Wallington P.S. Newsletter Term 2 Week 8 2025
Upcoming Dates
Principal's Report
Dear Families,
Wellbeing Day
What an outstanding day we all had on Wednesday’s Wallington Wellbeing Day. Students engaged in an array of lessons and activities, celebrating in their brightly coloured outfits by demonstrating our school values: be respectful, be responsible, and be resilient. The Year 6 students showed exceptional leadership, running games and challenges for multi-aged groups to enjoy. The after-school community games were an extra special chance for parents and carers to engage in the celebrations, showing just how much fun we love to have at our school! Well done everyone on your participation and a huge thank you to the staff and students for their efforts in making Wellbeing Day another huge success!
Parent Teacher Interviews – Bookings will open Monday
Semester 1 Parent-Teacher Interviews will take place on Tuesday 1st July. This will be an important opportunity to discuss your child/ren’s progress with their teacher, particularly in relation to the end of Semester Report.
10-minute time slots will be available throughout the afternoon and early evening. Bookings will open on Monday 16th June at 9:30am (see instructions below).
Semester 1 Student Reports will be made available on Compass Monday 30th June.
New Building – Out of Bounds Area
Just a courtesy message to ask that students and families keep out of the front area behind the bright orange flags and bollards for the time being. Whilst the builders apply the finishing touches to their amazing work, grass seed is being sown, and further work is planned to establish this new space.
People are free to use the lovely new footpath around the western border of the new building (under the new sign) once this is opened. The concrete path will be the boundary for now. Further development is planned, including tidying up the front gardens and installing a new boundary fence over the school holidays. As for the long-term use of this area, plans have begun involving student input, as we seek to make the most of this area in keeping with the rest of the amazing garden improvements across the school.
Painting
Painting will continue into next week, with the current Year 1 and 2 classrooms the next two to be painted. This will happen as soon as Year 1s move into their new classroom, which we are on schedule to do at the start of next week. Year 2 will temporarily relocate to the library while painting takes place. It’s an exciting time – thank you everyone for your patience and cooperation!
Cameron Edwards
Parents and Friends
Pizza Lunch
Below is a link that you can order your child/s pizza and juice box lunch for Friday 27th June.
There is also a QR code attached on the flyer which will allow you to order.
If you are using the QR code or guest link to order, please remember to put your child/s name at the checkout.
Wallington P.S. Gardening Club is on every Tuesday at 1:40pm. Everyone is welcome!
Garden club's grant coordinator Lyndal Reading has been successful in applying for a grant with Barwon Water.
We are very lucky to receive $1100 of materials to go towards a lizard habitat.
Jason Vaught will lead the project with his classes.
Do you love nature, gardening, or just want to help our school bloom? The Wallington P.S. Gardening Club is always looking for volunteers!
Prep: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JawP1lttNv9HZC2u4F6iFS
Grade 1: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Lnod1hbixZD1zna8igmb9t
Grade 2: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Cdak65Z1cGKFsrc0FgZh2Y
Grade 3: https://chat.whatsapp.com/F2En8vl1mB4AORjweX
Grade 4: https://chat.whatsapp.com/lbWmtXlmnFTD5KeEPSfqSo
SWPBS Awards - Student of the Week
Lukas H-L - Prep
For demonstrated outstanding resilience by attending school and maintaining a positive attitude. Even with one arm your determination to continue learning and participating in class activities is truly commendable. Well done Lukas!
Harper H - Year 1
For showing resilience over the past weeks while having your broken arm. Well done on working through this challenge!
Liam S - Year 2
For being so resilient despite the challenges you have faced this term. Great to see you enjoy yourself when participating in our Wellbeing Day. Keep up the great work!
Parker E - Year 3
For challenging yourself to push through the Learning Pit when you come across challenging tasks in Maths. Well done!
Ollie M - Year 4
For showing resilience during our Wellbeing Day. You challenged yourself to have a go at different activities and had great fun.
Keep up the great work Ollie!
Chayse R - Year 5
For displaying resilience in your literacy learning. You have gone above and beyond in your effort to succeed and have shown great growth as a learner. Keep up the fantastic work, Chayse!
Ethan M - Year 6
For working exceptionally well during our Wellbeing Day and having resilience working through the geography project.
Keep going on those trees Ethan!
STEM & First Nations Studies
Dear Families,
Enjoy watching our latest video from STEM/First Nations classes.
Thankyou to the families who have already donated boxes for our STEM projects, it is much appreciated.
STEM still needs lots of small boxes and shoe boxes over the few weeks. If you also have any old matchbox cars and Lego figures that you would be happy to donate it would also be much appreciated for upcoming activities.
Jason Vaught (STEM/First Nations Teacher)
Wellbeing at Wallington
WELLBEING DAY - 11TH JUNE
On Wednesday, students and staff celebrated our school values by dressing up in the school value colours and participating in a range of experiences, most of which were designed by students. Our Year Six leaders did a wonderful job, creating activities for multi-age groups and displayed their leadership skills when running their activity. Students showed Respect, Resilience and Responsibility when trying new activities and working with different people. The Junior School Council leaders worked with Mr Anderson to create a whole school gratitude lesson for the afternoon.
After school, students enjoyed the activities around the school that were run by our amazing staff.
This week’s wellbeing activities:
This week’s activity bulbs on last week's making mistakes activity and asks students to watch a video and reflect on the ways their imperfections make them special.
Try sharing what you love about them and share examples of themes when they’ve shown their character strengths.
Can your child think of ways to fill the buckets of others?
Thankyou to our all Wallington P.S. families for their kind donations of jam and vegemite to our breakfast club.
We would also like to thank the Bogan family for their generous weekly donations of bread from Bakers Delight. We couldn’t do it without you all. Thankyou!
Wallington PS Sponsors
Thank you to our PLATINUM Sponsors
Thank you to our GOLD Sponsors
Thank you to our SILVER Sponsors
Thank you to our BRONZE Sponsors
Notice Board
Make it stand out
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
When ordering your child/s lunch order through The Fresh Food Fairy there is an option to buy a cookie.
For the month of June the cookies will be heart shaped to raise money for a good cause.
The Fresh Food Fairy will donate
$1 from every cookie sold in the month of June to the Barwon Health Foundation supporting the purchase of vital equipment for Barwon Health’s critical care teams.
Make it stand out
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
CHESS CLUB
Chess classes are back on Monday 16th June.
Details on how to register on the flyer or you can click the link below.
If you want to still sign up for Chess, please click on the link below:
Led by the National Broadband Network (NBN), the School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI) is a Federal Government initiative offering free home internet to 30,000 eligible households with school-aged students.
Here's a breakdown of the program:
What it is: The SSBI provides free NBN home internet access to eligible families who don't currently have an NBN connection.
Who is eligible: Families and carers with a school-aged child (enrolled in an Australian school, up to year 12) are eligible.
How to qualify: To qualify, families must have a school-aged child at home and not have an active NBN connection.
How to apply: Families can check their eligibility and apply through the National Referral Centre on Anglicare Victoria's website.
Contact: For eligibility checks, families can contact the National Referral Centre on 1800 954 610 (Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm AEDT)To be assessed
Program End Date: The program is extended until June 30, 2028.
Up to 30,000 families and carers can apply for the offer until 31 December 2025 (or until 30,000 SSBI services connected are reached if sooner), and qualifying households will receive free home internet until 30 June 2028.
SAVER PLUS
What it is:
Financial Education and Savings:
Saver Plus is a 10-month online program designed to help participants learn about financial management, set savings goals, and develop regular saving habits.
Matched Savings:
Participants who complete the program have their savings matched by ANZ, up to a maximum of $500, which can be used for education-related costs.
Online Delivery:
The program is delivered online, making it accessible to participants across Australia.
Saver Plus is a partnership between ANZ, the Brotherhood of St. Laurence, The Smith Family and Berry Street.
Eligibility: To be eligible, participants need to have a current Health Care or Pensioner Concession Card and an eligible Centrelink payment, have other regular income, be studying themselves or have a child in school, be 18+ years old, and agree to join in free online financial education workshops.
From 2 June to 30 june 2025, Victoria Police is inviting Victorians to complete a short survey (use the QR code)
their key safety concerns
how they would like to interact with police
where they can focus their efforts to prevent and deter crime.
The survey supports the Neighbourhood Policing Framework and is for people of all backgrounds who live, work and socialise in Victoria.
The survey is anonymous and will take around 5 minutes to complete.
