P-2 Stayback

The P-2 Stayback was an enormous success with our students participating in circus skills with the Connected Circus, followed by pizza, chips and a frozen yogurt. Once the Prep students went home, the Grade One and Two students watched a movie and headed to bed. A huge shout out to both Amy Shelton and Jonty Hobbs for supporting our students overnight.

5/6 Cricket

On Friday, our Grade Five and Six students travelled to CMC for the annual inter school sport cricket event. All the students did a wonderful job representing EPS and highlighting our values throughout the day. The team performed very well, winning three out of the four games they played. Well done to all!

Family Survey

Below is a link and a QR code that is designated to seek parent input into three distinct aspects of school life at EPS. We would love to know about various aspects at our school, specifically volunteering, the physical school grounds and student reports. We are asking all families to complete the survey as this will help inform decision making and support the development of a plan to improve our grounds. The QR code is open for 7 days only.

https://forms.gle/eY4i6D9fkWRHMU9NA

Movember

This Movember, I am growing a moustache to raise awareness for men’s health. Movember is the leading charity changing the face of men's health, and this Movember I am joining them. Together we can make a difference for men's health – in prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention. Help me stop men dying too young. Although my wife and children are not overly enthused by the new moustache, it is a wonderful opportunity to raise funds for a great cause. If you can donate, please use the QR code to donate to this cause.

Sound Story Showcase- Friday at 2:30PM

This Friday, Tan and the students will be performing a Sound Story Showcase. In Music, students have been exploring sound and using percussion instruments to emulate everyday sounds and have been creating short sound stories together. The P/1's and 2/3/4's are creating a whole class story and the 4/5/6's are working in groups to create their own stories in the style of an old radio show. If parents would like to come in to see this, please feel free to attend.

2026 Student Leadership Process

This Friday, students and staff will be meeting regarding the 2026 student leadership process. The timeline will be communicated to all students and will also be published in next week’s newsletter.

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 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/

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.

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• eppalock.ps@education.vic.gov.au
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