Halloween Spooktacular & World Teacher’s Day

On Friday, we had a Halloween Spooktacular as well as World Teacher’s Day. These events are not possible without ongoing support from our generous community and we would like to express our gratitude to all families that made this day possible. For morning tea, our teachers were recognised on behalf of the community with a lovely card and beautiful morning tea. And in the final hour of the day, our students were engaged in a variety of fun and interactive activities. A special thanks to Kellie Nunns, Tracey Parker, Katie Varallo, Amy Haw, Tan Rusbridge, Alicia Martin and Jen Toose.

School Captains on Phoenix FM

Tomorrow morning from 9-10AM our school captains, Charlotte and Eadie will be on Phoenix FM. John Pearce will be hosting his show and interviewing the girls and asking them about EPS and their role as school captains. Be sure to tune in if you can to 106.7FM.

P-2 Stayback

The P-2 Stayback is happening this Thursday night. Please ensure that all medical forms a promptly returned to Amy Shelton.

5/6 Cricket

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. The permission note is available via uEducateUs with more information, please keep an eye out for this. 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/

P/1- Cloe.F - For being a kind and considerate member of our classroom, always sharing with others and ensuring everyone is included. Cloe has been doing an amazing job summarising the stories we have read, making sure to include all the important details from the beginning, middle and end of the story.

2/3/4-  Pearl.J -  For showing great dedication and effort in her persuasive writing this week and has made excellent progress. 
 
4/5/6- Leisel.H -  She has been consistently showing initiative and leadership by offering to help her peers when needed. 

             

                       Watjarang  493

                                  Yuliwil    470

                                               Bunjil   509

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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