Principal’s Report
Welcome Back to EPS – What is in store for 2024?!
I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new EPS families and new Prep students and their families. The last couple of days have gone very smoothly, and I have enjoyed walking around the classrooms and the yard to catch up with students and families to hear about the summer holidays and all the exciting things that have happened since we all saw each other.
I want to thank Kristie Holden and Samantha Hardiman for all of their amazing support to help students start the year in full uniform. We seem to have a hat shortage at the moment, so we will pause on students having to play in the Undercover Area at the moment and see when the hat order arrives – there is a surprise in store for everyone – as we have a new style of hat (chosen by our students!) on the way. The new style EPS hat is washable and more comfortable – also more colourful! Students may bring a different hat at the moment to wear in the yard until new stock arrives. Please ensure all hats are named.
***Please note the Uniform Shop Opening days and times will be Tuesday morning 8.30am to 9am and Friday 3.15pm to 3.45pm
Thank you also for all of the hard work by the Admin Team at the EPS Office, in getting everything organised for students and staff to start the year, and to the Teachers and Education Support Staff, who have come in over the holidays and this last week or so, to create an excellent learning environment and engaging curriculum program for our students this term.
There is a lot going on this term to keep us all extra busy – Smile Squad, EDEC Swimming, Parent/Teacher Connect Meetings, NAPLAN, Grade 3-6 Athletics and Grade 5 Camp, to mention a few things!
I am looking forward to visiting classrooms with Mrs. D’Rozario this term to see all of the learning in action, and students being their best selves and achieving their best!
Emma Clark
Principal
This Week!
Our school is proud to support Safer Internet Day 2024.
Safer Internet Day is a global initiative that brings together communities, families, schools, and organisations from more than 160 countries to help create safer online spaces. The eSafety Commissioner leads the initiative in Australia. We educate people about online safety risks, like online abuse, how to be safe online and where to go for help. At eSafety, we know that online safety education and awareness is more important than ever. This Safer Internet Day, Tuesday 6 February 2024, we’re encouraging you to take three simple actions when approaching online safety: Connect. Reflect. Protect.
- Connect safely by keeping apps and devices secure and reviewing your privacy settings regularly.
- Reflect on how your actions online may affect others or your safety.
- Protect yourself and others by visiting eSafety.gov.au to find out how to stay safe online and report online abuse.
Parents and Carers, here is the link to many online resources, including free webinars. https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars
Across all year levels, teachers are teaching cyber safety lessons and will look at how to stay safe in online environments. They will also make a class agreement about safe use of technology in class.
If you would like to make a family agreement about safe use of technology at home, follow this link for an example.
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/resources/family-tech-agreement
Community News
Canteen News!
Friday Meal Deal
Look out for an exciting Friday Meal Deal next week!
Breaking up is hard to do!!!!!!!!
It’s time for the canteen to break up with single use straws, these will not be available in 2023
More than 8 million tonnes of plastic enters the world’s ocean every year and over 90% is single use plastic.
So let’s say bye bye to straws and hello to BYO. We highly recommend reusable options over all disposables. Students can purchase a reusable silicone straw in its own case with the school Emblem for $4 from the canteen (over the counter or via online) or uniform shop.
