Hello Everyone,

Although a shorter week for our students this week there were still quite a few events including Bike Ed for Year 5, the F - 3 Talent Show (more about this next week when the Year 4-6 component of this two act event has concluded) and the ever popular Running Club.

The Talent Show has been another of our Year 6 Student led initiatives managed by the Performing Arts Leadership team of Leila, Holly and Riley. Student lead initiatives utilise, in real life situations, the academic skills they are learning, emphasises how important it is to communicate effectively and organise well. No better way to learn!

Our Students
Assembly 9.15am on Friday 

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 at next week's assembly.

Mathletics Champion
Congratulations to  Zen S from 4A who won this week for his excellent performance and regular participation in Mathletics this week. 

Nudie Foodie Award 
Our Nudie Foodie award will be awarded next week due it being a short week.

House Points
The House Points have been collected for this week.  The winning house decorates the trophy with their colours and have it displayed in the foyer of the school. 

2023.11.02 Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser
On Thursday the 2nd of November the Year 6 students and teachers ran a sausage sizzle! The reason we ran a sausage sizzle was to fundraise money for the SolarBuddy program so we can build solar lights to help children living without electricity. SolarBuddy is an Australian charity joining a global community to illuminate the features of all children. 

You could order a sausage in bread, vegetarian sausage in bread and soft drinks. Each class got a different soft drink option. Each year 6 student had a different job to help run the day. A few of us got to put all the drinks into the class tubs, a few other students had the job of delivering the sausages and drinks to each class and another job was three or four students bringing different sauces around the school to put on everyone's sausages. 

In the end we raised a total of $800 and we sold over 300 sausages in total!

Thank you to all of the Year 6 students and teachers as well as other staff members who helped out on the day!

Sophie Welch (6B)

Our Staff

World Teachers’ Day was the 27th of October.

Due to a multitude of events going on that week I failed to thank Em Beard, who on behalf of the PFA, coordinated an unexpected, and very appreciated, box of cupcakes for the staff. Thank you Em - I don’t know how you do so many things!

Notices

Petition - REINSTATE the 903 bus along Warrigal Rd

Up to 20 of our students use the 903 but to access WPPS every week. Below is a copy of the letter sent by the School Council and myself to our School Community.

Hi School Community,

We found out this week that the 903 bus route from Mentone to Altona is being re-routed, and will no longer service a large stretch of Warrigal Road (from Elgar Road to Burwood Hwy/Toorak Road). This affects a number of you that use this service - on both sides of Warrigal Road and in both directions.

Instead, the 903 will be re-routed to service Deakin University. 

This change will be happening from this Sunday 15th October. Please check alternate arrangements.

What we can do as a school

As a school we are writing formally to the relevant ministers and local MPs. 

We have also been in touch with local schools, daycare centres and Cameron Close to ensure they are aware.

What can you do?

Most importantly, please check the new route on ptv.vic.gov.au. If you have any difficulties, please contact them directly via 1800 800 007 (Choose "Option 1").

You may also like to contact any of the following:

Paul Hamer, MP for Box Hill - paul.hamer@parliament.vic.gov.au

John Pesutto, MP for Hawthorn (the other side of Warrigal Road) - john.pesutto@parliament.vic.gov.au

Gabrielle Williams, Public Transport Minister - gabrielle.williams@parliament.vic.gov.au

Ben Carroll, Deputy Premier (fmr Transport Minister) - ben.carroll@parliament.vic.gov.au

Lizzie Blandthorn, Minister for Children - lizzie.blandthorn@parliament.vic.gov.au

Ingrid Stitt, Minister for Ageing (if you have family around the area who may be affected) - ingrid.stitt@parliament.vic.gov.au

We appreciate the concern this may cause and we will continue to campaign for a viable service.

Kind regards,

Steve Donohue, School Principal WPPS

Naomi Hanson, School Council President

HERE is the petition to sign

Hats on in September!

With our emergence from the winter gloom into the glorious springtime sunshine comes the need to be aware of the damage rays can do. As per our Sunsmart Policy WPPS states the following:

From 1 September to 30 April, all students must wear a sun protective hat that shades the face, neck and ears for all outdoor activities. 

“Hats on in September, off in May”

Students who are not wearing appropriate protective clothing or a hat may be asked to play in the shade or in a suitable area protected from the sun.

Digital Reports
A reminder from our newsletter (2023.06.23)

Currently we issue reports at the end of Semester 1 (term 2)  and Semester 2 (term 4).

We also publish them on Compass as digital documents by 4pm on the day they go home.

As agreed upon at School Council on Tuesday this week, and as an environmentally responsible school, this Semester 1 report will be the last time we provide all students with a hard copy report.

In acknowledgement of the preference for a hard copy report, we will still provide paper reports to those parents/guardians who request them. All you will need to do is email your classroom teacher to let them know this is what you would like.

For further information regarding how to access your child/rens reports (from as far back as Semester 2017) please go HERE. 

Student reflections will continue to come home as a hard copy in an envelope.

2024 Class Formation - Policy

As mentioned over the last 6 weeks, requests were to be submitted by the 3rd of November. 

Thank you to those who made requests. We will endeavour to accommodate where we can.

A reminder, students are placed  in classes based on a variety of factors including:

• medical requirements
• legal obligations (intervention/court orders etc) 
• safety concerns
• academic needs and
• student generated friendship preferences

The WPPS ‘Class Formation Policy’ is on our school website and requires requests for student’s 2024 class be based upon ‘specific educational needs in relation to class placement’ 

Have great weekend everyone

Steve Donohue

Principal

Wattle Park Primary School

1. Wattle Park's Got Talent DVD Order


2. Foundation 2024 Step Up Program

Just a reminder that the transition program for new Foundation students for 2024, will occur on Wednesday, 15th and 22nd November.  All students must be enrolled to attend. Enrolment form can be found here.

3. More Raffle Tickets are Available at the Office

4. Second Hand Uniform Shop Volunteer
Volunteers are desperately needed to help out our amazing Second Hand Uniform Shop Manager Kelly Baird.  If you can spare some time to help out, please contact the office on 9808 2165. 

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

5. Remember September to May - No Hat No Play

 

It’s that time of year - September, 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 from now till May.
New hats are available from the office $15.

If you have a child starting primary school in 2024, it’s time to enrol. Even though the dead line for enrolling your child has passed, late enrolments will be accepted

If you are enrolling the sibling of a student at our school for Foundation in 2024, and both children will be attending our school at the same time, your child is prioritised for a place at our school as per the department’s Placement Policy.

For more information, please read about when and how to enrol your child in Foundation at vic.gov.au/enrolling-foundation-prep.

If you are seeking to enrol your child into Foundation next year, please contact our school office on 9808 2165  to request an enrolment form or visit our website https://www.wattleparkps.vic.edu.au/page/80/Enrolment to download a Word Version – 2024 Enrolments.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Uniform Price Increase