2026 Open Day and Special Person Morning Tea- Friday the 23rd

A spectacular turnout with lots of laughter and smiles, thanks to everyone who made this day possible. It was great to have so many ‘special people’ on site for our combined Open Morning and morning tea. The feedback from everyone has been overwhelmingly positive. If you have any input as to how the day could be improved, please contact the school.

Somer’s Camp- Next Week

Next week, we have a Grade Five student heading away to Somer’s Camp for 9 days. We wish him all the best and look forward to hearing back from him about the camp.

5/6 Soccer with Axedale PS

On Wednesday the 11^th of June, a group of 5/6 students are joining forces with Axedale Primary School to represent team Eppadale/Axelock in the division soccer tournament at Epsom. There will be a uEducateUs note created for this event, so watch out for that permission slip. 

Report Writing Day- Friday the 6th of June

We will have a student-free day for teachers to complete reports on Friday the 6th of June. Monday the 9th is a public holiday, so please have a wonderful 4-day weekend.

 Parent Teacher Interviews- Change of Format- Thursday the 3rd of July

We are having our Parent Teacher interviews on Thursday, the 3rd of July (last Thursday of Term Two). The format for the day will be different than last year's interview format. Parents will still book an interview time via uEducateUs. The major change is that families must bring their child to school in a full school uniform. Parents will attend the parent-teacher meeting and take their child home with them.

This means your child only attends school for the duration of the parent-teacher interview and goes home with you after the interview. In terms of interview times, the booking times will be from 9AM-4:30PM.

The booking system via uEducateUs will become active today at 5PM. If you are available during school hours, please book an interview during these hours. This will allow families who need a book outside of school hours the option to book them.

Gastro and Other Bugs

We have seen an increase in illnesses of all sorts. Please ensure that if your child presents with any cold or flu-like symptoms, they must stay home. If a child has gastro, they must stay home 48 hours from the last episode.

P/1/ - Archer.G - Archer has had an awesome start to Term 2!  He has been trying his best while learning about subtraction in maths. He has been staying on task and challenging himself to solve problems.  

          Sarah.H - Sarah has been trying her best to apply new stategies to help her while reading. She has shown some amazing growth over the past couple of weeks.


2/3/4- Chance.S - For his fantastic attitude and engagement on the Art excursion.

            Kate.M- She has shown a good understanding of multiplication and division and has been impressive when learning about common multiples and factors.

 
           
4/5/6- Izaak.W -  For his efforts during Cross Country last week.

            Lachlan.A - For actively participating in whole class discussions around the colonisation of Australia and putting in his best effort when making text to self and text to text connections in reading sessions. 

             

                       Watjarang  152

                                  Yuliwil    163  

                                               Bunjil   171

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

Eppalock Primary School will be celebrating its 150 year anniversary in 2026! The date has been set… Sunday 18th October 2026!!  Put it in your diaries and spread the word!

We have formed a committee to plan a celebration. Please let us know if you would like to help! 

To register your interest in joining the organising committee please email 150yearsEPS@gmail.com.  We are seeking both current and former EPS community members for the committee.

If you have any great photos, stories, or memorabilia from Eppalock Primary School over the last 150 years we would love to hear from you.  Please email them through to 150yearsEPS@gmail.com.

We look forward to celebrating this significant milestone in 2026.

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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