Principal’s Report

Thank you to Lisa Dangerfield and family (Mia, Noah and Jason) for their support to run the Wear Blue Day today for the Make-A-Wish fundraiser. I am pleased to let everyone know that we raised $507.75 today as a school, through gold coin donations to donate to this charity, which helps to bring wishes to life for critically ill children. Well done EPS!

We are looking forward to meeting some new families to our school next week at our annual Open Day, where School Tours are conducted all day for families new to the area, or looking at enrolling their children into Prep for 2026. Tours to see the “School In Action” are running at:

9.30am, 10.00am, 11.15am, 12.15pm, 2.00pm

Please let any interested families know – they can just pop in for any of the tour time slots!

The EPS Council AGM will be held this Thursday 1st May at Emerald Primary School. The Annual Report for 2024 will be presented at this meeting. It will be held at 7.30pm in the Staff Room. All are welcome to attend – please email myself at emerald.ps@education.vic.gov.au if you would like to come to the meeting.

We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to celebrate our Mums and Mother figures next Friday 9th May at 2pm and onwards for a sausage sizzle (sponsored by TheirCare – our out-out-hours care program). Classrooms will be open and we will have an assembly at 3.10pm. Please RSVP by next Wednesday 7th May via this link:

https://forms.gle/CBrBpBEJifbiDPV97

We are also looking for volunteers to cook on the day – please also register via the link above.

All families will note on Compass that the Voluntary Curriculum Contribution amounts are accessible there for payment. We understand that 2025 has started as a challenging year for families economically, and so encourage you to make a payment plan for the year, or pay outright when you can. For last year, we were grateful to have had 50% of families pay these contribution amounts, but would really appreciate it if more families could put some money toward these this year, so that we can continue to conduct a full, rich program of learning at EPS. Please contact myself or Fiona Hogben, our Business Manager, for a chat if you would like to discuss payment options further.

Please be advised of the following student free days, when our staff will be completing professional learning activities or parent teacher interviews:

  • Thursday 3rd July – Parent-Teacher Interviews.
  • Monday 21st July – Curriculum Day: New Victorian Learning and Teaching Model 2.0
  • Friday 28th November – Professional Practice Day

For those families using the TheirCare childcare service , they are preparing to have students on the 3rd July, 21st July and 28th November dates: https://theircare.com.au/

  • April Events: Term 2
    • Wednesday 30th April – Wear Blue day for Make A Wish Australia
    • Wednesday 30th April – Cross Country – Grades 3 – 6
  • May Events:
    • Thursday 1st May – School Council AGM @ 7.30pm
    • Friday 2nd May – Assembly
    • Saturday 3rd May – Human Powered Vehicles – Casey Fields (Selected Grade 6 Students)
    • Wednesday 7th May –  Open Day “Schools in Action” tours
    • Friday 9th May – Mothers Day Celebrations
    • Monday 12th May – EDEC Cross Country (Selected Students)
    • Friday 16th May – Assembly
    • Friday 16th May – Walk Safely to School Day
    • Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th May – Hills Ukulele Festival
    • Monday 19th – Friday 23rd May – Grade 6 Camp Woorabinda
    • Wednesday 21st May – National Simultaneous Storytime 2025
    • Monday 26th May – National Sorry Day
    • Friday 30th May – Assembly

Emma Clark

Principal

This week …

Dear EPS Families.

The Paradise Valley Hotel has very generously offered to let Emerald Primary School Hills Ukulele Festival run the Hotel Meat Raffle next Friday the 2nd of May as a fund raiser for the Hills Ukulele Festival. Events will be starting at 6pm.

Your family is cordially invited to join us at the Paradise.

Meals and drinks are available for purchase at the bar.

A Live Band will be performing and an amazing Meat Tray will be up for grabs to the winning Raffle Ticket.

Hope to See you There.

Upcoming Events …

If so please bring them to the Emerald SES to be recycled. Emerald Primary School is now a registered donation partner with the Victorian Container Deposit Scheme. So your rubbish can be recycled and each empty container earns 10c. Please donate the money you collect to our school, so we can fundraise for more drink taps on the school oval.

Community News

At Parentzone we have two upcoming programs for parents of primary aged children – Tweens, Teens and Screens and Parenting Anxious Children. Both programs are free to attend.

Details are as follows:

Tweens, Teens and Screens

  • Explore how excessive screen use may negatively impact emotional, social and physical well-being,
  • Learn how to discuss harmful online content with your child such as violence, cyberbullying, online influencers, sexual content, privacy and misinformation
  • Learn strategies to set boundaries and manage conflict in the family that often arises from excessive screen use.
  • Deal with anxiety and anger – both yours and theirs while improving family relationships

When: Mondays (6 evening sessions)

Dates: May 12th June 23rd 2025 No session on 9th June – King’s Birthday

Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm

Where: Online via Zoom

Cost: Free to attend (bookings essential)

Registrations: Click Here or scan QR code (in attached flyer)

Enquiries: sharon.muir@anglicarevic.org.au

Parenting Anxious Children

  • Learn parenting strategies to help your child deal with uncomfortable emotions such as fear and anger
  • Support your child to cope with life’s challenges both at school and at home
  • Set boundaries and find solutions for challenging behaviours
  • Teach your child the skills of resilience to bounce back from adversity

 When: Thursday mornings (6 sessions)

Dates: May 8th to June 12th 2025

Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Where: Online via Zoom

Cost: Free to attend

Enquiries: sharon.muir@anglicarevic.org.au

Registration: Click here or scan QR code (in attached flyer)

A draft masterplan has been prepared for Puffing Billy Place Reserve in Emerald and we’re seeking your feedback on the draft designs.

Park users of all ages are encouraged to share feedback on the types of park furniture and playground design they prefer.

How to get involved and have your say:

  • Attend a Pop up in the Park with Aligned Leisure 
  • Wednesday 9 April 2025, from 1-3pm
  • Puffing Billy Park and Playground, 13 Kilvington Dr, Emerald VIC 3782
  • Attend a Pop-up in the park with Council
  • Tuesday 6 May 2025, from 3-5pm
  • Puffing Billy Park and Playground, 13 Kilvington Dr, Emerald VIC 3782

Completing the  online survey at www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay by Sunday 18 May.

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