Hello Everyone,

Welcome back everyone!

I hope everyone had a refreshing break.

This term there are quite a few big whole school events coming up including:

• Friday 25th October Crazy Colour Fun Run
• Tuesday 29th October Whole school Performance
• Friday 6th - 12 December Whole school swimming program

There are a multitude of other year level specific events including, Year 6 Graduation, Year 2 Big Day  Year 5/6 Camp, and various other excursions and incursions.

Each of these events has both a well being and academic outcome that facilitates your child/ren's development.

Check the WPPS school calendar which includes dates for school camps in 2025.

Check year level websites for class specific information. 

Year level websites

Foundation     Year 1     Year 2     Year 3     Year 4     Year 5     Year 6   Specialists

We have added Wattle Hill Kinder’s site to our website as well as a ‘Wattle Hill Kinder Welcome’ page where we will add updates regarding the WHK.

Student Voice
Students of the week - Next week
Year 4 Kitchen Garden

Garden was really fun! We cleared up a bed full of fennel, carrots, and beetroot for new plants. We might plant all sorts of new things like corn, potato, and many more. Mike’s group pulled out a lot of big fennel plants and weird looking purple carrots. We got the wheelbarrow group to take all the plants we pulled out that we didn’t need to the general waste bin. It took a lot of effort to clear up a few garden beds.  We all worked as a team to look after our garden with care. We enjoyed garden!

Talya, Teshana, and Kara (4B).

Individual Auditions for the 2025 Victorian State School Spectacular
If any student is interested in auditioning individually, to be a singer on stage or part of the orchestra, separate to auditioning for our school choir,  you can do so via this link HERE

Our Staff
Continuing our series on getting to know our staff at Wattle Park Primary School, we introduce Adam Lawrence, a  new teacher on staff at WPPS who replaces Mrs Cooper in Year 5A:

Hello Everybody,

My name is Adam Lawrence and I am fortunate to have joined Wattle Park this term to teach 5A for the remainder of the year. Many of you may have seen me around the school over the course of the year working in different grades as a relief teacher. Prior to this I worked at other schools around Melbourne, country Victoria and overseas.

I love travelling and have been lucky enough to combine that with my passion for education, teaching English to students in some remote corners of the globe. When not travelling or at school you might find me working with stained glass, cooking, reading, hiking, playing sport or watching AFL. Sadly, I’m a long-suffering Essendon tragic.

I’m very excited to join the team here at Wattle Park and am looking forward to being part of such a supportive school community.

Adam

Notices
Saturday, 21st - September Working Bee!
We had a Working Bee on the first day of the holidays which ran from 9.30 - 12 noon.
Thank you to the dynamic team who turned up including:

• Jonathan Evans
• Brad Cahill
• Alex Vouzas
• Micheal Hunt
• Anna Saaksjarvi
• Troy Stock (and Gemma and Marley)
• Jason Gay 
• Jack Clark
  

We made this happen:

Before:

After

As well as this:

We will have one more working be this year to shovel top soil in around our newly laid concrete pathways:

WPPS Crazy Colour Fun Run - 2pm Friday 25th October
Crazy Colour Fun Run is coming to WPPS to raise funds for facilities such as a new cricket pitch! Your child has brought information home at the end of last term, however you can sign up at funrun.com.au.

Mark your calendars because at 2pm on Friday 25th October the WPPS school grounds will be transformed into a canvas of colours. The event aims to promote health, wellness, and community spirit while having an absolute blast!

This will be our major WPPS fundraiser for the year, and our goal is to raise $10,000 for facilities including a new cricket pitch! Sign up at funrun.com.au to get involved!

Get ready to make memories with your kids, while they run, laugh, and get drenched in a spectrum of colours!

Please refer to the Holi Powder Safety Data Sheet which notes the following:

Not Classified as Hazardous according to the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) and Safe Work Australia Criteria. 

You may notice this poster features Mr Linsday’s head. This is because Mr Lindsay has volunteered to be ‘slimed’ each time we reach another $2000.

Whole School Production
This needs no introduction as the EVENT OF THE YEAR!

Ms Michalska has kept the content of this production secret but I do occasionally glimpse tiny hints of something fabulous going on. There will be no other place to be: 

6.30pm Tuesday October 29th
Tickets will go on sale at 9am, Wednesday 16th October, via the Trybooking QR code or via  https://www.trybooking.com/CUJDA

Ground works
You may have noticed two concrete pads have sprung up. These are for new seating - because I am quite sure by the time we get to December we will all be needing a place to rest!

Steve Donohue

Principal

Wattle Park Primary School

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Tickets are now on  sale and selling fast!  Don't miss out. Book tickets via the Trybooking QR code or via  https://www.trybooking.com/CUJDA

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Please scroll through to see all of our latest notices!







We are excited to announce our new partnership with S4S Academy and they are going to be running weekly sessions on Friday mornings at 7:45 - 8:45am starting next Friday (18th of October). This first lesson is a free trial lesson so all students are encouraged to attend and can do so in registering at the S4S website (S4SACADEMY.COM.AU).

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