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From the Principal's Desk School Production, Sport, Energy Breakthrough, Community Connections, Student Voice, Staffing, Curriculum, Parent Opinion Survey, School Upgrades, School Council, Farewells and Welcomes

Our STARS

Wellbeing Team Wellbeing Programs, Student Wellbeing Team, Meet Our Beautiful Pigs, Parent Information Sessions – Supporting Our Community, YOUTH VOICES PROJECT - November 2025, Digital device policy changes coming, It’s time we stop sugar-coating the digital playground: Kids are being left exposed while policy drags its feet., State Schools Relief, Mental Health Supports, Check in on your child's attendance

Young First Nations Leaders: baring djuwima Banner Photo

Young First Nations Leaders: baring djuwima Farewell and Welcome...

Grade Prep Fantastic Foundation, Major Excursion to Pevan & Sarah and Bowling, Science, Crazy Hair Day, Maths- Show Me The Money, Honey!, The Green Nest

Specialist Subjects Physical Education , Music, Visual Arts, ✌️Auslan✌️, The emblem for this year's Deaflympics, Colour by number Flags

Grade 1 Amazing Grade Ones

Grade 2 Literacy, Numeracy, Inquiry, Technology, Fun Stuff

Grade 3 & 4 Literacy , Maths, Science - 'Feathers, Fur and Leaves' Unit, Last Term's Projects..., Various moments through the term..., Excursion, Production, Christmas Dress Up and Parade

Grade 5 & 6 📚 English- The Apprentice Witnesser 📚, 🌲 Biology 🌲, Maths , 🍡FEAST Program! 🍡, 🤖 Grade 6 Robotics Day 🤖, 🎉 Grade 5 Castlemaine Excursion 🎉 , 🎭 Production 🎭, 🎾 Division Tennis 🎾, 🏏 Grade 5/6 Cricket 🏏

Farewell Grade 6 2025 Awardees, Quotes/Fav Moments, Favourite memory from Grad Night , Thank You Grade 5 Waiters & Mrs Wicks!

Energy Breakthrough2025 OUR GRAND FINALE

2025 Student Council REMEMBRANCE DAY, WORLD DIABETES DAY, Student Voice & Bendigo Council, 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

Sustainability Green Magpies, 💚💚Waste School Story and Successes! 💚💚, Water Module, National Water Week, EPS Water Week Colouring Competition, Grass Gurus Classroom Challenge, As always...we are busy bees in the garden...

Hairy Connections Thank You to Our 2025 Student Wellbeing Team, Sawdust & Smiles: Bringing Prep Dreams to Life

Library News CONTACTING, 2025 Library Statistics, Book Week 2026, OVERDUE BOOKS AMNESTY

Epsom Football League

ESafety Social media age restrictions, Find out the facts about the social media 'ban' or delay

Community Notice Board Bendigo Spirit Christmas Game - Kids Go Free!, Zoos Victoria - Kids visit free, Fresh Fruit Friday, Rotary Club of Bendigo Carols by Candlelight, Epsom Football Club, SASS Care and Ironstone Hill School Holiday Program, School Holidays at Bendigo Pottery, Kelly Sports Bendigo, New Years Eve early fireworks (9:15am), New Year's Eve Midnight Fireworks, Summer in the Park Outdoor Cinema , Moonlight Market, Australia Day Celebrations at Lake Weeroona, Bendigo

Attendance Our school has a strong commitment to maximum student attendance at school because it generally contributes to successful relationships between students and staff, strong feelings of connectedness to school and increased student learning outcomes. , EARLY LEAVERS, LATE ARRIVALS, WORKING WITH FAMILIES, ATTENDANCE POLICY

Important Information Working With Children Check, Breakfast Club, Updated Details, Lost Property, Uniform, Privacy, Medical Forms

Outside School Hours Care For any inquiries and bookings for Outside School Hours Care, please contact OSHC Adventures., OSHC Adventures Holiday Program, OSHC December Newsletter, Enrol Online Today

School Uniform Price List - Epsom Primary School

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Library News

What's happening in the Library?

CONTACTING

I would like to say a massive thank you to the wonderful helpers who volunteered throughout this year to help contact books for the library for the staff to use during teaching and for the students to enjoy.

Emma

Vanessa

Elaine

and Maree

My apologies if I have forgotten anyone.

Also a very big thank you to the ladies from the VIEW group who came and spent 3 hours contacting and covered 120 books.

Cheryl, Sue, Dalleen, Maxine, Elaine, Kay and Victoria.

2025 Library Statistics

Total Number of books in the library 12,450

Number of loans 12,495

Number of new books 648

Borrowings per class

Prep 1,221

Grade 1 2,070

Grade 2 1,997

Grade 3 2,079

Grade 4 1,257

Grade 5 1,445

Grade 6 1,425

Staff 884

Book Week 2026

Can you believe next years theme has already been announced!

Symphony of Stories

OVERDUE BOOKS AMNESTY

If you happen to find a library book at home during the holidays please return it to the library, there return no matter how long they have been missing is always greatly appreciated.

Please keep an eye out in your students bags for overdue notices this week, these will be on yellow paper. If books remain overdue a bill will be sent home.

Missing books are expensive to replace your assistance in returning these books is greatly appreciated.

If you are unable to find the books please contact Mrs. Lister via email

kirsty.lister@education.vic.gov.au