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Term 4 - Week 10


Foundation Beach Day - Wednesday 9th December

The Foundation students have worked hard and to celebrate a wonderful year together, we are excited to have a beach themed, COVID safe party with them. Snacks will consist of fruit and popcorn. We will enjoy a hot chips lunch, with each child getting chips and a prima drink box. Students will have an icy pole during the day after activities outside. Students are encouraged to wear beach themed clothes, ensuring they are wearing appropriate footwear (no opened toed shoes).

Cost $5.00 - Please pay and approve on XUNO

Year 6 Graduation Class - Wednesday 9th December

The Graduating Class of 2020 would like to formally invite you to celebrate the completion of their primary school years at Werribee Primary School with an online replay of the ceremony. The Graduation Ceremony marks the end of one journey, and the beginning of a new phase in their education life. The Graduation Ceremony will be uploaded to Clickview and students can access this with their student emails. This will be uploaded on the night of the 9th December 2020 for families to enjoy together. Further information will be sent out prior to the night,

If you do not have access to the internet or require assistance using the online system, please contact your child's classroom teacher ASAP.

Students to arrive at 8:40am through the main entrance and depart at 3:10pm through their house colour gate.
Ceremony and Lunch to be held during the day.
Lunch: Pizza, nibbles and refreshments & BYO recess (snack)

Cost $10.00 - Please pay and approve on XUNO

Year 5 Soldiers Reserve - Thursday 10th December

Year 5 students have the opportunity to participate in an End of Year Celebration at Soldier's Reserve Playground & Oval area. The excursion will be held on Thursday 10th December. It is recommended that all students attend. Students will be walking to Soldier's Reserve from Session 2 (10am) to Session 5 (1:30pm Return to School). Students will have time to play on the equipment, socialise with their peers/teachers and engage in sporting activities on the oval.

Students are required to wear full school uniform on the day. They will need their hat and a bottle of water.

The fish and chips lunch provided is a Snack Pack consisting of two dim dims, two potatoes cakes and minimum chips.

An icy pole will also be provided.

Cost $6.50 - Please pay and approve on XUNO.

Year 1 Fairy Tale Fun Day - Friday 11th December

The Year 1 students will be celebrating the end of the school year with their very own 'happily ever after'. Students can come dressed up as their favourite fairy tale character and will engage in a day of fun fairy tale activities and watch a fairy tale themed movie. Students will be provided with snack, a drink and enjoy hot chips and a potato cake for lunch.

Cost $5.00 - Please pay and approve on XUNO.

Semester 1 Reports and Parent, Teacher, Student Conversations

Dear Parents/Carers,

Your child’s mid-year student report will be available on XUNO from 4:00pm Friday, 27th June 2025. The mid-year Student/Parent/Teacher 3-Way Conversations are scheduled for Week 11 of this Term on Monday 30th June, Tuesday 1st July, Wednesday 2nd July, from 3.30pm to 5.00pm.

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss your child’s progress so far this year with your child’s teacher(s).  The conversation bookings are 10 minutes long.  As always, you are more than welcome to arrange a different time with your child’s class teacher or specialist teachers to meet and discuss matters as necessary throughout the year.

It is expected that your child is part of these conversations, as it is important that they can talk about themselves and to hear the teacher’s and your expectations.

Student/Parent/Teacher 3 Way Conversations bookings are open for families to book a suitable time with the classroom teacher using the XUNO Parent Portal: https://werribeeps.xuno.com.au

Bookings are now open and will remain open until Monday 30th June. Once you have logged into the XUNO portal, please follow the below instructions: click on “School” and select “Parent Teacher Interviews”. Select your child’s name. Select the preferred time.

If you wish to have a phone conversation instead of in person, then select the Online Option (this will be a phone call only) and in the Comments Box please enter your preferred contact number. If you would like to make a time to meet with any of our specialist teachers then please send the school an email requesting a time that suits on Monday 30th June, Tuesday 1st July, or Wednesday 2nd July from 3.30pm to 5.00pm. They will get back to you to confirm a time.

Our Specialist Teachers are:

Visual Arts - Tara Trott

Physical Education - Simon Fugazzotto

Music - Joshua Tooth

Digital Technology - Kearan Gibaldi

Spanish – Antonio Guerrero Gomez


Should you require further support making a booking, please feel free to contact the Main Office on 9742 6659 or via email at werribee.ps@education.vic.gov.au


Thank you,

Werribee Primary School



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.



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

Outside School Hours Care - Camp Australia

We are proud to partner with Camp Australia to provide our Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) program.


Camp Australia. Guiding children

Camp Australia – Guiding Children’s Growth

Camp Australia programs are centred on child enrichment, while ensuring a reliable, engaging and hassle-free OSHC service at our school.  Their engaged educators foster a safe, inclusive environment where children can relax, have fun and grow.

There is zero cost to register for before and after school care with Camp Australia.  This would ensure that Camp Australia have your child’s/children's details and therefore they could be easily booked into outside school hours care when required or in an emergency.

There is no supervision at school before 8.30am or after 3.20pm.  Students are not to be at school outside of these hours as there is no supervision available.

We encourage all families to sign up by clicking here.  

 

Camp Australia. Guiding children

Your OSHC – OSHC that inspires

Your OSHC is Camp Australia’s before school, after school and pupil free day program, tailored to the likes and interests of each child in service. Camp Australia’s educators design enriching experiences to inspire your children’s confidence, independence and imagination. In any one week, they could be participating in science experiments, active play, creative expression and more - they believe in learning through experience so that each child can grow.

Click here to find out more about Camp Australia's program at our school, including hours of operation and fees. To attend care, you must register your child. Register now for free.

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

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