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, 10 October, 2016 Welcome to Week 1, Term 4

SCHOOL SKIP-OFF

During Term 3, all students had the opportunity to learn and develop skipping skills. This occurred during stage fitness sessions and throughout the playground with their friends. This practice was useful when all students and teachers participated in a Skip Off Day, on Thursday 22 September. Throughout the allocated time, students rotated in stage groups to four different skipping activities, these included; individual, partner, group and race skipping. The enthusiastic and energetic vibe was encouraging to see and continued on to the following day, where students during lunch and recess were practising the skills they had learnt from the Skip Off Day. Below are some comments from the children. It was great because I got to learn many different styles of skipping. My favourite style was the relay skipping – Vishesh I really liked having the opportunity to learn the different styles of skipping because I didn’t know them – Emily When I was skipping my heart was pumping really fast. This was really good as it will help to keep me healthy – Isabell Some of us got prizes at the end for super skipping and for having a go – Stephanie Although it was really tiring I tried really hard to keep going and practising. I ended up getting a prize because I didn’t give up – Alex. We look forward to seeing more skipping in Term 4! Regards, Miss Payne and Mrs Croker

COMING EVENTS Tuesday 11 October P&C Meeting Thursday 13 October Moving Bodies K-2 Friday 14 October Gala Day

ASSEMBLY Assembly begins at 1.15pm this Wednesday in the school hall, parents are welcome to attend. This week’s Assembly item will be Individual Items by Darius 4L and Rhea 3E.

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL WELCOME BACK I hope all of our families had an enjoyable break. Welcome back to the final term of the year. We welcome back Mr Alice onto 3A and thank Miss Moon for the wonderful job she did on the class. Likewise, we welcome back Mrs Rowsell and thank Mrs Brown for her work with the EAL/D Team. Once again I remind you to put the following dates into your diary, Presentation Day on Friday 02 December and for Year 5 and 6 parents Year 6 Farewell on Friday 09 December. MUSIC FESTIVAL TICKETS Just a reminder to our Year 4 and Concert Band parents that tickets for the Epping Music Festival go on sale today through Ticketek. Tickets will be in demand and will be sold on a first come basis. Purchase early or risk missing out. Information on purchasing tickets was sent home last term. Tickets can be best accessed by logging.onto

http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=musicfes15.

SCHOOL APP I was able to send a message on Friday to Year 4 parents reminding them about the sale of Music Festival Tickets. I encourage you to download the app and join the groups which are applicable to you. This term we will be running a trial sending out notifications of events and push alert reminders or messages. If you need more information, please refer to the information sheet in the newsletter. If you still have problems, please contact Miss Assad through the school office. It is still important that you check the newsletter and website calendar for events. NEW ASSEMBLY MEETING POINT As our school grows there will be a number of adjustments that will need to be made. We have now found our Assembly Meeting Area for Monday and Friday morning does not cater for all the students. From the beginning of Term 4 we will assemble in front of the computer lab. All students will stand.

THE PARTNERS IN LEARNING PARENT FEEDBACK SURVEY

As indicated last term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement. I encourage you to complete the survey as the information is used by the school to direct future plans. The survey is conducted entirely online at home or on public computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey will be conducted between 22 August and 21 October. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary; however, your responses are very much appreciated. The link to the survey can be found below. I encourage you to participate in the survey. The link will also be placed on the website @ For Parents >TTFM Survey https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/s4psc SCHOOL UNIFORM Our weather has already started to heat up and so over the coming week we will move to our summer uniform. Please be aware that sometimes the weather is a little cooler in the morning and parents tend to overdress their child. My best advice is to check the weather forecast for the day and if you do put a jumper on your child remind them to remove it if the weather heats up and they begin to feel hot. During this time our office is often filled with sick children who have been running around on a hot day with their jumper on. I look forward to your support in this matter.

SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD’S LEARNING:

WRITING AND SPELLING IN K-6

Would you like to know more about supporting your child’s learning in Writing and Spelling? To help provide parents with appropriate information on their child’s education ,our

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committee will be running a parent information session about these aspects of literacy on Tuesday 18 October at 2.15pm in the CAPA room. We would love to see you there.

Thank You Mrs Graham

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NEWS FROM THE P&C

P&C CALENDAR – TERM 4/ 2016

Canteen News

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 4/2016

DAY DATE

Week 1

Food Shopper Patti

Sushi Collector Shoko

WED 12-Oct Lillian, Coco, Sujata, Sumuga, Elissa

FRI 14-Oct Janice, Stephanie, Patti, Gayatri, Saumya, Priti

A reminder that canteen will reopen this Wednesday 12 October. Thanks again to our wonderful parent volunteers for their help this term. A roster has already been emailed out, and weekly reminders are included in the school newsletter, so please be sure to check! Thank you Canteen Committee eppingcanteen@gmail.com

CO-ORDINATORS FOR FRENCH CLASSES FOR NEXT YEAR

EPS offers weekly French classes before school as an extra-curricular activity, available to Year 3 and up. We have great, qualified tutors from outside who teach French in a fun way. Parents pay $65 per term and it is subsidised by the P&C. Our current co-ordinators will be leaving the school community next year as their children move on to high school, so we are looking for volunteers (ideally at least 2) who may be interested in taking on this role. At the moment we have one person who handles registrations and one who handles finances. If you are interested in helping next year with any part of the co-ordination of French classes, we would be keen to have you involved as soon as possible to ensure a smooth hand-over. Please email epsfrench@gmail.com or ring Debbie Mullins on 0468 490 689 if you’d like to discuss the possibility of joining us

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FETE 2016

THANK YOU

EVERYONE!

PROFIT:

$30, 000 FETE CONVENOR: Meher

CO-CONVENOR: Constanza

FETE TREASURER: Marissa

RAFFLE 2016: Sarah

GRAPHICS: Jacqui

FOOD STALL CO-ORDINATORS: Josh, Charmila (Aussie BBQ), Paola and Ely (Chilean), Coco and Wei (Chinese), Jennifer (Korean), Sonali and Ritu (Indian), Coco H., Lillian, Mina and Julia (Canteen), Sue (EPS Cafe)

GAMES AND ACTIVITIES CO-ORDINATORS: Suzzi, Monique, Mina , Pinky, Julia, Cindy, Sarah O, Jenny, Dishana, Priyanka, Lorena, Shirley, Gayatri, Kathy, Coco H. , Lara, Aditi, Karishma, Katie, Varsha, Janice, Rachelle, Seema, Katherine, Janine, Sarah L

EXTERNAL STALL CO-ORDINATORS: Meher and Constanza

RAFFLE 2016 STALL (1C): Sarah, Jenny, Charles, Paula, Jane, Ran, Kira, Qaise and Mrs Crocker. Special thanks to Janine for organising the barrel.

DONATION DRIVES: Constanza, Meher, Varsha, Charmila, Smita, Aditi, Priyanka, Elma, Janice, Sue and special thanks to Miss Payne and the SRC for their crazy hair day fund raising activities

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PHOTOGRAPHER: Ravi

PUBLICITY: Karishma

SCHOOL WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK: Glorya, Meghna

LETTER BOX DROPS: Karishma, Tejas, Marissa, Meher, Donna Laura, Dee, Katrina, Sarah, Monique, Deborah W., Deborah M., Jen, Sophie

POSTERS AND BANNERS: Karishma, Tejas, Meher, Zubin, Marissa. Jacqui for organising the printing of banners.

ENTERTAINMENT AND BAND CO-ORDINATOR: Lisa

FOOD – CHILEAN: Paola, Ely, Maria Cristina, Allan, Anne, Annabella, Isabella and Mrs. Yoo

FOOD – CHINESE: Lillian, Nancy, Selina, Coco, Emily, Michelle, Yang, Shirley, Lili, Emily, and all Chinese parents who donated money FOOD - AUSSIE BBQ: Terry David, Fiona, Stephanie, Byron, Scott, Prasad, Rob, Charmila, Luke, Josh. FOOD – KOREAN: Jennifer, Ye Jin , Hyun Kyoung, Young Mi, Hyuna , Ji Won, Jong Jin, Young Sin, Young Sun, Kate Hye Kyung, Ji Hyun, Dong Hee, Kellen, Young Mi, Hwa Sun, Hyun Jong, Myong Suk, Mi Na, Glorya, Mee Youn, Tae Young, Esther, Nina, Hee Sung, Young Youn, Yang Mi, Hyo Sook, Hee Kyoung, Sume, Suzzi, Myoung, Hwang In, Sunny, Hwae Suk Heo (Daniel's grandmother) FOOD – INDIAN: Seema A, Cynthia, Deepali, Arya, Seema, Bahar, Roshini, Smita, Sindhu, Vishnupriya, Sujata, Sumuga, Kripa, Veena Kumari, Aditi, Amandeep, Deept,i Gayatri, Priti ,Meghna, Tina, Swapna, Kavita, Purvi, Foram, Kanchan, Meenakshi, Varsha, Alok, Nilesh, Sagar, Rahu, Mindy Shilpa Sonali and Ritu FOOD - EPS CAFÉ: Lisa and Tim, Sue, Irene, Stephanie, Craig, Mrs Galilee, Deborah W, Chelsea, Isabella , Nick , Sarah and Saskia , Annabelle , Deborah L, Eliza , Jemima , Luluai , Rachel , Sam , Sophie and Wendy , and the school community who baked an amazing array of goodies. FOOD - CANTEEN: Mina, Julia, Coco, Lilian, Molook, Kate, Deborah W, Patti, Katrina, Leonie, John CARNIVAL RIDES (1TD): Dishani, Sophie, Pak-Luan, Yeoh, Sandy, Venkat, Reddy, Hitesh , Foram, Leon, Carla, Sonia Sudarshana, Carl, Susan, Lisa, Stephanie, Sophie , Jemima, Sam WHITE ELEPHANT (2P 4B and 2G): Shirley Gayatri Kathy Coco Lara Aditi Priyanka, Roshani K, Smita, Roahini, Maggie, Elissa, Joyce, Natasha, Marissa, Coco, Hongying, Hanminder, Janice, Ann Rachelle, Thu Ba Thi, Devahi Shi, Jenny , Kelvin, Lili , Glorya, Siming, Tim, Jason. Priyanka Roshani Kumarage ,Aditi Sethi, Smita Salian, Roahini Baby Kannampilly, Maggie Lu, Elissa Greenhalgh ,Joyce, Natasha Winter. Special thanks to Katrina and Baptist Church Epping for loaning us their tables. Special thanks also to Jacqui for donations from scout hall. COLOUR ME FUN (IY): Lorena, Priyanka, Brenda, Suthami , Nidhi Hoeun (Danyelle) David, Priti, Taz , Sanober, Saania, Naagthe, Karishma Meenakshi Mo, Hyana, Deepti, Sabrina Archana , Subbegowda, Chetty Purvi Ashish, Bethany, Ariana, Louise, Mia, Ovini, Juhi, Amanda, Lili, Roshini and Mrs Yoo

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LOLLYLAND (6G and 6M): Sarah, Janine, Uday, Mary Jean , Rani, Jong Jin , Younjoo, Anne , Kripa, Debbie, Jacqui, Susie, Jeffery , Cynthia, Megan, Lisa, Elissa, Leonie and Mrs Graham CHOCOLATE WHEEL (4L): Janice, Jane, Peter, Eugenia, Luke, Kellen Kim, Smita, Shalil, Shillpa, Adrian, Patti and David, Kanchan. Special thanks to Janine for organising the Wheel and DJ Matt for spruiking! SPONGE BOB (5S): Seema, Katherine, Sagar, Evgenia, Luke, Katrina, Sunil, Sandeep, Shalil. Rithwick Mrs Buttery, Mr Southwell, Mr Sherley, Mr Hines, Mr Ford, Ms McGill, Mrs Citer, Ms Moon, Ms Kerr, EBASCA staff. TYRE AND BALL (4/3): Rachelle, Zhendy, Shemile, Mark Rhianna Callum Fiona Mia Cynthia and Ms Assad. HOOPLA (KR): Cindy, Hyuna , Sachie, Yu, Cristina and Andreea, Hannah TOMBOLA (KB): Suzzi, Monique, Anita D, Li, Yasha, Shoko

KNOCK ‘EM DOWN (KC): Mina, Pinky Julia, Wenbin , Sarah , Hee Kyoung, Myong Suk Bae,Feng , Natasha , Yanhua

FEED THE BUCKET (3A): Karishma, Tejas, Donna, Alan, TK Deborah, Laura, Sophie, Katrina, Trisha

GIFT BASKETS (3E): Cameron, Katie , Varsha , Natasha, Jeff, Cherry, Elma and Patti

SET UP: Carl H, Carl M, Zubin, Varsha, Jane, Josh, Marissa, Jong, Shalil, Craig, Sarah O; Rajas, Deborah, Janice, Alec, Meher and Constanza

PERFORMANCES: Stage 2 Dance Group, Stage 3 Dance Group, Drama Club Jazz and Concert Bands and all teachers and students associated with these groups.

MONEY COLLECTION AND COUNTING: Constanza, Meher, Zubin, Marissa, Carl, Lisa, Jong, Laura, Jenny, Deborah, Krippa, Anne, Mr Ford

TEACHERS: Mr John Ford and all teachers of Epping Public School

SUPPORT STAFF: Deborah, Lynette, Sue, Annette, Alec, Jenny

………sincere apologies to anyone left off this list and thank you all for contributing to a great community day!

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Staff Healthy Snapshot

Name: Mrs Graham Favourite fruit: Mango Favourite vegetable: Potatoes. Did you know there are over 4000 varieties of potatoes in the world! Favourite meal of the day and why: Breakfast. I love porridge and it gives me lots of energy so that I can keep up my the students. Favourite sport to watch: Cricket Favourite activity/exercise/sport to play: Difficult to choose but I will pick Pilates. Greatest sporting achievement: I finished the City to Surf. I relax by reading. My healthy role model is Cathy Freeman Motivational quote: You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

COMMUNITY NOTICES Mindquest 2016 – Glenwood High School – 12 & 13 November. For brochures please see the School Office. Community news and accompanying advertising are a community service only and not endorsed by Epping Public School or its staff.

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2016 SPOOKY DISCO & DINNER ORDER FORM Child’s Name:_________________________________________class:_________________ Please tick one: SAUSAGE SIZZLE____ SUSHI- VEGE ____ SUSHI CHICKEN TERIYAKI ______ Child’s Name:__________________________________________class:_________________ Please tick one: SAUSAGE SIZZLE____ SUSHI- VEGE ____ SUSHI CHICKEN TERIYAKI _______ Child’s Name:__________________________________________class:_________________ Please tick one: SAUSAGE SIZZLE____ SUSHI- VEGE ____ SUSHI CHICKEN TERIYAKI ______ Will be attending the Disco on Friday 28th October in the school hall TICKET TOTAL ($12.00 per child) $ _________________ Please advise of any dietary requirements due to allergies: __________________________ MUMS & DADS – your help on the night would be greatly appreciated Please tick what you would like to do: ____ 4.45 to 5.15 pm Checking in Kindergarten to Year 2 arrivals ____ 5.00pm – 6.15pm Door security ____ 6.30pm-6.50pm Clean up before next session ____ 5.30-7.00pm Sausage Sizzle BBQing or Serving ____ 6.50pm- 7.10pm Checking in Year 3 to Year 6 Arrivals ____ 7.10pm – 8.30 Door Security ____ 8.30pm – 9.00pm Clean up NAME: ________________________ MOBILE : _____________________ EMAIL: ________________________ Confirmed parent helpers will be contacted by email. ____ PLEASE TICK IF YOU’RE 100 POINT CHECK HAS BEEN DONE WITH SCHOOL OFFICE PLEASE REMEMBER EVERY CHILD MUST BE PICKED UP FROM THE HALL. NO CHILD WILL BE ALLOWED TO WALK HOME OR TO A WAITING CAR. YOUR CHILD MUST BE SUPERVISED BY PARENTS AT THE BBQ.

Please put your payment along with the completed form in an envelope

titled SPOOKY DISCO and place in the white collection box by WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER. Cheques made out to

Epping Public School P & C For questions please call

Kripa Sivamurthy 0414 542 987 Janine Eastham 0412 779 580

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