Week 8 - Term 3Mon 1 Sep K - 2 Assembly

Learn to Lead Excursion @ NSHSTue 2 Sep Green Week - Years 5 & 6 - Narrabeen

Beach & Lagoon

Wed 3 Sep Green Week - Year 1 & Year 2School Banking DayPCS Science Fair

Thur 4 Sep Green Week - Kindy - Year 6Show Off Your Lunch Day - Years 4, 6 & 5/6R

Fri 5 Sep Green Week - Kindy

Week 9 - Term 3Mon 8 Sep 3 - 6 Assembly

Tue 9 Sep Canteen Fun Day3-6 Catholic Service in Hall

Wed 10 Sep Skipping Workshops - 3-6P&C 3-6 Disco

Thur 11 Sep CSIRO Incursion - Year 2Show Off Your Lunch Day - Years 4, 6 & 5/6R

Fri 12 Sep Spring PSSA begins

Our School NewsWeek 8 | Commencing 1st September, 2014

Don’t forget to visit our website at elanorahts-pschool.nsw.edu.au

Notes Home This WeekPSSA Notes: Selected StudentsPermission Note: 5MNB: If you have misplaced a note sent home, please check our website (notes tab) first.

Weekly Reminders!Jump Rope for Heart: Don’t forget to get your sponsorshipsGreen Week: check calendarShow Off Your Lunch:Thu Sept 4 - Year 4, 6 & 5/6RLearn to Lead Excursion: Mon Sep 1 School Banking Send bank books in on WednesdayUn-Named Lost Property: Parents, please come and check.

Found!FOUND: 1 new style EHPS jacketFOUND: Kaloo Bunny (is busy assisting Mrs Chapman!!)

Until next time,

Your Principal, Bill Gillespie

School Working BeeWhoops, what a mistake! My apologies to all fathers for trying to organise a working bee on their special day. The working bee will now be held on Saturday, 13 September from 9:30am. During the day we are hoping to remove asparagus fern from the driveway and replant the garden bed near the Kindergarten classroom. Please bring a mattock, shovel or any other digging implements you think will assist on the day. Because of the scope of work we are inviting all grades to come along and help. The day will conclude with a BBQ lunch.

Peninsula Community of Schools (PCS) Science FairThis Wednesday some of our students will be representing our school at the PCS Science Fair. The theme for the Fair is Food for the future: Science feeding the world! Go to http://pcssciencefair.weebly.com/ to find out how our students responded to the theme. You might also look at how the other schools in the PCS interpreted the theme.

Green WeekThis year, because of the increased activities, we have gone from celebrating Green Day to Green Week. Mrs Cullen has organised a huge range of activities for our students. I would like to thank her for the fantastic work she has done to provide our students with quality educational opportunities. Mrs Cullen has more information on Green Week later on in the newsletter.

P&C Trivia NightThis is a night not to be missed! Grab some friends, get dressed up as your favourite band/rocker/era and have some fun. Cost is $25 which includes Pizzas from Toro Nero. This is a wonderful way to support the school, meet new people and have a great night out. Date for your diary: Saturday, 13 September; Time: 7-11:00pm; Venue: School Hall. Order forms are still available at the school office.

3-6 School DiscoUnfortunately the school disco that was going to be held on Wednesday, 10 September has had to be postponed until Term 4. More information about an alternate date will appear shortly.

Book FairThank you to everyone who bought a book at the Book Fair last Monday. Over $8000 worth of books were sold on the day which is a fantastic effort. I would like to thank Mrs Morrison and her band of helpers who worked very hard on a very busy afternoon.

Student AchievementAlisha D (5Z) competed in the Showcase Regional Championships on the Central Coast over the weekend. Alisha qualified for the Nationals in Queensland in both her Classical Ballet and Lyrical Solos receiving Gold Awards in both. Alisha also took out the best costume award, with over 80 solo entries, a great result! Alisha’s troupes also had great success on the day with all 8 numbers qualifying for the nationals. Congratulations Alisha!

Molly B (5C) ran in the Pub2Pub fun run last weekend and finished in a pretty respectable time of 1 hour 38 minutes. This placed her 49th of 245 finishers in the 10 to 18 years category. She ran with her grandfather and beat him home and was only 3 minutes behind her mother. Next year she’s running with her mum while grandad puts his feet up. Well done Molly!

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AND THE AWARD GOES T0...The K-2 Bronze and Silver Awards will be given to the students at the K-2 assemblies and the 3-6 Bronze and Silver Awards will be given to the students at the 3-6 assemblies . The Gold and Diamond Awards will be given out at the K-6 Assembly. If you wish to see your child receive their award at assembly, please first contact the office to confirm this. When sending the 20 mini merits from home, please make sure that the mini merit on top has your child’s full name & class on it. Please do not send them in plastic bags or envelopes. The cut-off time each week is Thursday after recess. Thank you.

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... USER PAY SPORTS - Years 3-6Thank you to the 3 - 6 parents for sending in the booking confirmation notes for the user-pay-sports. The permission and payment notes will not be sent home till all spots in that sport have been filled.

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The Canteen Fun Days help us raise some much needed funds that all goes back to our precious children. Your support is greatly appreciated. Be sure to get your notes returned by THIS FRIDAY, 5th September OR PREFERABLY, you can place your order via Munch Monitor from Tuesday afternoon. Thanks, Wendy.

Weeks 7 to 9 – Term 3MON TUE WED THUR FRI

Week 81/9 – 5/9

KATE M KIRSTI B KIM K LINDA EMICHAELA B

JENNY T REBECCA C

Week 98/9 – 12/9

FIONA F CANTEEN FUN DAY!!ANGIE KPAULA LOU EANTHEA DYVETTE B

SHARON C LOUISE E KELLY GSINA V

Week 1015/9 – 19/9

LUCY K RENATE RKARIN S

BARB La G DANNI QMARTHA

MANDY HNEED HELP

To order school lunches online go to www.munchmonitor.com Use log in – username: Elanora and password: munch2101

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... ELANORA HEIGHTS VILLAGE UPGRADEPittwater Council are currently engaging with the Elanora Heights community on the upgrade to the Elanora Heights Village Centre to provide a vibrant place for the community to enjoy. They are seeking your input on things such as street furniture, etc. A flyer is attached to this newsletter with more information.

You can find more information on their website at pittwater.nsw.gov.au/elanoraheights or email them at elanora@pittwater.nsw.gov.au

Pittwater Council will also be hosting a community BBQ on Saturday, 13 September from 10am at the Village where residents have the opportunity to talk directly to council staff.

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Do you know that you can get a mystery prize? Imagine discovering how many interesting things you can see with your night vision googles…..wow!

All you have to do is fundraise online for Jump Rope for Heart.

When you are one of the first 15 kids at your school who raise $30 or more online, you will get a mystery prize! This might be a ripstik, portable speakers, kite, pogo stick, night vision googles or even a pair of moon boots! Wow!

So jump online and ask your friends and family to sponsor you today!

Happy skipping,

Hi Kids!

Thanks for joining your schools Jump Rope for Heart team. Together, we can have fun and help others. Your school Jump Off day is coming up soon so get skipping. Simply ask family and friends to help you raise money for a great cause! Why not try to use the internet to get sponsors. It’s fun! Log on to www.heartfoundation.org.au/sites/jumpropeforheart and follow the directions! All you need to do is Click, Flick and Skip!

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Green Week | JENNY CULLEN, Environment Co-ordinator

Tuesday 2nd – Friday 5th SeptemberEach year our school has featured a whole school Green Day focussed on environmental education activities. This year the activities are scheduled over four days to accommodate our growing numbers and timetabling requirements. These activities are designed to increase students’ knowledge and appreciation of our extraordinarily rich local environment and also, the pressing problems faced both locally and globally. Parents are welcome to attend any activities. If you have particular experience or interest that you would like to contribute, please let me know!

Waste – Please make an effort to send an earth-friendly lunch and morning tea during Green Week – without plastic or foil. Over a lifetime, the waste created with our food is causing real problems. It is truly heartening to see Elanora students taking pride in their healthy, waste-free lunches and morning teas.

Green Week ActivitiesKindergarten and Year 1: Environmental Art – a 1 ½ hour session with Emmie Collins, an artist and bush regenerator. Students will make an artwork using small found natural objects, so please start collecting. Look for thin, light natural objects which could be easily glued or attached to paper e.g. leaf skeletons, seed pods, small pieces of driftwood, feathers, small shells with holes. Send in from Monday, 25th August. Parent helpers needed.

Years 1 – 6: Birds in our School, Thursday, 4th September – Tim Thurston will give a presentation about the birds who share our playground, particularly the birds named in our school houses: Rosella, Lorrikeet, Kookaburra and Currawong. Tim is an ecologist completing further study in ornithology, researching Rainbow Lorrikeets. He is also a professional bird caller and is experienced in children’s nature education.

Year 2: Waste presentation and audit, Wednesday, 3rd September – Pittwater Council’s Waste Education staff will talk about waste and organise an audit of the total school waste from the previous day. It is several years since the school’s last waste audit so we will be comparing results.

Year 3: Aboriginal Heritage presentation, Thursday, 4th September – a presentation with each class by an officer from the Aboriginal Heritage Office, informing students about aspects of traditional Aboriginal culture and appropriate respect for artefacts such as rock engravings.

Year 4: Catchment education, Wednesday, 3rd September - a class session with Coastal Environment Educators learning about stormwater, where it goes and how we can help keep it clean using a large-scale 3D model of the Narrabeen Lagoon catchment.

Outdoor environmental activities – Year 2: Wed 3rd or Thursday 4th September– Tim will take each Year 2 class for a 1 hour session learning about the habitat and creatures in our grounds.

Year 3: Thursday 4th September - a 1½ - 2 hour session led by a teacher from Gibberagong Environmental Education Centre, learning about the school’s native bushland and creatures who may live there. Gibberagong teachers are specialist staff with the Department of Education and Communities.

Year 4: Thursday 4th September, Dewrang Reserve - a 1½ - 2 hour session led by a teacher from Gibberagong Environmental Education Centre, learning about the importance of local bushland at Dewrang Reserve, above the school.

Years 5 and 6: Tuesday 2nd September, Elanora Heights to Narrabeen Lagoon - following the trail of stormwater (and what it carries) with class teachers. This relates to the Take 3 for the Sea project which Stage 3 students have been working on.

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...MAKE YOUR OWN LUNCH | REBECCA NEW & JENNY CULLENLast week students from 6P, 5/6R, 4C, 4W and 4M participated in the Make Your Own Lunch nutritional talk and workshop. Majority of the students were involved in making their own lunch on that day and were very proud when showcasing it at lunch time. They will now be completing the two week ‘at home’ challenge - to make morning tea and lunch for themselves for ten days!

Also on that day, during recess, we had students in Year 3 and Year 5 showing off their food creations as part of the two week home challenge which they are close to completing.

Thank to you our staff and parent volunteers who came to see what the children had made and gave them some special rewards. The calibre of meals was amazing - creative, colourful, tasty and environmentally friendly...well done everyone!

Thanks once again to our wonderful parent helpers without whom the program could not have run - your time and effort is appreciated by all.

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Cost: $25- per head includes Pizzas from Toro Nero. BYO Nibblies. Soft drink and alcoholic drinks will be available at bar for a small donation.

Great prizes to be won.

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Open on Monday & Thursday from 8.15am to 9.45am

Purchase in store or by order form available online. Pay by cash or card (Eftpos, Visa or Mastercard)

Email: ehps.uniforms@gmail.com

Alterations & Repairs by Michelle Sturrock (Dressmaker and parent), great rates on offer to Elanora families. Details are available at the Uniform Shop.

Second Hand UniformsSecond Hand Uniform Coordinator KAREN WOODLEY

Enquiries or Purchase please call 9913 1292 after 9.00am or email thewoodleys@optusnet.com.au

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The next Music Committee Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 3rd at 730pm at the Elanora Squash courts. All are welcome to attend.

On the Agenda:

1. Music participants code of conduct

2. Where we are at with the MYOB – so we can get invoices out

3. Music and equipment retrieval

4. Coordination progress for Navy Band school visit

5. Tenders for conductors for next year

Junior Band PerformanceGood luck at today’s performance at the K - 2 assembly!

Assembly starts at 2 pm - parents are welcome to attend but please remember not to park on school grounds as the boom gate will be down by the time assembly finishes. You must be out of the grounds by 2.25 or you will have to wait till the boom gate opens at 3.10pm.

Early Morning Drop-Off Parents dropping children off for early morning practice must drop their children off and be out of the school grounds by 7.30am, otherwise please drop your children off at the top of the drive. Parents planning to stay to help will need to park outside the school grounds. Only staff are permitted to drive in after 7.30am.

11C O N N E C T | Week 8 - Term 3 Products & Services advertised are NOT endorsed by Elanora Heights P.S.

DARK HORSE PRODUCTIONS

PONY CAMP

MONDAY 22ND SEPT - FRIDAY 26TH SEPT MONDAY 29TH SEPT - FRIDAY 3RD OCT

Join our fun team of film horses and staff these school holidays! Dark Horse Productions Equestrian Centre is pleased to announce the return of our much loved pony camp program for children aged 7-12 years.Our school holiday program is tailored for interactive learning and outdoor fun centered around the care, training and husbandry of horses and ponies. Children will learn how to brush, feed, wash and ride our equine friends; they will even participate in cleaning of the stables!Every element of our holiday program is designed to promote self-confidence, environmental awareness, individual and group outcomes and just a lot of fun!Let our friendly trained staff help you find a solution to the “what to do these school holidays”For more information and an information pack please call the office of Dark Horse Productions on 9986 2134.

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NIPPERS REGISTRATIONSNorth Curl Curl SLSC - Sunday 14th September - 9am to 3pm.Contact: www.nthcurlcurlslsc.com.au or office@nccslsc.com.au

North Narrabeen Surf Club Sunday 14th & 21st September 2014 - 9am to 12pm Contact: www.nnslscnippers.com or registration@nnslscnippers.com

Hi everyone, Nikita and I (Aspen) have joined the John Maclean Foundation to complete the Kids 4 Kids Ironman. This will have us swimming 3.8kms, riding 180kms and running 42.2kms in a total of 8 weeks.

This will be a very hard task for us as we have to average 500m of swimming each week, 22.5kms bike riding a week and 5.25kms of running a week so we are asking if you could donate whatever you can to motivate us and help raise money for children who desperately need new wheelchairs and don’t get to enjoy the freedom we have. We start our Ironman on Sat 30 August!!!! Thank you, Aspen & Nikita Lievert.To donate whatever you can please go to https://jmfkids4kids2014.everydayhero.com/au/team-askita