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- Principal's Message
- IEPS Important Dates
- Wellbeing - Anxiety in Children
- OSHClub NEWSLETTER!
- NATURE'S BOUNTY - Artist Julia Greenham
- Football Star Academy - FREE TRIAL!
- Auskick - Carlton FC Player Appearance
- IEPS Flower Power Disco - Save the date!
- Book Week Character Parade - Wednesday 23 August 2023 - SAVE THE DATE
- IEPS Big Night Out - Save the date!
- Core Principles Training
- Parents Battle of the Bands - Will you be part of the winning band?
- Victorian School Spectacular - Saturday 9th September - Book your tickets now!
- Canteen News - Please add your name to the volunteers list
- Second Hand Uniforms - Now open Monday & Friday mornings
2024 Prep Enrolments (CLOSED)
If you have missed the cut off and are still wanting to enrol please contact Carmel Sitilidis (Enrolment Officer) via the front office, by phone 9499 2171 or email carmel.sitilidis@education.vic.gov.au.
Offers are required to be confirmed by this Friday 11th of August, if an offer hasn’t been confirmed then families on our waitlist will be offered a place.
Days of Acknowledment
12th – 20th August – National Science Week
National Science Week advertises building individuals’ curiosity and critical thinking. With over 1000 events throughout the nation, this is a great week to build your child’s wonder of the world around them. The theme for this year is ‘Innovation: Powering Future Industries.’ IEPS is fortunate enough to have an incredible Inquiry program, where students are given a myriad of opportunities to explore what has been, what is and what this may mean looking forward. As we focus on Geography and History this term, students are exploring themselves, their place in our community and the impact they make to the world around them. Last term, the Science Expo gave students the opportunity to share everything they had learnt and created through their Inquiry focus of biological, earth and space science.
Parent Teacher Conferences (17th August)
On Thursday 17th August we will be conducting our Parent Teacher Conferences through a variance to school day (Pupil Free Day.) Please Note-OSHClub will be open for the entirety of the day should you require these services. These conferences will run from 12.00 pm – 7.00 pm as a hybrid approach, meaning parents can either elect to have their meeting online or face to face. Each conference will be for 15 minutes. If you have not already booked, please book in a conference time via the Compass App.
Booking information for these conferences came out yesterday Tuesday 8th of August via compass.
Please Note: The expectation is that our Year 3-6 students attend these conferences, F-2 it is optional for the student to attend.
The Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey
The survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behavior, and student engagement. We encourage all families to participate. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies.
All families would have received an email from Carmel Sitilidis (Admin Officer) carmel.sitilidis@education.vic.gov.au on Monday 7th August with the Individual Parent Login details and information on how to complete the survey. The survey only takes 15-20 minutes to complete. If you did not receive the email with your log in details, please contact the school directly.
This survey is anonymous, the individual log in code makes sure that there are no duplicate entries. The Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey will be open from Monday 7 August to Friday 8 September 2023.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you would like more information.
Sushi Day (Orders Close Friday 11th August at 1pm sharp)
Sushi Day is back and will be on Monday 14th August. Orders can be made directly through the My School Connect App. There are 3 types of sushi avaliable, Chicken Terriyaki, Tuna & Vegeterian. Orders close on Friday 11th of August at 1pm sharp, please note there will be NO LATE ORDERS accepted.
Refer to the below flyer for more information.
Canteen
At IEPS we are very fortunate to have a canteen on site. For our canteen to remain open we depend heavily on yourselves for support.
As our way of saying thank-you we are offering a FREE LUNCH (for your child) to any parent that volunteers their time to help keep the canteen running.
Volunteers, please email your child’s order before 8.45 am on the day you are volunteering, and Kim will add it to the list and your child will receive a free lunch item. Her email address is Kim.Hall@education.vic.gov.au
Attached is the Canteen Roster
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IsdRGt5rmeRorq0G-Rh3KbnO7L_DAXXQKDF7DRbJAQc/edit
Athletics Day - By Press Club
Athletics day for Year 3 – 6’s was on Thursday, Week 4 at Collingwood Harriers Track Clifton Hill. Students in Year 3 – 6 participated in many activities including: High Jump, Long Jump, 100m Sprint, Shot Put and Discus. The day went really smooth and everyone had so much fun doing all the nicely planned out events. We were blessed with a warm 20 degree day in the middle of Winter. It was so wonderful to see everybody wearing their house colours with large smiles on their faces. Thank you to the School Captains, House Captains and Vice House Captains. Also, a big thank you to all the parent volunteers and Mr Bartlett for running Athletics Day. We couldn’t have done it without you. Congratulations to everyone who participated and who gave it their best. The students who have made it to Districts will be announced in the upcoming weeks. The next sport event will be Footy Day at the end of Term 3.
There will be more information to come!
Birthdays and Celebrations
Celebrating your child milestones of a birthday can be very exciting. However, at school there are some very important considerations. We have a number of children with life threatening allergies (anaphylaxis). These children require emergency administration of a lifesaving injection of adrenaline (an EpiPen), even if they ingests small amounts of food that they are allergic to.
We have students allergic to a number of foods including egg, dairy, sesame, nuts and wheat. The most important policy at IEPS to keep children with allergies safe is our, No sharing of Food Policy.
We appreciate that this may go against our human desire to share. However, there have been some disastrous consequences at other schools when communication regarding the allergens have been misunderstood.
Some parents prefer their children are not given food for many other reasons, as their child has coeliac, diabetes or they are intolerant of gluten, dairy, fructose or other additives. Some children need to avoid sugar, caffeine and cocoa and other children are unable to eat various foods for cultural reason.
I know it can be difficult, but many families have stated that would prefer that food treats are not given to their child.
You may wish to consider non-food treats such as stickers as these more inclusive for children with allergies and those children who are not allowed to have the food you are wishing to provide. If food is brought in to share, then this will be distributed by the teacher at the end of the day. Food treats must be in packets with the ingredients clearly labelled for students to put in their bags to take home. Please consider, that some students still may not be able to consume it. Children with allergies can only have a treats from their own treat box, supplied by their parents.
Children and parents are not permitted to hand out food to students. Unfortunately, home cooked cupcakes are too problematic it is best to keep them for home.
Assembly Update:
As mentioned earlier in the term we have moved to fortnighly on-site assemblies this term. This week there will be no on-site asssmebly, our IEPS Digital News Episode will be sent to all families on Friday morning via Compass.
Infectious Disease
We ask that if your child is symptomatic you do not send them to school and we thank you in advance as we acknowledge that this can be challenging, especially for working parents.
If your child does test positive for COVID-19 and/or any other infectious disease we ask you contact the school via email Ivanhoe.east.ps@education.vic.gov.au and it is recommended that they isolate for a minimum of 5 days and not attend school until their symptoms have resolved.
In relation to Covid-19 it is recommended that rapid antigen tests (RATs) are used by students and staff:
- If you have symptoms of COVID-19 infection, no matter how mild
- If you are a household or close contact of someone who has COVID-19
- If you are a social contact of someone who has COVID-19.
Rapid Antigen Tests are also available from the front office, please don’t hesitate to come in and collect as needed.
Follow Us
A reminder that we now have a community Instagram account, this account is used to connect with our wider community, promote school events and give an insight into our facilities, incursions, excursions, and all of the wonderful teaching & learning that is happening at IEPS. You can follow our movements by networking with us @ivanhoeeastprimaryschool on Instagram.
Regards,
Tom Boyle
Principal
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- Arrive at venues around 11:10/15
- Games played 11:30-12:50pm Except for AGS fixtures these are 1.30 starts.
- Depart venues at 1:00pm
- From 28th July - All soccer home games will take place at IEPS
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4 |
4/8 |
St J v St A |
IEPS vs AGS |
MIPS v BH |
APS v IPS |
St B |
IEPS vs AGS - 1:30pm – 2:45pm |
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5 |
11/8 |
IPS v St B |
AGS v St J |
APS v IEPS |
St A v MIPS |
BH |
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6 |
18/8 |
St B v AGS |
BH v APS |
St A v IPS |
St J v MIPS |
IEPS |
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7 |
25/8 |
St A v St B |
AGS v BH |
IPS v IEPS |
MIPS v APS |
St J |
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8 |
1/9 |
APS v St B |
AGS v MIPS |
IEPS v St J |
BH v St A |
IPS |
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9 |
8/9 |
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MIPS are fielding a girls and boys soccer team. As everyone plays MIPS, Volleyball and Tennis games against them will not result in any points.
Semi finals and finals to be played in one day.
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Book Week 2023
The theme for Book Week 2023 is “Read Grow Inspire”. The theme is focused on how literature has the capacity to develop a child's inner world and how it can plant the seed of inspiration for them to express their own creativity.
The dates for Book Week this year are from Saturday 19 August to Friday 25 August 2023. Each year, many schools and public libraries from all over Australia spend a week celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators. We will soon begin this celebration in the library at IEPS with a display of the CBCA Shortlisted Books.
At IEPS we will be celebrating Book Week with a Book Week Character Parade for all students and staff. For our Book Week Character Parade, all students are encouraged to dress up as a favourite book character. Children are also encouraged to bring their book along to school with them if possible. If any students choose not to dress as a book character, they can wear their normal school uniform. Please note that the costume does not need to be too elaborate. We would encourage parents to use dress-up clothes from home for the event.
Parents are invited to attend the parade.
CHARACTER PARADE SAVE THE DATE (with more details to come):
Wednesday 23 August 2023
SAVE THE DATE – IEPS BIG NIGHT OUT
This is a social event you will want to add to your diaries! Come and join us for a BIG NIGHT OUT on Friday 6th October @ Welcome to Thornbury. Get behind this cocktail event to help raise funds for our school while having a great night out with friends, new or old. More info to come over coming weeks so stay tuned!
We are proud and excited to have IEPS students participating in the 2023 Victorian State Schools Spectacular: Happy Travels.
There are 16 students as part of the Mass Dance and some IEPS Alumni in the principal cast and choir.
The Spectacular brings together government school communities from across Victoria. This year’s theme is Happy Travels.
The three-hour live show – involving music, dance, skateboarding and circus arts – will be performed to an audience of around 12,000 people at Melbourne Arena on Saturday 9th September over two shows at 1pm and 6:30pm.
Talented Victorian students will feature on stage, while many other students will work behind the scenes, gaining unique, on-the-job, professional experience. We are in the Mass Dance group performing eight songs.
For a fun, family entertainment experience, and to cheer on our students from the audience, be quick to secure tickets via www.ticketek.com.au/spectacular
Adult: $40
Child Under 15: $20
Concession: $30
Buy 10 tickets or more by calling Group Bookings on 1300 364 001.
Quadrant Three (South East) – This is where the IEPS Students will be performing.
The best place to see our students is from Sections 8, 9, 10, 31, 32, 56, 57, 58. Section 9 is the closest.
My School Connect
(Please refer to 'Canteen' listed under the 'Our School' heading on the IEPS website to find the 'My School Connect' link)
The cut off time for ordering online has changed to 9:00am.
To prevent disappointment at lunchtime please keep checking:
• that you have the correct date for the lunch order
• that you check out and pay or your order will not be received by the canteen.
Look out for the Green Thumbs up and a confirmation e-mail
***STUDENTS PURCHASING FROM THE SCHOOL CANTEEN USING CASH***
To avoid disappointment, please do not send your child to school with large notes (over $5) to purchase items from the canteen, as we do not have the change to give them. Also, please ensure your coins are Australian monetary coins and not of international currency.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We are in urgent need of volunteers in the Canteen. If you are able to spare a few hours it would be appreciated. Please follow the link below for the Canteen Roster.
Please place your name in the relevant time and day/date on the roster if you would like to Volunteer.
Canteen Roster - Term 3 2023
Thank you
Kim- Canteen Manager
Phone: 03 9499 2171
Email: canteen@ivanhoeeastps.vic.edu.au
Second Hand Uniforms
IEPS Second Hand Uniforms is located upstairs in the gym!!
The Second Hand Uniform shop will be open each Monday and Friday morning from 8.30am - 9.15am (45 minutes) for you to purchase any items you might need.
Items are $5 each and payment is strictly card only.
2nd Hand Uniform Donations
Currently accepting all donations.
In high demand: any winter jumpers, Ivanhoe East Primary branded only, and long sleeve t-shirts.
Happy to accept school dresses - both winter and summer (with white trim only).
We currently have lots of t-shirts, hats, shorts, skorts and track pants. We also have limited school bags and reader bags available.
Please double check all donations are washed and clear of stains and rips or holes.
Come and see us Monday and Friday mornings from 8.30-9.15am above the gym.
Please use the stairs next to the entrance to the Hall/Gym.
