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ELERMORE

ENDEAVOUR

Term 1 Week 8 20 March 2020

Dear Parents and Carers,

Well, what can I say! This has definitely been an

interesting week for everyone. I would like to thank

everyone in our community for their thoughtfulness and

manner you have gone about business this week.

Our students are showing incredible resilience and

understanding with the changes that we have

implemented across the school this week. I know many

are disappointed to be missing out on activities but they

are taking in their stride. They continue to make me

incredibly proud.

A big thank you to all of the staff of EVPS as well, they

have been amazing with dealing with the changes. At

the forefront has been their love and care for the

students and families of our school.

This situation continues to evolve daily. Please take

care of your families and yourself. I will endeavor to

keep you up to date as much as I can with what is

happening with the school. Please sign up to Skoolbag

as we will use that as our main information section for

families.

On a bright note, how amazing is our playground

installation looking at the front of our school? We have

all been watching with keen interest to see the

developments each day as it nears completion. This has

occurred due to a major contribution from our P&C and

I know has been many years of work from a lot of people

to make it a reality. Who will be the first to play on it?

Learning is continuing at EVPS – this week I have seen

some wonderful work from 3/4G with students in their

gardens as well as learning about the Venus Flytrap,

Preschool students experimenting with magnets, Stage

3 having a video link up with the University Quidditch

team and KA learning about the letter Gg.

Take some time out this weekend and continue to take

care of yourself and your families.

Luke Somerville

Principal

Term 1 Week 9

School Photos Preschool Group B –

Year 6 Thu 26/3

Sport in Schools Fri 20/3

Term 1 Week 10

School Photos – Preschool Group A Tue 31/3

Sport in Schools Fri 27/3

Term 1 Week 11

Last Day of Term 1 Thu 9/4

From this…..

to that!

All in the space of one week. We can’t wait to get

on and explore.

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School Photo Day for Preschool Group B – Year 6 is

Thursday 26 March 2020 Preschool Group A is

Tuesday 31 March 2020 Have your child’s school memories captured forever

Envelopes are to be handed to the photographer on photo day.

Please do not hand your envelope in at school as MSP handle all envelopes directly.

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Win a Family Holiday Worth $4000.

STEWART HOUSE – NSW Public Education’s Charity of Choice.

For almost 90 years, Stewart House has supported children from public schools across NSW and ACT who are going through tough times and are in need of a break. In more recent times, this has included many children from families who have been adversely affected by prolonged drought and economic hardship. Children attend free of charge. Stewart House relies almost entirely on charitable donations to run their 12 day program, designed to develop the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of the children. For a chance to support Stewart House and win this prize:

1. Fill in your name, telephone number, email and school name on the envelope provided. 2. Place a donation of at least $2 in the envelope and seal it. 3. Return the envelope to school by Thursday 9th April, 2020

The prize will be drawn on Friday 29th May 2020 at 12:00pm. The winner and the winner’s school will be contacted by phone and email.

Stewart House Donation Drive

2020

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P&C Information http://www.elermoreva-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/your-p-c

Feel free to contact us at elermorevalepublicschool@pandcaffiliate.org.au

P&C AGM

The P&C would like to say a huge thank you to all our members and volunteers for 2019, with a special thank you to those

who held P&C roles this past year. The school community has appreciated your support, hard work, and all of the time

that you have invested into the many successful P&C events and activities held during this period.

Following the AGM on Tuesday night, we extend a warm welcome to our new position holders:

Executive Positions: Sub-Committee Positions:

• President:

• Vice President:

• Vice President:

• Secretary:

• Treasurer:

Nadine Page

Mel Baker

Jenny Hall

Sarrah Sinclair

Alison Williams

• Fundraising Convener:

• Canteen Convener:

• Canteen Secretary:

• Canteen Treasurer:

• Communications Officer:

• P&C Assistant Treasurer:

Mel Baker

Neville Odgers

Position Vacant

Alison Williams

Tania Moore

Position Vacant

The P&C had a fantastic year financially in 2019, being a direct result of the hard work, enthusiasm and dedication of our

volunteers, P&C members, Executive Officers, staff and teachers, who have committed their time and efforts in organising

and running a myriad of events, and raising funds for our school.

They raised $12,755.99 through the fundraising events and we had the pleasure of helping out our school and supporting

students by giving back $4,048.37 and putting aside a further $15,597.92 for future projects, as outlined below:

Fundraising Events Profit / Loss $ Supporting our School & Students $

School Banking Commission $836.00 Repair to School Toy Box 21.50

Ritchies $293.62 Easter Eggs for Easter Bunny to hand out $111.50

Athletes Foot $185.00 Easter Bunny Outfit $66.00

Discos $1,039.71 Starstruck Buses $1,770.00

Easter $1,004.63 NAIDOC Message Poles $723.37

Mother’s Day Stall & Raffle $875.05 Student Scholarship $500.00

Father’s Day Stall $677.93 Breakfast Club Setup Costs $300.00

Comedy Night $475.67 Sporting Representative Reimbursements $150.00

Colour Run $2,853.53 2018 Birthday Vouchers $73.00

Entertainment Books $624.00 GRIP Leadership $333.00

Shaft Tavern Raffle $2,871.50 TOTAL DONATIONS $4,048.37

Tupperware $24.80

Election Day 23/3/19 $694.55 Playground Contribution $15,000.00

Chocolate Boxes $300.00 Willai Dance Group $597.92

TOTAL PROFIT FROM FUNDRAISING $12,755.99 TOTAL DONATIONS $15,597.92

The Canteen finished the year with a net profit of $7,297.16 for the 12 months ended 31 December 2019. This was a huge

success having started the year with a $5,000+ loss. The turnaround can be attributed to a restructuring of the canteen

and a hardworking team of volunteers who have put measures in place to reduce purchasing costs, undertake in-house

cooking/baking and run some very successful promotional days.

The results for our P&C this year would not have been possible without the many wonderful volunteers, who have invested

much time and effort in supporting our fundraising events and/or helping run or volunteer in the canteen. Whether you

were involved in one of our sub-committees, as an organiser of an event, a helper on the day, or simply coming up with

ideas, every little bit you do has helped make 2019 a successful year, so THANK YOU very much for your support. We are

very fortunate to have a wonderful school in EVPS, it is full of amazing teachers and staff who have supported our ventures,

so we THANK YOU all very much too.

While we are looking forward to the year ahead, we are taking direction from the school in terms of the impact of novel

coronavirus (COVID-19) before any events are scheduled this year. Stay safe everyone!

Canteen Roster

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Debbie & Neville Debbie & Neville Debbie & Neville Deb & Sylvia Deb, Heidi M

& Marg E

Deb can be contacted on 4955 9016 or 0403 597 582 with any questions regarding the Canteen.