Community Notices
OSHC
Play Group
Come and Try the EHPS Playgroup
The Eden Hills Primary School Playgroup runs most Friday mornings during term. It’s a great place to bring your 2 to 5 year olds and connect with other families from the school and wider community.
There’s no joining fee - just a gold coin donation on the day. Each week features a different theme for your little ones to enjoy, such as Pets, Space, Minibeasts, and more. We also have weekly favourite activities like the wooden train set, Hot Wheels track, playdough, and the dollhouse.
Playgroup is held in the school’s Resource Centre and secure deck area from 9:00 to 10:30 am, with entry from 8:50 am.
☕ Tea and coffee are available for adults.
🍎 Please bring a healthy snack for your child to enjoy during shared story time.
Come along and try Playgroup - come once, come every week, or bring a friend - whatever works for you!
Hope to see you there!
Perdita Hope (Playgroup Coordinator)
Breakfast Club
Breakfast Club will start next week!
Wednesday 7 May
Breakfast Club Donations Needed!
Our Wednesday morning Breakfast Club is generously supported by Kickstart for Kids, who donate bread, milk, and margarine. We also rely on donations from the school community for items such as Milo, jams, Vegemite, honey, and gluten-free products. If you are able to donate any of these items for Term 2, it would be greatly appreciated. Donations can be left at the front office or brought along to the Breakfast Club on the day.
Parking Around School Zones
Mitcham Council continually monitors schools to enforce parking zones and restrictions to ensure the safety of students. By parking appropriately when you drop your children off to school, you can help to ensure there is no danger to students and avoid traffic congestion around our school.
Please be aware any breaches of the Australian Road Rules 1999 observed by Community Safety Officers may result in the issue of an expiation notice.
Please click the link below to the ‘Children Schools & Traffic’ brochure which has information for drivers about public and student safety at school drop off and pick up times.
High School
Student Medication
Please remember that any medication sent to school for children to take throughout the day, even on a short-term basis, must be accompanied by a medication form obtained from your doctor or from our website under the parent information tab (see link below). Staff are not allowed to administer any medication without written instruction from the doctor. Also, all medication must be taken to the Front Office at the beginning of the day for safe storage.
If this is a new medication, the child’s first dose needs to be given 24 hours before they resume school as they need to be monitored in case there are any side effects.
Illness
Just a reminder, please do not send your child to school if they are unwell. All students and staff who are unwell with fever and/or respiratory infection or gastro like symptoms should remain at home and seek medical advice if needed.
By staying at home, the spread of illness can hopefully be contained, which then causes less disruption and risk to students and staff.
The Department of Health have a great link to ‘Exclusion from childcare, preschool, school and work’, which lists multiple illnesses/medical conditions and explains details like definitions, incubation and infectious periods as well as treatments, preventions and whether your child needs to be or how long they should be excluded from school until recovered.
National Reconciliation Week
This term, we will be celebrating National Reconciliation Week during Week 5, May 26 - 30.
Following this, we warmly invite families to join us for an open morning in their child's classroom on Wednesday 4 June. Classrooms will be open from 9:00 am to 9:30 am, providing an opportunity for families to participate in an activity with their child and discover what's been happening in the classroom. The open morning will be followed by an assembly at 9:40 am, hosted by Room 7. We look forward to seeing families on-site and sharing our learning with you.
Secondary School Enrolments
The Year 6 students received a ‘Starting Secondary School in 2026’ booklet in the last week of Term 1 for parents to access. This booklet contains useful information about the process of enrolling students into secondary schools. Parents will receive an email this week, providing an online registration of interest form for secondary school. The form allows you to nominate a public secondary school or schools you would like your child to attend in 2026. Complete and submit the form by 23 May 2025.
Parents can find out more on the Department’s website.
Fundraising
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who supported our recent Starlight Foundation Day fundraiser. The day was a tremendous success, and together, we raised $275.10 to support children in hospitals across Australia. Your generosity and school spirit are greatly appreciated. A major shout-out to Rosie from Marilla’s class for raising the idea with the SRC executives. Fantastic work Rosie! It truly shows that if you take action on something you are passionate about, it can have tremendous results.
Recycling Program
We are proud to highlight an innovative sustainability initiative led by Iris from Yovani and Jake’s class, who has introduced a pen recycling program aimed at reducing waste. Iris was able to give a pot to each classroom and the office, where students can put their used markers for proper recycling – a fantastic step towards making our school more environmentally friendly. Great work Iris!
Anzac Day
The SRC executives also represented our school at the Blackwood ANZAC Day Dawn Service. All four SRC executives attended the Dawn service and were able to lay a wreath. What an excellent commitment by all four students during the school holiday period.
Grip Conference
Our SRC leaders had the opportunity to attend the SRC Leadership Conference held at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. This inspiring event provided us with valuable insights into leadership, teamwork, and the positive impact we can have on our school and broader community. We look forward to using the valuable lessons we learnt and sharing them at our next whole school meeting.
Term 2
Welcome back! We hope this newsletter finds you well and ready to dive into Term 2. This term is packed with engaging activities and opportunities for all, and we are excited to build on the progress made in Term 1.
During our recent Pupil Free Day, our professional learning sessions focused on refining our priorities and learning plans for the upcoming term. A key emphasis was placed on wellbeing and resilience, inspiring students to achieve their best through collaboration, reflection, and feedback throughout the learning process.
To maintain a positive educational environment and encourage students to engage fully with their learning and peers, we remind everyone that students are required to switch off and store away their phones and wearable devices in the office from the start to the end of the school day.
We are excited for a great term full of learning, growth, and working together. Please keep an eye out for our upcoming events.
Kind regards,
Kellie Bowden
Community Notices
Dogs On School Grounds
A friendly reminder that dogs are not permitted on school grounds at any time. There has been an increasing number of unleashed dogs seen at the school particularly on weekends and after hours which goes against the Dog and Cat Management Act 1995 in situ. This legislation states no dogs or cats are permitted on school grounds at any time unless they are given approval by the principal or are trained assistance animals. If you have been using the school to exercise your pets after hours, we ask that you please choose an alternate location and if you know of others using the school for this purpose, please let them know of this reminder. If you observe people using the grounds with dogs after hours you can contact the Mitcham Council on 08 8372 8888.
Also, if you are waiting at the gate at drop off and pick up with your leashed dog please give some space to children going in/out the gate. Stand back a little and be mindful of children who are more fearful of dogs.
High School
Play Group
Playgroup will start in Week 2 of Term 2.
Friday 9 May
Breakfast Club
Breakfast Club will start in Week 2 of Term 2
Wednesday 7 May