September 18th, 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
| SEPTEMBER | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Thursday 19th | Dance Club and Choir - Selected students only - Consent/Payment due |
| Friday 20th | FOOTY COLOURS DAY - Wear your footy colours today, all codes allowed, AFL, NRL, Soccer, Local leagues |
| Friday 20th | Last Day Term 3 |
| Saturday 21st | World Gratitude Day |
| OCTOBER | 2024 |
| Monday 7th | First Day Term 4 |
| Sunday 20th | Dance Club and Choir - 8:00 AM - Selected students only |
| Wednesday 23rd | PAFA - Next Meeting: 9:15am - 10:15am |
| Friday 25th | World Teachers Day |
| NOVEMBER | 2024 |
| Friday 1st | Foundation Day Camp - Consent and payment due today |
| Friday 1st | Grade 1/2 Camp - Consent and payment due today |
| Friday 1st | Grade 3/4 Camp - Consent and payment due today |
| Friday 1st | Grade 5/6 Camp - Consent and payment due today |
| Monday 4th | Curriculum Day - No Students – If your child requires care, please book in at https://theircare.com.au/ |
| Tuesday 5th | Melbourne Cup - Public Holiday |
| Thursday 7th | Sushi and Rice Paper Roll - orders close today |
| Friday 8th | Foundation transition #1 |
| Friday 8th | Working Bee - FC, 1/2W & 5/6B 2:30pm - 3:30pm Parents welcome |
| Tuesday 12th | Sushi and Rice Paper Roll lunch - PAFA |
| Friday 15th | Foundation transition #2 |
| Monday 18th | Foundation 2025 Information Session - Webex 5pm - 6pm |
| 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 |
| Friday 29th | Foundation transition #3 |
| 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 - 5pm - 6pm |
| 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 | 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 |
| Monday 16th | Christmas Box Car - Whole School 4:00pm - 7:00pm |
| Wednesday 18th | Grade 6 Graduation 2024 |
| Thursday 19th | Funfields - End of Year Pool Party |
| Friday 20th | Last Day Term 4 |
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
End of Term Three – Mrs Beer Farewell Assembly
Just a quick reminder that this is the last week of Term Three. We will be having a special assembly from 9am for Mrs Beer. TheirCare will be supplying morning snacks and Kouta Koffee, so please join us to celebrate the educational career of Mrs Beer. The children will have their normal recess and lunch breaks, and will be dismissed at 2:30pm from their classrooms.
Have an amazing break and take some time out. Rest, relax and do something fun. We are ready for a big Term Four. School will resume Week One Term Four on MONDAY 7TH October.
TERM 4 EVENTS
Before we know it, we will be into Term 4, otherwise known as the busiest term of the school year. With our whole school camping program, grade and staff selection and various end of year celebrations such as our end of year Box Car Extravaganza, we will surely be flat out with the potential to ‘miss’ something. Keep your eyes open for information and please ensure you are aware of dates and events that require consent and payment. Please also advise us if you are leaving/moving schools and above all else check the newsletter weekly for updates on a range of important matters. Newsletters are archived, so if you happen to miss one or two, just jump onto our website and do some catch up reading.
Footy Colours Day
On the last day of Term 3 (20th September), Wandong will be holding a Footy Colours Day. All students will be encouraged to wear their favourite team’s colours to celebrate. Please note that if your child does not follow or support football, they can come to school in their favourite sporting team colours. We are looking forward to seeing all of the different team’s colours, so get ready!
School Hat Reminder
As per our Sun Smart Policy, “children are required to wear a sun smart hat that protects the face, neck and ears whenever they are outside from September to the end of April”.
WELLBEING
SEW in 3/4G – R U Okay Day
Last term in 3/4G, we celebrated R U Okay Day, a National Day of Action highlighting the importance of meaningful conversations to support mental health and wellbeing.
As a class, we discussed the following question – Who are the people in your life that you can talk to? Students investigated the role, different types, and levels of support from different areas of their lives, such as friends or family, community networks, or formal services like Kids Helpline.
Students participated in a game of ‘Conversation Bingo’, designed to support students in building connections with their peers and form trustworthy relationships to allow them to have meaningful relationships with one another.
They then completed a worksheet outlining the support networks around them, should they need to turn to someone for support. Inside the body outline, students brainstormed or creatively represented their personal support network. Inside the house outline, students brainstormed or creatively represented people at their school or in their local community that they can talk to. Inside the world outline, students brainstormed or creatively represented organisations across the world who work towards making sure people are okay, for example Kids Helpline.
PAFA
Next Meeting: October 23rd, 2024 @ 9.15am
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.
WHITTLESEA SHOW
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 outside. If your child has taken their hat home, please make sure it’s brought back to school.
**Kids can get messy, please be organised & keep an extra set of clothes in your child’s bag for emergencies.
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.
