Term 4

Principal's Report Thank you to Kate Watson, Kate Spencer and Danni Gottschalk for all of their help and support with students this term in our classrooms. We are also thanking and farewelling Kath Barrot, who has been a part of the EPS Team for a long time and will be sorely missed. She has been an Education Support Staff member at EPS for 14 years and has had a big impact on many students at our school over the years, with her caring and supportive approach to helping all students achieve their best. We congratulate Kath as, with her [...]

Principal's Report Dear EPS Families I am pleased to let you know of the following teaching arrangements for 2025 grades: Prep:  Amy Gazzard, Louise Boocock, Shannyn Gardiner/Jennifer Palacios Grade 1/2:  Gail Fraser, Danielle Hardman, Katie Weerasinghe, Jeff Roma, Megan Ashmore/Sonia Morison Grade 3: Caroline Cook, Ben Kolb, Michelle Hayward Grade 4: Aly Backman/Cameron Sutherland, Erin Nelmes, Vyv Cornell Grade 5: Jason Dangerfield, Jacquie Forsythe, Cathlin Smart/Bianca Appleby Grade 6: Craig Appleby, Tara Porter, and a teacher to be confirmed asap (as the selection process is still under way). STEM Junior School: Louise Seamer STEM Senior School: Jessica Tannock Japanese: Sonia Morison Performing Arts: Dan MacEoin PE: Matt Stella [...]

Principal's Report Our whole school “Step Up” Transition Morning, for students to be in their new 2025 classes and meet their teachers for next year, will be held next Tuesday 10th December. Our Grade 6 students also head off for an experience at their new schools on that day too, with our new 2025 Preps joining us also for the morning. The Grade 6 Graduation event is fast approaching on Friday 13th December. The Leaps and Bounds Awards Assembly for this term is on Friday 20th December at 9.15am, which is also our Final Assembly for the year. I will look [...]

Principal's Report The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus (SSB) – a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025. From Tuesday 26 November 2024, you will receive an email from the Department of Education with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code. The School Saving Bonus will help families cover the cost of uniforms, textbooks, excursions, activities and more. If you have multiple children enrolled in Victorian government schools for 2025, you will receive one School Saving Bonus code email per child. These emails might arrive on different days. Please make sure [...]

Principal's Report The Grade 4 and Grade 6 students have returned from their respective camps over the last few weeks – exhausted and tired, but full of excitement over their experiences at Sovereign Hill and Woorabinda camps. I wanted to say a BIG thank you to the staff, both Teachers and Education Support Staff who attended and make these wonderful opportunities for our students possible every year. The year has flown by!  As we head into the last few weeks of the school year, when look forward to reflecting on students’ achievements and the fun we have had [...]

Principal's Report We are once again excited to be holding our Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day on Thursday 28th November. Everyone is welcome to arrive any time from 11.30am, which is a little while after Recess finishes. The meeting point for your children and their guests to find each other will be outside their classrooms. Guests can go straight there, or if not sure where to go, attend the Main Office and student helpers will be there to guide them. From there, everyone is welcome to pop-in to classrooms, complete the EPS Treasure Trail and visit the Book Fair. Sausages in bread [...]

Principal's Report We decided to move our Fair Day a bit earlier this year and we struck it lucky with amazing weather and of course, wonderful community support. It is a fun day for the school community to come together and work to raise funds for improving our school and its surrounds for the students to enjoy. A BIG vote of thanks must go to our Superstar Fair Co-ordinator, Peta Woodyard – she has been working on the event almost for the whole year, and did a fantastic job bringing it all together on the day. We are [...]

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 [...]