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Term 4 - Week 8


Meet Ted!

Werribee Primary School would like to introduce the newest member of our community in 2020! Ted is a 14 week old Yellow Labrador who will be assisting the Wellbeing Team on selected days as part of a Helping Dog Trial this term.  

A variety of animals, including dogs are becoming a worthwhile addition to schools across Australia. Children can benefit educationally and emotionally, increase their understanding of responsibility and develop empathy and nurturing skills through contact with a dog.

The Helping Dog “Ted” is owned by our Leading Teacher for Student Engagement and Wellbeing Laura Secrieru who is overseeing the Helping Dog Program.



2025 Parent Payments Arrangements

Werribee Primary School is looking forward to another great year of teaching and learning and would like to advise you of our voluntary financial contributions for 2025.  Please find the booklists and contribution schedules below.  Click here for DET's Parent Payment Policy

2025 Parent Payment Arrangements - Years F-2
2025 Parent Payment Arrangements - Year 3
2025 Parent Payment Arrangements - Year 4
2025 Parent Payment Arrangements - Years 5-6

Book List - Foundation
Book List - Year 1
Book List - Year 2
Book List - Year 3
Book List - Year 4
Book List - Year 5
Book List - Year 6

2026 New Enrolments

Dear Parents/Carers, if you have a child not currently attending Werribee Primary School and are planning on enrolling them as a new student in 2026 please enrol them now.  It is easy to enrol - please contact the school on 9742 6659 and we will happily help you with the enrolment process.

We have already begun the process of planning our class and staffing structure for 2026 so it is important to get your enrolments in as soon as possible.

The foundation transition sessions begin on Friday 31st October, so please ensure you enrol your foundation student prior to this date.

If you are planning on relocating at the end of this year and not returning to Werribee Primary School, could you please let the school know in writing as soon as possible at werribee.ps@education.vic.gov.au.

If you know of any families who reside in our school zone who may be interested in enrolling their children at Werribee Primary School starting in the 2026 school year, please encourage them to contact the school.

Thank you



End of Term 4 - Friday 20th December 2024 at 1.10pm

Term 4 finishes on Friday 20th December 2024 and all students will be dismissed at 1.10pm.  Please make sure your child is collected on time, or alternative care arrangements made.  

If you need after school care please contact Camp Australia.



We are a Happy Families School!

Our school is subscribed to the Happy Families School Membership! Owned and run by Dr Justin Coulson, one of Australia’s leading parenting experts, the membership offers a wealth of parenting education and resources.

We will regularly share resources available through our membership with you, including Insight Articles and Webinars. You can also access your resources at any time using the below URL (unique to our school) and password.

URL & PASSWORD

https://schools.happyfamilies.com.au/login/wps

PASSWORD: happywps

We recommend bookmarking this link. You should only need to put the password in once and the site will remember you.

The latest Insights articles are listed below:

Term 3 2024
The quest for independence and identity
Gettting along with siblings
Parenting with Influence, Not Control
The Power of Perspective
Stop, look and listen to your kids
Parenting on the same page

Term 2 2024
The best way to say 'No!' to your kids
Making Family Life Fun
Teaching children that mistakes are okay
Every Day Counts
Technology Giants and Our Kids
Family Goal Setting
Managing fatigue as a parent
The Power of Habit

View webinars     View Articles

INSIGHTS ARTICLES 

A new Insights article is released weekly during the term and we will include these with the school newsletter. Insights articles are written by Dr Justin Coulson and other leading experts and provide parenting education and support for a wide variety of traditional and contemporary parenting challenges. You can also access 300+ previous Insights articles on our school’s URL.

Each week Justin will be answering a question from the school community.  click here to watch video.

PARENT WEBINARS

You have access to 4 live webinars a year (one per term). We will announce upcoming webinar details in the Insights articles. You’ll have access to the recording via our school’s URL but as the webinars are live, we recommend you watch them in real time so that you can ask Dr Justin and / or the guest presenter any questions you may have.

We hope you enjoy the Insights and webinars!























Student Absence Form

If your child is going to be absent - please click here to submit an absence form.  Thank you