Welcome to Eaglehawk Primary School.
Eaglehawk Primary School is situated in the main business district of Eaglehawk and is part of the City of Greater Bendigo. The school has a proud heritage, making a strong contribution to education for 150 years. Eaglehawk Primary School has a principal, 5 full time teaching staff, 2 part time specialists, an Office Manager and 6 part time Educational Support staff.
The current enrolment is 100 and this has enabled for some flexible work spaces. We are a "Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden" school and as such we have a Children's Kitchen closely linked to a large Kitchen Garden. Students are the central focus in our learning community which has a strong commitment to: promoting high levels of student literacy and numeracy achievement, addressing the diverse needs of students, providing programs which support and protect the welfare of all, providing a developing strong partnerships and strengthening links between all school and community groups.
Eaglehawk Primary School is school focused on Positive Behaviour Strategies which involves a focus on the development of social skills. Our focus is around Caring for Self, Others and the Environment. These statements are the focal point of our Behaviour management. Our students enjoy a rigorous and varied education with opportunities to develop academic, physical, social and technological skills.
Working Bee April 28
There is a working bee planned for April 28 to make further repairs to the Catford Park fence. We have a lot of community support for this work and it would be wonderful if we had some school families supporting this work. Please keep this date free and let us know is you are available to help.
Rocking PepperGreen Farm
The choir’s final excursion for term one, to sing at the PepperGreen Farm Community Festival, was a great success. Twenty-four students turned up on the morning of Saturday 31st March. The majority of the students came to the Festival with parents or family members so
hopefully everyone had a great time looking around the market gardens and at all the different stalls. The
choir sang four prepared songs, with Jenny taking the microphone for a solo moment on one song. They
rounded off the bracket with another impromptu rendition of Lean on Me – it’s getting to be their encore!!
It has been wonderful to have had so much parent support for the choir’s activities in term one. Term two is
looking to be a quieter term, but of course that could change if we get invited to sing somewhere. We hope
to see all our choir students back again in term two for more singing fun with Skip.
Anyone in grades three to six not already in choir who would like to give it a try is welcome to come along to
the first two classes of term two. By the third week of term students are expected to have made a choice as
to whether they wish to attend for the rest of the term. It is too disruptive to Skip and the committed members of the choir to have people coming and going each week, so we do ask that you make a serious commitment if you choose to be a part of choir.
Welcome Back Everyone
It has been a very smooth start to the school year and everyone seems to have settled back into the school routine well. Enrollments are slightly up on what was expected and all our new preps arrived eager and ready to start.
Welcome to new staff
A big welcome to our new Prep/1 teacher
Dave Annison. Dave has made a great start
to the school year and we know he will make
a wonderful contribution to the team at
Eaglehawk. Kate Ballantyne has joined us in
the grade 4-6 area. Kate and Wendy
Schneider will be working as teaching and
learning coaches with each of them having
a Maths and a Literacy Group. We know
they will bring a wealth of expertise to their
roles. Welcome also to Clinton Slotegraaf
who will be taking Art and PE. He is also
looking forward to an exciting year.
PARKING AROUND THE SCHOOL
Parking and Animal Services from the City of Greater Bendigo have contacted our school and
requested that the following information be conveyed to our school community. The illegal parking
of vehicles adjacent to our school is a major concern to the safety of children, pedestrians and other
road users. Parents are reminded that it is essential to comply with the parking restrictions when dropping off and
collecting children from school. Motorists must not stop in no stopping areas, even briefly, with or with out the motor
running. They must not stop next to a continuous yellow edge line, park or drive on resident’s nature strips, too
close to school crossings, park over driveways or double park. A number of schools have time restricted areas that
assist with the pickup and drop off of students and these restrictions must be adhered to. Drivers should also be
aware that they cannot perform a U-turn over an unbroken or continuous dividing line. The law requires that a driver
approaching a children’s crossing must drive at a speed at which the driver can, if necessary stop safely before the
crossing. Please do not park in the disabled parking bay unless you have an approved sticker visible in your car.
Please slow down and take extra care when driving in school zones.
