EPSOM PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER NO 15– 12/05/10 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: School Council Meeting Monday 24th May 7.30pm

(Please note change of date)

Grounds Roster:

Gardening keys are being sent home today with the Dennis and Whittaker

families. Next week the keys will be sent home with the Edwards and Evans

families.

Getting Along,

Persistence,

Organisation,

Confidence

Resilience

DATES TO REMEMBER: Education Week Activities 7-8pm Thursday 20th May

Zone Cross Country Wednesday 26th May

Book Club orders due back Thursday 27th May

P/1 Excursion to Oak Forest Friday 28th May

Curriculum day Monday 31st May

1/2 & 2/3 Excursion to Scienceworks Wednesday 2nd June

3/4 & 5/6 Excursion to Museum & IMAX Friday 4th June

Student Reports distributed Friday 18th June

Parent teacher interviews Monday 20th—Thurs 24th

Term 2 ends Friday 25th June

Start Term 3 Monday 12th July

Prep 2011- Parent Information Evening Monday 26th July

EPSOM PALM PRESS

Chloe, Billy, Jorja, Caleb,

Ashlee, Zach, Bevan , Sam,

Talicea, Sean, Nathan,

Jaydon .

Dear Parents/Carers,

This week is Education Week and it has been fantastic

welcoming our prospective 2011 students and parents

to our school. If you know of any families who are

considering enrolling their child could you please ask

them to contact the school. There will be a further

information night on Monday 26th July for parents

who were unable to come on Monday.

We are all really looking forward to Night School on

Thursday evening so please come along and join in

with the fun.

Regards

Kerry McGuffie

Upcoming Excursions

As you are aware we have several excursions

coming up in the next few weeks. If you would

like to assist with these excursions please com-

plete the attached form (Preschoolers are unable

to attend).

As you would understand the buses have a pas-

senger limit. Therefore, in the event that there are

too many offers of help names will be pulled out

of a hat. Thank you

Night School Families are invited to come along and join in the

fun of Night School from 7-8pm on

Thursday, 20th May.

Join in any of the following activities:

P/1B Language Activity

P/1P Maths Activity

1/2 & 2/3 Toys Activity (Art focus)

3/4 Literacy Activity ( Titanic)

5/6 Science Challenge/Netbooks

Zone Cross Country Run

The Zone Cross Country Run for children in grades 3-

6 is on Wednesday May 26th at the Bendigo Race-

course. The children will be bussed to and from the

venue in two groups. 8,9 and 10 years will compete

from 10.30am– 12.00 noon.

11 and 12 years will compete from 12.45—2.30pm.

Children should wear their school uniform, appropri-

ate shoes and warm clothing for before and after the

race. They will require lunch, a drink and snacks. A

permission form will be sent home shortly.

Jan Brunswick

PE Coordinator

Before School Skills and

Fitness Program!

When: Monday mornings

Time: 8.25 – 8.55am

Students come along and join in

Parents also welcome

In June-July 2010, students, aged 15 – 18 years,

from over 15 countries will be arriving in Australia to study at local schools for 3, 5 or 10 months. Op-portunities exist to act as a host family in a volun-teer/unpaid capacity. Hosting can be on a tempo-

rary, short or long term basis.

Host families help provide our students with the chance to study and experience life in Australia.

This is a great way to learn about another country and culture, establish a lifelong link to a family in another country and contribute to international

goodwill. If your family can offer a friendly, suppor-tive and caring home environment, contact us to-

day.

To learn more about this opportunity call Student Exchange Australia New Zealand

on 1300 135 331 or visit our website: www.studentexchange.org.au

Volunteer for School Excursions

I _____________________________

wish to volunteer to assist on the upcoming

Excursions (please circle):

Grades Prep/1

Grades 1/2,2/3

Grades 3/4, 5/6

I understand that if there are more volunteers

than places available, names will go into a

draw.

*Return this form by Monday 24th May.

Better Schools Program

Epsom Primary School is participating in the Better

Schools program at the Bendigo Marketplace this

year.

Through this program you can help our school win

a Canteen Rescue package valued at $40,000.

Schools will also be competing to win cash prizes:

1st prize $2,000

2nd prize $1,000

3rd prize $500

In addition, Bendigo Marketplace will be awarding

weekly prizes that our school can use in our own

fundraising activities.

Simply present your receipts at the Customer Ser-

vice Desk in the Bendigo Marketplace or use the

quick drop box located at our school office, and

receive one point for every dollar you spend at the

Bendigo Marketplace.

Nominate our school and your points will be added

to the schools tally.

The rewards program runs for 6 weeks starting

on the 17th of May.

Please continue to shop at the local shopping cen-

tre if you currently do so but any additional shop-

ping you do at the Marketplace may benefit the

school. Thank you

Parents Victoria Online Conference

16-22 May 2010 (from 6.00am) Registration & Partici-

pation are free

No special software is needed just an internet-connected

computer and a browser.

The online discussions are very easy to join in, and guide-

lines about how to participate will be provided.

Register online at http://www.cybertext.net.au/pv1_10/

pv2010registration.php

Our school has registered for „See the Person

Week” organised by SCOPE. They are a dis-

ability service offering a range of services for

people with disabilities and are conducting a

fundraiser.

Fundraising wrist bands are available for $2

from the Junior School Council.

Headphones

By now all children have been issued headphones if they ordered them. I assume the children who

did not order are bringing some headphones from home however we still have many children with

no headphones. The children need headphones to listen to audio on computers and ipods for Read-

ing and Maths. We do have some headphones left over so it you would like to order please send $6

dollars in an envelope with your childs grade and name to the office.

Websmart 12. School email accounts are to be used at school. All children in grades 2/3 3/4 and 5/6 have their own epsomps email address. This is to be used in all school work. Our school email accounts are filtered for bad language auto-matically by Netspace. Prep/1 and 1/2's have a class email account that is used. 15. I will not download files/updates from the internet without permission from a teacher. This can cause too many downloads and create problems for our bandwidth. Sometimes it may be allowed as a once only but you need to ask a teacher. Our technician downloads most updates for the school in one go on the server. These are then downloaded from the server to each computer rather than from the internet. This ease the traffic and helps our broadband work faster when lots of people are online. Hope this is helpful from,

Jenny Ashby Leading Teacher ICT Specialist and Administrator

Office News

Subway Lunch orders should be handed into the Office on Thursday mornings.

Please make sure the right money is enclosed. No change is given.

The Excursion levy can be paid at the Office anytime. Please ensure this is

amount is settled before the end of Term 2. Please have the correct money.