Costume Requirements for "Where in the world is Wally?" Production 2018

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Book Week

BOOK WEEK is coming…

It begins at Wales Street on Monday August 20^th

And the theme is “Find your treasure!”

BUT THERE IS NOT A PIRATE TO BE SEEN!

However, our “pot of gold” at the end of the Library rainbow is full of Shortlisted books for our students to read. Books are our treasure.

We have just read Mem Fox’s Shortlisted book, “I’m Australian too,” and it inspired much discussion at all school levels.

We are going to use this as a stepping off point to a whole school project for Book Week.

In the next week, your family will receive an email prompting you to have a family discussion about just where your family comes from.

Some students know their family has lived in this land for thousands of years, so which part of this land does their mob come from?

Some students know they were born overseas, sometimes it was their parents or many generations back. From which country did these people travel across the ocean to get to Australia… maybe Australia was seen as their “Pot of gold”.

Before Book Week arrives, I hope to have a display showing us all where we come from. It was about 5 years ago that we embarked on a similar project and it was a great experience! 

Book Drive

 Drop off any new or gently used book!

Book Drive will run during Book Week 20-24^th August.

WSPS is in need of books to support classroom libraries.

Drop Off Point: The Literacy end of the 3/4 Building

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge 2018

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Wales Street Primary School is excited to be participating.

The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 7 September 2018.

Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books. Don’t be surprised if you find extra books added to your student lists by Sallie, Librarian and Challenge coordinator. They will have been read in class in the Prep to Year 2 area or studied in class in the higher year levels.

All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and can choose to have their name included on the online Honour Roll. If you would like your child‘s name to appear on the Honour Roll, please sign the attached form and return it to your school.

To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklists and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc

I will be sending home User IDs and passwords over the coming weeks but it is time to start recording a list of all the books you read, so that you can add them to your online list when you receive your logon details.

Sallie McCleery and Robyn Owens

Download Honor Roll Permission PDF 

2019 Foundation (Prep) Enrolments

If you are already a family at WSPS and and wish to enrol a child for 2019, please complete an enrolment form and submit it by the 1st June 2018. Enrolment forms are available at the office or may be downloaded from our website.

Same Day Notification of unexplained absences

SAME-DAY NOTIFICATION OF UNEXPLAINED STUDENT ABSENCES

Parents/carers have an obligation to notify the school of their child’s absence. Protecting the safety and wellbeing of children through reporting and monitoring of absenteeism is the responsibility of both parents/carers and the school. By the end of Term 2 2018, all government schools must contact parents/cares as soon as practicable on the day of an unexplained student absence. We will be notifying parent/carers of unexplained student absences via SMS after all rolls have been marked. Our aim is to begin this process in the next couple of weeks.

Please note that SMS notification comes at a cost to the school so we are asking parents/carers to ensure s

Semester One Student Report

SEMESTER ONE STUDENT REPORT  - REMINDER

Semester One student reports will be issued through COMPASS on the last day of term (Friday 29^th June).  

Where in the world is Wally? Gr3-6 School Production 2018

Come and see our talented grade 3-6 students perform in the thrilling production of 'Where in the World is Wally?' 

Wednesday 5^th September 2018
Thursday 6^th September 2018

The Centre Ivanhoe 275 Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe

$25 Adult - $12.50 child (up to 16 years old) - $20 Adult concession – only available for purchase from the school office (Visa & Mastercard). Proof of concession must be provided.

Tickets can be purchased from Trybooking 
https://www.trybooking.com/WPBK