Principal’s Report
Emma Clark
Principal
Upcoming Events!
Dear Families,
It’s time for EPS to celebrate children’s literature with the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week! The CBCA Book Week is a fantastic event that promotes the joy that reading can bring to young minds! The theme for 2023 is “Read, Grow, Inspire“. Primary schools and libraries across Australia join in the fun celebrating literature with Book Week activities and Book Character Parades.
As part of the fun planned in Book Week, E.P.S. will be having a whole school Book Dress-Up Day on Friday 25th August. We would love to see all students coming dressed up as a character from their favourite book. It would be great if they can also bring in the book their character is from to share with their class. Costumes don’t have to be elaborate; we just want to celebrate our love of reading!
On Friday 25 August, EPS will host a range of fun activities across the whole school:
9:15am a Special Assembly will see a Parade of every grade level showing off their costumes and favourite books! Followed by a whole staff Performance of the classic ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen. We are very excited to have our Emerald Preschool join us for this special assembly!
11:15am ‘Read-In’. This will consist of the entire school meeting for a period in the stadium to do 15 minutes of silent reading together! This is a special moment as over 500 students and teachers are simultaneously immersed in their books. The atmosphere is goosebump inducing!
We are all really looking forward to celebrating reading and enjoying our fun Book Week activities with the students!
Katie Weerasinghe and Eden Byron-Thomsen
Literacy Leaders
SMILE SQUAD COMING TO EMERALD PRIMARY SCHOOL
The Smile Squad team from EACH are coming to
our school from 21st August 2023.
Smile Squad is the Victorian Government free
School dental program.
This means all students can get a free dental
Check-up, preventive services and treatment at school.
How to access free dental care
We need your consent before we can provide services.
Consent is usually provided by a parent or guardian.
Sign up to Smile Squad at: https://bit.ly/smilesquadvic
OR use the below QR code:
Community News
Canteen News!
Friday Meal Deal
BBQ Sausage
with cheese and sauce in a roll
+
Slinky apple
$6.50
Breaking up is hard to do!!!!!!!!
It’s time for the canteen to break up with single use straws, these will not be available in 2023
More than 8 million tonnes of plastic enters the world’s ocean every year and over 90% is single use plastic.
So let’s say bye bye to straws and hello to BYO. We highly recommend reusable options over all disposables. Students can purchase a reusable silicone straw in its own case with the school Emblem for $4 from the canteen (over the counter or via online) or uniform shop.
