MAXIMISING ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL

If your child is unwell then home in bed is the

best place for them otherwise all students are

expected to attend school for the whole day to

maximise their learning opportunities. Please try

to make appointments for your child outside of school hours or first thing in the morning and

then they can return to school once the

appointment is completed.

If you are needing to pick your child up early

because you have to go to work then consider

enrolling your child for After School Care or

allowing them to walk home so that they are not

missing out on school.

TRY NOT TO TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT

Please use our school crossings so that you are

teaching your child to be safe when crossing

roads. I know it can be quicker to take the

indented pathway or cross between cars to shorten the walk but we are very lucky to have so

many crossings and we should be using them.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Our student photos have been delivered to the

school and will be distributed to the classrooms

before the end of the week. Please don’t forget we

are having our whole school photo taken on 11th May. Students are required to wear long sleeve

green school tops or jackets and the Year 6 can

wear their black jackets.

ORTHADOX EASTER

Best wishes to all of our staff and families celebrating Easter this weekend. I

am sure there will be many red eggs

cracked this Sunday.

Pauline Kubat Principal Pauline. Kubat@education.vic.gov.au

Weekly Views Epping Views Primary

Issue No. 12

29th April 2021

School Motto

‘From Little Things Big

Things Grow’

EVPS Values

Be Respectful Be Honest

Be Caring Be Excellent

Be Responsible

PLEASE REMEMBER we are an ‘egg & nut free’ school: no eggs,

peanut butter, nuts or nutella spread to come to school at any

time. Please assist us to keep our students safe. Thank you.

Principal Views

PLANNING FOR 2022

As you are probably aware there will be a new

primary school opening in Wollert in De Rossi

Boulevard in January 2022. This new school is

expected to have an impact on our student

enrolment as our new zone is now almost half the size of what it was this year.

Families who are already enrolled in

our school and living in the new zone can remain at our school or transfer

to the new school. We are asking that

if you know that you will definitely be

transferring to the Wollert East PS (interim name)

then please email me or contact the office as soon as possible so that we can begin our forward

planning for 2022.

The Planning Committee is pleased to say that

the building works are well on track for completion by the end of this year and the

process of selecting the new principal is now in

progress.

PLEASE DON’T FORGET

There are no teachers on active supervision in

the school yard until 8:45am. Classroom doors open at 8:50am.

Our school grounds are locked outside of

school hours. People jumping the fences or

entering locked premises are considered trespassing.

Our school has a policy where we do not share

gifts, food etc from families at school

celebrating children’s birthdays. We do not allow families to distribute lolly bags, food,

cakes, gifts etc within the school. The class

teacher will celebrate your child’s birthday in

the class.

Keep your hands and feet to yourself. Everyday Counts.

Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Re-Think We don’t swear at Epping Views!

Sustainability: It’s our responsibility

School Mantras

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Weekly Views Epping Views Primary School

20 Mansfield Street, Epping 3076 P: 8401 3791 F: 8401 3793

epping.views.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.eppingviewsps.vic.edu.au

DATE EVENT PAYMENT DUE YEAR LEVEL

4th May District Cross

Country TBA

Selected students

from year 4-6

11th May NAPLAN starts - Year 3 & 5

11th May Whole School Photo - Whole School

12th May—21st May Book Fair - Whole School

19th May Year 4 Camp 30th April Year 4

20th May Year 4 Excursion 13th May Non Campers

9th June Athletics TBA Year 4-6

26th June Last Day of term - Whole School

The Islamic holy month of Ramadan began on Tuesday 13 April 2021 and ends on Wednesday 12 May 2021

Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic

lunar year and the most important month in

the Lunar Calendar to Muslims. It was in this

month of fasting in which the Quran (the

Muslim Holy Book) was first revealed to the

Prophet Muhammad. This month provides

Muslims with an opportunity for self-purification

and reflection on their spirituality. Ramadan is

also a time for charity-giving, which can

involve both making donations and

participating in charitable events. Wishing our

Muslim friends a happy Ramadan.

Our 2021 school times are currently:

8:50: rooms open

8:57 music plays

9:00: 1st session

10:00 2nd session

11:00: 1st break starts

11:20: 1st break ends

11:20: 3rd session

12:20: 2nd break starts

12:50: 2nd break ends

12:50-1:00: lunch eating time inside

1:00: 4th session

2:00: 3rd break starts

2:30: 3rd break ends

2:30: 5th session starts

3:30: school bell

PLEASE name all of your child’s uniform

in clear, legible writing so we can

return found items. Not naming your child’s uniform is like throwing money away as we

cannot identify owners of non

named items.

FROM THE OFFICE

Uniform

We are so excited our uniform orders have finally arrived! The uniform shop is open on Tuesdays,

Wednesday and Thursdays onsite or every day via QkR.

Mother’s Day Stall

The Mother’s Day Staff is now open on QkR, get your orders in now! See page 4 for more information!

Forgotten Lunches

There are a large number of students who are not bringing their lunch to school, or not having

enough food in their lunch boxes. Please remind your student to pack their lunch box before

they leave the house in the morning.

We will be calling parents each time your child does not have their lunch and it is expected that

you will organise food to be brought to the school.

The canteen is not able to take late lunch orders after 9:30am and have been bombarded with

requests for sandwiches due to students forgetting their lunch. In the case

where a sandwich is made, a Compass message will be sent and you will

be required to send $2.00 to the office the following day.

Sick Bay

Thank you to parents for showing our school values and responsibly keeping your child home

when they are unwell. We do need to bring to your attention we have had a case of hand, foot

and mouth in year 4 and head lice in years Prep, 1 and 3.

Canteen

We have an updated canteen list coming out with new winter warmers added! See page 5 for more information!

Mother’s Day Stall will be running via Qkr.

Parents/students will be able to purchase gifts online from Tuesday 27th

April until Tuesday 4th May.

Pictures and prices of each item will be listed on Qkr,

students will bring home a form with items they have chosen and you

can place your order.

Gifts range in price from $1 to $6 with a variety of gifts available.

Raffle tickets are available via Qkr with your chance to win one of our

amazing hampers. Tickets are $1 each.

The raffle will be drawn on Wednesday 6th May. Winners will be

contacted by phone to collect their prize.

Round 1

First named school is the home team and Epping Views Primary School (EVPS) home grounds are:

Netball and Tennis at EVPS. AFL is played at Epping Reserve.

EV1 V The Lakes

Marymede 2 V EV2 (away)

For away games this week against Marymede 2

Netball, Tennis and AFL will all played at Marymede College (60 Williamsons Rd South Morang).

Term 2 sports

The Term 2 sports will be Hot Shots Tennis, AFL and Netball.

Training

A reminder there is Training every Friday morning from 8.00am-8.40am for all interschool sports teams. First training

session will be Friday April 30th.

Intraschool Sports Program

Students have been placed into teams. The students will be playing a variety of sports at school/Harvest Home

grounds, such as AFL, Table Tennis, Netball, Touch Football and Tennis to name a few.

NetSetGo Netball comes to EVPS (term 2)

NetSetGo is a program for boys and girls aged 5-10 to develop their netball skills towards game play.

Where: Epping Views P.S. (on the covered basketball court)

When: 3.45pm-4.45pm every Tuesday straight after school

Pricing: $98 for a season – 10 weeks (includes a T-Shirt and a netball)

CONTACT Lauren Theodosis at ltheodosis@nfnl.org.au Mobile number: 0419 899 555

Please note that parents/carers are responsible to get their child to and from the netball session and are asked

to remain present during the session. Exiting at 4.45pm from the session for everyone will be from the senior

wooden playground. Toilets to be used are in the green portables next to the undercover court.

State Lawn Bowls Finals

On Wednesday April 28th our lawn bowls squad played off in the State Finals in

Sunbury. A full report will be in next week’s newsletter!

PRQ—Caitlin For following teacher’s instructions

PSM— Iva For always following instructions and looking after her belongings

PCM— Shayaan For always following instructions

PEN— Setayesh For always following instructions and working hard

PJB— Makayla For helping in the classroom and looking after resources

PAM— Arisha For being responsible in writing and working hard the whole time

PCA– Daniel For following teacher’s instructions

1AJ—Adam For always sitting with the 5L’s ready to learn during learning time

1SG– Yaksh For looking after resources

1EP– Satinder For always using all of her learning time wisely

1MC– Blake For listening to instructions straight away

1TB— Lucas For being responsible with his belongings

1AT—Stephanie For always being so reliable and responsible

1JS– Mehar For always following instructions

2ME– Louay For always coming back to class responsibly from break times

2KH— Ali For always following instructions

2KW— Katie For always listening and following instructions the first time she is asked

2RM— Arshia For taking care of her belongings and trying her best when completing tasks

2LW– Benjamin For always being responsible when completing his work and working with his

peers

2CB— Jacob For looking after classroom belongings

2BL— Ayvah For using time wisely in class

2AP— Brandon For following instructions immediately

3SP— Luka For being responsible and staying focused on writing your persuasive

3JM– Jessie For always being organised and following instructions

3ST— Atreal For organising his tub and showing initiative

3SM— Noora For taking responsibility for your learning this week

4KF— Sahana For always being organised before sitting on the floor for instructions

4MW— Serine For being responsible by focussing on her learning

4LB— Nathan For always focussing on his learning as well as helping others

4MR— Rojgar For taking care of classroom resources

4CU— Ziad For looking after other people’s belongings and remembering to get the lunch

orders

5NW— 5NW For continuing to produce high quality work and being accountable for their

learning

5AG— 5AG For being an incredibly responsible class during all library sessions

5KK—Yenuthi For showing responsibility towards her library books and following up to return

items

5AP– Ekam For showing responsibility in the way she presents her workbook neatly

5JI—Jasmine For always following instructions

5SS—Ali For always being a positive role model to younger students

5ME—Sufyan For focussing on your learning and following adult instructions

6AS— Adam For consistently preparing yourself in the morning for the day ahead

6JP— Abbas For taking responsibility for his learning and remaining focussed during found

poetry

6JT— Manu For focussing on her learning and following instructions

6SB— Liyansa For always focusing on her learning

6PT—Dina For always remembering to submit her homework on time

6NY— Andy For focussing on his learning

6MP— Annalise For always focusing on her learning