Another beautiful setting for the Primary Schools' Cross Country race this weekend - Norfolk Park. Well done to all our EPS runners who had to really dig deep in the tough uphill finish. Thank you also to Mrs Earl for her time. We will wait and see how this latest race has affected the current leader boards currently our Y3/Y4 girls are in second place overall behind Dobcroft by 4 points and the Y3/Y4 boys are in third place with Dobcroft and Meersbrook Bank ahead of them. The last race before Christmas is next Saturday (2nd December) at Parkwood Springs - any KS2 runners are welcome from 9.30am.

Over the last few weeks, classes in Y4 have had the chance to experience squash. Using the facilities and specialist coaching available at the Hallamshire Squash Club, the children have learned how to hold the racket, strike the ball, position themselves, tactics and the rules of squash too.

Children were ready to groove down and boogie the night away at our epic school disco! They put on their dancing shoes and let loose. There were all the favourite tunes, from the latest hits to classic throwbacks, they really did dance the night away. All organised by the wonderful EPTFA.

How apt that on St Cecilia's Day (patron saint of music), our class assembly from Y4 Owls class was all about music. They danced, sang, performed complex rhythmic patterns, demonstrated scales on tuned percussion, worked together as a team, listened really carefully to each other and described the science behind hearing. Most importantly, they did everything with huge smiles on their faces. Music is certainly good for our well-being. Well done to everyone involved.

It is #RoadSafetyWeek this week and we are pleased to announce that we have appointed two Junior Road Safety Officers. They have already met with Stephen Burt, Road Safety Officer from SCC and they will be working with our Eco team to consider how to encourage more Eco-friendly modes of transport on the school run as well as ideas to promote "Be Bright, Be Seen".
We hope that you have also met our two "new pupils" who are looked after by Mr Moffatt each day, reminding parents to park well away from the school gates!

Coders from EPS were on show at the WER (World Education Robotics) workshop held at Sheffield Girls' last week. In a full day, the children were mixed into teams of 3 with pupils from 6 other primary schools across Sheffield. They had to collaborate with each other to design, build and program a robot to carry out various tasks followed by a presentation to a panel of industry expert judges. Our pupils should be very proud of the contributions that they made demonstrating skills, awareness of self and others and a huge amount of resilience - well done! A huge thank you Mr Tague who accompanied the children and assisted with the running of the event.