Special activities

Students organised a "Footy Dress-up day" to raise money for the purchase of Accelerated Reader quizzes. The student's raised $108 which enabled the Library to purchase 27 new quizzes.

Our school's Clean Up Australia day was held on Friday 29th February. The focus was on the locality within and the area close to the school.

The rubbish and recyclables were collected in large feed bags. Students were encouraged to use gloves and tongs and to wear a hat and sun protection. Mr Turnbull is the organiser of this activity.

CLEANUP AUSTRALIA DAY	HARMONY dAY	HEALTHY HAROLD DAY	CRAZY HAIR-PYJAMA DAY
TABLOIDS	CROSS COUNTRY	ATHLETICS	DEMOCRACY DAY
MOTHER'S DAY STALL	KOORI HEALTHY DAY	TEDDY BEAR'S PICNIC	NAIDOC DAY

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NAIDOC DAY - 20 September 2007

National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) is generally held in the first week of July. Its purpose is to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Torres Strait Islanders and Aborigines.

This year's national focus city was Darwin, Northern Territory. The SkyCity Casino was the venue on Black Friday, 13 July 2007 where National awards were presented to Indigenous achievers in many different categories. The Australian Government contributes funds towards national focus activities.

A NAIDOC Poster Competition is held every year based on the Theme which was `50 years: Looking Forward, Looking Blak.' (No it is not a spelling or typing error). The winner for 2007 is Tyeli Hannah.

You can check his winning poster at http://www.naidoc.org.au/award_winners/poster/poster_win07.aspx

Mrs Dykes organised a number of activities at our school - a Flag Raising Ceremony, an Art activity, Computer activity and Storytelling in the Library. A Trivia Quiz and games were also in place. A BBQ lunch of sausages and kangaroo steak was provided free to students.

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DEMOCRACY DAY - 23rd AUGUST 2007

The students at Eden Primary School worked on the Democracy Week theme - “Being a responsible citizen”, by focusing on our school value “Responsibility”. The students dressed up as a responsible citizen to further celebrate the day: A policeperson, a nurse, doctor, fireperson, teacher, Prime Minister, parents, carers etc. A special assembly was held for this occasion, with many parents and friends attending.

Will, Josh and Randall (KW)

5/6D

5/6M

Three Mr Walkers!!!

STAGE 3

STAGE 1

STAGE 2

STAGE 1

STAGE 2

`THREE' MR WALKERS

JOHN HOWARD & HIS MINDER

THE HONOURABLE JOHN HOWARD

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CRAZY HAIR-PYJAMA DAY

The Crazy Hair and Pyjama Day Committee held a fund-raising campaign on Friday 10th August. They raised $212 for the Stage 3 `Berry' excursion which will take place in Week 7. Students went to a lot of trouble with their dress and looked amazing as the photos below show.

TEDDY BEAR'S PICNIC

Friday, 3 August, the school had a Teddy Bear's Picnic. The children read stories, coloured in and had songs sung to them by our current Kinder students. Games were played and a lovely picnic was enjoyed by all.

On Friday, 1^st June, the children at Eden Public School celebrated Healthy Harold Day by `dressing down,’ (out of school uniform) and bringing a healthy lunch.

The stages had a friendly competition to see who could make the longest neck for Harold, using gold coin donations. Mr Mussett even had to bring out the ladder for the Stage 2 children!

The Life Education van will be visiting the school in late August this year and the children are looking forward to seeing Harold again.

On Friday 25^th May 2007, Eden Primary students went to the Moruya Showground for a Healthy Day.

It was a great day, because of the people we met, the entertainment, the wonderful food and the giveaways that we received.

Students receiving their Participation certificates for partaking in Moruya's Healthy Day

MOTHER'S DAY STALLThe School ran a Mother's Day Stall to enable students to purchase presents for their Mothers. Thanks to the parents/guardians who assisted with the running of the stall.

Mrs Edwards organised a Tabloid Sport's Day for the last day of term. Pictures of the various activities are shown below.

Eden Public School supports `Clean up Australia Day' each year. Students wear gloves, use tongs and place rubbish in bags. They are allocated different areas of the town to clean up. This activity supports the community and makes students aware of how rubbish spoils the look of the environment.

Harmony this year is to be promoted through cricket. Each school is asked to encourage students to play a game of cricket at lunch time and to encourage - Fairness, Friendship, Respect and Equality. Students are encouraged to wear ORANGE clothing for the day. Classes are requested to undertake a class activity to highlight the day. eg

A very successful cross country was held on Friday at the AFL Oval. Congratulations to everyone for their sportsmanship and behaviour. The presentation of medals and ribbons took place on Tuesday at Assembly and the team for Wolumla has been given their information notes. A vote of thanks to the parents who came to help. Without your assistance, we could not run our sporting programs.


Katrina and Scott	Dylan, Ryan and Jackson place rubbish where it belongs	Rachel, Taylor and Natasha	3-4C students on task