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.

TheirCare is running an information session online tomorrow night (Thursday 19th September). Please reach out to the school via: emerald.ps@education.vic.gov.au, if you would like more details on this – we have tried to contact the current families using the service, as a first port of call.

We still need to wait for the government approvals process to occur – this will be the last hurdle. Until then, families can register/create an account, but will not be able to make bookings until the licence is finalised.

Please ensure your children have their hats at school this week and into Term 4 as per our school Sun Smart Policy – hopefully this will encourage the sun to stay out! We ask that students wear their hats in the playground during recess and lunch. As part of our SunSmart Policy, all students need to wear hats in the yard for all of Term 1 and Term 4. We have this school policy of making sure students wear broad-rimmed hats (not caps) for all times outside, to protect from the sun. Besides recesses and lunchtimes, this also includes outside grade activities like games and physical education lessons. We ask that parents support this policy by ensuring your child has the right type of hat (part of the uniform) and please make sure the hats are named and in good condition. Hats are available for purchase from the Uniform Shop for $16.

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 and improvement strategies.

The Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey will be open online from Monday 5th August to Friday 20th September 2024.

All families are invited to participate in the survey.

The survey will be conducted online, only takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones.

The online survey will be available in English and 10 other languages. Resources are also available in additional languages to assist parents / caregivers / guardians who speak a language other than English at home. Please reach out to your child’s teacher, or the school directly for survey guides in your language.

The survey results will be communicated to parents / caregivers / guardians through annual reporting and via the school website.

We are gradually moving to our new school Facebook page. It is a closed group so that we can improve on safety and privacy. If you do a search for “Emerald Primary School”, it is the first one that comes up.

The older page called “Emerald Primary School – Parents Group” will be phased out this year – so jump on board as soon as you can!

  • Friday 20th September – favourite sport, athlete or sporting team.

Pertussis Exclusion Guidelines (legislated for primary schools, recommended for secondary schools but not legislated):

Cases: Exclude the child for 21 days after the onset of cough or until they have completed 5 days of a course of antibiotic treatment (return on day 6). Exclusion can only be enacted for ‘Confirmed’ cases of pertussis.

Contacts: Contacts aged less than 7 years in the same room as the case who have not received three effective doses of pertussis vaccine should be excluded for 14 days after the last exposure to the infectious case, or until they have taken 5 days of a course of effective antibiotic treatment. This also applies to a case’s siblings (if in the same household) if under 7.

From healthdirect.gov.au

Symptoms: Cold-like symptoms including runny nose, sneezing, mild dry cough, fever. The cough may also worsen as time goes on.

It is a contagious illness.

Can cause serious health problems in babies.

Vaccination is the best protection against whooping cough. Pregnant women and adults who have contact with babies should get a booster vaccine.

Please send a message to the school email, emerald.ps@education.vic.gov.au , if you have any queries.

  • Friday 20th September – Favourite sport, athlete or sporting team dress up day
  • Friday 20th September @ 9.15am Whole School Growth Mindet Awards Assembly
  • Friday 20th September @ 2.30pm – Finish Term 3

NEXT TERM

  • Monday 7th October – Term 4 Commences (don’t forget your school hat!)
  • Wednesday 16th October – Japanese Day
  • Saturday 26th October @ 11.30am – 4pm – School Fair
  • Wednesday 30th October – Friday 1st November – Grade 4 Camp
  • Tuesday 5th November – Melbourne Cup Public Holiday
  • Monday 11th November – Friday 15th November – Grade 6 Camp

Emma Clark

Principal

Star of the week!

For his can do approach to school and sensational hopping and blending to read.

For always trying her best and working to achieve her goals.

For displaying fabulous writing skills and challenging yourself to write more. You are a writing STAR!

For trying so hard in all areas of learning. You take on new challenges with a smile and always persist. I’m so proud of you!

For great focus during learning time always finding creative ways to complete his tasks.

For working so hard on his sounds, reading and handwriting! Great job Harrison.

For your EXCELLENT PowerPoint presentation on The Great Barrier Reef and clearly spoken with great expression presentation, to the grade. You are a speaking SUPERSTAR!

For outstanding focus in all subject areas. I am so proud of your academic growth which is due to your incredible work ethic.

For his concentration on learning a new skill, The Rubik Cube.

For his outstanding attitude and independence. Austin always gives 100% and shows respect and kindness to everyone around him. What a STAR!

For writing and presenting an amazing speech on her imaginary friend Hunter which included lots of literary devices. YOU ARE A STAR!

For your creativity, team work and positivity! It brought our production to life in a truly memorable way! Your dedication and enthusiasm shone through in every scene, we couldn’t be prouder.

For her self motivation in class and amazing me with her use of connectives.

For always trying her best and giving things a go with perseverance.

For displaying such focus and enthusiasm with all of your reading tasks. Your skills are flourishing Flynn!

For persisting though your learning even when you are finding it different or tricky. Well done!

For always trying hard and even on a tough day. Your persistence is admirable.

For working very hard on her reading and spelling and for trying so hard in all areas! WOW!

For successfully converting metric units of length.

For diligently working towards his learning goals with maturity and determination. I am so proud of you!

For constantly putting in 110% effort in all learning areas. You dive into the learning pit and always persist to the other side.

For her courage and poise when presenting her speech to the whole Grade 5 cohort. What a STAR!

For your amazing poetry writing, especially your Haikus. I have loved reading all your different poems.

For his determined approach to all new learning and his focus on his writing goals.

For a huge improvement with his handwriting, Will, you have worked very hard.

For building your resilience and confidence with developing relationships with others in our class. You are a kind and confident star!

For creating many beautiful and colourful pieces for the Australian Art Theme.

For being an awesome helper and passionate learner.

For your well written Cinquain poem about chickens. You topped it off with a fantastic published piece for our Year Book page. You are a writing STAR!

For writing a descriptive and well structured cinquain poem about ‘Winter’.

For being an amazing addition to 4O. Friendly, polite, helpful and always tries her best at everything she does.

For your ever happy disposition and great attitude towards all learning tasks. Keep it up!

*STUDENT AWARD*

For consistently trying her best and taking pride in the presentation of her work. WHAT A STAR!!

For being a superstar learner. You have been working so hard in all areas of your learning and especially loved your speech! Well done Miles!

This week …

Climate change Forum

On the Monday 26th to Tuesday 27th of August, we (Jamie B  and Scarlet BT) went to Ballarat for 2 days to participate in a program called Earth-Ed!

At Earth-Ed we learnt about the environment, climate change and ways to stop it. The first day we made music out of junk with some people from Junkyard Beats.

The second day we collected data and learnt more about climate change and ways to be more sustainable. Adam, from a group of activists for the ocean came on the second day. He explained how 4 bottle caps can kill one turtle. We had been given a turtle made out of 4 shredded bottle caps which can kill one turtle but can also make one keychain.

We made a museum for the future of 2054. We all made an artefact for the museum. We made a sustainable home and named it the Happy Home. It featured things that we could do to make normal houses like putting solar panels on our roof to get extra power! 

What we can do to help our school/homes:

  • To keep climate change from taking over, you can ride bikes/scooters to school or walk (if you can).
  • You could also dump less rubbish because it floats into the sea and kills animals like turtles!
  • Recycle everything you can so it can be made into something new! Don’t take plastic wrappers or things that you will throw out after one use because our school is very polluted, (or maybe don’t buy any in the first place).
  • Did you know that plants can sometimes help filter air pollution? PLANT MORE PLANTS! In your house or in town, sell them! You can make reasonable money off selling flowers and seeds!

Thanks for listening!

Byeeeeeeeeeeee

By Jamie and Scarlet from 5/6P

Earth-ed

Upcoming Events …

Konnichiwa!

Japanese Day will be a whole day of Japan-related activities, entertainment, art, craft, workshops, music, games, incursions and more! Two years ago, our first Japanese Day was a huge success. Please read the following information to see how you can help us to make this year even better!

Costumes

Dressing up is a highlight of the day and we will have a costume parade with the whole school. But please don’t buy a costume. In class, we’re talking about how to be creative and use things that we already have. Please see the slides for more ideas and inspiration.

Helpers

We are looking for adults who can help us with any of the following: sushi making, martial arts, calligraphy. Please contact Sonia Sensei via the office if you can help.

Odd socks

This may sound strange but we are collecting clean socks to use for an activity. If you have any odd socks, old socks, baby socks etc that you no longer need, please send the washed socks to school. The class that collects the most socks will win a prize!

Little toys

If you are tidying up and sorting out at home and find any unwanted small toys, please bring them to Sonia Sensei. We are looking for toys that are no bigger than an egg so we can put them into a capsule toy machine. For example; little figurines, key rings, cute erasers, fake jewels etc. We’ll use them as rewards and prizes on Japanese Day.

Thank you so much for your support.

Sonia Sensei

See Costumes ideas 2024 here 

In Term 4, all classes will be engaging in sessions presented by SECASA (Monash Health), commencing in Week 2. Prior to the class sessions, SECASA is running a Parent/Carer Information Session on Tuesday 8th October 5:00pm – 6:30pm. Please see flyer for information.

Please click on the link to indicate your attendance: https://forms.gle/CMVdZLL5866oaUKy9

Please note this is strictly a parents/carers only session as some content will not be suitable for children.

Our model

SECASA Schools Program is a comprehensive suite of prevention programs developed by SECASAFV (Monash Health) to create a culture of respect, consent, and healthy relationships in schools building safer and empowered communities. We facilitate protective behaviour education programs in the following local government areas and shires. Schools Program < SECASA

Community News

The Rotary Club of Emerald & District yearly hold an event called “The Kids Fun Run with Puffing Billy”.  This event allows for kids between 3 years old and 12 (split into 7 age groups) to run with Puffing Billy  and help to raise funds to support sick children – the last four events have seen us donate $196,000 to Monash Children’s Hospital and again this year the money collected will go to Monash Children’s Hospital – Cancer Centre. Since we commenced holding this fundraiser in 2002, we have donated $771,250 to aid children.

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