A warm welcome to our community

I hope everyone is enjoying the Autum 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 beanies are available for purchase at the uniform shop in Ringwood.

A huge congratulations to Weeden Heights PS. - TOP 20!

I hope that you all read my email last week and the article that named Weeden Heights. We are ranked number 20 in Victoria’s highest performing schools once again! I’m so incredibly proud of our school and what we achieve. AMAZING!

Education Week

Weeden Heights PS is celebrating Education Week next week and we have a full calendar. We also hope that you invite prospective families to the event so that they can experience our school and meet the wonderful staff and families.

The theme of 2026 Education Week is Showcase your school, encouraging school communities to celebrate what’s great about their school.

Every Victorian school is great in its own unique way, whether it’s the people, the place, the learning opportunities or the school community.

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

Monday

In the Classroom: Dress up day – come dressed as what you want to be when you grow up.

Tuesday

Grandparents Morning Tea

Grandparents will visit the classrooms undertaking activities. Meet at the artificial grass at 10.40am for morning tea.

Wednesday

Open Night 5.00pm – 6.30pm ‘PAST PRESENT & FUTURE’

Activities in rooms
Performances by individual students
Performances by the choir
Classroom activities
Showcasing our talented students and classrooms

Friday

In the Classroom: Whole School Maths Day Students working cross aged in their house groups on the concept of ‘time’.

It should be a great week and we hope to see you all there to help celebrate our school

Attitudes to School Survey

The annual Attitudes to School Survey will be implemented over the coming weeks with the year 4, 5 & 6 students. The survey provides our students with a ‘voice’ which 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!).

Working Bee

Just a reminder that the school has it’s working bee this Sunday (17 May). Thank you to the families who have responded and the families that have donated towards the day. We really do appreciate your efforts. I’m looking forward to seeing a clean, weed free school on Monday. A big thank you in advance to all of the families for their work and efforts.

Educational Support Staff Day – Saturday 16 May

I would like to acknowledge the incredible ES staff that support our school, staff and students every day at Weeden Heights PS. We really could not operate as a school without them! Thank you to Delphine, Cindy, Emma, Erin, Marika, Nathan, Amanda and Sarah! You’re amazing.

Enrolments for 2027 - 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 2027 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.

Please contact either Sarah or Amanda in the office for support to enrol on-line should you experience any difficulty. Thank you.

Until next time……

Kylie Campbell

Principal

Community