LINK LETTER - Wodonga West Primary School
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WODONGA WEST CHILDREN’S CENTRE
LINK LETTER
11 February 2021
Lawrence Street, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690 Phone: (02) 6024 1188
Email: wodonga.west.ps@education.vic.gov.au www.wodongawestps.vic.gov.au
Enrolments are welcome for all year levels, including Kinder for 2021
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
Yard focus this fortnight: playing by the rules
Dear Parents / Carers,
Thank you for a lovely, smooth start to the school and Kinder year! The
students have all settled in really well and the tone across the school is
beautiful. It is a pleasure to walk into classes and witness students being
learners and so engaged with their learning tasks. This can also be said for
our little Kinder kids as well. We have certainly been lucky coming back to
school with such lovely weather where we have not had even one very hot day – certainly a change from what we have
been used to.
Tutor Learning Initiative
This year all schools in Victoria have been allocated some funds to implement a Tutor program to provide some extra
Reading or Mathematics support to identified children. Our school has used a variety of data sources to choose small
groups of children who will be participating during their normal Reading and Mathematics sessions 3 – 4 times per week.
We will be providing a letter to families informing them if your child will be participating any time across the year. Initially
we will be targeting year 3 and 4 students. I wish to also add that our school also offers some additional assistance from
our Specialist teachers who take small group work to support student learning in maths / reading. Ms Penman, Mrs Boyd
and Ms Fitzsimons will be involved as tutors, and all three will work in conjunction with the classroom teachers to develop
Individual Learning Plans and work with the students regularly in small groups. Student progress will be closely monitored
using a number of student assessments.
School Council Elections
This year we have three Parent category vacancies of 2 years, one DET Employee category vacancy of 2 years, and one
Community ( Kindergarten ) vacancy of one year. Retiring School Council members are also eligible to be re- nominated
for a further period on School Council . Nomination forms are available from the front office and the closing date is Friday
February 19th. This information was posted on Compass earlier this week. Our next School Council Meeting is next
Wednesday 17th February beginning at 5pm.
School Photos
Just the heads up that school photos have been booked for Wednesday March 3rd. More information will be coming home
( as well as the order forms ) shortly. MSP Photography will be booking a future date for the Kindergarten later in the year
for their photos to be taken.
On school photo day it is most important for students to be in full school uniform. Our families always go to lots of trouble
and have their child/ren looking gorgeous for school photos.
PFF
Our Parents Family and Friends committee have started their regular
meetings and are busy organising an upcoming ice cream day.
The next PFF meetings will be held at 9:30 am on Monday 1st March and
Monday 29th March.
Continued
Wander Through West
To the many families who visited us on Tuesday evening for “Wander Through West’ I would like to sincerely thank you
all. We had an excellent turn- out of 93 parents / carers plus many older siblings and some Grandparents. One clever
family even did a phone virtual tour with their Grandparents who live in Melbourne which was awesome to see! The
students very proudly gave their parents a walk through, with many visiting the Specialist areas and our huge Garden to
see our chickens and all the produce we grow for use in the Kitchen. Our staff really enjoyed having the opportunity to
meet up and have an informal discussion with you all as well as show you their classrooms. Thank you to families for
posing for photos ( some of which I have included below ) With so many families, we can’t place all of them in the
Linkletter.
Regards
Jocelyn Owen
Principal
Welcome back
I look forward to catching up with returning students and getting to know new students. As
the student wellbeing officer my door is always open for students and parents. Please feel
free to drop in and introduce yourself or let me know if you have a concern or require
Wellbeing further information on any issue regarding your child or family.
Breakfast Packs
Report Anyone requiring a breakfast pack there are still a couple available. Please see Mrs Potter
for details.
Canteen
Canteen will run the same as last year, on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at lunch time for snacks. A slushy or shaky
shake cost $2 everything else is less than this price. We have wonderful year 6 canteen helpers working in the canteen and
I commend students who are already showing fantastic manners when lining up and waiting their turn.
Vanilla, strawberry or
chocolate ice cream Banana chips
now available
now available
Wodonga West Primary School’s Child Safety Policy
CHILD Wodonga West Primary School’s Child Safety Policy sets out the school’s commitment
SAFE HOT and approach to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where children and
TOPIC young people are safe and feel safe, and provides the policy framework for the school’s
approach to the Child Safe Standards.
The school’s approach to creating and maintaining a child safe school environment is
guided by our school philosophy and values. At Wodonga West Primary school our vision
is 'Learning for Living' which underpins all that we set out to achieve in shaping students for their future lives within and
beyond schooling. We strive to:
develop lifelong learners who will become active citizens and participate responsibly in community life.
provide a safe, tolerant and welcoming school environment that encourages personal responsibility and respect for
the rights of others.
This policy applies to all staff, volunteers, and contractors in the school environment, whether or not they work in direct
contact with children or young people. This policy also applies to school council members where indicated.
The policy will apply to the school environment (see Definitions section). The policy covers both school hours and outside
of school hours.
Any families who volunteer within the school must adhere to this policy and hold a current Working with Children Check
Please follow the below link to access the policy.
www.wodongawestps.vic.edu.au/?page_id=3126
WWCC Behaviour Expectations
Camps/
EXPECTATIONS All settings Learning Areas Kitchen/Garden Playground Toilets Specialist Classes Technology
excursions
Keep hands and Use classroom Use equipment Wear your hat Use the toilets Use equipment as Stay in designated Keep passwords
Be safe feet to ourselves equipment safe- safely and shoes as they are in- instructed areas to ourselves
ly tended
Move and play Use equipment Use equipment Clean up after Sign out if leaving Report bullying or
safely Get permission only as instruct- safely/correctly Wash and dry yourself early inappropriate use
before leaving ed your hands
Stay in designated Stay in school Be sun smart Visit toilets in pairs Use approved
areas Walk inside Leave the space boundaries Keep food and with adult permis- sites
clean and tidy drink away sion
Wear correct
school uniform Be sun smart Keep play out-
side
Care for people Quiet while oth- Use good man- Include others in Respect people’s Pack equipment Wear school uni- Charge the device
Be re- and property ers learn ners your games privacy away when fin- form with pride after use
spectful ished
Follow instruc- Be on time Assist volunteers Share equip- Report problems Observe bus rules Share equipment
tions ment Play by the rules
We leave the Care for school Ask before taking
Right words, right space clean environment Use rubbish bins Be on time a photo
voice, right place
Be organised Be on time
Take turns and
work together
Listen, think and Encourage and Actively partici- Be a problem Use the toilets at Encourage and Listen actively to Use technology
Be a do support others pate solver breaks support others presenters for learning activi-
Learner ties
Have a go and try Ask for help Be a positive Encourage and Ask permission Participate
new things when needed role model support others to attend during Return equipment
learning times
Do our best Try new things Try new things Stay on task
Do you hold a concession card?
If you hold an eligible Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card you are able to bring this in and complete an
application for CSEF funding which is an amount of money that helps families cover the cost of some of the user pay items
on your charges list. This includes sports levy, swimming, cultural events, excursions and camps.
Our Kindergarten students are still
collecting bread tags this year for their
recycling program. Collection jars are
located in the main office and Kinder.
YEAR 6 Shirt orders and payment are
due by March 1st
We are gratefully accepting donations
DONATIONS of assorted clean jars to use in our
NEEDED Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden
program.
Payments are now due for your child
to participate in the Kitchen Garden
Program.
Welcome back all our families from last year and we would like to wish a warm
Kinder
welcome to those families who have joined our kindergarten this year.
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you all to our new kinder Educators
Kali Palmer and Grace sanders. Kali and Grace are very passionate about early
News childhood education and they are looking forward to sharing their ideas and their ex-
pertise.
Grace Sanders Kali Palmer
The children are settling in well which is great to see.
The children have been busy exploring their new learning space, and are starting to learn the routines and expectations
which come with kindergarten.
It has been a fun filled few days of meeting new friends and lots of play.
Just a friendly reminder, if all families could please connect to Class Dojo, as this will be a platform used to communicate
with families on a regular basis. If you are having trouble, please speak with one of the kinder educators.
REMINDERS
Wearing a helmet is compulsory when riding a bike or
scooter.
“NO HELMET NO RIDE”
Payments for the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program in Term 1 are now due.
Your child cannot participate until payment is made.
Students must wear a broad brimmed hat at school in Term 1. If you do not have a
broad brimmed hat please see the office to purchase one for $15.00.
Please remember that the school carpark is for the vehicles of staff, authorised parents/
visitors and Disabled Permit holders only. This is not a drop off/pick up zone.
Our school uses Compass School Manager for ALL communication. If you require log in
details, assistance or have any questions relating to Compass please see office staff.
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