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Dear families,
Wednesday is going to be a big day! Please read the details of the day below!
We are looking forward to our EPS Cross Country event next Wednesday 22nd of May. We will be starting races at 11:30am through until approximately 2:30pm with a lunch break. Early childhood classes will run between 11:30 and 12:30 and Primary classes will run between 1:30 and 2:30. We will send the schedule out and post on Facebook soon. School community spectators are welcome and must stay in the designated spectator area - on the woodchipped play equipment area please. Do not post photos of other children on social media sites. You are welcome to stay and enjoy lunch and lunchtime activities throughout the lunch break 12:30-1:30 on the asphalt area on the primary playground only and use the disabled toilet only whilst you are onsite.
Students are encouraged to support their sporting house- Barclay and Logan and wear house colours on the day. Families can order sausages for lunch via the paper order form that went home this week, if you need another, please contact the office. Drinks will only be available for adults to purchase and consume. There will be NO canteen orders on this day, and the app has been closed for orders on this day. The sausage sizzle and drinks are being organised by our Fundraising Committee. We hope that you can support our Fundraising Committee’s first official fundraising event for 2024!
In addition to the above formalities of our Cross Country event, the SLC will be running a Freezy Breeze fun run fundraiser throughout next week where families are asked to donate money towards our early childhood playground. The SLC will be keeping a tally from Monday until the final count on Wednesday morning. The SLC aim to raise $200 so that all SLC and staff listed below must run in the Freezy Breeze fun run on Wednesday afternoon.
$20 Aiden (SLC)
$40 Lacey (SLC- School Captain)
$60 Bonnie (SLC- House Captain)
$80 Ruby (SLC- House Captain)
$100 Mrs Mitchell
$120 Mr Lynch
$140 Mr Moore
$160 Mrs McLean
$180 Miss Bovill
$200 Blake
We hope you can support the SLC with this fundraiser and come to enjoy the fun of the Evandale Cross Country event on Wednesday!
National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS)
Wednesday 22nd May is also NSS 2024. Our whole school will participate in our simultaneous read at 9:15am in the GP. You are welcome to join us for the reading of ‘Bowerbird Blues’ a beautiful, 2024 shortlisted book by Aura Parker. It offers many learning opportunities through the storyline and amazing illustrations. All school community members are welcome, including our Launching into Learning families. Please sign in at the office upon arrival, if you are joining us.
School Association (SA)
Our SA elected representatives are meeting on Wednesday 22nd May 3:15-4:30pm in the learning support room. We have a great group of members from across our Evandale community. All parents and carers are automatically part of our EPS SA and are welcome to be observers at any of our meetings.
School uniform reminder
Thank you to those families who are providing appropriate school uniform options for their children. If your child is currently wearing really tight short bike shorts, then we would really appreciate you finding an alternative option. If you have any queries or need support with purchasing a unifrom please see admin staff.
Assembly Week 4
On Monday 20th May at 2:00pm, 3-4 Glachan will be hosting our second assembly for the term. Come along, if you can, to acknowledge and congratulate the efforts of our students in a variety of ways. We will present our Class Representatives with their official badges. We will recognise the sporting achievements and academic, and social & emotional progress of our students. We can’t wait to share the many exciting and positives things happening in our school!
Kind regards,
Bella Mitchell
ACTING PRINCIPAL
TOOL SKOOL
On Monday the 5th May we were lucky enought to have Tool Skool come to our school.
We built things from timber to make wooden boats and other items. We used many different tools and materials. We used hammers, nails, saws, glue and paper to make the sails.
We had lots of fun with Asher who taught us how to buld these amazing things. We are grateful Asher came to our school.
By Matilda & Emily
KINDER FUN
Our kinder class have been very busy lately.
We have been working hard in developing and strengthening our small finger muscles and co-ordination through our daily finger gym activities We have shown great persistence in working through our rotations and we are enjoying using our creativity through construction and imaginative play.
What are fine motor skills?
Fine motor skills are the co-ordinaton and movement of small muscles of the body. These muscles are important in learning how to write and hold a pencil. The movements include fingers and hands and are an important part of development. Other muscles such as running, hopping and jumping are the larger muscles of the body and fine motor targets smaller muscles through repetitive movements which help with stamina in writing.
Here are some simple everyday ideas to try at home for fine motor development:
- picking up food with tongs
- pegging washing on the line
- stacking objects
- threading beads on a string
- using chopsticks
- picking up objects with tweezers one at a time
- lego and locking pieces together
- scissors and cutting wool, paper or cardboard
HAGLEY EXCURSION - P-1 & Gr 1-2
Students had lots of fun yesterday on their excursion to Hagley Farm School. We have added a couple of photos but will add some writing and lots more pics in the next newsletter! Something to look forward to!
Congratulations to these students who have earned points on their PURR card!
20 Points (icy pole)
- Archer M, Mirabelle, Maya, Christina, Eden, Wallace, Cooper, Rosie,
READING STARS
Congratulations to the following students who have reached:
25 Nights of Reading - Freya, Traysahn, Golda and Layla
The Premier’s Reading Challenge is a personal challenge – not a competition. What’s your best reading tally? Can you beat it?
If you figure out what you love to read, reading will be easier – so try reading different things – fiction, non-fiction – blogs, comics, poetry, lyrics, essays, magazines, newspapers… it all counts in the PRC.
This is a challenge for all Tasmanian students. It doesn’t matter what your reading level is, everyone can take part.
Reading is a skill we need for life. All the reading you do in this challenge will help you at school and at home.
