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Principal's Report A highlight of the past week has been the tremendous success of our Year 5 Market Day. Our students worked incredibly hard to plan, create and run their stalls, demonstrating creativity, teamwork and entrepreneurial skills throughout the process. It was wonderful to see the enthusiasm and engagement from students, staff and families on the day. We are very grateful to our families for their generous support in helping students prepare for the event and for contributing to making it such a thriving and successful occasion. We are also looking forward to the rescheduled Junior School Cross Country [...]

Principal's Report We are looking forward to the Grade 5 Market Day tomorrow, where students will showcase their creativity, enterprise skills and teamwork through a range of stalls and activities. Students are welcome to bring along some spending money (up to $10) and support the hard work of our Grade 5 students. A reminder that Friday is Pyjama Day, and we look forward to seeing students dressed in their favourite pyjamas while enjoying a fun day of learning! We also apologise again for the rescheduling of the Junior School Cross Country event due to the poor predicted weather. The [...]

Principal's Report All members of the EPS community are invited to attend the AGM to be held on Thursday 28th May, 7.30pm in the school staff room. Our school is using an online system for new Foundation (Prep) enrolments to Victorian government schools, called VicStudents. To get started: Visit https://students.educationapps.vic.gov.au/s/ to create an account and complete the online application form by Friday 31 July 2026.  If you would prefer to submit a paper application form, please contact us. We will then review the information submitted and be in contact with you by Friday 14 August 2026. You should [...]

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 [...]