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Term 2 Week 10 3rd July 2018

Be Learners Be Respectful Be Safe Be Responsible

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Term 2 - 2018 Tue 3 Jul Catchment Tour – Yr 6

Thu 5 Jul P&C Disco

Fri 6 Jul Last day of term

Term 3 - 2018 Mon 23 Jul Staff Development Day

Tue 24 Jul Students return

Fri 27 Jul Year 3-6 Field Events

Tue 31 Jul ICAS English

Tue-Fri 31-3 Jul- Aug Year 6 Camp – Canberra / Snowy Mountains

Wed 8 Aug Open Day

Mon 13 Aug Primary Athletics Carnival

Tue 14 Aug ICAS - Maths

Term 4 - 2018

Mon 15 Oct Staff & Students return

Wed 24 Oct Grandparents Assembly

Fri 26 Oct Group Photos

Tue 30 Oct Year 4 CARES

Wed 31 Oct Year 4 CARES

Thu - Fri 15 - 16 Nov Year 3 Camp –Mowbray Park

While no school can be a totally nut free environment please be considerate of the many

students here who have life threatening allergies.

For more information check out www.anaphylaxis101.com.au or

www.foodallergyaware.com.au

13-17 Emerald Street, Emu Plains NSW 2750

Phone: 4735 1233 or 4735 1256 Fax: 4735 6376 Website:http://www.emuplains-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]

School Security No. 1300 880 021

Emu Plains School Newsletter is available on the school website

Web:http://www.emuplains-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

http://www.anaphylaxis/

mailto:[email protected]

GOODBYE MR RUTHERFORD

This Friday we farewell Mr Jim Rutherford. Mr Rutherford will be retiring and moving onto

the next exciting phase of his life. I take this opportunity to thank Mr Rutherford for the

commitment and genuine care for students that he has provided over the last 30 plus years at

EPPS.

A quick calculation shows that approximately 900 EPPS students have been lucky enough

over the years to be taught directly by Mr Rutherford, however I can say with absolute

certainty, having witnessed his care for the students across the school, the number of EPPS

students positively impacted by the work of Mr Rutherford would be thousands. On behalf of

our entire school community, thank you Mr Rutherford and good luck. You will not be

forgotten.

STUDENT REPORTS

Student reports will be sent home with students this Friday. You will also be provided with

information which will explain how to book an interview with your child’s teacher and/or

other teachers who work with your child. I would like to acknowledge the hard work of both

students and teachers; students who have worked so hard for the first semester and our

teachers who do an amazing job of educating our students and who have spent many hours of

their personal time writing comprehensive reports about every child.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to our Goal Ball teams who all did an outstanding job at the All School Goal

Ball Knockout on Friday. Both our Year 3 and senior teams came first and our Year 4 team

came third. What an amazing effort our students did representing EPPS! Max (3W) came

away with the ‘Best Player’ trophy for the Years 2-4 group. Max received this trophy for his

sportsmanship. Well done Max.

I would like to say a huge thank you to Mr Campbell for his commitment towards coaching

the teams. Mr Campbell has given up his own time to share his own expertise to ensure our

students have not only had a fabulous time but have gained amazing skills. I would also like

to thank Mrs Murphy for her support of the Goal Ball teams.

KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS - 2019

We are now accepting Kindergarten enrolments for 2019. If you have a child who will begin

Kindergarten in 2019, please see the school for an enrolment form. If you know of anyone

whose child will be coming to EPPS for Kindergarten in 2019, I would greatly appreciate you

letting them know that they are free to come and pick up an enrolment form as soon as they

are able so their child doesn’t miss out on any of our transition or orientation programs.

MORNING BELL

I am reminding all families that the morning play bell does not ring until 8:35am. Before this

time, there is no supervision of students. I have noted students arriving to school well before

this bell and some are arriving before 8am. Please consider the safety of your child/children

and ensure children are arriving at school from 8:35am. I thank you for your assistance with

this matter.

13-17 Emerald Street, Emu Plains NSW 2750 Phone: 4735 1233 or 4735 1256 Fax: 4735 6376

Website:http://www.emuplains-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]



EDUCATION WEEK

This year our Education Week celebrations will be held on the 8th

August. Included in this

newsletter is an overview of the activities which will begin from 12noon. We will ask our

visitors to enter the school via the North Cola gate (Emerald Street) where we will have

some of our leadership team welcoming our visitors and directing the way. Students will be at

the gate from 11:45am so our visitors can come in, get seated and be ready for our events to

begin at 12noon. We look forward to welcoming family and friends to our school. Please feel

free to bring along a picnic blanket for our picnic lunch out on the oval. The BBQ will be

running hot with the sausage sizzle where you may purchase lunch, or you may bring along

your own lunch. It will be a great afternoon and we hope the weather is kind.

SRC FUNDRAISER

Our SRC did a fantastic job of fundraising money and non—perishable items for Mama

Lana’s. The SRC demonstrate great care and understanding for others and decided to raise

money and goods for those in the community who may not have a home or warm bed to go to

at night. Over $500 was raised and a huge selection of non-perishable goods collected. Thank

you to our SRC, Ms Sweeney and Mrs Hill, our students and our families who supported this

worthy initiative.

Jodi Bennett

Principal

EMU PLAINS PUBLIC SCHOOL - OPEN DAY 2018

Todays Schools – Creating Tomorrow’s World.

Wednesday 8th

August

11.05 - 11.25am – P&C cake stall for students only.

11.45 - Parents are welcome to enter via North COLA gate (Emerald Street)

12.00 - Open Day Welcoming Ceremony under the North COLA

12.30 - Emu Plains Public School Mini Expo open – to be held in the school hall.

12.30 - Book fair opens in library.

The Mini Expo will be open to parents/caregivers until 7.30pm.

1.10pm - Family picnic lunch, including sausage sizzle, cake stall, coffee van

1.55pm - Open classrooms

Any donations for the cake stall can be taken to Room 7 in the morning.

P&C will be holding a raffle to be drawn on the day

A short survey will be conducted throughout the day where we will be asking for your

feedback.





EMU PLAINS PUBLIC SCHOOL SPELLING BEE 2018

Huge congratulations to the EPPS Spelling Bee Finalists:

Keira G and Rihanna E 3S

Grace W and Thomas O’M 3W

Ruby H and Zye C 4B

Jeremy W and Zac B 4M

Lachlan H and Caitlin K 5J

Finn F and Ziggy M 5PH

Matthew W and Katie E 5D

Emily K and Dakota M 6J

Aurelia P and Rhys B 6R

These amazing students competed in a nail biting competition to see who will go to the

regional finals.

And the following students will be representing our school in the finals:

1st Place: Jeremy W Runner Up: Grace W Stage 2

1st Place: Finn F Runner Up: Rhys B Stage 3

These 4 students will compete in the Regional Finals later this year.

Mrs Spry

Organising Teacher

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS

Congratulations to those students who recently participated in the ICAS Digital

Technologies competition. Children had to answer a variety of questions to test their

knowledge about the internet, email, spreadsheets, graphics, multimedia and programming.

Special mention to the following students who received certificates of Credit or above.

Year 4

Sophie B Credit

Ruby H Credit

Amelie P Credit

Cailan B Distinction

Jeremy W Distinction

Year 5

Finn F Credit

Ziggy M Credit





SYDNEY WEST CROSS COUNTRY TEAM CORRECTION

We would like to sincerely apologise for an error contained within last fortnight's school

newsletter, as one of our student’s was not correctly recognised for her representation.

We wish to formally acknowledge Kori Mc of 6R, who proudly competed as a member of the

Penrith PSSA team. Congratulations to Kori for her fine performance at regional level.

Our talented cross country team

member Kori.

GOAL BALL TEAM NEWS

Our wonderful goal ball members had great results on Friday 29th

June at the All School Goal

Ball Knockout.

Junior B - Gold Medal

Junior A - Bronze Medal

Senior - Gold Medal

Max Dunlop - MVP for juniors

Our Junior B and Senior sides will now progress to the School State Goalball Knockout in

November. Congratulations to all involved and thank you to all our parents and carers who

helped out on the day.

MR J MARONGIU & MRS W MURPHY


Phone: 4735 1233 or 4735 1256 Fax: 4735 6376




Our talented Goal Ball Team team

members





EMU PLAINS PUBLIC SCHOOL

EDUCATION WEEK 2018 - OPEN DAY

Wednesday 8th August

Todays Schools – Creating Tomorrow’s World.

Our Education Week Open Day will be held on Wednesday 8th August this year. The purpose of the

day is to showcase our fine Public School and particularly highlight the dynamic role Public Schools

provide in developing responsible educated citizens of the future. It is an opportunity for parents and

families to celebrate the efforts and achievements of students and staff as well as share a major part of

their child’s world for a day.

Open Day Program

Open day has been planned so that parents are able to join with their children in classrooms and

experience a range of curriculum presentations. Children really enjoy the attendance of parents and

families, if they are able to attend, and the staff and community are looking forward to another

memorable day.

The timetable for Open Day is as follows:-

12.00 to 12.30 Welcome ceremony under the North COLA

12.30 to 7.30pm EPPS Mini Expo open - to be held in Hall

12.30

Book fair opens in library

1.10 to 1.55 Picnic lunch, sausage sizzle, cake stall &

coffee van

1.55 to 2.55 Open classrooms

The P&C will be providing a cake stall from 11.05-11.25am for students only.

Lunch will be held between 1.10pm and 1.55 pm in the school grounds and the canteen will

be open for a BBQ sausage sizzle, drinks and snacks.

Other Opportunities

Computer Room:

The computer room will be open between 1.55 to 2.55pm. Parents are welcome to visit with their

children to find out more about the role of technology in education today.

Library:

The library will be open from 12.30 for parents to visit and browse through the displays, which will

be organised for the day. There will be a “Scholastic” bookstall for parents to purchase books for

home and / or for donation to the library.

I do hope you will be able to join us for “Open Day” 2018.

MISS J BENNETT

Principal

Transition To

School Playgroup Is Coming

Starts 28th August 2018

9:15 – 11am Emu Plains Public School hall.

Invitations will be mailed shortly Please register at the school office.

TRANSITION TO SCHOOL PLAYGROUP AND

ORIENTATION FOR KINDERGARTEN 2019

We would like to invite you and your child to a “Starting School Playgroup” that will commence on

Tuesday 28th August 2018 at Emu Plains Public School.

The playgroup will be run by an Early Childhood Teacher, supplied by Penrith City Council.

Starting school can be daunting for some children and the “starting school playgroup” will be able to

develop and refine your child’s skills to help them make a smooth transition into the classroom in

2019.

The dates for playgroup and orientation this year are:

Term 3 Date Activity

Wk 6 28/8 Playgroup

Wk 7 4/9 Playgroup

Wk 8 11/9 Playgroup

Wk 9 18/9 Playgroup

Wk 10 25/9 Playgroup

Term 4 Date Activity

Wk 1 16/10 Playgroup

Wk 2 23/10 Kindergarten Orientation – Parent Information Evening 7pm in the Hall &

Kindergarten Orientation – Classroom visits with parents.

Wk 3 30/10 Kindergarten Orientation – Classroom visits – children only



Wk 6 20/11 Playgroup & Computer Room and Library visits

Wk 7 27/11 Playgroup Picnic Day

Come along, have some fun and get to know all about starting school at Emu Plains Public School.

Drop in when you can. The play group will run on Tuesday mornings in the school hall from

9:15 – 11am and is free.





KT – CHICKEN MAZE RECOUNTS

The chicken went to the maze.

Lacey P

The chicks jumped over the wall in the maze.

Thomas W

The chicks went out of the maze.

Flynn T

We made the maze and the chick went in the maze.

Jeremy T

One chicken went through the maze and the other chick did not finish the maze.

Charlotte M

The chicks went in the basket and in the maze too.

Anakin B





NAIDOC CUP – 2018

On Friday 22nd

June, 30 students from Emu Plains Public School participated and enjoyed a

day of sport and craft activities at the NAIDOC Cup.

After a meaningful welcome to country and a smoking ceremony, our senior and junior

primary students played in the Oz Tag competition. These teams entered into the spirit of the

day and improved with each game.

Whilst the Oz Tag games were being played our K-2 students participated and completed

several activities. These included Aboriginal dance, craft and listening to traditional

Aboriginal stories.

We would like to offer our thanks to all the parents / carers and friends who helped and

supported us on the day. It was very much appreciated. Thank you also to Nepean Community

and Neighbourhood Services for organising this wonderful event.

As always our students were wonderfully behaved, polite and they represented our school

admirably and with great pride.

MRS LOOBEEK & MRS PURI





P&C Term 2 Disco!! Thursday 5th

July Kindy - Yr 2 5:30- 6:45pm

Yr 3 -Yr 6 7:00 - 8:30pm

Cost is $5.00pp and includes entry, chips and fruit.

Bring your own labelled drink bottle, there will be NO

CUPS.

Come dressed in your PJ’s ready to dance!

Glow products will be available for purchase before entry to the disco.

Volunteers are very welcome and appreciated

Have you downloaded our

SkoolBag App?

The Skoolbag App is one of our main forms of communication with our school community.

In the event of an emergency, this will be our main tool to keep you informed. If you don’t

already use the app, it would be a great idea to download it today.





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