Acting Principal's Report

  Paul Hon

Assistant Principal - Jacob Johnson

Echuca Twin Rivers Principal, Julie Hommelhoff will continue her leave into term 2 this year. I would like to thank Ben Ridge and Jacob Johnson for their commitment and leadership of the school over the last 6 weeks. Term 1 is a particularly busy term in schools. I have been asked to support the school into term 2, I come with 40 years of experience with the Department of Education with 20 in the Principal Class, the last being at Echuca PS (208), and the last 13 years working across networks of schools in the North West of the state, in this role I have worked with Echuca Twin Rivers PS since it opened in 2018.

In my first week I have been impressed with the commitment to students by our teachers and support staff. The school is well resourced and has established great routines across the school. How lucky are we to have such a great facility in Echuca.

The school’s values of Respect, Inclusion, Resilience, Responsibility and Academic Excellence are at the forefront of teacher practice in the classroom and interactions across the school.

I look forward to seeing you around the school.

Prep 2027

On Monday 27/4 the school conducted tours and an information evening for prospective Prep students for 2027. We were pleased with the turnout and have since had our first enrolments for next year. The session included a range of activities in the Prep room, a tour of the school and an interactive information session for parents. 

Thank you to our wonderful prep teacher, Bec Irving for her work in putting the evening together and our student leaders, Mackenzie, Quinn, Billy and Corn for supporting the tour and engaging with our next year’s preps.

If you have a child to enrol for next year, please contact the school to get the required forms, if you know of someone who has a prospective Prep student, please refer them to the school.

Enrolments are required by July 27th, 2026

School Council Annual General Meeting

Last week was the school council AGM,

The office bearers for 2026 are as follows:

President – Jayde Douglas

Vice President – Sarah Peake

Treasure – Becky Holland

Minutes Secretary – Tara Horkings

The school still has vacancies for parent and community representatives on school council. School Council has representation from parents, community representatives, and staff representatives. Our current School Council President is Jayde Douglas who has made a great contribution to our school through School Council.

School Council meets each month and provides a cross section of the community to:

• assist in the efficient governance of the school
• ensure that the council’s decisions affecting students are made having regard to the best interests of the students
• enhance the educational opportunities of students
• ensuring the school council adheres to all legal and departmental requirements.

If you are interested in volunteering to come onto school council, please contact me.

The next meeting of School Council is Wednesday May 27th.

Farewell

To the students and families of ETRPS, 

With mixed emotion after 15 years with the Department of Education, I am moving on. I just wanted to express my heartfelt thanks for entrusting me with your personal stories over the years. I have learnt so much from many of you, and I thank you for these enriching experiences. I have thoroughly enjoyed my role in Wellbeing, supporting our students, watching them grow and be the best version of themselves. 

I wish you all well. 

Thank you,

Nicole Cavallaro

Communication

As parents and carers, you will at times need to meet with classroom teachers to clarify classroom programs and sometimes discuss problems that may have arisen. The teachers and Leadership Team will endeavour to meet and discuss any range of school issues as soon as possible, however, please be aware staff meetings occur each Tuesday and Wednesday nights straight after school. There is an assumption all teachers will attend meetings on time. No teacher will dismiss your question or concerns, so calling to organise a time to meet will ensure the question or issue can be addressed with plenty of time and no interruptions. Don’t forget you can always message on ClassDojo, email or call the school on 54 107 700. 

Important Information: Sentral App at Echuca Twin Rivers PS 🎉📱 Part 1: Please ensure you have downloaded Sentral and set up your profile- All camps, excursions and school events will now be managed through the Sentral app — nice and easy, all in one place!- This means we’ll be saying goodbye to paper permission slips and will no longer be sending hard copies home.- To get started, please check out the attached letter which shows you how to download and set up the Sentral app. Need a hand? No worries at all! 😊Sue in the school office is more than happy to help with installing or setting up Sentral — just pop in or give us a call.✍️ Part 2: Signing Permission Slips- Once you’re set up, permission slips can be viewed and signed directly in the Sentral app.- The attached screenshots will walk you through how to sign a permission slip step by step.- If you get stuck, please don’t hesitate to call or come into the office — we’re here to help!💳 Coming Soon – Payments via Sentral! We’re excited to let families know that payments will soon be able to be made directly through the Sentral app, making things even more convenient. We will communicate with you all once this is set up.📌 Please Note:- Families who do not wish to use the Sentral app will need to visit the school office to sign permission slips at the front desk. Thanks so much for your understanding and support as we make this positive change at Echuca Twin Rivers Primary School.

Inclusion, Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, (Academic Excellence)  

      Paul Hon

      Acting Principal