ENPS School News
Introducing David Foley and Tandy Johnson
Principal News - Term 3 Week 8
Upcoming Dates /Events to Remember
| September 2024 | Permission or Payment Due | |
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| 8th | Term 3 Working Bee | |
| 10th | Year 5 Sovereign Hill Excursion | Due 5th September |
| 11th | Footy Day | |
| 12th | Divsion Athletics | Due 11th September |
| 12th | RUOK Day | |
| 18th | Prep Transition No1 | |
| 20th | Term 3 Final Assembly : Dismissal 2:30pm |
| October 2024 | Permission or Payment Due | |
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| 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 |
| Family Working Bee- Sunday 8th Sept |
Student of the Week - Term 3 Week 7
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| Prep A | Emily | For showing the school value of achievement. Emily, you have been doing wonderfully with your writing and have been doing a magnificent job putting finger spaces between your words. Well Done! |
| Prep B | Christine | For showing the school value of Achievement! Christine, you are impressing me so much with your reading and writing. I am so proud of how hard you have worked throughout Term 3!
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| Prep C | NA | For showing the school value of
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| 1A | Mason | For showing the school value of Achievement. Mason has worked hard to extend his knowledge in our skip counting unit. He has persevered and found patterns when counting by fives! Congratulations Mason, you are a learning superstar!
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| 1B | Sunday | For showing the school value of achievement. Sunday confidently shared her favourite picture storybook, ‘The Very Noisy Baby’ with the class and has been working her heart out on all her learning tasks. You’re a star, Sunday!
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| 1C | Lily | For showing all 4 CARE school values.Lily, I love how you are always ‘Being Your Best’, consistently following the group plan, show wonderful whole body listening and are a kind and caring 1C friend. |
| 2A | Mack | For showing all of the school values. Mack consistently shows all the school values through making great choices, always trying his best and the kindness he shows to everyone around him.
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| 2B | Reiva | For showing the school value of respect. Reiva you are consistently polite, inclusive and always try your best.
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| 2C | Theo | For showing the school value of achievement. Theo I have been impressed with your attitude towards your tasks in class. Well Done
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| 3A | Archer | For showing the school values of C.A.R.E. Archer, you consistently display our values, day in day out!
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| 3B | Abby | For showing the school value of achievement! I was so impressed by the descriptive language in your Big Write!!
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| 3C | Oliver | For showing the school values of Achievement and Respect. Ollie I have been blown away by your focus and listening skills. I am so proud to see you making good choices in the classroom and the yard. Keep up the great work!
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| 4A | Arbor | FFor showing the value of Achievement. Arbor has had a great term. He has been ready to learn and worked hard to put in his best effort at school. You’re a star, Arbor.
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| 4B | Daniel
| For showing all the school CARE values. Daniel, you have showed excellent teamwork and effort during all tasks. Well done! |
| 4C | Mila | For showing the school value of CARE. Mila always demonstrates our values by the way she approaches school life. Congratulations
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| 5A | All of 5A | For showing all of the school values when working with relief teachers and when in other classrooms during the running of inter school sports. It is wonderful to hear great things about 5A!
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| 5B | Leo | For showing the school value of achievement. Leo, it has been so great to see you working really hard during our current Maths unit. You should be proud of all the effort you have put into your learning. Keep up the great work! |
| 5C | Anabelle | For showing the school value of cooperation and achievement by supporting others to feel included and involving herself in all class discussions. |
| 5D | Daniel | For showing the school value of Achievement. Daniel has produced brilliant work in his Grammar tasks and Imaginative Writing piece about ‘A Day in the Life of my Pencil’. His confidence has also grown with Fractions. Congratulations Daniel! |
| 6A | Mason
Conor | For showing the school value of Achievement. Mason always tries his best effort regardless of the subject and actively seeks feedback.
For showing the school value of Achievement. Well done Conor on producing and presenting a great presentation about Ireland. |
| 6B | Sid | For showing all the school values! Sid you are such a positive member of our class and your enthusiasm brings so much fun to 6B. Congratulations!
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| 6C | Jack | For showing the school value of Achievement. Jack is showing great persistence and a positive approach to his Maths - and making fantastic progress! |
| PERFORMING ARTS | Prep C | For showing the school value of achieving their best i their first drama work! |
| ART | Prep B | For showing the school value of Empathy! Prep A you always care for each other. Well Done!
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| PE | 1A | For showing the school value of cooperation and achievement. Your encouragement of one another was fantastic!
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| AUSLAN | 1B | For showing the school value of Cooperation by working well as a team
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| Library | 4C | For showing the school value of ACHIEVEMENT by sharing wondering ideas during class discussion!
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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 4th September at 7pm, on school grounds. All are welcome.
2024 PFA PROGRAM UPDATE
- T-Shirts have arrived and will be distributed this week.
- Father’s Day stall in the hall was a success. Thank you to all the helpers for making it happen.
- A reminder of Working Bee on Sunday 8th. Sign Up link below.
- Footy Day lunch Wednesday 11th Sep. We will be opening up the old canteen to serve a hot dog lunch, with a special footy cookie. Orders will open soon. Sign Up link for volunteers coming soon.
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).
Working Bee - Sunday 8th September
- MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK - come to our family-friendly working bee.
- There are 2 x 2 hour shifts available. Bring your kids and mingle with ENPS families over a snag at lunchtime.
MORNING SHIFT - 10am - 12pm
SAUSAGE SIZZLE LUNCH -12-12:30pm
AFTERNOON SHIFT - 12:30-2pm
- SignUp link: https://signup.com/go/SrEARfq
Special Footy Lunch, Wed 11th Sep
- WhatsApp working group - https://chat.whatsapp.com/DoeWs0XF6F23TCVwSkVsym
- We are planning a hot lunch on the day of the footy parade at around 9-10ish. Orders to open soon.
- Helpers will be needed to pack and serve the lunch in the lead-up to, and on the day. Sign Up Link coming.
Disco, Fri 25th October
- WhatsApp working group - https://chat.whatsapp.com/CG9xaIwbk5h40evHsVm7z6
- We will be running a side-meeting at the 4th Sep PFA group meeting to organise.
- 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
ORDER YOUR FOOTY DAY HOT DOG LUNCH
The PFA is running ‘canteen for a day’ on WEDNESDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER. We will be blasting out footy anthems as kids grab their pre-paid hot dog lunch from the canteen window. Check out attached flyer for all of the details (inc. dietary options).
ORDER HERE - https://myschoolconnect.com.au/index.php?route=account/student
Cutoff is Tuesday 3rd September 10pm
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