EPS Newsletter Term 3 Week 1


From the Principal Week 1 Term 3

Principal Report

 

08/07/2022

Term 3 SWPBS Focus - Resilience

Kindness, Responsibility, Resilience.

School Vision:

Our school’s vision is to prepare young people to become active, engaged and responsible citizens of the local and global community. 

  • We will provide a safe, calm and welcoming learning environment where every child is treated as an individual.
  • We will develop children who have a strong relationship to school and their community. The children will have a sense of self & understand how they learn.
  • We will build and support an open, healthy and welcoming community that is visible in its practical support for the learning and wellbeing of each child. Children will be encouraged to embrace and celebrate difference and they will experience positive interactions with adults.
  • We aim to foster a love of and for our natural environment and nurture a strong sense of stewardship within our students.  Eppalock PS prioritises environmental sustainability.

Welcome Back to Term 3 2022

I hope everyone has had a relaxing and refreshing break and are ready to begin Term 3.  Students start back on Tuesday the 12th July, with Monday being a pupil free curriculum day.  Staff will be at school on Monday working on our School Review documentation in preparation for our upcoming school review in Term 4 of this year.  We will be asking families to have input into the successes and obstacles of the past 4 years as well as some other areas of school improvement in the coming weeks, please keep an eye out for those opportunities.

We have a few things happening again this term with more detailed notes and information coming out soon.  This Friday the 12th July will see the start of our gym program, which will run for 5 consecutive Fridays.  I have trialled an electronic permission slip through educateus, for future use, happy for some feedback so please let me know if that creates any stress at home or if you have ideas about how to make it easier.  Paper notes can always be used if it is too difficult for families.

Below I have set out a few of the major upcoming events.  There will be very minimal/no cost for the camps organised through the Positive Start program as this is covered through Government funds.  A permission note confirming details and your child’s attendance will come home in the next week for those.  A note will also come home shortly requesting a deposit ($50 per child) for the bigger November Camp for grade 456 students.  This camp will have a more significant cost (approx. $300 per child) which we encourage families to pay off in small instalments over the next 4 months.  Please speak with Mr O’Neill if the cost of this camp is of concern for your family as we will work to support you with this.  The school is actively seeking support to try and reduce this cost.  With this in mind, a confirmed cost for the camp will not be known until towards the end of term 3.

  • Aug 22nd-24th Grade ¾ camp to Tyldon.(Positive Start Program)
  • Aug 29th-31st Grade 5/6 camp to Halls Gap. .(Positive Start Program)
  • Oct 3rd-7th Outdoor Education Voluntary Camp Experience (Grade 56) to occur in the week first week back of term 4.
  • Nov 9th-11th – Grade 3-6 camps to Camp Wilkin in Anglesea – (booked last year before being aware of Positive Start program, costs involved). This will be attended with Lockwood South.  We will do some activities together in the lead up to attending.
  • Sept 15th Arts Centre excursion for Grade 4-6.

Reminders

  • Staff duty of care operates from 8:45am-9:00am in the mornings and from 3:15pm-3:30pm at the end of the school day.
  • Breakfast club will not operate in the first week back of term. It will resume in the second week on Tuesday morning from 8:15am-8:45am.  We would like to thank Cazz, Rob and Brax for their continued support of the program by supplying bread from their bakery. 
  • After school care operates every day from 3:15pm-6:00pm and can be booked through Ourpatch. There will be a specialist offering of dancing on Tuesdays for the next 6 weeks included in the After School Care fees.  All students can join for this specialist offering if they are interested
  • Pie Warmer takes place every Wednesday this term. Students can bring along a food item that can be warmed up in a pie warmer to eat for lunch.  Please make sure it is clearly named and students know what they have.

Playground updated

Over the holiday break we have had the slide, flying fox and Burmese bridge repaired and installed.  This was made possible by Fosterville Gold Mine who donated some funds last year for this purpose.  We would like to thank them for this very kind donation which is much appreciated.  In the first days of school, staff will remind students of the safety requirements.  If you are up at school with your children please also remind them of how to play on these safely and respectfully.

Working Bee Volunteers and roster

If you have some time to visit the school and help out with some weeding of the garden beds please let us know.  Winter can be a busy time for weeds and even with some regular efforts with the students, it seems to be an ongoing task. 

If you are a keen painter and would like to help out with painting some of the school handrails, please let us know.  We hope to have that task completed by the term 3 holiday break.

Covid Updates

At time of writing the guidelines remain the same as at the end of term 2.  Household contacts of people with Covid can attend school as long as they communicate this with the school and wear a mask.  People with Covid must still isolate at home for the 7 days.  I will communicate any changes to this requirement when I receive any further information.

Update medical plans
Please take the time to update any medical plans/equipment at the school which may be required for your child.  






Important Dates TERM 3 - Week 1

JULY

Friday 15th - Gym

Friday 22nd - Gym

Friday 29th - Gym 

AUGUST

Friday 5th - Gym 

Friday 12th - Gym

Monday 22nd - 3/4 Camp (Return 24th)

Monday 29th - 4/5/6 Camp (Return 31st)

AWARDS - TERM 3 - Week 1

  Watjarang 305

  Yuliwil       283

  Bunjil        307
  1st     -  

  2nd    -   

  3rd     -  
  P/1       ANGUS M 

  2/3       OSCAR. P

  4/5/6   JACOB.M


Parent Community News - Term 3 Week 2

Welcome Back everyone!
Looking forward to another term with everyone.


Term 3 Social Events
Term 3 is a tricky one as the weather is cold & there a plenty of winter sports to be played on the weekends. We have many weekend & shift workers in our community, that can't always make weekend activities.

We are also mindful that it's easier for families to attend & socialise if we keep it simple, and to a time where you would already be together, such as school pick up & drop off.

We were thinking

Family social - Fire & Pizza after school on a Thursday or Friday night in September. If we can tie this in with the Father's Day or Footy Colours day activity that would be amazing.


Adults Social - Trivia night  & dinner at One Tree Hill pub on a Wednesday night in Term 3. It's a great atmosphere, & generous meals, as well as catering for those who normally work weekends.
What other activities would you like to see come out of our community?

If you have some input, or feedback please message me on face book or email knunnseps@outlook.com

Parent Community Meetings - 
Last meeting we worked on term 3 Fundraisers & Social events.
Details in social events & below

Term 3 Fundraiser 
Mango Drive - Lydia Ferring has offered to be our farm contact again & create the flyer. Thank you, Lydia!

 We are looking for one or two volunteers for this one please.
  • Someone to manage the orders, which involves the use of the Mango Drive e-mail account & a spread sheet.
  • The other to manage the face book page, pretty much adding the flyer on the page & updating with a post once a week, recipes, a countdown closer to the pick-up date etc.
If you think you could help out with this in term 3, please contact Kelly Nunns, Lydia Fehring, Alicia Martin via messenger or e-mail, or Nikki Mannes in the office



What’s Parent Community all about?
The best news is you don't have to join, if you have children at the school, you are already part of our Parent Community. 

Basically, once a month we meet up & look at what social events & fundraisers we would like to achieve throughout the year.

Simple tasks like showing up or being the contact for a gathering, to booking the bowling club or organizing sausages or bread are typically as hard as it gets.

Meetings are held in the old school building, staff room or at the pub & always involve a chat & either a cuppa or lunch depending on time or location.

For more information talk to Kelly Nunns (Lexi and Ethan's Mum) or Alicia Martin (Connor, Jacob & Max's Mum) or Nikki in the office (Charlie's Mum).

Parent Community Reminders & Dates to Remember
Social Events

Family Fire & Pizza - after school on a Thursday or Friday night in September.
- date to be confirmed with school

Trivia at One Tree Hill - date to be confirmed - it will be a Wednesday night in term 3.

Fundraiser
Mango drive - August-October dates to be confirmed

ASC - Dancing Tuesdays

Dancing Tuesdays
Commencing Tuesday 26th July ( Incorrect date on Flyer)

MARC Van

MARC News

Don’t forget to bring along your coins on Wednesday 27th July so you can swap them for some great books! We will be raising money to send to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
We continue to be supported by the Terry Floyd Foundation and Dymocks Children’s Charities. Over the holidays I catalogued $1,000 worth of new books donated by these wonderful organisations, and they are all ready for borrowing!
CBCA Book Week celebrations at Eppalock will happen on Wednesday 24th August. You might want to dig around in the dress up box to see if you have something fabulous to wear! We will be sharing some of the short listed books and choosing our favourites before the winners are announced.
It’s going to be a big, brilliant, bookish term!
Mrs G