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 10 December, 2018 Welcome to Week 9, Term 4

PRESENTATION DAY What a wonderful celebration last Friday was. It gave us the opportunity for recognising achievement and service. I would like to thank all of our parents who attended and shared with us this celebration. Also I thank the staff and especially our organisers who made the event happen. Finally to our students, those who received an award and those who didn’t, thank you for your behaviour throughout the Presentation Day. Once again our visitors were left with a great impression of Epping Public School. From our School Captains: On Friday 7 December Epping Public School had our Presentation Day to celebrate the achievements of Years K -2 and Years 3 - 6 students. It was a fantastic day and all the students really enjoyed it. Congratulations to all award winners for achieving such high standards in school life. As part of our Count-E Fair fundraiser, Year 6 has purchased a defibrillator for the school, which was announced at the Years 3 - 6 Presentation Assembly. Thanks to all the teachers for their hard work and organisation of both Presentation Days. By Joanna and Flynn (2018 School Captains)

COMING EVENTS Wednesday 12 December Morning Tea for Parent Helpers Thursday 13 December Year 6 Farewell Wednesday 19 December Last day for students 2019 Tuesday 29 January Staff return Wednesday 30 January Students in Years 1-6 return Thursday 21 February Swimming Carnival

ASSEMBLY There is no assembly this week. The following students will be presented with their award at the morning assembly next Monday. Bronze Manit 6E Silver Imraj 6E CANTEEN CLOSED Please note that the canteen will be closed on Wednesday 12 December and Wednesday 19 December.

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL GOODBYE TO DEPARTING STAFF MEMBERS At our Presentation Day and in previous newsletters I have indicated that we will be losing some of our most respected staff members. It is with a sad heart that we farewell Mrs Jones from the office, Mrs Citer, Mr Sherley and Mrs Van Amersfort. Mrs Jones will be moving on to a new school and I thank her very much for the work she has done. With the sudden departure of Mrs Ferral-Smith, Mrs Jones was cast into the Office Manager position without warning or training. In difficult circumstances Mrs Jones carried the load and ensured the school office continued to operate smoothly. Mrs Citer has been with the school for 12 years and during that time welcomed her young daughter into the world. Mrs Citer has taken a move to be closer to her family and she will be missed. Her warmth to our youngest students ensured parents of those young students were always at ease and knew their children were getting the best start possible on their educational journey. Mr Sherley has been with us for many years also and moves on to take up the position of Assistant Principal at Artarmon PS. The whole community will miss his hard work across many areas of the school. I know the students will miss his sense of humour and rapport that he was able to build with all students in his class. The parents will miss his openness and approachability, always ready to sit down to discuss how they could help their children. Mrs Van Amersfort has only been with us for two and a half years, but her promotion to Assistant Principal at Mowbray PS is testimony to the work she has put in at Epping PS. Among her many groups that she took her love of the Arts was evidenced through her work with our Choral and Dance Groups. Her caring and positive nature with our students was appreciated by students and parents alike. You are all going to be greatly missed by the school community and each of your new schools will soon learn how lucky they are having you go there. I hope your time at Epping has left you with many pleasant memories and friendships. We look forward to hearing of your progress at your new

schools and on behalf of the whole school community wish you and your family all the best for the future.

MAJOR CONCRETE POUR Tomorrow, Tuesday 11 December there will be a major concrete pour for the foundation of the new construction. This will mean that cement trucks will be accessing the site all day. At times they will be lined up to enter the site. The company will be organising traffic controllers to be on duty the entire time. However as a community service I would be suggesting you try to avoid the area if at all possible.

BYOD SURVEY Today we will be making available the BYOD Survey for the parents of our Year 5 and Year 6 students. The survey will be available on the link below or it will be sent via the School App to all of our Year 5 and Year 6 parents. The information collected from the survey will be used to refine and improve our BYOD Program. https://goo.gl/forms/7b8RmTECb2fMDvKm1

FINAL FULL NEWSLETTER Whilst we will send out a shortened version of our newsletter next week, this will be the final full version for 2018. I would just like to remind parents of some changes that will be introduced in 2019.

1. Next year we will be going cashless and ask that all payments be made online. We will accept cheques. Please contact the School Office next year if there are any problems.

2. Early Term 1 we will be moving to an electronic delivery of our newsletter. We will be sending the newsletter home via the school app or making it available on the website. The first few newsletters will be sent home as paper copies and will include a form to complete if you still want to pick up a hard version from the school office. However from Term 3 the newsletter will only be available via the school app or on the website.

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FINAL DAY ARRANGEMENTS The final day for student attendance will be Wednesday 19 December. Parents should already have received information about the Kindergarten – Year 4 Movie Visit and the Stage 3 Water Fun Day. The day will conclude with the traditional Farewell Arch for our departing students including all of Year 6 and our departing Staff Members. The Arch will commence at 2:45pm and we will meet in the hall.

NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER As indicated previously next week’s newsletter will be a shortened version but will include arrangements for students returning to school in 2019. By John Ford

UNIFORM SHOP DAYS 2018 You can contact Reji Uniforms directly for any uniform enquiry. 2019 Tuesday 29 January 9:00am – 11:00am Wednesday 30 January 7:45am –9:45am Monday 4 February 7:45am – 9:45am Reji Uniforms contact number is 9771 5454. Orders can be made anytime online and purchases can be delivered to you directly if required. www.rejiuniforms.com.au

NEWS FROM THE P&C P&C Calendar - Term 4 2018 Tuesday 11 December (Week 9) - Final P&C Meeting for 2018 - held from 6.30-8:00pm (Staff Room) 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 Canteen News Canteen will OPEN Friday 14 December for its final day of lunch orders. Please note: Sushi and fried rice are NOT available. Anyone who has placed an advance

order of these items will need to change this in FlexiSchools. Canteen may open during lunchtimes on Monday 17 December and Tuesday 18 December to sell remaining stock of icy treats, drinks and snacks only - cash sales not FlexiSchools. We will advise via the SkoolBag app if this is to occur. Thank you to all our students and families for your support this year. Wishing you all happy and safe holidays! Mina Jung, Jennifer Kang, Priya Meyyappan, Christy Liu, Rachelle Kho, Jennifer Jiang & Deb Walker EPS Canteen Committee eppingcanteen@gmail.com

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 4/2018

Minutes of Epping Public School

P&C ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday 13th November 2018

Staff Room

Meeting commenced at 6.35 pm, chaired by J Chung. Attendees: J Ford, J Van Amersfort, M Kelly, A Sidhu, K Collins, L Wilden, D Walker, P-L Yeoh, J Jiang, S Paul Mukhopadhyay & S O’Neill (minutes) Apologies: L Winter, D O’Keeffe Minutes of Previous AGM The Minutes of the previous AGM held on 14th November 2017 were accepted as a true and correct record. Moved: J Chung 2nd L Wilden. Carried. Matters Arising from Minutes Nil

DAY DATE

Week 9

Food Shopper Deborah

WED 12-Dec CANTEEN CLOSED

FRI 14-Dec Jennifer J, Christy, Mina, Varsha, Jing, Lakshmi

Week 10 Canteen may open Monday and Tuesday

Icy treats, snacks and drinks only with cash

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Business Arising: PRESIDENT’S REPORT I would like to thank all the members of the P & C Committee. 2018 has been a very busy and challenging year and with the major construction scheduled for the whole of 2019, I anticipate the 2019 will be even more challenging. The role of the P & C is to work with the school to provide extra services and activities for our children. The school relies on the support of parents to ensure that our children continue to be provided with:

• The Canteen, • The Uniform shop, • The School bands, • Social activities and events, • Fundraising to provide additional resources, • Language classes

Each year we say farewell to parents who have been volunteering for many years. As their children move onto Secondary school so do these parents. Their departure leaves a huge gap that needs to be filled and without the assistance of these wonderful parents EPS would need to cut back or cancel some of these services and activities. A warm thank you to the following parents:

Laura Wilden - Grants Deborah Walker - Grants

If you are able to assist either throughout the year or for an event, please contact the P & C via email on president@epspc.org or via the school’s office. Achievements 2018 has been a very busy year for the P & C and I am very proud of not only our current committee members but committee members of previous years who have all contributed to some major achievements that came to realisation in 2018.

1. The multi-purpose sports field was finally constructed. Some years back the lack of suitable play and running areas was identified as one area that EPS was lacking. Our children now have a safe, level sports ground to play and enjoy. This project has taken many years of fundraising and managing by the P & C Committee and I’m very proud that we could deliver this project in 2018. See further acknowledgements below.

2. We have also updated the schools’ uniform. After consultation with the EPS community it was agreed that we would update the uniform to better reflect current styles. The uniforms

are made of modern fabrics to ensure that our children are more comfortable throughout the day.

3. The canteen has now gone cashless and parents have easy, online access to order ensure that their child’s lunch orders are lodged.

4. We now have close to 100 children playing in one our five bands. This requires additional management and financial support as instruments require repairs or replacing.

5. There have been great turnouts to the social events like the welcome BBQ, morning teas, information nights, Mother’s Day stall, Father’s Day BBQ, Spooky Disco and the Year 6 Farewell.

As you can see our parents have been very busy in 2018! Acknowledgements In delivering the multi-purpose sports field and in addition to its own contribution, the P & C gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support of the following grant programs and organisations: • Australian Government Stronger Communities

Programme • NSW Government Community Building

Partnership Program • Parramatta City Council (via NSW Government

Stronger Communities Fund) • Epping Public School (NSW Department of

Education) • Epping Before and After School Care Association Fundraising You may have guessed that all these activities require both time and money. I understand that life is busy and with most parents working it is difficult to find spare time to assist in providing these benefits to your children. If you are time-poor and would like to contribute you can make a donation to the P & C at any time to support the activities, we provide our children. Donations of $2.00 or more made to the P & C Building are Tax Deductible!

Once again, I’d like to thank the small but hardworking group of parents who have made 2018 such a wonderful year.

I wish you all a great end to 2018 and a safe return to the 2019 school year. Happy Holidays

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Jong Chung President The running of the meeting was handed over to J. Ford, who declared all positions vacant and conducted elections for the following positions: P&C Executive President: Jong Chung Vice President: Marissa Kelly Secretary: Sarah O’Neill Treasurer: Amandeep Sidhu Committee Chairpersons The following chairpersons were nominated: Canteen Mina Jung Jennifer Kang Christy Liu Rachelle Kho Deborah Walker Fundraising VACANT x 2 Uniform Lara Winter Deirdre O’Keeffe Grounds Position redundant due to full time

General Assistant at school Social VACANT x2 Grants Soumi Paul Mukhopadhyay + 1 vacancy Band Katrina Collins John Ford thanked the 2018 P&C and congratulated the 2019 Committee. AGM closed at 6.55pm

Minutes of Epping Public School P&C Meeting Tuesday 13th November 2018

Staff Room

Meeting commenced at 6:55pm, chaired by J Chung. Meeting was preceded by the P&C Annual General Meeting held from 6.30-6.50pm Attendees: J Ford, J Van Amersfort, M Kelly, A Sidhu, K Collins, L Wilden, D Walker, P-L Yeoh, J Jiang, S Paul Mukhopadhyay & S O’Neill (minutes) Apologies: L Winter, D O’Keeffe Minutes of Previous Meeting The minutes of the previous meeting dated 18th October 2018 was accepted as a true and correct record.

Moved: J Chung 2nd M Kelly. Carried. Matters Arising from Minutes 1.Motion: From 2019, P&C request voluntary contribution payment of $20 per family per term towards Building and Fundraising Fund. Yes: 10 No: 0 Motion Carried 2. Motion: P&C to spend $10,000 from term deposit to buy new instruments for Band. Yes: 10 No: 0 Motion Carried 3. Motion: Supply and install basketball and netball hoops for multipurpose sports field up to $10,000. Yes: 10 No: 0 Motion Carried Action: P&C Uniform shop account balance to be transferred to P&C General Account. COMPLETED Correspondence Letters of thanks received from Mrs L Campbell and Mrs A Rowsell. Bank statements, fundraising catalogues etc. Reports Treasurer – Amandeep Sidhu General $30,429, Uniform $30,129, Fete $997, Band $12,550, Building Fund $48, Grants $39,681, Canteen $37,926 Fundraising Spooky Disco, held at St Alban’s church hall on Friday 2 November, was well attended and raised nearly $1500. Thanks to Mindy Sidhu for organising the event and to all parent volunteers on the night. Grounds Graffiti has appeared on the school grounds for the first time and is most notable on the retaining wall of the new sports field. Mr Ford to organise graffiti removal. Canteen – Deb Walker Canteen is trialling a new bread supplier. EBASCA & Canteen are co-existing well. Dishwasher/oven issues ongoing. Motion: P&C to spend up to $10,000 upgrading oven facilities Uniform NIL Band – Katrina Collins Band has implemented changes going into 2019 with an increase in Band fees adopted and tutorials moving to afternoons. Band will be seeking a parent volunteer in the role of Treasurer and new tutors will be needed. Social – Katrina Collins P&C Morning Tea will be held on Thursday 22 November. Staff Thank You Lunch, organised by Meher Nariman, will be held on Monday 10 December. Action: Discuss and finalise dates for 2019 Tea & Tissues and Welcome BBQ

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Grants P&C to discuss with School dates for official opening of the sports field and plaque Chinese, Hindi and French Language Class NIL Principal – Mr Ford School news, recent and upcoming events

• Tennis Hot Shots • Leisure Sports Program • Road Safety meeting • Kindy Orientation • Constable Chrystal road safety talk • Epping District Music Festival • Remembrance Day • Swim Scheme • Bike Skills • Cyber safety talk with Mr Percy • High School transition program • Stage 2 Zoo Excursion • Final assembly Wed 28 November • Year 6 Fundraiser – County Fair • Year 6 Farewell – North Ryde Golf Club • Mrs Citer and Mrs Van Amersfort leaving EPS • Walking Bus initiative by Mr Ford • New sports playground opening • New Building on schedule • Concerns re student’s phones & cyber safety • EBASCA - future site options to be explored

General Business Year 6 Farewell will be held offsite at North Ryde Golf Club. P&C will contribute $2500 towards the Year 6 Farewell Being no further business, the meeting closed at 8.15pm The next and final P&C Meeting for 2018 will be held on Tuesday 11 December at 6.30pm

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