Friday 4th April

• Last day of school - 2:30pm finish

Tuesday 22nd April

• First Day of Term 2

Thursday 24th April

• ANZAC Day Assembly - Led by 5/6B - 2:30pm

Friday 25th April

• ANZAC Day Public Holiday

Tuesday 29th April

• School Council Meeting - 6.30pm

Friday 2nd May

• Tabloid Sports P-2 - Wesley Hill - 9.30am - 12pm

Principal's Report - Winters Flat Primary School

Dear Families,

As we near the end of Term 1, I wanted to take a moment to share some of the highlights from what has been a busy and exciting term here at Winters Flat Primary School.

Ride2School Day
Our Ride2School Day was a huge hit, with 68 students and parents riding to school on the day. A big thanks to Alana and the Sustainability Sub-Committee for all the hard work they put in, and a big shoutout to the parents who helped with the breakfast – it was a wonderful way to kick off the day. Since then, the bike racks have been full every day, which shows just how committed our community is to getting active and promoting sustainability.

Garage Sale
Our Garage Sale was an amazing success and really showed off the strength of our school and community. Thank you so much to all the families who donated items, volunteered their time, and helped out on the day. Special thanks to Helen V and Annabelle for their incredible efforts in organising the event – you both did an outstanding job. We raised $2499 which will go towards supporting our school’s library. Please see attached photos below.

Parent Teacher Interviews
A big thank you to everyone who came along to the Parent Teacher Interviews last week. It was great to see so many families connecting with teachers to talk about their child’s progress. If you haven’t yet had an interview, please reach out to your child’s teacher – they’re always happy to arrange a time to meet.

SWPBS Care Crow Certificates
Congratulations to the following students who have earned their SWPBS Care Crow Certificate for receiving 20 Care Crow Cards this term, demonstrating our school values

In addition to the certificate, students also receive small classroom rewards when they reach 10 Care Crow Cards. Ask your children what rewards they’re working towards in their class.

XUNO First Aid Notifications
Starting next term, we’ll be using a new feature in our XUNO system called First Aid Notifications. This means that families will receive an email when their child has received minor first aid at the office, along with details of the injury and how it was treated. For any more serious injuries, we’ll still contact families directly via phone.

Term 2 – Back to School on Tuesday, 22nd April 2025
Just a reminder that school resumes after the holidays on Tuesday, 22nd April 2025. We look forward to another great term.

Annual Privacy Reminder for our School Community

Our school collects and uses student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy and the Schools’ Privacy Collection Notice.

Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students Policy describes how we collect and use photographs, video and recordings of students. The policy also explains when parent consent is required and how it can be provided and withdrawn. This policy is available on our School Policies page of our website.

We ask parents to also review the guidance we provide on how we use Google Workspace for Education safely at the school and what parents can do to further protect their child’s information. If after reviewing the guidance, you have any questions or concerns regarding your child using Google Workspace for Education, please contact the school.

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ privacy policy: information for parents. This information is also available in ten community languages:

• Amharic
• Arabic
• Chinese
• Dari
• Gujarati
• Mandarin
• Somali
• Sudanese
• Turkish
• Urdu
• Vietnamese

Thank You

On behalf of the school community, we would like to thank Jesse Drummond for stepping into the role of 2/3 teacher this term (Mon, Tues, Wed)

Jesse was integral to a smooth start to the school year for the 2/3 students, ensuring stability and consistency along with lots of learning and fun.

He also quickly became a friendly and valued member of our teaching team.

Jesse has plans to do some traveling but we hope to see him back providing CRT coverage later in term 2.

We wish him all the best.

We also thank Bron Tracey who took the 2/3 class on Thursdays and Fridays, providing a caring and engaging learning community.

Lastly, I want to thank everyone for your support this term while I’ve been Acting Principal. It’s been such a pleasure working with such a dedicated and enthusiastic community. I really appreciate everything you do to make our school a fantastic place for all our students. Suzanne will be back in the Principal role from Monday 7^th April, and she’ll be your point of contact if you need anything.

Enjoy the holidays, stay safe, and we’ll see you in Term 2!

Ash Harvey

Acting Principal

Thank you to Ash - Acting Principal for Term 1

A big thank you to Ash for guiding us through Term 1 while Suzanne was on leave.  Your calm and friendly approach to our staff, community and students was much appreciated.  We wish you well in your future endeavours.  We have certainly got off to a great start to 2025.

Local Excursion & Media Permission Notes

Please return these to the office asap. If you have misplaced these forms, please see the office for a replacement.

SSB Update

If you want to allocate some of $400 dollars to activities that are happening at the school, eg. swimming, sporting events, excursions, you will need to log in to the SSB portal and use your code to allocate to activities.  If you require further assistance please contact the school or the SSB helpline.  

Swimming Program

Since 2017, the Victorian Curriculum F–10 (Version 1.0) has required swimming and water safety to be taught to all students from Foundation to Level 10 as part of the Health and Physical Education learning area. By the end of Year 6 students should be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills identified in the Victorian Water Safety Certificate.  With so many drownings it is a very important skill for students to have. 

The swimming program was a great success and the students enjoyed the week, thank you to all families for the organising of bathers and towels every day for the success of the program, we know it was a big week.

Karen Mahoney & Kitty Ward

Office

Cross Country Photos

Today Grades Prep through to Grade 6 participated in our school cross country.

Prep's completed 1 lap, 1/2 completed 2 laps, 3/4 completed 3 laps and 5/6 completed 4 laps.

A fun, active day celebrating 'Having a Go'

Walking, Jogging, Running are all celebrated

P/1J Art work

1/2A - Fractured Fairy Tales

Grade 1/2A have been learning about fairy tales and have taken a traditional fairy tale and fractured it, to make an exciting new story.

Animation by Lockie Cooper

This animation is in response to the fractured fairy tales that 1/2A have been studying this term. Lockie has taken inspiration from Alice in Wonderland to create Alex in Minecraft.

Flower Bulb Fundraiser - Closing Today

Our Annual Bulb Fundraiser is back!

Orders are placed online and are shipped directly to your door. Please share with family, friends, neighbours and strangers alike. 40% of profits goes to our school, which will be put towards decobable readers and books for the library.

Order here.

This week in the Kitchen and Garden..........

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What we're cooking in the kitchen this fortnight...

Mini frittatas with pumpkin and feta

Pesto pizza

Green bean and tomato salad 

Rainbow fruit skewers

Lemon and peach loaf cake

Yum!!!

Chefs of the week:

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From the Garden:

Gardeners of the week

2/3- Angus, Vanessa and Aurora

3/4 - Dash and Lok

5/6 - Lenny, James, Rex, Finchley and Athene

Kitchen volunteers:

We always love kitchen helpers in our cooking classes!

They are held fortnightly on Mondays (even weeks - 5/6B), and every Wednesday (even weeks - 3/4C; odd weeks - 2/3H), between 11:25am & 1:25pm.

The Prep/1 and 1/2 classes will have a special cooking class each term - dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

Kitchen helpers for these classes would be particularly helpful - please let the office know if you'd like to volunteer!

What you can expect from a class:

Students work in groups to make seasonal dishes, using produce from our garden. Once a group finishes preparing their dish, they clean up their bench, do dishes, and set the tables. Around 1:00pm, we all sit down together and share the meal.

Volunteers will need to sign in via the visitors log in the office and show their WWCC. Please contact the office if you have any questions or would like to volunteer! 

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