EPSOM PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER NO 12– 28/04/10 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

Meeting Dates:

Next School Council Meeting Monday 17th May 7.30pm

Grounds Roster:

Gardening keys are being sent home today with the Coad and Commerford

families. Next week the keys will be sent home with the Crittenden and Crossman

families.

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To be

announced next

week due to the

long weekend.

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Getting Along,

Persistence,

Organisation,

Confidence

Resilience

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Author Visit CANCELLED Tuesday 27th April.

Book club orders due Thursday 29th April

School Photos will be sent home Friday 30th April

Epsom Cross Country (Helpers needed) Friday 30th April

School Uniform Order being put in Friday 30th April

Active After School Communities begins Monday 3rd May

Mother’s Day Stall Thursday 6th May

School Walkathon Friday 7th May 11.30am.

Lee Fox Author Visit rescheduled Friday 14th May

EPSOM PALM PRESS

Dear Parents/Carers,

I hope everyone had a restful and safe long weekend.

The students and staff are happily settled into their

new locations and continuing to work hard on teach-

ing and learning.

Since the holidays the children have been training

each day for the cross country. Our students are

building their fitness and we look forward to this

event on Friday. Please come along to help out or to

observe.

Next week will again be a busy one with the Walk-

athon and Mother’s Day Stall. Thank you to the fund-

raising group for organising these events. Please see

below another opportunity to raise funds for the

school.

Enjoy your week

Kerry McGuffie

Government funded fundraiser The Government is funding 960,000 home sustain-ability assessments to help homeowners and rent-ers understand what they can do in their homes to make them 'greener'. Whilst for some this is obvious, many householders don't know where to begin. These government funded assessments are a great first step towards understanding what is going on in your home and can be a no cost way of discovering where to start or what to do next. ecoMaster is a company that has been retrofitting homes for over six years and have teams of asses-sors throughout Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales that conduct quality assessments under the Green Loan Scheme. They are inviting members of the Epsom Primary School community along with their family, friends and neighbours to have a free assessment done on their home and for every as-sessment completed they will donate $10 to Epsom Primary School. The assessments will take around 90 minutes to complete. All you need to do is be there to discuss your home and show the assessor around so that he can offer valuable advice on how to create a comfortable and sustainable home. Remember that educating and inspiring people to make a difference can begin with just one conver-sation and one or two golden nuggets of informa-tion. So how many people do you think you could convince to spend 90 minutes to help save the planet and raise $10 for Epsom Primary School?

Epsom Cross Country The Cross Country Run is on this Friday April 30th

commencing at 1.45pm.

Thank you to the people who have offered to assist.

Please be at school by 1.30pm on the netball court

and I will explain your task.

5 and 6 Years run 400 metres

7 and 8 Years run 800 metres

9 and 10 Years run 2 kilometres

11 and 12+ run 3 kilometres

Walk-a-Thon – Friday, 7th May

The school will be conducting a Walk-a-thon on

Friday, 7th May. (A Sausage lunch order form is at

the end of this newsletter.)

Your child can help with our fundraising effort by

seeking donations for the Walk-a-thon. Forms can

be obtained from the office.

There will be prizes awarded to the highest fund-

raiser for each grade level.

Mothers Day Stall – Thursday 6th May The Mother’s Day stall will be held on Thursday

6th May. Please put this date in your diary.

Articles will be priced from 50cents to $5. Grade 6

Buddies will help the Preps with their shopping.

Donations for the stall are gratefully received.

Active After School Communities

Begins next Monday, 3rd May

BOOK YOUR FREE Home Sustainability

Assessment Today

As a fundraiser for Epsom Primary School, eco-Master will donate $10 for every successfully com-

pleted Home Sustainability Assessment.

Bookings and more information can be obtain from

www.ecoMaster.com.au/ homeassessment

When booking

Quote Promo Code: Epsom PS

to ensure that Epsom Primary School receives its donation

Office News EMA cheques have arrived and can be picked

up from the Office.

Author Visit rescheduled Lee Fox will now be visiting our school on Fri-

day May 14th. If you would like to order a

copy of one of her books for her to sign please

grab an order form from the Office.

Outstanding money The students requisites fee of $70 should now

have been finalised at the Office. I will be

sending statements home today. You will no-

tice a 1st term excursion amount of $8.75.

This amount relates to a first term incursion

“Beneath the Seas” and our author visit now

rescheduled for May 14th.

Wanted: Junior Badminton Players

More players (10-18 years) required for teams

Friday evening 6:30 pm start Junior pennant season starts Friday May

1st

Junior Yearly Membership $25.00 plus a

weekly fee $5.00 Racquets available, shuttles supplied. Wear non-marking shoes. Bring some

friends and have some fun! Coaching available for beginners.

Eaglehawk/Bendigo & District Badminton Association.

140 Victoria Street, Eaglehawk PH Rose 5446 3739 AH

Bendigo Instrumental Program

The Bendigo Instrumental Music Program

(BIMP) showcase will be held on Thursday 13th

May, 7.30pm at the Capital Theatre.

This annual event features the amazing talents of

our students and involves musicians from all five

colleges within the BIMP.

The concert is a fantastic opportunity to see the

quality of music happening within

secondary schools and we invite

everyone to attend.

Tickets can be purchased through

the Capital either online or by

phoning 5434 6100.

For more information please see

the BIMP website www.bimp.edublogs.org

WALK-A-THON

SAUSAGE SIZZLE

ORDER FORM

NAME ____________________

Sausage(s) in bread

@ $1 each $ _________

Prima Fruit Box

@ 50c each _________

PLEASE RETURN ORDERS BY

TUESDAY 4th MAY

___________________________

WALK-A-THON

SAUSAGE SIZZLE

ORDER FORM

NAME ____________________

Sausage(s) in bread

@ $1 each $ _________

Prima Fruit Box

@ 50c each _________

PLEASE RETURN ORDERS BY

TUESDAY 4th MAY

Epsom Soccer Club

More registrations required….all

age groups. Please contact Jenny

Jones on 0419591625

Uniform Order

I will be putting in a school uniform or-

der THIS FRIDAY…. No late orders

will be accepted. Thank you.