Eleebana Extra

On Friday 7th February we celebrated our student leaders with an induction assembly, held in our school Hall due to the rain. Our school Captains, Sports Captains, Band Captains, Library Monitors and Student Representative Council members were all acknowledged and presented with their badges. A huge thank you to all the parents and carers, grandparents and well wishers who came along to support their children.

Congratulations to all our student leaders, Eleebana PS is very fortunate to have such a wonderful group of young leaders to support and enrich our school community.

STUDENT LEADERS

Captains: Imogen B & Zac C

Vice Captains: Annabelle C, Summer J, Layla K-B, Chloe S, Nicholas G, Ruben K, Bailey S, Elliot S

 SPORTS CAPTAINS 

Bunda Captains: Alexandra C, Tristan A

Bunda Vice Captains: Indiana B, Byron B

Koonda Captains: Abbey H, Billy H

Koonda Vice Captains: Zaeli K, Will J

Purra  Captains: Ruby R, Jin M

Purra Vice Captains: Saskia L, Brodie M

Willai Captains: Abbey S, Tristan W

Willai Vice Captains: Ruby S, Xander M

 BAND CAPTAINS

Anisha R, April W, Connor A, Darwin D

 LIBRARY MONITORS

Miette B, Taya D, Olivia E, Alexis H, Clio L, Beth N, Georgina N, Maddilyn S, Lily S, Rory W

 STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL

Austin M, Henry B, Sophie C, Kane C, Mabel F, Adelaide P, Xavier S, Nate K, Gabrielle T, Felix K, Maya S, Grace A,  Henry T, Brianna C, Joshua G, Larina H, Jesse P, Ned H, Flynn M, Emily N, Addison R, Sophie B, Alby G, Amber M, Isabelle T, Marcus B, Kira K, Jorja B, Grace E, Abby C-P, Jasmine L

The Eleebana Public School Badge Ceremony was held last Friday 7th February. Badge recipients included: School Captains and Vice Captains, House Captains and Vice Captains, Band Captains, Student Representative Council Members and Library Monitors.  Unfortunately, we had to move the ceremony inside due to the weather conditions; which meant not all students were able to attend. However, some of us were lucky enough have our parents or carers there to pin our badges on us, which made us feel full of pride. We are all very grateful for being elected into our positions.

Imogen B. ​and Zac C.

School Captains

Thank you to all the families who were able to come along for our Class Information sessions last week. Class teachers provided some general information about their classroom curriculum and routines ahead of individual parent teacher interviews that will take place in March. We hope that you found the sessions useful and answered some of your questions. 

Please remember, our teachers are happy to help out with information at any time, if you can't catch your child’s teacher after class, just call or email through the Office and we will get back to you.

Our Term Cost Sheets have been distributed for Term One. This invoice details the planned costs for first term/semester one. The Sports in School levy is a new cost for 2020 at $25 per term ($50 per semester). Providing a high quality teaching program with fun and engaging equipment the SISA program provides excellent PDHPE lessons for our students while providing opportunities for our staff to work collaboratively focusing on enhancing their knowledge and skills in providing the very best in the classroom for each and every student. This is such an important opportunity for our staff that we have committed a large portion of our school budget to cover half the cost for families. 

The Resource fee goes towards our student subscriptions to Mathletics, Reading Eggs, Read Theory, Sunshine Online and the School Magazine. Unlike many schools, at EPS we do not request payment for ‘book packs’ or stationery items. 

As always, please contact the school Office for assistance if you have any concerns around payments

Our student Health Care plans are currently being updated for 2020. If your child has any new health care concerns, please contact the Office to let us know.

The Sentral Parent Portal is a quick and handy way to keep you fully updated and help you access information and send messages with ease. If you have any problem accessing the Parent Portal please contact our school Office.

The link below provides a how to guide.

https://vimeo.com/326752907

This Thursday, students will commence classes for Scripture, staffed by accredited community volunteers. Parents/caregivers can choose to enrol their child into SRE or to withdraw their child from SRE. Students withdrawn from SRE engage in alternative meaningful activities. A parent/caregiver may at any time notify the school in writing that they do not wish their child to attend SRE or to change their SRE nomination. Students are to continue in the same arrangement as the previous year, unless a parent/caregiver has requested a change.

On Tuesday, the 2020 Stage Three Debating Team attended a workshop at Valentine Public School. The team consists of: Jasmine L, Zac C, Annabelle C, Anisha R, Layla KB, Lily C, Rosie C and Felix M. We all had a great day and learnt lots of new skills and strategies. We started the day going over basic debating rules and defining the 'Matter, Method, Manner' concepts. We then moved on to more complex debating concepts such as rebuttal, topic definition and appropriate argument structure. After that, we played a few games. We had to decide which one rule/law we would invent and convince everyone why Shaun Mendes deserved the only parachute on a crashing plane that was full of celebrities. We finished the day practising arguments and rebuttals in a mock debate against each other.

It was a great experience and we are looking forward to our first debate next term . 

By Jasmine L

• Monday 17 February 2020 - P&C meeting - 6:30pm
• Tuesday 18 February 2020 - Junior School Assembly - hosted by class 2PS - 2:10pm
• Wednesday 19 February 2020 - Leadership Day
• Thursday 20 February & Friday 21 February 2020- Zone Swimming
• Tuesday 24 February 2020 - Senior School Assembly - hosted by class 4CK - 2:10pm
• Wednesday 26 February & Thursday 27 February 2020 - School Photos
• Friday 28 February 2020 - Zone Basketball
• Tuesday 3 March 2020 - Years 3 & 4 Girls Soccer Gala Day
• Tuesday 3 March 2020 - Hunter Swimming
• Wednesday 4 March 2020 - Zone League/Netball
• Thursday 5 March 2020 - Years 5 & 6 Girls Soccer Gala Day
• Thursday 5 March 2020 - Zone Soccer
• Monday 9 March - Friday 13 March - Wellbeing Week
• Thursday 12 March 2020 - Selective High School Test
• Thursday 12 March 2020 - School Disco
• Monday 16 March 2020 - Hunter Rugby League
• Monday 30 March 2020 - Zone Touch Football
• Thursday 2 April 2020 - X -Country
• Thursday 9 April 2020 - Last day of Term 1 2020

Last Monday we held our swimming carnival at Charlestown Pool. We pride ourselves on holding a ‘traditional’ and non-elitist swimming carnival focused on student participation (all students) with some fun/ healthy rivalry between our four sporting houses. The day ran extremely smoothly, with 90% of the student cohort participating in races. Thank you to all the parents and teachers for their support of the day. Good luck to the 38 students who are competing this Thursday and Friday at the Eastlakes PSSA Zone Carnival.

Well done to Kelly R, Nicholas H, Zane Z, Dominic S and Sophie C, representing Eleebana exceptionally well last week at the Eastlakes PSSA Tennis trials at Belmont. All students played very well, Sophie played exceptionally well and advanced to the Hunter trials. Congratulations Sophie. 

Last Friday Jin M, Lachlan C, Ned H, Riley S and Hugh T attended the Zone Cricket Trials. All boys trialled to the best of their ability, with three being selected to attend the Hunter trials later in the year. Congratulations to Jin, Ned and Lachlan. 

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