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Principal's Report This is a notification that the Canteen will be closed on Monday 4th November – so there will be no lunch orders that day, and the Canteen will not be open at recess or lunch. Please note that all teaching staff are required to have one further Professional Practice Day for this term, when they will complete assessments, planning and other school tasks for their professional learning. For this term, we will be scheduling this day for all teachers on Monday 4th November. Replacement teachers (mostly whom the students know well!) have been employed for [...]

Principal's Report Only a few more sleeps to go until the highly anticipated Emerald Primary School Fair! Don’t forget to purchase your bargain $35 Unlimited Rides Wristband. Pre-orders close at 11pm on Wednesday 23rd October. To purchase your $35 wristbands please follow this link https://www.trybooking.com/CTNRO After Wednesday they will only be available on Fair Day for $45 each. Thank you to those who have already signed up to help on your grade stall on the day, we still have lots of places to be filled to be able to operate the stalls for the day. Please go to https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/hdqtk to sign up [...]

Principal's Report We are very excited that the EPS Fair is not far away now! There will be lots of useful information and requests for help coming home over the coming weeks. It is always a great day for our school community to come together and raise funds for the school, to create the best environment possible for our students. Thank you to Peta Woodyard and her amazing team for all of the hard work they are doing in the background to prepare for this fantastic event. Emerald Primary School, in collaboration with the Railway Dog and [...]

Principal's Report We are very excited that the EPS Fair is not far away now! There will be lots of useful information and requests for help coming home over the coming weeks. It is always a great day for our school community to come together and raise funds for the school, to create the best environment possible for our students. Thank you to Peta Woodyard and her amazing team for all of the hard work they are doing in the background to prepare for this fantastic event. Emerald Primary School, in collaboration with the Railway Dog and Hard [...]

Principal's Report As per recent notifications to families, we have been working through a process to try to put a Before School and After School Care provider in place for students to access a care program onsite at EPS, for the start of Term 4. I can let you know now that we have been successful in engaging a provider. Thank you to all families who were able to give their input and feedback on this topic and the needs for our community. We now need to wait for the government approvals process to occur – this will [...]

Principal's Report Due to the pending closure of the local before and after school childcare program, the school is investigating options onsite at school. We are looking to see if there is any further interest in the EPS community for using such a service if it was offered on the schoolgrounds, from next term and into 2025. Please note that your answers to the survey via the link below are confidential and will only be used in summary to help inform decisions moving forward. You do not need to enter personal details, name etc., if you do not [...]

Principal's Report WE WANT OUR PARENTS / CAREGIVERS / GUARDIANS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK! Our school is conducting the annual Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey offered by the Department of Education and is seeking your feedback. The survey is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behavior, and student engagement. The survey is optional, but we encourage and appreciate your participation. Our school will use the survey results to assist in identifying areas for improvement and professional development needs in the school, to target school planning [...]

Principal's Report As with many of our Emerald Primary School families, we were surprised and disappointed to hear that the before school and after school care program would not be continuing after the end of this term. We were initially told it would be at the end of the year. Since hearing of the potential closure of the program, I have been beginning the process with the Department of Education to see if we can run a similar program ourselves, or accommodate a program on our school grounds. School Council has supported this and I will be reporting [...]

Principal's Report All families who have applied via the Student Insight Platform to enrol their Prep 2025 students at Emerald Primary School should have a notification email now and can proceed to accept the offer and enter the required information. We are looking forward to meeting all of your new (and returning!) families! If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at school. Following are the instructions on how to accept the enrolment offer, taken from the Digital Enrolment Parent/Carer Quick Reference Guide. Accept or do not accept an enrolment offer IMPORTANT NOTE: Enrolments [...]