C Zoom Meeting
Monday 14—Thursday 24 September
Parent & Teacher ZOOM meeting
Friday 25 September
Last day of term 3
TERM 4
Monday 12 October
Staff and students return to school
Friday 23 October
Book Week Dress-Up (Curious Creature Wild Minds)
Wednesday 18 November
Opportunity Class Placement Test
Wednesday 16 December
Students last day at school
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 December
EARLY STAGE 1 — CHICK US OUT!
On Monday 17 August there was great excite-ment in Kindergarten as our eggs arrived! Each of the Kindergarten classes received 10 eggs and an incubator to help them to hatch.
The different classes set up special areas for their chicks and developed different ways to make sure they were responsible for looking after them.
Over the next few days, Correa had 7 chicks hatch, Bottle Brush had 5 chicks hatch and Hibiscus had 8 chicks hatch. The chicks then spent two weeks helping our Kindergarten students learn about the life cycle of a chicken, about living things, what they need to survive and about how to care for animals. All the Kindergarten students and Mrs Hopkinson, Mrs Evans, Ms Chan and Ms Mitchell are very sad to see the chicks leave. We will miss their little chirps in our classrooms!
Bottle Brush kept a diary of their chicks’ experience:
Hibiscus wrote a story about their chicks and drew some pictures of their new chick friends:
Hibiscus has 8 fluffy and cute yellow chicks! Whenever we feed them, they jump into their food bowl because they are hungry. It is very funny when they eat like this!
And Correa had some lovely time hanging out with their chicks:
EARLY STAGE 1— CHICK US OUT AGAIN!
Ms Stein has been very busy with Kindergarten
making clay chicks.
On the 25/08/2020 Erko secured another debating win, this time
over Crown Street Public School. Crown Street fought nobly (pun
definitely intended) but in the end Erko was the winner. The
topic was ‘Kids should save their money until they are eighteen.'
The Tough Talkers were negative.
Congratulations to Lulu, Eedi, Max, Angus and Niamh for their
high quality debate. The Erko Tough Talkers have now won two
debates in a row, their next challenge is to get another win,
meaning they will have three wins in a row.
By Angus Edwards and Max Lindsay
Book Week 2020
Due to Covid-19 restrictions things are going to be a little different this
year. Unfortunately no parade but students are invited to dress up on
Friday 23rd October in this years’ theme: Curious Creatures Wild Minds
(or their favourite book character). There will not be a book drive
however, we ask that students bring a gold coin donation on the dress-
up day to contribute to the purchase of library books from Better Dead
Than Dead Newtown.
Dress UP DAY
Friday 23rd October
Congratulation Luka M from Wollemi in his
Achievement in CODE4FUN Coding Challenge
2020. His project got selected among 200 entries
to visit the Quantum computer lab at UNSW on
September 3, 2020. However, due to COVID
restrictions this visit has been postponed.
STAGE 2 INCURSION— STARR PLANETARIUM
SASS RECOGNITION WEEK
A Big ’THANK YOU’ to Mr Haynes, Erko Staff and students for acknowledging the SASS team last week.
There were yummy treats, gorgeous flowers, thoughtful messages from students and even staff in the
office answering calls and administering first aid to students.
Messages from the students:
‘Thank you for sending a call home for my lunch.’
‘Thank you for calling parents when we’re sick or haven’t handed in permission slips.’
‘Thank you for always cheering me up when I’m in the office.’
‘Thank you for always helping me when I’m hurt and when I’m late and need a late note. You’re an amazing help!’
Wear It Purple Day On Friday the 28th of August we wore purple to school to show that we support rainbow youth. We spent the day learning about acceptance and tolerance of our diverse community. We talked about how we as a school can support difference and make rainbow youth feel safe, heard and accepted. We wanted to create this safe space in our school so that our peers can feel safe and included at school.. Skyler & Seb (Lemon Myrtle)
A cute little visitor spotted
on the school ground last
Monday.
Gardening is magic!
Around the Playground!
Thank you parents/carers for all payments
made and received by the school this term.
Class of the Week: Melaleuca
Emma D
Bottle Brush Correa
Elvie Eva
Adele Rylan
Hibiscus Banksia
Enkh-Erdene Ashton
Alex G Eva
Grevillea Viola
Leo Ethan
Hugo
Waratah Wattle
Arlo, Henry Knox, Will
Noah, James Emily N
Blue Gum Boronia
No Assembly No Assembly
Hakea Lilly Pilly
No Assembly Lachlan B
Lachlan C
Wollemi Eucalypt
No Assembly Olivia D
Phillip
Lemon Myrtle Casuarina
Freya Matthew
Ettiene Luca
Melaleuca
Angus Jackson
MERIT AWARDS
Bottle Brush Correa
Sam Dash
Toby Koby
Hibiscus Banksia
James Bailey, Dayton
Timmy Evan, Jethro
Grevillea Viola
Clara Eve
Briella Kiki
Waratah Wattle
Keira Reeva
Olivier Jordan
Blue Gum Boronia
Leyla Matthew
Felix, Hugo Hamish
Hakea Lilly Pilly
Will K Elise
Maria Asta
Wollemi Eucalypt
Margad, Luka M Diarra
Gavin Emily
Lemon Myrtle Casuarina
Skyler, Seb Finn
Max Daniel
Melaleuca
Leo Lucy
Class of the Week:
Skyler
Recognition: Alex, Sam H, Samuel AW, Brock, Tristan
ERSKINEVILLE PS PARENTS & CITIZENS (P&C) ASSOCIATION NEWS
NEXT P&C MEETING Tuesday 8 September (Week 8) from 6:45pm
Currently, we are not able to hold any in-person P&C Meetings due to COVID-19 restrictions, so once again, we will be holding our P&C meeting virtually.
Everyone is welcome to attend, so if you'd like to join the meeting, please email [email protected] and we will send you the access code for the Zoom meeting. You can join a Zoom meeting from your computer, phone or tablet.
HAVE YOUR SAY ABOUT BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE
The Department of Education has commenced a tender process for the provision of Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) at Erskineville Public School.
As part of this tender process, David Hetherington (P&C President) and Kristy Barker (P&C Vice President) will be participating in the selection panel as community representatives.
We want to know what you think.
So that we can accurately represent the community’s views, please let us know what you’d like to see from an Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) provider.
We will be discussing this topic at our P&C meeting next week – details above on how to attend.
If you’re not able to attend the meeting, please send your thoughts to [email protected] by Friday 25 September (end of Term 3) so we can include your feedback in our assessment.
Keep an eye on eNews and kids’ schoolbags for (we hope!) some exciting news about fun way for kids to celebrate the end of Term 3. Details are being confirmed, so stay tuned!
COMMEMORATIVE TEATOWELS Don’t miss out on your limited-edition EPS teatowel, featuring artwork by all EPS students and staff.
These are pre-order only – you must order at www.erkoteatowels.bigcartel.com before the end of Term 3.
Make sure you add your child’s name and class in the ‘Notes’ section at checkout when you order.
Image is an example based on last year’s design. The 2020 design will vary slightly.