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EPSOM PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER NO 34– 20/10/10 Phone Number: 03 5448 4318 School Fax Number: 03 5448 3334 Email: [email protected] Website: www.epsomps.vic.edu.au
This is a “YOU CAN DO IT” school
EPSOM PALM PRESS
2011 FAIR—HELPERS NEEDED
Meeting this Thursday 21st October @ 2.30pm
Epsom Primary School fair is held bi-annually usually on a Friday evening
in March from 4.30-7pm. In the past some of the stalls/activities have
included:
BBQ Craft Stall Cake & Coffee stalls
Inflatable Slide Gillies Pie van Go Karts
Spinning Wheel Student Art Expo Dance displays
Wine Auction Face Painting Monster Hamper
Classroom group activities
And lots more….
In 2009 the fair was a great success and raised over $5000. We need
you….please help to make the 2011 fair bigger and better. Volunteers are
needed to help with collecting donations, letter box drops, organising a par-
ticular stall, volunteering you time on the actual day and we need your NEW
IDEAS!!!
Please come to our meeting this THURSDAY 21st October, 2010 @
2.30pm IN THE STAFFROOM. Toddlers welcome and afternoon tea will
be provided. If you are unable to attend but can help please contact the
school on 54484318 or Josie Geddes 0407944585.
Cody, Kystale, William, Maddison,
Ashlee, Lachlan, Maddy, Josh, Kody,
Caitlin, Emilee, Mitch, Adam and
Ryan. Congratulations.
Dear Parents,
I am very appreciative of everyone being patient whilst
the community becomes accustomed to the new parking.
I have spoken to the City of Greater Bendigo about mov-
ing the disabled parking sign and putting in additional
signage making the requirements clearer.
Please note : Along the school fence is a drop off/pick up lane
only. Please do not park and leave your cars in
this lane.
Additional parking is available on the inside of the
bollards if needed.
Children are being supervised at the gate and will
be allowed to walk along the fence to their par-
ent’s car.
Parents who are parked in the new bays or on the
inside of the bollards will need to collect their
child/children from the gate as children will not
be permitted to walk through the traffic.
A reminder of the staggered pick up times:
Children in grades Prep-2 can be picked up by
parents at 3:30pm.
Children in grades 3-6 can be picked up by
parents at 3:40pm. (Teachers will supervise these
students until this time.)
Families who have children in both categories
should pick their children up at the later time of
3:40pm.
It is essential that we work together to ensure the safety
of the students. Thank you again.
Kerry McGuffie
Headlice Check A headlice check will be conducted Monday. Par-
ents will receive written confirmation of the results.
It is a parental responsibility to regularly check your
child’s hair and commence appropriate treatment if
headlice infestation is found. The school provides a
voluntary service to support parents and can offer
advice.
GARDENING KEYS
Keys will be sent home to the Plowright and
Read families this week.
Next week’s gardening families are the Rees
and Rose families.
Thank you for looking after our grounds.
Nude Food Day Winners
We have been learning about Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle in 1/2/3. So we joined up Nude Food
Day and all the children tried to bring a Nude
Food lunch. The Nude Food police checked
lunches last Wednesday and everyone that had
a package free lunch went into a raffle to win
Nude Food lunchboxes. Here are the winners.
By Cait.B. and Asher
Public Holiday –
Next Weds, 27th October Bendigo Cup Day has been declared a public holiday by
the City of Greater Bendigo. Children do not attend
school on this day.
DATES TO REMEMBER: 2011 School Fair Meeting Thursday 21st October @ 2.30pm
2011 Preps Orientation sessions start Thursday 21st Oct.
Tuesday 26th Oct., Thursday 28th Oct.
Bendigo Cup Day—No School Wednesday 27th October
CAMP DATES Gr3-6 Monday 15th-Wed 17th November $185
School Council Monday 25th October
Swimming Wed-Friday 3rd—5th November
Tues-Thurs 9th-11th November
Office News
Tissues All classrooms are in desperate need of tissues.
Could each family please bring in a box for
your classroom.
Active After School Communities
A reminder that for this term Active After
School Communities will be on Mondays and
Wednesdays. This change of day is due to the
coaches not being available on Thursdays.
Camp Costs This years camp to Anglesea for Grades 3-6
children is $185 and you are able to pay in in-
stalments. If payment by the due date is an
issue please come and see me in the Office.
Thank you.
Book Fair What a huge success our Book Fair was. Our
students certainly love to read! Our library
received $450 worth of books (in commission)
from the fair. Thank you to everyone who sup-
ported this event.
Rememberance Day Poppies are for sale in the office- 50c, $2 and
$5.
Excursion Fees Our school year is quickly coming to an end
and there is still some excursion money out-
standing. Please finalise any outstanding
amounts as quickly as possible.
Uniform Order I will be putting in a uniform order next week,
Friday October 29th. This will be the last or-
der for the year in preparation for 2011. If you
have uniform requirements please put an order
in. Money will be required with your order.
Could the following people please come and
see me in the Office :-Lucy Mathews, Narelle
Beer, Tania Dwyer, Michelle Rusbridge, Tania
Marshall and Kelly Wood. Thank you
Deanne Hendy
Saver Plus is a nationally-recognised program developed by Brotherhood of St Laurence and ANZ that is being de-livered in Bendigo by Loddon Mallee Housing Services. Saver Plus matches people one dollar for every one dollar they save to be put towards the cost of education. By joining you could receive up to $500 from ANZ to help pay for items like computers, books and uniforms. Saver Plus is continuing to grow in Bendigo, and many parents and students have eagerly signed up to save for their own or their children’s education. In the short time the program has been in Bendigo over 50 families are well on their way to reaching their savings goals and re-ceiving $500 to put towards next year’s school costs. To join Saver Plus you must be over 18, have a child in school or be studying yourself, receive some income from paid employment, and have a Health Care or Pension Card.
Contact Sam Taylor on 5444 9082 or 0409 909 554, or email [email protected] for more infor-mation on how to join.
An initiative by ANZ and the Brotherhood of St Laurence, with
Loddon Mallee Housing Services
Sports Equipment for our School! We have registered for the Coles Sports for Schools program where Coles is giving all primary and
secondary schools in Australia the chance to get brand new sporting equipment – and we need your
help!
Every $10 spent at Coles Supermarkets, Coles Online, Bi-Lo or Pick‘n Pay between Thursday 2
September and Sunday 31 October 2010, will earn a Coles Sports for Schools voucher worth 1
point.
We’re asking our local school community to collect these vouchers from family, friends and
neighbours to drop into the collection box we have at school.
The more vouchers we collect, the more sports gear we can get! Just remember to ask for the
vouchers when you pay during your normal weekly shop. Thank you to everyone who have already
put vouchers in the box.
Safety in Schools
One of the primary concerns of parents relates to the safety of their children. I was recently reminded of one of the many advantages of being in a government school when I received an email from the Education Department’s Emergency and Security Management Branch, which has a system whereby it notifies schools of any risks to stu-dents, colour coded according to the assessed level of risk. This allows schools to take any necessary action to ensure that students are safe. In the most recent incident, we were alerted that “The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Top Priority Severe Weather Warning for the Alpine, Western, Central and West & South Gippsland weather districts” This alert that did not apply to us; however as well as alerts relating to extreme weather conditions in areas where there are school camps, they may also relate to such things as suspicious strangers seen near schools or criminal behav-iour that has been the subject of a police report. The most serious risks could lead to a school “lockdown” where students are kept in classes until the risk has passed. If you see any incident that impacts on the safety or wellbeing of staff, students or visitors in or around schools, especially after school hours, you can alert Emergency Management by phoning 9589 6266 (24 hour service). Of course, if what you see is criminal behaviour, call the police on 000. There is no doubt that being part of a large network – which is what the government school system consists of – is an important preventive factor in keeping your children safe. Of course at Epsom PS we have many methods of ensuring that students are safe both physically and emotionally, but it is comforting to know that we also have with us an Emergency and Security Management Branch which can supply information, processes and people to sup-port us should the need arise.