GRADE 5/6 EXCURSIONS

Please return all notes as soon as possible.

BILLABONG RANCH

Level 4 will be going to Billabong Ranch Fun Park on Tuesday 24th of November 2020. They will be participating in activities such as Mini Golf, Commando Course, Bouldering Wall and Low Ropes.

All students must be dressed in full school uniform, including a hat and suitable footwear.

Please provide a packed lunch, snacks and a drink bottle of water. Students will be departing EEPS at 9.05am and returning at 2.30pm.

LOCKINGTON POOL

They will also be heading to the Lockington Outdoor Pool on Friday 27th of November, the bus will depart EEPS at 9:05am and return at 2:30pm.

All students must be dressed in full school uniform, including a hat and suitable footwear, they will also require bathers, a towel, sunscreen and a t-shirt that can be worn in the water and a packed snack, lunch and a drink bottle.

HAVE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGED OVER THE COVID PERIOD??

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments for eligible students to attend activities like:

school camps or trips
swimming and school-organised sport programs
outdoor education programs
excursions and incursions.

From 2020, the Victorian Government is investing an additional $160.9 million for the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund over the next four years. This funding will help ensure more than 220,000 government and non-government students from lower-income families are able to participate in camps, sports and excursions each year.

The final eligibility date for CSEF in 2020 has been extended from 14 April until 5 October 2020. So if you have held a concession card within this time frame you could be eligible.

Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or temporary foster parents are eligible to apply. The normal special consideration arrangements continue in addition.

Payments will be made at 50 per cent of the standard per student rates for families eligible between 15 April and 5 October 2020.

Applications must be submitted through the CSEF system by 27 November 2020, so if you think you are eligible please contact the office for a form.

Or alternatively you can print one from this link and return it to the office.

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/about/programs/health/CSEF-Application-Form-2020.pdf

Health and PE Semester 2, 2020.

It has most definitely been a year to remember (or forget) at Echuca East in 2020! Firstly, I would like to thank our wonderful East Community- Parents/carers, students and school staff for supporting each other during these uncertain times. It certainly is heartening to know that even in the most difficult times we can pull together to achieve the best possible outcomes for our students.

Term 3 had us returning to remote learning.

Level 3 and 4 students worked from a ‘Health and Physical Education Flexible Learning Grid which they devised themselves in small groups to come up with ideas they felt they could do at home to stay fit and healthy. The grid had a broad range of activities focusing on different fundamental motor skills across sports such as basketball, football, netball, and athletics. The grid also included a great range of warm up activities and things that could be done individually, with a partner or in a small group.

Level 1 and 2 students also worked from a grid which had easy to follow instructions on how to practise for their Mini Olympics. This grid included running events such as hurdles, sprints, shuttle runs and long jump. In conjunction with the running events there was a range of other skill events/challenges included to improve their fundamental motor skills such as accuracy throw, egg and spoon, rebound catching and much, much more.

Term 4 had us back at the mighty Echuca East PS for some much anticipated onsite learning. It was fantastic to see the students returning to school so eager to get back into their Health and PE lessons. The major focus for this term was on the mental health and wellbeing of the students. Term 4 provided many opportunities for the students to re-engage with their peers whilst participating in a variety of competitive and non-competitive sports such as athletics, soccer, cricket, football and fundamental motor skills rotations.

Throughout all lessons this semester there has been a huge focus on staying healthy and Covid safe by practising good hygiene, sanitising at the beginning and end of each lesson, maintaining social distancing as much as possible, working outside and regularly disinfecting the sports equipment.

Well done Easties you have demonstrated outstanding resilience, let’s hope we can get back to closer to normal in 2021.

Regards,

Ben Holmfield

Health and PE

CIRCUS 2020

This year in circus, students have focused on a mix of hands-on skill-based activities as well as theoretical components. Students had the opportunity to explore a wide range of circus apparatus. Through their exploration, the focus was for students to develop concentration, focus and persistence, assisting students to gain problems solving skills and strength to deal with challenges. The level of difficulty of the activities ranged widely to foster self-confidence and provide reasonable personal challenges to each student, in a non-competitive environment where they could work at their own pace. The implementation of a levels system permitted students to set their own goals to work towards and choose apparatus to focus upon. Sharing new skills and knowledge with peers was encouraged.

Students also had the opportunity to explore the purposes, showmanship and meaning of circus arts. This included the history and elements involved in circus performance, changes from traditional to contemporary circus and clowning.

Regards,

Nicole Chalmers.

FLEXI BUZZ

We have recently been notified by Flexi Buzz that the app will no longer be available for use after June 30th, please check our Facebook page and the Newsletter as we will keep you updated with anything you need to know through these channels and we will notify you when we have sourced a new platform for notices.

2021 PREP ENROLMENTS ARE OPEN https://echucaeastps.vic.edu.au/enrolment/

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