Hello Everyone,

WPPS NAPLAN Results

At the start of this term, our Year 3 and 5 students received their NAPLAN results. Some of you may have seen in the news that Victorian students ranked first or second in 16 of the 20 NAPLAN domains, an amazing achievement.

We’re incredibly proud of our students and the results they achieved. Below you’ll find an overview of our results compared with the state. We’re pleased to share that we continue to achieve well above the state averages across all domains tested.

While we’re proud of our results, we still continue to strive for improvements and to support all our students in achieving their full potential.

NAPLAN results are marked as described below: 

• Exceeding (dark green): the student’s result exceeds expectations at the time of testing. 
• Strong (light green): the student’s result meets challenging but reasonable expectations at the time of testing. 
• Developing (grey): the student’s result indicates that they are working towards expectations at the time of testing.
• Needs additional support (black): the student’s result indicates that they are not achieving the learning outcomes that are expected at the time of testing. They are likely to need additional support to progress satisfactorily.

Our results:

Yr 3 Reading	We are 16% above the Victorian State average	Yr 5 Reading	We are 11% above the Victorian State average
Yr 3 Writing	We are 7% above the Victorian State average	Yr 5 Writing	We are 15% above the Victorian State average
Yr 3 Spelling	We are 18% above the Victorian State average	Year 5 Spelling	We are 20% above the Victorian State average
Yr 3 Grammar and Punctuation	We are 24% above the Victorian State average	Yr 5 Grammar and Punctuation	We are 21% above the Victorian State average
Yr 3 Numeracy	We are 15% above the Victorian State average	Yr 5 Numeracy	We are 16% above the Victorian State average

For more information:

NAPLAN Assessment program

NAPLAN - for parents carers

OUR CHICKENS NEED YOU

The WPPS chickens are a wonderful addition to our school, but they can’t take care of themselves. We rely on families to look after them on weekends, public holidays and curriculum days.

All you need to do is:

• Let them out in the morning and change their water (around 9am)
• Put them back inside in the afternoon, change their water again and give them their food. (Between 3-5pm).

If you have some extra time to clean up the coop that is always appreciated, and bonus, if you find some eggs, they’re yours to keep!!

If your child is in Year 4 or older they know what to do. If your child is younger you can find the instructions here or reach out to the office and we can organise a quick training session.

This year chicken duty has been down to an all-time low and we desperately need families to care for the ladies. Did you know if each family did one duty we would fill up the whole year?

The kids love doing it and we’re lucky to have a school with chickens so please do your part by signing up today https://signup.com/go/dKqTDEy

Our Students

2026.08.28 (Friday!) Book Week  - Book Character Parade!

Book Week is fast approaching, beginning in just over a week. This year's theme is Symphony of Stories! For more information about Book Week, please go HERE!

To mark the occasion, WPPS will be holding our famous Book Character Parade on:

  Friday, 28th August at our 9.15 Assembly. 

Come dressed up as your favourite book character.

2026.07.31 Collaboration with RMIT University and National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)

We were delighted to welcome a group of visiting teachers from Taiwan to Wattle Park Primary School on Thursday, 30 July 2026. 

The visit was part of a bilingual professional development program delivered through a collaboration between the School of Education at RMIT University and National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). The program supports educators from a range of subject areas in developing bilingual teaching practices as part of the bilingual initiative of the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. 

During their visit, they observed classrooms, shared teaching ideas with our staff, and led a range of engaging cultural activities with our students. The hands-on experiences gave students the opportunity to learn more about Taiwanese culture while practising collaboration and communication skills. It was a wonderful cultural exchange that strengthened our global connections and provided valuable learning opportunities for both students and teachers.

Thank you to our LOTE teacher, Ms Sabrina Lin, for coordinating this opportunity for our students and staff to share their knowledge, enthusiasm, and culture with our school community.

Students of the Week

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

Respect • Responsibility • Resilience

FA	Peggy D	1/2A	Indi S
1/2B	Hibba K	1/2C	Mia Z
3A	April E	3B	Kawsar Y
4A	Mateo I	4B	Anika S
5A	Amelia B	5B	Wilson Y
6A	Bella S	6B	Raymond Z

ECO MVP

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 Banana Trophy and Plantable Pencil.

Congratulations to: Dhruv (3B)

Class of the Week Awards -  Performing Arts
Congratulations to: 5B

who were awarded ‘Class of the Week’ for their exemplary behaviour and effort in Performing Arts.

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

This week's interview is with our PE and Health Teacher, Mr Stephen Roberts.

First year of teaching	2020
First year at Wattle Park	2023
Current role	PE/Health Teacher
Favourite subject when I was at school:	Biology
Best memory from primary school:	School Productions and Sports Days
Favourite book:	“When all is said and done, more is said then done” - Neil Daniher
Favourite book growing up:	The Hobbit - J.R Tolkien
Favourite movie:	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Best dish I can cook:	Slow Cook Leg of Lamb
Which Zooper Dooper flavour I'm buying from the Year 6 stall:	Blue or Red
Hidden talent:	Acting
Most controversial opinion:	The school week should be 4 days not 5 with the day being 8:30am - 4/4:30
Number one item on my bucket list:	Step foot on every continent (including Antarctica)
If I wasn't a teacher I'd be...	Firefighter
What I would tell my 10-year-old self:	Be ambitious, pursue passions, even if you think you won’t be successful you will get a hell of a lot closer if you try compared to if you never do anything about it.

Other Events

Running Club

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

Have a great weekend everyone!

Steve Donohue

Principal

Wattle Park Primary School

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Please scroll through to see all of our latest notices!

1. Sushi Day
2. First Aid Room - Volunteers Needed
3. School Beanies
4. Second Hand Uniform Shop Dates



1. Sushi Day
All orders must be placed by 12noon Monday 10th August.
Home - Sushi@School


2. First Aid Room - Volunteers Needed
In order 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 below to sign up.

Thank you for your time

https://signup.com/go/GZAwtYc

3. School Beanies


4. Second Hand Uniform Shop Dates
Located in the school gymnasium. 

Cash and Card welcome.

Next Opening Time

Friday 4th September

8.30 - 9.30 am

 

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Support our local business!!!

Try Outs will be held on Monday, 17th August

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