School News
2023 Voluntary Contributions
The following Charges and Voluntary Contributions have been endorsed by the School Board for 2023.
Voluntary School Contribution: The Voluntary Contribution has been set at $60.00 per child and $150 for families with 3 or more children currently enrolled at White Gum Valley Primary School for 2023. This is the maximum recommended amount as determined by the Education Department.
Funds raised will go towards supplementing resources including:
- sporting equipment replacement
- general resources for the following hands-on activities across the curriculum
- Arts resources
- Information Technology software resources
Where possible please pay the Voluntary Contribution by the end of May to assist with school budgeting. If you need to pay by installments, please contact Mrs Kapiteyn at our Administration Office.
Thank you to all the families who have already paid.
Payments can be made at the Front Office either by cash or cheque or if you prefer you can pay directly into our bank account (details as below).
Account name: White Gum Valley Primary School
BSB: 066-107
Account number: 0090-1498
Ref: Students surname and Vols
Applications for Enrolment of Students in Kindergarten and Pre-Primary 2024
KINDY 2024
If you know of any families in our area who will have a Kindy aged child next year, please advise them we are now taking Applications for Enrolment. These are available from the office or can be downloaded from our website
www.whitegumvalleyps.wa.edu.au
PRE PRIMARY 2024
Students currently attending at Hazel Orme Community Kindergarten will be requested to fill out a new Application for Enrolment, which can be collected from Hazel Orme Kindergarten or the Front Office, to be considered for enrolment in the White Gum Valley PS Pre Primary for 2024.
Applications for both Kindergarten and Pre-Primary 2024 close Friday, 21 July 2023. Families will be contacted shortly after this date regarding their application.
YEAR 1 2024
As Pre Primary is compulsory, all existing Pre Primary 2023 students will be automatically enrolled into Year 1 2024 - no further enrolment action is necessary.
If you have any queries regarding enrolments, please contact the School Office on 9435 6900.
ANZAC
On 27 April, the year sixes of W.G.V.P.S went on an ANZAC March to acknowledge the ANZACs of World War One and World War Two, and the many other servicemen and women who have fought for our country.
The year sixes started their march on Coleville Crescent and walked down Spearwood Avenue until they reached Beale park. Where they paid their respects to the ANZACs past, present and future. The roads were closed and cars had to stop as the march with hundreds of students walked on the road, led by the Scotch bagpipe band.
Seton Catholic College hosted the event and delivered speeches and poems about the ANZACs. The Seton Catholic choir also sang songs from the war, and we are Australian and both Australia’s and New Zealand’s anthem. Guests from the military attended and told stories about the war.
By Abi and Isaac, Year 6
Positive Behaviour Support
At the end of Term 1, the Student Councillors worked with Mrs Walker to determine Term 2's fortnightly behaviour focus.
During Weeks 3 & 4, our fortnightly behaviour focus will be:
'following the expectations of designated areas'
Staff will be discussing with students the expected and unexpected behaviours of designated areas around the school.
Attendance Matters
At the end of every term, we analyse the attendance records of our students. The Department of Education sets the expectation that students should attend school for at least 90% of the term. A child would only need to miss one day a fortnight to fall below this expectation. When a child’s attendance falls below 90, we may need to follow this up with parents.
We very much appreciate it when parents inform us of reasons for an absence. We may need to contact families should a pattern of absence or a sudden decline in attendance occur. It can be easy to lose track of how many days your child is absent from school; a letter is occasionally sent to parents at the start of the following term to inform them of their child’s attendance rate if it falls behind 90%.
If you receive a letter and would like to discuss it, please see your child’s teacher or contact Sam Tingle, our Deputy Principal.
Attendance Matters
Did you know that 1 missed day per fortnight is equal to 4 weeks in a year and a whole year across the school life of a student?
Every day really does count.
E-Safety
The e-Safety Commissioner has some interesting webinars coming up that you might find useful. These webinars include Getting started with social media and Setting your child up for success online.
More information can be found following this link https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars.
The webinar 2023 schedule can be accessed following this link: https://www.esafety.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-12/2023%20parent%20and%20carer%20webinar%20schedule.pdf.
WGV Good Standing Policy