Hello Everyone,

Now we are well and truly in the groove of Term 1 please check in on our School Calendar for relevant dates, incursions, excursions, times and events. Downloadable to your phone!

Our Students

Education Perfect

All students in Years 3 - 6 at Wattle Park Primary School have been invited to take part in the Education Perfect Global Language Championship 2023. This competition is held from Tuesday 7th March starting at 4pm and finishing at 4pm on Tuesday 14th March inclusive. Please check here for full the participation guide, rules and tips.

Education Perfect is an online self-directed learning tool, providing an interactive learning experience. It is currently used in LOTE sessions in the classroom for set tasks. Students are also encouraged to practice 5-10 mins every day at home if time permits.

To log into Education Perfect go to  https://www.educationperfect.com/, or download the Education Perfect app from the Apple iTunes Store/Google Play Store. Please use the child’s username and password provided in class over the past couple of weeks. If you have any questions regarding Education Perfect or if your child has lost their username and password, please contact your child’s teacher or our LOTE teacher Ms Sabrina Lin at sabrina.lin@education.vic.gov.au

Year 1 Maths

Last week Year One students developed confidence with number sequences to and from 100 by skip counting by twos, fives and tens starting from zero. Children investigated and described number patterns formed by skip counting and patterns with objects, teddies, unifix, counters, hundreds boards to practise skip counting together.

Students used strips of coloured paper to record a counting sequence as far as they can. Writing the numbers vertically assisted the students to focus on any patterns that were formed.

 Children were asked questions such as:

• ''What pattern did you notice when counting by fives?"
• "When counting by fives would the number 70 be part of your counting pattern? How do you know?"
• "What if you were counting by fives and started at 135 what would the next few numbers be?"
• "What if you were counting backwards by fives from 90 what would the next few numbers be?"

We created anchor charts for 2s 5s 10s using socks, hands and crabs to display in class as a visual reminder.

  

Year 3/4 Sports Gala Day

On Wednesday, 8th March, all of Year 3 & 4 had a Sports Gala Day. The sports we played were Newcombe, Hot Shot Tennis and Rounders. We played against other schools. We found it challenging at times but also really fun and enjoyable. We saw great sportsmanship and persistence from all the WPPS students. Two special mentions. The Rounders team and WPPS Red Newcombe team who were undefeated and premiers of their sports. Lastly, we would like to thank the volunteers and teachers who helped make this day possible. 

Raff, Millie, Herald & Olivia

Environmental Leaders - Clean Up Australia Day

Hello Everyone,

We are the Environment Leaders Callum, Charnè, and Edwin. Last Friday 3rd March we ran Clean Up Australia Day! After snack play at 2:40pm all of the school students got split up into their school houses (Lomandra, Acacia, Waratah and Blue Gum) to pick up rubbish in their set area. 
Each house was given a bin to put all of the rubbish they found in. The house with the most rubbish in their bins by the end won a prize of 50 house points. Every student helped pick up all of the rubbish around the school and now the school has never been cleaner.
We decided that having this clean up day would help the school in numerous ways such as cleaning the school, making a safer environment for our animals, encouraging responsible behaviour from the students, and it has a sense of friendly competition between houses.
After clean up day the school became 10 x cleaner because of all the students' hard work and it has also helped the Australian community.

Charne C, Edwin Yu and Callum W

Leadership Badges

At Assembly last week we awarded our Year 6 students their Leadership badges. To assist us we had Dr Carina Garland, the Federal Member for Chilsholm, attend to talk to our students about what leadership means.

Weekend Chicken Duty

As the chickens stay at school after hours, we need volunteers to make sure they have food and plenty of water over the weekends. It only requires a short visit in the morning and afternoon to feed them, fill their water and let them in and out of their free range area. Please see this link for more information and to sign up.

Fridays - Assembly 9.15am
March 10th - Students of the week

Well done to all our recipients for actively displaying our school values. Students who are not in attendance to receive their certificate will be awarded it at the next week's assembly.

Class Student

FA	Arabella X	FB	Claire Y
1A	Kingsley Z	1B	Leo K
2A	Taya F	2B	Sadie M
3A	Akshay A	3B	Charvee K
4A	Naomi X	4B	Edie P
5A	Bobby C	5B	Lena Z
6A	Zoe B	6B	Kurtis Q

Next week’s Assembly (17.3) will be at 2.50pm due to NAPLAN testing.

Notices

Thank you!

Wasps  For the third time Drew Noakes came and rescued us from clutches of the encroaching wasp population who had made themselves at home near our kitchen.

Wednesday 8th March - 3/4 Sports Gala Day  Thank you also to the parents who helped out by going to 3/4 Gala Day. Micheal Hunt, Mark Boer, Duncan Gray, Amelia Hart, Kelly Baird and Deb Alderson who stepped in at the last minute.

Thursday March 9th -  Division Swimming  Thank you to Sally Curlewis and Cynthia Mithen who volunteered to take 8 of our students who qualified for Division Swimming Carnival Aquanation in Ringwood this week.  

2023 NAPLAN 

NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit in May each year.  The NAPLAN test window is 9 days. This is to accommodate schools that may have fewer devices. The NAPLAN test window starts on Wednesday 15 March and finishes on Monday 27 March 2023. It is the only national assessment all Australian students do. For more information please go HERE.

Day 1 - Wednesday 15th March - Writing Year 3 & Year 5

Day 2 - Thursday 16th March - NO NAPLAN (School Photos)

Day 3 - Friday 17th March - Reading Year 3 & Year 5

Day 4 - Monday 20th March - Conventions of Language Year 3 & Year 5

Day 5 - Tuesday 21st March - Numeracy

Day 6 - Wednesday 22nd March - Make-Up Day

Day 7 - Thursday 23rd March - Make-Up Day

Day 8 - Friday 24th March - Make-Up Day

Day 9 - Monday 27th March - Make-Up Day

Student familiarisation and practice tests

You may like to have your child practise some online NAPLAN tests at home. Click on the following link to practise.

• NAPLAN public demonstration site

This website is accessible to teachers, parents, caregivers, and students 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The site enables users to familiarise themselves with the types of questions and functionalities available in the online NAPLAN assessment. Login details are not required to access the site. 

Lost and Found

Our ‘Lost and Found’ looks like a second hand store with clinical propensity for hoarding! 

Please have a look if you have lost a uniform item. We have a process for Lost Property. It goes like this:

• Collect lost property from around the grounds
• Return any items with names in the appropriate teachers pigeon hole
• ‘Uniform’ items go in the Lost Property box
• Hard items (drinks bottles, lunch boxes etc) are placed on top of the fire hose box
• Once a week sort through the Lost Property Box
• Items with names: Put appropriate teachers' pigeon hole, or take to the classroom. 
• Items with no name: Use sticky tape to and label ‘NO NAME/ DATE’
• If, after a month, the item is still in LOST PROPERTY, it is donated to the School Uniform Shop or First Aid
• Items are washed before they are given to the school uniform shop or first aid. 
• Depending on the state of/or quality of the item, it goes in either the bin or washed and given to the op shop. 
• If something is irretrievably grotty - it goes in the bin

Parking
We recently had a visit from Whitehorse City Council to address the bottleneck parking issues that occur in the morning at the intersection of Banksia Steeet and Warrigal Road. As a result there is new signage coming soon to limit the times cars can park on the school side of Banksia St. I have not been told exactly when this will happen but it’s best I let everyone know to be on the lookout for it. When these signs go up, the police will be able to fine people for parking in the wrong zones at the wrong time.

Saturday, 18th March 2023  Great Big Working Bee

Once a term the WPPS community gets together to work on our vast and beautiful grounds to create a calm and ordered environment to support our students’ learning,  safety and well being. The next one will be on Saturday 18th March. 

Click HERE to find out what we are going to do and how you can help.

Hope to see you there!  

Canteen: Ordering

Our canteen operates on Mondays and Fridays for lunch only.

Due to the timetable change outlined above, orders must be placed by 5pm the day before the order is required. This means:

Monday orders        by      5pm Sunday

Friday orders           by      5pm Thursday

Orders placed after these times cannot be processed.

This allows our Canteen Manager, Charlotte, enough time to get things organised.

To place an order, please download the free Flexischools App from the App Store or Google Play. Once you have downloaded the app you will be able to view and select your orders, and pay online. 

Canteen: Volunteering

Do you have some time to spare? An hour and a half on a Friday would be great!

Our canteen would not be able to run without the wonderful support of the volunteer Parents and Grandparents in our school. We would love to have you volunteer for us, whether you are an experienced hand or an eager learner. Please see below to sign up.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on SignUp.com: https://signup.com/login/entry/827030846186224028
2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on SignUp.com)
3. Sign up! Choose your spots - SignUp.com will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy!

COVID 19 

It is strongly recommended that students:

• who test positive to COVID-19 stay home and isolate for 5 days

• should not attend school after 5 days if still symptomatic

• who are symptomatic but have not tested positive should not attend school

• advise the school of the COVID-19 positive test result

• students who wish to wear a face mask should be supported to do so, and schools should continue to make face masks available for staff, students and visitors.

Where students become symptomatic at school they should:

• be collected by their parents/carers

• undergo testing for COVID-19

Have a great (loooong) weekend!

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It is imperative the office has the latest up to date contact details for every child at school.

Year 6 Parents, please look out for an email which will be sent to you next week, asking you to look at the information we have on file, and to return the form with any changes required.

Please return the forms, even if there are no changes necessary.

Thank you for helping the office to have the very latest contact information.  Crucial, in the case of any emergency.

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Please scroll through to see all of our latest notices!



1. Updating Student Contact Details - Year 1 - 3
2. School Photo
3. Financial Assistance 
4. WPPS Movie Night
5. WPPS Easter Hamper Donations Required
6. No Hat No Play
7. Volunteer for First Aid Room
8. PSW New Deliver Option
9. Chess Club 
10. TeamKids - Newsletter


1. Updating Student contact Details - Year 1 - 3

All Year 1 - 3 parents/guardians should have received an email in regards to update contact information. Please return your forms to the office - as soon as possible, even if there are no any changes.

2. School Photos - Thursday, 16th March 2023

WATTLE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL | advancedLife photography Home (advancedimage.com.au)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PHOTO DAY

The school’s preference is online ordering.

The school code is Q32 WP2 PAR

If a family is unable to order online, they can complete their order by using prepaid order envelopes provided at the school office.

This also includes sibling order envelopes.

Ordering on line for sibling photos, closes the night before photo day.

If you have any questions, please contact Advanced Photography on 9852 1133.

3. Financial Assistance 

4. WPPS Movie Night 






5. WPPS Easter Hamper - Donations Required



6. Remember - No Hat No Play
 

It’s that time of year - September to May, when all students are required to have on a hat for outside play.  Children will be required to play in the shade if no hat is worn, and being a Sun Smart School its important to have sun protection.
Hats are now available for purchase  from office at a cost of $20 each.


7. First Aid Room Volunteer
In order to keep our First Aid Room clean and tidy, we require volunteers to assist with this task. We need approximately 40 families on our roster to ensure that every family only needs to do this once per year. It is not time consuming and requires approximately 15 minutes of your time on a FRIDAY.
https://signup.com/go/MvZZbFq

8. PSW New Deliver Option
From 15th February, parents are able to order PSW school uniforms online and have the order delivered to the school office. Deliveries will be weekly for parent collection. This will save parents from actually having to go to the PSW shop if you  know what you want and sizes.

Above is a screen shot of how the screen would look like. 

The parent needs to choose the “Click and Collect” Option, the drop down box will appear and they choose for their item to be delivered to Wattle Park Primary School.

9. Chess Club


10. TeamKids - Newsletter

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