Principal's Report
8th May 2020
Welcome to our second edition of the “Learning from Home’ Newsletter! As we move into our fifth week of ‘remote learning’, the Wheelers Hill PS learning platform continues to expand and develop. The staff have been working at a fierce pace creating weekly lessons and conducting whole class and small group Webex sessions. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our parents again for the incredible support that you are providing for your child/ren within this new and challenging remote learning situation, and to our staff for being so resilient, adaptable and flexible with our current situation. Thank you a well to our parents for completing the recent surveys on our remote learning programs. We have altered our programs to accommodate some of the suggestions and ideas you gave us.
School Council News
On Monday night the Annual General Meeting and May meeting of the school council was held. Congratulations to the following councillors who have been elected into these positions:
President : Marianne Ng
Vice President : Dina Pogrebnoy
Treasurer : Flora Liu
Secretary : Leasyl Richards
Our other school councillors are:
Parents : Tim Stoddard, Kristine Klados, Regine Korbatieh, Shika Gupta, Shamus Dougan
Staff : Michael Ramsey, Katrina Spicer, Sharyn Veale, Lamia Bouazza
Our school council has been stable for the last few years. 2020 marks the 5th year Marianne has been our President and the 3rd year Flora has been the Treasurer. This is the first year Dina has been elected to Vice President. Thank you to Clare Byrne who held the Vice President's role over the last two years.
School council also has a number of sub-committees that oversee school operations. These are Education which develops school policies, finance that examines the school finances and OSHC which assists with the running of this important school program. Membership of sub-committees if open to all members of the school community and usually invloves one meeting a month or email communication.
If you are interested in joining a sub-committee please email me at: Michael.Ramsey@education.vic.gov.au
School council endorsed the 2019 Annual Report at the last meeting which can be found in Compass under the school resources tab.
Prep 2021 Enrolments
Prep enrolments for 2021 are still open. Information about enrolment and forms are available via our school website under the enrolment tab. You are welcome to scan and email the Enrolment Form and required documentation to: wheelers.hill.ps@education.vic.gov.au.
Alternatively you are also welcome to put the form and associated documents in a envelope and put them in the letter box at the front of the school.
If you are current family at school and are enrolling a Prep student for next year, I encourage you to do ASAP so we can confirm our numbers.
Due to the Coronavirus we have cancelled all school tours. We will open more tours as soon as we can.
Buildings and Grounds Update
With the school empty of students and staff, it has been a good opportunity to work on some building and grounds updates around the school. Along with the playground updates that were finished last week we has also been able to repair and grow back the bare patches in the oval and remove and replace the sleepers around the junior playground. Over the next week few weeks, the school will also have areas of asbestos removed as part of a government initiative to remove asbestos from all schools in Victoria by 2023.
To Our Wonderful Mums
We wish all of our Wheelers Hill Mums a very happy and relaxing Mother’s Day on Sunday. Here are a few ideas you might want to write down and accidentally leave somewhere obvious - like the kitchen bench….
https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/40-acts-of-kindness-for-mothers-day/
● Draw/paint a picture for your mum
● Collect flowers from your garden and make a bouquet
● Leave a sweet note on her mirror
● Leave a kind note on her pillow
● Surprise her with a note in her car
● Leave a silly note on her computer or laptop screen
● Email your mum something that you love about her
● Text your Mum a kind message (Your dad can help!)
● Take a picture with your mum and print it for the fridge or office
● Create a Hanging Photo Frame with Mum Pictures
● Write a thank you note for a recent task she helped you with
● Write a Poem about your Mum
● Create a scavenger Hunt for her with Thoughtful Notes
● Create a wall of flowers or hearts with positive words on their door each day
● Set the table for a fancy dinner
● Offer to help clean up the kitchen after dinner
● Make a special dinner for mum
\● Bake a special treat for her
● Surprise her with breakfast in bed
Michael Ramsey
Principal