Harmonious And Caring School Community

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

NEWSLETTER Monday 6 May, 2019 Welcome to Week 2, Term 2

OUR BUILDING

The roof is on our building and so much work is being carried out

on the internal structures and features. We are still expecting to

move into our new classrooms and library on the first school day

in 2020. The renovation of our beautiful, heritage building has

been planned and discussed with the building team. Big changes

will happen inside this building to make an effective, serviceable

and attractive Administration Centre. There will be offices for

the Principal and the Executive of our school. Our wonderful

SASS staff will have new offices with storage space and a

welcoming area. There will be a monitored sick bay and purpose

built spaces for equipment and resources. A new, much larger

staff room is also in the layout. Work on the inside of our

heritage building will begin at the start of 2020.

OUR NEW EPPIE

Our school is introducing a new Eppie this week – the Uniform Eppie. Teachers can award Uniform Eppies to individual students who consistently wear complete and correct uniform with pride and respect. Uniform Eppies will also be awarded to all students in the class that wins our Uniform Competition. In this competition, the names of classes where every student is wearing the correct uniform on a selected day, go into a draw to find to out the winning class. These Eppies have the same value as our Behaviour, Green Team and Harmony Eppies and can be glued to an Eppie Card with other coloured Eppies.

COMING EVENTS Thursday 09 May Mother’s Day Stall 8:50am – 9.20am Friday 10 May Mother’s Day Stall 8:50am – 9.20am Tuesday 14 May 6:30pm P&C Meeting Staff Room Thursday 16 May Parent Morning Tea 9:20am – 10:00am Tuesday 21 May 3:30pm Parent Information Session

ASSEMBLY Wednesday 08 May Darug Assembly at 12:15pm: KR KY KS 1G 1M 2N 2H 3H 4L 4M 6/5K 6/5P Guringai Assembly at 1:15pm: KA KG 1H 1E 1R 2W 2D 3A 3Z 4S 6/5A 6/5H 6/5S Congratulations to the following students who will receive an award at this week’s assembly: BRONZE Tiana 1E Zekai 1E

SILVER Shruti 4L

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SUCCESS Many of our school community would know that since the rezoning and the construction of units around our school I have raised concerns about student safety with the increased traffic. This culminated in a community meeting at our school in October of last year. One of our suggestions was the installation of a raised pedestrian crossing in Essex Street. Last week I received notification of a proposal by the council of just that. Whilst the wheels of government do turn slowly, it is still very encouraging to know that our students who walk from school towards the Epping Shops will have a safe place to cross. NAPLAN Next week our students in Years 3 and 5 will be completing their National Assessment Program for Literacy And Numeracy (NAPLAN). Parents have received information via the coordinators of our School NAPLAN Team. There is more information in this week’s newsletter. As at all times but especially during NAPLAN Week, ensure that your child attends school unless they are genuinely ill. OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS Despite original and reminder notices regarding the non-payment of Term 1 Invoices, there is a great number of people who have not paid. Our parents have always supported our school by paying their invoices and this has resulted in our ability to ensure that students are equipped with the best and most modern resources. It also allows us to run extra programs for the benefit of students. We budget for the payment of these invoices and without them I will need to limit the resources we purchase and the programs we operate. This will affect our ability to deliver the quality educational programs we have delivered in the past. I will be sending home a final reminder to those parents who have not paid their Term 1 invoices and encourage them to do so and allow us to purchase all the resources we require and run all the programs we would like to run. John Ford Principal INFORMATION SESSION FOR PARENTS

Would you like more information about the writing programs at Epping Public School? On Tuesday 21 May, the Big Writing team will be conducting a short seminar to outline our expectations for beginning writers and the strategies that students use to uplevel their writing in our classrooms. We will be using the spare classroom at the end of the main building corridor. The session will commence at 3.30pm. I anticipate that it will last about 25mins. Everyone is welcome to attend. Some child care will be available. Hope to see you then.

Janette Bailey Assistant Principal

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NEWS FROM THE P&C P&C CALENDAR – TERM 2/ 2019

Thursday 9 May – Mothers’ Day Stall 8:50-9:20am

Friday 10 May – Mothers’ Day Stall 8:50-9:20am

Tuesday 14 May (Week 3) - held from 6.30pm (Staff Room)

Tuesday 11 June (Week 7) - held from 6.30pm

(Staff Room)

Saturday 18 May – Federal Election BBQ

P&C Contacts President - Jong Chung - president@epspc.org V/President - Marissa Kelly - vp@epspc.org Secretary - Sarah O'Neill - secretary@epspc.org Treasurer- Amandeep Sidhu - treasurer@espc.org

MOTHERS’ DAY STALL Our annual Mothers’ Day Stall is this Thursday & Friday morning! The stall will be located outside the hall and item prices a very affordable $5 and $10. Come along and purchase a wrapped gift for your mum, grandma or special mother-figure. All funds raised are used by the P&C to provide extra resources for our students. Please note payment is by cash only. FEDERAL ELECTION DAY BBQ TO GO AHEAD! A big thank you to KY dad Trung Ngyuen who has kindly volunteered to coordinate the upcoming Federal Election Day BBQ on Saturday 18 May! Further good news, Bendigo Bank Epping has offered to sponsor the event to the amount of $500. Thank you to our hardworking Grants Committee who secured the sponsorship. Do thank the staff at Bendigo Bank Epping next time you visit. We will only be proceeding with the BBQ, not the Cake Stall this time. This will ensure a faster set up and pack up. We will also stop BBQ'ing a little earlier than last time, to ensure an earlier finish time for our hard working volunteers. We didn't have enough BBQ volunteers last time. We would love to see more new faces this time to share the load. If you can help, please see the flyer elsewhere in the newsletter. If you prefer to serve, not grill on the BBQ, please indicate that when you RSVP. Also note the menu will consist of bacon, eggs, onion and sausages (beef and chicken). Encourage your friends and neighbours to vote at EPS. 100% of profits go to P&C projects which support our students. Any BBQ queries, please email Trung on fundraising@epspc.org 2019 Woolworths Earn & Learn

From 1 May until 25 June shoppers at Woolworths will receive 1 sticker for each $10 spent instore (excludes liquor, tobacco and gift purchases).

Please collect these and encourage family, friends and work colleagues to collect these for you too. Stickers can be placed on the sticker sheet which will be available in Woolworths stores or from outside the school office. There will be a Woolworths Earn & Learn Collection Box outside the school office to place either completed sticker sheets. Please return all stickers and sheets by the end of June. The school can then redeem the points earned for educational resources. Thank You!

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CANTEEN NEWS

Canteen resumes service on Wednesday and Friday this week! As always, lunch orders are to be submitted online through FlexiSchools www.flexischools.com.au by 8:00am each day. Children may still buy snacks, ice-blocks and drinks with cash during the lunchtime break. For students that have recently moved to new class 1R, we ask that parents please update the class in FlexiSchools to ensure lunch is included in the correct class basket. Thanks to our wonderful team of volunteer parents and grandparents for giving their time this term to ensure the canteen can operate for the benefit of our school families! A copy of the canteen roster can be found in this newsletter. Thank you! EPS Canteen Committee

DAY DATE

Week 2

Food Shopper Deborah

WED 8-May Jennifer K, Rachelle, Coco C, Hattie, Michelle, Annie

FRI 10-May Mina, Suzzi, Christy, Jennifer J, Dishani, Vanitha

Week 3

Food Shopper Lillian

WED 15-May Jennifer K, Coco H, Priya, Carrie, Sally

FRI 17-May Mina, Suzzi, Selah, Elissa, Katrina, Sunethra

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UNIFORM SHOP

Due to demand the mobile shop will be open this Thursday 9th May (07:45 – 09:30am).

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Mothers’ Day Stall

Pens, Lip Balms, Key Rings, Mugs,

Thursday 9th May and Friday 10th May 8:50am – 9:20am

Thermal Travel Mugs and More

$5 - $10

On sale under the Cola

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Parent Morning Tea

Thursday 16 May

9:20 – 10:00am

Next to the Canteen

Drop off your child and join us for a cup of tea or coffee and some cake.

Chat with other parents

and hear what is happening around the school

We will have a short update from the P&C meeting

Enquiries: Katrina Collins 0400 488 459

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COMMUNITY NEWS Community News and accompanying advertising are a community service only and are not endorsed by Epping Public School or its staff. More details appear on the school noticeboard.

Parent Morning Tea Cheltenham Girls’ High School and Ms Helena Choi our Community Liaison Officer, will be hosting a morning tea for parents, carers and grandparents in Week 5 and 9 each term starting 27th May 2019.

We would like to welcome any parents of prospective Yeat 7 students to give them an opportunity to familiarise themselves with school community and processes, as well as meet and socialise with other parents and families. This is not a P & C meeting or an enrolment seminar, it is simply morning tea for sharing and building community harmony. Parents with small children are welcome and we have a toy/play box. Ms Choi can speak Cantonese and some Mandarin, so families who feel they need some language support are welcome. Where: Cheltenham Girls High School Staff Common room. The Promenade, Cheltenham. When: Monday 27th May 2019 When: 9:30am – 11:00am