Book Week & Book of the Year presentations

Just a reminder that Book Week is just around the corner and our dress up day is only 2 weeks away. So start planning your costume today. Of course along with Book Week is our annual Book of the Year presentations. The competition was fierce. Over the holidays I was immersed in some amazing stories and some beautifully presents picture story books. Judging these stories have been one of the hardest years to date. So stay tunes and don’t forget Friday the 25th August is the big day!

Athletics House Sports

Wednesday we saw the Grade 3 to 6 students strut their athletic abilities, while representing their house at our annual athletic house sports, and what a day! The sun was shining and ribbons were well sought after. The annual event is something we all look forward to and the vibe on the oval was one of excitement and positivity. All students had the opportunity to challenge their personal best in various events, such as: high jump, long jump, triple jump, sprints, hurdles, long distance, relays, shot put an discus. Mr Holmfield has been busy throughout the term teaching the skills and techniques required to master these events. It was a great opportunity to see so many of our students shine. What I love most about the day is the cheering, encouragement and kindness that our kids demonstrates every day!

Congratulations to our age champions!!

9 Year Old - Lucy Mc and Michael R

10 Year Old - Victoria I and Logan D

11 Year Old - Emma M and Ryder R

12 Year Old - Jorja Mc and Jerrawa M-D

Congratulations to Mitchell for winning the Relays and Hovell House for winning the overall event on the day!

A big thank you to Mr Holmfield and his off sider, Kathy Wilson for all the work that goes into such a great and well organised day! Great work team!

MINI Olympics

Next Wednesday 16th August will be the time for the Prep to grade 2 students to shine! The Mini Olympics kicks off next week, so please pop it in your diary. Don’t miss it!

Prep, 1 & 2 students are welcome to come along dressed in their house colours, you can find this information in the Sentral app by clicking on your students photo and opening the tab that says Student Details and you will find your house details there.

The NED SHOW INCURSION

Yesterday we had Paul visit us from the NED Show. NED is a loveable cartoon character whose name is an acronym for Never give up, Encourage others and Do your best. We love that NED is simple, relatable and kid-focused. The message is portrayed through storytelling, humour, performing cool yoyo tricks and lots of student interaction. The message reinforces how easy it is to be a champion by simply following the 3 easy steps 1. Never give up

2. Encourage others

3. Do you best

Yoyo’s can be purchased from the school office at 8.30 am and again at 3pm, they will be available this Monday.

2023 Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey

All families are invited to participate in this survey. The results will be used to inform and direct our future school planning.

Your family is asked to participate in the 2023 Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey. The Department of Education has contracted ORIMA Research (ORIMA) to conduct the survey. ORIMA is Australia's leading provider of end-to-end research and data analytics services to the public and not-for-profit sector.

Each year the school conducts an opinion survey with the school community.

All families are invited to participate in the survey. Results will be used to inform and direct our future school planning and improvement.

I ask you to please take the time to complete the survey as your opinions are important to us and will contribute to the future management and organisation of our school. The department will use the results from the survey for research purposes and to improve outcomes for students.

The survey will be conducted online and only takes 20 minutes to complete.
- The survey can be completed on any internet enabled device (desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone) and is compatible with most browsers.
The survey will be open from Monday 7 August to Friday 8 September 2023.
The survey is available in English and 10 other languages including Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
Should you have any technical queries regarding the Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey, please do not hesitate to contact ORIMA Research on 1800 654 585 (toll-free during business hours), or by email: pos@orima.com.
Should you have any participation or survey-related queries, please contact the school, or the department by email: school.surveys@education.vic.gov.au.

Please be assured that your responses are completely confidential. The survey is conducted anonymously, and it is important to us that you complete the survey as honestly as possible. You will be provided with a PIN to complete the survey. This is to ensure that parents / caregivers / guardians only complete the survey once. The school can never see your responses linked with the PIN.

Please follow the instructions below to complete the survey. PLEASE NOTE: Only one parent / caregiver / guardian from your family is invited to complete the survey. Please DO NOT share the survey link and PIN with others, or on a public website, forum or similar.

To complete the survey, simply:

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the text into your browser. This link will take you directly to the survey.
Select the School and Campus name below.
Enter the School PIN below.
When complete, please click on the tick button at the end of the survey to submit your answers. Please note that the survey will time out after 60 minutes of inactivity.

https://www.orima.com.au/parent

School Name: Echuca East Primary School

Campus Name: Echuca East Primary School

PIN: 169357

Thank you for taking the time to participate. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Questions?

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any general queries about the survey. For specific technical or participation-related queries, you may also contact the department or the supplier administering the survey, ORIMA Research.

The department and ORIMA protect your responses in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic), the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic) and the Public Records Act 1973 (Vic). For more information, please visit ORIMA's Privacy Policy, and the department's Schools' Privacy Policy.

We thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to participate in this survey.

The assistance is greatly appreciated.

National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence

Nicki Chalmers