College News

Student Absentee Lines

If your child is absent or late, please call your relevant absentee line, rather than Student Services and the main, Front Office phoneline.

South Plympton: 8292 3838

Brooklyn Park: 8292 3898

From the Library

“Only you

can make the world seem right, 

Only you

can make the darkness bright…”  (ALIA website, 2023)

Tuesday 14 February was Library Lovers' Day. Do you love your library? 

At Emmaus, we love to foster a culture of reading for life. Our Library is a vibrant place where all students, staff and parents are welcome to come and read and borrow. Students are able to borrow throughout the year.

Libraries SA

We also encourage our families to regularly visit their local public library as well to access even more wonderful resources. Did you know that your local library is part of the One Card Network?

The One Card Network joins all Public Libraries in South Australia to a shared catalogue, meaning you can request books from any Library in the State to be collected at your closest local library. This also means that when holidaying around SA, you can borrow and return books to any Library in SA. This network also gives you access to audiobooks, eBooks, online magazines and databases. Check out your local Libraries SA Library today.

Alicia Buxton, Teacher Librarian/Library Manager 

Veronica Scheepers, School Librarian SP

Chelsea Potter, School Librarian BP

From the Canteen - South Plympton

Emergency Lunch Process

At our Canteen, we don’t want any child to go hungry at lunch!  So, we are pleased to provide an emergency lunch for children who have forgotten to pack their lunch box or did not order on Qkr or place their order in the class box 

To ensure that all our student and staff orders are made on time, we have a standard emergency lunch consisting of: a piece of fruit for recess and for lunch the student will be offered one of the following depending on what’s available, either a baguette or cheese sandwich or cheese and vegemite sandwich. We can only adjust this emergency lunch order to accommodate special ‘dietary requirements’ but not for ‘taste bud preferences’. 

To request an emergency lunch, Junior School students can go to their class teacher or Student Services by 9.30am or come to the canteen with an Emergency Lunch Slip from their teacher or Student Services at the start of lunch. Middle/Senior School students can make the request at the Canteen. Payment is required the following day. 

Please note, we do not check email during the day so email requests from parents may not be received in time. Calling the canteen with a late lunch order will be treated the same as an emergency lunch, calling the canteen is not recommended as we cannot answer the phone during our service times (recess and lunch times) and messages may not be listened to in time.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Volunteers

Your help in the canteen will be greatly appreciated. 

Most of our volunteers are parents and caregivers who generously volunteer once a term. Starting time is between school drop-off and 9am and finishing between 1.30pm and 2pm (or school pick up).

All volunteers are required to have the relevant Working with Children Clearance; please click here for more information. If you would like to volunteer, please email me. 

The following Term 1 dates are available for Canteen Helpers:

God Bless

Sharon Hughes

Canteen Manager

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35