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Weekly Views Epping Views Primary

Issue No. 2

7 February 2019

School Mantras

School Motto

‘From Little Things Big

Things Grow’

EVPS Values

Respect Honesty

Caring Excellence

Responsibility

Principal Views

SCHOOL REVIEW

This semester our school will undertake our four

yearly review and we will be looking for parents

and students to be a part of some discussion

groups we will undertake. These will contribute to

the school’s self evaluation of our operations over the past four years. More information will be

posted in the newsletter as we learn more dates

etc.

STUDENT BELONGINGS

Please make sure that you name all

items that are bought to school

including toys, lunch boxes, drink bottles, uniform items etc. If items are

found with a legible name then we are

able to return it to your child’s grade.

If an item is accidently taken home by another

child a clearly written name will alert the other

parent that the item does not belong to their child

and should be returned to school the next day.

OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK

It was really pleasing to see so many families

sensibly using the school grounds over the

holiday period. As always we like to allow families

access to our great resource.

The Blue and Purple Neighbourhoods were painted

over the holidays as well as having shelving units

constructed in most of the neighbourhood

classrooms.

CHINESE NEW YEAR

We wish all our families celebrating

the new year of the pig this week a

wonderful family time, good health

and prosperity for the year ahead.

Pauline Kubat - Principal

[email protected]

It was wonderful to welcome our

students and families to school on

Wednesday and Thursday this week. If you are a new family to our school

a special EVPS welcome to you, we hope your stay

with us is a long and happy one.

10th ANNIVERSARY OF BUSHFIRES

Ten years ago we opened our hearts and our school and supported the students, staff and families of the

Kinglake bushfires. We had students and staff from

Flowerdale, Kinglake West, Kinglake and

Middle Kinglake Primary schools here for up to two

terms as their schools and towns were made safe

and rebuilt.

BABY NEWS

We were delighted to hear that our Leading Teacher

Allira Wallis and her husband welcomed a healthy

son, Hux last week. He is just beautiful and we

wish the new family lots of love and happiness as

they begin their time as a family of three. We are

looking forward to sharing more

baby news shortly when Vicky

Liassos has her baby.

NEXT SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING

We look forward to the last meeting of the 2018

School Council on Tuesday 26th February at 7pm.

We will send information out regarding 2019

elections shortly.

PLEASE REMEMBER we are an ‘egg & nut free’ school: no eggs,

peanut butter, nuts or nutella spread to come to school at any

time. Please assist us to keep our students safe. Thank you.

Keep your hands and feet to yourself. Everyday Counts!

Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Re-Think We don’t swear at Epping Views!

Sustainability: It’s our responsibility

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20 Mansfield Street, Epping 3076 P: 8401 3791 F: 8401 3793

[email protected] www.eppingviewsps.vic.edu.au

Diary Dates Term1, 2019 Term1, 2019

2019 DATES

As DET prefers students to have holidays during the term breaks. I have included the 2019 term holiday breaks. Maximising your

child’s attendance at school sets up a positive attendance and engagement attitude for their whole life

so please try to arrange your holidays during the term breaks.

Term One begins on Thursday 31st January and ends on Friday 5th April.

Term Two begins Tuesday 23rd April and ends Friday 28th June.

Term Three begins on Monday 15th July and ends on Friday 20th September.

Term Four begins Monday 7th October and ends Friday 20th Decem-ber.

6th February PREP Rest Day

18th March and 21st March

School Photos


21st March to 4th April

Life Education Pro-gram


Every Friday Year 5/6 Sport


13th February Grade 1 - 6 Meet the Teacher Night

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Epping Views Primary School 20 Mansfield Street, Epping 3076

P: 8401 3791 F: 8401 3793 [email protected]

www.eppingviewsps.vic.edu.au

Well done to Aiden in grade one for showing the

EVPS value of HONESTY by handing in $25 that he found in the playground.

Please let Pauline or the office know if you know of someone in our school

community that we should acknowledge.

NEW OFFICE HOURS

FOR 2019

Monday 8:30am to 4:15pm

Tuesday 8:30am to 4:15pm

Wednesday 8:30am to 4:15pm

Thursday 8:30am to 4:15pm

Friday 8:30am to 4:15pm




Thursday 14th FEB


20 Mansfield Street, Epping 3076



5/6 SPORT PROGRAM 2019

VICTORIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORTS TEAM NOMINATIONS 2019

“School Sport Victoria State Team Trial Registrations are open; Australian Football, Netball, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball and Boys Football (Soccer). A minor change to the process for 2019 is Girls Football (Soccer) will not be required to go through stages of selection. All nominees will go straight to State trials. These trial registrations close Friday, 1 March 2019. You can find all the details via School Sport Victoria’s website. http://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/team-vic . If you are looking for a document that details the process please download the “Team Vic Online Registrations Process. This will give you all the information you need to know before registering. These trials are for emerging athletes who have reached a certain standard. The trials are NOT “come and try” opportunities. They are a process for selecting a Team Vic State Team going to School Sport Australia national Championships. Competition for spots is extremely competitive considering teams are chosen from students from right across Victoria.

If you are interested in nominating your child, you should present to me in writing outlining your child’s sporting achievements in their selected sport. Please include as much relevant information in your application to the school so that an accurate assessment can be made in regards to whether your child will be nominated or not.

Nominations to the school will close on Thursday February 14th. You and your child will be informed in writing by Thursday February 21

st if they have or have not been nominated in their chosen sport.

If you have any further questions please contact me via email: [email protected]

Regards Sebastian Scanu PE Team

Interschool Sport Program

In 2019 EVPS has moved to a new District sports competition. We now are part of the Bridge Inn South District. The schools involved in our sports competition are: Marymede, The Lakes, St Mary of the Cross Mackillop (SMCM), Harvest Home, Morang South and Al Siraat. We will again field two teams per sport (EVPS 1 and EVPS 2). The sports we are involved in term 1 are: Soccer, European Handball and Cricket. Term 2 will be Hot Shots Tennis, AFL and Netball. Throughout terms 1 and 2 there will also be some tournament days scheduled.

All games to commence by 9.30am.

First named school is the home team and Epping Views Primary School (EVPS) home grounds are: European handball at EVPS. Soccer at Harvest Home Ground and Cricket is played at Epping Reserve.

EV1 V St Mary of the Cross Mackillop (SMCM)

Harvest Home PS V EV2 (away)

For away games this week against Harvest Home

All games are to be played at Harvest Home PS.-365 Harvest Home Road, Epping

A reminder there is Training every Friday morning from 8.00am-8.40am for all interschool sports teams. First training session will be Friday February 8th.

Parents and friends are most welcome and are encouraged to come and watch any of the Interschool or Intra School sports games each week.

Intraschool Sport Program:

Students have been placed into teams. The students will be playing a variety of sports at school such as Soccer, Cricket and Tennis to name a few.

Swimming Trials for years 4, 5 and 6 students to represent EVPS at District level.

On Tuesday 5th and 12th, Wednesday 6th and 13th and Thursday 7th and 14th of February commencing at 7.00am-8.00am we are offering swimming trials for any student born in 2009/10, 2008 or 2006/7 down at TRAC Swim Centre in Thomastown. Each Tuesday’s session all boys and girls born in 2009/10 are trialling. On Wednesday’s session all boys and girls born in 2008 are

trialling and on Thursday’s session all girls and boys born in 2006/7 will trial. ALL students attending MUST be able to swim 50m. The events trialled will be 50m freestyle, backstroke, breast stroke, butterfly and they will all be timed. Information with all the details has been posted on Compass.

http://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/team-vic

http://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/team-vic

http://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/team-vic/Documents/TeamVicBig4ProcessLettertoParents.pdf




Cultural Calendar 2019

Thursday January 31 Nauru National Day

Monday February 4 Sri Lanka Independence Day

Tuesday February 5 Vietnamese Lunar New Year

Tuesday February 5 Chinese New Year

Year of the Pig

Tuesday February 5 Tibetan New Year

Wednesday February 6 Waitangi Day New Zealand

Thursday February 7 Grenada Independence Day





Second Hand Uniform For Sale

QTY ITEM SIZE PRICE

1 Bomber Jacket 4 $15.00 ea



4 Book Bags $7.00 ea

1 Green Long Sleeve Polo 12 $12.00 ea

2 Green Long Sleeve Polo 16 $12.00 ea

1 Polar Fleece Bomber Jacket 8 $22.00 ea



3 Polar Fleece Vest 6 $20.00 ea

1 Polar Fleece Vest 10 $20.00 ea

5 Rugby Windcheater 6 $10.00 ea

1 Rugby Windcheater 12 $10.00 ea

2 School Bag $20.00 ea

1 Summer School Dress 12 $25.00 ea

1 Summer School Dress 14 $25.00 ea

1 Summer Skirt 10 $20.00

1 White Short Sleeve Polo 14 $10.00 ea

1 White Long Sleeve Polo 14 $12.00

1 Winter Skirt 12 $25.00

1 Winter Tunic 4 $18.00








Second Hand Uniform For Sale (cont)

We have a small number of second hand black pants and shorts for sale ranging from size 6 to size 16 for $10 each. Enquire at the office if you are interested.

EVPS Uniform Price Increase

Due to manufacturer increases the cost of some of our uniform items will

increase slightly from the 1st February 2019.

An updated price list will be available shortly.

At the last School Council Meeting a motion was passed to make

the EVPS School Bag a compulsory item for Years P-4, com-

mencing with Prep in 2019.

HAT SALE

ALL HATS $8.00

ORDERS THROUGH QKR OR OFFICE

MONDAY, WEDNSDAY & FRIDAY.

2WEEKS ONLY 06/02 – 22/02




EVERY DAY COUNTS PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child’s education. Students learn new things at school every day – missing school puts them behind.

SCHOOL IS BETTER WHEN YOUR CHILD IS THERE

Why it’s important

We all want our students to get a great education, and the building blocks for a great education begin with students coming to school each and every day.

If students miss school regularly, they miss out on learning the fundamental skills that will set them up for success in the later years of school.

There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind, and can affect their educational outcomes.

Each missed day is associated with progressively lower achievement in numeracy, writing and reading.

Getting in early

Attendance patterns are established early – a child regularly missing days in kindergarten or in the early years of school will often continue to miss classes in the later years, and receive lower test scores than their classmates.

It’s vital that students go to school every day – even in the early years of primary school.

IN VICTORIA SCHOOL IS COMPULSORY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEO-PLE AGED 6 -17 YEARS

Student Absences

The main reasons for absence are:

Sickness – There are always times when students need to miss school, such as when they’re ill. It’s vital that they’re only away on the days they are genuinely sick, and developing good sleep patterns, eating well and exercising regularly can make a big difference.

Family holidays - It's vital that holidays are planned during school holidays where possible, and not during the term. If you are planning to go on holiday during term time, make sure that you talk to your child’s school in advance, and work with them to develop an absence learning plan.

“Day off” – Think twice before letting your child have a “day off” as they could fall behind their classmates – every day counts.

Truancy – This is when students choose not to go to school without their parent’s permission. There can be many reasons for truancy. The best way to address this is for schools and parents to work together.




School refusal - School refusing children will experience significant emotional distress not only when going to school but also at the thought of going to school; they may be absent from school for weeks or even months at a time. School refusal differs from truancy as children generally stay home with the knowledge of the parents and despite their best efforts to encourage their child to go to school. See: My child or teenager has anxiety

BEING AWAY FROM SCHOOL FOR ONE DAY A FORTNIGHT EQUALS MISSING 1.5 YEARS OVER 13 YEARS OF SCHOOL

If your child is away

If for any reason your child must miss school, there are things you can do with your school to ensure they don’t fall behind:

Inform the school

Speak with your child’s classroom teacher and find out what work they need to do to keep up.

Develop an absence learning plan with your teacher and ensure your child completes the plan.

Remember, every day counts. If your child must miss school, speak with your classroom teacher as early as possible.

Openly communicating with your child's school about all absences is a good way to prevent attendance issues being escalated to a School Attendance Officer. A School Attendance Officer is a Department of Education and Training Regional Director who has authority to follow up attendance issues. Chronic or ongoing attendance issues that are escalated can lead to an Infringement Notice being issued to parent/s.

If you’re having attendance issues with your child, please let your classroom teacher know so we can work together to get your child to school every day.

Top attendance tips for parents

Schools want to work in partnership with parents – act early if you have any concerns by contacting your child’s school and asking for advice and support

Remember that every day counts

There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind, and can affect their educational outcomes and their social connectedness

Talk positively about school and the importance of attending every day

Open and prompt communication with your child’s school about all absences is a good idea

Avoid making routine medical and dental appointments during the school day or planning family holidays during the term

Seek help from your school if you are concerned about your child’s attendance and wellbeing. Schools want to work in partnership with parents to support student attendance and wellbeing.

Further information

For more information and resources to help address attendance issues, visit:

www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/behaviour/Pages/studentattendance.aspx

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CHILD SAFE at Epping Views Primary School

Epping Views Primary School is committed to child safety. As a community we want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children. There is zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures. We meet our legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously.

Epping Views Primary School is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks. We have robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers. Our school is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks. As a community we support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability.

Epping Views Primary School has specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments.

Below is our commitment to Child Safe Policy, which will be reviewed this year according to DET Child Safe guidelines.

Epping Views Primary School is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This will be the primary focus of our care and decision-making. Epping Views Primary School has zero tolerance for child abuse.

Purpose:

Epping Views Primary School is committed to providing a child safe environment where children and young people are safe and feel safe, and their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives.

Particular attention will be paid to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children and children from culturally and/ or linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as the safety of children with a disability.

Every person involved in Epping Views Primary School has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role he/she plays individually and collectively to ensure that the wellbeing and safety of all children and young people is at the forefront of all they do and every decision they make.

Children at Epping Views Primary School will be encouraged to be empowered, vital and active participants. We involve them when making decisions, especially about matters that directly affect them. We listen to their views and respect what they have to say and encourage positive school values through the School Wide Positive Behaviours Support.

Guidelines:

Planning, decision making and operations at Epping Views Primary School will:

Take a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety.

Value and empower children to participate in decisions that affect their lives.

Foster a culture of openness that supports all persons to safely disclose risks of harm to children.

Respect diversity in cultures and child rearing practices while keeping child safety paramount.

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Provide written guidance on appropriate conduct and behaviour towards children.

Engage only the most suitable people to work with children and have high quality staff and volunteer supervision and professional development.

Ensure children know who to talk with if they are worried or are feeling unsafe, and that they are comfortable and encouraged to raise issues.

Report suspected abuse, neglect or mistreatment promptly to Leadership/Welfare Team and/or the appropriate authorities;

Share information appropriately and lawfully with other organisations where the safety and wellbeing of children is at risk and

Value the input of and communicate with families and carers.

IMPLEMENTATION:

Our Staff and volunteers must agree to abide by our Safety Code of Conduct which specifies the standards of conduct required when working with children.

Training and supervision:

Training and education is important to ensure that everyone at Epping Views Primary School understands that children’s safety is everyone’s responsibility. Our culture aims for all staff, students and wider members of our community to feel confident and comfortable in discussing any allegations of child abuse or child safety concerns. We train our staff to identify, assess, and minimise risks of child abuse and to detect potential signs of child abuse.

We support our staff through ongoing professional development to develop their skills to protect children from abuse and promote the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from linguistically and/or diverse backgrounds, and the safety of children with a disability.

We ensure all staff and volunteers understand Epping View’s commitment to child safety and that everyone has a role to play in protecting children from abuse, as well as checking that their behaviour towards children is safe and appropriate.

*Please refer to our Child Safety Code of Conduct

Any inappropriate behaviour will be reported through appropriate channels, including the Department of Health and Human Services and Victoria Police, depending on the severity and urgency of the matter.

Recruitment:

We take all reasonable steps to employ skilled people to work with our children. We develop selection criteria and advertisements which clearly demonstrate our commitment to child safety and an awareness of our social and legislative responsibilities. Epping Views Primary School understands that when recruiting staff and volunteers we have ethical as well as legislative obligations.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal peoples, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.

All people engaged by Epping Views Primary School, including volunteers and trades people, are required to hold a Working with Children Check and to provide evidence of this Check.

We carry out reference checks to ensure that we are recruiting the right people.

Fair procedures for personnel:

The safety and wellbeing of children is our primary concern. We are also fair and just to personnel. The decisions we make when recruiting, assessing incidents, and undertaking disciplinary action will always be thorough, transparent and based on evidence.




Privacy:

All personal information considered or recorded will respect the privacy of the individuals involved, whether they be staff, volunteers, parents or children, unless there is a risk to someone’s safety. We have safeguards and practices in place to ensure any personal information is protected. Everyone is entitled to know how this information is recorded, what will be done with it, and who will have access to it.

Legislative responsibilities:

Epping Views Primary School takes our legal responsibilities seriously, including:

• Failure to disclose: Reporting child sexual abuse is a community-wide responsibility. All adults in Victoria who have a reasonable belief that an adult has committed a sexual offence against a child under 16 have an obligation to report that information to the police.

• Failure to protect: People of authority at Epping Views Primary School will commit an offence if they know of a substantial risk of child sexual abuse and have the power or responsibility to reduce or remove the risk, but negligently fail to do so.

• Any personnel who are Mandatory Reporters must comply with their duties.

Risk management:

In Victoria, organisations are required to protect children when a risk is identified. In addition to general occupational health and safety risks, we proactively manage risks of abuse to our children. We have risk management strategies in place to identify, assess and take steps to minimise child abuse risks, which include risks posed by physical environments (for example, any doors that can lock) and online environments.

Allegations, concerns and complaints:

Epping Views Primary School takes all allegations seriously and has practices in place to investigate thoroughly and quickly. Our staff are trained to deal appropriately with allegations.

We work to ensure all children, families, staff and volunteers know what to do and who to tell if they observe abuse or are a victim, and if they notice inappropriate behaviour.

We all have a responsibility to report an allegation of abuse if we have a reasonable belief that an incident took place.

If an adult has a reasonable belief that an incident has occurred, then they must report the incident. Factors contributing to reasonable belief may be:

• a child states they or someone they know has been abused (noting that sometimes the child may in fact be referring to themselves)

• behaviour consistent with that of an abuse victim is observed

• someone else has raised a suspicion of abuse but is unwilling to report it

• observing suspicious behaviour.

EVALUATION:

This policy will be reviewed every four years and following significant incidents if they occur. We will ensure that families and children have the opportunity to contribute to the policy guidelines. Where possible we do our best to work with local Aboriginal communities, culturally and/or linguistically diverse communities and people with a disability in gaining guidance/ feedback and advice.

Pauline Kubat



[email protected]

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