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24th March 2021
‘The Puggle Post’
OUR SCHOOL VISION:
“Wandong Primary School … Making a difference by developing confident, independent
and resilient learners who strive for personal excellence.”
Congratulations to our ‘Students of the Week’
Foundation C: Paityn (Always trying her hardest in all of her learning)
Foundation L: Archer (Being a curious and inventive in his learning)
1/2B: Billy (Amazing work comparing two numbers)
1/2C: Lincoln (Displaying the value of sharing and giving people a turn when working with his peers)
1/2D: Beau (Being a very cheerful and cooperative class member and always doing his best work)
1/2G: Max (Consistently showing kindness towards his classmates)
1/2L: Darcy (Doing an amazing writing piece about being kind)
1/2M: Isla (Always following instructions and listening carefully to others)
3/4G: Aubree (Always showing our school value of kindness and including others in play)
3/4H: Scarlette (Consistently demonstrating our school values towards her friends, peers, teachers and her learning)
3/4P: Indiana (Consistently showing all of our school values towards her friends, her peers and her teachers)
3/4R: Tahni (Demonstrating kindness by encouraging others in class and supporting them when they need help)
3/4S: Tahlia (Showing dedication to her paragraph writing and demonstrating pride in her work)
5/6A: Ava (Acting upon feedback to improve her multi paragraph outline about her persuasive piece)
5/6C: Indianna (Demonstrating the school value of curiosity while researching her chosen writing topic)
5/6W: Isabella (Doing a great job researching information for her persuasive text and demonstrating pride in her work)
STEM: Addison (Completing all Science activities to a high standard)
AUSLAN: Aliyah (Continuing to show pride in her developing Auslan skills)
Dear Families,
Foundation in 2022?
ALL SIBLING ENROLMENTS SHOULD NOW BE IN AT THE OFFICE
As you would be aware, all schools now have a ‘zone’ in place. To ensure that we are not
accepting too many ‘out of zone’ enrolments, it is pertinent that all our current families who have
a sibling starting in 2022 have their enrolments in. If you have not actioned this, please ensure
that this is in at the office no later than the end of this term.
Easter Raffle
Thank you to all of our wonderful families who donated items for the Easter Raffle and bought raffle tickets. There
will no doubt be some members of our school community who have sore bellies after indulging in their winnings next
week! However, I know these prizes have always been a welcomed supply of gifts.
Practicing Gratitude
Staff at Wandong begin each meeting with an “Attitude of Gratitude”. What have you been thankful for this past
week? This is something you could try around the dinner table each night. Take turns to share something that you
were grateful for during the day. It could be something small or something big. But, what we do know is, it shifts our
thinking and changes our brains to look for positives in every situation.
NAPLAN
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and
Numeracy (NAPLAN) for Year 3 and 5 students will
be held from Tuesday May 11th – 13th 2021.
NAPLAN assesses student knowledge and skills in
writing, reading, language conventions (spelling,
grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.
Make up NAPLAN tests will be held for students on the afternoons of the above dates and on the Friday 14 th May
2021. If your child is participating in NAPLAN in 2021, parents are requested to avoid making external appointments
on these NAPLAN testing days. NAPLAN tests are generally conducted in the earlier sessions of the day so the
school asks that all students are especially punctual to school on the above dates.
All Year 3 and 5 students are expected to participate in NAPLAN tests. Exemptions can only be granted to students
with significant intellectual disabilities or to students who have been learning English in an Australian school for less
than one year. Support can be arranged for students with a disability if they generally receive similar support in the
classroom. Students may be withdrawn from NAPLAN by their parent or carer. This is a matter for consideration by
parents/carers in consultation with the principal – any parents wishing to take up this option must sign a withdrawal
form to withdraw their child from the tests. A withdrawal form means that even if the child attends school on a
NAPLAN testing day, they will not participate in NAPLAN. Students who are absent on a NAPLAN testing day will be
expected to undertake catch up tests later that week.
In Term 3, parents/carers will receive their
child’s personal NAPLAN report which will
describe their child’s particular skills in writing,
reading, language conventions (spelling,
grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. The
report will show how your child performed in
relation to the National Minimum Standards for
students across Australia. These individual
student NAPLAN reports will be distributed to
parents, along with information around how to
interpret the results.
School Sports
The Victorian School Sports Awards are being live streamed this Friday 26 March 2021. All the details can be found
on this page of the SSV website:
https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/Pages/VictorianSchoolSportsAwards.aspx.
They also have four more live stream events. Football (Soccer) Premier League Grand Final, and State Swimming
Championships. There are plenty more to come throughout the rest of the year.
All the live stream details will be available via this link: watch.SSVtv.live The link will not change, the details on the
page will keep updated.
Even if you may not be watching these events live, it would be handy to bookmark this page for any future events.
Happy sporting everyone!
Kelly Morrow - Principal
Tayte, Bailey and Rory. Ashley and Alexis
Reading Intervention
When a vowel makes its sound, we call it a “short” sound.
When a vowel says its name, we call it a “long” sound.
Sometimes you’ll hear people say that Y can also be a vowel. That’s because in
some words, Y can sound like I or E! my, lucky
AUSLAN
Ways to communicate with Deaf or Hearing Impaired People
Some hints for communicating with a Deaf person:
Get the attention of Deaf person before speaking tap on
shoulder, wave, tap on desk, call name, stamp feet
Ask deaf person if they are able to hear better on their
left or right side
Direct target sound to the better ear (if known)
Avoid moving around while speaking
Don’t stand in front of a light source
Keep your face visible
Maintain eye contact Useful websites:
Speak slowly but don’t over exaggerate DeafAustralia: www.deafau.org.au
Speak clearly and audibly but do not shout Auslan Signbank: www.auslan.org.au
Move yourself so your face can be seen clearly
The Deaf Society: www.deafsocietynsw.
EASTER BONNET PARADE
There will be an Easter Bonnet Parade held on
Thursday 1st April from 12:30-1:30pm
for students in Foundation to Grade Two.
Bonnets are to be made at home and
brought to school on the day,
so please get involved in the fun!
Easter Raffle!
Easter hampers have been prepared and we have 23 prizes to give away this year included our 4 large
Easter Baskets, 2 hampers donated by Rachel Berry from Tupperware and a range of other Easter
hampers. Tickets for these must be returned to school by Thursday 25th of March to be drawn on Friday.
Thank you to everyone who donated items!
WandongPS
WOW! … WHAT’S ON & WHAT’S DUE @WANDONG
MARCH
Wednesday 24th Open Evening for 2022 families (6:00-7:00pm)
Thursday 25th Young Leaders Session at Wallan Primary School
2021 PAFA Easter Raffle tickets due today
Friday 26th Harmony Day
2021 PAFA Easter Raffle prizes drawn at assembly
5/6 Quantum Victoria consent due today
Monday 29th 5/6 Quantum Victoria Lego Robotics (Group 1)
Tuesday 30th 5/6 Quantum Victoria Lego Robotics (Group 2)
Wednesday 31st 5/6 Quantum Victoria Lego Robotics (Group 3)
2021 School Photos catch up day
APRIL
Thursday 1st Easter Bonnet Parade (Foundation to Grade 2)
End of Term 1 - school finishes at 2:30pm
Friday 9th 2021 Wakakirri consent & payment due today
Monday 19th Start of Term 2 - school starts at 8:55am
Monday 23rd Open Morning for 2022 families (9:30-10:30pm)
ANZAC Day Ceremony (2:30-3:30pm)
Wednesday 28th Open Morning for 2022 families (9:30-10:30pm)
Thursday 29th PAFA Meeting (9:30-10:30am)
Friday 30th Grade 5/6 Summer Sports Tournament
MAY
Monday 3rd School Council Meeting
Thursday 6th PAFA Mothers Day stall
Mothers Day raffle drawn today
Friday 7th WPS Cross Country (students in Grades 3-6 only)
PAFA Mothers Day stall (1:30 to 2:30pm)
Friday 14th National Walk to School Safely Day
District Cross Country
Monday 24th National Young Leaders Day
Tuesday 25th Division Cross Country
What’s gone home recently?
The following notices/information was sent home between PARENT
Thursday 18th March to Wednesday 24th March:
Week Eight Assembly
Easter Hamper Raffle
PAYMENTS
NAPLAN 2021 (Grades 3 and 5 only)
17th March 2021 Newsletter
RECEIVED
The majority of information/notices that are distributed by the school
are now available through Compass.
Should you have missed any details in relation to the items listed above 56%
please speak to your child’s teacher or the school office.
WANDONG PRIMARY SCHOOL IS PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY
Wallan & Kilmore Community Bank® branches
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