25th July 2013

Welcome to our new students Welcome to our lovely new students and their families – all 15 of them! Our school is becoming a very popular place to be, and I am confident that this growth will continue based on the outstanding results our students have shown over recent years. I congratulate the staff on the leadership and dedication they have shown to take our school to new heights. Athletics Carnival Last Monday was a perfect example of dedication from our staff, students and community, as they bore the brunt of icy winds and sunshine to hold our annual Athletics Carnival. Several staff members were at the park as daylight began to set up all the events for the children. A huge thank you to that group of teachers - we appreciate your efforts. The day was a wonderful event, and that is due to the organisation of members of our school sports committee, who spent endless hours preparing lists, diagrams and equipment, to make sure the day ran well. Once again we thank you for all that you prepared. The last thank you goes to the parents who showed their support by turning up and supporting the staff and the students wherever help was needed. Without you, some of our planned events would not have taken place. Edensor Park Public School is a strong and supportive community, of people who are here to make a difference to the students, and I am very proud to be part of that community. University of NSW Academic Competitions Congratulations to our students who participated in the University of NSW Academic Competitions. We had some outstanding results – particularly Stella (4D), Chloe (3R) and Alex (4/5H). These students received certificates of Credit and Distinction from the University, which recognised they were in the top 6 to 25% of students in their grades in NSW and ACT. Well done! Education Week Next week is a very exciting week in all Public Schools. It is Education Week! This is a

week for our students to celebrate the wonderful things they do at school, and have a

chance to ‘shine’ for their parents and community. We look forward to many of you joining

us for the events that are outlined in the small booklet brought home by your child. The

events range from Assemblies, Open classrooms, Multicultural travel and picnic lunches.

Please try and find some time to visit next week, as we also have a wonderful Book Fair in

the library, where the children can buy good quality books at very reasonable prices.

K de Falco

Principal

STUDENT INFORMATION UPDATE

The Department of Education & Communities have issued new student medical forms which will help us to collect important information about our the students in our school. The introduction of these Enrolment Registration Medical Forms will mean that we are able to better manage student’s daily and emergency health conditions. These forms have been sent home this week, along with a copy of your child’s enrolment form. Please read these carefully and make any adjustments to if circumstances have changed.

It is very important that our records are accurate and up to date.

Please return these forms to your classroom teacher U R G E N T L Y

SPORT/GROUP PHOTO ORDER

Orders close on Monday, 29th July 2013

Avoid disappointment, and get your order in now!

Thank you, Mr Kusnadi!

The SQUISH BOTTLES that the children were given this week were kindly donated to our school by Mr Kusnadi

Thank you!!

We have a very special theme for Education Week this year. It is all about celebrating our differences, whether it be cultural, academic, learning styles or health. Accepting the differences of others is very important.

Our week will be jam packed with fun-filled activities:

Monday, 29th July : Harmony Day

Tuesday, 30th July : Buddy Classes

Wednesday, 31st July : Education Week Assembly

Picnic with Parents

‘Around the World at Edensor’

Thursday, 1st August : Multicultural Day/Lunch

Friday, 2nd August : Jeans for Genes Day

Book Fair is coming!

When: Monday 29th - Wednesday 31st July

Where: Library

Times: Before school 8.30 - 8.55 am Lunch After school 3.00 - 4.00 pm (Mon & Tues only)

Prices: $1.50 to $15 (average cost $5 or $6)

Students will be looking at the books during their Library time this week and filling in a “wish list”.

Please encourage your child to read and support our school by purchasing a book.

There are many fabulous fiction, information and activity books available.

Hope to see you there,

Christine Bendit

Teacher Librarian

Athletics Carnival Results

The following students have qualified for the Horsley Zone Athletics Carnival, to be held at on Friday, 6th August. Chelsea Robinson (100m, Jnr Relay); Daniella Grima (100m, 800m, Jnr Relay); Fiona Winfield (100m); Kevin Nguyen (100m); Daniel Abbasi (100m); Princston Le (100m); Alannah Greksa (100m, 200m); Tanya Do (100m); Tia Tran (100m); Leon Markovic (100m, 200m, Long Jump, Jnr Boys Relay); Anthony Zic (100m); Paul Younan (100m); Henalisse Papalii (100m), Jnr Girls Relay); Jemma Vogiatzis (100m, Jnr Girls Relay); Stephanie Long (100m, 200m); Tommy Dujo (100m, 200m, 800m, Shot Put, Jnr Boys Relay); Bennedict Simamora (100m, Jnr Boys Relay); Alex Vogiatzis (100m, Shot Put, Jnr Boys Relay); Cindy Pham (100m, 200m, 800m, Shot Put, Snr Girls); Sarah Lewis (100m, 200m, 800m); Alana Zic (100m); Richard Peng (100m, 200m, 800m, Long Jump, Shot Put, Snr Boys Relay); Kane Kasemchainan (100m, Snr Boys); David Neth (100m, Snr Boys Relay); Isabelle Cavallaro (100m, 200m, Snr Girls Relay); Isata Jalloh (100m, 800m, Snr Girls Relay); Alisha Phan (100m, Snr Girls Relay); Joshua To (100m, 200m, 800m Snr Boys Relay); Tommy Le (100m, 200m, 800m); Joel Simpson (100m); Anthony Chau (200m, 800m); Josie Ortiz (200m); Antun Lucic (800m); Alana Nicholas (800m); Chelsea Pham (800m); Natasha Peters (Shot Put); Jemma Vogiatzis (Shot Put); Ryan Kusnadi (Shot Put); Ethan Toon (Shot Put, Discus); Ana Loncar (Shot Put)

Congratulations to all of these students—Good Luck at the Zone!

1st : Bossley : 204 points

2nd : Jamison : 156 points

3rd : Wylde : 155 points

4th : Abbott : 152 points

1st : Bossley : 204 points

2nd : Wylde : 201 points

3rd : Jamison : 177 points

4th : Abbott : 174 points

K Yellow Katrina Coletti, Cory Kocak K Red Noah Masri, Xara Zaineddine Bill Masitabua, Munib Smajic, Dylan Nguyen Ton K Blue Natalie Qaqish, Domenico Carbone Amos Mele, Jacob Elias Sienna Kolar, Serena Audish 1M Darcy Morgan, Matthew Marrouki Dylan Luu, Johnathon Tran 1W Dominic Silic, Zander Angeleski, Tye Giorgio, Talia Coletti, Ronza Badal, Manila Hawil, Anderias Shamoun 2L Chanelle Mimoso, Korn Kasemchainan Natasha Kapitanovic, Savvio Audish Tanja Cupac, Tahlia Zlomislic 2W Elayna Nguyen, Steven Nguyen Branden Scott, Allysen Rogers 2/3E Jeremy Jago, Evelyn Thai Ashlyn Bui, Danijela Bobanovic Tony Lim 3R Hidy Butrs, Joshua Talevski Alannah Greksa, Vince Florio 4D Tia Tran, Anders Yousif Stella Athanasiou, Dre Haghyanus 4/5H Kayla Sae-Lam, Alex Syromahos Rosina Carbone, Jon Vogiatzis Justin Lam, Jason Whittle 5/6K Anthony Chau, Cindy Pham Deon D’Albora, Alana Zic Jonathan Josevski, Evelyn Tran 6M Karla Markovic, Mathew Petrovic Joshua To, Rachel Gandjou

K Yellow Sierra Scott K Red Shamel Helo Amali Droscher K Blue Dahlia Issa Serena Audish Joshua Hong 1M Tommy Pham Ryan Kusnadi 1W Dejan Radulovic Lucas Novaretti 2L Hannah Lewis Chanelle Mimoso Savvio Audish 2W Fiona Winfield Elayna Nguyen 2/3E Danijela Bobanovic Rosalinda Badal 3R Natalija Bobanovic Chloe Athanasiou 4D Esho Samano 4/5H Gabby Florio Leon Markovic Cathy Ninh 5/6K Joshua Yalda Evan Athanasiou Jessica Ellwood 6M Mel Lim Isabelle Cavallaro

K Yellow Eric Alexandroff K Red Sabeerah Atta, Amali Droscher K Blue Chloe Sulamian, Jamie Marano 1M Dylan Luu, Amanda Esho, Patrick Sadeth 1W Paris Giorgio, Dominic Silic, Cathrine Naser 2L Savvio Audish, David Kadri 2W Andrew Simamora, Sapphire Marley 2/3E Ashlyn Bui 3R Jesse Toon 4D Esho Samano 4/5H Fadi Butrs 5/6K Antun Lucic 6M Joshua To

Wasps Ashlyn Bui, Jylise Ann Redbacks Paris Tran, Nathan Matti Scorpians Isabelle Cavallaro, William Nguyen PSSA Netball Jennifer Marano, Yara Mikha Cindy Pham, Tatijana Moric PSSA Soccer Leon Markovic Anders Yousif Snr Boys Antun Lucic Alex Syromahos PSSA Girls Jemma Vogiatzis Soccer Ana Loncar

Mrs Curcio’s Awards: Divya Pratap Hidy Butrs, Lena Alqeshanna

Aussie of the month nominees:

Kindergarten: Munib Smajic, Joshua Hong, Sienna Kolar, Sierrra Scott, Cory Kocak Grade 1 : Richard Ung, Albert Nguyen, Dominic Silic Grade 2 : Nathan Truong, Nicholas Bet Dashto, Fiona Winfield, David Kadri, Natasha Kapitaovic Grade 3 : Lucy Trinh, Vince Florio Maryanne Gewargis Grade 4 : Jimmy Le, Megan Pham, Natalija Moric Grade 5 : Coby Morgan, Alanah Nicholas, Fadi Butrs Grade 6 : Mariam Marrouki, Ethyn Toon, Isata Jalloh

Kindergarten: Amali Droscher

Grade 1 : John Noumeh

Grade 2 : Steven Nguyen

Grade 3 : Daniella Grima

Grade 4 : Jessica Sulamian

Grade 5 : Amelia Manosin

Grade 6 : Tommy Le

KY went to Taronga Zoo to see the animals. We went on a bus and I touched a turtle. I had a good day. By Tristan K Yellow

On Friday I went to the zoo and I looked at the animals. I liked the turtle and the lion. By Amali K Red

I went to Taronga Zoo on Friday. KY went on a bus. I saw a giraffe and touched a lizard.

It rained at the zoo but I still had fun. By Aleisha K Yellow

On Friday I went to the zoo and I saw a giraffe and he was eat-ing leaves. His neck was long. By Sharmael K Red

We went to Taronga Zoo. Some animals were very cute. Kindergarten thought the gorillas were kissing. By

On Friday the 19th July, three very excited Kindergarten classes set off on their first excursion.

K Red, K Blue and K Yellow spent a lovely day at Taronga Park Zoo looking at different animals and learning about animals that we might find in our backyards.

We saw giraffes eating leaves, elephants having a swim and we even saw monkeys kissing! Kindergarten got to pat a blue tongue lizard and a cute little possum.

We were all very tired by the end of the day. The bus trip home was much quieter than on the way there as some students had a little nap. Kindergarten really enjoyed their first excursion!

On Wednesday, Kindergarten Red turned into cute little gummy bears and danced their little hearts out at assembly.

They had some great moves! Ms Cox was very proud of her gummy bears.

Mrs Curcio’s

Maths Wrap Up

Year 2 had a great time learning about Volume & Capacity in the

courtyard this week. They were using a unit (1 Litre or 2 Litre) of

their choice to measure the capacity of a tote tray or bucket.

The students chose to measure with rice, sand or water.

There was a recorder in each group who counted the units going in.

Year 2 discovered that the bucket could be filled 10 times with a

2 Litre unit and 20 times with a 1 Litre unit.

These were some of their findings :

Divya– ‘The bigger the unit, the less you need’.

Korn—’The bigger the unit the less I poured,

the smaller the unit the more I poured’.

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July 29th– 2nd August EDUCATION WEEK 9th Zone Athletics Carnival 13th Maths Competition 28th P&C Meeting August 15th Royal National Park Excursion Yrs 3/4 29th-31st BOOKFAIR September 5th Fathers Day Stall 11-12th Music Festival 17-20th Canberra Excursion Yr 5/6 October 16th Kinder 2014 Orientation Meeting

Children who turn five before 31st July 2014 are eligible to start school next year.

If you have a child, or you know of any children in Edensor Park who will be ready to start school next year, please call into the office now for an enrolment form.