Principal News - Term 3 Week 9

Wow, what an amazing jampacked week we have had! It started on Sunday with a fabulous turnout of families to help improve the school at our Term 3 Working Bee. Over 300 plants were planted, and garden beds mulched. Pathways were cleared and our Prep- 2 sandpit no longer looks like an abandoned mine. The cubby houses got a fresh coat of paint, and the assembly area decks also received some TLC in being freshly stained. They look and smell great as one wanders past. Thank you to Seth once again for leading the team of helpers and to Kimberly for cooking the snags that everyone enjoyed between shifts.

On Tuesday the year 5 students enjoyed seeing lots of what they have been learning about the goldfields on their excursion to Sovereign Hill. It was perfect weather to be in Ballarat (this was a stroke of luck!) and to see the students panning for gold, making candles and seeing gold poured to produce a bullion. It was a wonderful day!

Wednesday was our traditional footy day. The parade was awesome with students dressing in their team colours of the league they follow. The House Captains led this event and did a wonderful job. Whole school parades bring everyone together and they certainly are a highlight for our students. The students excitedly enjoyed a special footy day lunch put on by the PFA that included a custom cookie. Thank you to Tiffany for making the cookies. Thank you to Kimberly for once again coordinating a whole school lunch event. These events take a lot of work and organisation, and it does not go unnoticed by our school! The students loved it and the PFA helped to make the day very special for our students.

Wishing you a lovely weekend and see you all back next week for our final week of Term 3! Hard to believe but it’s almost here.

Upcoming Dates /Events to Remember

	September 2024	Permission or Payment Due
18th	Prep Transition No1
20th	Term 3 Final Assembly : Dismissal 2:30pm

	October 2024	Permission or Payment Due
7th	First Day of Term 4
14th	Prep Information Afternoon
14th	Dental Van
16th	Region Athletics
17th	School Council Board No
23rd	Prep Transition No2
25th	Disco Day
29th	Year 5/6 Solar Science Incursion

Compass News:


Friendly reminder : Invitation to participate in the 2024 Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey
Eltham North Primary School Vacation Care Calendar
Annual ENPS Family Weekend to Healesville 2024
Free Mobile Dental Van Visit
Reported Case of Whooping cough and Pneumonia

Student of the Week - Term 3 Week 8

Class	Child Name	Reason
Prep A	Hudson	For showing all the school values. Hudson, you have been working so hard to make improvements to your writing and the way you help your classmates and I makes you a special part of Prep A. Well Done!
Prep B	Ivar	For showing the school value of Achievement! Ivar I am so proud of the goal you set yourself in our writing session and to see you work so hard to achieve it. You continue to amaze me with your progress. Well done!
Prep C	Jack	For showing the school value of Respect. Jack, you have been a great listener on the mat this week, and have been working so hard in class. Keep up the great work, superstar!
1A	Poppy	For showing the school value of Achievement. Poppy has worked hard to apply herself to learning. A great job concentrating on teacher expectations for each task. Keep up the awesome attitude!
1B	Eli	For showing the school value of Achievement. Mrs Smith has been very pleased with the effort you’ve been applying to class tasks.
1C	All of 1C	For showing the school value of Achievement. I am so proud of your efforts during Literacy Groups this week! Well done!
2A	Madison	For showing all of the school values. Maddy makes excellent choices each day and always tries her best. She can be relied upon to help others. Keep up the amazing work.
2B	Jude	For showing the school value of Achievement, working hard, with much enthusiasm in reading groups.
2C	Ash	For showing the school value of Co-operation and Empathy. Ash you are a great member of 2C, you show empathy towards your friends and participate in group tasks with enthusiasm. Well Done.
3A	Sierra	For showing the school values of Achievement & Respect. Sierra, I've been so impressed with your dedication to your Writer’s Notebook, and love the respect you show to all teachers.
3B	Zoe	For showing the school value of achievement in our writing sessions. I can’t wait to read your published narrative!
3C	Gene	For showing the school values of achievement and cooperation. Gene I’m so proud to see the effort you are putting into your learning this term and loved seeing you working so well with your group during our inquiry stop motion filming this week. Keep up the great work!
4A	Annabel	For showing the value of Achievement. Annabel, you have been showing persistence and resilience. Your ability to ‘keep going’ when things are challenging, is very commendable. Well done.
4B	Zoe	For showing the school value of Cooperation and Achievement. Oe, you have shown excellent teamwork in your news report project and commitment to writing your personal best. You should be very proud of your work.
4C	Winifred	For showing the school value of achievement. I am so proud of the extra effort you have been putting in your learning, particularly maths. Keep it up
5A	Isabelle	For showing all of the school values in class each day and especially, for the enthusiasm she shows in sharing her strategies in numeracy and literacy.
5B	Lila	For showing the school value of Achievement. Lila, you have done so well to make it through to the second state round of the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee. You should be very proud of yourself. You are a spelling superstar!
5C	Alex S	For showing the school value of cooperation and respect. Alex brings joy and happiness to the classroom and is always cheering his classmates on. Go Alex!
5D	Leila H	For showing the school value of Achievement. Leila has planned out a high Imaginative Recount all about an orphan on the Goldfields. She has improved tremendously in Maths, especially in our recent unit all about Fractions. Congratulations Leila!
6A	Charlotte	For showing the school value of Cooperation. Charlotte, you always strive for your group to succeed.
6B	Neil	For showing the school value of Achievement. Neil works so hard in maths and his enthusiasm for it is infectious! Congratulations Neil on consistently achieving amazing results!

ENPS PFA - Everyone is welcome!

Eltham North PS PFA - Everyone is welcome!

Here’s the latest news….

NEXT PFA MEETING

The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 16th October at 7pm, on school grounds. All are welcome.

2024 PFA PROGRAM UPDATE

A survey is being developed to better understand ENPS family opinion on volunteer involvement at the school, e.g. working bees, also regarding Mothers and Fathers Day stalls, 2026 and recurrent events, social events, financial contributions, and where we want fundraised money to go. Look out for the survey over the coming weeks and SHARE YOUR VOICE!
Working bee! Thanks so much to all the volunteers, especially Seth and family for all the organising work. We planted around 300 plants; moved 6m3 of sand into sandpits; painted the three cubbies; mulched garden beds; cleaned pathways; stained the assembly decking AND fed the teams with a sausage sizzle. Keep an eye out for Term 4 working bee announcements.

Footy day lunch! 400+ kids came through the canteen window and were served in under one hour. A big thanks to everyone who helped and HUGE HUGE thanks to Tiffany for the cookies and Kim for steering the ship.

If you would like to help or volunteer time for any upcoming events, please let us know via email elthamnorthprimarypfa@gmail.com or you can join a Sign Up or WhatsApp working group (see links below).

Disco, DATE CHANGE TO 1st November

WhatsApp working group - https://chat.whatsapp.com/CG9xaIwbk5h40evHsVm7z6.
We are looking for a DJ to volunteer time and also possibly equipment. Please drop us a line if you have any leads on this.

Grade 6 Graduation, December 16th

Grade 6 graduation will be held on the evening of December 16th. It was formerly a tradition at ENPS that Grade 5 parents would support this night and in 2024 we are restarting this "pay it forward" act.
The school would love approximately 12 parent helpers from the Grade 5 cohort to help from around 6pm on the 16th December, for a couple of hours. Helpers will be serving food and helping with simple tasks to support the dinner. Venue Eltham High School.
If you have any questions feel free to contact the PFA on elthamnorthprimarypfa@gmail.com. Otherwise, if you are able, please put the date in your calendar and look out for the call for volunteers later in the year.

PFA connections

If you want to stay in the know and find out where you can pitch in, please join our PFA WhatsApp thread, join the next PFA meeting and keep an eye on this newsletter section.

Email- elthamnorthprimarypfa@gmail.com WhatsApp Group - Join the conversation

PFA events for 2024 will be posted to the ENPS Website Calendar

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