NEW

Dates to Remember

February Tues 28

th Pancake Breakfast 8.00-8.45am

March Fri 3

rd Parent & Friends Meeting 2pm

Sat 4th/Sun 5th

Relay for Life - Lucknow Oval Mon 13

th Labour Day Public Holiday

Tues14th/Fri 17th Grade 5/6 Camp – Canberra

Tues 21st Harmony Day

Wed 22nd

School Council AGM 7.00pm Thur 23

rd JSC Movie Night

Fri 31st Last Day of Term 1

Dear Parents, School BBQ on Tonight! Kids Relay for Life. Our Kids Relay for Life is taking place today. The children are walking around the school in their house teams from 2.30pm to 5.30pm. We have encouraged our children to stay after school to complete the walk until tea time. Our school BBQ is being held this evening on site. The Welcome BBQ is for any of our school community members and will include a variety of different meats (chicken skewers, hamburgers and sausages) and bread. The cost per person is $5. We ask families to bring along a salad or sweet to share. The BBQ starts at 5.30pm, or when you can get here after work. The evening should finish no later than 7.30pm as it is a school night. We encourage all families to be at the BBQ and to make it a fun and friendly occasion. Come and support your children in the walk and join in. We are still looking for parent helpers for the running of the BBQ. Come and meet the new families in our school. Warmest regards,

Jenny Leggatt.

JSC - Juice Boxes are available daily at lunchtime $1.0 0

Icy Poles are available lunch time Fridays .50c

February, 23 2017

Care - Respect - Commitment - Responsibility - Inclusiveness

Eagle Point Primary School

43 School Rd, Eagle Point, 3878 www.eaglepoint.vic.edu.au ph: 5156 6382 fax: 5156 0291 email: eagle.point.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

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School Council Elections. We thank all interested parents for their nominations for electing to be on school council. For the first time in recent years we have had more nominations for school council than positions available so this means we need to vote. There are two parent positions available and three parents have expressed an interest in being on school council. The three nominated people in alphabetical order are: Catherine Booth Peter Hahnemann Kate Morton In next week’s newsletter there will be a short overview of who our candidates are and why they would like to be our school representatives on school council. This will give you information so that you can make your informed decision. This will be an attachment for next week’s newsletter Voting will take place from Monday the 6

th of March

through to Tuesday the 14th of March. Voting forms will be sent out next week and we encourage all parents and carers of our school community to vote. Our school is so very lucky to have interested parents who would like to go on School Council. So thank you to Catherine, Peter and Kate for nominating. We look forward to forming our School Council for 2017. Canberra Camp. The Grade 5/6 Camp to Canberra will take place from the 14

th of March through to 17

th of March. The cost of

the camp for families is $360. This camp is being subsidised by the Federal PACER rebate which provides approximately $20 per student and our own JSC who subsidise each student $50. We are extremely lucky that the camp is made more affordable for families because of these subsidies. JSC fundraise money throughout the year to keep the cost down for the senior camp so all children can go. We thank them in advance for their dedication and commitment to assisting their fellow schoolmates. This camp will allow our children to understand the importance of our Government and how decisions and laws are made in our country. This camp is a great opportunity to learn first-hand how our country is governed and experience our capital city in Australia. Playgroup on Fridays. Our Early Learning Playgroup is up and running for the year and it is great to see a number of new families who have joined our group. Belinda Street will coordinate this group and provide activities for the children to participate in. If you know of any young families within our community please do not hesitate to let them know about our Early Learning Playgroup. School Photos: Our School Photos were taken over the past few days. Rosie Broughton a local photographer took the photos and has stated that the photos will be delivered towards the end of term. If anyone missed out on ordering a photo this can still be done. See Jo in the office. A whole school photo was also taken and is available for ordering if there are any interested families.

School Leadership. Congratulations to all of our school leaders for the year. We have finished the process of electing student’s for our School Captains, House Captains and Junior School Council Representatives. Tasmin Wenn and Henry Clarke have been elected as our School Captains for the year. Tasmin and Henry will be key players in our Student Leadership team and we wish them all the very best. Junior School Council Representatives for Semester 1 are as follows: Room 1 Abbey Riley Room 2 Jack Hume Room 3 Demi Ashwood & Taj Duncan Room 4 Harry Booth & Jarni Greatorex Room 5 Milly Jones & Albie Clarke Room 6 Cooper Sward & Ava Redman Room 7 Zane Marsh & Rebecca Crouch Well done to all of these children. The changeover of JSC reps will take place at mid year Junior School Council Representatives for Semester 2 are as follows: Room 1 Flynn McKenzie Room 2 Abby Vernon Room 3 Brooke Chatfield & Angel Chadwick Room 4 Analise Stephenson & Quinn Andrews Room 5 Alfie Booth & Aiden Rodriguez Room 6 Audrey Dalrymple & Jacob Greatorex Room 7 Blair Kennedy & Brodie O’Connor House Captains: Swans: Captains: Charlotte Lucas, Lincoln Kaczkowski Vice Captains: Tiffany Pallot, Mark Lamb Pelicans: Captains: Remy Clarke, Jacob Davies-Clark Vice Captains: Lila Benson, Kayne Byers Sandpipers: Captains: Mia Duncan, Jamey Goodrem Vice Captains: Lily Pike, Kayden Harrison Sea Eagles: Captains: Rori Seignior, Jordy Stephenson Vice Captains: Liam Shelton, Paul Wilson Sporting Schools Program In next week’s newsletter we will be seeking feedback from families who may be interested in their children participating in this program and what days would be their preference for Term 2, 3 & 4. Divisional Swimming Carnival. Yesterday we saw our Under 12/13 girls perform in the freestyle relay at the School Divisional Swimming Carnival in Bairnsdale. Congratulations to Demi Ashwood, Madi Grimsey, Mia Duncan and Remy Clarke on a top effort! The girls swam well and gave it their best shot. Well done!

Transporting Students To Our School And Safe Parking. As we have many children arriving by car we ask parents and carers to be vigilant as they drive to and from school being mindful of the increasing traffic in our local area. We understand that our school area can be congested at times and we ask parents to be patient and take care when travelling to and from school. Please remember we have a 40 kilometre speed restriction as we approach the school and this has one purpose, to keep our school community safe. Thank you to all for taking the time and care of our students in their safe transportation to school. Another of our main issues for our school is our parking with the comings and goings of many cars. We thank parents for their continual support of parking in the designated areas around our school site. Parents need to make the most of the drop off and pick up zone on School Road. This is a zone where parents can drive in and pick up or drop off their children. The parents are to remain in the car at all times. We thank parents who do this. Parking also occurs on Eagle Point Road with parents making the most of the angle parking. This parking cannot cater for all of our parents and we ask parents to make the most of the Community Hall parking which is available to our school community members.

Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund

Families holding a valid means-tested concession card

or temporary foster parents are eligible to apply. $125

per year is paid for eligible primary school students.

A special consideration eligibility category also exists.

Payments are made directly to the school and are tied

to the student.

To be eligible for the fund, a parent or legal guardian of

a student attending a registered Government or non-

government Victorian primary or secondary school

must have a valid concession card:

� on the first day of Term one, or;

� on the first day of Term two;

Submit an application to the school by the February

29th. Forms are available at the office

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