Happy Holidays

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful Term One, the year has started off smoothly and every family has played a part in this. We hope you all have a wonderful break, enjoy some time with loved ones and come back to school rested and ready for school. If you are travelling, we wish you all safe travels.

On the Deck and Early Finish Friday

Just a reminder that we have an On The Deck performance with our school band, The Possum Tragics, happening from 1-130. Students will be dismissed from here at 1:30PM. The community is invited to stick around afterwards as there will be a barbeque happening. This will be a great opportunity to unwind and mingle with other families before heading off on holidays.

Thanks Campbell

A shout out and thanks to Campbell Parker who came in over the weekend a did a lot of building jobs. Campbell replaced our bench top at the school's rear and built new cupboards in our staffroom. Thank you Campbell! 

Foyer Paint colour

We are in the process of discussing some internal painting for our foyer near Nikki’s office. There are a few colour samples painted on the wall. We would love to hear from any families regarding the colour choices. Please have a look and cast your vote on the recording sheet underneath the painted area.

Parent Parking at CFA

When using the CFA car park, please ensure that you park along the fence line. If the volunteers are required to attend, they need to have ease of access nearest their building. Thank you for your support with this.

Term 2, Week One- No school Monday or Friday

Term Two begins with a three-day week. We look forward to having student back on Tuesday, after Easter. Friday the 25^th is ANZAC day so there is no school on ANZAC Day.

EPS ANZAC service

On Thursday the 24^th, EPS will have a small ANZAC service. Our school and house captains will lead our ANZAC day ceremony at 2:45PM in the Serenity Garden.

School Captains to Shrine of Remembrance

On Monday the 28^th, the school captains and Mr King will head to Melbourne for the ANZAC Day ceremony at the Shrine of Remembrance.

School Photos

On Wednesday the 30^th of April (Week 2), we have our school photos.

Term 2, Week 2- Friday the 2^nd

Parents Club are hosting the Mother’s Day brekkie here at school. Be sure to come along for a lovely brekkie and cuppa to celebrate!

We are also having our annual Eppalock It In Trivia on the Friday night. Please book your team in through the following link: https://myschoolevent.com.au/event/eppalock-primary-school-eppa-lock-it-in-2025/

There is more information on the Parents Page!

Cross Country with Axedale Primary School- Friday, May 9th

On Friday the 9th, we are headed to the Flora Hill Athletics track for our annual cross-country day. On the day, students will travel to the event via a bus (departing from EPS at 9AM) however we ask that families arrange for their child to be picked up from Flora Hill on the day. The day should finish around 2:15PM.

2025 Curriculum Contributions

Schools provide students with free instruction to fulfil the standard Victorian Curriculum, and we want to assure you that all contributions are voluntary. Nevertheless, the ongoing support of our families ensures that our school can offer the best possible education and support for our students. We want to thank you for all your support, whether that’s through fundraising or volunteering your time. As you know this continues to make a huge difference to our school, the programs we can offer and the experiences for our students.

This support has allowed us to provide a wider range of experiences and resources within our school, such as offering a wide range of subjects and special curriculum experiences, continuing to build upon our reading and library resources and expanding on our ICT resources. 

We are aiming to have received all contributions from families by Friday, May 30^th. This payment can be completed using the My School Connect platform.

2/3/4- Levi.A Levi worked very hard writinf his JSC speech and reading it confiently to his peers.   

                       Watjarang  121

                                  Yuliwil    138  

                                               Bunjil   137

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 






 
                                                                     

Everyone is invited to partake in our End of Term Festivities on April 4th! 'E.P.S on the Deck' will include live performances from several students as well as the inaugural performance from our newly formed school band "The Possum Tragics". Then stay for a sausage sizzle and a catch up if you can. 

Hi All,

The kids are well and truly settled in and ready for an exciting final term for 2025!

In wellbeing, the classrooms are diving back into Respectful Relationships, and are focusing on Positive Coping, where students develop language around coping, critically reflect on their coping and strategies and extend their repertoire of positive coping strategies.

While we have moved on from Friendology this term, we will revisit some components throughout the term, and when the need arises. We encourage families to do the same! A great one to know and to talk about is Friendship Fires: those little disagreements that can be normal in a healthy friendship (even as adults!). Grades 2-6 have explored this, and use this language often to talk about conflicts that happen in the yard.

You can read a great blog post about it here:

https://urstrong.com/resource/friendship-fire-or-mean-on-purpose/

There is also a fantastic visual that explains some strategies for Friendship Fires and Mean on Purpose:

Until next time!

Kellie

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