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Planning an extended school holiday?

We wish all our families a safe and fun school holiday break.  

If you are planning an extended holiday, please enter your child/ren's absences in Compass as a(family holiday).  This helps our classroom teachers plan for next term.

Change of family contact details.

Please keep the school informed if your family changes address or contact numbers (including emergency contacts).  

Next term, we will send home student enrolment details for parents to check their student enrolment details.

Please take time to carefully check the forms and return them with amendments.

In the meantime, Parents can email the school to request updates, and we will action this on your behalf.

Where is Lost Property?

• Lost property tubs are overflowing and are located at the General Office and the Gym. Parents are welcome to check the tubs either before or after school hours.
• We suggest you label all clothing items clearly. If we can identify the lost item, we return it to the student's classroom.

How to Purchase WHPS Uniform Items

If you need some extra winter uniform items, our official supplier is PSW (Uniform Group). Please refer to the diagram below of the official uniform items available for purchase.

They stock lots of warm clothing, including polar fleece jackets, rain jackets, tights, wool pinafores and even a beanie with our logo!

Location:

• Location: 342-350 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley (behind OfficeWorks)
• Link to the PSW/WHPS Official Uniform: Order Here

Parent Helpers & Volunteers

We appreciate the families who volunteer at WHPS, including classroom helpers, School Council members, and those who assist with excursions and fundraising. To volunteer at WHPS, you must have a Valid Working with Children Card. Cards are free and mandatory for volunteers.

When you volunteer at school or assist at an excursion:

• Each time you volunteer, you must:
  • Always have your WWC with you.
  • Sign in at the Compass Kiosk as a visitor and enter your WWC card number. 
  • Wear a visitor lanyard at all times.
• Without a valid card, you are not permitted to volunteer. Please note that a receipt for your WWC card application is not acceptable (it shows proof of purchase, not that you hold a valid card).

How to apply for a Working With Children Card (Volunteer):

You can apply via the following link: Services Vic.

• Volunteer cards are free.

• It takes 6-12 weeks to issue a card.

   

For more information on the Working with Children Card and applications, please visit: Home | Working with Children.

When your child/children are late for School:

A reminder that parents/carers are responsible for signing students in at school after the morning bell (students cannot sign in). 

If you arrive late, the parent will sign in at the Compass kiosk in the office.

• You will be asked for a reason for being late.
• The kiosk will state the reason for lateness and notify the Teacher that the student is on the way to the classroom.

Early Student Collection (prior to 3:15 pm) 

Compass Attendance Note

• Add a Compass note for each student with the pickup time and reason.

Sign Students out at the School Office

• Parents must sign students out at the office on the Compass Kiosk.  
• Time permitting, we will call the classroom and ask the student to come to the office for parent pickup.

Students are actively learning until 3:30 pm each day. Often, in the last 30 minutes, students finish their work, and teachers wrap up the day of learning.  

We suggest you allow 5-10 minutes for early student collection. With 700 students in various locations and activities around the school, please allow a minimum of 5-10 minutes for students to be located, finish their activity, get their bag, and come to the office for parent pickup.

To avoid classroom interruptions and due to a large number of student pickups and changes to end-of-day arrangements, from 3:15, parents will need to sign students out and may need to go directly to the classroom.  

General Office Hours

Students on school grounds are only supervised until the 3:45 pm bell. After this time, the school is closed as staff attend meetings and other duties. The School Office closes at 3:45 pm each day, and staff cannot supervise children. 

At the 3:45 pm bell, staff will direct any student still on school grounds or at Kiss n Go locations to the School Office, and will contact parents. The school will contact parents and emergency contacts by phone and SMS to arrange urgent collection by 4 pm.  

We recommend that you register your childn/ren with the OSHC program. Registration is free and useful for days you may be late.