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20th March 2020

27th Last Day of Term - 2.30pm finish (free dress) No Assembly in Gym – 23rd March 2020 Virtual assembly in classrooms Curriculum Days (student free days) 16th April – Thursday 13th July - Monday 2nd November – Monday Public Holidays 13th April - Easter Monday 25th April - ANZAC Day 8th June - Queen’s Birthday 3rd Nov - Cup Day

Please remember no hat no play. Students will be required to play under shade if no hat is worn.

Please check your child's school uniforms to make sure they haven't by mistake picked up someone else's uniforms. Jackets with clearly labelled names have been lost and not returned to their rightful owner.

For the latest on the COVID-19, please see the WPPS website. At this stage, all incursions/excursions have been postponed/cancelled, till further notice.

Lucky tickets are due back 9am Monday, 23rd March 2020

Ordering of school photos can now only be made by phoning Advanced Life Photograph on 03 9852 1133 with the code: Q32WP2PAR.

FIRST AID ROOM ROSTER 2020

New First Aid Room helper sign up link: https://signup.com/go/EGoQKqo

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225 Warrigal Road Burwood Vic 3125 Tel: (03) 9808 2165 Email: wattle.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Web Site: www.wattleparkps.vic.edu.au

20th March 2020

Dear Wattle Park Primary School family,

As you can appreciate, it is a very dynamic and unpredictable time. The school receives almost daily updates

from the Department of Education regarding advice on COVID-19 particularly schools.

This information is immediately disseminated to the school community via our school website. Urgent

information is through the school’s Konnective app and/or Compass.

It is imperative that you check the school’s website to be abreast of all updates.

See the following page for information on how you can be fully connected to all things Wattle Park PS.

The Department of Education stated in their latest update today, that:

There will be increased cleaning until the end of the term

There will be increased use of disinfectant and detailed cleaning of common touch points

There will be a delivery of additional sanitizer arriving today with further deliveries to follow

State Government schools continue to be open as directed by the Department of Education which relies on

advice from the Chief Health Office of Victoria Dr Brett Sutton.

Yours sincerely,

Ms Gayle Cope

Principal

Wattle Park Primary School

To stay fully informed on all things Wattle Park Primary School, please make

sure you are subscribed to all three platforms below:

Website http://www.wattleparkps.vic.edu.au – See Subscribe link

Compass – ring the office if you do not have a working password.

https://wattleparkps-vic.compass

Konnective – phone app. See below

Wattle Park Primary School

LATEST UPDATE ON COVID-19

Please find attached the latest update from Victorian Chief Health Officer, Professor

Brett Sutton, that I received explaining why State Government schools are remaining

open.

View Attachment If you have an Apple or Android device, get the app from the AppStore or Google Play. VIEW ALL MESSAGES ON KONNECTIVE

New ottomans were delivered to the Year 5 classes this week.

New couches have been purchased for the nook area opposite the toilets in the two storey building

Ava-Lily and Lachy Year 6 students made it to the regional swimming finals and were great competitors.

Very proud of them both.

The Year 6 well-being team of Coco, Naomi and Nathan presented an awesome production at Monday’s

assembly focussing on mental, physical and social well-being

Beautiful school photos were taken of all classes today

We’re organising to have a ‘virtual assembly’ in classrooms on Monday because we can’t have gatherings

of more than 100 people. That’s something new and exciting!

Donations for the Easter Eggtacular Fundraiser have been overwhelming. What a generous community

we have.

Mr Wong our LOTE teacher donated a whole box of single wrap toilet paper for the staff.

Parent, Sarah Reutersward shared with us an explanation of the COVID-19 for children. So informative

yet positive too. Thanks Sarah.

A big red river gum branch fell at lunchtime on Wednesday missing everyone! How lucky were we. There

is chopped up free wood for the taking next to our driveway in the school grounds.

Year 5 & 6 students had a fun-filled Round Robin Day in place of Gala Day.

Expression of Interest

Curriculum Day - Thursday 16th April,

Team Kids may operate on the day if there

are sufficient numbers. Should you require

to book in your child/ren for all day care,

please contact Team Kids on 0439 249 677

or wattleparkps@teamholiday.com.au, to

book a spot.

FIRST AID ROOM ROSTER 2020

In order to keep our First Aid Room clean and tidy, we require volunteers to assist with this task. We

need approximately 40 families on our roster to ensure that every family only needs to do this once per

year. It is not time consuming and requires approximately 15 minutes of your time on a FRIDAY.

The duties include:

Changing the sheets, pillow cases and re-making the bed with clean linen (all provided in the first

aid room).

Washing and returning the clean linen for the following Friday.

Checking that the area is clean and tidy.

Wiping over the cupboards, bench tops and the sink.

Tidying the spare clothes cupboard if needed.

We're using SignUp.com (the leading online SignUp and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming Sig-

nUps.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp.com: https://signup.com/go/EGoQKqo

2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.

3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.com.

Note: SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email

address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.

Thank you in anticipation.

Jo Holland

First Aid Co-ordinator

COMPASS UPDATE

Wattle Park Primary School will now be using COM-

PASS to communicate with parents/guardians if your

child needs to attend First Aid.

Parents/Guardians will receive an email if your child

attends First Aid, with a brief description as to the rea-

son why and another email when you child departs

First Aid.

Parent/Guardians will continue to be contacted by

phone if our First Aid staff believe your child is too un-

well to remain at school or if they have received a

knock to the head.