Term 3

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 [...]

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 [...]

Principal's Report Everyone may have noticed that the “Spider” climbing frame has been removed from the Adventure playground as it had been vandalised and was unsafe. Thank you very much to John Cornell for offering to remove it for us, to make way for another exciting addition to the playground – stay tuned! Thank you also to the Weir family, Patric Soussan and Julie Bowyer for their continued efforts and planning to improve our schoolgrounds. All families who have applied via the Student Insight Platform to enrol their Prep 2025 students at Emerald Primary School should have a [...]

Principal's Report A reminder that we are having a free dress day this Friday 26th July to celebrate the start of the Olympics! No gold coin donation necessary. Students can wear the green and gold, or dress in their favourite sport, or as their favourite athlete! Please note other Free Dress days this term will be: Friday 9th August for Preps only: 100 Days Brighter – Prep students only (teachers will advise) Friday 16th August – for Book Week, dress as a character from your favourite book Friday 23rd August – for Science Week, dress up as anything [...]

Principal's Report So much happening this term for our EPS students! This term we are looking forward to our special visits with Murrundindi during NAIDOC Week, our Olympic Games dress-up day, lots of sporting events and Grade 6 Production for Grade 6 students, 100 Days of Prep learning, Book Week and Science Week! Our Grade 4 students will also be participating in a program called “Zones of Regulation”, to support their emotional wellbeing and resilience, and Grade 6 students will be working through a Kids Helpline activity called “Peer Pressure” and with a representative from Optus on Cyber [...]