Eleebana Public School Newsletter

70 Ian Street, Eleebana. NSW. 2282.

Phone: 4946 8927

Fax: 4942 8437

Webpage: http://www.eleebana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Email: eleebana-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Twitter: @eleebanaps

Term 4 Week 7 19 November, 2012

Notification of Major Contagious Infections/Diseases Could parents please notify the office immediately if their child(ren) have contracted any of the major contagious infections / diseases including Chicken Pox, Mumps, Measles, Rubella, Scarlet Fever, Glandular Fever, Fifth Disease (Slapped Cheek Syndrome), Hand, Foot and Mouth disease, School sores (Impetigo) Meningitis, Meningococcal and the like to minimise the chance of other students /staff / parents being affected.

Principal‟s Report...

November P&C Meeting The November P&C meeting will be held tonight, Monday 19 November, commencing at 7pm in the staffroom. Come along and find out about school programs, student achievement and parent initiatives. Help make a great school even better.

Operation Art 2012 The artworks by our students Margot D, Jemima H, Tiahn L and Amity O are now on display in the corridor outside the staffroom. Congratulations girls, they look wonderful!

Term 4 Disco The Term 4 disco will be held on Thursday 22 November (Week 7) in the school hall.

The Infants disco will commence at 5.30pm and the Primary disco will commence at 7pm. Entry to the disco is $5, which covers the entertainment (Chris Fraser) and refreshments. All extra money raised will go towards subsidising the cost of Spotlight costumes.

Best of Luck Callam Callam L will compete in the 12 Years 800m event at the National Athletics Carnival in Adelaide from this Friday 23 November. All the best of luck Callam! Your school and community are very proud of your achievements.

Hunter Singers Congratulations Kayla and Erin P who have successfully auditioned for the 2013 Hunter Singers. Well done girls, we are very proud of your achievements.

Hunter Ice Skating Stadium‟s „Wizard of Oz‟ Program The Hunter Ice Skating Stadium will be hosting ‘Wizard of Oz’ program on Thursday 13 December(7pm) and Saturday 15 December (5.30pm). Eleebana PS students Emilia F, Caitlin H, Mia D and Alyssa H will perform in this production. All the best girls! Tickets are available from the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, 230 Macquarie Road, Warners Bay or by calling 4954 4499.

Life Education Program The visiting Life Education Program continues this week. Information and permission notes were sent home several weeks ago as we encourage all of our students to attend where possible. Thanks to Mrs Cathy Buckton for organising this program for Eleebana PS.

Upcoming Events

Monday 3 December Yr 3&4 Outdoor Ed Experience

Thursday 6 December WBHS Parent Orientation Night

Year 5 Year 7 for a Day Excursion

Last Weeks Notes

Tuesday 4 December Yr 5 - Yr 7 for a Day Christmas Scripture

TONIGHT P&C Meeting - 7pm

Thursday 22 November School Disco

Wednesday 5 December Training Band to Splash Zone Yr 6 Orientation Day to WBHS

Thursday 29 November Yr 5 Leadership Day Yr 1-2 Author Talk

Friday 7 December Yr3-6 Presentation Day Kinder Graduation Day Yr1-2 Graduation Day Yr 6 Graduation Day

SAY “NO” TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 25 November to 10 December

www.whiteribbon.org.au

Due to enrolled children's’ life threatening Anaphylactic allergic reaction to all nuts and peanut products, we would like to encourage families not to send these products to school with their children. These include peanut butter, nutella, sesame seeds, loose nuts, muesli, nut or chocolate bars or any products containing any type of nuts.

Band Information The next band meeting will be held next Monday 26 November, commencing at 6pm in the staffroom. We look forward to meeting with members of band families on this evening. There will be a meeting for new (2013)Training Band members and their families on Wednesday 28 November at 6.30pm in the staffroom. At this meeting, families will be welcomed and provided with information about band procedures (including a question and answer session).

2012 Presentation/Graduation Day Our Presentation /Graduation Day is Friday 7 December. The program includes: 9.15am: Years 3-6 Presentation Day ceremony at Warners Bay HS 12 noon: Year 6 Graduation ceremony at EPS hall 1.30pm: Years 1 and 2 Presentation Day ceremony at EPS hall 2.20pm: Kinder Graduation ceremony at EPS hall Our Year 6 Farewell will be held on Wednesday 12 December at Club Macquarie, commencing at 6pm.

Semester 2 Student Reports Semester 2 student reports will come home on Monday 10 December (Week 10). This will give families time to organise a meeting with classroom teachers before the end of term if required.

Glad Gunson Drive Bus Bay New arrangements for school excursions will mean that all buses providing transport for excursions will now leave from, and return to, the Bus Bay on Glad Gunson Drive. Parents are advised to not park in the Bus Bay area on the days when excursions are due to leave or return. Thank you.

Volunteer Ethics Coordinator Primary Ethics are seeking a coordinator for Eleebana PS to take over from Louise Turmine who finishes up at the end of this year. Parents or community members interested in becoming an Ethics Coordinator, on a voluntary basis, are invited to complete an online application form after reading the following selection criteria:

Ethics Coordinators are responsible for liaison between the parents in a school community, Ethics Teachers, the principal of a primary school and Primary Ethics, the provider of the philosophical ethics curriculum and volunteer teacher training.

Interested persons must:

Be available for approximately 10 hours of voluntary work per school term.

Be well organised and able to commit to staying in the role for at least two years.

Have good communication skills and be able to develop a good working relationship with school principals and volunteer ethics teachers.

Be able to interview and select the best ethics volunteers in an impartial manner.

Have daily access to the internet and email; and

Recruit their successor or re-apply for the role at the end of a 2 year period.

For further information call Louise on 4942 8865 or submit an online application form at http://www.primaryethics.com.au/coordinator.html

Parent Suggestion Box At the last P&C meeting it was suggested that a Parent Suggestion Box be placed in the office foyer area (by the P&C), so that parents who are unable to attend a P&C meeting could leave suggestions in the box which could be raised in general business for discussion. This motion was passed.

Parents who leave suggestions would be required to leave their name and the suggestion when placed in the suggestion box. Thank you everyone.

KINDERGARTEN Layla P Katie S Alice B

William F Abby L

Patrick L Logan R

Jasmine A Madeline T

Chloe H Lachlan W Abbey B Sam H Hugh P Talia G

Oliver W Annabella T

Lara W

YEAR 1 Rhys H

Ashton B Rubin A Mia F

Georgia P Ella B

Paige F Banjo L

Dakota K Max E Peter A Levi N Zoe F

Georgia F

YEAR 2 Sorena S Emma K Kyle C

Logan M Haris N Lacey M

Niagara E Adrian K Holly K

Taryck R Jack S

MERIT AWARDS

Times Tables for this Week Years 3 and 4 will revise the 7 times tables this week. Years 5 and 6 will revise the 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 times tables this week. Mr Graham will see class champions on Monday at 11.30am.

Dogs in the School Grounds No dogs are permitted on the school grounds at any time. This is due to the legal ramifications of a dog biting a child, staff or community member, and the obvious deposits left behind that always seem to find the bottom of shoes. Your support of this request is greatly appreciated. Thank you everyone.

If you have any concerns or issues relating to your child(ren) or school matters in general I would be pleased to discuss these with you. Ian Graham, Principal

Office News... Afternoon Pick-Up and Collection of Children The afternoon is a very busy time in the office and, as such we may experience difficulties in passing on messages, received after 2.45pm, to children in their classrooms. Please note that there are no phones in the classrooms and we do not have a PA system to advise teachers of altered arrangements. Please let your children know, that if they are not collected from their usual pick-up spot by 3.05pm, to make their way to the school office to notify us of the situation and collect any messages that were received too late to be delivered. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Afternoon Receipting Please note that there will be no receipting after 12 noon on Thursdays and Fridays due to the schools’ financial end-of-year on 30 November 2012. Receipting will completely close from midday Wednesday 28 November.

Excursion & Other Payments Term accounts were sent out last Thursday. As our end of financial year is fast approaching we would appreciate that all accounts be finalised by this Friday 23 November.

Moving in 2013? If you are leaving Eleebana Public School at the end of 2012 could parents please leave details at the office asap (parents of Year 6 students are not required to contact us). This allows us to perform our 2013 planning and finalise all 2012 requirements.

Overhead Projectors for Sale by Tender Tenders are being taken for two overhead projectors, closing Friday 23 November. Please contact Mrs Weir in the office if you would like to arrange a viewing time.

Library News... I knew Hannah wouldn’t be alone for long! Cassidy M (3/4E) and Emma W (4T) have also completed the 2013 Premier’s Reading Challenge. Well done!

Our orangutan orphans are making great progress, I was hoping to be able to put the updates on the Library window but unfortunately there have been problems with downloading the information and pictures. The updates can be viewed on the website: www.orangutan.org.au/orphan-updates. Our orphans are Jarot, Wigly, Ugo Blanco and Meki. Library borrowing will cease at the end of this week. All books will need to be returned during Week 8 to allow stocktake to begin. Letters will be sent home at the beginning of Week 9 to remind students to return any outstanding books.

Library Monitors have done an outstanding job this year catering to the needs of up to 120 students in the library at lunchtime. Without their valuable contribution, this service would not be able to function as successfully as it does. All monitor badges will need to be returned by the end of Week 8 so they can be issued to the new monitors at the induction ceremony in 2013.

Our last issue of BookClub for the year will close on Monday, 26 November at

9am.

Robyn Forbes

YEAR 3 Alana O

Campbell B Erin D Alex I

Zackary B Jack D

Matthew W Jade B

YEAR 4 Will B

Nadia S Kaitlyn K

Mia C

YEAR 5 Adi D

Isaiah B Kara G

Hannah H Jayden H

Jet L Bradley M Claire S

YEAR 6 Tiana L Max S

Oscar T Abbey M

Lily S Natasha M Miranda J Tiarne F

Alexandra E Margot D Jack M

Katelyn L Tyler C

Daniel C Caitlin M Harry G

MERIT AWARDS

BOOK CLUB ORDERS DUE

Monday 26 November

Don’t forget fruit break!

Sheree’s Hair Design

Shop 2 / 44 Linden Avenue Eleebana

Salon :4942 8119

Mobile: 0413 778 832

“Styling for the whole family”

Excursions/Payments/Permission Notes Due Date

Outdoor Education Experience - Yrs 3 & 4 $40.00 per student

OVERDUE

Cinema Excursion - Year 2 $10 per student + $5 for optional snack

OVERDUE

Leadership Day - Year 5 $6.00 per student

OVERDUE

Splash Zone Excursion - Training Band Nil

OVERDUE

Megamania Excursion - Kindergarten $18.00 per student

OVERDUE

Edgeworth Train Excursion - Year 1 $14.00 per student

OVERDUE

Lambton Pool Excursion - Yrs 3-6 $8.00 per student

OVERDUE

Year 6 Farewell Students Free - Adults $30.00

OVERDUE

Year 7 For a Day - Year 5 $4.00 per student

A.S.A.P

T h a n k s t o o u r C o r p o r a t e Su p p o r t e r s

P&C News...

November P&C Meeting The next meeting will be held tonight, 19 November, 2012 at 7pm in the staffroom. All welcome. Warren Spooner P&C President

Kookaburra Café News... The canteen requires parents to help in the canteen for the school disco on Thursday night. Please see Michelle if you can help out on the night.

Infants from 5.30pm to 6.45pm

Primary from 7.00pm to 8.45pm

Thank you to everyone who came out for dinner last Tuesday night. We had a great night.

The roster for next year is up - why not get a few friends together and put your name down? Dates for next year’s roster are ready to pick up for those of you that have already put your name down.

Michelle Sommerville Canteen Supervisor

Canteen Roster - Term 4 Week 8…

Monday „P 2619/11/12

Tuesday „Q‟ 27/11/12

Wednesday „R‟

28/11/12

Thursday „S‟ 29/11/12

Friday „T‟ 30/11/12

Bronwyn Faber Helen Sayers Nicole Maison Julia Charter Kaaron Black

Narelle Hyslop Kathy Thorncraft Lis D Lisa Katon Michelle Butler

Michelle Hartley

Steve Bradbury Georgia Elbeirout Lisa Kearney

Kristen McDonnell

T h a n k s t o o u r C o r p o r a t e Su p p o r t e r s

To report unauthorised entry or damage to school property, contact School Security Unit on 1300 88 00 21

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS

2.15pm - 2.45pm

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

0411 768 616

School Watch... School Watch is a volunteer program that greatly assists our school. The volunteers take a walk through the school grounds at varying hours checking the windows, doors and looking for trespassers. If a volunteer sights anything they are NOT to approach them, but to ring the school watch number (1300 880 221) and let security and/or the police handle the situation from there. So if you are interested in further assisting our great school community, let the school know.

OOSH News... This week at OOSH we will be making fabric pictures, sand art, angels and crystal snowflakes. We will also be cooking crunchy choc dipped fruit.

Re-enrolment packages for current permanent families are out this week. These need to be returned to the centre with your enrolment fee by the 30 November 2012 to secure your positions for 2013. Any permanent families with fees outstanding for 2012 will be unable to re-enrol, so now is the time to get your fees up to date. By the 1

st December we will have a more accurate view of how

many vacant positions we will be able to fill from our waiting list. We are doing the very best we can to provide care for as many families as possible and appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding.

Happy birthday to the following children: Oliver W, Laura J, Noah C, Rylan A and

Caitlin M. We hope you all celebrate your birthdays in style.

For enquiries or information please phone Carolyn or Kate on 4942 8186 or call in

between 7-9am or 2.30-3pm, NOT at 3pm, which is our busiest time of the day.

Carolyn & Kate OOSH Coordinators

Community Notices... Blood Donors Needed Monday 10 December to Wednesday 12 December from 12.30-6.30pm at Allambee Park, Valentine. Call 131495 to make an appointment.

Variety Club Newcastle Santa Run Date: Sunday 25 November, 2012 Time: Check-in between 8am-9.30am for a 10am start Distance: 3km walk or 5km run Entry Cost: $25 adults or $50 family Entry includes a 5 piece Santa costume Children 5 and under free (and receive a Santa hat) Contact: Kim Priestly - 4965 4911 kim.priestly@varietynsw.org.au variety.org.au

School Holiday Activities at Cardiff Panthers For information on our school holiday program visit cardiff.panthers.com.au or phone 4979 1900.

COMMONWEALTH BANK STUDENT BANKING

DAY IS

WEDNESDAY

Reward Items still available for redemption

for 2012 are:

USB Pen Pod

Booklight Cred Moneybox

Pat the Dog Moneybox Addy Moneybox Pru Moneybox

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Massage

Helping YOU to Enjoy Life $35 for 1 and a 1/2 hours

For appointment please phone Jeff on Mobile 0430 221 525

11 Pannamena Crescent, Eleebana

Reference: Michelle (Canteen Supervisor)

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ELEEBANA SCHOOL HALL Cnr Glad Gunson Drive & Ian St

Tue / Thu 6.00 pm — 7.30 pm Younger children 6.00 pm—7.00 pm

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