Principal’s Report

Thank you to the EPS community and the local Rotary Club for getting behind this cause last Sunday and supporting me to slide! The Emerald and surrounds community came out in force to support the “sliders”. It was a fun afternoon, but also an excellent opportunity to learn more about this disease and the fight to find a cure and treatments. A final fundraising total will be announced on Friday.

Congratulations and thank you to the to staff and parents who ran an amazing camp recently for our Grade 6 students at Camp Woorabinda in Yallourn North. The team was made up of Craig Appleby, Felicity Bathgate, Tara Porter, Julie McKinsley, Sandra Cahill, Kady Huisintveld, David Gale, Megan Smith and Andrew Bailey – thank you one and all!. The students had a wonderful time at this great venue, and it showed in the smiles on all of the faces and tired eyes when the campers returned!

Stay tuned for more information on this exciting day on the calendar for the Grade 5 students – to be held next Wednesday 11th June. The students have been preparing for a number of weeks to run market stalls and fundraise for their chosen cause. Looking forward to purchasing some tasty treats, having fun at the games stalls and admiring the crafty items students have made!

We are excited to announce that the Swimming Program will be occurring in Weeks 9 and 10 of this term! If you go into Compass you will see how to register your student/s and pay for them to participate in the program this year, which runs from Grade Prep to Grade 6. Students will participate in 5 swimming lessons over a week. Please contact us if you have any queries. Registrations and payments need to be completed by Friday 6th June 2025.

ENROLMENT  PROCESS

Our school now uses an online system for new Prep (also called Foundation) 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 25 July 2025.  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 8 August 2025.  You should accept one enrolment offer by Friday 22 August 2025. When accepting an offer, you will be required to provide additional personal and health information that will be shared with the school.

Is VicStudents secure?

VicStudents has been assessed by the Department of Education to a high degree of security in line with the Victorian Protective Data Security Standards and is compliant with ISO 27001, the leading international standard for information security.

More information

For more information about enrolling your child into a Victorian government primary school, visit Enrolling in Foundation (Prep).

Please contact us via email: emerald.ps@education.vic.gov.au, or phone 03 5968 4311.  We’re here to help and will get back to you quickly. We look forward to your application and hope you will be joining our school community soon.

PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO ANY FAMILIES YOU KNOW WHO MAY BE INTERESTED.

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/

  • June Events:
    • Monday 9th June – Kings Birthday Public Holiday
    • Wednesday 11th June – Grade 5 Market Day
    • Thursday 12th June – Regional Cross Country (Selected Students)
    • Friday 13th June – Assembly
    • Monday 16th – Friday 20th June – Swimming Program (Prep – Grade 3)
    • Thursday 19th – Lightning Premierships 2025 – Grade 6
    • Thursday 19th – School Council @ 7.30pm
    • Monday 23rd – Friday 27th June – Swimming Program (Grade 4 – Grade 6)
    • Friday 27th June – Values Awards Assembly
  • July Events:
    • Monday 1st July – EDEC Soccer (Selected Students)
    • Thursday 3rd July – Parent Teacher Interviews
    • Friday 4th July – Term 2 Concludes

Emma Clark

Principal

Star of the week!

For putting such detail into your illustrations to match the sentences you wrote. What a creative star!

For his excellent sentence writing in our UFLI sessions.

For always producing work of an excellent standard that  is beautifully presented! What a STAR!

For doing a fabulous job writing sentences about cats this week!

For being an independent and supportive learner. Great work teaching your peers about their persuasive conclusions!

For fabulous work on his compound sentences. Well done Chase!

For turning a fixed mindset into a growth mindset during our dictionary work.

For his well articulated writing response to understanding a visual text.

For your non-stop awesomeness in all aspects of school. Caring, friendliness and respect, these values are shining out!

For trying her best to complete all tasks with a smile on her face, making our classroom a wonderful place to be. What a star!

For your very emotive and convincing piece about Orcas in captivity. You are a persuasive star!

For being a great example of teamwork and positivity on camp. You always looked out for others, offered encouragement and lifted up your peers. What a great role model.

For pushing yourself right out of your comfort zone on Year 6 Camp. I loved seeing you on the zipline.

For doing an amazing job at sounding out words in your writing. What a SUPER writing star!

For engaging more actively during class discussions and showing increasing confidence in expressing your thoughts and feelings. What a STAR!

For great effort using punctuation in his writing and expanding his ideas.

For putting in such a consistently solid effort in each and every learning task this week!

For sharing his excellent ideas so willingly with the class and including them in his writing pieces too!

For being a proactive leader in the classroom. She inspires others through her responsibility, teamwork and positive attitude!

For his focus and dedication in class, and blowing me away with his decimal and fraction work.

For learning about what she needs, to be an awesome learner.

For his quiet confidence and consistent ‘Growth Mindset’, capably tackling any challenge and persisting when deep in the Learning Pit! What a STAR!

*student award*

For having enthusiasm for all activities and not complaining about doing anything even with a broken arm! What a resilient STAR!

For her outstanding resilience and determination this term, particularly over the past two weeks! You’re a champion!

For showing incredible resilience and confidence on camp. I am so impressed with the way you gave everything a go and embraced new challenges.

For writing fantastic sentences about our visit to the Police station. What a writing SUPER star!

For displaying a genuine enthusiasm for phonics, approaching each lesson with eagerness and a positive attitude. What a STAR!

For his amazing efforts with his story writing. Well done. You are a star!

For always producing high quality writing pieces. I loved learning all about sharks from you!

For her excellent effort and work in reading and for her interesting writing about Cheetahs!

For being an amazing helper to others during our ‘Reading Graphs Scavenger Hunt’.

For his sensational TEEL paragraphs, and always amazing me with his ‘can do’ attitude to school.

For continuing to wow your teachers everyday. Could you be anymore awesome!?

For tackling her Chance Project with confidence and nailing percentages, fractional equivalence and graphing data using Excel! What a STAR!

For taking risks in his writing, being more independent and convincing us all to eat dino nuggies! You are a star!

For making the most of the camp experience, giving everything a go and having a terrific attitude! What a camping star!

For embracing ALL that camp Woorabinda had to offer. I loved seeing your big smile and having your recommendations on what to eat each meal.

This week …

A reminder from the office…

Could Parents please remind students who bring a mobile phone to school to leave them at the office.

Thank you.

From the 19th to the 23rd of May, Year 6 went to Camp Woorabinda, located on Fernlea Road, Yallourn North (about 15 minutes from Moe).

Some of the highlights of Woorabinda included canoeing, the zipline, billy carts, the rock climbing wall, the maze, and the high ropes course. The camp-out was also really fun and a great experience to try something new. We even camped overnight in tents, started our own campfires, and cooked our lunch over the fire.

Morning assemblies were especially interesting—in a good way!—particularly when the Power Rangers made an appearance, along with the news reporters and the weather segment. Each assembly featured a special song that celebrated all the fun and adventurous things we did at camp.

Woorabinda was huge, with many beautiful views from different parts of the property. The power plant across the road was also an impressive sight to admire. We visited the Woorabinda Camp Farm, where we fed the animals and helped out in the garden. We all made so many fun memories and have plenty of stories that will keep us laughing for weeks to come.

By Chloe S and Ella R

We asked some Year 6 students to share their words of wisdom about the Year 6 camp. Here’s what they had to say:

If I was to go back to the week BEFORE Year 6 Camp I would tell myself…

6P

…to watch out for the sheep when it tries to run down me  – Oliver

… don’t over think it and do everything because you will regret it  – Ella

… to do the ropes course with no hesitation at all and don’t look down. -Ellie

…to bring more socks since it was muddy and I would also pack more snacks since I forgot to bring some.   – Madi

…to walk a block around my street so it would help with all the walking at Camp! – Chloe T

…to bring warmer clothes because it was colder than I thought. – Isla

…to make sure Edith is safe, and doesn’t ride her horse this weekend (because she breaks her arm). Who am I? I’m you from the future ooooohhhhhh* scary ghost noises* – Elleny

6B

… don’t let anything get in my way that will ruin my camp experience – Savannah

… to look forward to it because it’s super fun! – Julian

.. pack a little earlier so I could have more rest. – Mia

… “this is gonna be scary” and I would feel uncomfortable but then it was really exciting. – Khya

.. that you should bring gloves! – Miles

6A

… it’s going to be fun and you will miss home, but it will be okay! – Eleanor L

… be proud and have a good time on your last primary school camp! – Mikayla B

… it is such an adventurous camp and the staff will care for you and everyone will have the time of their lives!! HAVE YA BINDA? – Jensen

… make sure you do 100% everything because it is all amazing! – Reece

… pack more jumpers! – Jude

Yesterday, 38 talented Cross-Country runners competed in the Dandenong Ranges Division event at Yarra Glen. I would like to congratulate all students who gave it their best in cold and wet conditions. Thanks to Mr Appleby and Mrs Hayward for their assistance on the day.

Well done to the following 14 students who have now qualified for the Eastern Metro Regional event next Thursday 12th June at Yarra Glen!

9/10 Girls- Maya H (2nd) Hazel C (11th)

9/10 Boys- Liam H (1st)  Parker K (6th)  Rainer K (8th)  Ace D (10th)

11 Girls- Amberlie P (4th)  Estella S (5th) Sophie K (7th) Aislin R (10th)

12/13 Girls- Chloe S (12th)

12/13 Boys- Ollie D (1st) Khan M (3rd) Jake H (12th)

Duolingo is an increasing popular language learning website and app which can be accessed for free to learn many different languages, including Japanese. It’s fun and motivating to learn with quirky Duolingo characters and points are earned for practising. We are encouraging students from Grade 3 – 6 to join the EPS Duolingo classroom and spend some time practising Japanese skills each week. An advantage of joining the EPS classroom is that students will have unlimited “hearts” so they can feel free to make mistakes without losing “hearts”.

While it is free to use, you will regularly see ads for their paid service. Rest assured; there’s no need to join the paid service.

And if students are already learning with Duolingo, they can join the EPS classroom and take their learning history with them – they don’t have to start from scratch.

In Grade 3 and 4, we have had a strong focus on learning the 46 hiragana characters and Duolingo can be a great support to learning to read hiragana.

To join the EPS class from a computer, follow the link below.

www.duolingo.com/classroom/jfbvww

If you currently have an account, you can use the code jfbvww to join the EPS class.

To join from a smartphone or tablet, see the attached information.

Looking forward to seeing lots of names on the leaderboard!

Sonia Sensei

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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

Have your say on the future of waste services in Cardinia Shire, including household bin frequency, the proposed glass only service, hard waste collection and green waste disposal.

Council is renewing their Waste Resource and Recovery Strategy. This strategy serves as a 10-year roadmap for the future direction of Council’s waste services, education and advocacy.

Community feedback will help create a draft strategy. In early 2026, the community will be invited to share their thoughts on the draft, before the strategy is finalised.

You can provide feedback until Wednesday 9 July by:

  • attending an in-person pop-up session

More info: Shape our future waste services webpage

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