EPPING PUBLIC SCHOOL Opportunity, Excellence, Success

Norfolk Road, Epping NSW 2121 Phone: 9876 1452 Fax: 9876 6873

Email: epping-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.epping-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

P & C Meeting: Second Tuesday of Each Month at 6.30 pm

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NEWSLETTER Monday 24 August, 2015 Welcome to Week 7, Term 3

P&C DISCO Last Friday evening the school hall came alive with our annual disco! Everyone put on their dancing shoes and bopped till they dropped. Even some teachers showed us their dance moves! The children feasted on a pizza, popper & popcorn dinner thanks to the canteen helpers. Thank you to all the parent helpers and staff members who assisted. The children love seeing their teachers having fun too. Finally, well done to the students for their excellent behaviour. We hope to see you all at next year’s disco. Marissa Kelly on behalf of the P&C Committee

COMING EVENTS Monday 24 August Book Week Performance Tuesday 25 August Battle of the Public School Dances Friday 28 August Fathers’ Day Breakfast Tuesday 1 September Fathers’ Day Stall Stage 3 Wednesday 2 September Stage 3 Camp Thursday 3 September Fathers’ Day Stall Milo Cricket Friday 4 September Fathers’ Day Stall Thursday 10 September SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

AWARDS Congratulations to the following student who will receive an award at this weeks’ assembly. Silver June 6G

ASSEMBLY This week’s item will be presented by the Jazz Band. There will be no assembly next week due to Stage 3 being on camp. Assembly is held in the hall at 1.15pm. All parents are welcome

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL

PERFORMANCE PROTOCOLS Everyone is getting excited about our upcoming school performance of a ‘Swinging Summertime’. To ensure everyone’s enjoyment of the performance we have put a number of protocols into place. There will be a separate yellow note sent home outlining these protocols. We ask that you read and respect these requests. There are still tickets left for the afternoon performance. We look forward to seeing you there.

GOOD LUCK STUDENTS This week we have students competing at the Zone Athletics and the ‘Battle of the Dances’. I would like to wish both groups the best of luck. I hope the students thank their teachers, who have put in a lot of time and effort to provide these opportunities for our students. Mrs Buttrey and Miss McGill are leading our dance troupes and have been working with them since the beginning of the year.

RESPECT Last week some toddlers were climbing over our Memorial Wall and walking through the garden. The wall and garden have been erected in memory of soldiers who have given their lives during war time. It is a solemn and respectful part of our playground. Parents coming into the school with their toddlers need to be mindful of this.

LOST PROPERTY I have recently had a couple of requests from parents about lost property. They feel that their child’s clothing may have been taken home by mistake. I ask if all parents could do a couple of things. 1. Check that jackets, jumpers and hats are their child’s and have not been taken home by mistake.

2. Label all of your child’s belongings so if they do end up in lost property they can be returned to the owner. 3. Please do not take things that do not belong to you out of the lost property basket. Mr John Ford Principal

ENGAGING LEARNING THROUGH QUALITY TEACHING - STRATEGIC DIRECTION 2 We have been hard at work striving to achieve our milestones over the past term:

Curriculum Implementation

Literature Units are continually being designed by each stage for the rest of the year. Units from last year are also being evaluated for improvements. On our Staff Development Day, staff members were given opportunities to assess the positive and negative aspects of the implementation of the new National Curriculum for English, Mathematics and Science. Physical Education Physical Education has continued to be a major focus for our committee. We received a grant of $2700 through the Australian Sports Commission Sporting Schools Program which has been designated towards Stage 2 and 3 students participating in a 4 week Rugby League clinic. We also successfully received a grant through the Live Life Well program which will enable us to purchase more sporting resources for the school. The Premier's Sporting Challenge has come to a close and all students have been actively involved in building their minutes of physical activity per week. We will receive an additional grant since this is our inaugural year in the program. The new fitness equipment has been installed with the help from our P&C. Staff

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spent Sunday 9 August learning how to use each piece of equipment safely and effectively during fitness lessons. Some stages have already started to implement its use during fitness time. Staff have also begun a weekly Pilates session to promote a healthy work-life balance and mental wellbeing.

Accreditation of Staff During a recent Professional Learning meeting, staff were introduced to the new accreditation procedures which are currently being implemented. The Accreditation Mentor program has continued where teachers support each other through this detailed process. Meetings are being held every 5 weeks to ensure all teachers are on track with their goals. We look forward to continuing to work towards achieving our milestones for the benefit of our students and staff. Strategic Direction 2 Committee.

YEAR 5 2015 OPEN DAY AT CHELTENHAM GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL Each year Cheltenham Girls High School provide the opportunity for Year 5 girls to attend an Open Day to provide information about their curriculum, school culture and enrolment at Cheltenham Girls’ High School.

The date for Year 5 Open Day in 2015 is Wednesday 11th November from 1.30 - 3.00pm. An information pack will be distributed at the start of Term 4. Mrs Graham

2015 PSSA SPORT PHOTOS PSSA Sport photos are now on display in the foyer outside the school office. If you wish to purchase any of these photos you can collect an envelope from the office and return it to

the white collection box. The cost of the photos are $16.00 each, 2 for $30.00, 3 for $42.00, 4 for $52.00 or 5 for $60.00. Please return any orders to the office by 7 September, 2016

NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK 2015 is the United Nations declared International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. It is a world-wide celebration of the importance of light and optical technologies to the development of society. Light is everywhere and is fundamental to our existence. Light enables us to enjoy a rainbow, scan our purchases at the supermarket, conduct research, take photos and x-rays, study the cosmos and read a book at night – just to mention a few. On Thursday, our students celebrated the International Year of Light by looking at how light affects us through experiments and displays. Here are some comments from our students about our celebration: “On Thursday, 20 August, Miss Graham organised a science fair for the school. There were lots of different experiments. My favourite was one where you put 2 wires on metal which made a light bulb light up. Thank you Miss Graham for organising the science fair! “ – Christopher 4M “Science week was great. I saw some amazing stuff there. I saw rainbow glasses and electric stuff and light that goes round and round” – Vipra 1T “It was fantastic!” – Isabell 1T Miss Graham

LIBRARY NEWS Children’s Book Week

This week is the 70th anniversary of Children’s Book Week in Australia. The 2015

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theme is ‘Books Light Up Our World’, tying in with the United Nations’ International Year of Light and Light-based

Technologies. Today the children participated in a musical performance called Shine a Light based around some of this year’s shortlisted books. It was pleasing to note the number of children who recognised the titles used in the performance that had been studied in library lessons this year. Old Videos and Their Plastic Cases

In the library you may have noticed lots of yellow signs dividing up different sections of the Non-Fiction area. These are old videos in their plastic cases that I reuse to direct children to topics - things like Dinosaurs, Sharks, Cooking, etc. If you have any old videos in their cases at home that you no longer need, could you send them to me in the library so I can use them on the shelves? I usually leave the old video inside to reinforce the case. I then remove the old label and slide in a yellow sheet of paper into the plastic sleeve advertising the topics. If you are replacing any old videos, I would love to help you dispose of your “junk”. Who said that old videos were now superceded by DVDs or hard drives? Most school library budgets are limited, understandably, and we have to look at alternate ways of using funds to solve problems. This is one way of being resourceful. Thank you for helping out.

Mrs Lyn Campbell. Teacher-Librarian

EBASCA UPDATE If you are thinking about enrolling your child at EBASCA for before and/or after school care sessions please come and see us for a registration form and parent handbook. We are able to accept additional enrolments as we are now licenced to cater for 120 children per session! Please come and speak to Brigitte, Katie or James at the centre, or call us on 9868 2201.

NEWS FROM THE P&C P&C CALENDAR – TERM 3/ 2015

Friday 28th August – Father’s Day Breakfast

Tuesday 8th September – P&C General Meeting, 6:30pm at Staff Room

BAND Congratulations to the Epping Public School Concert Band for their Highly Commended at the Ryde Eisteddfod! The Epping Public School Jazz Band will be making their very first appearance at assembly this week. Come and support the very first jazz band performance!

FUNDRAISING Father’s Day Breakfast – Friday 28th August Dear Dads and Grandads, Epping Public Schools Father’s Day breakfast is on this Friday. Please come and join us for a hot breakfast after the morning school drop off. Take part in a fun game of table tennis or chess with your child/ren, or enjoy a dance performance by our school’s dance club which starts at 8.15am. Order form is due by this Wednesday 26 August. Mums, please let us know if you can help on the day. Thanks. Fundraising Coordinators

CANTEEN NEWS WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN The Earn & Learn program officially wraps up on the 8th of September. That's just 2 and a half weeks away. So keep collecting sticker tokens because these will earn educational resources for our school. CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR TERM 4

Do you have any spare time on Mondays (from 11.15am to 12.30pm) in TERM 4? If yes, PLEASE consider volunteering at the

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canteen. Our intention is to open an extra day next term, during lunch time, just to sell snacks. The children really appreciate being able to buy a cool drink or ice block, especially as the weather heats up. If we are unable to recruit enough volunteers, the canteen won’t be able to open on Mondays. We are also looking for more volunteers in general. If you are able to help, we'd love to hear from you soon as our team is in the process of putting together the Term 4 canteen roster. The Canteen Volunteer Form can be found in the back section of this newsletter. Thank you. Canteen Coordinators

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 3/2015 DAY DATE

Week 7

Food Shopper Sandy

Sushi Collector Jing

WED 26-Aug Suzanne, Sharlene, Kira, Lucy

FRI 28-Aug Wendy / Jing, Sharlini, Lilian, Jin Wang

Week 8

Food Shopper Varsha

Sushi Collector Anita

WED 2-Sep Suzanne, Katrina, Marissa, Elissa

FRI 4-Sep Wendy / Jing, Varsha, Gayatri, Veena

CONCERT BAND ROSTER TERM 3/2015

DAY DATE Week 7

THUR 27-Aug Fay

Week 8

THUR 3-Sep Emma chung Yoon

TRAINING BAND ROSTER TERM 3/2015

DAY DATE Week 7

FRI 28-Aug Anne Mount

Week 8

FRI 4-Sep Andy ChenAn

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