Term 3 Week 6 30 th August, 2018 Hello everyone, On Monday and Tuesday this week Em Huzzell, Maddy Gebert and I attended a conference on Literacy and Numeracy improvement. We were fortunate enough to hear Mr Eddie Wu speak on Monday about connecting the teaching of maths to the heart not just the head. Listening to someone who is regarded as Australia s best teacher about a topic he is passionate about teaching was engaging, insightful and powerful. He actually has his own internet channel called WuTube, which I can highly recommend having a look at. On Tuesday, the guest speaker was Dr Misty Adoniou. Dr Adoniou s talk was about reconnecting young people with the power of language and what our roles as educators are to provide the opportunities for young people to do this. She re-told the children s book, Fox by Margaret Wild in her own words. She then analysed the original opening sentence from the book and unpacked the language the author used, highlighting the power of the words the author chose to engage the reader. It was an extremely thought provoking presentation and challenged us to reflect on how we teach Language and Literacy to young people. Aaron McPherson THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Friends are those who care without hesitation, remember without limitation and love you for who you are. Phillipa From the Leadership Team Hi, Last week on Friday 24 th August, I was lucky enough to head out for a day with the Boys Football SAPSASA team. It was fantastic weather and the twenty one Year 6/7 boys who joined the EPPS team this year, were keen to have a great day. On the day we received some great parent support with transport, coaching and a cheer squad, which was absolutely fabulous. A special mention needs to go to Craig Millar for his offer to coach the team for the day. He did a fantastic job at making sure the boys knew where to play, helped them come together as a team and ensured they had many highlights throughout the day. The team quickly gelled together with some of our more experienced players, teaching and supporting our novice players. The boys came away with two wins out of the six games they played. It was a really enjoyable day and yet another excellent display of the students at EPPS showing and using their RITCHR values in our community. Well done boys! I sent a note home in Week 3 to the eldest in each family. The note was in regards to the Parents in Education Week this week. The free parent seminars have been run throughout this week at the Entertainment Centre, with the final on Thursday night. If you were unable to attend the training sessions, but would like the opportunity to view them, please complete and send back the form I sent home or contact the office to register your interest. If there is enough interest we will be sharing a viewing of one of the sessions one night after school this term. Emily Huzzel TERM 3 Week 6 BOOKWEEK Friday 31st August Cybersafety Year 6/7 s Dress Up as a character from a book you treasure Week 7 Tuesday 4th September PUPIL FREE DAY Friday 7th September Years 3/4/5 Soccer Tournament at EPPS Week 8 Tuesday 11th September Governing Council Meeting Room 17 Excursion Wednesday 12th September Session 1 Living safely with pets Rec/Yr1 Thursday 13th September Rm 13 Celebration Morning Tea Rms 25 & 26 Road Safety Assembly Roster Week 6 UP Room 33 Week 7 JP Room 23
NETBALL NEWS Matches played 25/8/18 NETTA 4 Burnside defeated East Para 6-3 Great effort by all the girls. Player of the week is Shae for being everywhere on the court. PRIMARY 7 East Marden defeated East Para Maroon 15-8 Great effort as we started with 5 players. Player of the week is Tori for awesome defense work. East Para Blue drew with Norwood 11-11 in a very tight game. Player of the week is Ashlee for great goal shooting. SUB JUNIOR 7 East Para defeated Linden Park 15-12. Giving the team top spot. Player of the week is Jemma for a strong effort in centre. Thank you to Ashlee for helping out. SUB JUNIOR 5 East Para defeated Loreto 18-9 Great defensive team game by all players. Player(s) of the week are Ella and Kasi for outstanding defensive pressure. SUB JUNIOR 1 Rose Park defeated East Para 39-30 It was a fantastic effort with outstanding team work. Player of the week Rachel for her great drive and positioning in goals. NETBALL PRESENTATION Presentation will be Friday 21 st September in the school gym at 3.30pm until 4.30pm Presentation at approx. 4pm. All players are asked to bring a plate to share with drinks provided. ARTWORK FROM ROOM 14 YEAR 4
BOOKWEEK 2018 We had an exciting visit from Cranky Bear last night at our Book Week Fair. We had a fabulous time during Story Time along with a very yummy sausage sizzle.
ARTWORK FROM ROOM 15 YEAR 2/3 Traffic Monitors Term 3 Week 6 Term 3 Week 7 Tamryn Kayla Talisha Jasmine Abbey Rachel SPORTS DAY 2018 Sports Day 2018 will be held on Thursday 1 st November 2018.
Last Friday, 47 girls represented the school at the annual SAPSASA Netball Carnival at the Golden Grove Netball Courts. It was a successful day, with all girls enjoying the games, playing with passion and effort, and displaying their RITCHR Values. We had an amazing successful day. Team 1 won the Division A championship, going undefeated and winning by an average margin by 12pts. Team 4 won the Division E championship also going undefeated. Team 5 won 4 out of their 5 games and ended up runners up in Division H. Thank you, to all parents who helped out with either transport to and from the carnival or being one of our many scorers on the score bench during the day. Thank you and well done to Ms Collins, Ms McCullum, Teresa Norsworthy and Mrs Gebert for coaching a team on the day. Team 1 - Division A Champions Netball Team 2 Netball Team 3 Team 5 - Division H Runners Up
Netball Team 4 Division E Champions!!