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

Warm and wet weather can result in greater numbers of mosquitoes and increased risk of illnesses from mosquito bites. While the overall risk is low, some mosquitoes carry diseases that make people sick.

The best protection against mosquito-borne illness is to avoid mosquito bites.

Families can protect against mosquito bites by: 

• covering up as much as possible with long, loose-fitting, light-coloured clothing  
• applying insect repellent that contains picaridin or DEET on exposed skin when leaving home 
• limiting outdoor activity if lots of mosquitoes are active.

Families with any health concerns should see their doctor or phone NURSE-ON-CALL: 1300 606 024 (available 24 hours).

Free Japanese encephalitis vaccines

Japanese encephalitis virus is spread to humans through bites from infected mosquitoes and can cause a rare but potentially serious infection of the brain.

Free Japanese encephalitis vaccines are available to protect Victorians at higher risk of the virus. 

The Victorian Department of Health encourages eligible people who live or work in high-risk local government areas to get vaccinated.

For more information, including what is considered a high-risk area and eligibility for a free vaccine, refer to the Department of Health’s Japanese encephalitis webpage.

Find out more

For more information on protecting against mosquito-borne diseases, families can refer to the following Better Health Channel pages:

• Mosquitoes can carry diseases
• Protect yourself from mosquito-borne disease, including a handy checklist to help reduce mosquito breeding sites at home and resources translated into other languages.

The Australian Government has released 4 new information resources on Disability Standards for Education 2005. 

The Standards clarify the obligations of education providers to ensure students with disability can access and participate in education on the same basis as students without disability.

The resources for students with disability and their families were co-designed by people with disability, with the help of Children and Young People with Disability Australia.

To view the resources, refer to Information products for students with disability and their parents and carers on the Australian Government Department of Education website.

The new resources

The new resources provide easy-to-use information about the Standards and offer practical advice for families on how to navigate education systems, from early childhood to tertiary education.

The new resources are:

• Explaining the Disability Standards for Education – what the Standards are and what they are designed to do
• Milestones and transitions – to help students and their parents and carers through their education journey
• Advocating with and for your child – for parents and carers of primary school students
• Disability Standards for Education in practice: Action plan – for students who are in high school or tertiary education.

Each resource has been translated into 'easy read' format, as well as various languages including Auslan, Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Farsi, Hindi, Khmer, Korean and Vietnamese.

Leadership in its simplest terms is ‘taking the responsibility for making a positive difference in our world and other people’s lives.’ At Werribee Primary School we provide many opportunities for our pupils to hold leadership positions within our school.

As of Monday 14th November, leadership positions are available to Year 5 students currently for; School Captains & Vice Captains and Sports Captains. To be elected to a Leadership Role at school Year 5 students need to go through a selection process.

To begin with, your leadership application is an important document. It communicates your desire to be a leader, and outlines what kind of leader you wish to be. It is the starting point of your leadership campaign. It is also your opportunity to demonstrate leadership skills by being organised and responsible for writing and submitting your application on time. Please see the application document for criteria questions and closing date.

Good Luck!

2023 Student Leadership Application Form
2023 Student Leadership Information
2023 Student Leadership Timeline

There have been changes to Victorian school term dates for 2026. This will provide an opportunity for Victorian communities to participate more broadly in the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The 2026 Commonwealth Games will take place across regional Victoria from Tuesday 17 March to Sunday 29 March 2026, with Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat, Gippsland and Shepparton hosting a range of activities and events for 20 different sports and 9 para-sports.

The 2026 Victorian school term dates are:

• Term 1: Tuesday 27 January to Friday 13 March 2026
• Term 2: Monday 30 March to Friday 19 June 2026
• Term 3: Monday 6 July to Friday 18 September 2026
• Term 4: Monday 5 October to Friday 18 December 2026.

For the list of school term dates until the end of 2030, refer to School term dates and holidays in Victoria.

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!

Scholarships are available for eligible students in Grade 4 to Year 11, and for Year 12 students planning to do tertiary studies in 2026.

Student scholarships

The Department of Education administers a number of scholarships that are available to eligible students who are enrolled in Grade 4 to Year 12 in 2025.

Applicants for these scholarships will be evaluated on their:

• participation in school activities
• community involvement
• academic achievement.

Scholarships are either one-off payments or cover the duration of the student’s course or annual study.

Many of these scholarships have specific eligibility criteria, so please refer to individual applications for more information. Applications open on Wednesday 1 October 2025 and close on Monday 2 February 2026.

For more information and a list of available scholarships, refer to the Student scholarships for Grade 4 to Year 12 fact sheet.

For information on how to apply, refer to Student scholarships.

Thank you,

Werribee Primary School

If you need after school care please contact Camp Australia.

First Day of School for Students

Thursday 30th January 2025 - Year 1-6 Students commence school 8.50am - 3.10pm

Friday 31st January 2025 - Foundation students commence school 8.50am - 3.10pm

Click here for Key Dates and Times

    Click here for Foundation Transition information