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225 Warrigal Road, Burwood Principal: Ms Gayle Cope Tel: 9808 2165 Fax: 9888 7239 Email: [email protected] Website: www.wattleparkps.vic.edu.au
DIARY DATES
April
1st Yr 5 Moving into Teenage Years
2nd School Council and Annual General Meeting
2nd Yr 2 Education Experience/Incursion Science
2nd Yr 1 Education Experience/Incursion Science
3rd Yr 6 Moving into Teenage Years
4th Whole School Education Experience/ Incursion
Performing Arts
5th Farewell to Gavin Cass (11.30am)
5th Last Day of School (Term 1 End) finish 2.30pm
Term 2
April
23nd April (Tuesday) to 28th June
24th Yr 6-7 Transition Information Evening (6.30-7.30pm)
25th Anzac Day (public holiday)
May
25th Open Day 9am-11am
28th Grandparents Day
Curriculum Days (student free days)
Monday 15th July
Monday 4th November
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Newsletter No. 5 29th March 2019
Dear Parents,
For the past week through our Konnective message a survey
has been formulated by Gillian Doig (parent of Kirsty and
Ayla) and Juliet Pannazzo (mother of Coco and Rafael) col-
lating your views on our website with the intention of im-
proving the design and functionality. The survey closes to-
day. (Friday) Many thanks to those of you who have already
completed the survey.
Year 5 teachers Mrs Ainslie Peszynski, Ms Philippa Statkus,
Year 6 teacher Mr James Feather and Year 4 teacher Mr
Richard Abell along with Steve Donohue and myself have
been chosen by the department of education to be involved in
a professional learning program, ‘Leading Professional
Learning Communities’. The purpose being to build capacity
and skills of School Leaders to improve the learning out-
comes for every student through a consistent approach to dis-
ciplined, collaborative inquiry.
This requires classroom teachers to be absent from their
teaching duties for a total of eight days. Fortunately we have
an amazing bank of experienced and exceptional casual relief
teachers who step into their roles to keep delivering the
planned curriculum. Special thanks to Mrs Julie Hobson, Mrs
Ros Kyriakou, Mrs Sarah Nolan, Ms Helen Sterling and Mrs
Katie Hardy who are our regular CRT’s.
I know that it has already been mentioned but it would be
remiss of me if I did not thank most wholeheartedly the ef-
forts of Astrid Blackburn (mother of Holly and Gretel ), Kel-
lie McDonald (mother of Annie), Anita Power( mother of
Mae and Edie) Yuli Meneilly (mother of Scarlett) , Caroline
Van West (mother of Tom and Tillie), Sarah Emerson
(mother of Oliver), Meaghan Courtney (mother of Alice), Jo
and James Cooke (parents of Lucy and Charlie), Aggie Suth-
erland (mother of Samara) and Emily Beard (mother of Patrick) for yet another tremendous Movie Night. It was a won-
derful community night of perfect weather, a great movie and wonderful company. Approximately $9,500 was raised for
the school.
School finishes at 2:30p.m. on Friday 5th April. The last day of each term is always a casual clothes day and students
make a gold coin donation towards various charities. This term all donations are to be forwarded to State School’s relief.
State School’s Relief is an autonomous, charitable organisation that assists students experiencing short term crisis and
long term chronic needs attending government schools in Victoria with school clothing, footwear, textbooks and other
essential items. They do an amazing job.
School Council meets next Tuesday night, firstly with the outgoing School Council followed by the Annual General
meeting. Mr. Tim Humphries and Mr. Scott Sutherland are retiring after serving several terms on School Council, Tim 7
years and Scott 6 years. Both of them have been instrumental in their roles as councilors and as treasurers. The school is
in a very healthy financial position and they have worked alongside two business managers Mrs. Robyn Hunter and Mrs.
Helen Dalzotto to meticulously ensure that the school’s finances are in order.
Both Tim and Scott have been wonderful advocates for our school and they have provided me and the school with un-
qualified support over many issues. I wish them both well and thank them most sincerely for their time, expertise, guid-
ance and their sense of humor even in the most difficult of times. Mr. Laurence Irlicht has completed his two year term
and we thank Laurence for his insights and creative thinking on many issues.
We welcome Ms. Kellie Mc Donald and Mr. Mark Boer as new parent representatives to join with Matt Torney, Angus
McKinnon, Alison Wingate, Gillion Doig, Jackie Brodie and Nan Wu. Ms. Emma Tan, Mr. Daniel Watts and Mr. Steve
Donohue are staff representatives for another year.
The school has a number of events next week not to be missed- our traditional Easter egg run, a whole school African
drumming incursion, a farewell to Gavin Cass our grounds man and then an early finish for holidays!
Stay well this final week of term!
Warm Regards Gayle
HARMONY DAY
2019 PARENT CONTRIBUTIONS
Reminder: the second contribution is due by 2nd April 2019
Thank you to those families who have paid, either fully or in instalments, the 2019 School Contributions. Please be aware that Contri-butions were due FRIDAY, 8th March 2019. If you have not done so already, please make payment ASAP. School Council require Contributions to be paid for students to attend incursions/excursions. Please see the Principal, Ms Gayle Cope, if you wish to discuss payment plans. All donations towards the Library Fund or Building Fund are tax deductible. If you require a receipt for Tax purposes please contact the school office for your 2019 school statement.
Thank you for your kind donation.
STUDENT ABSENCES AND COMPASS
Dept regulation requires all families to inform the school of their child’s absence. Please use the Compass portal to record their ab-sence, before 9am. Without your prior notification of any absence, via Compass preferably, or a phone call to the office, you will re-ceive a “please explain” phone call from the office. Automated emails are sent out at 9.30am to all families with absent children. Tele-phone calls will be made from 10.30 onwards.
If you cannot log into Compass please contact the office for a password reset.
HATS – Remember September, Put away in May
There is a Dept policy of ‘No Hats No Play’. Hats must be worn between the months of September and April and put away from May to August. Hats must be worn whilst children are outside. If no hat is brought to school, children will be required to play in shaded areas. The school is unable to provide spare hats.
CASH/CHEQUES TO THE OFFICE
Please ensure any money brought to the school office is in a clearly named envelope: Child’s Name, Class, Payment description.
BPAY
We strongly encourage parents/guardians to use the BPay option for Parent Contributions. Please contact the school office for your BPay reference details.
SCHOOL HOURS 9am to 3.30pm
Parents of late attendees must sign into the office and collect an authorised late slip before children can go to class.
If you wish to collect your child early from school, parents/guardians must obtain an authorised early leave slip from the office, before collecting your child from class.
VOLUNTEERS FOR 2019
● All new volunteers must sign a new Child Safe Code of conduct for 2019 – see the office
● The Working With Children Certificate must also be sighted by the office – before any volunteering can be undertaken at the school – Dept requirement
SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP WILL BE OPEN ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY FOR TERM 2:
29th April 20th May 3rd June 24th June 3:30-4:00 p.m.
Thank you for your attention to the above.
FIRST AID ROOM ROSTER 2019
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.
The duties include:
Changing the sheets, pillow cases and re-making the bed with clean linen
(all provided in the first aid room).
Washing and returning the clean linen for the following Friday.
Checking that the area is clean and tidy.
Wiping over the cupboards, bench tops and the sink.
Tidying the spare clothes cupboard if needed.
We're using SignUp.com (the leading online SignUp and reminder tool) to organize
our upcoming SignUps.
Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:
1) Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp.com: http://signup.com/go/wGNyieA
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a
password on SignUp.com.
Note: SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer
not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.
Thank you in anticipation.
Tom Churchward
First Aid Co-ordinator
WPPS Canteen Volunteer Form Terms 1 & 2, 2019
CANTEEN RE-OPENS MONDAY 11TH FEBRUARY Our canteen would not be able to run without the wonderful support of parents, grandparents and friends of our school. We are calling for volunteers, whether you are an experienced hand or an eager learner. The canteen operates on Mondays and Fridays each week of term and you will be scheduled for 2 shifts of 2½ hours each, for the term. OR any amount of time you can help. There is always a can-teen co-ordinator present to oversee the smooth running of the day. If you would like to help more, please indicate this, as extra shifts are available. The canteen relies on volunteers to operate successfully; so please give this due consideration. School Council requires all volunteers to have:
Current WWC (Working with Children Check) Signed acknowledgement of the WPPS ‘Child Safety Code of Conduct Form’ (available at the office or on the school website)
Please print and complete the form below, and if necessary other required forms. Return as soon as possible. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Thank you for volunteering for Canteen
If you are a returning volunteer and your details are unchanged, just fill in the top line!
Name: __________________________________ Child/ren’s Class: ____________ Mobile Phone Number: __________________ Email Address: _______________________________________ Preferred Day: Monday Friday
Preferred Shift: 10am – 12.30pm (Monday & Friday)
11am – 1.30pm (Monday & Friday) 12pm – 2.30pm (Monday & Friday)
9am – 11.30am (Friday only) Any other information ___________________________________________
Wattle Park Primary
Chess Club Enrolment Form
Term 2, 2019
Chess has been played for thousands of years across diverse regions and cultures. Chess club
provides kids the opportunity to master this timeless art while socialising, having fun and sharpening
their minds.
Through this interpersonal challenge it has been shown that kids develop analytical capabilities,
foresight, planning, decision making skills, discipline and much more. These skills are helpful in both
academic and personal life. While chess inherently involves competition, our club maintains an
emphasis on emotional awareness and sportsmanship.
Throughout the term classes will involve learning strategy and tactics, exercises, games and a term-
long tournament.
CLASS DETAILS:
CLASS TIMES: Wednesday Lunchtimes
DATES: May 1st – June 19th
MEMBERSHIP FEE: $99
ENQUIRIES
Contact Felix Chandler: [email protected]
WP – Member details and payment * if your child has already enrolled in the past simply send an email confirming payment
To join please return the following details. Payment can be made in cash to the chess teacher or pay via bank transfer and
send a scanned email to [email protected]
Child Name:___________________________Age:______________Phone: ___________________________
Parent Name:________________________Email:________________________________________________
Please select payment method: Cash Direct Debit
Bank transfer payment details:
ACC. Name: Mindful Chess
BSB: 06 3216
Account No: 1001 8619
*Please complete payment before returning enrolment form