Volume 26 Issue 12 05 May 2017 9 Iyyar 5777

From the Primary School

Natanya Milner – Head of Primary

Welcome to Term 2. We are off to a great start and it has been wonderful to see all the children back and settled so quickly. This term is filled with exciting opportunities such as the Year 6 Northern Territory trip, Music Camp, excursions, Mothers Day, twilight concerts and more. We look forward to sharing many of these opportunities with you all. I thought it was important to offer a few reminders about some key areas of interest:

Emailing Teachers

There are still many parents who are emailing teachers during the school day with urgent matters that require immediate responses. Please keep in mind that the teachers are not expected to check their emails between 8 am and 4 pm as they are teaching and supervising children during these times. It is always best to email in advance wherever possible. When urgent matters arise, emailing through to the Primary office (primaryoffice@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au) prior to 2.30 pm is the best way to ensure a message is able to be passed on. It is important that your email includes the child’s name and class so that the information can be passed on efficiently. I  would also like to remind you of the structure of our school emails. Whenever you would like to email a staff member, their email addresses are first initialsurname@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

 Attendance

This term we will focus on ensuring students are arriving at school on time. There are still many students who are arriving after the bell. This impacts their ability to settle for the day. Many important announcements and routines are shared at the beginning of the day and students who miss these can find it difficult to know of opportunities on offer and remember different events and instructions. We would really appreciate families committing to making it to school by the 8.15 am bell. 

Uniform

There are many students who are missing uniform items at the moment. It may be helpful for everyone to look at their uniforms at home and return to school those that have other children’s names on them. Please return these to lost property so they can be returned to their rightful owner.

If your child has borrowed any items from the school’s loan supply, please wash and return these as soon as possible to the Primary office.

Canteen

Flexischools orders close at 9.00 am. Please ensure canteen orders are placed before this time as children are otherwise spending their lunchtimes trying to resolve what has happened to their food.

Updating information through the Parent Portal

The Portal contains all the important information that we use to contact you and keep your children safe. If any contact details, medical, dietary and allergy information change, please ensure that you log into the Portal and update these. Next time you are online, it may be worth checking that the information that we currently have is up to date and accurate.

Yom Ha’Atzmaut

It was wonderful to celebrate Yom Ha’Aztmaut this week. The School was transformed into a sea of blue and white and the children had a wonderful time celebrating Israel’s birthday. Thank you to Adam Carpenter, Stacey Rosenfeld and our amazing Hebrew/Jewish Studies team for their organisation and planning.

NAPLAN

We wish our Year 3 and 5 students all the very best for next week’s NAPLAN assessments. These tests take place in classrooms next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

Coby New, Year 6, with the donated boots

Mazal tov, Coby!

Coby New has recently collected over 60 pairs of boots for the ‘Boots for All’ program. These shoes will be cleaned and sent to children in various disadvantaged communities. Coby has lead this initiative at Emanuel for a number of years and we are very proud of his proactivity and thoughtfulness. Thank you, Coby!
 

Congratulations, Jesse!

Jesse Gothelf – Year 6

This week, Jesse Gothelf has represented CIS at the NSW PSSA State Tennis Competition in Newcastle. The competition is still underway at the time of writing this article but both the CIS team and Jesse have won many of the games and are playing exceptionally well. We are so proud of Jesse for making it through the this State level competition. Mazal tov, Jesse!
 

Clothing Drive for Jilkminggan by Jonathan (Jono) Riesel

Next weekend a group of Year 6 students and parents are going to the Northern Territory and visiting the Aboriginal Community of Jilkminggan. Jono would like to support the community and will be having a one-week clothing drive from Monday 8 until Friday 12 May. Jono would like your help in donating summer clothing, shoes, thongs and sandals for children and teenagers. Please ensure the items are in good condition. Your donations can be taken to the Primary office or Mr Adrian’s Classroom in A22 any day next week. Thank you so much for your help and also thank you to Jono for this wonderful initiative.

Upcoming dates

8 May – Y5 Science Excursion Centennial Park 8.45 am-1.00 pm

9-11 May – NAPLAN

10 May – Y4 Pathways Parent Information Night, Angles Leadership and Learning Centre, 7.00-8.30 pm

11 May – Y4-6 Before School Training

12 May – Mothers Day Breakfast and Stall. Gifts will be $10 each and the children can purchase more than one gift. NAPLAN Catch Up, JNSW Interschool Chess Comp 3.30-4.30 pm

14-22 May – Y6 Northern Territory trip

15 May – Canteen closed for K-12 BBQ

Cost: $3.50 for sausage sizzle

Booking: On the day, students need to bring a sealed envelope with the correct money inside (no change will be given). On the front, please write the child’s name and the order. The options are listed below:

  1. Sausage sizzle $3.50
  2. Gluten free sausage sizzle $3.50
  3. Vegetarian sausage sizzle $3.50

18 May – Y4-6 Before School Training, Twilight Concert, Millie Phillips Theatre: Concert 1 –  4.00-5.30 pm, Concert 2 – 5.30-6.30 pm

19 May – Y4 Allwell Testing, JNSW Interschool Chess Comp 3.30-4.30 pm