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Principal's Report This coming Friday morning, we are looking forward to welcoming local police officers to EPS before school as part of Walk to School Day. Students will have the opportunity to meet the officers, learn more about road safety and receive some fun temporary tattoos to celebrate the occasion. We encourage families to support students in walking, riding or scooting safely to school where possible. We have already had the Ambulance Service and CFA visit this week with the Prep students! Later this term, the Early Act Club will also be participating in “Thank a First Responder” Day. [...]

Principal's Report We have had some requests to run this session during school hours, so we are doing a repeat next Wednesday 20th May for Parents and Carers who will be assisting with PMP for Prep Students this term. We invite you to attend a Volunteer Induction session next Wednesday 20th May in the Library at 2.45pm. The Volunteer Induction Handbook will be distributed at this meeting and discussed. This Handbook will also be distributed electronically after the session to those who are unable to attend. In addition, all Volunteers will be required to complete and sign a Volunteer Induction Checklist. Please note – [...]

Principal's Report As per the Compass message yesterday, our apologies for any inconvenience caused, but we have decided to move the Colour Fun Run from this Friday 8th May to next Monday 11th May. With heavy rain predicted the day before and on the day, and to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all participants, it has been necessary to make this change. All of the same arrangements in regards to timing etc. are the same. The Fundraising portal will be open until Friday 15th May. We hope you can join us to celebrate Mother's Day at [...]

Principal's Report It has been another exciting and active time at Emerald Primary School this week, with our Grades 3–6 students taking part in today’s Cross Country Run event and demonstrating great determination and school spirit. We also look forward to recognising the formation of our Early Act Team with a special presentation at this Friday’s assembly, supported by Rotarians from the Emerald and District Rotary Club. Next week, we warmly invite prospective families looking to join our school to our EPS Open Day on Wednesday 6th May, with three tour times available, and remind the community that enrolments [...]

Principal's Report It has been wonderful to welcome our students, staff and families back for Term 2. We are looking forward to another term filled with rich learning experiences, strong community connections and continued growth for all of our students. We ended Term 1 on a particularly positive note with our EPS Values Launch, where we proudly introduced and celebrated our school values of Kindness, Respect and Resilience. The new values were developed with input from the whole EPS community. This was a significant milestone for our school as we continue to implement our School-Wide Positive Behaviour approach, and [...]

Principal's Report Thank you to the following families who attended to help spread multiple piles of mulch! The playgrounds look great! Weir Family Powell/Trevorah Family Mace Family Lee Family Litton Family Logan Family Rawcliffe Family Special thank you to Bronwyn Thomas–Smith for all of her help co-ordinating the day and cooking the sausage sizzle, to EPS Grounds Leader Julia Weir for arranging tasks on the day and to Hugh Weir and Cory Powell for the great start they made on the refurbishment of the Friendship Tree. After almost 10 years of students at EPS using the Friendship Tree [...]

Principal's Report Thank you to Peta Woodyard and Olivia McLeod for running our first “Family Picnic Night”! It was a great evening weather-wise and a wonderful opportunity for our EPS community to gather and enjoy each other’s company, not to mention being entertained by some excellent performances on the night! Thank you to Dan MacEoin for facilitating this. Charlotte S. impressed us with her Irish dancing, Taya T. and mum Nadia demonstrated some beautiful Thai dancing, Ella W sang some lovely songs and the EPS Ukulele Orchestra was in full swing! This was the first of our events to [...]

Principal's Report I would like to thank the following parents and community members for their service to EPS through their time in being a part of the School Council team: Shannon Bird Belinda Smullen Cory Powell Your input and support of our school and students over the time you have been on the committee has been very much appreciated. We now welcome some new members to our School Council as follows: Mary Carter Hayley Winkworth Jesse Collins Paul Logan Helen Henderson The remainder of the team is made up of returning members and we thank these people for their [...]

Principal's Report Our “Fundraising & Fun Team” are busy organising a family-friendly fun event for the evening of Saturday 21st March. It will be held at the school from 5pm to 8pm, with food vans, entertainment and a raffle. All funds raised will be going towards the refurbishment and repair of the Friendship Tree Garden. We look forward to seeing everyone there and celebrating our wonderful school community. BYO picnic, or make the most of the food vans available! Everyone is welcome to join us on Saturday 28th March, from 1pm to 3pm, for our first working [...]

Principal's Report _ Olivia C.C. of Grade 4 attended the Diving State Championships this past weekend and won 3 Silver state medals! Amazing work Olivia! She will be taking part in the National Championships in Adeleide over the next school holidays and will also participate in the School Sport Victoria competition in April. Good luck Superstar! Dear EPS Community, This message is regarding a call for nominations for Parent/Carer Category positions and School Employee Category positions on School Council. Nomination forms are available at the office or attached to this message. Please drop completed forms back to the office [...]