Curriculum Update

We are extremely proud of our staff and the level of knowledge they bring to the curriculum and achievement levels of their children. We are passionate about ensuring all children are on their own learning journey accessing teaching at their point of need. We are proud to have progressive reporting to support our families in knowing what their children are learning at any given point throughout the year, not just mid and end of Semester. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you need help in accessing this on compass.

You will now find our school’s Mastery Guides in compass. Click on then scroll down to school documentation and you will find ‘Curriculum Mastery Guides’. This document clearly shows what children are aiming to achieve at the different levels and areas of the curriculum. It is our hope that this will support you in joining with us in the learning journey of your child.

SICK BAY

Sometimes it can be tricky to discern whether your child is fit to attend school. If your child is feeling unwell with cold/flu like symptoms, have been vomiting or had diarrhoea in the last 24 hours please keep them at home until they are well again. Sick bay tends to be a busy hub so if we call for your child to be picked up and you are unavailable, please make other arrangements as it not acceptable or practical to accommodate a sick child at school for the whole day.

Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2009 It is the parent’s responsibility to advise the school via Compass if their child is away from school and alert us of notifiable diseases as per the School Exclusion Table:

https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/public-health/infectious-diseases/school-exclusion

Please join us

We are excited to be keeping families informed via our Facebook group. This is a closed group and we enjoy the positive community that we are establishing on this platform. The information shared is timely and ongoing through our many moderators. You can also like/follow our page and enjoy the photo updates.

We currently have 815 followers on our official school Facebook page. Please head over and ‘LIKE’ and ‘FOLLOW’ us at https://www.facebook.com/WandongPS/

We currently have 512 members in our official school Facebook group. Please ensure that you answer the questions when you join us, as our moderators will decline any request that is not authentic and a genuine parent of our community. Please head over and join this group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/3619617971385556/.

Please note that like a friend’s profile, Facebook PAGES are designed to create an authentic and public presence on Facebook. On the other hand, Facebook GROUPS are the place for small-group communication and for people to share their common interests. Our official GROUP is for that purpose, as mentioned in previous newsletters. You are invited and welcome to this space to share, communicate and ask questions of others in the community. This site is moderated by selected staff across the school.

We are currently finalising our enrolments for 2024

Over the coming weeks the school will commence planning for 2024. We are looking at the number of students enrolled and considering our structure and the number of classes we will need to best support the learning programs that are provided for students. This planning takes into account the budget that will be available for staffing. This budget is determined by student numbers; therefore, it is important to have the best possible information when we are making our decisions.

If you have a child who will be commencing in Foundation next year, you should have already submitted your enrolment form. Confirmation of Foundation enrolments will be sent Friday and no application can be accepted following this date.

Conversely, any parents who know their children will not be continuing at Wandong 2024, could you please let me know in writing as soon as possible. Even if you are not sure at this moment, a note about the possibility that this may occur is always helpful. As enrolment numbers affect our staffing decisions and the number of classes we have, it is important that we are able to predict as closely as possible what our expected enrolment will be in 2024.