From our JSC

Our goal is to help research finds ways to cure cancer because Em’s family is affected and she was raising money and we want to help and support her.

We have been raising awareness through visiting classes, interviewing Em to find more about the Cancer foundation and why she would choose to shave her head and through posters that help start the conversation.

We are hoping that we see lots of students with CRAZY hair on Monday and we reach our goal of $2,000.

District Cross Country

Tuesday 23rd May saw the Wyndham District Cross Country teams meet up for their annual competition.

9 schools and over 500 year 3 to 6 students descended on Presidents Park to compete for the chance to represent the district at the divisional round on 28th May.

Wyndham Vale PS took a strong team of 28 students to compete over the 2km and 3km course. With 6 different races across the 3 age groups I am delighted to say that Wyndham Vale PS won 4 of these events with Gamya 3C, Isaac 5H, Eniope 6C and Abdi 6C winning their races.

Out of the 28 students taken, 13 have managed to progress into the next round!

A massive congratulations to all involved on the day. Your participation ensured Wyndham Vale PS came away with the overall event win for the second year in a row!

The students progressing to the next round are; Gamya 3C, Isaac 5H, Eniope 6C, Abdi 6C, Jed 6B, Isaac 6A, Sharmila 5A, Ashley 3C, Enrique 4B, William 4G , Ashton 5B, Anahat 6B and Aahana 6a.

Well done to everyone involved!

CSEF

If you are the holder of a Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card you are entitled to receive funding called CSEF - Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund. You may have received it last year but if you have a sibling that started this year you will need to fill in a form for that child. If you have transferred from another school you will also need to fill in a for with us, forms are available from the office, more information is available under the CSEF tab within the newsletter.

Yard Duty and Supervision

Student safety at Wyndham Vale Primary School is our highest priority and the safe and appropriate supervision of students is an important element of our duty of care to students. Part of this duty is ensuring parents and students are aware of our student supervision arrangements before and after school.

Before school: School gates are opened, and grounds are supervised at 8:20am until all students have entered classrooms at 8:45am.

After school: School grounds are supervised at the conclusion of the school day at 2:55pm until gates are closed at 3:10pm.

Students on school grounds outside these times will not be supervised (unless they are attending a before or after school care program or supervised extracurricular activity). Parents/carers/guardians are requested to ensure that students do not attend school outside of these supervised times unless they are attending before or after school care, or a pre-arranged supervised activity (i.e. sports practice).

Families are encouraged to contact the school office on 03 8754 0888 or refer to Team Kids for more information about the before and after school care facilities available to our school community or if you would like any further information about our student supervision arrangements.

For a copy of our school’s Yard Duty and Supervision Policy please contact the school office on 03 8754 0888. This policy includes Wyndham Vale Primary School’s student supervision arrangements across the school day, including before and after school.

Michael Laird

Assistant Principal

All late comers need to go straight to Mrs Bebend 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.

Road Safety:

Wyndham Council have contacted us to inform us they will be patrolling our school area due to the large number of complaints they have received regarding dangerous driving, parking across drive ways and on the nature strips as well as the school crossings not being used.

We are asking that you are vigilant at all times and role model for our students the following:

Cross at the school crossings

Do not park on the nature strip

Do not park across our neighbors driveways and block them

Do not double park to drop children off/pick them up

Do not speed, be aware of your speed and the speed limit during school hours

Pedestrians are to give way to vehicles at round abouts.

It is in everyone's best interest to keep the students safe and be respectful to those around you and be a good role model for the students -

WVPS Staff - DO NOT cross the road without using the crossing

Important Dates