School Council Positions

We have received a few nominations for School Council this year however we still have openings for parents to join school council. If this is something that you may be interested in, please contact Andrew as soon as possible.

Hobbies and Clubs- Wrap Up

Last Friday was our last Hobbies and Clubs for Term One. On behalf of all the students, we would like to pass on sincere thanks to all the families who gave up their time to come in and work with the students through a vareity of actvities. It certainly exposed all students to new skills, interests, problem solving skills and collaboration. At assembly, it was announced that it was the last one for the term, a collective groan from the students demonstrated how much fun they have had this round of Hobbies and Clubs! Thanks again to our wonderful community for supporting this!

Mental Health Role

We have been very spoiled have Kellie return to EPS in a part-time capacity and look forward to meeting baby number two later this year. As Kellie is heading off on maternity leave next term, we are excited to announce that Lydia is stepping into Mental Health role for the remainder of 2026. Lydia will be on site Monday to Thursday to begin next term!

Athletics with Axedale- Friday May 8^th

Next term we have our annual Athletics Day with Axedale Primary School at the Flora Hill Athletics track. On the day, we are asking for families to help and walk around with a group of students or help support an event on the day. If you can come and volunteer for the day, please contact Andrew as soon as possible as we need volunteers to ensure the events success.

Changes in Student Pick Up After School

If there is a late change to how your child is to be collected, please call the school to ensure that this communication is received. This will ensure that we have received the message. The phone line does get busy in the afternoon so please call the school with any changes as early as possible.

OSHC Adventures

All families should enrol your child into OSHC Adventures as a precautionary measure in case of emergency as staff duty of care finishes at 3:45PM. Students are not able to be accepted into the OSHC Adventures program without relevant paperwork being completed prior to a child attending. OSHC Adventures operates 5 days a week from 3:15 to 6PM. If families are unable to collect children by 3:30, students will be sent to the OHSC program. More information can be found on their website:

https://oshcadventures.com.au/enrol-now

P/1- Gunner.H - Gunner has been going out of his way to to help others in our classroom, particularly our new Prep students.


2/3/4- Pearl.J -  Pearl has been consistently showing responsibility by being ready to learn at the start of every lesson and taking care to complete her classroom jobs after lunch. 


 4/5/6- Spohie.O -  Sophie has demonstarted persistence when working with fractions in class this past week. She confidently uses visual models to represent improper fractions and mixed numbers, and is also begining to accurately add and subtract fractions. 

                       Watjarang  74

                                  Yuliwil  79  

                                               Bunjil   80

Join the CEPA Community Rewards Program 

EPS is excited to be part of the CEPA Community Rewards Program, a simple way for families to support our school while they shop.

CEPA Farm Supplies is a local Bendigo cooperative that supports community organisations like ours.

How It Works

1. Register for the CEPA Community Rewards Program
2. Nominate Eppalock Primary School as the organisation you support
3. Shop at CEPA Farm Supplies
4. CEPA donates a percentage of your purchases back to our school

It’s an easy way to help raise funds for our school at no extra cost to families.

Funds Raised Help Support 

• Student learning resources
  • School programs and activities
  • Improvements to school facilities
  • Community events

Why It Matters

 The more families that participate, the more funds our school receives. By supporting a local business, you are also helping strengthen our local community.

Get Started

Visit: https://cepa.com.au/membership/

Register for the Community Rewards Program and select
Eppalock Primary School as your chosen organisation.

Together we can turn everyday shopping into support for our school.

• make more local purchases
• are more invested in our community’s future
• create jobs in your town
• donate more per sales dollar to local nonprofits, events, and teams

• eppalock.ps@education.vic.gov.au
• 5439 6366

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