NEWSLETTERMonday 27 May, 2019 Welcome to Week 5, Term 2

Parent Forum

Norflk Road, Epping NSW 2121 Phone: 9876 1452 Fax: 9876 6873

Email: epping-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.epping-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

P & C Meeting: Second Tuesday of Each Month at 6.30 pm

COMING EVENTS On Tuesday 21st May the Big Writing team held a parent information session to explain V.C.O.P. (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation). These vital aspects of writing are taught in our classrooms every day. Parents can help their children at home by encouraging them to write for a purpose, discuss topics of interest, including the talk homework and to read a wide variety of rich texts. Many thanks to the interested parents who attended. We hope you found it an interesting session. The slide show will be shared on the SkoolBag App this week.

UNSW Exam This is a reminder that the UNSW exam for Science is on Thursday 30 May. Students who are participating are to be at school at 7.45am, ready for an 8am start. All students are to meet in the corridor of the main building near Mr Alice's classroom. From here, they will be directed to the classroom for their exam.

Wednesday 29 May

Zone Cross Country

Thursday 30 May

UNSW exam for Science

ASSEMBLY Wednesday 29 May

Parents are welcome to attend. Darug Assembly begins at 12.20pm 3H will be presenting. Guringai Assembly begins at 1:15pm 3A will be presenting

Congratulations to the following students who will receive an award at this week’s assembly:

SILVER Aarika 2H Vincent 2H Bronze

Anaya 1R Hareem 1G Jordan 1G Rachel 1R

Harmonious And Caring School Community

EPPING PUBLIC SCHOOL Opportunity, Excellence, Success

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL TERM 2 INVOICE

Last Friday the Term 2 Invoice was sent out. All costs associated with this invoice are costs that are incurred by the school and payment is expected. The exception is the P&C Donation but with our inability to hold a major fundraiser like the school fete we ask that you support the P&C Donation. Please contact me via the school office if there are any concerns with payment. All calls will be treated confidentially. When paying online we request that you itemise your payment. Instructions were attached with the invoice. PARKING AROUND SCHOOL

I know that parking around our school is difficult but everyone still needs to follow parking laws and act with courtesy. We ensure all children are safe until they are picked up by a parent. If your child is in K-2 the teacher will bring them to the office where they will be supervised. If your child is in Y3-Y6 and you are picking them up, tell them to come to the school office if you haven’t arrived by 3:30pm and they will be supervised. I remind you of this because of recent practices where the parent has used the excuse I am running late and need to pick up my child or children. We ask that you support us by: 1. Not parking across neighbour’s driveway. This is illegal and causes a lot of angst with our neighbours; and 2. Do not park across the driveway to our access gate at the bottom of the school. This is our only vehicle access and in case of an emergency we need it to be clear at all times. EXTERNAL VALIDATION

The school is currently going through external validation. This is an accountability exercise that each school must participate in every five years. It involves a lengthy and detailed electronic submission around fourteen elements that the department has identified that constitutes a good school. This submission will then be followed up by an external panel interviewing teachers executive and myself. It is very time consuming but is mandatory. If some things take a little longer than usual, it is likely that this is the reason.

John Ford PRINCIPAL

PSSA Soccer Last Friday, the A team played against Cherrybrook PS. It was a tough game and we lost 9-0. We had two chances and both of them were by Nicholas. The Man of the Match was Nicholas for his scoring chances. By Anthony 6/5S

Our soccer PSSA B team went to Pennant Hills Park on the 24th of May. The B team played against Cherrybrook PS. Unfortunately we lost 7-0 but we tried our best. The Player of the Match was Malana for her great play in midfield. By Ryan 6/5P

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NEWS FROM THE P&C P&C Calendar - Term 2 2019 Meetings - All welcome Tuesday 11 June (Week 7) - held from 6.30pm (Staff Room) P&C Contacts President - Jong Chung - president@epspc.org V/President - Marissa Kelly - vp@epspc.org Secretary - Sarah O'Neill - secretary@epspc.org Treasurer - Amandeep Sidhu - treasurer@espc.org P&C Social Class Contact List To join the P&C Class Contact List please complete the Google Form at goo.gl/Z7Ji2i Please note the new 1R Class (Miss Ralton) has been added to the list and 4S Miss Lanser is now Mrs Sainty 2019 Woolworths Earn & Learn

Don't forget to pick up your Earn and Learn sticker sheet from outside the front office and return it to the box when completed with all the stickers!

FEDERAL ELECTION BBQ We had a successful Federal Election Day BBQ on Saturday 18 May, raising a profit of $1,760! Special thanks to our volunteers Laura Wilden, Deb Walker, Varsha & Rajas Daithankar, Richard Paterson, Katie Peake, Bruce See, Chris Zhou, Kittye Shen, Maggie Wang, Wendy Huang, Sonali Munot, Jason Xia and his family, Luke Williams, GA’s Allan & Glenn and others who showed up. Sincere apologies for any names missed here. It was exciting to see new parents participating. We hope this enthusiasm will only get stronger as we look forward to maintaining our strong EPS community spirit. And final thanks to Bendigo Bank Epping who generously sponsored the event with a $500 donation which covered most of the costs. Do thank them next time you visit them on Oxford St, Epping. Warm Wishes, Trung Nguyen - Federal Election BBQ Coordinator

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CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 2/2019

PLEASE NOTE: Stage 2 students attending PSSA Friday sport and ordering canteen lunch on Fridays, please be aware that while canteen staff will do its best to have lunch orders ready in time for the pre-lunch bus departure, it cannot guarantee this in all cases as canteen orders do vary from week to week. Any orders ready at normal lunch time will be passed onto teachers to be distributed upon return to school. Thank you for your understanding. EPS Canteen Committee

DAY DATE

Week 5

Food Shopper Lillian

WED 29-May Rachelle, Coco H, Carrie, Sandy, Sally

FRI 31-May Mina, Suzzi, Poonam, Sunethra, Siming, Vanitha

Week 6

Food Shopper Prabha

WED 5-Jun Rachelle, Coco H, Coco C, Michelle, Danna, Tiantian

FRI 7-Jun Mina, Suzzi, Christy, Jennifer J, Yingyan, Selah

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Minutes of Epping Public School P&C Meeting Tuesday 14th May 2019 Staff Room

Meeting commenced at 6:30pm, chaired by J Chong. Attendees: J Ford, R Graham, D Walker, J Xia, M Wang, S Gupta, D O’Keeffe & S O’Neill (Minutes) Apologies: M Kelly, A Sidhu, L Winter, K Collins, S Paul Mukhopadhyay & V Daithankar. Minutes of Previous Meeting The minutes of the previous meeting dated 9th April 2019 was accepted as a true and correct record. Moved: D Walker 2nd S Gupta. Carried. Matters Arising from Minutes ACTION: Sarah to distribute class contact list to each class parent: COMPLETED Correspondence Bank statements, fundraising emails. Reports Treasurer – Amandeep Sidhu (report in absence) General $60,073, Uniform $3313, Fete $997, Band $17,450, Building Fund $2048, Grants $827 Canteen $43,849 (Total: $128,557)

Fundraising Federal Election BBQ – Saturday 18 May. New kindy parent Trung Nguyen has volunteered to coordinate the event. No Cake Stall will be held on the day, but more volunteers are needed to help Trung on the day. Emails and messages to be sent to parents asking for volunteers to come forward. Mother’s Day stall, held on May 9-10, was very successful with nearly all items sold out. Profit of $2,925. Report sent to P&C from L Wilden. P&C seeking coordinators for Fathers’ Day Stall (August 22-23) and Spooky Disco (October). Canteen – Deb Walker Easter Hat Parade morning tea well supported. Stage 2 PSSSA sports students to be advised not to order Friday lunches due to sporting commitments away from school at lunch time. Uniform – Deirdre O’Keeffe Uniform Policy distributed to students and parents. School now awarding Uniform Eppies to students wearing the correct uniform. Band Band workshop to be held on Sunday 26 May at school for Concert and Symphonic Bands. CAPA room open in the morning and afternoon for students to store their instruments. Social Katrina to hold P&C Morning Tea on Thursday 16 May. Class lists distributed to Class Parents. Grants – Deb Walker Thank you to Bendigo Bank Epping for $500 sponsorship towards Federal Election BBQ expenses. Chinese, Hindi and French Language Class Hindi – Hindi Open Day to be held in July. V Daithankar to continue as Hindi coordinator in 2020.

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Principal – Mr Ford School news, recent and upcoming events

Hat Parade

ANZAC Service – guest Capt Swan

Staff Development Day - CPR

Music Festival – Year 4 rehearsals

Moving Bodies Years 3-6

Darug School Performance – Term 2, Guringai in Term 3

NAPLAN

Peer Support

Zone Cross Country

Futures Unit – staff to attend

School Uniform Policy – thanks to Mrs Graham

Shortfall in payments received from Term 1 invoices

PSSA – Year 4 students- T-Ball, Soccer

New Year 1 Class 1R – Miss Ralton – 115 children now in Year 1

External validation for staff

EBASCA Committee members to be finalised New Business

School to allocate storage in the new building for P&C storeroom at Principal’s discretion

Issue raised regarding poor parent behaviour at kiss & drop zone Being no further business, the meeting closed at 7.30 pm The next P&C Meeting will be held on Tuesday 11th June at 6.30pm

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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers

Re: Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with

Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports

provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992

and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

year of schooling

category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional

level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary,

substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools

consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools

develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes

for students with disability.

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability. The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy). Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au). If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school.

Kind regards

Principal

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Community News and accompanying advertising are a community service only and are not endorsed by Epping Public School or its staff.

Macquarie ADHD Parent support Group ADHD: Tweens to Teens and Beyond Thursday 27 June 7 – 9pm

More details appear on the school noticeboard.

Piano Lesson Small Group Piano lesson at Epping

Public School

Us our special Piano Book with Our Digital

Piano and J & E Piano composed piano book .

learn piano easily and fast

Tuesday 8:00 is Full .Wednesday 8:00-8:45 at

Computer Room.

Cost $25 per 45 min. New Piano Book $14 is Free!

Pay by Term on the first lesson to end of Term

Email: je-music@live.com.au + School & child

name & mobile

Or SMS: 0424 614 591 + School and child Name.

Miss lesson no refund.

Stop lesson 2 week notice required

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