Deer Park West Primary School Newsletter

Acting Principal's Report

Deanne Scott

Hello DPW Community,

 

I’m excited to step into the role of Acting Principal at DPW.It’s an incredible privilege to lead a school community that values curiosity, kindness, and lifelong learning. I look forward to working alongside our dedicated staff, engaged families, and wonderful students, in this role.

 

Assembly

A reminder that we will be having assembly every two weeks, beginning this week. As always you are welcome to join us for assembly at 2:45pm but please wait until the end of the day to take your children home.

 

SWPBS 

On Tuesday, Ms Komp, Ms Ciccone and I attended a day of professional learning to evaluate our stage of implementation of our School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support framework. We attended with other schools also implementing this framework, enabling a sharing of ideas, challenges and celebrations. 

 

During the day we were able to identify our strengths and areas for future work, finishing with an action plan ready for 2026. We were also introduced to the new tool for evaluating this framework, that is expected to be in use within the next year or two. This was valuable information as the new tool really expanded on current evaluation markers and went deeper into embedding each element.

 

Supporting Every Child and Every Family

At Deer Park West Primary School, we believe every student has the right to feel safe, supported and inspired to reach their full potential. We care deeply about your child’s learning, wellbeing and future, and we value the partnership we share with families in achieving the very best outcomes for every student.

We know that students thrive when schools and families work together with trust and open communication.

 

If you ever have questions, concerns or ideas about your child’s education, we encourage you to reach out to us. Talking things through early often helps us to respond quickly and effectively which can mean better outcomes for our students.

What if you have a concern?

 

Start with us. Contact your child’s teacher or the school office to arrange a conversation. We welcome feedback and see it as an opportunity to improve and better meet the needs of our students. 

 

If you’re not comfortable speaking directly with the school, or you feel your concern hasn’t been fully resolved, there are clear steps to follow.

 

 All Victorian government schools have a Complaints Policy that explains how issues can be raised and escalated, if needed. You'll find our complaints policy here https://www.dpwps.vic.edu.au/policies .  Should you feel your concern hasn’t been resolved after speaking with the school, the Department of Education's Regional Office can assist families in working through concerns. 

 

Deer Park West Primary School is committed to listening respectfully, acting fairly and working together in the best interests of your child. Whether it’s celebrating achievements, solving problems or planning for future learning, we are committed to being a school community where every voice is valued.

Your feedback matters—and your child matters most. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

 

2025 Term 4 Challenge of the Week

This term’s challenge is a series of Brain Teasers. Some of them will be like riddles, some will be around maths or language.

 

Week 2: Language Brain Teasers

You need to try to answer the brain teasers as best you can.

You must collaborate with at least one other person (a friend, parent, classmate, etc) and no more than 3 other people. If you do not collaborate, you will not receive a PAC for collaboration.

 

The students collaborating for Week 1’s Language Brain Teaser Challenge earnt 2 PACs cards for their work! 

 

The students were:

Rania & Arshpreet 3C

Kyvaan 3C & Amari FB

Sabrina (& mum) 4B

Yawer (& dad) 5A

 

Week 3: Language Brain Teasers

You need to try to answer the brain teasers as best you can.

You must collaborate with at least one other person (a friend, parent, classmate, etc) and no more than 3 other people. If you do not collaborate, you will not receive a PAC for collaboration.

a) Word association: find a word that associates with the following sets of words. 

For example, dog, car, body – the word wash goes with each word.

  1. Cake, swiss, cottage
  2. Glasses, screen, day
  3. Cream, cube, cap
  4. Knife, fly, cup

 

b) Find the mystery word. Replace the third letter of each word with a new letter to create a different word. When read vertically, the new letters will reveal the mystery word.

For example, the word MAKE could become MARE, MALE, MATE and so on. It’s your job to figure out which one works to create the mystery word.

SAME

POKE

BOAT

NEAT

STOP

BAKE

Hint: It’s something you’ll find outside.

 

c) Find rhyming pairs. Unscramble the words below so that each pair of words rhymes.

  1. RBAE & HREAS
  2. WNROED & UTRHNDE
  3. TUGHAT & HBTUGO
  4. ODULC & ODOG

 

 

Kindest Regards,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deanne Scott

Principal