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ELERMORE

ENDEAVOUR

Term 4 Week 5 16th November 2018

Dear Parents and Carers,

As I write this newsletter, I am sitting in my office covered from

head to toe in pink, yellow, green, orange, red, blue and

purple, and I could not be more happy about it. My keyboard

is loving the colour upgrade but Mrs Fernyhough is shaking her

head at the state of my desk and chair. Congratulations EVPS

on yet another magnificent community event! Our Colour

Run was huge success and was enjoyed by all involved.

Thank you to all of our parents, grandparents, family and

friends, who came along to support our students and our

school. Special thanks to our P&C for organising this event

and to the NSW Fire Service for making sure we were all

sufficiently damp (or drenched) ensuring the colour stuck to

our clothes. We are blessed to have such a brilliant

community at Elermore Vale and I must make mention of our

fun-loving staff, who always make sure that our students are

able to take part in these events. This was definitely another

day where our school was shining.

I am delighted to announce to our community that Mr Tony

Mandl, our General Assistant, has been successful in being

appointed to our school as a Permanent GA. He will begin his

permanency on Monday, 19th November. Tony has been

working under a temporary contract for the past two years

and this term he was successful in his application for the

permanent position. Congratulations Mr Mandl, we are thrilled

that you will be able to continue ‘Living The Dream’ at EVPS

on a permanent basis.

Congratulations to Mr Wlodarczyk, who is the Vice President

of Crossroad PSSA, on the success of his touch football

carnival that was held yesterday. Congratulations also to our

Stage 3 students, who participated in the carnival.

Next week our Year 6 students will be heading off to Glendale

Technology High School for their Sports Gala Day. This is a

wonderful opportunity for our students to familiarise

themselves with the high school and get to know some of the

teachers they may have next year.

I hope that everyone has a terrific weekend. I am certain that

it will take a lot of soap and water to get us all clean tonight.

Have a great week!

Cassie Bate-Barnier

Principal (Rel)

Term 4 Week 6

Infants Assembly ~KT Mon 19/11

Drama Lessons Tue 20/11

P & C Meeting ~ 7pm Library Tue 20/11

School Banking Wed 21/11

GTHS Year 6 Gala Day Wed 21/11

Dance 2 B Fit Thur 22/11

Term 4 Week 7

Primary Assembly ~ 3/4G Mon 26/11

Drama Lessons Tue 27/11

IILA Leadership Forum Yr 6 Tue 27/11

Schol Banking Wed 28/11

Dance 2 B Fit Thur 29/11

Term 4 Week 8

Infants Assembly ~ KJ & KM Mon 3/12

Drama Lessons Tue 4/12

GTHS Orientation Day Tue 4/12

School Banking Wed 5/12

SRE – Scripture Christmas Performance Wed 5/12

Milkshake Day Thur 6/12

Dance 2 B Fit Thur 6/12

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State Debating Championships

Congratulations to Ruby who attended the State Debating Competition last week, representing the Hunter / Central

Coast region. Ruby and her team travelled to Collaroy Centre and competed against other teams from around New

South Wales.

Her team performed very well, just missing out on a spot in the semi-finals leaving New England to take the win. Ruby

reported that "it was a great educational experience and would definitely attend again if possible." Well done!

Mr Wlodarczyk

Absent:

Lucas Hall,

Ciara Milsom

& Amy

Flanagan

Congratulations to our

week 4

Eagle Award recipients

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CAPA Chocolate Fundraiser 2018

A very big thank you to the students and families who have volunteered to support our school CAPA program through

our chocolate fundraiser. It would be greatly appreciated if all chocolate boxes could be returned to the school by

Friday 23rd November, 2018.

Thank you,

CAPA Committee

Announcement: Still Taking Enrolments + Free Trial Lessons

The Music Bus are still enrolments for Term 4 and are also now offering new

students a chance to try the program out for free.

The Music Bus have limited availability in Singing, Keyboard, Guitar, Drums

and Ukulele lessons so it advised to book asap. You can book in a free trial

wherever there is a seat available. You can view the school’s Music Bus

schedule on their website at www.themusicbus.com.au/find-your-school

then simply call 1300 168 742 to request your free trial lesson (1 free trial per

child).

The Music Bus is a wonderful music program that many of our students are

already enjoying – a brilliant and cost-effective way for students to get fun

and specialist music lessons without parents having to travel all over the

area after school. Cost of lessons is only $16 per week (Drums $18), around

half the price of a regular private lesson.

If you’re interested in your child having music lessons through The Music Bus

or for more info, check out their website at www.themusicbus.com.au or

call 1300 168 742

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P&C Information http://www.elermoreva-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/your-p-c

Feel free to contact us at evpspandc@gmail.com

P&C Meeting

The P&C Meeting will be held next Tuesday, 20th November, at 7.00pm in the library. This is the last P&C meeting of 2018,

please join us to round out the year. All welcome!

CAPA Chocolate Boxes

We would like to thank everyone for their support with this CAPA fundraiser, which comes to a close next Friday. Please

return all money to the office by Friday, 23rd November.

If you have any questions, please contact Penny Kirkwood on 0414 774 797.

School Banking Rewards – what you need to know

There has been a postal delay with rewards that have been ordered. They are currently taking 3 weeks to get here, so

please ensure you order by Week 7 to receive your reward this year! Thank you for your patience.

You can pre-order your reward with 9 tokens. Just fill out the order form and put in your school bank book.

The rewards still available during 2018 are:

Twister Power Handball

Sparkle Glitter Pens

Glow Light

Mighty Boom Handball

Heat Reactor Pencils

Slushie Maker Cup

Zoom Flying Disc

Please note that School Banking will NOT be done on the last day of school, Wednesday, 19th December.

P&C Position Vacant: Canteen Secretary

Please contact the P&C at evpspandc@gmail.com to express your interest, or to find out for more information about this

position you can click here. Forms are available here.

Canteen Roster

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Deb can be contacted on 4955 9016 or 0403 597 582 with any questions regarding the Canteen.