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From the Principal This week began with school photos and it was lovely to see all students in full school uniform, I am looking forward to seeing them! It was during the year 6 photo, I realised how mature and grown-up everyone looked and after today these students are halfway through the term, with 5 weeks left until they finish Primary School forever and can begin to prepare for High School next year.

Kindergarten Transition Monday was the final day for 2019 Kindergarten Transition. We welcomed a new kindergarten student, Dakota. She had a fantastic time and enjoyed exploring the Library as well as participating in activities with the K/1 class. ur assembly will be held next Wednesday 30th May commencing at 2.30pm (

P&C Cupcake Stall This Saturday the P&C are holding a cupcake stall at Bunnings. Please come along and say hello!

Calendar Term 3 Week 3

Friday 4th August Tennis Lessons

Sporting Challenge

Week 4

Monday 7th August LPAF Tickets go on sale today

Book Club Orders Due today

Tuesday 8th August P&C Meeting

Happy things Tea, good music, smiles, a nice read

and hearing “I like you”!

Eltham Public School “Helping Each Other Grow”

Term 4 – Week 5 Wednesday 21

Boatharbour Rd Eltham NSW 2480 T: 6629 1321 F: 6629 1027

E: eltham-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W: www.eltham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Calendar Week 5 Saturday 17 November P&C Cupcake Stall

Bunnings Week 6 Friday 23 November Rugby Clinic: K- 6

Week 7 Saturday 1 December P&C Cupcake Stall

Bunnings Week 9 Monday 10- Friday 14 November Intensive Swimming Wed 12 December End of Year Concert &

Presentation Night Week 10 Tuesday 18 December Year 6 Farewell Dinner

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Term 4 – Week 5 Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Remembrance Day We commemorated Remembrance Day this year in our own classes. Time was spent discussing Remembrance Day, the significance of this year, being the 100th anniversary of the Armistice. We learnt about the event in Canberra ‘62 000 poppies’. A display of 62 000 handcrafted, red poppies on the Memorial's grounds is the centrepiece of commemorations, symbolically representing Australian lives lost in the First World War. Each handcrafted poppy was created by a volunteer and represents an Australian life lost in the First World War. The names of those lost are individually listed on the Memorial’s Roll of Honour. Every single poppy was unique. We all agreed this was a beautiful display.

After watching some footage about Remembrance Day and having a group discussion about how and why it is special to Australians, students were asked to write about Remembrance Day in any genre they chose. There were a range of letters from soldiers, nurses, family members, reflections, diary entries and a variety of poems. I would like to share some writing from the year 5/6 class.

Wylie – Year 5

Remembrance Day is not a day to celebrate, it’s a time for remembering. It’s important to me and I think about everyone who was involved in war.

R – Remembering

E – Everyone involved in War

M – Mates

E – End of War

M – Memories

B – Battles

R – Remembrance Day

A – An emotional day

N – Nurses

C – Commemorate

E - Exhaust

Sienna – Year 6

Remembrance Day to me is a day to remember and honour everyone who went to war and risked their lives for other people.

R – Remember

E – Everyone

M – Meaningful

E – Emotional

M – Mourning

B – Beautiful

R – Red Poppies

A – Anzac biscuits

N – Nurses

C – Commemorate

E – Eleven o’clock

Haiku – Riley Year 6

Marching out to war

Mud, gore and death everywhere

Inexplicable

Laura – Year 6

To me, Remembrance Day means thinking about the people who went to war. They should all be awarded for their bravery and courage, especially those who sacrificed their own lives to help protect our country, they held strong watching people who were killed right in front of them. They kept on fighting, knowing they could be next themselves.

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Term 4 – Week 5 Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Active Kids Vouchers

You may all be familiar with the $100 Active Kids vouchers, which can be used for encouraging kids to participate in sport. From 2019, Service NSW will be also offering $100 Creative Kids vouchers. These can be used towards creative and cultural learning activities outside of the school curriculum. For further details visit www.service.nsw.gov.au/news/creative-kids-coming-soon

Intensive Swimming This year we will be doing Intensive Swimming over one week only in week 9. Students will travel to Alstonville pool daily to participate in two swimming lesson sessions each day, and will return to school at approximately 2pm. Permission notes will be coming home in Week 7. Please keep an eye out for them.

2/3/4 News Last Friday, the class used the Beebots and blocks in robotics. They were given the task to build a garage for the Beebots and then code them to enter and leave the garage. They have moved onto coding on computers now.

Sam – Year 6

R – Remembrance

E – Entire War

M – Men and women who fought

E – Every day

M – Memories

B – Bombs

R – Respect

A – ANZAC

N – Nation

C – Commotion

E – End of WW1

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Term 4 – Week 5 Wednesday, November 21, 2018

This week, students in the 2/3/4 class have been presenting their maths projects. They were commissioned by the Mayor and Council of Barcelona, Spain to revamp their concrete jungles into beautiful and useful communal spaces for all the community to enjoy. They needed to work out the area of their space and all the elements they included.

Presentation Night & End of Year Concert Cathy has been working very hard with the students on their activities for the end of year concert to be held in week 9 at Lismore Heights Public School hall. It is sure to be a great night for everyone!

Year 6 Farewell Dinner The year 6 Farewell dinner will be held at La Vida Restaurant in Lismore on Tuesday, 18 December. For students moving onto High School next year, this is a wonderful night for staff, year 6 students, parents and carers to enjoy a social night commemorating their primary school years.