Principal's Report

 Principal - Julie Hommelhoff

Assistant Principal - Jacob Johnson

Holidays

Have a Happy Easter and holiday break. Enjoy the last of our beautiful weather, remember to change the clocks as Daylight Savings comes to a close. 

We will see you on Tuesday 22 April. This will be a short week with Friday being another holiday due to Anzac Day. 

School Council

Our School Council held its Annual General Meeting Wednesday, where the school’s Annual Implementation Plan was endorsed by Council and new office bearers elected for the next 12 / 24 months.  I would like to welcome our new parent and staff representatives and of course, thank our retiring councillors for their support over the last two years. 

Ms Deborah Flett remains our SC President, Judith Smith is our Vice President, Jayde Douglas is our Secretary and Ms Becky Hollandis Treasurer. Tara H is Minute Secretary. 

Our parent representatives are: Deborah Flett, Jayde Douglas, Regis Chakabva, Judith Smith, Lisa Breeden, Marissa Bamblett, and Becky Holland. Our DET representatives are Jacob Johnson, Tara Horkings, Kirsten Wright, Julie Hommelhoff and our Community representative is Megg Savage . The AGM was immediately followed by our second council meeting for the year and it was great to have strong representation from both parents and staff.  

We cannot thank Sarah McKee, Bec Edge and Ro for their time on the ETRPS Council for the past several years in some cases. Your contribution to our school-wide decisions has been invaluable. We wish you well and hope to see you around from time to time. 

NAPLAN

The NAPLAN tests for Years 3 and Year 5 students have taken place and a few ‘catch up’ sessions completed. The four days of testing is not easy but generally our students take a very positive approach to completing the tests. The results of these tests provide diagnostic information for parents and teachers about a child’s performance in literacy and numeracy. This information will be used as part of a range of analytical tools to support teaching and learning programs to improve student achievement and outcomes.  The report issued as a result of the tests will describe a child’s particular skills in language conventions and writing, reading and numeracy. Parents will have their student’s reports forwarded to them later in the year, while the data the school receives from the NAPLAN tests will be used to plan for the future learning needs of our students.

If you have any questions or concerns about NAPLAN in 2025, please contact Nat Harvey or Jacob Johnson. 

News Crew

Our News Crew program is underway with four of our 5/6 students reporting the school news during the term via ETRPS News. The news reports will be posted via our social media accounts on Friday afternoons and will include photos of students involved in whole school events and also classroom activities that are occurring at ETRPS. Check it out!

Pick-up & Drop Off

Parents: can you please help us keep your children safe at drop off times. The gates are opened at 8.35 am. Prior to this time, there is no supervision. Children have been seen to be running in the bus bay, on the footpaths and in the gardens. There has been near misses, and reports made to us regularly, as the community is extremely worried an accident is looming. 

Students are to wait at the gate calmly until staff attend. 

SunSmart Policy: Hats On 

All students are required to wear their broad brimmed hats, even when playing or participating in activities under any shelters. 

Our SunSmart Policy is based upon the Cancer Council guidelines that hats should be worn when UV levels are above 3 on the index (usually around the beginning of September in each year). We source this information from the following website: 

www.bom.gov.au/products/UV/Bendigo_VIC.shtml

Please remember that only our school hats may be worn. These can be purchased from the office for $10

1st September… Hats Remember.

1st May… Hats off Day.

Happy Holidays...

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

Julie Hommelhoff      

Principal