Walk to School Day

What a spectacular morning for our annual Walk to School Day. This was a great turnout and we lucked out with the weather. We would like to acknowledge and thank all the families who came along, volunteering their time to support this fantastic community event. Whether it was walking with the group, being a ‘Road Safety Officer’ or helping with the BBQ, our community volunteers make these events go ahead. We appreciate the support and enthusiasm our families bring, our students thoroughly enjoyed the morning.

Halloween Spooktacular

This Friday afternoon, the Junior School Council and Parents Club have designed a variety of fun filled activities for our students. Whilst the theme is around Halloween, the activities have been designed to engage students in a variety of ways including song and dance, food decorating and other activities. We understand that this may not appeal to some students or families and if you would prefer that student does not partake in them, please contact the school to let us know.

Family Learning at BSE- ‘Growing Up Online’

Tonight at 5PM, we are releasing a link for families to register for a free learning session at Bendigo South East on Monday, December 1^st from 6:30PM. The session information is around Cyber Safety Solutions for parents and is outlined as follows.

‘An educational & empowering session for parents and carers, Susan’s unparalleled knowledge leaves audiences shocked at the reality of the online world. It is a wakeup call to even the most switched-on parent and is delivered with Susan's famous 'no nonsense' approach. The session will cover the positive benefits of technology as well as what parents need to be aware of.’

There are only 400 tickets available and we are one of many schools who can attend this learning session, all other school are much larger so we encourage families to login and get tickets at 5PM tonight. It will be first in, best dressed to this event. If you are interested, more information can be found in the uEducateUs communication that was sent out today.

Bendigo Cup- Wednesday the 29^th

Just a reminder that there is a public holiday on Wednesday.

P-2 Stayback

The P-2 Stayback permission note via uEducateUs will be available this afternoon from 3:30PM. Mrs Shelton is also sending home the medical form for the stayback. If you have any questions or queries, please contact Amy Shelton.

5/6 Cricket

We have a team of 5/6 cricketers heading to CMC on the 7^th of November for the day. Please check UeducateUs for the permission note. 

2026 Planning

We are in the process of planning for 2026 and hope to communicate what next year will look like very soon. In turn, we are asking families to provide any changes in student enrolment information to the school as soon as possible.

Swimming at Gurri Wanyarra

From Monday November 24^th to Friday November 28th, we are travelling to Kangaroo Flat to participate in swimming lessons. Permission note need to be signed via uEducateUs. Gurri Wanyarra have requested that families complete the survey below to ensure that children are placed into appropriate levels. Please complete this survey prior to the event.

https://forms.office.com/r/PGEY2T9ciV

After School Care

We encourage all families to enrol their children into the program (just in case) and this process can take a bit of time. Enrolments can be completed online at:

https://oshcadventures.com.au/

General Reminders

• Please ensure longer hair is tied back each day when coming to school.
• Please ensure that medical plans, asthma puffers and any special dietary restrictions that students might have should be documented and communicated with school. 
• There will be no pie warmer this term.
• Any changes to regular pick-up routines are best communicated via phone and speaking directly to a staff member so that it can be recorded in the after school pick up folder. We cannot always guarantee an email will be seen in time during the day.
• Hats are required for Term 4. Please ensure your child has the Eppalock PS broad brimmed hat ready to go.

P/1- Huddy.R - For being an upstander when he noticed someone being excluded this week.

2/3/4-  Jayden.B -  For showing amazing kindness and sympathy for a student when they were crying and overwhelmed coming in from PE. 
 
4/5/6- Sam.D -  Sam has been working hard on his persuassive writing this week. He is thinking about bias when completing his work and has an engaging hook and strong opinion independently. 

        

             

                       Watjarang  477

                                  Yuliwil    465

                                               Bunjil   503

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 






 
                                                                     

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