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Dates to Remember

March Mon 13th Labour Day Public Holiday Tues14th/Fri 17th Grade 5/6 Camp – Canberra Tues 21st Harmony Day Wed 22nd School Council AGM 7.00pm Thur 23rd JSC Movie Night

Tues 28th Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria, will be visiting EPPS

Fri 31st Last Day of Term 1 April Tues 18th Term 2 Commences Wed 19th GRIP Leadership Conference Sale – Student Leaders

Dear Families,

At this time of year, we are formalising our School Council which is an important component of our school. Our School Council election is nearing an end. All ballot papers need to be put in the box in the front foyer by Tuesday the 14th of March. We thank Catherine Booth, Peter Hahnemann and Kate Morton for making themselves available for election. The outcome of our voting will be announced in next week’s newsletter. Our Annual General Meeting for School Council will take place on Wednesday the 22nd of March starting at 7.00pm. The March meeting will follow with some of our drafted planning documents for the year being discussed and tabled. A great deal of planning takes place in relation to meeting the needs of our students and school community early in the year.

The Strategic Plan forms the basis of our Annual Implementation Plan which has been drafted for this year. The AIP covers many areas that are a foci for the school but does not cover everything we do. It reflects the Strategic Plan and the directions of our school into the future. In the coming weeks our Annual Report to our school community will be collated and will be available. Change of Principal In the next 6 months I will be taking leave from our school to take up a Regional position. There will be a replacement announced in the coming days hopefully. I would like to thank all of our school community in supporting me in the past in leading our school and ask that they do so with my replacement. Our school has an extremely strong culture based on Choice Theory and I know that this will continue in the future. I look forward to watching how our school will grow both in its culture and most importantly in each and every student. Enjoy the next 6 months and I will keep in contact. Severe incident today at school. Unfortunately, today one of our students had a major anxiety attack which led to support services being involved. The child is being cared for and is safe. If your child has any concerns about this incident, please contact the office. Wishing you all the best always,

Jenny Leggatt.

March 9 2017

Care - Respect - Commitment - Responsibility - Inclusiveness

Eagle Point Primary School

43 School Rd, Eagle Point, 3878 www.eaglepoint.vic.edu.au ph: 5156 6382 fax: 5156 0291 email: eagle.point.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

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Relay for Life Update: Thank you to all of our school community who participated in our Relay for Life events last weekend. We had over 30 members represent Eagle Point Primary School in the Bairnsdale Relay for Life. Our school raised a total of $2,000 towards the Cancer Foundation. A big thank you to Laura Lenartowicz & Belinda Street who were instrumental in promoting both Relay for Life events. Senior School Camp - Canberra 14th of March through to the 17th. Our Grade 5/6 students will travel to Canberra next week. We wish them all the very best for a wonderful camp. Thank you to our staff for accommodating this very important part of the year. Harmony Day Harmony Day will be celebrated on Tuesday the 21st of March. This day is extremely important as we celebrate the diversity of people within our local community. Our past is rich in history where each individual has a special story to tell. On the 21st we will celebrate this occasion by encouraging everyone to wear something recognising their ancestry. This can be in the form of a piece of clothing, a flag or wearing clothes the colours of the national flag of the country you originate from. Paynesville Boat Races - School Fundraiser - Can You Help??? On Saturday and Sunday, the 1st and 2nd of April our school will be providing a BBQ, assisting in catering for the Paynesville Boat Races which is the first weekend of the holidays. School Council is looking for volunteers to help cook, serve and sell on either of these days. All money fundraised will go directly to the school. This is our first call for volunteers to assist in this fundraiser. If you are interested in helping out in any way, please come and see Jo in the office. If you have a few hours to spare on either of these days, it would be fantastic to see you. Whilst this is a fundraiser it is also a great social event with lots of laughter and banter in the tent. A roster will be placed in the open learning area for people to slot their names down from next Tuesday. In the past this has been a real family event where all family members help out. It is a great social event so come along and join in! Easter Egg Raffle run by Junior School Council. Each year our Junior School Council holds an Easter Egg raffle in our school. We ask each family to donate an Easter egg, bunny etc towards the Easter baskets. Depending on how many donations we receive, determines how many prizes there will be. Many thanks in advance. The raffle tickets will go out next week. Money raised will help subsidise our camping program in our school. Parking around our school. Our school continues to grow and so does the issue of safe parking. We ask parents to ensure that when they park their cars that they do so with the safety of all concerned. We are seeing increased risks of children and families crossing the road when there is not clear vision to do so safely. For this reason, we ask all

parents to get out of their cars and pick up their children from inside the school grounds. The last thing we want to see is a major accident that may result in a child or parent being hit outside our school. We ask parents and carers to park in designated areas or park along School Road and walk your children onto the school grounds. A number of cars are parking on the edge of Paynesville Road, forcing community members to walk out onto the road. Please be mindful when you park that there is safe access with people walking past. Thank you for your understanding.

First Training Session CALLING ALL JUNIOR FOOTBALLERS!

If you are interested in having a go at playing footy

this season, please come along to our first training

session. U10, U12 and U14 will commence training

for the 2017 Junior Football Season on Thursday

March 16th at 5pm.

Looking forward to seeing as many of you there as

possible.

Bairnsdale Netball Association Net-Set-Go:

BNA will be running a 9 week Net set Go program in

Term 2. The program will commence on Thursday

27/04/2016 from 4.30-5.30pm. NetSetGo is an

introduction to netball where the children will

participate in skills activities, minor games and

generally have a good time. The program is open to

boys and girls. The program is open to children turning

8 years and up to and including turning 11 years of age

in 2017.

Cost of the Program is $85 and includes a Participant

Member Pack, Netball Victoria Membership and

Registration for our Season 2 Competition.

Register Online by clicking the link below or by

copying and pasting it into your Internet Brower

http://bairnsdalena.vic.netball.com.au/common/pages/noauth/olregstart.aspx?type=6&entityid=39402&fl=1&id=26341

Please email bdale.n.a@hotmail.com if you require

any further information