EPSOM PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER NO 38– 18/11/10 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

EPSOM PALM PRESS

SOME CAMP PHOTOS

Look out for the award winners

on next week’s newsletter.

Dear Parents,

The Araluen Camp went off very well with everyone hav-

ing a terrific time.

A huge thank you to Jan Brunswick, Hilary Miller, Garry

Lavars, Naomi Smart, Philip McGuffie and Sonia Evans

for attending the camp with the students. As you can

imagine, this is a big commitment and with out the will-

ingness of teachers, support staff and parents in giving

up personal time the camping program could not go

ahead.

Congratulations also to the students for their exemplary

behaviour on camp. They participated actively in all ses-

sions and were congratulated by the camp staff on the

way they conducted themselves. Well Done!!

A reminder that there will be a working bee on Sunday to

tidy up the school grounds and tidy out the sheds. We

would be grateful if you could give up some time dur-

ing the morning to help out.

Thank you

Kerry McGuffie

GARDENING KEYS

Keys will be sent home to the Skinner and

Smith families this week.

Next week’s gardening families are the Smith

families.

Thank you for looking after our grounds.

Working Bee

Sunday 21st November

9.00-12.00pm

At the School

DATES TO REMEMBER:

2011 Preps Orientation sessions Tues 23rd Nov., Tues 7th Dec.

Year 6 Transition Program Day 3 Thursday 11th November

School Council Monday 25th October

Swimming Tues-Thurs 9th-11th November

2011 FAIR MEETING Thurs. 18th Nov. @ 2.30pm

Book Club Due Back Friday 19th November

Working Bee Sunday 21st November 9am

Neighbourhood Watch Sausage Sizzle Saturday 4th December 9-12noon

Weeroona College Awards Evening Tuesday 7th December

Last AASC session Wednesday 8th December

BSSC Awards Evening Wednesday 8th December

Reports distributed Friday 10th December

Eaglehawk Secondary College Awards Evening Tuesday 14th December

Carols Night Wednesday 15th December

Grade 6 Graduation Evening Thursday 16th December

Last day of Term 4 - 2.30pm finish Friday 17th December

Whole School Excursion DATE TO BE ADVISED

Office News Could the following people please come and

see me in the Office :-Lucy Mathews, Narelle

Beer, Tania Dwyer, Michelle Rusbridge,

Tania Marshall and Kelly Wood. Thank you.

School Banking Where have all the banking people gone? Stu-

dent school banking is done on Tuesdays.

Active After School Communities

A reminder that for this term Active After

School Communities will be on Mondays and

Wednesdays. This change of day is due to the

coaches not being available on Thursdays.

Excursion Fees Our school year is quickly coming to an end

and there is still some excursion money out-

standing. I will send home family statements

today. Please come and see me if you have

any queries.

Deanne Hendy

Helpers Required In preparation for 2011 Preps Sue Briggs has

some photocopying and laminating to be done

before the final transition day. If you arrive

early to pick up children and would like to help

Sue, please come into the Office to see me.

FAIR NEWS Please consider coming along to the Fair meetings

to help ease the huge workload of this fun com-

munity event. If you can’t make the meetings but

have ideas for Fair activities, write them down and

send them along to the Office.

Donations of old plant pots (any sizes)

wanted….Please leave at Office

BBQ HELPERS WANTED Neighbourhood Watch are having a Safety Day at

our school on Saturday December 4th from 9am-

12noon. We will be operating a BBQ and all

money raised will go to our school.

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE We are collecting donations for our

Christmas hamper raffle. We already

have 2 major prizes...a bike and a

Christmas patchwork quilt. We are

asking each family to donate an item.

Something with a Christmas theme eg.

Chocolates, shortbreads, bon bons, decorations,

xmas cake, toys etc. Donations can be left at the

Office.

Raffle tickets will be sent home next week to

every family.

LIBRARY NEWS

Thank you to the families who have responded to

overdue notices. It’s great to get these sorted out.

We will be doing a stocktake of the library collec-

tion before the end of the year. Could all re-

sources please be returned before Friday Decem-

ber 3rd in order for our stocktake to be as accurate

as possible.

BARBEQUE HELPERS

I would love to help on Saturday

December 4th between 9am-

12noon.

NAME _____________________

TIME AVAILABLE __________

WORKING BEE

I will be attending the

Working Bee on Sunday.

NAME_____________________

NO. OF HELPERS __________

2011 TERM DATES

Term 1—4th February (students start) - 8th April—Teachers begin Term 1 on 1st February

Term 2—27th April to 1st July

(25th April is Easter Monday—a public holiday, as well as ANZAC Day. 26th April is a publick holiday in lieu

of ANZAC Day)

Term 3—18th July to 23rd September

Term 4-10th October to 22nd December

Please note that schools are able to set a student free day in either Term 2 or Term 3.

Experience another culture

BRING HOME A BROTHER OR A SISTER

Please remember to check the Notice board for various

Community announcements.

BUSHFIRE SAFETY MEETING

Thursday 18th November 2010

@ 7.15pm @ Epsom Primary School

More information on Notice board.