Dear Parents and Carers,

The Premier has announced that the lockdown will be extended until 11.59pm Tuesday 27th July for a 7-day period.  

Following advice from the Victorian Chief Health Officer, all Victorian schools will continue remote and flexible learning until Tuesday 27 July inclusive.

The Flexible Learning Grids for students will be available for download on Friday afternoon from 4pm. The Learning Grids can be accessed via the school’s website by clicking on Remote Learning.

Learning Grids can also be accessed via XUNO for Year 4 and 6, and via Class Dojo for Foundation, 1,2,3 and 5. Teachers will continue to contact students via Class Dojo, XUNO or Google Classroom as they have been during this period of remote learning.

As with other remote learning periods, our school will provide on-site supervision for students in the following categories:

• Children where both parents and/or carers are authorised workers who cannot work from home, work for an essential provider and where no other supervision arrangements can be made:
o Where there are two parents/carers, both must be authorised workers, working outside the home in order for their children to be eligible for on-site provision
o For single parents/ carers, the authorised worker must be working outside the home in order for their children to be eligible for on-site provision.

• Children experiencing vulnerability, including:
o children in out-of-home care
o children deemed vulnerable by a government agency, funded family or family violence service, and is assessed as requiring education and care outside the family home
o children identified by a school or early childhood service as vulnerable, including via referral from a government agency, or funded family or family violence service, homeless or youth justice service or mental health or other health service.

If your child requires on-site supervision, please fill out the attached onsite attendance form ensuring you complete the student details at the top of the form.

CAMP Australia has notified the school that they will be operating during the extended lockdown for students of parents who are authorised workers.

Please click on this link for additional Information that is available to support your child’s learning from home.

Stay safe and thank you for your ongoing support and cooperation.

Werribee Primary School

 

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It can be challenging to process and manage changes to routines and the uncertainty that comes with COVID-19 and related restrictions – including moving to remote learning.

To support our school community during this time, resources and support are available for parents, carers and families.

These resources will help to support the mental health and wellbeing of our students and the young people in our care during this time.

I encourage everyone in our community to access these resources and take care of themselves during this time.

Services and support for students and their families

A Quick Guide to Student Mental Health and Wellbeing resources is available for students, parents and carers looking to access expert guidance and resources to support wellbeing.

Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our students remains our priority this year, especially during the continued COVID-19 pandemic and while students are learning from home during the current circuit breaker restrictions.

For students, the guide includes resources to support their own mental health and wellbeing.

• Advice and resources for students about ways to adapt their learning during COVID-19, to look after themselves and where to get help.
• Wellbeing activities featuring AFL and AFLW players with tips on managing stress, staying active and gratitude.
• Smiling Mind mindfulness activities for senior secondary school students, including short videos, online tip sheets and meditations.

The guide also includes resources and supports for parents and carers to help them build their child’s physical and mental health and wellbeing. This includes:

• resources to support children’s physical, mental health and wellbeing
• wellbeing activities and conversation starters for parents of parents of primary school-aged children and parents of secondary school-aged children
• Raising Learners podcast series
• how to talk to your child about COVID-19
• headspace is running webinars for parents and carers about offering support when they are concerned about a young person’s mental health.

Wellbeing guidance for parents and carers is also available:

• on the Department’s website
• headspace has created a video providing tips to support parents and carers during lockdown
• through the confidential parent support hotline, Parentline, available 8am to midnight, seven days a week, Phone: 13 22 89.

 

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The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

If you have a valid means-tested concession card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. Means-tested concession cards must be valid on the first day of Term 1, 2025 (Tuesday 28 January 2025) or Term 2, 2025 (Tuesday 22 April 2025).

A student aged 16 years and over who is considered a mature minor and holds a valid concession card is also eligible to apply.

Eligible families will receive a payment of $154 per year for primary school students and $256 per year for secondary school students. The funds will be paid directly to the school to be used towards camps, sports and excursion costs for the benefit of your child.

If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.

If you would like to apply for the first time, please click here or contact the school office werribee.ps@education.vic.gov.au  and ask for an application form. Please return completed application forms to the school office as soon as possible.

Thank you.

For more informtion about CSEF click here.

 

 

 

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4.30 pm in the staffroom.  

A school council must call a public reporting meeting at least once each year, and:

• report the proceedings of the council since the date of the previous public meeting
• present the endorsed Annual Report to the meeting, and

• if the school council accounts have been audited, present a copy of the audited accounts

Please RSVP if attending: Email werribee.ps@education.vic.gov.au or Phone 9742 6659.

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MSP Photography have agreed to have a catchup day for any students who were away on Monday.  Any families who missed out on a family photo can have one taken also.  Please see flyer for details.

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The Year 3s and 4s have the opportunity to attend Camp Manyung, Mt. Eliza at the end of August this year.

School camps play a vital role in the education of your child and build upon the Health and Physical Education program in our school. They provide an excellent opportunity for children to develop personal attributes, such as self-reliance, tolerance and co-operation. The Camp provides children with opportunities to take healthy risks in a safe and nurturing environment and offers new, varied, challenging and practical experiences.

We are excited about attending this Camp as it will provide our children with opportunities to develop their personal and interpersonal skills while experiencing a range of activities. These may include the flying fox, the giant swing, hut building and campfire cooking. Fully qualified YMCA employees manage the camp and it is safely maintained and well equipped.

More detailed information can be found on the Camp Manyung website:
http://www.camps.ymca.org.au/locate/manyung.html

Requirements:  Further information will follow regarding medical forms and other consent. As well as what your child will need to bring ie: bedding, toiletries etc

Students are required at school on Monday 30th August at 8:30am for departure at 9:00am. Students will return from camp on Wednesday 1st September at approximately 3:00pm.

A snack and lunch in a plastic bag are required for the first day.

Please click here for Medical Form

Cost is $320.00 Please pay and authorise on XUNO by Friday 13th August.

Total Cost of Camp $320.00
Deposit of $100 due by 25th June 2021
Second Payment of $100 due by 23rd July 2021
Third & Final Payment of $120 due by 13th August 2021
OR
Full Payment (minus deposit of $100 paid by 13th August)

CSEF can be used for this camp if you have a current health care card. Applications can be made at the office by 25th June 2021.

Some excursion venues are required to collect contact details and are responsible for managing record keeping for contact-tracing in line with current public health directives.

Most venues are required to use electronic record keeping that connects with an Application Programming Interface (API) linked provider or a digital system provided by Services Victoria.

The Department of Health has strongly recommended that a contact number for each individual student is provided. A school phone number alone is not considered sufficient. Providing contact details for individual students will expedite contact tracing so that individuals can be contacted by the Department of Health if required.

Parents/carers/guardians are advised that, when required, the school will be providing excursion venues with contact details for students. The phone number on school file for the student will be provided as the nominated contact number.

Venues will be collecting student names and contact phone numbers for a legitimate purpose and are subject to Victorian privacy laws so will handle the information securely and only retain it for the required 28-day period.

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Students in Foundation have been learning to develop their Writing ideas through language experience and vocabulary development. They are invited to participate in a day of experiences, including a bus ride, ferry ride and exploring along the beach. Requirements:  Packed lunch, drink, school uniform is to be worn including a hat and warm jacket.

Cost is $28.00.  Please pay and authorise on XUNO 

CSEF can be used for this excursion if you have a current health care card. 

Some excursion venues are required to collect contact details and are responsible for managing record keeping for contact-tracing in line with current public health directives.

Most venues are required to use electronic record keeping that connects with an Application Programming Interface (API) linked provider or a digital system provided by Services Victoria.

The Department of Health has strongly recommended that a contact number for each individual student is provided. A school phone number alone is not considered sufficient. Providing contact details for individual students will expedite contact tracing so that individuals can be contacted by the Department of Health if required.

Parents/carers/guardians are advised that, when required, the school will be providing excursion venues with contact details for students. The phone number on school file for the student will be provided as the nominated contact number.

Venues will be collecting student names and contact phone numbers for a legitimate purpose and are subject to Victorian privacy laws so will handle the information securely and only retain it for the required 28-day period.

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Wyndham Child and Family Directory - Information sharing and joining the dots e-update.  Keeping you connected and informed about supports and services available to families and children in Wyndham.

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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!

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

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