November 20th 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Friday 29th | Day Tour Trail Ride. Great Vic Rail Trail - Consent and payment due - Selected students only |
| 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 |
| Friday 6th | Funfields - End of Year Pool Party - Consent and payment due today |
| Friday 6th | Day Tour Tail Ride. Great Vic Rail Trail - Selected students only |
| 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 | PAFA meeting 9:00am - 10:00am |
| 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
Mid Term Hump
As we near the halfway mark of Term 4, I want to congratulate our students for their wonderful attitude and work ethic this term. It has been wonderful to see our students engaging with the curriculum and embracing all the learning opportunities that have been presented so far this term. I feel very fortunate to share in the learning journey of our students and celebrate the amazing success that presents itself each and every day. Please continue to talk to your child about their learning and how they have engaged during the day. Reinforcing what is happening at school and the expectations we have in partnership is a game changer for our school and your child’s teacher. A strong home school relationship, we know and research has proven, makes every difference for our children later in life.
New Playground – facilities are getting done!
It’s finally happening! Our new oval is complete and our children are loving this new multipurpose play space. Our new playground at the top of the block is underway and will be completed by the end of December, fingers crossed. 😊And, as we are ticking off our large list of work, we’ve now had a number of construction companies tour the site in preparing for our capital works tender process. The retaining wall around our monkey bars near the hall will be completed in the coming week and then we are looking forward to the front bifold glass doors being replaced on our hall.
We can’t thank you enough for your fundraising support and your kind donations made through our tax-deductible funds – library and buildings and grounds.
Parent Helpers’ Morning Tea – REMINDER
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.
WANTED AD – Can you donate some of your time? 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
We still need your support – Keep Reading @ Home!
As you know, we work extremely hard to provide the highest quality learning for all students at our school. In order for us to maximise on student capabilities, we require your help. As parents and guardians, you have a crucial role to play within the learning framework. Your assistance at home in discussing school is an invaluable aspect of student learning. This provides opportunities for students to reflect and consolidate their understandings. As a minimum, it would be fantastic to set aside some time each night to share a love of literacy. Reading to your child, reading with them, listening to them read to you and discussing stories and other texts is invaluable. Reading each night forms a part of the homework for all students at Wandong.
Read Aloud! Read Aloud! Read Aloud
Mem Fox is one of my favourite authors. I listened to her speak some years ago and I still sit in awe when I hear her read aloud. She shares below some amazing key tips. What she shares has been a passion of mine for the 24 years I’ve been in education. Reading aloud is directly related to educational outcomes. Instil a love of reading in your children. Too precious not to watch and listen to Mem Fox Mem Fox Book Reading – Possum Magic, Whoever You Are, Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
- Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading aloud. From birth!
- Read at least three stories a day: it may be the same story three times. Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can begin to learn to read. Or the same story a thousand times!
- Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice and don’t be dull, or flat, or boring. Hang loose and be loud, have fun and laugh a lot.
- Read with joy and enjoyment: real enjoyment for yourself and great joy for the listeners.
- Read the stories that your child loves, over and over, and over again, and always read in the same ‘tune’ for each book: i.e. with the same intonations and volume and speed, on each page, each time.
- Let children hear lots of language by talking to them constantly about the pictures, or anything else connected to the book; or sing any old song that you can remember; or say nursery rhymes in a bouncy way; or be noisy together doing clapping games.
- Look for rhyme, rhythm or repetition in books for young children, and make sure the books are really short.
- Play games with the things that you and the child can see on the page, such as letting kids finish rhymes. Finding the letters that start the child’s name and yours is always a fabulous game.
- Never ever ‘teach’ reading, or get tense around books. Just reading withthem is enough.
- Please read aloud every day because you just adore being with your child, not because it’s the right thing to do.
WELLBEING
SEW in Foundation C
Following on from our recent Bravehearts visit, this week in SEW, we talked about Ditto the Lion’s three rules –1. “We all have the right to feel safe with people”, 2. “It’s okay to say ‘NO!’ if you feel unsafe or unsure”, 3. “Nothing is so yucky that we can’t tell someone about it”. We also talked about our safety team. Our safety team are the adults in our lives who can support us if someone makes us feel scared or unsafe. These are the special people we can tell, who we know will help us and keep us safe. These people may include a parent, family member or a teacher. Students identified five people in their safety team and wrote their names on each finger of a handprint.
BOOKLIST ORDERING PROCESS 2025
PAFA
Next Meeting: December 12th, 2024 @ 9.00am
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.
