LOTE (French)

Bastille Day Celebration - Tuesday 14th July

Hello WPS families and community!

The whole school will be celebrating the French National Day of Bastille Day on July 14th, the second day back from Term 3. This event is a way to promote the French language taught at Willy Primary, which will reinforce the French values of ‘Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite’ (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity).

To complement the whole school Bastille Day celebration, Prep to Year 6s will attend a French show performed by Philipe and Jacques combining French music, mime, comedy, and drama in the P.E. Hall (Consent and payment on Compass). These experienced performers will take students on a hilarious journey of French drama and music!

Prep to Year 2 - session 3 in the Hall

Year 3 - 6- session 2 in the Hall

Families are welcome to come and enjoy our Bastille Day parade held at 2:30 on the basketball courts at WPS.

This will be a day of fun and learning, mixed with entertainment, full cultural immersion and exploration for the taste buds to celebrate together!

To prepare for our celebration, we are asking families to start thinking about putting together:

1. A French outfit for your child (no need to buy anything new! A bit of imagination and creativity goes a long way)

2. Ideas for a French lunchbox for the day (you can start researching recipes of simple yet yummy French foods to prepare at home with family to bring to school on the day). We are also encouraging students who have one to bring along a labelled picnic blanket as we plan to eat our lunch as a whole school on the oval.

Warm regards,

Sara Borrens

Performing Arts

The Curriculum Focus in Performing Arts

Prep: Students have finished up the term playing the song Twinkle Twinkle on the keyboards and marimbas together as a class. For planning day, they have read and sung the story and song of My Daddy ate an Apple. They have also made connections to the song Have you ever seen a lassie?

Year 1: For the last 2 weeks students have sung and played songs about animals. They have learnt Louise and My Highland goat and have played a hip hop version of Mary had a little lamb on the keyboards and marimbas.

Year 2: Students have continued singing and listening to solfege songs about doritos. They have finished the term with a jam session of the class’s favourite songs on the keyboard and marimbas. Their favourite songs this term have been: Whacky Do Re Mi, Ebeneezer Sneezer, I have a Little Snowman and Down Down.

Grade 3/4: Students have finished their 12 bar blues compositions and have reviewed playing and singing one of the songs learnt this term on the keyboards and marimbas using major and minor chords.

Grade 5/6: Students have finished their song mad libs and have played the chord progressions in the songs Shake it off, Ghostbusters and Let it go on the marimbas and keyboards.

Music Clubs

Performances

Choir – Well done to Zoe and the Willy Primary Choir who sang the fitting song Lanterns by Birds of Tokyo at Saturday night’s Lantern Walk. We look forward to hearing more performances from them in the second half of the year.

Bands – Save the date!

Marimba Band – The Stick Girl’s first performance will be at the whole school assembly on Friday 21st August.

Rock Band – The Red Hot Willy Peppers will have their first performance at the whole school assembly on Friday 4th September.

Warm regards,

Faye Ferry

Performing Arts & Band Teacher

Visual Art

Another end to a very busy term! A big thank you to everyone who donated boxes, newspaper and bottles. We have made very good use of them, and the students have enjoyed creating with them. All classes have been finishing up their current pieces and have begun working on their ‘Crazy Camel’ pieces. There will be more information about this fundraiser later in the year.

Grade Prep

This week the Prep’s have continued to work on their boom boxes, adding details and finishing touches. I’m very excited to see these displayed at our Art show in term 4.

Grade 1

The Grade 1’s are finishing off their wacky emus with some embellishments. Those that have finished their emus, have begun working on their crazy camel entries. We created some very colourful and interesting backgrounds using crepe paper and water.

Grade 2

The Grade 2’s have begun working on their crepe paper and water backgrounds for their ‘Crazy Camel’ art piece. They created some beautiful colours and textures. We will begin working on the details next lesson.

Grade 3/4

The Grade 3/4’s have completed their ‘Little Big Things’ snow globes this week. We have moved onto brainstorming some ideas for their ‘Crazy Camel’ art pieces.

Grade 5/6

The Grade 5/6’s continue to work on their food trucks and are having fun constructing their vans whilst creating lots of 3D elements. Nearly all the 5/6’s have now had a go at experimenting with the ‘Geli Plate’ with great success. So many unique and individual results! Everyone has enjoyed this new art technique.

Lantern Walk

Our lanterns went up on Saturday to celebrate our Lantern walk. It was lovely to see all the 3/4 students’ beautiful work on display for everyone to enjoy. Well done 3/4!

Art Club Term 3

Art club is available to different year levels each term. The schedule for 2026 will be as follows:

Term 3	Term 4
Grade 1/2 - Preparation for this year’s Art Show	Grade Preps - Preparation for this year’s Art Show

Warm regards,

Marcia Evans

Physical Education

As we reach the end of Term 2, it's a great moment to look back on a busy and rewarding term of Physical Education across the school. The effort, energy and sportsmanship on show every week has been fantastic.

Our Foundation to Year 2 students have continued to build their fundamental movement skills — running, jumping, throwing and catching — through a range of fun, game-based activities designed to develop coordination, balance and confidence. It's been wonderful to see their skills, teamwork and big smiles grow week by week.

In Years 3 and 4, students have been developing their striking and fielding skills through games like tee-ball and cricket-style activities. There's been a strong focus on the fundamentals — batting, bowling, throwing, catching and backing up teammates in the field — along with plenty of teamwork and fair play.

Our Year 5 and 6 students have also been working through a striking and fielding unit, but taking it up a level — refining their batting and bowling technique, thinking tactically about fielding positions, and applying game strategy in more competitive match situations. It's been great to see their decision-making and leadership develop alongside their skills.

A highlight of the term was our House Athletics Competition at the Newport Athletics Track, where all Year 3–6 students competed for house points and cheered each other on in their house colours. A huge congratulations to the students who finished in the top two of their events and have earned the chance to represent Williamstown Primary at the District Athletics Carnival in Term 3 — we're very proud of you, and can't wait to see you in action.

A few reminders as we head into the cooler months: please make sure students come to school in their sports uniform and appropriate footwear on their timetabled PE days, and that they're dressed warmly for outdoor sessions.

Wishing all our families a safe, happy and active holiday break. I look forward to seeing everyone back, refreshed and ready for a big Term 3 of sport.

Warm regards,

Paddy Gallivan

Respect - Learning - Resilience - Responsibility