E Ermington Public School Newsletter 2020 Week 1 Tuesday 28 th January Wednesday 29 th Jan Week 2 Monday 3 rd February Week 3 Tuesday 11 th Feb Wednesday 12 th Feb Week 4 Wednesday 19 th Feb Week 5 Thursday 27 th Feb Week 7 Wednesday 11 th Mar Week 8 Monday 23 rd March Tuesday 24 th March Wednesday 25 th Mar CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2020 Staff Development Day – No Students Students return for 2020 (Years 1 – 6) Backflips Against Bullying Incursion (Year 1-6) Kindergarten 2020 – First Full Day at Big School School Band resumes 5M & 6G Quarantine Station Excursion P&C Meeting – 7pm - Library Meet the Teacher evening School Swimming Carnival Zone Swimming Carnival Year 5 Camp – Great Aussie Bush Camp Year 5 Camp – Great Aussie Bush Camp Year 5 Camp – Great Aussie Bush Camp CURRENT NOTES/PAYMENTS Backflip Against Bullying Show (Years 1 – 6) Payment to be finalise Swimming Carnival (Years 3-6 + Year 2’s turning 8 in 2020 that can swim 50m) Permission note and payment by Wednesday, 20 th February Quarantine Station Excursion (5M & 6G) Permission note and payment by Thursday, 6 th February Winbourne Street, West Ryde NSW 2114 Email: [email protected]Phone: 02 9874 4109 Fax: 02 9804 7552 Week 2 Term 1 Tuesday, 4 th February 2020 ENGAGED PROUD SUCCESSFUL
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Ermington Public School Newsletter
2020 Week 1 Tuesday 28th January Wednesday 29th Jan Week 2 Monday 3rd February Week 3 Tuesday 11th Feb Wednesday 12th Feb Week 4 Wednesday 19th Feb Week 5 Thursday 27th Feb Week 7 Wednesday 11th Mar Week 8 Monday 23rd March Tuesday 24th March Wednesday 25th Mar
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2020 Staff Development Day – No Students Students return for 2020 (Years 1 – 6) Backflips Against Bullying Incursion (Year 1-6) Kindergarten 2020 – First Full Day at Big School School Band resumes 5M & 6G Quarantine Station Excursion P&C Meeting – 7pm - Library Meet the Teacher evening School Swimming Carnival Zone Swimming Carnival Year 5 Camp – Great Aussie Bush Camp Year 5 Camp – Great Aussie Bush Camp Year 5 Camp – Great Aussie Bush Camp
CURRENT NOTES/PAYMENTS
Backflip Against Bullying Show (Years 1 – 6)
Payment to be finalise Swimming Carnival (Years 3-6 + Year 2’s turning 8 in 2020 that can swim 50m)
Permission note and payment by Wednesday, 20th February
Quarantine Station Excursion (5M & 6G)
Permission note and payment by Thursday, 6th February
Welcome to 2020 and what is set to be another year of engaging teaching and learning opportunities. A wonderful welcome to all new families that are joining Ermington Public School and a warm welcome to Kindergarten 2020 and the Year 5 Opportunity Class. I would like to thank the school community for following the recommendations and expectations regarding Novel Coronavirus as communicated by the Departments of Education and Health which are the appropriate information channels. Since the commencement of school, the administrative, executive and teaching staff have been working with students and their families to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of all. All information has been provided through the School eNews app and as soon as any update are released, information is provided to the community via this app. In order to support the school community and ensure maximum attendance, we have postponed our Meet the Teacher Evening. This will now be held on Wednesday, 19th February. Meet the Teacher Evening – Wednesday, 19th February Due to the success of last year’s Meet the Teacher evening the school will continue to provide the opportunity for parents to attend more than one session if they have children in different classes throughout the school. A repeat session has been coordinated for each class. All sessions will be held in classrooms. We look forward to parent attendance at this event. Please note that this is an event for parents.
Time Session
4:30pm Kindergarten to Year 2 (Session 1) Location: Classrooms - KC, KS, KY, 1A, 2/1W, 2D, 2T
5:00pm Welcome – Principal’s Address, Meet the P&C and enjoy some light refreshments: Location: COLA
5:30pm Kindergarten to Year 2 (Session 2 – repeat of Session 1) Location: Classrooms - KC, KS, KY, 1A, 2/1W, 2D, 2T
School Organisation for 2020 - “It takes a village to raise a child.” At Ermington PS we value working in partnership with parents/carers to ensure all students are Engaged, Proud and Successful. All students are individuals! Like adults they have different needs and different personalities. Some students may speak a different language at home or some may still be learning English. Some students may wear glasses and some may need instructions to be repeated. Other students might need to use assistive technology to help them learn. Some may need extension tasks and some may need regular encouragement and additional support to persevere in learning activities. All students are unique and we are proud of the diversity of students at Ermington Public School. The outstanding staff at Ermington Public School are committed to working with you, your child and with each other to improve student learning and wellbeing outcomes.
Class Teacher
KC Mrs Robyn Cheng
KS Miss Amy Scott
KY Miss Bonnie Youssef
1A Miss Mariliza Aguas
1/2W Miss Lucy Workman (Rel. Assistant Principal Stage 1)
2D Mrs Rebecca Donnelly (M-W) and Mrs Sophia Qian (Th-F)
Principal Report
2T Ms Judy Taylor
3J Miss Julie Blackman
3W Mr Connor Whyntie (Mon-Th Assistant Principal Stage 2) and Mrs Vicki Kwan (F)
4D Mrs Daksha Dhanji
4L Miss Chau Lam
5H Mrs Kate Harrison (M-Th) and Mr Martin Clark (F)
5M - OC Miss Erin McMurray
6/5L Mr Glenn Lawless (Rel. Assistant Principal Stage 3)
Year 6C Mrs Gai-Louise Clarke
Year 6G - OC Miss Kylie Grover
Learning Success and Engagement Team
Learning Success and Engagement Coordinator
Mrs Mandy Ennion (Assistant Principal) Ms Jen Riley (Principal)
Literacy and Numeracy Instructional Leader Mrs Narelle Mackenzie (Assistant Principal)
Learning and Support Mrs Emma Brae Mr David O’Keefe
English as an Additional Language/Dialect + Literacy and Numeracy Support
Mr David O’Keefe
Quality Teaching Successful Students – Early Years
Mrs Rosemary Stevens
Wellbeing Mentor Mr Martin Clark
School Counsellor Ms Sharon Taylor (Tues and Fri)
School Learning and Support Officers Mrs Eleanor Civitella Mrs Liza Giltinan Mrs Silvana Spanovic
Wellbeing Support - Chaplain Mrs Gayoung Kim
Student Programs (RFF)
K-2 Music/Creative Arts RFF
Mrs Beth Vallentine
3-6 Personal Development/Health and Physical Education
Mr Martin Clark
Library Mrs Penny Harrison
School Administrative and Support Staff (Office)
School Administrative Manager Ms Mary Barry
School Administrative Officer Mrs Tracy Connors Mrs Norrie Summerhayes (M-W)
Assets and Maintenance
General Assistant Mr Mario De Reland Mr Norm Bels
Information and Communication Technology Mr George Spiros
School Transformation In 2019, our school underwent significant building works and I am pleased to report that A, B and C Blocks are almost complete. Carpet has been updated in most buildings across the school and toilet blocks attached to buildings have been freshly painted. New furniture has also been coordinated for some areas in the school. I know the students will benefit from the quality learning environments and I am certain all students will continue to take pride in their school.
Novel Coronavirus: Update advice for Parents – 2 February 2020 Current advice from the Australian Government Department of Health for parents in regards to the Novel Coronavirus is:
Any student and staff arriving in Australia from 1 February 2020 who has been in mainland China or transited through mainland China (not just Hubei province) is excluded from school and child care services for a period of 14 days from the date they left mainland China as the Novel Coronavirus’ incubation period can be as long as two weeks.
Any confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus will be excluded until they are medically cleared to return Close contact of a confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus will be excluded for 14 days since last contact with
the confirmed case. Any student and staff arriving before 1 February our previous advice remains that students and staff who
were in Hubei province are excluded from school or child care services for 14 days, and those who were in the rest of China are requested not to not attend school or child care services for a period of 14 days after leaving China.
More information can be found at NSW Health.
Students who returned to Australia from mainland China more than 14 days ago and have shown no symptoms are able to return to school. The Ministry of Health has processes in place to identify any close contacts of cases confirmed in Australia. Advice about not attending school would be provided to these close contacts by the Ministry of Health. There has been a small number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in NSW. Consistent with current guidelines, staff and students who are unwell with respiratory illness should remain at home until symptoms resolve. In accordance with our current practice if any child becomes unwell we will implement our infection control guidelines and follow the advice provided by the Ministry of Health as appropriate. The Department of Education will continue to work with the Ministry of Health to monitor and respond to the unfolding international novel coronavirus situation.
Ms Jen Riley Principal
Kindergarten Kindergarten had a fantastic first day and the students are settling in well to their new classes! Thank you to those who have brought their child's class supplies, tissues, whiteboard markers, paper towel, glue and paint shirts. Ear phones are also needed that will fit into an iPad or computer. We look forward to a fantastic year of learning!
Stage 1 Welcome back for what promises to be a tremendous year for our Stage 1 students. Students are now in their 2020 classes and are settling in well to their new classes, as well as getting to know their teachers and class mates. Over the coming weeks, Stage 1 classes will be setting up classroom systems, procedures and routines. The Stage 1 teachers look forward to meeting all families and are excited to discuss specific teaching and learning information at the Meet the Teacher night on Wednesday 19th February. Thank you to those who have submitted stationary and resources. Please ensure all items are clearly labelled. Here is some students from Stage 1 on their first day of Year 1 and Year 2.
Stage 2 Welcome to a brand new year for 2020! Our classes are 3J, 3W, 4D and 4L. We are looking forward to an exciting year of learning and valuable experiences. We are going to be learning about Significant Places in geography, plants and trees in science and lots of other things. Our teachers Mr Whyntie, Miss Lam, Mrs Dhanji and Miss Blackman are looking forward to meeting all of our wonderful families in Stage 2. Thank you to those families who have already brought in their school supplies. Have a wonderful week! Stage 3 Stage 3 have started off the new year with great enthusiasm! Students were greeted on Day 1 with an exciting performance of Backflips Against Bullying and thoroughly enjoyed the show and message. The students have been placed into their 2020 classes on Monday and we have 5H, 5M, 6C, 6G and 6/5L comprising the stage this year. We look forward to seeing how the new Year 6 cohort lead the school throughout the year and assist the younger students in the school as the year progresses. The teachers have been very impressed with the Stage 3 attitudes in class and towards their peers and each of them should be extremely pleased with their approach to schooling this year. Keep up the good work! Lost Ring An expensive ring has been handed into the office. It was located near the OOSH building. Please come to the school office and describe the ring to claim it. SUMMER PSSA TRYOUTS - YEARS 3, 4, 5 AND 6. This week we will be holding try outs for summer PSSA teams. (Year 3 students are eligible to try out for junior teams) Tuesday 8.00am - Oval
If your child is unable to make these times please see the relevant teacher. Mrs Clarke - PSSA Co-ordinator
Sport News
Around the school
P&C MEETING – Wednesday, 12th February The P&C General Meeting is on Wednesday, 12th February. At this meeting we will be electing President and Secretary for 2020 and we invite everyone to attend and have their say.
Date: Wednesday 12th February Time: 7:00pm Where: Ermington Public School Library
There 2 executive roles to fill a brief description can be found below: Main role of the President:
Chair P&C meetings
Ensure the objectives of the P&C Association are met
Ensure that the P&C takes part in decision-making processes in the school
Foster fair participation of all members and ensure that all new members are made to feel welcome
Consistent adherence to the constitution
Act as the P&C Association’s spokesperson when public statements or actions are needed
Setting up lines of communication with the Principal
Being signatory on the Association’s bank accounts Role of the Secretary:
Responsible for carrying out the administrative tasks
Prepares all meeting agendas.
Takes notes during the P&C meetings and produces a set of Minutes for subsequent distribution to all financial members
Receiving and tabling all correspondence as well as writing and dispatching outgoing correspondence
Issues notice of all meetings and maintains official records of the P&C Association such as the constitution, ABN details, list of financial (voting) members, Minutes, Attendance book.
If you would like to nominate yourself or another individual for a position please contact or email the Vice-President at [email protected] with the nominees name and position they are interested in. Uniform Shop The uniform shop will be closed this Wednesday, 5th February and be opening on Wednesday, 12th February before the P&C meeting from 5.30pm to 6.30pm. We suggest that parents place online orders will still be processing during closure times of the uniform shop. The uniform shop order form can be obtained in the school office or on the school website. If you are able to volunteer even 1 day a month please contact the school office or email [email protected] School Banking School Banking Day will commence on Tuesday, 11th February (Week 3). School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way for students to learn about money and develop good savings habits. For each weekly deposit made at school, students will earn an exciting reward every time they reach 10 deposits. Getting involved in School Banking is easy! All you need to get involved in the School Banking program is a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account. You can open an account for your child in one of two ways:
1. Online - Visit www.commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account.
2. In branch - Visit a Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for yourself and your child, like a driver’s licence and birth certificate.
If your child has previously participated in School Banking, or has an existing Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account, they can start banking straight away by bringing their Dollarmites deposit wallet to school on School Banking day. Our School Banking program is made possible because of volunteers. The School Banking is processed at the same time each week (Tuesday) and will only take a small amount of your time (9:00am to 10:00am). If you are interested in volunteering for this great program, please contact Nancy on 0417 229 639 or via email [email protected] If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for a 2020 School Banking program information pack from the school office or visit www.commbank.com.au/schoolbanking Exciting new Treetop Savers rewards Terry Denton's Activity Book and Mini Soccer Ball (size 2) are now available in Term 1, while stocks last!
VOLUNTEERS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED! We may need to close on another day unless we have more people to help out. Volunteers are needed for Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays this year! Most volunteers work 1 day only per month, you may do more if you wish! Bring along a friend you would like to work with. Full training provided. Please contact Wendy (Canteen Manager) on 0412 154 004 or [email protected] if you can help. ONLINE CANTEEN For ALL users of My School Connect - The new classes have now been updated. It is your responsibility to place your child’s name in the correct class (before you place your first order) to ensure your child receives their order in the correct lunch basket. ROSTER
Mon 3 Feb Wendy, Nirmali Mon 10 Feb Wendy Tues 4 Feb Wendy Tues 11 Feb Ros, Nirmali Wed CLOSED Wed CLOSED Thurs 6 Feb Wendy, Cherry Thurs 13 Feb Wendy, Vera (am), Xiaomin (pm) Fri 7 Feb Wendy, Patricia, Karen Fri 14 Feb Wendy, Vicky
Newsletter Deadline Newsletter articles need to be submitted to the school email by Monday 1pm. These should be
KIDS ON KEYBOARD Kids on Keyboard is a fun and easy way to introduce children to the world of music and the keyboard. Class is open for students from Years 2 to 6. It is run before school on Wednesdays. If you are interested in enrolling your child for 2020 or want more information please contact Christine Dieckmann on 0409 247 424.
