225 Warrigal Road, Burwood Principal: Ms Gayle Cope Tel: 9808 2165 Fax: 9888 7239 Email: wattle.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au 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: felixchandler@mindfulchess.com.au

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 felixchandler@mindfulchess.com.au

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