Hello Everyone,

Wow – what a day! We hope everyone had the BEST DAY EVER at the Crazy Colour Fun Run last Friday! Thank you to everyone who made the day special! 

A few special thank yous:

• The Year 6 Blue Gum House Captains: James C, Marc T, Owen F and Joshua P who did a power of work in organising the event

• Rachel Crilly, Richard Abell, Julie Carlson and Stephen Roberts for helping with setup and pack up of the run as well as icy pole sales.

• Teneile Kost, Naomi Chua, Jill Hole for helping to run the icy pole stand

• Suskia from Team Kids for getting slimed and donating some equipment for the run

• Beth Hedt for taking photos and running first aid

• All of the teachers who helped out on the day

Prize ordering opens today (Friday 1st November). Prize ordering will then close on Tuesday 5th November. 

At this stage we have raised over $12,000 for school facilities. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible. You will be able to fundraise money until Tuesday 5th November when the prize ordering closes.

It’s not too late to sign up at funrun.com.au to create a profile and start fundraising.

Please refer to the article of Color Fun Run for the fabulous photos of the day.

Maths Olympiad
During Term 2 and 3 high achieving students in Mathematics in Year 5 and 6, compete in an Australian wide Maths competition called the Maths Olympiad. WPPS selected 27 students to compete this year. We met once a week to investigate various problem solving concepts like this:

Results came in last week. WPPS:

• Is in the top 10% of all teams who competed in Australia.
• The 2nd highest school in Victoria (above Scotch College)
• Has 3 students who achieved a perfect score. Only 126 students achieved this out of 36,860 who competed. This puts 3 of our students in the top 0.34% of Australia!

The following student achieved a converter ‘PERFECT SCORE’  placing them in the top 0.34% of Australia!

Student Voice

Students of the week
Congratulations to those students who were noted this week for displaying one for more of our school values: Respect, Encourage, Value, Care, Challenge and Responsibility.

Mathletics Champion
A round of applause for: 
Oscar P - 6B

who has excelled in Mathletics this week through consistent participation and impressive performance. Well done Oscar!

ECO MVP
Congratulations to:
Betty B - 5B

How to win….

It’s simple

 - Continue to bring your nude food lunches

 - Pick up rubbish around the classroom and school

 - Turn off lights and powerpoints that don’t need to be on

 - Turn off leaking taps

 - Dispose of rubbish appropriately.

Each week, a Scarecrow teacher or leader will visit one classroom (at random). They will select one student for the ECO MVP, and their photo will be taken for Assembly. The student will receive an amazing eco straw and bag.

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

Notices

Class Formation Policy
WPPS is sorting out 2025 classes.

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

If you feel your child has specific educational needs in relation to class placement, please communicate this via email to steven.donohue@education.vic.gov.au by Friday 15th of November.

The WPPS ‘Class Formation Policy’ is on our school website.

‘Hats on in September’ … and till the end of the year
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.

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

Have a great long weekend. Monday is a Curriculum Day, Tuesday is Cup Day - public holiday. Students return to school on Wednesday, 6th November 2024.

Steve Donohue 

Principal

Wattle Park Primary School

Here’s a few pictures from the run but grab a cup of tea and head to the huge photo dump of the day for a better idea of the colour laden joy that went on.

2024.10.25 WPPS- Crazy Colour Fun Run

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