School News

Athletics Day

The Athletics Carnival for grade 3 to 6 students was a resounding success, filled with excitement and sportsmanship. The grade 3 and 5 athletics day took place on Friday the 21st of July and the grade 4 and 6 athletic day took place on Wednesday the 19th of July. The event took place at Haines Reserve and school oval, creating a vibrant and energetic atmosphere.

The day's events featured a range of athletic competitions, showcasing the students' diverse talents and skills. The track events included thrilling sprint races, where the kids demonstrated impressive speed and determination.

On the field, the long jump and high jump events mesmerized the audience, with some students defying gravity to achieve impressive distances and heights. The shot put and discus were equally impressive, as the young athletes showcased their strength and technique.

Sportsmanship was a key highlight of the carnival. Though the competition was intense, the students showed great respect for each other, with high-fives and encouraging words exchanged between rivals. Teachers played an essential role in fostering this positive atmosphere, emphasizing the value of teamwork and fair play.

Overall, the Athletics Carnival was an unforgettable experience for everyone involved. It brought the school community together, celebrated the students' talents, and instilled valuable life lessons about sportsmanship, perseverance, and the joy of healthy competition. Undoubtedly, the young athletes left the carnival inspired and eager to continue their journey in sports and athletics.

CCTV at our school 

Wyndham Vale Primary School has decided to use a closed-circuit television (CCTV) system at our school.

Our school has an obligation to ensure the school environment is safe and secure, and fulfil our duty of care to students, staff and visitors.  The CCTV system will assist our school to fulfil these obligations and to prevent and manage other inappropriate behaviour on school grounds. CCTV will also provide enhanced capability to protect our school’s assets against vandalism and theft.

We will follow Department of Education and Training policy requirements for the design, installation, management and use of the CCTV systems. This policy is available at: 

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/cctv-in-schools/policy

We will also place a CCTV Privacy Notice on our school website with more information about our school’s use of CCTV before it is officially rolled out on the 31st of July 2023.

If you have any questions or concerns at this stage, please contact: 

Mark Scullin on 03 8754 0888 or email mark.scullin@education.vic.gov.au

                                                                     LOST PROPERTY

We have an large number of winter coats, hats and scarves in lost property as well as school jackets and jumpers. PLEASE can you LABEL you child clothes so that we can return them.

The clothing in the photo will be sent to a charity this weekend if it is not collect by the end of the day tomorrow - 28 July.

Resilience Project in Grade 4 PLC B

Across the Grade 4 cohort we have been learning about the catastrophe scale in our resilience lessons. We have learning about major and minor problems, how to identify them and how best we can resolve these situations. Students across the team, discussed strong emotions, coping mechanisms and how these emotions can influence our behaviour.

All late comers need to go straight to Ms. Dalton to be signed in.

Please remember to label you child's uniform with their name. We have many items of clothing in lost property that we cannot return because there is no name on the items.