School of Gepparock

Wow! What an incredible performance our students were able to create and perform last week. Thank you again to all of our wonderful community who rallied together to attend this great community event. To have over 170 seats filled in the Mandurang Hall is a real achievement and something we should all be proud of. I have always thought of a ‘Production’ as encompassing really everything from the initial idea all the way through to the end performance and to see the culmination of effort and the growth of our students was really fantastic.

A big thank you to Tan for working with students throughout the year to put together last week’s performance and a big thank you to all those who helped out in the lead up and on the night, both our school families and our wider community helpers – thank you. It will be great to revisit some of the songs from our production last week on our Community Night at the end of the year!

We have included a small selection of photos from the night in today’s newsletter and will be able to share some information about photos and video from the night once it’s provided back to us at school.

Staffing News

With some sadness I am able to share that Mazz will be finishing up at Eppalock PS at the end of this year after accepting a position elsewhere for 2025. We have really enjoyed having Mazz with us at Eppalock this year and wish her all the very best for the future.

After a short recruitment period we will be able to share updated 2025 teaching arrangements at Eppalock PS in a couple of weeks time.

Bendigo Cup Public Holiday

Don’t forget that next Wednesday is the Bendigo Cup Public Holiday, school will be closed on this day.

Grade 5/6 Cricket – This Friday

On Friday some of our Grade 5/6 students will be attending the inter-school cricket competition at Catherine McAuley College in Junortoun. Mr. Sait and Ben will be heading along to cricket with the team. Parents will need to please drop students off to meet Mr. Sait and Ben at 9.45am and will be ready to be collected at 2.30pm. Students will need to wear full school uniform and bring along their packed lunch and drink bottle in their school bag. Cost per student is $10 which can be paid through My School Connect. Any queries, please contact James at school. 

Swimming at Gurri Wanyarra

We are closing in on swimming week which will run from Monday November 4^th to Friday November 8^th at Gurri Wanyarra in Kangaroo Flat. Please make sure you have completed the child’s swimming ability form for your child/ren.

https://forms.office.com/r/i7cpH61cbJ

The school will subsidise the swimming program and the cost to families per child is $11, all payments must be made through the My School Connect interface.

https://myschoolconnect.com.au/

Thanks Everyone,

James

Permission Notes
Athletics - uEducateUs - Whole school 
Cross Country - uEducateUs - 3-6 students

Both payments are to be made on My School Connect unless you plan on using SSB or CSEF. 
Please contact Nikki via email if you would like to use SSB or CSEF 



2026 Curriculum Contributions and Voluntry Contributions can be pd via MSC.  Thankyou to those that have already paid.  These contributions help to go towards the cost of implementing the programs the students use every day.   
                           

HATS 

Hats are required in TERM 1 and can be purchased via MSC anytime.  We now also have a larger size hat that can be purchased through the MSC site.  
Hats and Beanies will still be required to buy through MY SCHOOL CONNECT until we have no stock on site then we will have hats and beanies available on the new EDUTHREADS uniform store. 


NEW ONLINE UNIFORM STORE

You can now order the new uniforms through here

 https://eduthreads.com.au/collections/eppalock-primary-school 






 
                                                                     

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