225 Warrigal Road, Burwood Acting Principal: Ms Megan Ganter Tel: 9808 2165 Fax: 9888 7239 Email: wattle.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.wattleparkps.vic.edu.au

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UNIFORM SHOP Place order & payment through the school office, uni-forms will be delivered to your child’s class when availa-ble.

Newsletter No. 10 16th June 2017

From the Acting Principal ………..

Wattle Park featured in local Leader article I hope everyone saw the beautiful photograph in this week’s local newspaper, featuring our Year 6 Environment Leaders. As a result of a Local Leader grant a few years ago, we were able to plant the avenue of Dwarf Lemon Scented Gum trees. These trees are now well established and on their way to reaching their full height of 8 metres. When we applied for the grant, Wattle Park Primary School had recently celebrated their 100th birthday and we wanted to plant trees that would re-main a feature of the school for the next 100 years. These na-tive trees increase the amount of shade in the school, provide a home for birds as well as create a feature which defines our school entry on Banksia Street.

Mid Year Instrumental Concert

Congratulations to all the students who attended the Music

World concert last Thursday night. There were nearly 50 per-

formances including piano, guitar, drums, woodwind, flute,

strings and the school band! We have so many talented musi-

cians in our school. Learning an instrument requires a great

deal of commitment and dedication. I was so proud of every-

one’s efforts and courage to get up and perform.

Cross Country Congratulations to Peter H who placed 3rd at the Division Cross Country competition. Izak B also showed great competitive spirit to overcome an injury and place well. Both boys have made it through to the Regionals! They will be competing next week in the Yarra Valley. Good luck!

June

19th Fairytale Dress up Day (Foundation Students)

(Fairytale Parade at Assembly)

23rd Year 5\6 Interschool Sport (away)

26th Year 5 Excursion to Sovereign Hill

29th Year 5\6 Interschool Sport (away)

30th Term 2 Ends Early Finish 2.30pm

Performing Arts dress up day

Gold coin donation

July

17th Curriculum day (student free day)

18th Term 3 begins

18th - 28th Year 6 Bike Ed

24th Hoop Time Years 5/6

25th Bike Ed commencing Year 6

27th Coach Approach Athletics Event Years 3-6

August

1st ICAS English

4th Jeans For Genes Day

11th Prime Sci Science Incursion Year 4

14th 15th 16th Book Fair

16th Meerkat Productions – whole school incursion

15th ICAS Maths

15th-23rd Somers Camp

24th Year 6 Scienceworks excursion

26th Daffodil Day

28th Literacy & Numeracy Week

31st Whole school photos

Enrolments

We are continuing to host school tours each week, generally on Friday mornings at 10am. If you are interested in enrolling at Wattle Park Primary School for 2018, I would strongly encourage you to register at the school office on 98082165 for a school tour. Enrolment forms are also available on our website http://wattleparkps.vic.edu.au/page/80/Enrolment Sun Smart Thanks to the work of the Education Committee, we have renewed our ‘Sun Smart School’ status. You can read our new Sun Smart Policy here: http://wattleparkps.vic.edu.au/page/73/School-Policies As part of the policy, we encourage all community members to role model Sun Safe practices and remind students to wear hats and sunscreen when UV levels are 3 or higher. This generally occurs from the middle of August until the beginning of May. Assessment and reporting It is that time of year again and the teachers have been working extremely hard to write Semester 1 reports. These include individual learning goals, results for a range of subjects and personalised comments about your child’s achievements and areas for development. A reminder that this term is the introduction of the new Victorian Curriculum so you may notice some changes to your report. Student Led Initiatives We are very proud of our students and believe in giving them a voice in our school. These means listening to their ideas, thoughts and feelings and encouraging students to take action to improve our school. The Year 6 Performing Arts Leaders have planned a great ‘Performing Arts Week’ for everyone to enjoy in the last week of term, which includes special perfor-mances at assembly (26th of June) and a dress up day. Please support our Year 6 Leaders and remember to dress up on the last day of term. Don’t forget, we finish at 2.30pm on Friday the 30th of June. Yours in education Megan Ganter Acting Principal

Wattle Park T Ball Teams

On the 30th of June (the last day

of term) we will be holding a

Performing Arts Dress Up Day for

WPPS. Dress up as your

favourite performer – they might

be a singer, dancer, actor or

musician.

Kids are asked to bring a gold coin

donation for the

Australian Children’s Music

Foundation

The ACMF run Music programs for

children who are in hospital and also for

those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The Performing Arts Leaders will be

coming around to each classroom and

giving the best dressed a prize.

Education Committee Meeting Wednesday 21st June 5-6pm in the staffroom All parents welcome

The Education Committee is a sub-committee of the Wattle Park School Council. The committee’s role is to: Inform the school community of new education initiatives at Wattle

Park Primary School Communicate current education programs and policies in the

school Include parents in the consultative phase of school policy Development Support parents through parent forums on a range of topics

The agenda for the meeting includes the following: Google Apps and its associated Privacy Policy Reviewing the ICT policy

Please RSVP Steve Donohue (Acting Assistant Principal) donohue.steven.j@edumail.vic.gov.au if you are interested in attending.

SOMERS CAMP 2017 Somers School Camp is offered by WPPS every two years and

runs Aug 15th until Aug 23rd 2017 inclusive. It aims to inspire

optimism and develop in students care of:

Self - through the opportunity and challenge

Others - through building a supportive community

Environment - through engagement with nature

Years 5 and 6 students will have the opportunity to attend via an

Expression of Interest. Initial planning has commenced and parents

and students are encouraged to watch the newsletter for further

details.

The Somers Camp has an excellent website which illustrates more of

the program that blends a range of outdoor and environmental

education activities

https://www.somersschoolcamp.org/

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At Wattle Park we use the app “Konnective” as a way to share last minute reminders such as:

Free dress days

Special dress up days such as “Crazy Hair day”

School Representative Council (SRC) events such as selling “Anzac Day” badges

PFA fundraising/events such as the school Disco

Camp or excursion arrival times

Emergency or traffic alerts

Follow the instructions above to join the “General Updates” feed and any other year level feed relevant to

your family (for eg. “Foundation 2017”).