LEADERS’ NEWS

All classes are excited in readiness for the End of Year Concert next Tuesday, and at this stage the weather is looking promising, though pack a jacket! Special thanks to

Caroline Fitzgerald who has filled in for Joy Groves this term and is responsible for much of the planning for the night. We encourage families to bring a picnic tea and we will be cooking a Sausage and Burger Sizzle available from 6pm for families who come straight from work. The Canteen will serve snacks, soft drinks and coffee before the concert starts. A reminder that chairs shouldn't be placed before the end of the school day, and only in designated areas marked with chalk. I was fortunate to join 50 Year 6 students and some Year 5s to participate in the Kickstart for Kids No Breakfast Breakfast held in Victoria Square this morning. It was an early start with Simone our Pastoral Care support and Laura Potts; we were hosted by radio 102.3, as well as learning more about the valuable programme this organisation runs, solely on donations.

Invitations have been sent to all those who have helped in the school in any way throughout 2018. We value your time and efforts and wish to thank you with a special afternoon tea. We hope you are able to join us from 4-5pm Monday, December 10th. This event will incorporate the opening of our Nature Play space. While we understand students will be present, they will be asked to play either on the asphalt or oval, and won’t be catered for with refreshments. They will be the responsibility of their parents. Student Reports will be sent home Wednesday, December 12th, giving you the opportunity to discuss your child's progress with their class teacher before the end of the year. This is a summative report about your child's learning this year, so none of the information should be new or surprising. The report includes achievement levels for all learning areas (except Receptions), as well as an effort level to indicate their attitude and application to their studies. Learner Powers of self- managing, collaborating, communicating, thinking and researching are reflective of your child’s ability to work independently, creatively and positively to develop life learning skills. Self- reflections are written by the students and highlight strengths and growth areas across the year.

DATES TO REMEMBER NOVEMBER

Fri 30th Assembly – JP host – 2.20pm DECEMBER

Tues 4th

Mon 10th Concert night - 7.00pm Volunteer Afternoon tea/Nature Play Opening

10th Rm 1, 2, 16 Aquatic Excursion

Tues 11th Rm 4, 5, 6, 17 Aquatic Excursion

Wed 12th Year 7 Graduation – 7.00pm

12th Reports go home

Thurs 13th Year 6/7 Aqua splash

Fri 14th Last day of Term 4

2.10pm dismissal Casual Clothes day – gold coin donation

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Week 7 – THURSDAY, 29th November 2018

Concert night – Tuesday, 4th Dec, 7.00pm Please read for more details

Teachers have worked hard to place students in appropriate classes for 2019, and this information will be sent home with the Reports once students have met their new teacher. We will publish names of teachers, year levels and room numbers in the week 9 newsletter once they are finalised. Judy, Helena and the Year book team have once again done an amazing job producing a quality book of memories. We are able to keep the cost at $25 so if you haven't already ordered one I suggest you do. Kathy Papps

STEM – Room 14

Room 14 has been working hard throughout Term 3 to complete their STEM project partnered with their chosen industry link. Last week the students officially presented their completed STEM design solutions back to Commercial & General. They were lucky enough to be able to present to the companies CEO, Construction manager, Marketing manager and Site supervisor for the construction of the new Bunnings in Melrose Park. We were all blown away by the depth of understanding presented by all students, as well as their high levels of creativity and confidence when giving a business style proposal. The students were working on a multi-faceted problem which involved designing a carpark that would flow correctly, meet safety standard and contain over 400 carparks! Alongside this the students also had to consider Australian building standards and implement a design for entering and exiting the building, placement of lifts and travelators and lastly present two business models with marketing strategies for other potential companies that could lease the building from Commercial & General if needed in the future. Congratulations to students for another successful STEM program in 2018.

Morgan Scottney-Turbill – Year 6/7 teacher

HOT NOODLE CUP ORDERS

Due to Work Health and Safety reasons and a recent incident there have been some changes with Hot Noodle cup orders. Orders are now to be placed at the Front Office / Cashier prior to school starting each day. These are NOT a lunch alternative, and will be served, after cooling, to the students AFTER lunch eating period when play-time commences. They are offered as a snack food only; in addition to a child’s main lunch from home OR in addition to a Beck’s Bakehouse lunch order (Thurs-Fri only). Hot Noodle Cups will NOT be available at the Canteen without pre-order.

SCHOOL RUGBY JUMPERS

As of next year we will be selling the school rugby jumper from our Uniform shop. The cost of these jumpers will be $60. These will be ordered over the holidays so stock will be available from early next year. These jumpers are good quality and will look really smart. Please pop into the uniform shop to see the sample or ask more information or put your child’s name on the waiting list. First in, best dressed!!!

WALKING SCHOOL BUS NEWS WALKING SCHOOL BUS - Congratulations to Amber, Grace, William, Chelsea, Violet, who have walked to school 10 walks. They will receive a voucher at assembly which entitles them to a free ice block from the office any lunch time. Wow, lots of walkers, how great and good weather for an ice block!!!

LIONS CHRISTMAS CAKES AND PUDDINGS

FOR SALE Our local Lions Club are selling Lions Christmas Cakes and Puddings. This year they are available from our front office if anyone is interested. Large traditional cakes - $17.00 Small traditional cake -$13.00 Traditional Christmas pudding - $13.00 Please ask at the front office for more information.

GREAT HELPERS

At OSHC this week, the students pictured spent lots of time running around the whole school collecting bags of rubbish, saying they hope they can help save the environment and make the school more beautiful. A big thanks to Isabella W, Riley S, Wolf H and Indy-Rose. Dennis - OSHC Director

SPORT NEWS

END OF SEASON BASKETBALL BREAK UP Basketball presentation will be held on Tuesday 11th after school in the hall. All players and parents welcome. Thanks, Narelle Burns, Basketball coordinator END OF SEASON CRICET BREAK UP The Edwardstown Cricket season for 2018 ends on Saturday 8th December At the completion of the final B grade match, we will be conducting end of season presentations for all teams. Please join us at the Edwardstown school oval at 10:30am to acknowledge all players & parents involved in making this another successful season. Thanks, David Handsaker EPS Cricket Coordinator END OF SEASON TEEBALL BREAK UP Teeball presentation will be held on Thursday 13th after school. Thanks, Linda North

myON SUMMER READING 2018

myON SUMMER READING 2018 Letters have been handed out to each child explaining the competition that our school is involved in throughout the coming School holidays. Your child has access to over 6000 audio books for free to read. Each book that they finish goes onto our records. If our school has the most books read through the specified time we will win a subscription to the on-line library. There is a great selection of books, some already in our library and some brand new to your child. Please see me for more questions.

So happy reading…… Liza from the Library

www.myON.com/school/ASR

2018 YEAR BOOK 2018 YEAR BOOK ORDER YOUR 2018 YEARBOOK NOW! After many months of work our yearbook committee has nearly completed the EPS yearbook for 2018. It will be ready for collection in Week 9. If you would like to pre-order your copy, please fill out the order form below. We have ordered 140 yearbooks and it will be first in first served. The book will have memories of special events throughout the year as well as each class putting together their own page, school sporting events, etc. It’s a great memorabilia keepsake of what’s happened at E.P.S during 2018. What a great thing to keep. Books will be handed out in the last week of Term 4. Book cost is $25.00(GST inclusive).

Thank you - 2018 Yearbook committee Limited copies of previous Yearbooks dating back to 2010 are available at a reduced price. See Vicky Bashford if interested. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YEAR BOOK ORDER FORM Name:________________________ Rm No:_______ Please find enclosed $_______ for _______ book(s) @ $25 each. Signed: ______________________

EPS SPECIAL EVENT TOPS

Missing EPS Special Event Tops We are missing several EPS Special Event Tops which the senior students have borrowed for various events including Cross Country, Netball, Athletics, Volleyball, Rugby and AFL 9's. They are navy blue with yellow writing on the back and front. If you have one of these we would appreciate you returning it asap. Thanks, Sue Boggiano

STRAWBERRY FAIR NEWS

A massive thank you to everyone who supported the Craft Stall at this year’s Strawberry Fair.

To those who made beautiful and generous donations of materials and completed craft items, the families who got involved with our cupcake fundraiser, helped at our disco night working bee, the classes and teachers who made items for our stall, the parents and students who helped on Fair Day and everyone who came to buy our unique handmade items, Thank you! We couldn’t have done it without you!

To Jim and the office staff who answered our questions and gave us a place to store our things, thank you.

To Miss L & her lovely class, Thank you for all the awesome products you made and sold! Miss L, thank you for your energy and super sales skills!!

To the Craft Stall team; Steph, Holly, Nicole and Tania (your husbands and kids), you are all amazing! Your enthusiasm throughout the year, your creativity and the love you put into what you do is what makes our Craft Stall a

beautiful success! Thank you! Alice Pannenburg EPS Craft Stall

BBQ will be available from 6.00pm……Canteen will be open from 6.00pm – 6.45……Craft Stall is back…..Glo sticks for sale - 3 for $1.00…..Programmes will be available but we do ask for a gold coin donation to cover costs of the hire of the stage and lighting. All of the monies collected on the night will help pay for the concert costs. See you there!!

End of year wrap! WOW! What a fantastic busy few weeks!

Term 4 without a doubt has to be the busiest time of the year, in the last 2 weeks here are some of the things we have done.

Year 7 transition seminar - There are many feelings that Year 7’s encounter as they go through the change that going to

high school brings; excitement, anticipation, anxiety and many more. Through interactive

storytelling, video clips games and activities, our Year 7’s were taken through strategies that can

help them tackle these challenges during transition, providing further skills that they can also

use as they navigate their way through life.

Christmas presentation & lunchtime craft We were treated to a humorous and engaging presentation, important elements of Christmas were shared, gift giving, trimming of trees, sharing, and joyful friendship – and in a sensitive inclusive and relevant way we were also taken through the Christmas story.

It was so much fun! , there was plenty of tinsel lots of games, plenty of singing in a lyp sync battle and quite a bit of dancing!

Following on from the Christmas presentation, Colonel Light Gardens Uniting Church kindly came along and had some

lunchtime fun creating Christmas crafts with the whole school, tree making with pipe cleaners at it’s best! They had such a

good time and the kids always really enjoy the time they get to ‘create’. Special thanks to Rev Lawrie Lingood and his amazing volunteer helpers.

Kickstart for kids ‘No breakfast breakfast’ 50 year 6 and some year 5 students from 4 classes were taken to

Victoria Square in the city for the annual, Kickstart for kids, ‘No breakfast, breakfast’ fundraiser. What an amazing and special treat, not only were the kids given breakfast, they were also able to take part in many

activities and games. Thanks Mix 102.3 and Kickstart for kids!

A note from Pastoral Care – Simone

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