Westbreen Primary School Newsletter

Westbreen 

 

Community News

Family Time this Wednesday 21st May 

Back by popular demand… it’s Lego challenges!

Come join us in the library tomorrow for an hour of fun and amazing Lego creations. 3:15pm to 4:15pm.  A friendly reminder that children cannot join Family Time without a supervising parent or carer or jump on Big Bear!

 

Last week at Family Time we had fun in the sun with some good old fashion games: egg & spoon races, 3 legged races & sack races. Thank you to Ned & Harry's mum, Carmen, for jumping in and helping Rhoda & Atika with the activities. I hope you can see from the smiles on the faces in our photos that both children and parents had lots of fun!

 

Volunteering at Team Westbreen

At Team Westbreen we love having our community involved in helping to enhance the learning experiences of our students.  If you are interested in listening to our students’ read, help with classroom activities when teachers need help, making resources for our teachers, assisting at Book Fair, Mother’s and/or Father’s Day stall, attending sports days and/or excursions, or volunteering at our Canteen and/or Breakfast Club.   

 

All our volunteers need to have a current WWCC and have completed a short Volunteer Induction session.  Here is what you will need to do:

Westbreen’s Volunteer Induction session

There are 2 ways to complete this: 

  • 1 on 1 with me for approximately 5 minutes to run through the program and sign off once completed
  • Contact me and I will email you the documents to read in your own time. Once done, we make time for you to sign off the program is completed. 

Working With Children Check (WWCC)

You can apply for a Volunteer WWCC card through Services Victoria.  Go online to:  www.vic.gov.au/working-with-children-check and follow the prompts.  There is no cost involved in applying for a Volunteer WWCC card and it usually takes about 10-15minutes to do online.  To ensure a smooth process make sure you have 2 of the documents below with you when you are ready to proceed: 

You’ll need at least one of these:

  • Australian passport that has not expired for more than 3 years
  • Australian birth certificate that is not handwritten
  • Foreign passport linked to a valid Australian visa
  • Valid ImmiCard
  • Australian citizenship certificate

 

  • Australian driver licence
  • Australian driver learner permit
  • Medicare card

  • Services Victoria recommend you use your passport and driver’s licence.

    If the names on your documents don’t match, you must also prove any name changes. For example, with a: Australian marriage certificate, or change of name certificate. 

For more information please don’t hesitate to contact me via phone 03 9306 9481, via email kerry.parfett@eduction.vic.gov.au. Alternatively, if you see me in the yard feel free to stop me and have a chat.

Kerry Parfett

Community & Enrolment Facilitator 

Come Join in the Fun!

Playgroup is on every Thursday morning from 9am - a great time for little ones to play, learn, and make new friends while parents and carers' connect. 

Lots of fun activities, toys and smiles await - we'd love to see you there!