Issue 12 - 2 September 2022

Everyone at Evatt Primary has had a wonderful day celebrating Japanese Day today. The students have participated in a wide range of activities including blossom craft, flag fan making, origami, Pikachu-throwing and a range of wonderful performances.

As always the sushi lunch was a big hit!

A huge thank you to Quayle Sensei for her coordination of our fabulous day. Also a shout out to Ash and April in the canteen who supported us with our Sushi lunch.

School Review

Last week Evatt Primary School underwent the School Review process. This is where an external panel came into our school to review the school's progress against the National School Improvement Tool criteria. We are very pleased with how we went during this process and the panel shared some fantastic commendations regarding the school's progress. One of these was as follows;

Evatt Primary School is commended for the positive school culture characterised by warm, respectful and inclusive relationships. The leadership team, teachers, LSAs, Preschool assistants, administration staff and students express a happy, optimistic feel to the school. They feel valued and supported, professionally and personally. The leadership team members are appreciated for their approachability, openness, warmth and the respect they demonstrate to staff, students and families.

We will unpack more of our school review report at our next P&C meeting.

Year 3/4 NRL Day

Well done to our 3/4 team who participated at the NRL gala day on Tuesday. They played with great spirit and sportspersonship and represented our school proudly. It was great to see lots of parents and carers come along and cheer loudly.

Thank you James Keeley and Kelly Holden for coaching our team on the day.

P&C Fathers Day Stall and School Disco

Thank you to our P&C and the parent volunteers who ran our Fathers Day stall during the week. Our students enjoyed picking out some gifts for their dads or special people in their lives.

A reminder that the P&C School Disco is on Wednesday 14 September. Our school discos are always great fun so keep an eye out for the information about this.

Pupil Free Day

Pupil Free DayA reminder that next Friday 9 September is a pupil free day. We ask that students stay at home on this day. If your child does need to attend school, please fill out the form that has been sent out.

Book Week @ Evatt School

Book Week Competitions

Congratulations to the winners of the Book Week competitions. There were a lot of quality entries now on display in the library.

Colouring In:

James KBT

Oliver 1JA

Eden 2MP

Liam K 3KH

Skylah 3KO

Lyn 4SW

Ayual 5/6 BW

Bird Design:

Hannah KBT

Jenny 1TD

Tamara 2CC

Jack S 2CC

Saxon 3KH

Erin 4CF

Skyla 4CF

Sierra 5/6BW

Writing:

Ava KBT

Archie 1TD

Zach W 2MP

Nico 3KO

Skyla 4CF

Sierra 5/6BW

Ayual 5/6 BW

Book Fair

The book fair was a great success. Thankyou to the community for your support. The library has raised $1500 in book rewards. We are looking forward to rolling out the new selections soon.

Book Covering

Calling for parent volunteers to cover books. Anyone willing to cover books can contact Deborah.bultitude@ed.act.edu.au to arrange to pick up books and covering supplies.

Colouring in and Bird design Competitions

See our colouring in competition winners here:

School Psychologist Corner

Parent Bulletin - Cheryl Edward

Dr. Siggie has some great tips on how to ask children about their school day. Instead of “How was school today?”, which is often answered with “I don’t know” or “Fine”, Dr. Siggie suggests the following bank of inquiries:

“During lunchtime, who did you sit next to?”
“Did your teacher say anything funny today?”
“Did somebody need your help today?”
“What book did you read today?”
“Are there any new words you heard/learnt today?”
“Did anything make you laugh today?”
“What are 3 things you are thankful for today?”
“What was your highlight/lowlight for the day?”
“Did anything make you sad today?”

As Dr. Siggie explains, we want to move away from questions that are too big or too general for children to respond to, especially after a long day full of effort. And we don’t want to ask all these questions at once – save them and ask one or two at a time. You might want to wait until dinnertime some days, rather than straight after school. Have a conversation – share some fun things about your day.

Follow Dr. Siggie on Facebook or Instagram for more parenting ideas, remembering that all families are different and not all tips may suit you.

Other things that might be of interest include: questions to ask kids about their day, Maggie Dent, “queen of common sense”: https://www.maggiedent.com/ & Mona Delahooke https://monadelahooke.com/ who shares loads of information on Challenging Behaviour – Using our hearts and minds to navigate ‘difficult moments’ with kids.

Cheryl Edward

P&C NEWS

DISCO TIME!

The P&C are holding a disco on Wednesday 14 September. There will be two sessions:

Junior Party (P-2) at 5:30-6:30
Senior Party (3-6) at 6:45-8:00

Tickets for either session are $5 each, and we are selling a meal deal for a further $5 per head consisting of a Sausage, drink + sweet treat.

You can book at the link below, or scan the QR code on the posters around the school.

We can't wait to see you there!

https://evattpc.square.site/product/disco-2022/29?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false

Canteen Menu

We have kicked off the term with a new canteen menu. We hope you enjoy the new additions and are happy to see some of the favourites have remained.

Click the button below to browse the new menu!

Canteen Menu 2022 Term 3

Online ordering instructions

Canteen Hours

The canteen is open Thursdays and Fridays at B1. Online orders close 8am the morning of the order. Counter sales at B1 will continue this term.

WE NEED YOU!

We are currently looking to fill the following positions:

Treasurer
Canteen Manager
Fundraising coordinator
General member/volunteer (we welcome new members at any time)

Please email to evattpspc@gmail.com if you are interested in joining the team or have any questions. The more people helping out, the lighter the load.

Uniform Shop

The Evatt Uniform shop now has some stock of the new-style uniform in most sizes on site. Old-style uniform shirts continue to be sold at a discounted price. Enquire for more info.

New style jumpers may be in stock- please check with the front office to confirm sizing availability. We are able to process card payments for both uniforms and hats through our SQUARE at reception.

If you would like to preorder for this, please order online at https://evattpc.square.site/.

ENROLMENTS ARE OPEN

ACT Education 2023 Enrolments

A reminder for particularly our families with children who are preschool age for 2023 to complete the online enrolment process to secure a spot at Evatt Preschool next year.

https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/enrolling-in-a-public-school/enrolling-in-preschool

Our current pre-schoolers will be automatically enrolled into kindergarten for next year as long as they live in our local Priority Enrolment Area.

For more information on enrolments, you can contact Oliver in the front office on 6142 1640

STUDENT LEARNING RESOURCES

Thank you to all Parents/Carers who have already paid for their Student Learning Resources and donated a Voluntary Contribution.

Your continued support is essential in providing learning supplies to classrooms. Some of the supplies we have already sourced include: workbooks, pencils, pens, textas, glue sticks, scissors, rubbers, sharpeners, rulers, scissors, tissues, handwriting books (selected year levels) + a large number of specific resources required for Art, Science, Technology, Mathematics, Sustainability and Literacy.

Payment information below for those wishing to make payments/ contributions.

Payment Information

Student Learning Resources payment information

The Student Learning Resources payment has been set at $70 per year.

1 Student = $70
2 Students = $140
3 Students = $210
4 Students = $280

Direct Debit payment:

Account Name: Evatt Primary School Management Account

BSB: 032777

Account number: 001244

Reference: <your child’s surname> <1510BP>

Voluntary Contributions payment information

As we did last year in consultation with our School Board, we are not going to put an expected dollar amount on the voluntary contributions. Previously the contribution was $120 for one child, $220 for two children or $290 for three or more children.

Direct Debit payment:

Account Name: Evatt Primary School Management Account

BSB: 032777

Account number: 001244

Reference: <your child’s surname> <1410>

Please note the reference code is not the same for Student Learning Resources and Voluntary Contributions.

COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS

School Sport ACT e-Bulletin

Issue #11

https://schoolsportact.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ACT-Sport-Bulletin-11-2022.pdf

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