Please click on the link below to view the Parent Information Guide.
Parent_Information_Guide_9_11_2011.doc
Please click on the link below to view the Uniform Order Form.
Uniform_Order_January_2012-5.doc
UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS:
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons
2.30 – 3.30 pm
Friday mornings
8.15 am to 9.15 am
Please click on the link below to view the School Lunch Menu.
Tuckshop_menu_2012.doc
Tuckshop_Sushi_Wednesday_special_2012.docx
OUR SCHOOL
Epsom Normal Primary School is a state school, which celebrated its centennial in 1986. We are very proud of our reputation as a school which provides education of a high quality in terms of student achievement. This is as a result of excellent planning to cater for individual learning. The school caters for the first six years of primary education and lays a strong foundation for later intermediate and secondary education.
While our first and foremost function is to provide the best possible education for children, we are heavily involved in the professional development of the student teachers from the Faculty of Education, University of Auckland. Teachers at our school are specially selected to demonstrate current educational ideas and methods and both children and teachers benefit from access to the full resources of the Faculty of Education.
HISTORY
Epsom District School opened in 1886 across the road and moved to its present site in 1897 with 4 1/2 acres of purchased land for five hundred pounds from Samuel Vaile Ltd. The puriri trees, which line The Drive at the front of the school, were planted by Sir Logan Campbell in 1901. Of interest also, the first recorded concern about over-crowding was in 1904 when the Headmaster reported that the roll was 272 in a school built to hold 232. The wooden buildings which through this earlier period made up the school, were largely destroyed by fire in 1923 and replaced with a concrete and brick structure in 1925. When the ‘Training College’ was made Allied Headquarters during the Second World War, Epsom District School became the site for training teachers and its pupils were accommodated in nearby schools. In 1945 the Country Model School was brought under the umbrella of Epsom which became a Normal School. The present buildings were erected in 1976 and it was at this time that the Model School came on site.
SCHOOL HOURS
First Bell 8.55 am
School Commences 9.00 am
Morning Tea Interval 10.55 - 11.20 am
Lunch Interval 1.00 - 1.50 pm
School Finishes 2.55 pm
The grounds are open at 8.30 am. Parents’ co-operation is sought in not sending children to school before this time. Please note that our school does not have a shortened lunch hour or a shortened day on wet days.
BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL SUPERVISION
Our school is a venue for a privately run before school and after school care programme. Please note the school simply provides the venue and not the service. This programmes are run by Parnell Trust, Programmes for Children. Places are limited. For an enrolment form and more information, please contact the school office.
These programmes operate in ‘The House’ which is a brick building located behind the music classroom. Parents deliver their enrolled children to the morning programme. As soon as school finishes, enrolled children go directly from their classroom to ‘The House’.
Please contact Parnell Trust for further information.
Tel: 379 2095
Fax: 379 2091
www.parnell.org.nz
email:pfc@parnell.org.nz
After_School_Programmes.pdf
ABSENCES
It is imperative that the school is notified by 9.00 am on the morning of a child’s absence. Un-notified absences are checked with parents each morning. Children arriving late to school are requested to call at the office before going to the classroom.
PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
The roads immediately surrounding our school are extremely busy. Instruction in road safety is a regular part of our programme as are visits by Police Educational Officers who supervise and advise on road safety problems.
We specifically request that parents model aspects of road safety; in the way they use and respect pedestrian crossings especially when supervised by our school patrols and their manner of parking which recognises the “No Parking” signs and road courtesy.
Child patrols of Y6 children with staff supervision are on duty for thirty minutes before school and approximately fifteen minutes after school as a direct measure to improve safety. Pedestrian crossings controlled by traffic lights at the corner of Greenlane Road/The Drive and Gillies Avenue/King George Avenue have traffic wardens who ensure that children cross correctly. Flags are provided so that children can be seen more easily.
Contact the Office to learn about the “Walking School Bus” programme.
BICYCLES
Because of the density of traffic in the surrounding area of the school, we do not allow the riding of bicycles to school. This is on the recommendation of the School Traffic Educational Officer.