November 13th 2024
'The Puggle Post'
OUR SCHOOL VISION:
"Wandong Primary School...Making a difference by developing confident, independent and resilient learners who strive for personal excellence."
What's on What's Due
| NOVEMBER | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Wednesday 13th | Scholastic Book Club orders are now open |
| Wednesday 13th | Grade 5/6E Say G'Day Trail Ride - Consent due |
| Thursday 14th | Grade 5/6 E Say G'Day Trail Ride 11:30am - 1:30pm |
| Thursday 14th | Grade 5/6C & 5/6 B Say G'Day Trail Ride -Consent due |
| Friday 15th | Grade 5/6 C Say G'Day Trail Ride 9:00am - 11:00am |
| Friday 15th | Grade 5/6 B Say G'Day Trail Ride 11:30am - 1:30pm |
| Friday 15th | Foundation transition #2 |
| Monday 18th | Foundation 2025 Information Session - Webex 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
| Monday 18th - Wednesday 20th | Grade 3/4 Camp - Log Cabin Camp |
| Friday 22nd | Foundation Day Camp |
| Monday 25th -Tuesday 26th | Grade 1/2 Camp - Overnight Camp "Camp Weekaway" |
| Wednesday 27th - Friday 29th | Grade 5/6 Camp - The Ranch |
| Thursday 28th | Scholastic Book Club orders close today |
| Friday 29th | Foundation transition #3 |
| Saturday 30th | Wallan Police Open Day 10:00am -3:00pm - Information flyer below |
| DECEMBER | 2024 |
| Monday 2nd | Professional Practice Day (Student Free) - If your child requires care, please book in at https://theircare.com.au/ |
| Monday 2nd | Foundation 2025 Meet the Teacher BBQ - 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
| Tuesday 3rd | Whole School Colour Run Day @ L B Davern |
| Wednesday 4th | Grade 6 Graduation 2024 - Consent and payment due today |
| Thursday 5th | PAFA meeting 9:00 -10:00am |
| Friday 6th | Funfields - End of Year Pool Party - Consent and payment due today |
| Friday 6th | F-2 Police visit - Road Safety |
| Friday 6th | Working Bee - 1/2L, 3/4G & 3/4B 2:30pm- 3:30pm Parents welcome |
| Tuesday 10th | State Wide Transition Day |
| Tuesday 10th | Foundation 2025 Teddy Bear's Picnic |
| Thursday 12th | Parent helper morning tea in the library 11:00am -11:30pm |
| Friday 13th | Freaky Friday Dress Up Day - teachers dress as students/students dress as teachers |
| Monday 16th | Christmas Box Car - Whole School 4:30pm to 6.30pm |
| Wednesday 18th | Grade 6 Graduation 2024 |
| Thursday 19th | Funfields - End of Year Pool Party |
| Friday 20th | Last Day Term 4 |
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Payment of Curriculum Contributions
A huge thank you to everyone who has already made part or full payment for their child’s 2025 Curriculum Contributions. Please remember that this payment goes towards the resources your child will use in their classes in 2025. This is not a nice to have, but a necessity for our teachers to run the programs and experiences for your child. Please tick this off your list as soon as you are able. We continue to value your contributions in supporting our school’s programs and resources. These contributions assist us to broaden the educational experience for our students. Without your contributions MANY of these may not be possible.
Sad News
Over the weekend we had someone break into the school grounds, cutting locks and chains to gain entry and steal our ride on mower. The police are currently involved and we urge anyone in our community to let us, or the police know if they hear or see something.
Items Brought From Home
Just a little reminder that children shouldn’t bring anything of large monetary value to school, as lost items can cause some family distress. If children bring items from home into school, they are to take full responsibility for those items at recess breaks, lunch times and in their rooms.
Parent Helpers’ Morning Tea
Our annual morning tea to thank all of those who help us during the year (parents, grandparents, friends and volunteers) will be held on Thursday 12th December at 11:00 am in the library. Please mark this date in your diary. The morning tea is our way of saying thank you to all of those volunteers who contribute to making Wandong such a wonderful school.
Remembrance Day
As busy as this last week was, it was important to take the time to pause and reflect on Remembrance Day. It allowed me to reflect on how truly grateful I am to live in such a wonderful country. Thank you to our students who lead our one-minute silence.
WANTED AD – can you help? Are you a budding photographer or a photographer with a business?
We are desperately searching for someone who could take some professional photos of our students and grounds with the potential to use these on documents and various platforms. Please contact the school or me directly if you can help – Kelly.morrow@education.vic.gov.au
Moderation is the Key to Consistent Teacher Judgements
Our teachers are currently assessing student learning growth and achievement to inform their Semester Two reports.
Those who don’t teach or know/live with a teacher, often wonder what teachers use their time for outside of ‘face-to-face’ teaching. We spend a great deal of time planning, preparing lessons, doing professional learning and currently, our teachers are working hard to ensure accurate and consistent judgment of student achievement for their end of year reports. All teachers are attending several ‘moderation’ sessions in their own teams and across level teams.
Student learning achievement is not always clear cut. Students may be strong at one skill such as developing their writing ideas, but be a weaker speller and inconsistent at punctuating their writing. Another child may be a strong speller but play it safe and use basic words, rather than experiment with interesting and engaging nouns, verbs and adjectives. Some students write pages and pages of writing without revisions or editing, making it hard to follow and another student may write much less but write high-quality, engaging sentences. Reaching agreement in what constitutes achievement at each progression point can be highly subjective. Moderation tries to ensure we are as consistent and accurate as possible in the assessment of student work against the expectations outlined in the Standards. This moderation work is also valuable in that it helps teachers deeply understand each child’s strengths and areas for growth, as well as more thoroughly understand the Victorian Curriculum.
Semester Two Reports will be made available to parents in the last week of school via Compass.
Parent and carer School Saving Bonus code distribution
The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus – a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.
From Tuesday 26 November 2024, you will receive an email from the Department of Education with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code.
The School Saving Bonus will help families cover the cost of uniforms, textbooks, excursions, activities and more.
If you have multiple children enrolled in Victorian government schools for 2025, you will receive one School Saving Bonus code email per child. These emails might arrive on different days. Please make sure to check your spam/junk email folder.
Parents and carers can use the School Saving Bonus code in store at school-nominated suppliers. Parents and carers can also choose to access the School Saving Bonus online system, where they can allocate part or all the $400 bonus to use at school nominated-online suppliers or for school activities. To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, visit School Saving Bonus | vic.gov.au (www.vic.gov.au). A step-by-step user guide will be available on the webpage on 26 November.
If you have not received your School Saving Bonus code via email by Friday 29 November, please contact the Department of Education by emailing school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au
WELLBEING
SEW in 5/6C
In 5/6C, we’ve been focusing on the theme of “Being Organised” during our SEW lessons. We learned how being organised can help us in our day-to-day lives, assist with our learning, and aid in achieving goals. Through activities like a race to find materials in our tubs and organising what we would need for certain subjects, we explored ideas to stay on top of things and how being organised can help us do so. Students worked on and shared thoughts about materials they may need for subjects now and in high school, which encouraged them to think about how they themselves can stay organised and how they can improve their organisational skills.
BOOKLIST ORDERING PROCESS 2025
PAFA
Next Meeting: December 5th, 2024 @ 9.15am
Not one but TWO incentives for our Colour Explosion Fundraiser. A whole school goal to slime our courageous and cool Mr Fearn, and a sundae bar for the highest fundraising class… and don’t forget the awesome prizes that individual fundraisers get!
If you want to be in the running to slime Mr Fearn simply set up your profile at www.australianfundraising.com.au and raise $20!
Our Colour Explosion this year is going to be EPIC!
Colour Explosion School Run 4 Fun
Let’s kick off our fundraising efforts and make our goals a reality
TAKE NOTE
Students have received their sponsorship booklet and can now create their online profile at www.australianfundraising.com.au.
Big prizes are up for grabs! Unlock your first incentive prize simply by raising $10 online. The more your child raises, the more prizes they will receive.
You can also share in $200k of extra prize credit, win a PlayStation 5 Gaming Bundle and become a Fundraising MonSTAR! 
Get your Colour on, Wandong Primary School is hosting a Colour Explosion Run 4 Fun!
Our Colour Explosion Run 4 Fun will be on Tuesday 3rd December from 1.30 to about 3.10pm at LB Davern Reserve.
Not only are we hosting an awesome Colour Explosion Run 4 Fun, Students can order up to a total of 5 prizes based on their donations received. They can even mix and match! Don’t want the prizes, donate your donations to one of the five causes – Carbon Neutral (tree planting), Great Barrier Reef Foundation (coral planting or turtle protection), The Smith Family (reading support) or OzHarvest (providing meals).
Students have received a sponsorship book with instructions on setting up their cybersafe, online fundraising profile at www.australianfundraising.com.au. This is an entirely online fundraiser; all cash donations must be converted to online donations to redeem your prizes.
Extra Incentives to Fundraise!
- Online Golden Coins – complete fun online tasks to redeem an extra $75 towards your prize credit.
- Monty the Monstar’s Bonus Prizes – achieve milestones to unlock Monty’s bonus prizes.
- $10,000 Budget Booster Bonanza Spending Spree for one organisation’s highest fundraising student
- Our school will win an extra $5,000 if we have the highest average fundraised amount per student in 2024.
- A Play Station 5 Gaming Bundle – see your child’s sponsorship booklet for more!
For more information, please contact Soma or Steph at 1277-ptfa@schools.vic.edu.au.
OFFICE NOTICES
Office Hours : - 8:30am until 3:55pm
Picking Up Children – Please help our admin team!
In exceptional circumstances and emergencies, at times children need to be collected from school early. Please help our wonderful administration team by ensuring that this is not done during the break times of 11:00-11:30am and 1:45-2:30pm. When children are outside playing with their friends, they do not hear the announcements and it is difficult to have a staff member unlock classrooms to collect bags and belongings. Please help support our classroom programs by waiting until 3:30pm to collect children. The admin area is growing quite hectic in the afternoons with families collecting children early. Thank you in advance for your support and understanding.
IMPORTANT: – Mobile Phone/Watch/Device Policy
In 2020, DET introduced strict restrictions on the use of any device with access to a cellular system, with or without a physical connection to a network. Where students bring a device of this type to school, it MUST be placed in secure storage at the office.
IMPORTANT: – Student Information
It is very important we have up-to-date information for all students. Please check Compass and update current home & email address, phone numbers & medical details.
Reminder: –
Hats must be worn throughout Term Four & Term one outside. If they don’t have a hat, they can only play in a shaded area.
**Kids can get messy, please be organised & keep an extra set of clothes in your child’s bag for emergencies.
SOCIAL MEDIA AGE LIMITS SURVEY
UNIFORM
IMPORTANT
**Please remember to put your child’s full name on their uniform. Please don’t use initials, as this makes it harder for us to find the owner.
If you order a bag, the order can be placed in your child’s or siblings’ tub for convenience. If not, you will need to supply a bag or make arrangements to collect your order.
COMPASS – CANTEEN UNIFORM ORDERING
When ordering uniforms through Compass, use Canteen. See below for how to order
Going paperless will reduce waste & conserve our natural resources.
Please Note:
Select the following day as your order date if the current date is closed, even if it’s a weekend!
Log into the Compass App.
Select more at bottom of screen.
Click on the Canteen button.
COMPASS CANTEEN ORDERING
Log into the Compass App.
On home screen select Canteen or select the more button and then Canteen.
Click on the Canteen button.
Select Get started.
Select Student and then next.
Select Sitting—Select next date if current date is cut off for uniform or select date given for ordering e.g. Pizza Day.
Select sitting e.g. Uniform, Team shirt, Pizza Day etc.
Select next.
Click on item you require e.g. Bomber Jacket, pizza etc.
Add item.
Repeat for other items e.g. Short sleeve polo, drink.
Proceed to review order.
Select Customise when ordering Uniform or Team shirt.
Select Sizes.
Select Add to order button.
Note: If ordering Team shirt put Number in Special instructions.
Select Add order.
Add another order or select Confirm and Pay and follow the steps for payment.
CHURCH CARPARK MAP
AFTER SCHOOL CARE
Social, enjoyable & fun experiences for children
Develop creativity, life skills & confidence through play
Qualified, caring & engaged staff
Exciting & thoughtfully develop programs
Healthy & Yummy food provided each day
Bookings now open!
| Monday - Friday Hours of Operation | Fees before Child Care Subsidy* | Out-of-pocket fees after Child Care Subsidy** | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before School Care (BSC) | 6:30 AM to 8:45 AM | $24.10 | $2.41 |
| After School Care (ASC) | 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM | $26.40 | $2.64 |
| Pupil Free Day | 6.30 AM to 6.30 PM | $118.20 | $11.82 |
| Holiday Program*** | 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM | $112.79 | $11.28 |
*Standard fee costs before Child Care Subsidy/ **Standard fee costs after maximum Child Care Subsidy / *** Standard fee costs excluding incursions/excursions
Cancellation Fees
(No Child Care Subsidy applied to Cancellation Fees)
BSC/ASC within 48 hours of session start time: $5.00
Holiday Program within 5 days of session start time: $10.00
Same day cancellation fee is out-of-pocket session fee.
Late Booking Fees
(Child Care Subsidy is applied to Late Booking Fees)
BSC/ASC within 48 hours of session start time: $5.00
Holiday Program: book less than 5 days from the session start time fee is $10.00
Late Pick-up Fees
(Child Care Subsidy does not apply to Late Pickup Fees)
$1 per minute after service close time
To register visit theircare.com.au
TheirCare support team is available between 6.30am – 9am weekdays (Eastern Standard Time) on 1300 072 410 or info@theircare.com.au
MUSIC
Thank you for your interest in the Instrumental Music Program at Wandong
Primary School.
Our program provides students with the opportunity to develop musicianship
skills, build confidence and collaborate with others to deliver performances.
Above all, we aim to foster peoples love of music, have fun and stay creative!
Students may choose from the following
Please find below, the conditions of our program and Enrolment form.
Please read carefully to ensure your child’s maximum involvement and development.
In order to continue and develop their skills, students are encouraged to
show evidence of regular practice. Below is a recommended guide for weekly
practice times:
Beginners: 15-20 minutes, 3 days a week
After one year: 30 minutes, 4 days a week
After two years: 40 minutes, 5-6 days a week
Payment Terms & Withdrawal from the Instrumental Music Program
1. An invoice will be sent at the beginning of each term and is to be paid,
in full, via Direct Deposit.
2. Fees must be paid by the due date. Failure to do so will result in lessons
being stooped until payment has been made.
3. Unless notified, the instrumental teacher assumes all students in the
program will automatically continue lessons each term. A verbal or written
notification to the instrumental teacher is required to withdraw students
from the program. Notice needs to be received 2 weeks prior to the end
of the term, to avoid incurring the next term’s fees.
