A Word from the Principal 

A Warm Welcome to our Weeden Heights Community

A warm welcome to our community

I hope everyone is enjoying the Autumn days and staying warm in the colder mornings!  The weather has certainly change but we still have many students in their summer uniform.  In the previous Nokuna, I included the uniform requirements to encourage some warmer clothes for our students.  Don’t forget the Weeden Heights PS sleeveless vest, rain jacket and beanie are available for purchase at the uniform shop in Ringwood. 

Education Week!

This year, Education Week runs from Monday 13 May to Friday 17 May. The theme, Spotlight on STEM, celebrates the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in our everyday lives, in the classroom and beyond.  Education Week is an opportunity for our school to celebrate and share with you how we encourage our students to be active learners.

Weeden Heights has taken the opportunity to celebrate Education Week by:

To find out more about Education Week 2024, visit www.vic.gov.au/education-week.

Attitudes to School Survey

The annual Attitudes to School Survey will be implemented this week (today) with the year 5 & 6 students.  Year 4’s will complete the survey next Monday.  Providing our student with a ‘voice’ is important to us and we do act on what is said.  The data obtained from this survey forms a part of the school review process as an accountability measure but more importantly assists us to address the needs of the students.  I must say I am very proud of our survey results to date as students indicate a strong connection to their school and their peers while feeling safe and believing in a positive future.  I’m crossing my fingers for more amazing understandings and voice from our students. 

Student Safety

This is a reminder that the staff car park at the front and back of the school is out of bounds for all pedestrians (students and parents).  There are staff leaving at different times and the driveway at the front car park is steep with low visibility due to the bend.  It is far too dangerous for pedestrians to use.  Also please be very careful when walking on the footpath near the driveway as there are cars exiting and I have noticed that a couple of parents are using it to turn around in. 

PFA Mother’s Day Stall

A huge thank-you to our PFA and the work they put in to sourcing and packaging items that our mums and mother figures would love. Thank-you also to the parents who helped with our students purchasing from the stall.  We hope that all our wonderful mothers and mother figures had a wonderful day on Sunday (and got very spoilt!). 

Enrolments for 2025 - Looking for successful learners to join our team!

This is a reminder for our existing families (and please pass onto your neighbours), that enrolment forms for 2025 Foundation year students are now due.  Our highly successful Bright Beginnings transition program commences at the end of term 3 and we do not want our future students to miss the opportunity to attend. 

All preschool parents know that for the first time they must submit their online enrolment forms to Weeden Heights PS by Friday 26 July.  This is the deadline for every school in the state and it will assist schools in developing budgets and allocating staffing for the following year. 

We have set up our new interview room to assist anyone who is experiencing difficulties completing the online form. Cindy is also able to support Mandarin speaking families as well. 

Please contact either Kerryn or Cindy in the office for support to download the enrolment form for your pre-schooler.  Thank you. 

Until next time……

Kylie Campbell

Principal