Welcome to Week 4
We hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather over the weekend, it was the perfect chance to get outside and enjoy the sun. It’s going to be a busy and exciting week ahead, with lots happening across our school community.

Blurbs
The Blurbs performance is on this Wednesday from 1:30–2:30pm. Students will be leaving at 1:00pm and returning around 3:00pm, with an early lunch break scheduled. We’re looking forward to seeing the wonderful performance, with lots of laughs!!  Pie warmer will still be on.  

Well Done to the Netballers
A huge congratulations to our netball team for their fantastic efforts last week. Your teamwork, determination, and school spirit were on full display. Well done!

Writers Festival
This Friday 15th is our Writers Festival, a whole-school event running from 9:00am to 12:00pm at the Capital Theatre Bendigo and Ulumbarra Theatre. Students will participate in exciting activities and meet inspiring authors.

No Assembly
There will be no assembly in Week 4 due to the Writers Festival on Friday.

Good Luck to the Footballers
Best of luck to our footballers competing today and representing our school. We know you’ll play with great sportsmanship and make us proud.

School Council
School Council meets this Thursday the 14^th of August for our first meeting of the term.

P/1- Arlo.B - Arlo has been challenging himself to solve number problems in Maths in different ways, also for reaching 150 nights of reading!


2/3/4-  Levi.L - For his improvement and resilience in reading. He has taken on feedback about listening to what he reads and checking if it makes sense.

 
4/5/6- Roma.R - Roma has been putting in a fantactic effort researching all about the Tasmanian Devil this past week. She has been working hard to write facts in her own words and grouping related information under subheadings.  

        

             

                       Watjarang  289

                                  Yuliwil    303

                                               Bunjil   316

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 






 
                                                                     

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.

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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