From December 10, 2025 the Australian Government will implement legislation that expects age-restricted social media platforms  to take reasonable steps to prevent Australians under 16 years old from having accounts on their platforms. There is a lot in the media about how and why this is happening. 

The best place to go for clarification on how this works is the office of the E Safety Commissioner.

You may also like to check out this page: How will the social media age restrictions affect me if I'm under 16?

2026 Classes
As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, class formation from 2026 is well underway.

For 2026 we will have this class structure:

Foundation x 1 (if we have 10 more enrolments we will make another class)

Please note our Class Formation policy mentioned later in this newsletter.

NAPLAN 2026 
Our next NAPLAN assessments will take place in March 2026.

If you would like a copy of a past NAPLAN paper, please email samantha.kwong2@education.vic.gov.au. 

Spare practice papers are at the office for collection.

Year 3 Reading Practice question example:

Year 5 Reading Practice question example:

NAPLAN - How you can help at home

Available online platforms

Year 3 NAPLAN practice site (for Yr 2's) FREE

Year 5 NAPLAN practice site (for Yr 4's) FREE

• Rise+ – https://riseplus.education/naplan-practice-tests/
• EXCEL Test Zone – https://www.exceltestzone.com.au/

These platforms closely resemble current NAPLAN assessments. They offer timed test conditions, instant reporting, growth analysis, and rankings that compare your child’s results with other national test takers. 

NAPLAN resources

• ACARA past papers (FREE):
• NAPLAN 2012–2016     
• https://acara.edu.au/assessment/naplan/naplan-2012-2016-test-papers
• NAPLAN 2008–2011
• https://acara.edu.au/assessment/naplan/naplan-2008-2011-test-papers
• Blake’s Back to Basics NAPLAN (Officeworks, Amazon, Booktopia)
• EXCEL NAPLAN-style tests (Officeworks, Amazon)
• School Zone NAPLAN (Kmart, Target, Officeworks, Amazon)
• Test Mate NAPLAN (Amazon)

Our Students
Students of the Week!
As a result of our recent School Review, as well as the work we are doing with our School Wide Positive Behaviour Support Program, our school values have changed from six:

Respect, Responsibility, Care, Encourage, Value and Challenge to the ‘Three R’s’;

Respect • Responsibility • Resilience

Congratulations to all of our students who have displayed these values this week.

This week, we investigated resilience and how it looks in play spaces. You can view the video HERE 

Mathletics Champion
A round of applause for:

Haris D in 1/2C

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

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. 

Our Staff
Continuing our series on getting to know our staff at Wattle Park Primary School, we re-introduce Ms Lily O, who is replacing Mel Downes in 12 A whilst she is on LSL.

Hi Wattle Park Community!

My name is Lily or ‘Miss O’ as the students call me, and I have been working at Wattle Park Primary School as a Casual Relief Teacher (CRT) in 2025. I completed my Bachelor of Education (Early Years) last year and have been dedicating 2025 to building my teaching experience across different year levels and different subjects. I have successfully made my way around to each classroom throughout the year, which has been an incredible way to get to know all the students and the staff. 

I have the pleasure of teaching 1/2A for 3 weeks whilst their classroom teacher Mel Downes is away, which has been an enjoyable experience so far. I can't wait for all the fun and engaging experiences that are planned for the 1/2 group. 

Thank you to the Wattle Park community for making me feel welcomed and supported this year, and especially these 3 weeks! I'm looking forward to continuing to get to know everyone in the school community and the 1/2A class. 

Lily O’Shaughnessy 

Notices
Class Formation Policy

WPPS is sorting out 2026 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.

Running Club
The ever popular Running Club is back up and running for term four. Every Thursday at 8.00am join the team on the Top Oval.

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

Have a great weekend.

Twilight Fete Volunteer Signup ⭐

1.  First Aid Room Clean Needs Volunteers
To keep our First Aid Room clean and tidy, we require volunteers to assist with this task. It is not time consuming and requires approximately 15 minutes of your time on a FRIDAY.

Please click on the link to sign up.  https://signup.com/go/GZAwtYc

Thank you for your time

2.  Book Club - Last day to order on line

3. Sun Safety  

Located in the school gymnasium 
Cash and Card welcome

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