EPSOM PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TERM 3 WEEK 9(29)– 13/9/12 Phone Number: 03 5448 4318 School Fax Number: 03 5448 3334 Email: epsom.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.epsomps.vic.edu.au

This is a “YOU CAN DO IT” school

EPSOM PALM PRESS

Dear Parents,

The 3/4 students had a wonderful day Tuesday

learning about the creek environment from the

Huntly Primary School students. Thank you to the

Huntly staff and students and to the parents who

helped out for a great experience.

Thanks also to Mrs Brunswick and Mr Saddlier for

their organisation of the district sports that were

held yesterday. A big thank you to our parents who

also helped on the day. Congratulations to our

children on their sportsman like behaviour and

their enthusiastic participation during the day.

As you know, for all excursions a signed permis-

sion form is needed. Unfortunately, a number of

children did not return notes on time. In the future

children who do not return permission forms will

not attend these events and phone calls will not be

made requesting permission on the day.

Thank you

Kerry McGuffie

UPDATING STUDENT INFORMATION

If you have changed address, mobile number,

work contact, emergency contact names/

numbers or any details, please let me know in

the Office.

EMA CHEQUES HAVE ARRIVED

Please come and see me in the Office.

HATS IN TERM 4

All children need their school hats for Term 4.

There are some hats for sale at the Office. The

cost is $9.50.

FRESH FRUIT FRIDAY AND BREAKFAST

PROGRAM

Tomorrow will be the last breakfast and fresh fruit

Friday for term 3. Thankyou to Deanne, Sarah,

Michelle, and Aimee for dishing up breakfast.

Thankyou to our fruit platter ladies for cutting up

fruit for our children to share on Fridays at recess.

These programs will commence again in term 4 un-

til we run out of funding and IF more volunteers

can help.

PIE ORDERS FOR THE LAST

DAY OF TERM MUST BE IN

TOMORROW.

NO ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED

ON MONDAY

Troy, Jay, Amber, Trent, Sierra, Connor, Daisy,

Titus, Dacota, Jordan S, Meg, David, Nelson,

Neha Sharma, Emily M, Jessie A, Fletcher,

Kaitlyn, Maddy La, Sean, Dan

PIE ORDERS CLOSE ON

FRIDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER

NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED

JUNIOR FOOTBALL DAY—SEPT 21ST

LUNCH ORDER FORM

NAME_________________________GRADE_______

1_PIE & JUICE BOX—$4

1 SAUSAGE ROLL & JUICE BOX—$4

EXTRA PIE—$2.50

EXTRA S/ROLL—$2.50

PLEASE CROSS OUT WHAT YOU DON’T WANT

ENCLOSED_________________

ATHLETICS REPORT

IN NEXT WEEKS

NEWSLETTER

DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR (subject to change) EVERY WEEK

Tuesdays STUDENT BANKING—TO OFFICE

Thursdays SUBWAY ORDERS TO SCHOOL

Fridays BREAKFAST AT SCHOOL @ 8.15

TERM 3

WEEK 9

Friday 14th Sept LAST BREAKFAST FOR TERM 3

LAST FRESH FRUIT FRIDAY FOR TERM 3

Friday 14th Sept PIE ORDERS CLOSE FOR FOOTBALL DAY

NO ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED NEXT WEEK

WEEK 10 LAST WEEK OF TERM 3

Mon 17th Sept Remaining school production tickets will be available to buy

Mon 17th Sept School Council Meeting @ 6pm

Tues 18th Sept Aussie Spectacular 7.30pm—Whole school production

NO TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR

Wed 19th Sept Victorian Schools Cycling Cup BMX Division

Friday 21st Sept Last day of Term 3—NO SUBWAY ORDERS

NO BREAKFAST OR FRESH FRUIT FRIDAY

CAST PARTY AT RECESS

Junior School Football match

(NO PIES AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ON THE DAY)

TERM 4 Mon 8th Oct First day of Term 4 Mon 15th Oct Mrs Brunswick returns from Long Service Leave

Division/Region Athletics 10,11,12 Years (if they qualify from school cluster aths.)

Mon 15th Oct Australian Youth Choir Auditions @ lunch time

Mon 15th Oct School Council Meeting @ 6pm

Tues-Wed 16th-17th Oct Whole School Swimming Program

Friday 19th October WALKATHON

NO FRESH FRUIT FRIDAY

Mon 22nd Oct Active After School Communites begin for Term 3 (Gr3-6)

Tues 23rd Oct Bunnings Garden makeover

Wed 24th Oct UNICEF—Dress in Blue Day

Wed 24th Oct Active After School Communites begin for Term 3 (P-2)

Mon-Wed 22nd-24th Oct Whole School Swimming Program (5 sessions)

Tues 30th Oct Junior School Excursion—1/2 Jnr school today

Wed 31st Oct Bendigo Cup Day—Public Holiday

Thurs 1st Nov Junior School Excursion—Other 1/2 Jnr school

Thur 8th Nov Prep 2013 Transition—9.15am-12noon

Friday 9th Nov 5/6 Kanga Cricket Carnival Tues 13th—Wed 14th Nov Grade 3/4 Camp to Billabong Ranch

Thur 15th Nov Prep 2013 Transition—9.15am-12noon

Mon 19th Nov Prep 2013 Transition—12noon– 3pm

Mon 19th Nov School Council Meeting @ 6pm Wed 21st —Fri 23 Nov Grade 5/6 Camp—Valley Homestead

Mon 26th Nov Prep 2013 Transition—12noon-3pm

Mon 3rd Dec Curriculum Day—No students required

COMMUNITY NEWS

Our school noticeboard is regularly updated with information regarding community events-Please check.

SHOPPING TRIP/FAIR INTEREST

If you are interested in supporting a shopping trip,

please send this form in by Friday. So far not enough

response for trip to proceed—last chance today.

Thankyou to Kylie Evans for securing the Huntly

BBQ fundraising event for our school. A huge

thankyou to Alison Hauke, Bridget Green, Sharyn Al-

lan, Leanne Veale and Nat Bishop for cooking the

BBQ on a “freezing” day.

SCHOOL WALKATHON

Early next term our fundraising committee is holding

a Walkathon. This is a great day for everyone. More

information and sponsorship forms will be sent home

with next weeks newsletter.

GROUNDS ROSTER

Today I will be sending keys home to

the Hart, Harvey and Henderson

families.

Thank you for helping keep our school

grounds tidy.

Next week’s keys will go home to the holiday roster

families. Thankyou to the Grant and Fox families for volunteer-

ing. If anyone else is available during the holidays to

keep our school grounds tidy and keep an eye on the

chooks, please let me know in the Office.

Epsom Variety Show

Tuesday , September 18th—

No tickets sold at the door…... The School Concert will take place next week

Tuesday, 18th September at the Connect Church

Hall in Solomon St, East Bendigo, off Murphy

Street. It will commence at 7:30pm sharp. All

current students at the school are in the concert,

therefore they do not have to pay.

Children need to be dropped at the Hall at

7.10pm.

If your child is unable to participate, please see his

or her teacher as soon as possible.

Please buy your tickets prior to the concert, as

there will be no tickets sold at the door on the

night. There is no reserved seating.

This will be the last order for tickets.

On Monday any remaining tickets will

be sold on a “first in, best dressed”

basis. CAST PARTY FRIDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER

It is our tradition to hold a Cast Party for the chil-

dren after our concert. The Cast Party will be at

recess Friday, 21st September.

We ask that children bring the following items for

sharing:

Grade 5/6 – 1 litre bottle of soft drink

Oldest in the family of all other grades – small

plate of savouries (such as vegetables and dips,

kabana, cheese, dry biscuits), fruit or sweets

(cakes, biscuits and slices).

PLEASE—NO NUTS Please don’t send anything that requires heating as

we don’t have the time or space to heat things

with ease. This party is for a playtime snack only,

so large quantities of food are not required.

I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO GO ON

A BUS SHOPPING TRIP TO

MELBOURNE

14/10/12 or 18/11/12 (Sunday)

I would prefer a Saturday

Please circle your preference

NAME__________________________________

NO. OF PEOPLE I WILL BRING __________

I CAN HELP WITH THE FAIR

NAME_________________________________

EMAIL ________________________________

PHONE NO. ___________________________

I WILL BE ABLE TO HELP WITH ……..

_______________________________________

AUSSIE SPECTACULAR

TICKET ORDER

I would like to order

NAME: ____________________________

______ TICKETS @ $5 EACH

MAXIMUM OF 3 TICKETS

(Sorry, no children on laps)

Please send order and money along to the

Office and tickets will be sent home with

your child.

Victorian Schools Cycling Cup On Wednesday 19th September Epsom Primary School are entering a team in the Victorian Schools Cycling Cup BMX Division. This will be held at the Eaglehawk BMX track. This is something new to Ep-som Primary School and we have some very keen and eager riders participating on this day. If you are one of the students who have been selected for this team can you please ensure that your notes and money are returned to Mrs Parsons by Friday 14th September so that the entries can be finalized. Re-member, LATE ENTRIES CANNOT BE ACCEPTED. If you need any further information please don't hesi-tate to come and see me. Thank you Kellie Parsons

Junior Footy Match– Fri Sept. 21st On the last day of Term 3, Friday 21st September we

will once again be hosting the annual junior football

match. There will be no Subway lunch orders on this

day, instead we will be having a pie day. Please fill

in the lunch order below if you want to order.

PIE ORDERS MUST BE RETURNED

TOMORROW.

VISITING SPECTATORS CAN ALSO ORDER

PLEASE USE ORDER FORM FOR EACH

PERSON ATTENDING

Family and friends are encouraged to attend this fun

school community event. Please mark the date in

your calendar.

Please fill in an order for each child/adult attending

the day. ie. Parents, grandparents, friends etc.

(If anyone can access a pie warmer for the day

that we can borrow, that would be great.)

More pie order forms available from the Office.

GRADE 3/4D COSTUME REQUIREMENTS I am desperately seeking capes for the school

concert. My preference is for the blue Vixens

netball capes that were given to Gr3/4 children

earlier this year. However I would be grateful for

any type of cape - think Superman, Batman etc.

Please bring named capes to the Gr 3/4 ASAP.

Mrs Gill Davey Grade 3/4 Dress Requirements -

Aussie Spectacular Children are required to wear

their school polo shirt or a red t-shirt combined

with jeans or black pants. No track suit pants

please.

Mrs Davey

AN IMPORTANT CAMP REMINDER

When we return from school holidays it will only

be 6 weeks until the Grade 3/4 Billabong camp and

7 weeks until the 5/6 Valley Homestead camp. We

strongly recommend making payments towards

camp at the office please.

It should be noted that all camps

must be paid for before the children

can attend. EMA CHEQUES CAN BE SIGNED OVER TO GO

TOWARDS THE CAMP…...

DVD ORDERS CAN ALSO BE ORDERED

NEXT TERM

PIE ORDERS CLOSE ON

FRIDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER

NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED

JUNIOR FOOTBALL DAY—SEPT 21ST

LUNCH ORDER FORM

NAME_________________________GRADE_______

1_PIE & JUICE BOX—$4

1 SAUSAGE ROLL & JUICE BOX—$4

EXTRA PIE—$2.50

EXTRA S/ROLL—$2.50

PLEASE CROSS OUT WHAT YOU DON’T WANT

ENCLOSED_________________

AUSSIE SPECTACULAR—

DVD ORDER

FAMILY NAME________________

NUMBER of DVD’s_____________

@ $10 each = $ ______ ENCLOSED