Welcome to our new Prep families - it's an exciting journey starting at WMPS!

There is a real sense of momentum and optimism across our school, and I am really proud of the way our students, staff and families have begun the year together.

As a staff, we began the year with a dedicated staff professional learning day. We launched our 2026 goals and priorities. As a school, we are continuing our strong focus on literacy, numeracy and wellbeing. These are not just broad headings on a document — they shape the daily work in our classrooms, the professional conversations our teachers are having, and the way we support every child to grow.

Since then, our students and teachers have settled exceptionally well into their learning programs, both in their general classrooms and specialist subjects. I really enjoy hearing about all the adventures our students have had over the summer holidays.

I thoroughly enjoy taking all our PE classes — it’s a great way to see students' confidence and personalities shine.

Some early highlights:

Our grade 5/6 Interschool cricket team making it to DIVISION level!!

Our successful Meet the Teacher afternoon
Our fabulous Open Afternoon - which was really well supported where students brought in their boarding passes and exchanged them for Passports which they had stamped for each activity students visited.

Our 'Wellbeing Wednesdays' being a great hit with our students and already making a positive impact.

Our prep students coming to school 5 days a week.
Leadership Badge Assembly

Our new table tennis table - which is being well used ( we are searching for an additional table).

Grade 3- 6 excursion to Melbourne Cable Park - a fantastic day out filled with
challenging team building activities developing resilience in our students.

Annual privacy reminder for our school community (from Department of Education)

Our school collects and uses student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ privacy policy and the Schools’ privacy collection notice.

Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students policy, describes how we collect and use photographs, video and recordings of students. The policy also explains when parent consent is required and how it can be provided and withdrawn.

We ask parents to also review the guidance we provide on how we use Microsoft 365/Google Workspace for Education safely at the school and what parents can do to further protect their child’s information. If after reviewing the guidance, you have any questions or concerns regarding your child using Microsoft 365/Google Workspace for Education, please contact the school.

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ privacy policy: information for parents. This information is also available in eleven community languages:

Amharic
Arabic
Chinese
Dari
Gujarati
Mandarin
Somali
Sudanese
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese

Stay safe always and be kind,

Meredith Thornton

Principal

Enrolments always welcome - please spread the word about our fantastic school.

WMPS OSHC