Across Oliver's Desk  

Dear Parents & Guardians,

With only 3 weeks until the end of the school year, we are heading into the home straight. 

Dates you might be interested in:

• Chesterfield Farm Excursion, Preps – Tuesday 2nd  December

• Student Leadership Assembly for 2026 – Friday 5th December 2:30pm

• Step Up Day – Tuesday 9th December

• High School Orientation - Tuesday 9th December, Private Schools may differ. No transport provided.  No Grade 6 students attend at Woori.

• Christmas Carols Evening – Wednesday 10th December

• 5/6 Enterprise Market – Friday 12th December

• Last Day of Term – Thursday 18th  December, early finish 1:30pm

• Excellence Awards – Thursday 18th  December at 9:10am

• Grade 6 Graduation – Thursday 18th  December at Kallarra Estate

• Curriculum Day – Friday 19th  December 

CHRISTMAS CAROLS NIGHT

One of my favourite nights of the year. Find a spot on the hill and watch the children sing to Christmas themed songs. Ben will again be singing as will a special performance from our teacher aides. All of this fun will be surrounded by food trucks! A Woori Primary School night not to be missed. 

GRADE TWO SLEEP OVER

The grade two sleep over was lots of fun for everyone involved. Thanks to our wonderful teachers for going above and beyond and for our children who apparently all had a ball. 

JUNIOR SCHOOL SPEAKING COMPETITION 

The junior school finalists were simply amazing. The grade two competition was incredible considering their age and experience. I’ve seen a lot of inter-school 5/6 competitions in my time, and I promise that our grade twos would have been competitive in those competitions. I was so impressed.

The grade ones were also amazing, and the Preps have started their Woori journey with speaking in public and demonstrated amazing courage! 

Below are the winners even though they are all winners for making the final and for having the courage to compete.

THE FINALISTS

The winning students as determined by the judges: 

ROTARY OUTER EAST SPEAKING COMPETITION FINAL

Dixi Schaak-Taylor won the Wandin inter-school (against local schools) speaking competition earlier this year with her speech on how gambling ads can directly affect children. She competed on Wednesday night against all the other winners in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Dixi was simply amazing and won the high-quality grand final against students that speak better than most politicians. 

I am so proud that our school has won this competition twice in a row. I’m sure that a lot of the audience and even some of the judges would have never heard of Woori Yallock before. But they certainly have now, Dixi worked really hard for this and she deserves all the accolades she gets. 

The terrifying thing for all the schools that competed in the grand final is that Dixi is only in grade five and can compete again next year. Well done Dixi the whole community is proud of you. 

NEXT YEAR WE START WITH TWO CURRICULUM DAYS

Monday 26th Jan –               Public Holiday

Tuesday 27th Jan -               Curriculum Day

Wednesday 28th Jan -         Curriculum Day 

Thursday 29th Jan –             All students (Half the Preps will have their first day)

Friday 30th Jan -                   All students (Second half of Preps will have their first day)

Monday 2nd February -    All students attend 

MORE SPORT STARS

The grade 3/4 girls made the Hoop Time Regional Finals. The girls didn’t win a match, but it was a massive effort to make it that far. Well done girls we are proud of you. 

It was another great week at Woori Yallock P.S. If your week wasn’t as good just think of the England cricket team and how they must feel after having Australia on toast and still finding a way to get not only beaten but thumped! It’s better barracking for Australia then Carlton.

Oliver Thockloth

Principal