School News
LOST PROPERTY
WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF LOST PROPERTY ITEMS THAT ARE NOT NAMED!!!! These items will be in the front office and free for anyone to take.
There will be tub with the items in it.
Clothing on the rack in the office are items forsale not for free.
PLEASE PUT YOUR CHILD'S NAME ON THEIR CLOTHING SO ITEMS CAN BE RETURNED
What Our Foundation Students Are Doing
The Foundation students have had a busy start to the first half of Term 3.
In Week 3 both the Foundation students and teachers celebrated being at school for 100 days. We marked this momentous occasion by dressing up as what we thought we would look like if we were 100 years old. It was incredible to see so many students dressed up as well as all the Foundation teachers and E.S! Students spent the day participating in a range of activities including our parade, making a fruit loop necklace, a 100 day crown and having a disco.
In week 4 the Foundation students competed in the WVPS Foundation Olympics Day. Students spent the morning making their own gold medal and Olympic torch. We discussed the importance of the Olympic torch, the history of the Olympics and what the Olympics is all about. Students shared events which they had been enjoying watching at home. In the middle of the day students competed in a range of non-competitive events including Ninja Warrior, sack races, running races and soccer goal kicking just to name a few. A big shoutout to Foundation F who won overall for the way they demonstrated respect, responsibility and team spirit amongst the events! At the conclusion of the day students participated in a medal ceremony to celebrate their participation in the WVPS Foundation Olympics.
Amidst the excitement of both days, we are so proud of how all the Foundation students demonstrated our school values of respect, responsibility and honesty throughout these special events.
Wyndham Divisional AFL Gala Day
Families of Wyndham Vale Primary School
Thursday 12th of September, Wyndham Vale Primary School will be celebrating R U OK? Day!
R U OK? Day, is an annual day to promote engagement and connection between all people within your community. It is about inspiring and empowering everyone to start a conversation with another person in your world who may be struggling with life’s pressures. It is not about being an expert, it’s about reaching out to each other, to offer support as a conversation could change a life.
On Thursday 12th of September (Week 9), as a whole school community, we will celebrate and recognise R U OK? Day by wearing a splash of yellow! – this is to be one item of clothing being worn with the whole school uniform, such as a yellow t-shirt, cardigan, jumper, a headband, ribbon, or another accessory.
To promote R U OK? Day, on Thursday 12th of September students will be encouraged to ask the question “are you ok?” and learn about the importance of being a listener through a learning activity within the school day.
We encourage you to also have a discussion with your household about R U OK? Day, how being a good friend and a great listener can make such a difference to someone who needs it. If you seek more information about R U OK? Day; please visit https://bit.ly/WVPSRUOK; if you require more information about our school event, please make contact with your student’s classroom teacher.
Thank you
Sal Farfalla
Learning Specialist.
Sick Bay – New Procedure for Notifications
From now on you will receive a notification for:
- A student who has soiled themselves, you will also be notified if they have required a change of clothes supplied by the school. Please wash and return any clothes that have been supplied.
- A student who has had a minor incident and visits the sickbay.
You will receive a courtesy notification via SMS and Compass. There is no need to call the school if you receive these messages.
For serious incidents, such as a head injury or severe illness/injury, you will receive a phone call from the school instead of an SMS notification.
The new Compass notifications are to inform parents of student visits to sickbay in a timely manner and to reduce our paper usage.
Do you have any spare school pants?? Sick bay is very short on pants needing sizes up to 8. If you have any you no longer need we would be very grateful if they could be donated for our use.
Yard Duty and Supervision
Student safety at Wyndham Vale Primary School is our highest priority and the safe and appropriate supervision of students is an important element of our duty of care to students. Part of this duty is ensuring parents and students are aware of our student supervision arrangements before and after school.
Before school: School gates are opened, and grounds are supervised at 8:20am until all students have entered classrooms at 8:45am.
After school: School grounds are supervised at the conclusion of the school day at 2:55pm until gates are closed at 3:10pm.
Students on school grounds outside these times will not be supervised (unless they are attending a before or after school care program or supervised extracurricular activity). Parents/carers/guardians are requested to ensure that students do not attend school outside of these supervised times unless they are attending before or after school care, or a pre-arranged supervised activity (i.e. sports practice).
Families are encouraged to contact the school office on 03 8754 0888 or refer to Team Kids for more information about the before and after school care facilities available to our school community or if you would like any further information about our student supervision arrangements.
For a copy of our school’s Yard Duty and Supervision Policy please contact the school office on 03 8754 0888. This policy includes Wyndham Vale Primary School’s student supervision arrangements across the school day, including before and after school.
Michael Laird
Assistant Principal
All late comers need to go straight to Mrs Bebend to be signed in.
Please remember to label your child's uniform with their name. We have many items of clothing in lost property that we cannot return because there is no name on the items.
Road Safety:
Wyndham Council have contacted us to inform us they will be patrolling our school area due to the large number of complaints they have received regarding dangerous driving, parking across drive ways and on the nature strips as well as the school crossings not being used.
We are asking that you are vigilant at all times and role model for our students the following:
Cross at the school crossings
Do not park on the nature strip
Do not park across our neighbors driveways and block them
Do not double park to drop children off/pick them up
Do not speed, be aware of your speed and the speed limit during school hours
Pedestrians are to give way to vehicles at round abouts.
It is in everyone's best interest to keep the students safe and be respectful to those around you and be a good role model for the students -
DO NOT cross the road without using the crossing
