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EPSOM PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER NO 25– 11/08/10 Phone Number: 03 5448 4318 School Fax Number: 03 5448 3334 Email: [email protected] Website: www.epsomps.vic.edu.au
This is a “YOU CAN DO IT” school
School Council Meeting: Monday 16th August at 6.00pm
Grounds Roster: This weeks gardening keys are being sent home to the Kamil and Keene families.
Next weeks gardening families are the Killen and King families.
Thankyou to our gardening families so far this term. The grounds and paths have been
looking very tidy on a Monday morning.
Blogs
Please check the
school website and
class blogs for extra
news. Lots to read
about!! www.epsomps.vic.edu.au
DATES TO REMEMBER: Whole School Gym Program Thurs. 12th and 19th August
Better Schools Presentation & Lunch 1.15pm Friday 13th August
School Council Meeting Monday 16th August
iPad information evening —7pm Wednesday 18th August
Book Club due back Friday 27th August
Epsom Primary Variety Show—7.30pm Thursday 9th September End of Term 3 Friday 17th September
EPSOM PALM PRESS
Look out for the
award winners in
next week’s
newsletter.
FINAL GYM SESSION
Parents are invited to attend our final gym session on Thursday 19th August –
Grades Prep-3:- 10am-11am.
Grades 4-6:- 11:00am-12:00pm
No pre-schoolers are allowed to attend this session.
Dear Parents/Carers,
During the curriculum day on Monday the staff spent
a productive day learning more about the Ultranet.
Sincere thanks to Jenny Ashby who facilitated the day
for Epsom and Goornong staff. Her hard work en-
sured that the day was a worthwhile learning experi-
ence for all participants. As you are aware, all Princi-
pals and Assistant Principals went to Melbourne for
the day to participate in the “Big Day Out” . We were
privileged to hear several international speakers. The
knowledge gained from the day will assist our school
in implementing the Ultranet.
Next week is the last week of gymnastics. All parents
are invited along to the session to see what the chil-
dren have been doing during the gym lessons. We look
forward to seeing many of you there. (No preschool-
ers please)
Next Wednesday will be very exciting for the students
in the Grade 5/6 class as the children will be opening
their iPads for the first time. We are hoping to have
some special visitors for this session. A note went
home yesterday regarding an information session for
parents on Wednesday evening. Please pencil this ses-
sion into your diary if you have a child in Year 5/6.
The children and staff are working hard on items for
the Epsom Primary Variety Show. This is being held
at the Connect Church on Thursday 9th September at
7pm. Please come along and support the children with
their performances.
Enjoy the rest of your week.
Kerry McGuffie
Parking Please keep looking for changes to the
parking and pick up at the front of the school.
Currently the school does not have any up-
dated information from the Greater City of
Bendigo as to the status of the work. Parents
will be notified as soon as we know when the
work will be completed.
Office News Family Statements have been sent
home. Please come and see me if you
have any queries regarding payments
that are due. The school asks that you have the correct
money when you are making a payment
at the office. The school does not have
access to change and does not keep a
float on school premises.
Can someone from the following families
come in and see me please: Bartel,
Burge, Dwyer, Hampton, Hicks, Kent,
Lefrevre, Manion and Whitmore. If you know of any families that are con-
sidering enrolling their child at Epsom
PS next year, please ask them to visit us
to fill in an enrolment form. Book Club orders are being sent home
today. They are due back before Friday
27th August.
Student banking is done on Tuesdays.
Please come and see me for more infor-
mation.
If you have changed your address or
phone number/s PLEASE notify the Of-
fice.
Proposed Timetable Change
The staff and School Council having been discuss-
ing trialling a change to the daily school timetable
during Term 4. The main aim of the proposed
change is to make the teaching and learning time
more productive by being in hourly blocks and to
alleviate some traffic at the end of the day. The
model is currently followed by many schools and is
as follows:
Session 1: 9.00-11.00am
Recess: 11.00– 11.30am
Session 2: 11.30—1.30pm (Children would eat
lunch inside at 1.20pm)
Lunch break: 1.30-2.15pm
Session 3. 2.15-3.15pm
School Council would like to consider any parent
feedback so please feel free to put suggestions in
writing and drop them in at the office by Friday
afternoon. Thank you
Thank you
Marijke Harrison
Epsom Variety Show – September 9th The School Concert will take place on Thursday, 9th
September at the Connect Church Hall in Solomon St,
East Bendigo, off Murphy Street. It will commence at
7:30pm sharp, and all children are involved. The chil-
dren do not need to buy a ticket, but parents, family and
friends will need to purchase tickets from the office.
Tickets are on sale now.
If your child is unable to participate, please see his or her
teacher as soon as possible.
School Concert Tickets – Available
Next Week Please buy your tickets from our school office prior
to the concert, as there will be no tickets sold at the
door on the night. There is no reserved seating.
(Price of tickets to be confirmed….these funds help us
cover venue hire and sound and lighting charges.)
All current students at the school are in the concert,
therefore they do not have to pay. If you can’t get into
the office, send the money in an envelope with your re-
quirements and the tickets will be forwarded home to
you.
Concert Venue This year’s school concert will again be held
at the Connect Church Hall in Solomon St,
East Bendigo.
How do you get there?
If travelling into Bendigo from Epsom, turn left
at the traffic lights opposite Weeroona College
into Murphy St. Follow Murphy St through the
industrial area, go straight through the round-
about at the Strickland Rd intersection, con-
tinue along Murphy St and turn left into Solo-
mon St. The church hall is the first building on
your left. There is parking available in front of
and behind the hall. The concert commences at
7:30pm sharp and children should be assem-
bled at the hall by 7:10pm.
White Hills Cricket Club White Hills Cricket Club is holding its junior
registration day on Monday 23rd August, 2010 between 4-00 and 5-30 pm at the clubrooms Scott Street White Hills. The
club will be fielding teams in the following grades of the B.D.C.A. competition. Under 11A and B, Under 13A and B and Under 15. For further information contact Gill Davey Ph 54483336 or 0488010369
HOW IS PARENT ACCESS TO THE ULTRANET CONTROLLED?
Access to the Ultranet for parents is controlled at the school level. Schools will manage parent ac-
cess to the Ultranet in the same way that they do for access to other student information, such as
school reports.
Schools currently maintain personal files about families regarding who can and can’t access infor-
mation about students. Where there is a court order denying a parent access to their child (and the
school has been made aware of this), the school will not allow the parent access through the Ultra-
net.
Basic information on CASES21 flags families in distress/difficult circumstances and alerts school
administrators to follow a manual access process for the Ultranet, to ensure that only the appropri-
ate parent/s are granted access.
WHAT PARENT INFORMATION WILL BE STORED IN THE ULTRANET
The only personal information that is generated by the Ultranet is the parent’s full name. A parent’s
name can be viewed in the Ultranet by their child, the teachers at their child’s school, and members
of Community spaces that they choose to join. Parent contact details are not available in the Ultra-
net.
Parents manage their own information and participation in the Ultranet. They choose whether or
not to participate in Community spaces with other parents and teachers in the Ultranet.
Separate logins are created for each parent. Parents cannot see each other’s profiles or households.
CAN PARENTS REFUSE TO USE THE ULTRANET? All parents/legal guardians have the choice about whether or not to register for the Ultranet and
activate their profile. Parents will receive a ‘welcome letter’ for the Ultranet providing them with
instructions to set up their profile on the Ultranet. If a parent doesn’t follow this process, they will
not have an active/viewable profile within the Ultranet. Parent contact details (i.e. address or phone
number) are not stored on the Ultranet.
CAN PARENTS BE REMOVED OR SUSPENDED FROM THE ULTRANET? Yes. There are two circumstances where parents/legal guardians will be removed or suspended
from access to the Ultranet:
A parent has breached the Terms of Service for the Ultranet or demonstrated unsafe or irresponsi-
ble use of the system. In this case, the parent’s access can be suspended at the discretion of the
school principal for any period determined to be reasonable.
A family flags with the school that an intervention order has been put in place. In this case, all par-
ent access to the Ultranet will be suspended until court orders are presented to the school. The court
orders determine the future access to student information for the parents. Suspending and reactivat-
ing parent access to the Ultranet is a manual process for a school and should be managed under the
direction of the principal.
WHERE TO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT PARENT OR STUDENT ACCESS TO THE UL-
TRANET Parents with concerns about parental or student access to the Ultranet should discuss this with their
school Principal.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ULTRANET Parents should contact their child’s school for further information or visit the Ultranet information
website: www.education.vic.gov.au/ultranet