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Coming Soon

Education & NAIDOC Week 31 July – 4 Aug

Book Fair 31 July – 4 Aug

Jeans for Genes Day 4 Aug

District Athletics 9 Aug

Stage 3 Microsoft Coding Exc. 10 Aug

Stage 2 Camp – Taronga Zoo 23 Aug

Good afternoon parents, carers and

students,

It is been an amazing week for celebrating

public education. Incorporating NAIDOC

week into these celebrations has meant lots

of activities, eating, socialising, learning and

performing for our students.

Thank you to those of you who were able to

participate in our reading workshop for

parents on Monday afternoon. It was a

wonderful opportunity for you all to meet Jo-

Anne Dooner and share in her knowledge

and our reading journey as a school. Jo did

an exceptional job of explaining the

importance of parental talk and world

experiences on reading comprehension and

building background knowledge. We hope

to organise another parent workshop for

you all in the next couple of weeks.

Our students in stage 2 and 3 have had the

opportunity to go and experience some

lessons over at both the boys and girls high

school this week. This has allowed our

student to access expert teachers in a high

school setting for science, art and English.

We look forward to continuing to provide

these opportunities to our students.

The East Hills Community breakfast, that

was funded by the SCIM (School

Community In Motion) project, was a great

success yesterday morning. It was

wonderful to see our parents socialising

with each other, their children and our staff.

Enormous thanks to our staff who assisted

in the organisation and preparation for this

event. We are looking at organising another

breakfast before the end of the year.

The students showcased their learning and

celebration of public education at our school

assembly yesterday. The variety of learning

experiences, skills, talent and opportunities

reflected the impact our teachers are having

on growing well rounded citizens for the

future. I was proud of our student’s

confidence, growth and the quality they

shared with you all.

Just a reminder that when your child is

absent from school, you are required to

write a note explaining the absence and

attach any supporting documentation such

as a doctor’s certificate. Please try to send

this the day your child returns to school.

Congratulations to our 2 golf teams who

participated and won the golf tournament on

Tuesday. Thank you for representing our

3 August 2017 Term 3 Week 3

East Hills Public School `working together for our children’s future`

NEWSLETTER

Lucas Road East Hills NSW 2213

Ph: 9773 8468 Fax: 9792 3948

Easthills-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.easthills-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Kids love rewards Praise healthy habits. This may be snacking on fruit, drinking water and being active. Use treats like stickers, special games and outings, hugs and praise. Avoid using food as a reward.

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school well and a big thankyou to Mrs

Beynon for transporting the students.

Please note that the hall stage is under

construction and our school assemblies will

recommence when it is completed. Thank

you for your patience with this project.

Kind regards,

Donna Casey

JEANS FOR GENES DAY

On Friday, 4 August, we are asking

students to bring in a gold coin donation to

support the charity ‘Jeans for Genes.’ In

return they may wear jeans to school.

The Children’s Medical Research Institute

conducts fundamental scientific research

into the genetics of human health and

disease. Their research efforts include:

understanding and developing more

effective treatments for cancer;

understanding and trialling therapies for

rare diseases like OTC deficiency;

discovering the genes vital for the

development of a healthy baby in order to

one day prevent conditions such as cleft

palate; and unlocking the mysteries of how

brain cells communicate and what goes

wrong in conditions such as epilepsy and

schizophrenia.

SCHOOL SPECTACULAR

Schools Spectacular 2017 tickets are now

officially on sale to the public! We

encourage you to come along and watch

the students from East Hills Public School

perform live. Schools Spectacular are

aiming to have 32, 000 people come and

watch this year’s production titled Own the

Moment. We encourage you to go to the

Ticketek website to purchase your seats

online.

More information for the involved Stage 1

students will be distributed after Miss

Hickman attends the teachers meeting in

Sydney in August.

CARE MONKEY

As you know we take the health and safety

of our students very seriously. As such we

are adopting a new health and safety

application named CareMonkey.

CareMonkey is an innovative parent-

controlled electronic medical form for

schools, clubs and other groups with a duty

of care. It’s an electronic version of the

paper-based forms you currently need to fill

in for excursions, camps, enrolments…and

the like. It provides parents with the

opportunity to update medical information

promptly and accurately while providing the

school with instant access to the emergency

information provided by you. We will be

using the CareMonkey app in the best

interests of the children whilst also reducing

the burden on parents to fill out the same

information on multiple forms throughout the

year.

Parents can use a PC, laptop, tablet or

smart phone to enter the details including:

emergency contacts

medical contacts

medical checklist including asthma, allergies, seizures, diabetes

health and ambulance insurance details

notes and other care instructions from parents

and more…

As a parent we will send you an email from

the CareMonkey system inviting you to

enter the details for your child in an

electronic medical form.

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From the school’s perspective, this

information will only be accessible by the

relevant teacher(s) for your child. However,

if you choose, you will also be able to share

this information with anyone else you trust

with your child's care - their grandparents,

their child-minder, their sports club etc.

Importantly, you choose who accesses this

information.

You don’t need to do anything until you

receive the email requesting the

information. Please feel free to contact the

school if you have any questions. You can

also visit the CareMonkey website for more

information: www.caremonkey.com

We appreciate your assistance.

KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION

East Hills Public School’s Kindergarten

transition program will begin in week 7 of

term 3. This program offers beginning

students a chance to make connections

with their teachers, peers and the best start

to a quality education. Call the office now to

enrol your child for Kindergarten 2018.

NAIDOC WEEK

As part of our NAIDOC week celebrations,

our school has participated in cooking

lemon myrtle and wattle seed pancakes to

playing indigenous games. Each class is

working on a canvas artwork that will come

together to create an amazing rainbow

serpent. Keep on eye out for this fantastic

artwork in the upcoming weeks when it is

displayed proudly in our school. Thank you

to Aunty Carol for the lemon myrtle and

wattle seed for the students to use in their

cooking activity, as well as cooking some

delicious lemon myrtle and macadamia

shortbread biscuits for our staff. The final

part of our NAIDOC week celebrations will

be held on Wednesday 6th September 2017

when Koomurri Dance company conduct an

incursion for all students and staff at our

school to participate in. A big thank goes to

Anna Schluke who is a parent at our school

who donated a lucky door prize she won to

have Koomurri Dance company run the

incursion at our school.

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JACK NEWTON JUNIOR GOLF

GALA DAY

Congratulations to the students in Kokoda

who attended the golf day last Tuesday.

Everyone had a great time and improved

their skills across the day. Our teams did

very well with Mohamed winning the

Longest Drive for boys, Layla winning

Longest Drive for the girls and our Green

Team winning the overall points for the day.

EDUCATION WEEK VISIT TO EAST

HILLS BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

On Monday, Gallipoli and Kokoda attended

the Boys High School for science and

computer lessons from Year 7 and 9

students. We made lava lamps, slime,

LEGO robotics, ooblek and stress balls.

Thanks to the boys who ran the activities

and the teachers who welcomed us into

their classrooms.

PSSA GIRLS AND BOYS SOCCER

The PSSA boys soccer teams did

exceptionally well the last fortnight. Both

junior and senior boys soccer teams played

an outstanding game against Revesby P.S,

with seniors winning 1-0 and Juniors also

winning 2-0. Round 7 boys’ soccer was

forfeited to our advantage due to Revesby

South attending school camp.

PSSA girls’ soccer effort was nothing short

of amazing. Unfortunately our teams lost to

Revesby P.S in round 6.

However our fantastic girls senior team in

defence in round 7 made sure that the ball

didn't come close to our goal when playing

with Revesby South P.S winning 5-2. Great

effort teams! Unfortunately our junior girls

lost this one.

All around it was an awesome game and I

can't wait to see the next one.

P&C NEWS

Our next P&C meeting will be in Term 3 on

Monday 4 September at 9.15am we hope

you are able to join us.

EARN AND LEARN

Don’t forget East Hills Public School is

again participating in the Woolworths Earn

and Learn program between the 26 July

and 19 September. Please collect the earn

and learn stickers and stick them on the

sticker sheet. The sticker sheets or stickers

can be dropped into the school collection

box in the school foyer.

WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Due to current renovations, there will be no

school assembly until further notice.

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