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Principal's Report Over coming weeks, I will be briefing the community on our preparations for the 2026/2027 Bushfire Season, including an update on recent upgrade works on our Shelter-In-Place (Stadium). School preparedness and pre-emptive actions for the bushfire season Schools and early childhood services undertake a range of activities each year to prepare for bushfires and grassfires. The Department of Education conducts an annual fire risk assessment of schools and early childhood services. Those at the greatest levels of risk are published on the Bushfire At-Risk Register (BARR) and Category 4 list. Schools at the highest levels of risk [...]

Principal's Report We raised $400 to donate to the EB Foundation – which is amazing! Thank you to Charlotte S. and her mother Jess for arranging this day, and to Charlotte for speaking at assembly about what EB is and how we can help. Congratulations to Isla G. and Albie W. of Grade 5 for their outstanding speeches at the Rotary Speech Competition for primary schools in the local area last night. They did our school proud as they spoke about “what they would change about the world”, giving clear, passionate and innovative speeches about what we can [...]

Principal's Report This Friday 23rd October will be a gold coin donation/free dress day, with the proceeds going to The EB Foundation. Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is the name for a group of rare inherited skin disorders that cause the skin to become very fragile. Please come to school in free dress on this day with a “touch of blue” (or wear full blue!) to show your support. One of our students experiences this condition and her family supports us to conduct this fundraising for this day, which goes to the wider cause to find treatments and cures. A "Walk [...]

Principal's Report This is an exciting week as the work of the Grade 6 students, Mr. MacEoin, Mrs. Eva and the Grade 6 Team of staff, culminates in the Grade 6 Production – this year the students are performing “What A Knight!”, which looks to be lots of fun. Next Friday 23rd October will be a gold coin donation/free dress day, with the proceeds going to The EB Foundation. Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is the name for a group of rare inherited skin disorders that cause the skin to become very fragile. Please come to school in free dress [...]

Principal's Report Welcome back to all our students, families and staff for what promises to be another exciting and action-packed term at Emerald Primary School! We hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable break and is feeling refreshed and ready for the term ahead. There is plenty happening across the school this term, including our Grade 6 Production, Rotary Speech Night, visits from our 2027 Prep students as part of their transition program, the final Human-Powered Vehicle event for the year, and Grade 4 Camp, along with all the wonderful learning, activities and opportunities that make up life at [...]

Principal's Report As we head into the final week of Term 3, it is hard to believe how quickly the term has gone! It has certainly been another busy and rewarding term at Emerald Primary School, and we are looking forward to finishing it together with a fun final day. Friday will be our Sports Theme Dress Up Day! Students are invited to come dressed as their favourite sport, sporting team or athlete. There is no gold coin donation required for this day – we simply want everyone to have some fun and get into the sporting spirit! Our [...]

Principal's Report It has been another busy and exciting couple of weeks at Emerald Primary School! Thank you to all the families who joined us for our Father’s Day Celebration last Friday. Our students put on a fantastic performance, followed by a sausage sizzle and classroom visits. It was lovely to see so many dads, grandfathers and special friends enjoying the afternoon with our students. PJ Day – this Friday 11th September Our Early Act students are running a “PJ Day” theme dress-up day to raise funds to support a school in Africa, via a support foundation called [...]

Principal's Report What a busy and exciting few weeks we have had at Emerald Primary School! We have celebrated the joy of reading during Book Week, with students and staff getting into the spirit with wonderful costumes, activities and a love of books. Our talented students have also been busy preparing and performing as part of the State School Spectacular, representing our school with such enthusiasm and pride this past Saturday. Thank you to Tara Porter and Amanda Byers for their support of our students for this event. We have also enjoyed Science Week, with some fantastic competitions and [...]

Principal's Report This week we have been celebrating Book Week 2026 with the exciting theme of a “Symphony of Stories”. It has been wonderful to see students immersed in the joy of reading and storytelling through our amazing collection of CBCA books. We are looking forward to our special assembly on Friday, where we will be celebrating with our much-loved Book Week Dress-Up Day, which sees our students bring their favourite characters to life. Other fun activities for the week include our Virtual Author Workshops, Treasure Hunts and Drawing Competitions. This will culminate in a Whole School Read-In on Friday where our [...]

Principal's Report A reminder that the due date for acceptance of enrolments is next Friday 28th August. We are excited to be welcoming our new Prep students as we progress the enrolment process for next year. We are currently finalising the Transition to School program which runs in Term 4. Further information will be sent to enrolled families. If you have submitted an enrolment application for EPS, you should now have received an enrolment offer via email, which needs to be accepted before next steps. If you have not received your offer, please contact the school. What a [...]