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Term 1 - Week 10
Tuesday, 31 March, 2015
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
VRPs this Week
Very Responsible Respectful Resilient People
These names were drawn out of the stage boxes at
last week’s K-6 assembly. These names, along with
others were added to the boxes by their teachers for
showing one or all of our three school wide expectations during the week.
DIARY DATES
Week 10
Mon 30 March
Gym S3
Thurs 2 April
Easter Parade
No Assembly
Leadership and Badging Ceremony
On Wednesday we had a special leadership
assembly, where more than 90 students were
presented with badges to recognise leadership as
environment or library monitors, creative &
practical arts leaders or as a member of the
Student Representative Council members (SRC).
We had some very proud and enthusiastic
students on the day!
At ENPS we aim to provide an environment which
encourages, nurtures and provides strong direction
for students to reach their full leadership potential.
Our many formal and informal opportunities for
student leadership throughout the year enable
students to develop effective student leadership
practices, building confidence and competence to
take on responsibility and have an input at a
school or community level.
LAST DAY OF TERM
TERM 2
Week 1
Mon 20 April
Staff Development Day
Tues 21 April
Children Return to School
Wed 22 April
Cross Country
Thurs 23 April
School House Museum
“School At War”
— 6M, 6/5W, 5D
Fri 24 April
ANZAC Ceremony 9.30am
Thank you to Senior Band,Junior Veg and Mrs
Bryant for your performance items at this special
assembly.
We congratulate all our leaders and wish them
every success this year.
Easter Parade
Our students have delighted in working with their
buddy classes to create some very imaginative
and colourful Easter baskets for the Easter parade
on Thursday. For many students buddy time is
often the beginning of very important and lasting
Senior Band Performance
Badging Ceremony - 25 March, 2015
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relationships and the opportunity for students to mentor or guide their younger buddies. Often it is noted that
our younger buddies can be a positive role model for the older buddies as well. Thank you to Ms Righetti &
Mrs Hunter for organising this event.
Anzac Commemoration
ANZAC Day occurs on 25 April every year. On this day we honour all the men and women who have
participated in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations around the world, including the ANZACs
(Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. Incredibly,
100 years have passed since Australia’s involvement in the First World War.
As Anzac day falls on the weekend, we felt it was important that all students still acknowledge this important
day. Therefore we will conduct our commemoration ceremony on Friday 24th April, the first Friday back after
the holidays. The service will begin at 9.30am.
Cross Country
The annual school cross country for 8 year olds and 3-6 will be held on Wednesday 22nd April. The warm up
will begin at 9.30am.
NAPLAN
The National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy: Reprint from last week
(NAPLAN) is conducted each year for all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in all government and nongovernment schools. This program, which has the support of all State and Territory Education Ministers, will
assess the literacy and numeracy learning of students in all Australian schools. Please note these dates in
your diary. Unless there is sickness, no Yr 3 or Yr 5 child should miss this assessment.
Tuesday 12 May – Language Convention test (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) and a separate Writing
test.
Wednesday 13 May - Reading test
Thursday 14 May - Numeracy test (Number, Algebra, function and pattern, Chance and data, Measurement
and Space)
Safety around Our School
I have been recently informed that the NSW Government has provided funding for the placement of school
zone signs with flashing lights at all schools by the end of this year to alert motorists of the 40km speed limit
required during school drop off and pick up times. Installing these flashing lights in schools zones has been shown to improve driver awareness of the need to
travel at a lower speed to ensure the safety of children and others coming and going from the school area. Roads and Maritime Services is delivering this safety initiative and plans to install signs outside Epping North
Public School on Boundary Road the week beginning 2 April 2015 outside of 40km school zone hours. Work
will take up to two hours to complete, weather permitting. Lights are installed on pre-existing poles or new poles are put in place if needed. Partial lane closures may be in place while work is carried out to ensure safety of road users and workers.
There will be some noise associated with this work, but every effort will be made to minimise these impacts. Winter Uniform
We will make the unofficial change to winter uniform from the first day back after the holidays (i.e. 21st April),
with a two week change-over period depending on the weather. During weeks1 and 2 of term 2, students
may either wear summer or winter uniform. The official change-over date for winter uniform will be
Monday 4th May (week 3). There will be further reminders about this change in the newsletter next term.
Please check the website for details about what constitutes the winter uniform for both girls and boys under
parents - uniform.
Thank You
Thank you to Amanda Avery, her team and all parents who helped at the P & C BBQ on election day. Our
school is very lucky to have such dedicated support from our parents.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all students, staff and parents for a wonderful start to the school
year. I hope you have a relaxing holiday with your family and we look forward to seeing everyone back at
school on Tuesday 21 April.
J Wilcher
Principal
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SCHOOL NEWS
Easter Egg Raffle
To raise money for Kindergarten Developmental Play equipment, we are running an Easter raffle. Winners
will be drawn at the Easter Basket Parade. Tickets will be sold from Monday 23rd March. Each morning SRC
members will sell tickets on the steps to nowhere and at the parade. They will cost 50c each or 3 for $1.
Thanks for your anticipated support.
Suzanna Colburt
P & C NEWS
School Fair – October 24th 2015
Calling all organiser types, who would be able to help by taking on a co-ordinator role for our major
fundraising event – the biennial ENPS School Fair. Please contact Marie McHugh on 0414-335-320 or email
[email protected] if you (or a small group of you) are interested in coordinating:
· Market stalls
· Food stalls (x2)
· Second Hand Book stall
· Joining the plant stall team
· Games OR
· Cake stall
Please note that all volunteer coordinators will be given free rein to run and organise their responsibility as
they wish – or course there are some safety and legal rules we have to follow.
Facebook page
To keep up to date with P&C activity or just to keep tuned into what’s going on at school, send a request to
join Epping North Public School P&C page on Facebook. This is a closed group so we will send you a private
message asking for your child’s details (Name and Class) if we don’t recognise your name before adding you
to the group.
Election Day Fundraiser 2015
Thank you to everyone who helped out on Saturday at the Election Day Fundraiser. It was an absolutely
amazing day with 490 sausage sandwiches, 300 bacon and egg rolls, over 100 cakes and sweet treats
lovingly made and sold in record time and our amazing collection of donated books walking out the door.
Every single $ raised on Saturday is going straight back to the P&C fundraising target for 2015. Our target
this year is to help fund school projects, purchase school resources and help create the amazing school that
we all know ENPS is. So on behalf of the P&C.....
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
Special personal thanks to my team on the day, Rebecca Leahy, Viv Munter and Richard Avery.
Amanda Avery
ENPS P&C
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CANTEEN NEWS
Easter Parade
Thank you to those who have volunteered to cut onions. We have enough now, but we still need volunteers
to serve after the parade. Currently I am running solo. Please contact me if you can help.
DATE
VOLUNTEER
9am-12pm
VOLUNTEER
12pm-2pm
24/04
Alison McBurnie
Alison McBurnie
Clare Friend
Clare Friend
VOLUNTEER
9am-12pm
VOLUNTEER
12pm-2pm
01/05
08/05
15/05
22/05
29/05
05/06
12/06
19/06
26/06
Term 2 volunteer roster is now ready to be filled, so if you are available to help please email
[email protected]
MODERN JAZZ & BOYS’ DANCE NEWS
Parent Supervision Roster:
Tuesday 31/3/15 – Years 2, 3 and 4 Boys –Marie McHugh
Tuesday 31/3/15 – Year 3 Girls – Yali Zhao
Wednesday 1/4/15 – Year 4 Girls – Karen Michie
Wednesday 1/4/15 – Years 4, 5 and 6 Boys – Beth Goddard
Thursday 2/4/15 – Kindergarten Dance – Carolyn Shaw
Thursday 2/4/15 – Years 5 and 6 Girls – Alison Hall
Tuesday 21/4/15 – Years 2, 3 and 4 Boys – Karen Ninness
Tuesday 21/4/15 – Year 3 Girls – Anna Guastini
Wednesday 22/4/15 – Year 4 Girls – Jane Marchant
Wednesday 22/4/15 – Years 4, 5 and 6 Boys – Melissa Kenny
Thursday 23/4/15 – Kindergarten Dance – Olivia Sedgwick
Thursday 23/4/15 – Years 5 and 6 Girls Dance – Sonya Morgan
Friday 24/4/15 – Years 1 and 2 Boys – Anne Hackworthy
If you are unable to do the supervision on the day which your family is rostered, please arrange to swap with
another parent in your dance group. If this proves difficult, please contact your group’s parent representative
with as much notice as possible.
If your child would like to join our dance program, or if you require further information about our program,
please contact [email protected] or phone 0408 773 440.
BAND NEWS
Congratulations to Senior Band for an excellent performance at the Badging Ceremony last Wednesday. A
great effort. Thank you also to the parents who helped out on the day, your assistance is really appreciated.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
Easter Parade:
Thurs 2nd April, 1pm - Concert Band to play.
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Band Camp:
Friday 29th May - Sunday 31st May 2015, at Collaroy Centre, Collaroy
Band Camp Concert:
A concert will be held at school on Thursday 4th June at 6.30pm.
All bands.
UNSW Competition:
2nd August, (time TBC), All Bands.
Annual Soiree -
Saturday 29th August - Any child or group of children who are in the band
programme playing small items- All welcome.
End of Year Concert:
Sunday 29th November at 4pm (TBC). All Bands If your child has a dance
concert on this day, please let us know asap as we are trying to work around
these.
BAND CAMP:
Please complete the Band Camp registration before the end of term. Ensure
you print a copy of both sections of the registration and drop it in the band box in
the school foyer (white plastic tub in the shelves to the right as you enter). Any
queries to Trina Backstrom and Emmajane O’Donohue, Band Camp Coordinators [email protected].
The following families are rostered on for the next two weeks:
Training Band
Weds 1st April Weds 22nd Weds 29th -
Purvis family
Willmott family
Bulin family
Concert Band
Thurs 23rd April Mon 27th Thurs 30th Mon 4th May -
Thomson family
Shannon family
Gunter family
Farris family
Senior Band
Tues 21st April
Friday 24th Tues 28th Friday 1st -
Rees family
Tait family
Jensen family
Baker family
We hope you all have an enjoyable holiday. Band resumes on the first day back at school.
Lisa Daly / Glenn Thomson, Band Managers
0412 397 513 / 0438 295 019
[email protected]
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OPPORTUNITIES
Disclaimer: Epping North Public School will, as a service to parents, advertise community news, events and
services which may be of interest. ENPS does not necessarily endorse the events and services and
accepts no responsibility for their management, organisation or quality.
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Easter Football/Soccer Camp
SM Football Academy (FFA qualified)
Coach: Shawn Maple www.smfootballacademy.com.au
When: April 7th (Tues) - April 10th (Fri) 9.00am-12noon
Where: Darvall Park - Denistone. Chatham Rd.
“Enjoy and Play” Who: Boys and Girls aged 9-13
Bring: Your own ball (I will have 4 extra balls with me if you don’t have one), sunscreen, drink bottle
and snack for morning tea break
Cost:
$155.00 for early bird special - payment by 23rd March, Monday
$175.00 after 23rd March
Payment: In person or by bank transfer. For details www.smfootballacademy.com.au
Contact: Shawn Maple 0415 627 745
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