Assistant Principal's Report

Australian Mathematics Competition Certificates Presented

Last week, we were proud to present certificates to the students who took part in the Australian Maths Competition. This national competition gives students the chance to challenge themselves with problem-solving and mathematical thinking.

All participants should be congratulated for their effort and enthusiasm. It was great to see so many students giving it a go and representing our school so well.

A special congratulations goes to the students who received Distinction (top 20% in Australia and High Distinction (top 3% in Australia) certificates for their outstanding results:

Distinction

• Freya 3B
• Sophia 4C
• Aamir 4B
• Shona 5C
• Mya 6A
• Tha Tha 6A
• Mason 6B

High Distinction

• Caspar 5B
• Aiden 5C

We also celebrated our Best in School award winner, who placed in the top 1% of all Year 5 students across Australia – an incredible achievement!

• Caspar 5B

Well done to all involved. We look forward to seeing even more students take part next year!

2026 Foundation Parent Information Session 2

Please note there has been a change of date for the Second of our Parent Information Sessions for our 2026 Foundation students. It will now take place on Thursday 27th of November, again in the Library. During this session we will cover Teaching and Learning at Deer Park West PS and how you can support your child at home with their learning. We look forward to seeing our 2026 Foundation families there. 

Kind regards,

Joshua Fielding

Assistant Principal

Hello Everyone,

Pride and Integrity Raffle 

This raffle recognizes all the students who are attending school on time.  This is to acknowledge the students demonstrating Pride and Integrity by being ready to learn each day.

Every student who is at school, and in their classroom, before the bell (9am) will have their name added to the class attendance box. So, if they are present on time, every day of the week, they will have 5 entries into the raffle. 

Week 4 

FA – Mi-Mi, FC – Khoi, 1A – Khang, 1B – Tsokyi, 2A – Ashley, 2B – Veronika, 4A – Moses, 4C – Thomas, 5A – Rose, 5C – Vernika, 6A – Levi, 6B – Mason, 6C - Gabby

The raffle winner was Gabby from 6C! Congratulations! 

Gabby received 15 PACs for Pride & Integrity

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.

Well done to Alessio (Mum & Dad) 4B who completed the Brain Teaser and will receive 2 PACs.

Week 5: 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.

Kind regards,

Deanne Scott

Acting Principal