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TERM 3 | WEEK 1 | 24 July 2018

IMPORTANT DATES

Thur 26/7 Maths Olympiad @11.25am

Fri 27/7 Last day for Stewart House Bags

Fri 27/7 State Cross Country Carnival

Tues 31/7 K-2 Sports Carnival

Tues 31/7 Parent Helper Induction Session @9.05am

Tues 31/7 Year 5 Debate @2pm

Wed 1/8 3-6 Assembly (awards only) @ 1.45pmK-2 Assembly (awards only) @ 2.25pm

Wed 1/8 Drama Performance

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NEWSLETTEREpping HeightsPublic School

Newsletter articles due COB Friday

Values for this term:

Term 3 Fairness & Care

Confidence Resilience CreativityPRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome to Term 3 - Semester 2. It is hard to believe half the year has passed already. It was lovely to be in the playground this morning, to chat with students as they arrived at school, eager to see friends and share holiday experiences. We look forward to a wonderful term of learning. Special welcome to our 9 new students and their families. We hope you enjoy your time as part of our school community.

Yesterday teachers undertook professional learning on the new Literacy and Numeracy progressions. Led by myself and the executive team (Miss Moore, Miss Gerard, Mr Buckman, Mr Johnston and Mrs Moran), we unpacked Strategic Direction 2 of our school plan and looked closely at the way the Numeracy progressions support the teaching of numeracy across the key learning areas. Teachers compared the new progressions to the previous continuum and collaboratively discussed how we will use the progressions to support student learning.

IN THIS EDITION: - Principal’s report - General News, Band Directors, Congratulations, Special Assembly, Education Week - Open Day, Expert led Parent Information Session - Mindset, Canteen, Kindergarten 2019- Stewart House- Student Awards and Achievements- Canteen News- P&C news - Strictly Live- Classifieds & Community User Groups/Contact EHPS


Epping HeightsPublic SchoolConfidence Resilience CreativityCongratulations to those Stage 3 students who participated in the Canberra excursion at the end of last term. Your behaviour was reported to be excellent and we are proud of your independence, manners and positive choices. Thank you again to Mr Johnston for organising this exciting learning experience and to the Stage 3 teachers who gave up their family time to support our students for the 3 days and 2 nights.

BAND DIRECTORSWe are proud to announce the appointment of our new band directors- Mrs Linda Billingham and Mr William Endicott. Both applicants were successful in achieving this position through a thorough merit selection process. Their CVs, referees and auditions were outstanding. Mrs Billingham will take the Training, Stage and Concert bands. Mr Endicott will take the Intermediate band. The panel (Mr DiMarzo, Mrs Armstrong, Mrs Gallagher, Mr Taylor and myself) were impressed with qualifications, experience and most of all passion both conductors will bring to this role.We feel confident our students will benefit and our band program will continue to grow. Thank you to the panel for their hard work during this process. We also wish Mr DiMarzo all the best for his future. We hope you will join us as we welcome Linda and William as part of the EHPS community.

CONGRATULATIONSWe congratulate Mrs Wendy Morritt (Our Senior Administrative Manager - SAM) who has been asked to share her knowledge and expertise in at State Office in Bridge St. Mrs Morritt will be working there until week 9 this term. Thank you to Mrs Lee Whittakker who is again taking on the role of SAM at our school.

SPECIAL ASSEMBLYNext Wednesday (1st August) we will be holding an additional assembly for K-2 and for 3-6. This will be to present Read With Me, Principal and Merit Awards. No classes will be performing.


Epping HeightsPublic SchoolConfidence Resilience Creativity

EDUCATION WEEK- OPEN DAY

Parent and families are invited to come and celebrate Education week with us.

When? Wednesday 8 August, 2018

What? 9:10-9:50am Yr K,1 & 2 Open classrooms

9:50-10:30am Yr 3,4,5 & 6 Open classrooms

10:30-11:00am Bring a picnic recess to share with your child in the playground.

11:00-12:00pm K-6 assembly in hall with performances by extra-curricular groups.

Vocal Enrichment group, Yr 1-2 choir, Yr 3-6 choir, Stage 2 performance dance, Stage 3 performance dance, Intermediate band.

We hope you will join us for this special event.

EXPERT LED PARENT INFORMATION SESSION- MINDSET. As advertised in our previous newsletter, we are holding an information session for parents on Mindset.

This session will be presented by a guest speaker- Tim Perkins. Here is Tim’s outline of his session:

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.- Alvin Toffler

Whether you subscribe to this point of view or not I don’t know, but what I do know is that every parent I work with wants the best for their offspring. Yet I often recognise that their best intentions are unwittingly undermining their child’s potential. As our society and the economy continue to evolve, school performance is important, but so too are an increasing array of other considerations. In this presentation, we’ll explore the research of Professor Carol Dweck and her theory of Fixed and Growth Mindsets. We’ll explore the behaviours to be aware of, those we could look to encourage as well as strategies to use in our day-to-day life to best prepare our kids to have the resilient mindset necessary to handle what life will have to throw at them.” - Tim Perkins

When: Wednesday 22 August 5:30p.m-6:30p.m

Where: School Hall.

This session is not suitable for children so please make child care arrangements.

CANTEEN Today we welcome Yummy Bears Kiosk who begin as our canteen operators. We look forward to a wonderful partnership with them as they work as part of our school community. For more information about the canteen please see later in this newsletter.



KINDERGARTEN 2019Enrolments for Kinder 2019 are now open. If you know anyone with a child who turns 5 by 31 July 2019, please encourage them to enrol at our front office as soon as possible so that they can be included in Kinder Orientation.

Details about enrolment can be found on our website at http://www.eppinghts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-school/enrolmentPlease note that according to the NSW Government guidelines, you must now provide a copy of your child’s Immunisation History Statement.If you are out of area, please ensure you include a Non-local application form for our Enrolment Committee to consider.

If you are unsure if your child is ready, please visit http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/development/is-my-child-ready-to-start-school and speak with your child’s preschool or daycare teacher.

MS MEGAN BRIDEKIRKPRINCIPAL

STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING APPEAL 2018 Thank you for continuing to support the Stewart House Clothing Appeal. Since 2008 the Stewart House School Clothing Appeal working in partnership with The Smith Family has collected over 100,000,000kg of material with 90% of the product being reusable. The clothing drives purpose is to collect good quality clothes and accessories for resale in Smith Family stores. Your support then enables income to be generated for Stewart House to provide valuable services to 19,000 disadvantaged families, from all parts of NSW and the ACT that are in need whilst reducing our impact on the environment.

Stewart House Bags will be sent home today. Please place your contribution of high quality used clothing in the bags provided and drop off in the designated space on the left side of the hall under the sign marked Stewart House Collection by 3.05pm Friday 27/7/2018.

Thank you for your ongoing support. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

MRS ANNIE MACKENZIE, MRS EMILY TAHIR, MR DOMINIC BUCKMAN (SRC COORDINATORS)

STUDENT ACHEIVEMENTS

Amy’s (4B) painting has won the junior award in the SNPS Dance Art Show Competition. Dylan’s (4W) artwork has also been chosen as a finalist. Well done Amy & Dylan



Dear Epping Heights Public School families,

Starting in Term 3- Yummy Bears Kiosk is your NEW School canteen operator.

We are very happy and excited to be part of your School!

We would like to introduce ourselves……… Yummy Bears Kiosk evolved from the long-time friendship of two busy mothers Tania and Teresa, and the need to create an employment opportunity conducive to a hectic lifestyle. Our business was created by our shared aspiration to fill our own children’s lunch boxes with new and creative options to keep them interested in a healthy lunch. We understand the importance of a nutritionally balanced diet and recognise the positive effects this has had on many facets of our own children’s lives. We produce high quality and nutritional foods daily made from fresh produce and cooked on site.

We currently operate Canteens at a number of Primary and Secondary schools in the Sydney Metropolitan area. We run our canteens proudly and successfully, we employ dynamic and committed staff to assist us in delivering healthy, delicious foods and a professional, reliable and friendly service at all of our schools.

The following ordering and payment solutions will be available:

• COMING SOON On-line ordering : Qkr (pronounced quicker) Qkr is an app available for both Android and Apple phone. Lunches may be ordered at no extra cost. Cut off time for lunch orders 8:30am

Or, Cash payments and orders placed over the counter at the canteen (an express box will also be available).

We welcome new ideas and initiatives and work hard to accommodate requests. We cater for special dietary requirements, gluten and dairy Free, halal, vegetarian and vegan.

Our menu is based on the Smart Choices Strategy:

EVERYDAY

OCCASIONAL

Please come to meet us at the Canteen, our food is great and we are very friendly!!!!



YBK RECESS MENU EVERYDAY Seasonal fresh fruit $ 1.00 Fruit kebab $ 1.00 Fresh fruit salad $ 3.00 Fruit salad and Greek yoghurt $ 3.70 Apple slinky $ 1.00 Crispy fruits – pure dried fruit $ 1.50 Carrot sticks $ 0.20 Health pack (carrot, celery, cucumber, ham cheese and crackers) $ 3.00 Cucumber, celery and carrot cups with Hummus $ 1.70 Cheese jaffle $ 0.80 Pizza bread $ 1.00 Oven baked Frittata bites $ 1.00 Greek Yoghurt cups $ 1.00 Greek Yoghurt cups with berries $ 1.50 Pauls vanilla Custard cups (GF) $ 1.00 Popcorn and raisin cups $ 1.00 Koala Popcorn Plain $ 1.40

OCCASIONAL Variety of homemade fruit muffins $ 1.50 Oven baked hash browns $ 1.00 Spinach and ricotta triangles $ 0.50 Garlic Bread $ 0.70 Jelly cups $ 1.00 Vegie chips (GF) $ 1.50 Banana bread $ 3.00

DRINKS EVERYDAY Water $ 2.00 Sparling Mineral water $ 2.50 Mount Franklin Flavoured sparkling mineral water $ 2.20 Pauls milk carton300ml $ 1.80 Sipahh straw to enjoy with your plain milk $ 0.50 OAK Flavoured milk 300ml $ 2.20 Soy milk $ 2.50 Coconut water $ 2.50

OCCASIONAL Juice poppers 99% fruit juice 250ml $ 2.00 Kids Nudie Juice $ 2.20 GLEE (99% fruit juice in sparkling mineral water) $ 2.20

YBK LUNCH MENU EVERYDAY SANDWICHES Option of white, wholemeal, multigrain, Helgas low carb and gluten free bread available Vegemite or honey $ 1.80 Vegemite and light tasty cheese $ 2.40 Light Tasty Cheese $ 2.20 Chicken, lettuce and mayo $ 4.00 Chicken and salad $ 4.50 Egg and Lettuce $ 3.50 Salad $ 3.50 Tuna and mayo $ 3.20 Tuna and salad $ 4.50 Light Tasty Cheese and tomato $ 3.20 Ham $ 3.00 Ham and tasty cheese $ 3.60 Ham and salad $ 4.50 Cheese and salad $ 4.50 Ham, tasty Cheese and Tomato $ 4.00 (extra fillings $ 0.50, toasted $ 0.50, roll $ 1.00Turkish bread $1.00) WRAPS / ROLLS Char grilled chicken breast with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and mayo $ 5.00 Falafel wrap (Falafel, hommos, tabouli) $ 5.50 Ham, cheese and Pineapple $ 5.00 Tuna, lettuce, tomato and mayo $ 5.00 FRESH SALADS Fruit salad and yoghurt $ 3.70 Salad and dressing $ 4.00 Grilled chicken and salad $ 5.00 Tuna and salad $ 5.00 Greek salad small $ 3.80 large $ 5.00

OCCASIONAL Homemade chicken schnitzel WRAP with avocado, lettuce and mayo $ 5.00 Caesar salad (lettuce, bacon, parmesan and croutons) $ 5.00 (with chicken $1.00 extra) (extra fillings in sandwiches, wraps, salads $ 0.50)



HOT FOOD EVERYDAY Penne Bolognese (pasta with Homemade Bolognaise sauce) $ 4.00 Penne with napoletano sauce ( with or without parmesan cheese) $ 3.80 Fried rice with Vegetables $ 3.80 Chicken kebab stick $ 2.70 Chicken kebab in a roll $ 3.70 Chicken Kebab on roll with lettuce $ 4.00 Chicken Burger (fresh chargrilled chicken breast, lettuce, mayo) $ 4.00 Portuguese chicken burger (chicken burger +Portuguese and sweet chili sauce) $ 4.50 Beef burger (100% beef patty, lettuce, tomato and sauce) $ 4.00 Vegetarian Burger (potato or lentil patty+ lettuce, tomato and mayo) $ 4.50 SOUP Wonton Soup OR chicken noodle soup $ 3.80

OCCASIONAL Ricotta and Spinach Rolls $ 3.00 Mrs Macs Light meat cruiser pie $ 3.50 Mrs Macs Good Eating sausage roll $ 3.00 Mrs Macs Potato Pie $ 3.80 Mrs MacsHalal Pies $ 4.00 Mrs Macs Halal Sausage rolls $ 3.00 Mrs Macs Gluten free pie $ 5.00 Mrs Macs Gluten free sausage roll $ 4.00 (sachets 0.30 cents extra)

FROZEN ITEMS EVERYDAY Frozen seasonal fruit from $0.10 to $ 1.00 (watermelon, rockmelon, pineapple, oranges, grapes) Quelch sticks $ 0.70 Juicies $ 1.00 Juicie Tubes $ 1.30 Mini Frozen yoghurt on a stick $ 0.80

OCCASIONAL Paddle pop $ 1.60 Choc coats $ 1.00 Spider sticks $ 1.00 Icy Pole $ 1.20 Twisted Yoghurt cups $ 2.50 (98% fat free Greek yoghurt with live and active probiotics)

Our menu is based on the Smart Choices Strategy:

EVERYDAY (food to eat everyday) OCCASIONAL (foods to eat sometimes)

DAILY SPECIALS

MONDAY Pizza Margherita $ 3.80 (Margherita is with tomato and mozzarella cheese) Pizza Vegetarian $ 4.50 Pizza Ham and Pineapple $ 4.50 Homemade Teriyaki Chicken with vegetables and rice $ 4.50 TUESDAY Homemade Lasagna (Fresh napoletano sauce and mozzarella cheese) $ 4.00 Homemade baked chicken drumsticks and potatoes $ 4.00 WEDNESDAY Homemade Butter Chicken with rice and a frozen juicie $ 5.00 Homemade meatballs with napoletano sauce and slice of bread $ 4.00 THURSDAY Bacon and Egg Burger + custard cup $ 5.00 Homemade Honey Soy wings with rice $ 4.50

FRIDAY Sushi (ROLLS : vegetarian/tuna/teriyaki chicken, BABY ROLLS 8pcs : cucumber/tuna/teriyaki chicken) $3.50



WE CATER FOR SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS:

GLUTEN FREE Muffins $ 1.50 Banana bread $ 4.00 Twista Bolognaise $ 4.00 Homemade fried rice with gluten free soy sauce $ 3.80 Health pack with gluten free crackers and gluten free Hummus $ 3.00 Gluten free burgers $ 5.00 Gluten free wraps $ 6.00 Gluten free pie $ 5.00 Gluten free sausage roll $ 4.00 Gluten free curry and vegetable pie $ 5.00

DAIRY FREE Soy life yoghurt $ 2.50 Soy milk $ 2.50

HALAL Halal Pies $ 4.00 Halal Sausage rolls $ 3.00 Falafel wrap (Falafel, hommos, tabouli) $ 5.50 Chicken burger (chicken, lettuce and mayo) $ 4.00 Chicken kebab stick $ 2.70 Chicken kebab in a roll $ 3.70



STRICTLY LIVE ENSEMBLE 2018 – 25 SEPTEMBER 2018, 6.30PM

The Strictly Live! Ensemble will be held on Tuesday, 25 September 2018 at 6.30 pm at the School Hall. This annual concert has been a popular feature on the school calendar since 2011.

The ‘Strictly Live! - Ensemble 2018’ shall feature Epping Heights Training Band, Intermediate Band, Concert Band, Stage Band, 1-2 Choir, 3-6 Choir and performers. Funds raised from the concert go towards supporting the school band program.

Tickets will go on sale at a later date.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO AUDITION For children who are interested to feature as performers at the Ensemble, please submit an expression of interest to audition. The registration form will be available on Monday 9th July 2018 on the Epping Heights Band website at https://www.ehpsband.com

Registrations will close on Monday 30th July 2018.

An audition will be held during school music class with Ms Kelly during the week of 20th Aug 2018. The performance with a piano included or piano accompanied by parents, a separate audition will be held on 20th Aug after school.

The performance requires minimum of two instruments within an ensemble excluding piano/voice (with a piano/voice included it would need to be minimum of three (piano / voice + two instruments). Must have a current Epping Heights Public School (EHPS) student as a member of the ensemble and the current EHPS members must be the main performers of the ensemble.

Due to time constraints your act must be UNDER 3 MINUTES and one more rule is, the performance must be Strictly Live - no recorded music or backing track is to be used for any part of the performance. Instrument performers must arrange their own piano accompanist. Please also consider the appropriateness of your choice of music including lyrics for an audience of mainly primary aged children.

Best wishesEPPING HEIGHTS BAND COMMITTEE



For approximately 50 years generations of families in Sydney’s North Shore have entrusted Bush School Learn to Swim Not-For-Profit with the responsibility of developing swimming competency in their children.The Bush School Learn to Swim Not-For-Profit runs out of two heated in-ground pools on the Wahroonga Public

School site. It is run 100% by volunteers in the summer months from November each year.After the worst year of drownings on record in New South Wales in 2016/2017, Royal Life Saving put together this report (http://www.watersafety.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Publications/Reports-Current/NSW-Summer-Drowning-Report-2016-to-2017.PDF) and significant media attention was given to schools and the role that they play insupporting the development of swimming skills.Bush School Learn to Swim Not-Fot-Profit is not run by Wahroonga Public School. It is run by a community organisation founded from the desire to educate youth about water safety and provide the essential skills for survival as well as stroke development.Facts and details:• BSLTS operates each year from November to March with lessons taking place on Saturdays in the groundsof Wahroonga Public School• BSLTS fees are approximately one third the cost of other commercial learn to swim programs. Theaverage 30-minute lesson costs parents $5.00! This is the cheapest and most accessible instruction inSydney.• BSLTS is run by dedicated volunteers each possessing appropriate qualifications as swim instructors.• Visit the BSLTS website for more: http://www.bushschoollts.org

CLASSIFIEDSPlease note that as we have no means of checking the bona fides of advertisers, Epping Heights Public School will not accept responsibility for any advertisements.

Just a friendly reminder that the chess class is due to start on Afternoon: Monday, 30 July 2018, 3:10pm to 4:10pm.For all enquiries, please contact Sydney Academy of Chess on (02) 9745 1170.



CLASSIFIEDSPlease note that as we have no means of checking the bona fides of advertisers, Epping Heights Public School will not accept responsibility for any advertisements.

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Community User Groups at Epping Heights PS

Did you know there are many extracurricular activities offered by private businesses at our school? Please contact the groups direct if you are interested in attending any of these activities.

Activity Day Time Contact person Phone

Drama Enrichment Class Monday 3.15pm Halina Abramowicz 0422 542 166

Chess Class (Syd Academy of Chess)

Monday 3.10pm Brett Tindall 9745 1170

Zumba Class Monday 7.30pm Alicia Speer 0414 266 101

Guitar Lessons (VIP Music) Tuesday Morning Urszula Koh 9411 3122

Keyboard Lessons (VIP Music)

Tuesday Morning Urszula Koh 9411 3122

Mandarin Class (Happy Chinese)

Wednesday 3.15pm Nancy Zhou 0433 589 696

Art Class (Art Platform) Friday 3.15pm Fergus Tam 0412 168 198

Karate Class (Australia’s Youth Self Defence)

Saturday Morning Matt Klein 9904 5667

Parker Coaching College Saturday All day Rebecca Parker 0413 364 321

Peking Chinese Language Class

Saturday Afternoon Min Hua Li 0406 949 894

Punjabi Lessons Sunday Morning Narian Singh 0405 217 446

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